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Forrest
Buck
Promotions
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Included in recent promotions
in Adams-Millis Corporation is
the appointment of Jim Foster to
the position of Plant Manager,
Plants 4/14 in Kernersville. Prior
to joining Adams-Millis, Jim
worked with Renfro Hosiery Cor
poration and Annedeen Hosiery
Mill. Jim reports to Van Joyce,
Vice President and Group
General Manager.
David Atkins is named Pairing
Department Manager, Plant 3, in
Kernersville. He reports to Larry
Strader, Plant Manager. David
has been with the company for 17
years as supervisor and order
clerk in the Longfold DeparL
ment.
Gene Yow is named Longfold
Department Manager, Plant 3,
also reporting to Larry Strader.
Gene has served in various posi
tions in Longfold and has worked
with Adams-Millis over 42 years.
Nadine Clark is named Seam
ing Supervisor, Plant 7, in High
Point. Prior to her promotion,
Nadine was Assistant Knitting
Supervisor at Plant 1. Nadine has
had five years service with the
company.
Kara Lane is promoted to •
Packaging Coordinator reporting
to Joe Thomas, Director of Pur
chasing. Prior to her promotion,
Kara held the position of
Secretary in the Purchasing
Department. She has been with
the company since 1978.
Tina Toney has been promoted
to Claims Department Manager.
Tina reports to Larry Beal,
Credit Manager. She joined
Adams-Millis in August 1981 as a
Traffic Clerk and was most
recently a Claims Adjustment
Clerk in the Credit Department.
Kathy Kempton has been pro
moted to the position of Secretary
to Larry Strader, Plant Manager,
Plant 3. Prior to her promotion,
Kathy was Industrial Engineer
ing Secretary for two years.
Bill Newman has been pro
moted to Technical Support and
Data Base Administrator repor
ting to C. D. Oakes, Vice Presi
dent of Administrative Services
and Director of Information Ser
vices, In addition to his duties as
Data Base Administrator, Bill
has assumed the additional
responsibility of Manager of
Computor Systems and all
related software products.
Forrest Buck is named Data
Base Administrator I reporting to
Mr. Newman. Forrest previously
held the ptosition of Computer
Operator since his employment
in 1983.
Jim
Foster
David
Atkins
Gene
Yow
Kara
Lane
Tina
Toney
Kathy
Kempton
Bill
Newman
Terry Hutchison Displays Sweater, One of Several Gifts He Received
Employees Surprise Hutchison
Terry Hutchison, former Plant
Manager in Plants 4 and 14 in
Kernersville, was treated to a
surprise luncheon January 24 by
plant employees. The treat was to
celebrate his promotion to Plant
Manager of Plant 6 in Hickory,
where he began work February 4.
“I want to thank you all very
much for everything you have
done for me in the past two and a
half years,” Hutchison said after
recovering from the surprise in
the plant. “We’ve made a lot of
improvements but none of those
could have been possible without
your help.”
“I’m going to miss everyone,”
he said. “You’ve been a big help
to me.”
Hutchison, a native of
Greensboro, is a graduate of East
Carolina University where he
majored in business administra
tion. Formerly, he was employed
with Kayser Roth in Burlington.
Plant employees from each of
the three shifts were responsible
for the luncheon and presented
him several gifts including a
sport coat, sweater, ties, gloves,
shirt and plaque. Many
employees expressed regret at
seeing him move.
“We’re really going to miss
him,” said Jeanette Surface, a
seaming supervisor. “He has
been so supportive, I would just
tell the folks in Hickory to take
good care of him.”
Among the improvements Hut
chison mentioned is an improved
production cost effectiveness and
off-grade percentage.
Hutchison’s wife, Laura, and
their five-month-old daughter.
Dawn, were on hand for the sur
prise luncheon.
Jeannette Surfaee Pins Flower On Hutchison
Retirees
Annie Mae Lewis
Plant 75
Maerene Presnell
Plant 7
Workers Avert Tragedy On Winter’s Coldest Day
Some observant Adams-Millis
employees helped to avert what
could have been a tragedy in
Kernersville January 21.
That was the day temperatures
plummeted to record lows
throughout the state and the na
tion.
During that day Becky Lewis,
Planning Coordinator in Plant 3,
noticed an elderly woman, believ
ed to be in her 80s, walking along
N.C. 150 located beside the plant.
After noticing that the woman ap
peared disoriented, she notified
Plant Manager Larry Strader
and Doug Shelley, Maintenance
Superintendent.
“We watched her briefly,
Strader explained. “Then Doug
and I drove over to her.”
He explained that by the time
they reached her she had walked
some distance farther down the
street and had walked into a lane
of traffic.
“A truck had stopped to let her
get back across the street but the
driver had not gotten out to help
her,” Strader said. “It was ob
vious she was in trouble.”
“When the truck moved on we
drove up beside her and asked if
we could help her,” Strader con
tinued. “She told us she was try
ing to find the Winston station.
We assumed she meant the bus
station.”
Strader and Shelley said they
believed the woman had walked
away from one of two nearby nur
sing homes. Once the woman got
into the car they took her to one of
the nursing homes.
“They told us that the woman
was from the other nursing home
but they took her in and cared fqr
her until she could be returned to
the other,” Strader said. “When
we got to her she was in pretty
bad shape. She was cold and
shivering but everything turned
out alright.”
Temperatures that day drop
ped to minus 9 degrees in the
Triad.
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