“Mrs. Gamble Ends Long Business Career,” from the Hickory Daily
Record, January 2, 1918
After a
career of 21 years as bookkeeper and right bower of Mr. J.A. Lentz, president
of the Hickory Novelty Company, and after learning all there is to know of the
lumber manufacturing business, Mrs. Carrie Gamble has retired, her resignation
taking effect Monday. Mrs. Gamble has the distinction of knowing more about the
timber manufacturing business—prices for the finished product, rough lumber,
and all—than any other woman in the United States. She has been in the business
so long that she may not be content to remain at home, but she will try.
Mrs. Gamble
was more than bookkeeper for the Hickory Novelty Company. While Mr. Lentz was
mayor she was his private secretary and has held a position of trust all the 21
years that she has watched and assisted in the growth of his business. Her
connection with the company was marked by conscientious service and she retired
with the regret of all connected with it.
A fact that
makes the mother happy on the occasion of her retirement from business is that
her son, Mr. Connolly Gamble, on the same day became acting general agent of
the Southern and Carolina & North-Western passenger and freight stations
here. If he knew telegraphy, it’s a cinch that he would be asked to continue as
agent in successor to Mr. W.B. Southerland, and in the meantime he is holding
the place.
Mrs.
Gamble’s many friends are interested in her career and they will watch to see
if the lure of the office is not too strong for her. And she doesn’t really
know that herself.
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