Almost 200 memorial bricks have been purchased to date for the national apparel workers’ monument planned in Andalusia.

The bricks will be part of the monument, which will be dedicated at the former corporate headquarters of Alatex on Labor Day. The deadline for purchasing bricks to be in place in time for the dedication is Aug. 10, 2012. Bricks may be placed after this date, but will not be installed before the dedication.

The building currently is being renovated to become the new home of the Andalusia Area Chamber of Commerce and a tourist center.

In the years between 1923 and 1992, Alatex and Andala employed up to 1,500 people in Andalusia, and more than 3,000 total employees. The company also had plants in Troy, Brantley, Enterprise, Evergreen, Elba, Montgomery, Crestview and Panama City.

Checks can be mailed to Alatex Memorial, P.O. Box 429, Andalusia, AL, or delivered to Andalusia City Hall. Forms are available on the City of Andalusia web site, www.cityofandalusia.com.

Previously, The Star-News published a list of about 100 people for whom bricks have been purchased. Additional bricks have been purchased since then for:

• Bill Andress, Mechanic

• Barbara Aughtman, Customer Service

• Leosia M. Black, Inspector

• Agnes Blair, Cuff Dept.

• Mable Brawner, Secretary/Treasurer

• Lodelle B. Carter, Switch Board Operator

• Luria Castleberry, Unit D

• Ann S. Castleberry, Andala-2nd Floor

• Joe Cook, Accounting Dept.

• Lillie Ray Cottle, Collar Dept.

• Eleanor Crews, Quality Control

• Rebecca Enzor Cross, Data Processing

• Charles Dawson, Enterprise Plant Manager

• Eloise J. Dye, Laundry Dept.

• Beatrice M. Eiland, Inserted Sleeves

• Billie Sue Ellis, Laundry Supervisor

• H. Paul Enzor, Jr., G.M. Prod. Planning

• Ovvie Deloach Enzor, Unit D

• Bernice J. Findley, Sew Center Plaits

• Harmon M. Findley, Machine Mechanic

• Robert C. Floyd, Jr., Engineering

• Lucile H. Fore, Collar/Cuff Dept

• Jenelle W. Franklin, Accounting Dept.

• Mary Eliz. Gantt, Andala Supervisor

• Van Garvin, Maintenance

• Ruby Brown Garvin, Head Supervisor

• Wade W. Glaze, Shipping

• Ola Glaze, Supervisor

• Ruby Godwin, Collar Dept.

• Juanita Gomillion, Andala Collar Dept.

• Bernice Gomillion, Andala Cuff Dept.

• James W. Gomillion, Cutting Dept.

• Gail Grissett, Alatex Plant Manager

• James W. Grissett, E.D.P. Dept.

• Zonie C. Helms, Andala Pants Dept.

• James F. Henderson, Mechanic

• Margaret Holmes, Laundry Dept.

• John Huckabaa, Collar Dept.

• Margie D. Hudson,

• Glenda K. Johns, Assembly Dept.

• Mary Keefe, Payroll Dept.

• Lucile Kendrick, Collar Dept.

• Aubrey Kendrick, Cutting Room

• Lurlene Mahaffey, Supervisor

• Golden Mahaffey, Mechanic

• Georgia L. Mathews, Secretary

• Miss Clyde May, Button Dept.

• Eula E. Messick, Unit B

• Rudolph Messick, Accounting Dept.

• Jesse J. Messick, Mechanic

• Mildred K. Moore, Sampler Inspector

• Rowena Perdue, Shoulder Joiner

• J. Forest Powell, Shipping

• Daniel E. Powell, Trucking

• Louise Reeves Rabren, Presser

• Annie K. Reeves, Cuff Dept.

• Emma Enzor Rodgers, Collar Dept.

• Beulah Fay Ross, Collar Dept.

• Mildred S. Sasser, Alatex Collar Dept.

• Linda M. Sconiers, Collar Attacher Dept.

• Lucille Cook Seymour, Andala Cuff Dept.

• Bascom C. Smith, Mechanic

• Ophelia A. Smith, Executive Secretary

• Jean M. Smithart, Assembly Dept.

• Mattie Smyly, Payroll Dept.

• Clarence A. Snowden, Guard

• Mittie E. Snowden, Laundry Dept.

• Bobby Soles, V.P. Manufacturing

• Donald E. Southwell, Crestview Plant Manager

• John L. Sowell, Machine Mechanic

• Benny J. Strength, V.P. Manufacturing

• Hilda Thomasson, Unit A Cuff Dept.

• Rosalyn H. Tiller, Personnel Dept.

• Maud D. Traweek, Unit D

• Pastine Turner, Laundry Dept.

• Shirley Veasey, Office

• Norma Veasey, Unit D

• Myrtle Ruth Walker, Laundry Dept.

• Estelle Ward, Laundry Dept.

• Bertie C. Ward, Marking Dept.

• Bertie Warren, Andala Pockets

• Carolyn C. Warren, Secretary

• Voncile F. Williams, Laundry Dept.

• Charles Williams, Cutting Dept.

• J.H. Williams, Cutting Dept.

• Foy Woodham, Cutting Dept.

• Calvin Cecil Wyatt, Pattern Maker