by John Pidgeon | Aug 23, 2011 | From the President's Desk
We recently hosted a luncheon for our retired employees at the Spiceland Community Center. 27 of 47 living retirees attended. Jackie Wolfe traveled the farthest, driving 250 miles from Marietta, Ohio. Company owners Mike Broome, Chris Broome and John Pidgeon updated...
by John Pidgeon | Aug 9, 2011 | From the President's Desk
I was pleased to receive this suggestion for a guest blog post from Beverly, because she writes about one of the things which is unique to Draper’s culture. We have been employing college students here during the summer for over forty years, and have helped hundreds...
by John Pidgeon | Jul 29, 2011 | From the President's Desk
Draper is located in a small rural town in Indiana called Spiceland. We’ve been here since 1902. The town center consists of a grocery store, bank, barber shop, library, community building, post office…and once a small drugstore called Andy’s Drugstore. Many of...
by John Pidgeon | Jul 15, 2011 | From the President's Desk
Meet Buddy, the town dog of Spiceland. She lives just up the street from Draper. Buddy belongs to Mike Couch, but she sleeps around. She will spend the night with anyone who will give her a meal around dinner time. Buddy arrives at the local branch bank most days...
by John Pidgeon | Jul 1, 2011 | From the President's Desk
Last month I wrote about the Draper Health Service, our free on-site primary care clinic for Draper employees and their families. Today I want to tell you about an extension of that effort of which we are quite proud – the Draper Wellness Program. We began the...
by John Pidgeon | Jun 20, 2011 | From the President's Desk
Draper is located in Spiceland, Indiana, a village of 800 people 40 miles east of Indianapolis. People often wonder how our town got its name. Spiceland was settled by Quakers from North Carolina in the 1820s. They chose to settle here because of an abundance of...