| Show JB B 1 1 fak y v 11 JA s y 4 i i alli i a pt K ml j B ma i wl v m ii j j abi M i saws m 11 ly W 1 4 4 al a i m y 1 i 1 y 1 ibi aliw ilsa r s W B yb y 4 b hnz i vi t ma jj fh B f ts sv y B ai A 1 waw y i i i S 2 0 li hiir fi ji ir f T B 5 tas i i cat axy t 5 iti 1 I t g BIB m gill 3 INDUSTRY GOES RURAL k y s x k ra h X 3 14 1 0 11 IR A t M t na rawl employees begin to stream out the front entrance of the plant above as the first shift ends at pm they began work at 7 am most employees live on surrounding farms drive to work in their own family automobiles this corner of the plant houses the offices photo at r right gt shows indu industrial s trial r relations e I 1 a eions man richard Smith Cl ed at left discussing union contract provisions with mrs Marie or r and union chairman robert sy 71 7 97 R p I 1 adel ay ikse k all 1 w Y 0 aa i 3 li sy aa M i ats ail SM SI ill ih s 1 1 r 11 i efreb s H A S alt i I HaSSai r y ll 11 h da t 40 shown below faye left and roberto roberta pearson dont took look much like factory workers age 20 and 18 respectively the two girls Is live 12 miles from town get up at 5 aaa am to make the first shift brought up on a form farm they nevertheless hove have developed into capable workers in the plant faye is is taking on a night business course and hopes some dayto take over a secretarial job at present she sha runs a lamp making machine and sister roberta tests c completed bulbs in the engineering section wh qa 4 W N P 1 4 1 4 A V ill 74 0 4 1 I le american industry is going rural and fa for r many reasons the principal one however is that many c crowded industrial centers offer no more room for industrial expansion tho the westinghouse Weslin ghouse electric c c a 0 r p a 0 ration experienced that problem lemo and its deac tion was typical of the national phenomenon of in austry reversing its onetime policy and now locating in rural cen centers tars to build its new lamp plant at richmond ky the corporation bought a A 14 acro acre plot liere hera employee robert rt moberly left stands on the porch and gazes at tho the plant wh which ich now occupies what was once the front yard of an old mansion this husband and wife team left has found the now new plant providing them their chance to buy u home they are leslie and mary allen alien ages 22 and 19 respectively they the y live just a block from the plant and hope to buy their own home within a year I 1 w rm ik p the work force in in the richmond community is is i re mar kably young tho the ay average era 0 employee age at the plant pc t is about 22 in photo above 19 year old chris tine brown left and 27 year old ld betty locke test gor flashlight and auto light bulbs christine previously had worked in an office in town ti betty was a form farm girl id still lives live sl 10 miles from rom town and helps with form farm chores |
