Assembled from lists and records found in the FBI documents, the jobs and workers listed in the Small Shops department are in this pdf file:
Peoples Temple businesses in Jonestown fell under the responsibility of two departments: II. Business & Industry and X. Small Shops. The distinction is not clearly specified but it appears that Business & Industry has to do with business external to the Temple; whereas Small Shops has to do with business internal to Temple, though some of the businesses developed were planned for eventual commercial sales.
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Assist. Chief Administrative Officer |
Lee Ingram |
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Assistant |
Amondo Griffith |
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Graphics Shop |
Nancy Sines – Supervisor Rosie Ruggiero – Assistant Signs, Special Paint Jobs, Banners & General Beautifications. Ron Sines, Clifford Gieg, Peter Wotherspoon |
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Haircut Shop |
Nancy Sines, Frances Stevenson, Edith Cordell |
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Shoe Repair |
Glen Moton, Chuck Beikman, Eugene Smith, Tom Grubbs Mend things, shoes, boots. Special Projects: harnesses, belts, leather bound books. Maintain machines. |
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Typewriter/Watch Repair |
Michael Lund (Rozynko) – Typewriters Bruce Oliver – Watch repair |
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Refrigeration Small Appliances |
Ray Jones – Supervisor Freezers, Laundry Machinery, Electric motors Jeff Carey – Apprentice Ruby Carroll – Assistant Repair sewing machines |
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PA Crew, Electronics |
Mike Carter & Don Casanova (Scheid) – Supervisors Show films, video tapes, Main on machine. Wesley Breidenbach -Asst Supervisor Repairs and QS0’s Scott Thomas – Asst Supervisor Overhauling PA equipment & taping, maintain tapes. Maria Katsaris, Paula Adams – Radio |
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Brick Factory |
Jack Barron – Project Coordinator Willie Sneed, Ray McKnight – Supervisors Jair Baker – Raw materials Chris O’Neal – Asst Brick Maker Tim Swinney – Brick Layer |
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Charcoal |
Jack Barron |
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Soap Factory |
Etta Thomas (Thompson) – Supervisor Roosevelt Turner – Co-Supervisor Lavana James – Helper Pauline Scott |
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Sawmill, Alaskan Sawmill, Shakemill |
Jim Morrell (Bogue) – Supervisor Gathers materials Charlie Touchette – Supervisor, Alaskan Sawmill Jose Simon – Assistant Construction & Gather materials Al Simon – Construction and Cat Operator |
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The Graphics Shop made all the signs for Jonestown, at the entrance, over the podium, on buildings, etc.
Some of the shops such as shoe repair and Typewriter/Watch Repair sometimes took in work from outside Jonestown.
The soap factory was looked to as a vital project. In Guyana there was no soap manufacture, so all soap in the country had to be imported. Jonestown hoped to develop soap manufacture as a money-making enterprise.
– Don Beck