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Title
Woolfolk factory 1947
Subject
Women join the workforce after WW II
Description
The Woolfolk manufacturing plant in Louisa produced clothing and some of the first jobs for women in the area. Those who worked at the factory prized their jobs and their fellow workers. They created floats together for the local parades, celebrated holidays, and supported each other through life. This 1947 photograph shows the following people:
Left to Right
TOP ROW
1. Charlie Hunt
2. Myrtle Seay Grooms
3. Doris Rudinger
4. Olivia Trice-Shealor*
5. Eleanor Married to a Talley
6.
7.
8. Lucy Grimes (maiden)
9.
10. Lillian Talley-Hansen (sisters Edna & Vera, too)
11. Ruby Talley-Woods John Woods, son of Annie and Roy Woods, daughter of #5,
12. Myrtle Martin Woods
13. Esther Kent
14. Vera Grimes (maiden)
15. Sister to Mary M. Sprouse-Madison
16. Julia Hawley (worked hemming machine)
17. Bennett Dichtus from PA
18. Henry Woolfolk, factory owner
19. Teddy Hopkins
20. Howard Bibb, married to Edith Hopkins, sister of Teddy,#19
*Grandmother of Monica Shealor-Lloyd and Faye Shealor-Warren
SECOND ROW
1. Mary Hopkins, Dad of Teddy Hopkins, #19
2. Gladys Seay Williams
3. Helen Smith, sister of Cevera Smith-Bazzanella, #6
4.
5.
6. Cevera Smith-Bazzanella**
7. Ruby Rosson-Bazzanella**, married Albert Bazzanella
**married to brothers
+ Great aunt of the Shealor sisters. Mother, Edith Mae Rosson Shealor Callaham, was her niece.
FRONT ROW
1. Phil Woolfrey
2. Ina Kean McGhee
3. Grace Woolfrey
4. Kathleen Madison, sister of Al Madison (owned butcher shop)
5. Ruby Seay, maiden name)
6.
7. Martha Robinson Smith
8. Paulene High
9.
10.
11. Ada Carter
12. Lorene Smith
13. Iris Seay Bourne
14. Essie McGhee
15. Edna Grimes (maiden)
16. Evelyn Denton
Married to Ernest Denton, brother of Earl #21.
17. Adele Hatfield Martin
18. Anna Martin Trainum
19. Zelia Fletcher
20. Mary Margaret Sprouse-Madison
21. Earl Denton
22. Kilroy Miles
Left to Right
TOP ROW
1. Charlie Hunt
2. Myrtle Seay Grooms
3. Doris Rudinger
4. Olivia Trice-Shealor*
5. Eleanor Married to a Talley
6.
7.
8. Lucy Grimes (maiden)
9.
10. Lillian Talley-Hansen (sisters Edna & Vera, too)
11. Ruby Talley-Woods John Woods, son of Annie and Roy Woods, daughter of #5,
12. Myrtle Martin Woods
13. Esther Kent
14. Vera Grimes (maiden)
15. Sister to Mary M. Sprouse-Madison
16. Julia Hawley (worked hemming machine)
17. Bennett Dichtus from PA
18. Henry Woolfolk, factory owner
19. Teddy Hopkins
20. Howard Bibb, married to Edith Hopkins, sister of Teddy,#19
*Grandmother of Monica Shealor-Lloyd and Faye Shealor-Warren
SECOND ROW
1. Mary Hopkins, Dad of Teddy Hopkins, #19
2. Gladys Seay Williams
3. Helen Smith, sister of Cevera Smith-Bazzanella, #6
4.
5.
6. Cevera Smith-Bazzanella**
7. Ruby Rosson-Bazzanella**, married Albert Bazzanella
**married to brothers
+ Great aunt of the Shealor sisters. Mother, Edith Mae Rosson Shealor Callaham, was her niece.
FRONT ROW
1. Phil Woolfrey
2. Ina Kean McGhee
3. Grace Woolfrey
4. Kathleen Madison, sister of Al Madison (owned butcher shop)
5. Ruby Seay, maiden name)
6.
7. Martha Robinson Smith
8. Paulene High
9.
10.
11. Ada Carter
12. Lorene Smith
13. Iris Seay Bourne
14. Essie McGhee
15. Edna Grimes (maiden)
16. Evelyn Denton
Married to Ernest Denton, brother of Earl #21.
17. Adele Hatfield Martin
18. Anna Martin Trainum
19. Zelia Fletcher
20. Mary Margaret Sprouse-Madison
21. Earl Denton
22. Kilroy Miles
Publisher
Louisa County Historical Society
Date
1947
Rights
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All items in our archives have been donated to The Louisa County Historical Society with express permission to use them only for not-for-profit purposes of education and individual research. We make them available online to further those ends. Anyone wishing to use images online or in printed publications must obtain express written permission to do so from the Louisa County Historical Society and the legal copyright holder. Users assume full responsibility for disputes arising from copyright violations or invasions of privacy.