Bet that was Willie Fritscher, the guy I keep citing as responsible for all that magnificent wood from the early'70's on, eventually became Plant Manager:I was fortunate to visit when Guild was still there. Unfortunately I was unable to get past the front desk! However, they did send me home with some of their newest literature at the time.
I had been calling them for a few years to find dates of serial numbers. They always had to check with "Willie". I wanted to meet "Willie". I didn't get to!
On another tangent, regarding the subdivisions in the building, I recall somebody's post who'd visited the address maybe 6 or 7 years ago (was that actually you, Wiley?) and said that there was some kind of thrift/charity store that I think must have been located in the end we see in that photo.
Ah, here we go, Jonnycake Center of Westerly:
(Hey, my 2000th post! Do I win something?!)