Melvin Mitchell, of Dryden, has been creating smiles for a very long time. More than 60 years.
As the owner of Ithaca Dental Laboratory, Mitchell, 82, creates dentures and partial plates and has been doing that since he was a teenager. He doesn't plan to stop any time soon.
"I came in here when I was about 17," Mitchell said, "and I've been here ever since."
His brother-in-law, Arland Newman, who was married to his sister, Sybella, learned the trade in the Army, bought the business and hired Mitchell when he was a teenager....One of 12 children, Mitchell is the next to last. He grew up on a crop farm in Mecklenburg so he knows a bit about a strong work ethic. ...
Extracted from "60 years of creating smiles for Ithaca," published in The Ithaca Journal on November 7, 2014
Melvin Mitchell, of Dryden, has been creating smiles for a very long time. More than 60 years.
As the owner of Ithaca Dental Laboratory, Mitchell, 82, creates dentures and partial plates and has been doing that since he was a teenager. He doesn't plan to stop any time soon.
"I came in here when I was about 17," Mitchell said, "and I've been here ever since."
His brother-in-law, Arland Newman, who was married to his sister, Sybella, learned the trade in the Army, bought the business and hired Mitchell when he was a teenager....One of 12 children, Mitchell is the next to last. He grew up on a crop farm in Mecklenburg so he knows a bit about a strong work ethic. ...
Extracted from "60 years of creating smiles for Ithaca," published in The Ithaca Journal on November 7, 2014
Family Members
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Anna B Mitchell Thomas
1911–2007
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Sherman W. Mitchell
1915–1992
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Marie O. Haithcox
1920–1990
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Wilbur T. "Willie" Mitchell
1922–2014
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Simon Peter Mitchell
1924–2018
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Mildred E Riddick
1925–2004
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Lewis W. "Mitch" Mitchell
1926–2000
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Melvin W. Mitchell
1932–2017
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Elaine Helen Elizabeth Mitchell Feagin
1933–2023
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Cecelia Mitchell Dunham
unknown–2022
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