No turkey, no worky: Making art from Mill drama
Among highly anticipated traditions of the holidays, the employees at Simpson Lee Paper Mill looked forward to their annual gift from management: a Christmas turkey or ham – both if each spouse worked at the mill. As such, it was an unthinkable breach of etiquette when the long-honored custom was summarily waved off in 1969. New management “said they don’t do turkeys at any of their other 13 mills, and they’re not doing it in Vicksburg,” recalled Larry Johnson, former Mill quality control...
