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AMCO NEWS 71,/ /?P-/ Vol. XXVIII No. 2 Adams-Millis Corporation March-April, 1972 WAREHOUSE EXPANDED AT OKLAHOMA PLANT i Adams-Millis Hosiery Company, 3601 South Broadway, Edmond, Oklahoma, has reached another significant step in its growth with the completion of Phase Eight--a second addition to the warehouse--in its expansion program. The additional structure to the warehouse section of the Oklahoma plant brings the floor Space to 75, 000 square feet, almost ten times the space (8,'000 square feet) when the plant was Opened in September 1968. The firstphase consisted of pairing, folding, and shipping hosiery which was manufactured in the High Point, N, C. plant. This was the first plant to be operated by Adams-Millis Cor poration outside North Carolina, Charles Tuttle, with thirty year s' experience in the finishing department of the High Point plant, was appointed superintendent of the Edmond Operations, His wife, Mrs. Louise Tuttle, was a payroll clerk in the High Point ladies' hosiery plant; she has been plant secretary of the Edmond plant since its opening. Upon their arrival, Charles and Louise began to study more than 350 applications for employment which had been placed with the ^dmond Chamber of Commerce. Their office epace in the plant had not been completed, so, f he y set up offices in a motel located across Charles Tuttle Louise Tuttle the highway from the plant. Planks and boards constituted walkways across the muddy land scaping. Phases Two and Three of the building pro gram were the construction of the boiler room and the dye house. Phase Four was the construction of the first warehousing facility in April of 1969. The West Coast warehouse in San Fernando, Cali fornia was moved to the new Oklahoma ware house. Some hosiery was now being shipped from High Point to Edmond before it was dyed. The Edmond manufacturing plant finished the hosiery and continued shipping from that point. The warehouse also received stock ready for shipment from all the North Carolina plants. Knitting operations (Phase Five) got under way in May of 1969, and seaming was started in July of 1969; this made possible the entire manu facturing and finishing processes. Vivian Led ford and Doris Eyler were the firsttwo searners. Formal dedication of the plant was in July of 1969. More expansion was to follow: another addition to the warehouse, an addition to the knitting department, and still another addition to the warehouse. With the physical growth of the plants, em ployment was increased rapidly to approximate ly 130 employees. Many of those employed when the plant opened have assumed positions of more responsibility and leadership. (Cont'd. on page 6)
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