By MARLO BARNHART / Staff Writer
photo: KEVIN G. GILBERT / staff photographer
After 44 years as a machine operator at Statton Furniture, Lee Nunamaker retired Monday.
Nunamaker said that over the years, he learned a healthy respect for the machinery, knowing full well how dangerous one little slip could be.
In addition to running the equipment, the operator is responsible for keeping the machine well greased and oiled so it runs at the top of its performance, he said.
"I came here right after high school graduation in 1954," said Nunamaker, 62, of Keedysville. "A friend was a foreman here then and he got me a job."