Page 35 - May 2018 Newsletter
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Happy 55  Jay!
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                                                                 “When I started                 Jay W. has been at #3260 St. Charles for
                                                                                                 18 years and many others before this
                                                                   produce was                   location  ”I have worked at 10 stores!”
                                                                delivered in a 15                He was hired in 1959 for grocery part-time
                                                                 ft. refrigerated                and in 1963 that turned into a full-time
                                                                                                 position. “In 1965 I became a produce
                                                                  truck and was                  manager until 1985 and then went part-
                                                               offloaded by hand,                time.”

                                                                  with two guys                  Jay’s most memorial experience has been
                                                                                                 when he worked in a store that was really
                                                                     helping”                    old. “The Store Manager decided to clean
                                                                       Jay W.                    the floors and mixed ammonia and
                                                                                                 bleach, needless to say that manager was
                                                                                                 off work for awhile.”

                                                                                                 When Jay started he says “you had to
                                                                                                 know someone to get a job at Jewel. It
                                                                                                 was a good job. The employees cared.”

                           Jay W.                                                                He and his late wife have 7 kids, 5
                       P-T Produce                                                               grandkids, 5 great grands. In his spare
                            Clark                                                                time Jay loves woodworking, cabinet
                          #3260 St.                                                              making, and fishing.

                           Charles                                                               “I’d like to work here as long as possible.

                                                                                                 I still enjoy the customers and those I
                                                                                                 work with.”                          35
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