After more than 50 years with the company, Harry B. Thompson, Sr. is named president. Originally, Harry Sr. had started at Conklin in 1898 as a teenage office clerk. He held that position for only four years but by that time had established a foundation for a family legacy that would span four generations. His son Harry B. Thompson, Jr. came to Conklin upon graduation from Georgia Tech in 1928 and served as Vice-President until 1953 when he succeeded his father as President.
Photo: Harry Thompson Sr. flanked by son Harry Thompson Jr. and grandson Harry Thompson III. in Atlanta, GA 1949