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Page 2 A Chat With The Chairman We can all take pride in an event which took place in North Carolina during the summer — The U.S. Olympic Festival. It was one of the greatest things ever to happen in North Carolina and the extraordinary success it enjoyed gives all North Carolinians reason to be proud. As members of the Adams-Millis Family we can all take special pride in the fact that the company was a “Bronze Sponsor” of the Festival. The event brought together more than 3,000 athletes who were watched by a record 460,000 fans. Ticket sales ex ceeded expectations by more than $100,000 and the Festival produced a profit of some $1.5 million. But the real display of success was the way the event was conducted without any hitches of any consequence. Hill Carrow, as executive director, mobilized an army of volun teers all over the state to assure its success. From its venues in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, Greensboro and Kerr Lake the Festival proved to the coun try and the world that North Carolina can handle events of this magnitude and even larger — perhaps, someday, the Olympics. Preceding the Festival was the Olympic torch run which passed through High Point, even along Elm Street in front of our company headquarters. It was a gratifying experience to see the flame as it ap proached being carried by our own Michael Ryan, Senior Vice President of Administration and Human Resources. He was joined by several Adams-Millis employees carrying a banner declaring “Adams-Millis Salutes The Olympic Festival.” I must admit 1 was a bit teary-eyed as the torch passed. It was a feeling of pride akin to that I experience as the National Anthem is played at the Olympic Games when an American wins a gold medal. As a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee I have seen athletes from around the world compete in the last eight Olympic Games. The thrust of the games is competition. Each athlete strives for the top prize — the gold medal. Similarly, we are all involved in competition as well. Just as Olympic athletes dedicate themselves to hard work and excellence in their endeavor, so must we. They strive to be the best athlete in the world. We must strive to be the best hosiery manufacturer in the world. Just as the athlete, we look toward outdistancing the competition. We are all looking for the gold medal. October 1] The President’s Corner Excellence is never an accident. It is achieved in an organ ization or institution only as a result of a ceaseless and vigor ous insistence on the highest standards of performance It requires everyone’s best effort possible. Excellence is contagious. It infects and affects everyone in the organization. It charts the direction or program. It estab lishes measures for planning. It provides zest and vitality to the organization. Once achieved, excellence affects everv aspect of the life of the organization. Excellence demands commitment and a total dedication from the leadership of the organization. Once it is accepted and expected, it must be nourished and continually reviewed and renewed. It is a never-ending process of learning and growing, re quiring a spirit of motivation and boundless energy. It is always the result of a creatively conceived and precisely planned effort. Excellence inspires; it electrifies. It raises to the highest level every phase of an orgainization’s life. It unleashes an impact which influences every program, every activity, every committee, every staff person, every employee. To instill it in an organization is difficult; to sustain it, even more so. It demands adjustment, imagination and vigor, But most of all. it requires that each person constantly strives to do better than the day before. Excellence is an organization's life line. It leaves no room lor indifference or complacency. It renews our energy. Once it becomes the e.xpected standarcl of performance, it results in a hai d di iving and motivating force for an organization. Excellence is a state of mind put into action. It is a road-map to success. When a climate of e.xcellence exists, all things important to the organization come easier. Excellence in an organization is important . . . because it is everything. A JjbU AMCO NEWS October 1987 Vol. 43, No. 3 AMCO NEWS is edited and produced quarterly by Adams-Millis Cor poration, 225 North Elm Street, High Point, North Carolina, 27261. Contributions, comm ents and suggestions are always welcomed by your staff. Jackie Barnard, Editor Credit Union News BY JOAN TREMLETT Credit Union Manager I hope all Credit Union mem bers have visited the new High Point office. As of September 1 the Credit Union has been lo cated in the new EK (Ed Kelly) Plaza, 1229 S. Main St., Suite 101. The telephone number is still the same — 886-4415. Go by and say hello to Eddie and Joy. timetodoit. Each ol you should have received your membership card by now. If not. please con tact your plant representative Ol call the credit union 1-800-421-.5626. at in Now is the time to be thinking about a Christmas Club for next year. This should be started November. If you don't already belong, please get an appli cation from your plant rep resentative. If you are already in the club, you may want to increase your contribution. November is Another reminder. Don't for- pt your family members may become members also and en- .lo\ all the services the credit union has to offer. Tell them the pod news and urge them to by the local office. go the Congratulations to Becky Plowucha from Plant 1 for win ning .$25 deposited to her savings account in the Credit L nion Open House drawing. Eddie Cleveland, Joy Albright In Front Of New Credi Offices In High Point
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