Dora Brown - 25
Years
Dora started with JWR in 1979 at the Central Mining Office as a Temporary
Clerk Typist in the Purchasing Department. Through the years, she
worked in several Engineering Departments including Strata Control,
Ventilation and Environmental. In 1994 Dora was promoted to
Secretary for the entire Accounting Department.
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Dora addresses the overflow crowd in the CMO cafeteria
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Looks like someone forgot their glasses!
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Dora received gifts from her friends and co-workers
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Dora's family attended her retirement party
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Ray Colburn - 29 Years
Ray "Lightbulb" Colburn began his JWR career in 1975 at No.
3 Mine as a UMWA employee. Three years later he became a Training
Instructor and in 1979 moved to the Training Center in Brookwood as a
Maintenance Training Instructor. In 1998 Ray moved to No. 7 Mine as
a Master Electrician.
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(photos courtesy Dean Armstrong)
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Ray received a brass miner's lamp from his friends at JWR
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Everyone enjoyed a barbecue lunch at No. 7 Mine
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Ray and his two grandchildren get ready to cut the cake
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John Barrow talks with Ray and his wife Joyce
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