Page 8 - AMCO NEWS- July, 1978
Plant News
Plant #1 •• High Point
Our graduates include
Andrew Bridges, Jr., son of
Julia Bridges (seamer), from
Andrews High. . . Lynne
Saintsing, daughter of Mar
tha Santsing (seamer), from
Davidson Community Col
lege. . . Murray Johnson,
son of Betty Johnson (seam
er), from Southern Wayne
High School in CSroldsboro. .
and, Kotreail Gale Irby,
daughter of Velma Irby
(seamer), from Ragsdale
High in Jamestown.
New arrivals include a
son, Terron, to Prelle and
Gaines Rivers. Gaines is a
sewing machine fixer and
PreUe is a seamer. . . A
daughter, Nicole, to Anita
and Richard Williams. Anita
is a seamer. . . A daughter,
Crystal Gail, to Judy and
John Lewis. Judy is a seam
er.
Plant #2 -- Mt. Airy
New arrivals include a
baby daughter bom May 28
to Fairly and Mary Nunn;
Mary is a folder. . . A son,
Michael Jason, bom to
Michael and Linda Hooker
on May 22; Linda is a
seamer.
Rita Childress and Bobby
Morris were married May 7.
Rita is a seamer and Bobby a
lot handler. Other newly
weds include Shirley Golding
(seamer) and Marvin Mc
Mahan, and Raymond Smith
and Earline Brown; Ray
mond is in knitting.
Annie Hensley, clipper,
has purchased a new home
with a swimming pool.
PLANT #3 -KERNERSVILLE
Boarding Department —
Graduates this year include:
Debbie Marie Lawson, with
honors, from North Davidson
High. Debbie is the daughter
of Fay W. Lawson. . . An
nette Marie Rothrock, from
East Forsyth High; she was
an Honor Society member
and is the daughter of Evan
Rothrock. . . Jeffrey Lee
Beck, from Ragsdale High;
he is the son of Donnie Beck
of the Experimental Depart
ment. . . Rena Dawn Mit
chell, from the University of
North Carolina at Greens
boro; she is the daughter of
Susan Mitchell. . . Pamela
Covington, from West For
syth High; she is the daugh
ter of Francina Covington. .
Billy A. Martin, son of
Maggie Martin, from East
Forsyth. . . Demris Germine
^ daughter of Geral-
'th, from East For-
S wonne Marie
daughter of Dor-
iOws, from Win-
m State Universi-
and, Kathy J. Kiger,
daughter of Coy Bolick, from
East Forsyth, with honors.
Pairing Department sons
and daughters who graduated
from East Forsyth included
Cynthia Fish Wall, daughter
of Billie Fish; Jeanne Lynn
Harrison, daughter, and Mi
chael Allen Harrison, son, of
Evelyn Harrison; James
Lawrence Marshall, Jr., son
of Kathy Marshall; Robin
Kay Weavil, daughter of
Sadie Weavil; Brenda Sue
McLain, daughter of Bertha
McLain; Barry Alan Sim
mons, son of Dee Simmons;
Timothy Whicker, son of
Frances Whicker; and Patri
cia Lee Tompkins, daughter
of Shelly Tompkins. Gradu
ating from Northwest High
was Rigena Siddle, daughter
of Shirley Siddle; and from
South Park High, James M.
Kincaid, son of Delphine
Kincaid.
Finishing Department —
Esther Holder and Nellie
Grimes spent two weeks
recently in Florida. . . Our
graduates include Karen
Griffin and Kim Blaylock,
both from East Forsyth
High. Karen’s mother is
Frances Griffin and Kim is
the daughter of Pat Blay
lock. . . Returning to work
after sick leave are Ruth
Hargrave, Flora Manning,
Mary Hedrick and Madie
Dean. Pauline Watson and
Elizabeth Bodenhamer re
main on sick leave. . . Mary
Motsinger said she worked
so hard during her week’s
vacation she was glad to get
back on the job here. . . Vir
ginia Beasley and Debby
Motsinger vacationed at the
beach. . . Gayle Lewis
spends so much time at
Cherry Grove Beach that she
could almost call her work
weeks at the plant visits back
home. . . Mickey Elliott is
back from a trip to Tennes
see and Missouri. . . Pearl
Vermeulen is home from a
visit to her family in Mary
land. . . Denny Murphy al
ready has taken two week
end fishing trips to Roanoke
Rapids, Virginia, this sea
son. . . Congratulations to
Debby Motsinger and Joyce
Tuttle on their new homes.
PLANT #6 - HICKORY
Vashnti Payne visited in
St. Louis, Mo. and Dolly
Setzer spent a week in
Clolorada. . . Josie Huffman,
of the office, went to Myrtle
Beach for a long weekend. .
Two new employees are
Patricia Woody of Cuffing
and Carolyn Thomas in Pair
ing. . . Terry G. Hilton was
expected to return home in
Juneifrom Holland after three
years there with the U.S. Air
Force. He is the son of Ruth
Hilton of Finishing. . .Kat
hy Yoder of Finishing
honored her parents on their
50th wedding anniversary by
composing a poem for them
entitled ‘ ‘Your Golden Anni
versary.” The poem traced
events of Mr. and Mrs.
Corporate Administrative Offices
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Corporation, heads the de
partment which processes
information reported from
throughout the plants and
offices.
