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Percy Anderson   Dannevirke
Lisa Arrell   Junior travel consultant
Dave Atkins   Wool classer
Kerin Barker   Retail manager
Jock Barlow   General manager
Peter Barrett   Wairoa counter assistant
Richard Behagel   Waipukurau travel manager
Russell Black   Marketing trainee
Catherine Blomkamp   Gisborne urban real estate agent
David Borrie   Gisborne travel agent
Mavis Boult   Gisborne wool department
Karen Brady   Creditors department
Theresa Brown   Waipukurau menswear assistant
Raema Brun   Waipukurau travel consultant
Chris Bryan   Executive officer, Dannevirke, field officer Gisborne
Virginia Burgess   Woodville showroom
Nancy Burgmans   Real estate receptionist
Allan Burlace   Dannevirke mercantile
Kura Burling   Wairoa grocery assistant
Campbell Burnside   Hardware, tools buyer
Francis Byrne   Viticultural field officer
Brian Callaghan   Manager of Elm Products, Taupo
Enid Calvert   Hastings
Fred Cane   Head Office chief clerk
Pat Christian   Waipukurau coffee shop
Deborah Clark   HBF Travel
Maurice Clarkson   Head Office accountant
Neil Clarkson   Director
Forbes Cochrane   Hastings area manager, chairman of A&P Show committee
Irene Coleman   Waipukurau drapery assistant
John Collier   Waipukurau, Napier, Wairoa accountant
Trevor Coombe   Gisborne retail manager
Pat Coombes   Gisborne auctioneer
Norma Cooper   Waipukurau
Owen Costley   Director
Jean Couper   Wairoa coffee lounge
Shona Crooks   Waipukurau payroll clerk
Ross Dahm   Takapau retail manager
Craig Darby   Garage
Sheryl Davies   Wairoa stock clerk
Errol Davis   Wool valuer and field officer
Syd Deacon   Accountant
Ewart Donnithorne   Wairoa produce manager

Shelley-Ann Dougan   Junior travel consultant
Sid Draper   Pahiatua stock agent
Grant Duff   Waipukurau produce agent
Roger Duff   Real estate manager
Dulcie Eades   Woodville grocery assistant
Ian Ebbett   Garage
Paul Edwards   Accountant Waipukurau
Graham Elliott   Gisborne travel manager
Quita Elliott   Produce Hastings
Joyce Ellmers   Takapau office clerk
Stuart Elton   Wool scales clerk supervisor
Anton Epplett   Creditors department
Brent Evans   Bayfarmers Onekawa
Doug Evans   Meat marketing officer
Ian Featherstone   Hastings area manager
Betty Ferris   Gisborne ledgers clerk
C Fogarty   Waipukurau, Hastings
Dave Foote   Building and maintenance supervisor
Roy Fraser   Manager grocery dept Waipukurau
Jack Gadd   Manager Bayfarmers Wholesale, Onekawa
John Gadsby   Produce Hastings, Real Estate Hastings
Peter Galbraith   Wairoa produce department storeman
Gloria Garnham   Head office supplies, payroll
Barry Gay   Waipukurau, Wairoa retail, Wairoa hardware manager
Tony Gay   Waipukurau garage manager
Alistair Gear   Wairoa produce agent
Heather Gilchrist   Gisborne typist
Margaret Goldsack   Boutique sportswear buyer, hosiery cosmetics
Doug Gordon   Wairoa van driver
Pauline Gordon   Waipukurau showroom
D Graham   Director
Keith Graham   Woolstore clerk
Lockie Grant   Wool field officer
Doug Grieve   Auctioneer
Douglas Haig   Retail manager, Dannevirke
Eric Hale   Woodville hardware manager
Karen Hanratty   Takapau grocery assistant
Eric Hansen   Waipukurau real estate
Dawson Hardacre   Gisborne travel agent
Bert Harding   Gisborne produce department
Allan Harrison   Waipukurau produce storeman
Jan Hill   Ledger clerk
Shanley Hines   Manager of financial services assistant

Peter Holder   Bayfarmers Onekawa display manager
Jim Howard   Takapau stock agent
Sylvia Huggett   Wairoa coffee lounge
Athol Hutton   Managing Director
Christine Jenkins   Gisborne travel agent
Beryl Johnstone   Womenswear buyer
Dudley Joll   Ahuriri
Bethel Kappely   Takapau? Mercantile and retail
Stephen Kaye   Wairoa retail manager
Wayne Kelsall   Merchandising manager
Brian Kelsey   Meat marketing officer, area manager CHB, Hastings real estate
Christine Kemp   Woodville grocery assistant
Frank Kight   Director
Colleen King   Electronic data processing head operator
Callum Kirkpatrick   Director
Margaret Kitney   Woodville showroom
Christine Knox   Furniture consultant, footwear, handbags, infantswear and maidswear buyer
Helen Larsen   Woodville hardware, spare parts, window displays
Dudley Lean   Woodville grocery manager
Richard Lenden   Woolstore storeman
Peggy Levet   Woolstore clerk
Jim Liddell   Head storeman, Bayfarmers Wholesale, Onekawa
Gordon Lochhead   Company secretary
Ally MacKay   Horticulture manager, Mercantile division
Anne Marfell   Waipukurau grocery supervisor
Peter Margoliouth   Hastings mercantile agent
Charlene Marra   Waipukurau grocery supervisor
David Marshall   Woodville grocery assistant
Basil Martel   Woodville retail manager
Robyn McCabe   Checkout operator Takapau?
John McCarthy   Woolstore storeman
Robin McCormick   Secretary to general manager
Faye McCoy   Waipukurau drapery supervisor
Lil McDermott   Gisborne liquor manager and petrol station
Keith McDonald   Wool classer
Sheryl McDonald   Takapau grocery manager
Bill McGrory   Napier retail store manager
John McHardy   Gisborne accountant
Stella McIvor   Meat marketing typist
Jock McKenzie   Mercantile manager
Les McKinnon   Dannevirke
Susan McLean   Takapau? Cashier

