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Arthur Winston, 100; missed 1 day in 70 years at same job
Boston.com ^ | April 15, 2006

Posted on 04/15/2006 4:42:50 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

LOS ANGELES -- Arthur Winston, a transit employee who received a citation from President Clinton for his decades of service, died in his sleep less than a month after retiring on his 100th birthday, his family said yesterday. Mr. Winston had been admitted to a hospital for exhaustion and dehydration but returned to his home April 6. He died Thursday evening.

For decades, he reported to work at the crack of dawn to supervise workers who cleaned and refueled the region's bus fleet.

He missed just one day of work in more than 70 years at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and that was to attend his wife's funeral in 1988. In 1996, he received an ''Employee of the Century" citation from Clinton.

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To: johnny7
How's his father doing?

Huh?

21 posted on 04/15/2006 7:38:12 AM PDT by raybbr
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To: Nightshift

ping...


22 posted on 04/15/2006 4:55:33 PM PDT by tutstar (Baptist Ping List Freepmail me if you want on or off this ping list.)
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To: COUNTrecount

The least MTA could do is rename the facility after him, maybe rename an L.A. street after him too.


23 posted on 04/15/2006 5:00:49 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (A nickel bag gets sold in the park. I WANT IN!)
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To: manwiththehands

Don't I know you? You work in my office, right?


24 posted on 04/15/2006 5:20:30 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: elcid1970
Retirement does that to people. Up until then, hard working, healthy as a horse, and could go on forever. Then forcibly put out to pasture. Death soon follows.

Not to me. I can hardly wait, got too many hobbies/interests to kick the bucket quickly.

25 posted on 04/15/2006 5:21:53 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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