Stories of Loray Mill

Part 1. The history of Loray Mill and the labor strike of 1929, as told by Lucy Penegar. Penegar talks about the community decision to preserve the Loray Mill building with the help of Preservation North Carolina.

Part 2. Jagmohan Anand tells the story of joining Firestone Mill community in 1970 as an engineering manager and eventually plant manager and president.

Part 3. Carol Payne worked at Firestone for over 47 years and shares the story of how the Firestone community rallyied around her when her house burned down.

Part 4. Bob Darwin worked in the Firestone mill in the summers as his father, Jack Darwin worked in management. Darwin describes the community of Firestone as a “brotherhood.”