Job losses force Arlington family to regroup

Published 9:00 pm Saturday, December 8, 2001

By Steve Powell

Herald Writer

Irish Spring, Dial, Dove, Anna-Louise …

What! Never heard of that last brand of soap?

Well, a mother and daughter who will lose their jobs at the Boeing Co. Friday hope to change that.

While they have some anxiety about being laid off, they hope this is a springboard to a career making soap named after their middle names.

Glenda Carman, 37, and her mother, Phyllis Groendyk, 62, both of Arlington, have been making soap for years.