I noticed that Phil's house was now for sale on realtor.com. That home is in a prime location on Temple Road. There are a cluster of similar homes nearby on Laurel Street. Just for the record, I recall in the early 1960's that Alfred Parhiala and I think Joe Guptil built all or most of them.
Thanks for putting up that photo of Phil Emma. I have very fond memories of Phil. He was my immediate boss (the Thayers were more upper level managers) at Tricnit. You couldn't ask for nicer boss. When I visited New Ipswich after Tricnit closed I would stop in at his market. Tricnit was a big loss for the town. I also delivered and picked up socks from Phil's home (his wife was a 'looper' like my mother was). Driving the Tricnit truck was a great job, a lot better than mating socks which even today I don't do well.
Loved Phil's Market. He ordered kegs of beer for our parties and gave us free ice to go with it. A super nice guy.
And he gave me free suet for the birds
I noticed that Phil's house was now for sale on realtor.com. That home is in a prime location on Temple Road. There are a cluster of similar homes nearby on Laurel Street. Just for the record, I recall in the early 1960's that Alfred Parhiala and I think Joe Guptil built all or most of them.
Thanks for putting up that photo of Phil Emma. I have very fond memories of Phil. He was my immediate boss (the Thayers were more upper level managers) at Tricnit. You couldn't ask for nicer boss. When I visited New Ipswich after Tricnit closed I would stop in at his market. Tricnit was a big loss for the town. I also delivered and picked up socks from Phil's home (his wife was a 'looper' like my mother was). Driving the Tricnit truck was a great job, a lot better than mating socks which even today I don't do well.