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rjnK Bdans'lllillis Amco News c^ 7;: / A^/ lume 44, Number 1 May 1988 Hope Helps With Special Needs rkftiror Adams-Millis employ- 5 Cheryle Carroll and Jan tliaii|llinger United Way is a ecial organization. They ow from first-hand expe- ince (about at least one of its member agencies—High Hope. Each has a young child en rolled in Hickory’s High Hope program, a facility lo cated a stone’s throw away THANKS Did you ever stop to think how many different jobs here at lams-Millis it takes to make a successful company? Before I elaborate, let me express to each of you my sincere ■ireciation for your contribution to our success. rWhen we observe a winning football team or a winning bas- ;^tball team, it is because each player has a job to do . . . and -' hen each player does his or her assignment, you have a winner. [Individual “stars” are fine so long as they play unselfishly - ra as Michael Jordan former Carolina Star and now with the :ipia|go Bulls. ®'.They,say a chain is as strong as its weakest link. The same is ‘rue of athletics - or hosiery! Let’s name a few of the players on the Adams-Millis team ... 'Bitters, fixers, seamers, boarders, pairers, folders, shippers, laintenance, sales personnel, secretaries, accountants, data ’"“^ssing, etc. '”! If I have left anyone out, I apologize. I think what worries me is that we don’t spend enough time laying to you “Job Well Done”. ?*■' I wish it were possible for me to personally shake the hand of “Mr 3,6W! “players” and say a great big “Thank You”. //(■^ 7/. 7 from Plant 6. “Often we don’t realize un til we need a place like High Hope just how important it is,” said Cheryle. “United Way is great to support an organization like this.” A year ago Cheryle gave birth to her fourth child, Virginia Brooke. It was un usual that Brooke didn’t cry, doctors said, and ordered tests to determine what might be wrong. Later Brooke didn’t suck her bottle and more tests were done to determine what was wrong. They showed that Brooke had suffered a stroke during pregnancy, an unusual situ ation and more rare that she survived it, doctors said. Because of the stroke, Brooke was unable to eat and had to be fed with a tube in her throat until she was nine months old. Surgery was required and now she receives therapy daily. It also was determined that Brooke was blind and deaf earlier but now is able to see and hear. Due to the special situ ation with Brooke, Cheryle looked at the options avail able for child care. After checking several day care Cheryle Carroll Isnt representatives display plaques noting outstanding safety records during 1987. From left seated, Jim Foster, Terry Hutchison, Gary Swain and Danny McNair Standing, Kenneth ‘teller, Ed Markushewski, Greg Trollinger, David Moff and President Robert M. Bundy, Jr. 4 8 Plants Cited For 1987 Safety Records Jan Bollinger centers she rejected that op tion. Another option was to quit work and care for Brooke herself but she was able to avoid that too when she looked to High Hope. “I had to work and be with the people here,” said Cher yle, a 13-year Adams-Millis employee, who works in the Plant 6 Finishing Depart ment. “It was a support group that I really needed to get me through this. The Adams-Millis family concept has been so important.' And the company has stood be hind me when I needed sup port. It’s not just a job here but someone to depend on.” (Continued on Page 6) ®>ght Adams-Millis facili- “*> which operated *^ghout 1987 without any “Ployee experiencing a abling (lost time) injury, re recognized recently th awards for the accom- shment. -ited were Plant 1, High Point; Plant 4/14, Kern- ersville; Plant 6, Hickory; Plant 10, Kernersville; Plant 33, Mount Airy; Plant 66, Warehouse, High Point; Plant 70, Central Main tenance, High Point; and Administrative Office, High Point. “This is an accomplish ment that the management is proud to recognize and one in which each employee should share an equal am ount of pride,” said Presi dent Robert M. Bundy, Jr. “I want to encourage each employee of Adams-Millis to work accident-free during 1988 and add your plant to the list of winners,” he ad ded. “Congratulations, again, to each of these plants on a job well done! ” Minis Family To Buy Company Adams-Millis Cor poration announced May 16 that is has accepted an offer to acquire the com pany for $16,50 per share in cash from the family of James Millis, Sr., the company’s Chairman. The Millis family owns ap proximately 34% of the company stock. The structure of the ac quisition of the public shares will be determined by the Millis family no later than May 20, 1988. The offer is a firm one, not subject to any conditions other than any necessary governmental and share holder approvals, with a commitment to close by October 31,1988. As previously an nounced, the company had received proposals from Sara Lee Cor poration and Gruss & Co. The Gruss & Co. proposal of $17 per share was with drawn on May 12, 1988. The Sara Lee offer, which Sara Lee stated was its final offer and which ex pired according to its terms at the close of busi ness on May 13, involved a merger transaction in which Adams-Millis shareholders would have received $16 per share of Sara Lee stock. In accepting the Millis family’s offer, the com pany’s Board of Directors, including its Special Comrfiittee of inde pendent directors, as ad vised by First Boston Corporation, determined that the Millis family’s offer was fair to the shareholders from a fi nancial pointof view.. Scholarship Winners Karen R. Welch, Pamela J. Thomas and John K. Rich ardson have been named 1988-89 winners of the James H. & Jesse E. Millis Scholar ship to High Point College. Karen Welch is the daugh ter of Louise C. Smith of the Print Shop; Pamela Thomas is the daughter of Joe Tho mas, Director of Purchasing; and John Richardson is the son of Joyce Richardson, a knitter in Plant 2 in Mt. Airy.
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