tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post2158785069782697825..comments2024-03-28T23:02:24.234-07:00Comments on Flint Expatriates: Flint Artifacts: Helmac Lint RollerFlint Expatriateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08352270564340149006noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-9275372223051737042023-01-30T05:59:52.644-08:002023-01-30T05:59:52.644-08:00I'd love to hear any memories you have of work...I'd love to hear any memories you have of working at Helmac. What was it like?Gordon Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-13342254480935348072023-01-30T02:30:00.272-08:002023-01-30T02:30:00.272-08:00I used to work at helmac back when they were on ke...I used to work at helmac back when they were on kelso st in Flint and I loved it wish they would move back to Michigan Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-87777574723722668142018-06-29T14:20:56.900-07:002018-06-29T14:20:56.900-07:00I have an old Helmac roller with a patent number m... I have an old Helmac roller with a patent number molded on the plastic, so I googled it-<br />https://patents.google.com/patent/US4361923A/en<br /> My husband had tossed it out, but I retrieved it from the wastebasket. <br />I found an Evercare roll of lint tape at a nearby Goodwill, so I bought it, having a vague memory that they were the same company and it would fit. Yes, it did!<br />I was interested in my old lint roller when Helmac was in Michael Moore's film, "Roger and Me". marmeapeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543818462603102367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-43444616892508854332018-01-16T09:41:54.583-08:002018-01-16T09:41:54.583-08:00Did Helmac ever have part of their business in the...Did Helmac ever have part of their business in the old Oak School in Flint? I know my mother worked for Helmac when I was a kid of about 4 years old. I went to a nursery school at Oak School, and maybe I am remembering it wrong, but I was thinking she worked in the same building. If anyone knows for sure, would you please post it.Maryetta Robinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-30297309013614319482011-12-12T10:50:14.051-08:002011-12-12T10:50:14.051-08:00I personally knew the original designers of the He...I personally knew the original designers of the Helmac Lint Roller. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas McKay attended St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Flint, Michigan. Charles Stewart Mott was also a member. His son, Nick, Jr., went to the Flint Mayor, Woodroe Stanley, to discuss hiring more of the Genesee County Residents if the Mayor could possible give the company a tax break. Mayor Stanley would not even take the time to discuss the issue. That is why I heard that Helmac moved to Atlanta. . . must be ignorance is bliss?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-18663149415716613622009-02-24T09:47:00.000-08:002009-02-24T09:47:00.000-08:00For some reason, it sticks in my mind that the pla...For some reason, it sticks in my mind that the plant was originally on the northside of Davison Road between Dort and Franklin. The Kelso move was later. Any Ex-Pats remember something similar or is memory-loss beginning to set in.Cooley's Dictumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06091573176460132541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-57015024317920318552009-02-24T08:20:00.000-08:002009-02-24T08:20:00.000-08:00I went through those things like ... like ... oh, ...I went through those things like ... like ... oh, well, I used them a lot!Gillian Swarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075628273664457571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-64560406481319248382009-02-24T08:00:00.000-08:002009-02-24T08:00:00.000-08:00Yes! I worked there for a couple of years through ...Yes! I worked there for a couple of years through college. It was a very fine place to work. The owners were very kind and generous to this Flint girl. I actually worked in a subsidiary that was run by one of the McKay's (the owners) sons. It was the most lint-free I have ever been.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-1631008864806944832009-02-23T17:18:00.000-08:002009-02-23T17:18:00.000-08:00The Helmac plant was located on Kelso Street in Fl...The Helmac plant was located on Kelso Street in Flint at one time...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3244123422713926575.post-23936686704716069062009-02-23T15:42:00.000-08:002009-02-23T15:42:00.000-08:00Hello, Antiques Road Show...(or..You can't spe...Hello, Antiques Road Show...<BR/>(or..You can't spell Flint without L-I-N-T.)<BR/><BR/>I happen to have of of those Helmacs & still use it. Not the roller type but the kind that looks like a miniture canoe paddle with arrows on either side denoting which way to move it across your clothing to collect the most fuzz.<BR/><BR/>Remember that scene in Roger & Me in which the woman who was the head of Helmac put forth the idea that those laid off from the auto industry would be absorbed into her company? (hahahahahahah)<BR/><BR/>Sure she had stars in her eyes, but her blouses were free of hair & lint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com