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Billy Whitehead |
Larry Whitehead |
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| Upon visiting the mill for the
first time, there were three things that impressed me greatly about it.
One was that the mill was not pretentious. The second was that the
brothers were not pretentious, and we certainly weren't pretentious
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The mill stands as an
operating business, not tidy (that's what we liked about it), but at
the same time functional and in order. |
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| It is not decorated in
traditional garb, falsely made to look its age, like many of the
structures that have survived somewhat intact over the years. There are no
imported souvenirs to buy, nothing that makes it another of the
all-too-familiar “tourist-trap.” It is just a mill that has been there
for a long time. |
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| Billy and Larry were not
falsely decorated either. They weren’t wearing traditional garb to
make them look like 19th century mill workers, but were
plainly dressed in blue jeans and t-shirts. Billy and Larry are just
two brothers operating a family business. Talking with them on the
porch of the mill, their honesty and sincerity was open and obvious.
Larry took the time to go to their mother’s house to dig out the
small amount of history published here, while Billy gave Steve, a
tour of the mill, answering any questions he could about the
operation, of which he remembered absolutely nothing. More the
reason to return! John, Billy and Larry
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