LEAVING TOWN AFTER 36 YEARS!
SEWERS. HERE SINCE 1986.
IN LEFT CORNER, THE WEEKEND STORE
SELLING THIER PRODUCTS.
BUILDING
BACK OF WAREHOUSE
ALL CLOSED DOWN TODAY
I TOOK ALL THESE PHOTOS TO SHOW YOU HOW BIG THE PLANT WAS.
STEVE SCHMUDDE HAS BEEN MANAGER
OF THIS PLANT FOR A LONG TIME. THERE ARE ABOUT 9 OR 10 OTHER HOLLANDER PLANTSAROUND THE COUNTRY.
SAD NEWS FOR MAQUOKETA TODAY!
CHANGING TIMES...AN ECONOMY CONSOLIDATION MOVE...THIS PLANT APPARENTLY NO LONGER PROFITABLE
LIKE IT WAS OVER THE YEARS.
AND FOR FRIEND AND GOOD KMAQ LISTENER KARLA BRUNS, WHO HAS WORKED AT THE PILLOW FACTORY, AS MANY CALLED IT, FOR 31 YEARS ..... SHE
WILL HAVE A CHANGE IN HER LIFE
AND A LASTING MEMORY.
MAQUOKETA WILL BE LOOKING FOR
A BUYER OF THE BUILDINGS AND
SOON ... WORKERS AGAIN INSIDE THEM.
DENNIS VOY
