Mill Employee First Name
Bernard
Mill Employee Last Name
Fontaine
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
Woonsocket, RI
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Verdun Mill
Job Title 1
Warp Tender
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1942
Mill Employee End Date 1
1944
Mill Employee Photo
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
French Canadian
Mill Employee School
Mount St. Charles Academy
Mill Employee House Worship
Precious Blood Church
Biography Text
Bernard left school at the end of his junior year to take up work in the mill in order to help support his family. From 1950-1952 Bernard served in the Army in Korea. He did go on to earn his high school equivalency. Bernard is a former employee of the Museum of Work & Culture. He started with the Museum on the day it opened in 1997.