To express their feelings about the demise of their company, workers held a funeral for a Royal Seth mantle clock on the Thomaston green, soaked it with gasoline, and set it ablaze.  They announced they would send the ashes to executives of Talley Industries.

"A symbolic gesture of ordinary people against something they cannot change."

     - Linda Turner, Former Seth Thomas employee

"We mourn for the workers who served with dedication, loyalty, and skill.  We ask for a resurrection here, that people may again have a chance to create."

     - Rev. Henry Cody, St. Thomas Parish, eulogy for the clock