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Oldest Industrial Worker Honored in South Carolina
Floyd McIlwain an 86 year old Lancaster County man received a plaque as South Carolina s oldest industrial worker at a State House ceremony Governor Riley and Labor Commissioner Ed McGowan presented the award and a Labor Day 1984 proclamation dedicating the day to older workers McIlwain began work for Ashe Brick Co in 1911 at age 13 and has never missed a day on the job with varied roles from water carrier to kiln fire man and yard foreman he plans no retirement.
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