Don McLeod   Director, Chairman of Board
Tom McMillan   Inwards foreman
Hazel McNeil   Woodville showroom
John Mills   Hastings produce manager
David Mintoft   Takapau retail manager 1954-7
Adele Mohi   Head office retail assistant, toy buyer, new products researcher
Roger Moroney   Woolstore supervisor
David Morris   Project accountant
Beth Moss   Gisborne retail
John Mountfort   Takapau? Mercantile storeman
Martyn Ngawhare   Wool presser
Roy Orange   Takapau, Woodville, Dannevirke, Napier manager, head office chief clerk
Bill Ormond   Real estate salesman
Dennis Packer   Manager of financial services
Deborah Paewai   Dannevirke typist
Mark Patterson   Wairoa accountant
Ralph Pedersen   Gisborne executive officer
Harry Perry   Dannevirke hardware manager
E Phillips   General Manager
Rodger Pilbrow   HBF Travel manager
Bill Plapp   Personnel manager
Harry Powell   Napier manager
Martin Price   Waipukurau liquor store
Heather Pulford   Head clerk Motor Division
Dick Quinn   Gisborne
Keith Rainham   Wool classer
Tom Ramsay   Takapau? produce storeman
Hilary Ramshaw   Wool sales accounts
Trevor Rasmusen   Dannevirke area manager, auctioneer
Laurence Redshaw   Wairoa area manager, Gisborne area manager
Nick Reynolds   Wool sampling officer
Betty Rhodes   China, glassware, silverware, gifts cards and woodenware buyer
Graham Riach   Drainage
Dick Rice   Waipukurau
Alison Roberts   Data processor
Angus Robertson   Cleaning services
Harold Robertson   Woolstore work study officer
Brent Robinson   Woodville hardware assistant
Vaila Robinson   Woodville grocery assistant
Bernie Rose   Gisborne hardware manager
Adrian Rotherham   Soft goods merchandise manager
Gordon Russell   Menswear shop, Waipukurau
Trish Ryan   Dannevirke office

Noel Sail   Dannevirke, Ormondville manager, menswear, boyswear, bedding and Manchester buyer
Susan Sandtmann   Typist-receptionist
Eric Sargison   Waipukurau inwards storeman
Clarrie Schdroski   Wool manager
Jim Scotland   Waipukurau area manager
John Seed   Takapau produce manager
Wally Semmens   Accountant
Judith Shaw   HBF Travel
Dinny Sheeran   Wool classer
Maureen Shuker   Woolstore pay clerk
Ray Sievert   Bayfarmers Onekawa display artist
Graeme Sinclair   Dannevirke produce manager
Irene Singer   Tea lady
Ursula Sinton   HBF Travel chief clerk
Brian Slader   Hastings produce agent
Rod Sloane   Wairoa area manager
Athol Smith   Wairoa grocery manager
Merv Smith   Head of Parts Dept
Ted Snelling   Woodville produce and grain storeman, van driver
John Stanley   Waipukurau mercantile retail store salesman
Archie Steedman   Waipukurau menswear supervisor
June Stent   Wairoa fashion retail
Kevin Stuart   Produce Manager, manager of general export and marketing
David Suitor   Westerman’s department manager, fabric buyer
Joyleen Talbot   Creditors department
Jim Taplin   Gisborne home appliances manager
Dick Taylor   Wool auctioneer
Heather Taylor   Wairoa coffee lounge
Josie Taylor   Wairoa hardware department
P Tennent   Director
Margaret Thomas   Display artist
Kevin Thompson   Signwriter
David Thomson   Dannevirke mercantile agent
Paul Toothill   Gisborne stock agent
Lucy Tucker   Head office payroll clerk
Faye Turfrey   Waipukurau
Alan Turkington   Dannevirke grocery manager
Guy Upchurch   Gisborne assistant retail manager
Jim Vesty   Hastings hardware
Vernon Walters   Hardgoods merchandise manager, Bayfarmers Napier
David Ward   Deer manager
Maree Ward   Junior typist, reception
Michael Ward   Waipukurau mercantile clerk

Tony Watt   Forestry manager
F White   Director
Ian Wilkinson   Dannevirke produce store supervisor
Anne Wills   Waipukurau
Val Wilson   Wairoa senior retail clerk
Wendy Workman   Woolstore typist, receptionist and computer operator

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