President Mark Killingsworth presided over today’s meeting. Lynn Walton provided the opening prayer. Mark led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting was held at the Holiday Inn North and on Zoom. Joe Bost thanked those who helped with today’s meeting. There were no guests. Mark provided a classification talk and presented information relative to a new technology. Mark began his career in retail in 1967 here in Hattiesburg at Fine Brothers Clothing. In 1976 he went to work for Dillard’s and retired from that chain in 2018. When he first began his retail career, orders were completed by hand and in triplicate using carbon paper. By the time he began at Dillard’s, they had computers and were able to replace the carbon paper system. Those computers were made possible when IBM began producing and installing main frame computers in the late 1960’s. |
