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Note: PARENTS: July 26, 1973 Gentlemen: I am attempting to obtain a Delayed Birth Certificate and need a copy of my Social Security registration to show the names of my parents [signed] Marion C Slayton August 21, 1973 We are enclosing the copy you requested [skip] Form SS-5 US Social Security Act Application for Account Number Marion Clinton Slayton b July 27, 1913 South Pittsburg TN Father's Full Name: Edmund Bailey Slayton Mother's Full Name: Lenora Viola Jenkins (signed) November 24, 1937
EDUCATION: Rossville High School, Rossville, Walker, GA.
RESIDENCES: Rossville, Walker co GA, and Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain in AL; East Ridge, Hamilton, TN from 1950s on.
MILITARY: U.S. Navy, Jan 26, 1944, Honorable Discharge Papers-March 15 1946; Yeoman Bainbridge MD. American Theatre Ribbon, Victory Medal.
OCCUPATION: ca 1946, Richmond Hosiery Mills, Rossville, Walker, GA; founder of company Credit Union; President of Richmond Sales, resigned Nov 5 1964.
[Resignation of Marion Slayton and Earl Barger (noted below) were forced when Richmond Hosiery Mills, founded Chattanooga TN in 1896 and moved to Rossville GA in 1898, was bought by a liquidation firm in New York for the purpose of dismantling the operation. Photographer Lewis Hines collected images from Richmond Hosiery Mills in 1910-1911. Marion Slayton's wife's grandfather, Guy Dunagan, worked there as a young man and played on the softball team. The company had run-ins during the depression with the National Labor Relations Board. Since this was one of the only employers during the depression, many young children, especially girls, were hired by the textile plants. Highlander Folk School supported striking employees but strikes failed to improve hours and pay
MANUFACTURE: -Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, online, Loudon Co entry by Joe Spence- In the fall of 1821 William Knox and Jacob Pearson established the town of Philadelphia six miles southwest of Blair's Ferry. The town's largest and most successful industry was the Philadelphia Hosiery Mill, established by Edward Waller in 1921. For more than forty years, the corporation expanded and grew, but in the early 1960s, the mill was sold and reopened as Bar Knit Hosiery, which closed in the early 1970s.
-Dallas Historical Society- Feet Sake White Bottom Socks were introduced to the retail trade at the Dallas Apparel Mart in April 1967. They were offered by a Dallas business, the Petty-Johnson Men's Hosiery Co. Principals in the company were Ray D. Petty, Steve Johnson, and Ted Hume. The socks were advertised as "the only socks guaranteed to keep your feet feeling dry and comfortable and still match your suit." The socks were available in black, brown, navy, charcoal, and olive. The top part of the sock was the colored part; the bottom part was white. The top was made of nylon; the bottom was made of olefin. The Dallas firm had the socks made at the Bar-Knit Hosiery Mills in Philadelphia, Tenn.
Chattanooga News_Free Press, Thursday, Aug 11 1966 (page and section not visible on copy) Earl Barger and Marion Slayton, prominent hosiery mill executives have resigned their posts with Richmond Hosiery, Mills of Rossville and established their own firm, it was disclosed today. Joining with Charles Vaughn of Dayton, Tenn., and W. E. Edwards, Mr. Barger and Mr Slayton have acquired the Philadelphia, Tenn., Hosiery Mill and established national sales offices at 871 McCallie Ave. Mr. Barger is president of the new corporation; Mr Slayton, vice president; Mr. Edwards, president of Tennessee Valley Enterprises, is also vice president, and Mr. Edwards is secretary-treasurer. Mr. Barger said the new firm has been named Bar-Knit Hosiery Mills and a complete line of men's and children's socks and ladies seamless hosiery is now being produced in the two-story, 50,000 square-foot plant located between Sweetwater and Loudon, Tenn., on Highway 11. "We are now in production and will distribute our quality [products] to variety chains and wholesalers throughout the nation," Mr. Barger said. The hosiery executives said that Chattanooga has been chosen as the office for national distribution because of the city's growing importance as a distribution center and its proximity to the manufacturing plant. RICHMOND POSTS Mr. Barger was formerly president of Richmond Hosiery of Rossville, and Mr. Slayton was secretary and sales manager. Mr. Barger, prior to joining Richmond, was president of Athens Hosiery Mills, then was named vice president of Kaiser-Roth Hosiery Mills, Dayton, Tenn. Mr. Slayton has spent his entire 30-year career with Richmond Hosiery Mills. Mr Edwards, the secretary-treasurer of the new corporation, was associated with Philadelphia Hosiery Mills before it was purchased by Bar-Knit. Mr. Slayton explained that the latest and most modern machinery has been installed in the facility and and production is now underway, with sharp production increases scheduled in the near future.
COMMENT: Bar-Knit failed to prosper, for a variety of reasons: the machinery was imported from Italy during the boom of "double-knit" synthetic textiles, it was very expensive to run and maintain, and Mr Barger lost interest when his son's body was discovered under mysterious circumstances. This is to the best of my memory, I was 15 years old at the time. This created a year of anxiety, until my father, Marion Slayton, found employment with Hershel Nation at Gateway Hosiery on Dodds Ave in Chattanooga, where he remained until his health failed in the mid-seventies- Clinton Slayton.
Executive Secretary and General Manager, Gateway Hosiery Mill, Chattanooga, Hamilton, TN, ca 1968-1976
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