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JACQUELYN HALL:

Who owned these different places where you worked?

NELL PUTNAM SIGMON:

Arthur Little owns this one that I work for now. He used to work as shipping clerk when I did. And he married a schoolteacher, and she inherited some money, and that's how he got his plant, and now he has six. So he's just made money make money.

JACQUELYN HALL:

What kind of a boss is he?

NELL PUTNAM SIGMON:

He owns the place. He's just an ordinary… [laughter] I just sort of grew up with him, too, although he's older than I am. I don't know. He just sits around the office, but when I'm up there and I see him, he wanted to know how I'm getting along and all about it and everything. One time I had thought about giving up my machine, and then I thought, "Well, shucks, no. Now that I've reached the retirement age, that'll give me something to do when I don't have nothing to do." Although, now I take spells; I paint and stuff like that. But still, that's not what I want to do every day in all the time. So that's why I hang onto my machine. I like to make a little extra money, too.