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|Milton Waters
is office head
Milton Waters says the new
Waters Ford Company Build
ing is a “dream come true”;
but he must realize his becom
ing office manager is already
a dream realized by his father,
the company’s namebearer.
Winnie Walker
heads services
A man who has been with
the company for nearly 15
years, Winnie Walker, heads
the Service Department of
Waters Ford Company.
A native Pierce Countian,
Mr. Walker is the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Walker
at Pierce County.
In his department, cars are
serviced and repaired and they
get the “best treatment from
seven mechanics,” according
to Mr. Walker.
The seven mechanics in
clude: Tracy Carter, Eu
gene Groover, Calvin Smith,
Enoch Thornton, Ernest Tip
pins, J. H. Cason and Mon
roe Johnson. Henry Bowen
is brief man.
Robert Fulton and Richard
Fulton are the two body men.
Mr. Walker, who studied at
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Milton is the second son in
the S. Monroe Waters Si-,
family to follow in the name
sake’s footsteps. Mr. Waters
Sr. took over management of
the company in 1941. The
company was organized in
EIS’
WINNIE WALKER
the Ford Motor Institute in
Atlanta, says, “Waters Ford
Company services what it
sells.”
Blackshear in 1916 by Way
cross businessmen.
After receiving his 8.8.A.
degree from the University of
Georgia in 1961, Milton join
ed the company as an office
staff worker and is now office
manager
He and secretary Mrs. Roy
Gilleon of Blackshear are in
charge of office duties such
as bookwork, posting, pay
roll and other important de
tails.
It’s known that Mr. Waters
“takes pride” in his work
and his enthusiasm is even
intensified with the opening
at the new building.
He says he’s “so proud of
the new building and “it is a
dream come true.”
Proud to say “Blackshear
is his hometown,” Mr. Waters
is a 1954 graduate of Blacks
hear High School.
Active in the civic and re
ligious growth of the city, Mr.
Waters serves astreasurerof
the First United Methodist
Church and ispresident - elect
of the Rotary Club. He has
served as Rotary vice presi
dent for two years.
The businessman says golf,
hunting and fishing are his
hobbies.
Sharing leisure time with
his wife, the former Linda
Jordan; and their two child
ren, Kathy, 7 and James, 6;
is the important time of his
day.
Mrs. Waters, a housewife,
is a graduate of Abraham
Baldwin College, Tifton.
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SECOND SON PLAYS IMPORTANT ROLE
Milton Waters is office manager
Customers can admire
rust-colored carpeting
Beauty as well as customer
service is featured at Waters
Ford Company.
Carpeting, a pretty rust
color, covers 240 years ofthe
new building’s floors. The
showroom with its paneled
walls is highlighted by the
100 per cent indoor-outdoor
carpeting.
Mr. John Marr, owner of
Bristol Carpet Center, said,
“It was a delight to place
carpet in such a modem and
impressive building.”
He said the carpet is not
only a pretty addition, but
adds comfort, beauty and ser
viceability to the showroom,
office areas, and hallways.
