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AMCO NEWS
MAY, 1949
In Memoriam
Mrs. Alma S. Clifton who was employed
in the Main Office for more than a cpiarter
of a century- was a part of the growth of
the office force from four employees to
the present force of fifty employees.
.Alma Sizemore attended Oak Ridge
Military Institute. After graduating from
the high school, she completed the busi
ness course there. She married Mr. B. E.
Clifton March 24, 1927.
W'hcn Mrs. Clifton came to work the
office was located on the south side of
English Street in the space now occupied
hv the Sample Room. Her first duties
were to copy orders and invoices. Of tlic
four cmplovccs of the Office at the time
of her cmplovmcnt, only two arc still
employed: Miss Claudia Lamb and Mr.
J. \V. Rose.
On January 26, 1949 .Mma succumbed
to an illness of over tw-o years. She had
worked intermittently since an operation
in the summer of 1946.
Mrs. Clifton possessed a quiet uuassum-
ing personality whicli won for licr the lor e
and respect of everyone with whom she
came in contact. She was most loyal and
faitlifiil in her work.
Having worked in excess of twenty-five
rears, she had participated in the Profit
Sharing Plan of Adams-Millis Corporation
since the plan was inaugurated and had
accumulated to her account $1056.4s plus
194H and 1949 contributions. She had
designated as the heneficiary of her bene
fits her husband, B. E, Clifton, who has
already been paid $1706.00 as beneficiary
of the life insurance is.sued as one of the
benefits of the Profit Sharing Plan. lie
will also be paid all cash accruals when
the exact amounts arc known.
Since Mrs. Clifton was employed by
the company during the month of January,
her account will be credited with the serv-
ivc units for the entire year 1949.
ADAMS-MILLIS
SAFETY RECORD
Our safety record looks good for the
first four months of the calendar year.
Only one accident involving loss of time
has been reported. A total of seventeen
accidents without lost time includes five
accidents resulting in injury to the eye.
Protect your eyes when using the emery
wheel. Allow no one except persons desig
nated by your foreman to attempt to re
move foreign body from your eye.
Other accidents this year resulted in: 3
injuries to the hand, 1 bruised chest, 1
arm injury, 3 leg injuries, 2 injuries to the
face, 2 injuries to the foot, 1 scalp injury.
Plant No.
4
3
6
7
■S
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
10
Last Accident
Hours Worked
Department
6-1S-4S
690,309
No, 7 Looping and Seaming
1-31-45
584,179
Piedmont Knitting
Unknown
561,682
No. 7 Pairing
10-20-43
498,907
No. 8 Looping and Seaming
4-19-43
451,258
Consolidated Knitting
2-11-46
463,410
No. 8 Knitting
2-11-46
392,527
No. 3 Knitting
2-26-48
365,763
No. 1 I.ooping
11-14-47
309,196
No. 4 Looping
9-26-47
247,120
No. 7 Fini,slung
6-19-46
191,539
No. 3 I’inkshing
10- 4 46
189,094
No. 1 Inspecting
9-24-48
175,157
No. 7 Knitting
3- 8-48
167.812
No. 1 lunishing
6- 3-48
158,208
No. 4 Knitting
I- 9-48
112,552
No, 4 Inspecting
10- 8-48
109,498
No. 2 Greigc Goods
10-17-47
82,657
No. 2 Boarding
4-23-48
48.554
Machine Shop
Annual Meeting of
Stoekliolders Held In March
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of Adams-Millis Corporation in
March James II. Millis was elected Assist
ant Treasurer.
lie entered a training program upon his
discharge from the Army Air Corps in
I'chruary, 1946 and worked in practically
every department in the Plants during
1946 and 1947.
Upon completion of his training in
Plant Management, Jim was assigned to
the Accounting Department where he has
since hcen working.
Other officers re-clcctcd at the March
meeting were:
J. Ed Millis President
Howard D. Jobe .
R. Mayne Bundy
T. Lynwood Smith
T. Carl Langley .
H. O. Williams
Vice President
Vice President
Vice President
Secretary-T reasurer
Assistant Secretary