E.D. Bullard Co. Inc.

This note will hopefully go to the correct person. Dear Jed Bullard, I wanted to say how glad I am that the company is staying in the family. I worked for Bullards for six years, in Sausalito, and would still be with the company if you wouldn't have moved to Kentucky. We were laid off the same day Nixon left the White House, after he was impeached! It was a good day for the country, but an extremely sad day for all of the people that lost their jobs, friends, and security. When I worked for the company I started in production on swing shift. The new group of ladies started on making hat bands. Our shift boss, at the time was Herb Webb. We were all happy to be working , and ended up being the fastest shift to date. We went from 300 hat bands in a 7 hour shift, to a 1000 per shift per person. We figured it out! We made Sand Blasting Hoods and Capes for the Golden Gate Bridge crews. The company got contracts from the Army for fiberglass helmets, and snake bite kits. We all had our specialties. One of mine was decal heat transfer. We had devised a system to burn off the film from the hats, that came out of the presses, then I would use another heat press to transfer the decals of the different companies. We did Becktel, PG&E, Pacific Bell, and Fluor. Each shift would always leave their AOR's in shape for the next person who came on. It was as well run ship, and we had smart women to work with. I remember all the times I would see Jed. He had a habit of whistling as he walked through manufacturing. He was a tall lanky kid with glasses, and a clump of black hair on his forehead. He always had a smile on his face, and something good to say. We saw him more than his Dad, and we knew he was being trained to work in the company. We use to say the whistling was the way he would let us know he was coming. Even now I miss the fun we use to have, and we still keep in contact with a lot of the people we worked with all these years. This note is to Jed, so I hope he gets to see it and knows that people still remember him and his father. The best of luck to Victoria "Wells" Bullard, good to see a woman leading the band! Also the best of luck to Jed in his retirement. Warmest Regards, Sharon Esparza Mandler Pioli San Jose, CA