I remember when Thomaston Mills, on
Saturday night, would open #2 Card Room
for a skating party and dancing. This was
before a lot of machinery had been
installed.

I remember when Miss Janie H.
Maddox and her daughter Lizzie ran a day
care nursery on Avenue G for the ladies
working in the mill. When it came feeding
time, the ladies were allowed to go out to
nurse their babies. This was before Gerber
baby food.

I remember when there was a cow
pasture on Park Lane where the Finishing
Division is now located.

I remember when people would raise
cows and hogs in the woods behind the
Peerless Division.' It became such a big
thing that Thomaston Mills installed a large
vat with hot running water for the people to
clean and cut up the hogs. After this, the
people would cook the fat in washpots for
the lard and cracklings.

I remember when Thomaston Mills had
a filter plant on 2nd Street at the Peerless
Division, and at certain times of the day
they released the water not to be used. We
boys had learned this, and so we went to the
woods and dug us a washhole to go
swimming.

I remember when there was a steam
whistle on top of the Finishing Division of
Thomaston Mills. They would blow it
about 30 minutes before shift changing
time, then again for the next shift to start
work. It was so loud that on a still day you
could hear it five miles out.

I remember when there were no paved
streets in East Thomaston, and Thomaston
Mills had a water-sprinkler truck to wet the
streets. The saying was, "if you stayed with
that red dirt in dry weather, it sure would
stick with you when it was wet.

I remember when Mr. H. 0. Eason had
a taxi and the fare was only 10 cents per
trip. Cars were not so plentiful then.