This information is keyed
into data-entry machines,
then stored in the C!orpora-
tion’s computer. Later this
data is utilized for reports
covering every aspect of the
Corporation’s business, for
such areas as production,
sales and accounting.
Also imder Jim’s supervi
sion are the Corporation’s
Print Shop and the private
telephone system, which
Adams-Millis owns and op
erates throughout the Corpo
rate Office and the plants in
North Carolina.
Jim is a graduate of Flori
da State University and has
studied at the University of
North Carolina Graduate
School.
Iris Marshall, now Assist
ant Secretary of the (Corpo
ration, first came to work in
1950 as a secretary. Since
1970, she has been executive
secretary to Mr. Millis and
Mr. Mewbome.
Iris holds the Certified
Professional Secretary Certi
ficate, which she was award
ed last year. To qualify for
this, the applicant must un
dergo two days of examina
tions that cover all phases of
secretarial duties, from fi
nancial accounting to office
procedures.
As Assistant Secretary of
the Corporation, Iris handles
all correspondence with
shareholders and assists
with mailing shareholder
proxy materigds and the An
nual and Quarterly Reports.
She also attends the Annual
Meetings of Stockholders to
report on proxy tabulations.
She is a Notary Public for the
Corporation.
Vester Reed’s life from the
date of their marriage on
May 19, 1928 to the present
time.
PLANT #7 -- HIGH POINT
From the Folding Depart
ment - Melitta McCroskey
was expected home in late
Jime after visiting her family
in Germany. . . Ruth Sny
der, Gladys Bowman and
Rebecca Hall are on leave
due to illness. . . Josephine
Bailey and her husband have
a new daughter - Shontelle
Denise.
From the Seaming Depart
ment — AUene Styron and
Iris Queen are on leave,
recuperating from surgery.
From the Knitting Depart
ment ~ Garvie Nunley and
his wife have a new daugh
ter, Jf - -
fixer.
Pla
George Harris and Curtis
Martin, both Certified Public
Accoimtants, are the (Corpo
rate Accoimting Supervisors.
They are responsible for all
areas of corporate account
ing, including all accounts
payable and receivable and
are concerned with all finan
cial information on build
ings, machinery and other
equipment owned by the
Corporation. Consolidation
of ^ancial data for monthly
operating reports, quarterly
and annual reports, as well
as reports for the Securities
Exchange Commission and
forecasts of future opera
tions, are other areas inclu
ded in their duties.
George is a graduate of
East Carolina University at
Greenville, and Ciulis grad
uated from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
Mack D. Harris is Opera
tions Manager of Informa
tion Services and directly
supervises the computer
operators, programmers and
control clerks.
Mack commented that the
Adams-Millis computer,
which occupies a 25 by
28-foot climate-controlled
room in the (k)rporate Of
fice building, is capable of
storing 420 million charac
ters (individual figures or
letters) on magnetic disks.
Information stored covers
such areas as accounts pay
able, accounts receivable,
production and cost reports,
orders and invoices.
As an example of the
speed with which the com
puter works. Mack mention
ed that as many as 65,000
production tickets from em
ployees can be computed in
approximately an hour. 'This
includes employee pay and
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CHA'^tL HI LL
ATT ‘/‘.ILLIAV
include Betty Qewis, Ac
counts Payable Clerk; Belva
Hancok, Distributing and
Scheduling Clerk. Belva’s
husband is principal of
Randleman Senior High.
Ben Haynes and Phil Hervey
are two new members of the
Sales Staff. . . Phyllis Run
yon now is 'Third Shift Super
visor, transferring from
A&M Texturing. . . Jim
Spessard, Ck)ntroller, and
Dan McKinney, Sales/Tech
nical Representative, ap
parently remain unofficial
tennis champs. . . Dixie
Smith, Industrial Engineer,
and iMark Ellis, Manu
facturing Manager, tried
fishing at Cherokee. . . Our
graduates include Elaine
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weekly production reports.
Before becoming Opera
tions Manager, Mack had
worked in other phases of
data processing. He has
completed a number of spe
cial courses relating to his
work.
Gerry Bailey is Assistant
Operations Manager In
formation Services. She has
been with Adams-Millis 24
years and previously worked
as Key Punch Operator,
Computer Operator, and
Shift Supervisor in Informa
tion Services.
Vickie Miller is Data Entry
Supervisor in Information
Services and is responsible
for distributing the work in
this department to data entry
operators. These operators
work at machines which have
keyboards similar to a type
writer. 'The information they
punch on these keyboards is
transferred to msignetic tape
to be processed by the
computer. This information
includes data concerning
production, payroll, group
insurance, orders, accounts
payable, accounts receiv
able, shipping and billing
information.
Prior to being promoted to
her present position, Vickie
was Assistant Schedriling
Manager at Adams-Millis
Texturing and Dyeing.
JOHN!. FARRINGTON, SR.
John had been with Adams-
Millis for 32 years and last
worked as security guard at
Plant #3 in Kernersville. In
1975, he retired from the
Boarding Department after
32 years of service, but had
returned to employment with
the Company in 1976.
AMCO NEWS is edited and
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offices of Adams-Millis Cor
poration at 225 North Elm
Street, High Point, North
Carolina. Contributions,
comments and suggestions
are always welcomed by your
production staff.
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