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HONORING
SMALL BUSINESSES
W onder
Woman
in the Hearing World
by Gayle (Wampler) Willson
ome things in life you learn just I learned a strong work ethic as a
by being a part of something. young child: “if a man is paying
SThe best cooks watch as you for an hour of work, then give
their mothers add ingredients to a him an hour of work.” So, as a 5th
recipe, repeating the method from grader, I dusted boxes, swept the
a previous generation. We teach porch, and took out the trash of my
others what is important to us. I parents’ retail store. This all carried
have learned parenting skills, and into my adult life, and eventually,
now grandparenting skills, from my I began working with my parents
memories and experiences of family. again, as they ministered to the
needs of the hearing impaired, in the
fitting of devices and the caring for
each individual client.
Polly Jean Becton Wampler is
my mom, and her official title
in our office is “Director of 1st
Impressions”. Mom has had her
hearing Fitters and Dispensers School in 1955. She had met my
License in the state of Texas since Dad while in high school, and they
1977. Although she no longer married in October of the same year.
tests hearing or fits hearing aids, She had various jobs as a young
she is the greeter, the voice on the married lady, such as at the soda
phone, and the one who sends fountain at the drug store and in the
you a birthday card. Mom is very Methodist church office, but the job
practical and thinks through each she did best was being a mom and
decision, in personal situations and a helpmate in business with Daddy.
in business. Blair and I still seek her They owned and operated a hobby
advice. shop in Clovis and, at the same time,
Mom was raised on the family a Slot Car Racetrack. In Plainview,
Working at the Plainview office farm and homestead in Becton, they owned and operated Western
Texas, graduating from Idalou High Auto.
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