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Hester TUrns
Art Interests
Into Sock Design
When Bridgette Hester was Hester holds an Associate
a youngster she loved to paint in Applied Science degree in
and draw during her free time, commercial graphics from
Her interest in art has paid off Randolph Technical College
for her.
Hester joined the Adams-
Millis Product Development
team as computer design spe
cialist in February.
Shortly after arriving at
Adams-Millis, she was pleased
to find an advertisement in
Women’s Wear Daily featur
ing one of her designs - the
rose pattern, which features a
rose with violets and foliage.
“I had been here a week
when the ad came,” she said.
With the ad also can an
order from an Adams-Millis
customer. Hester then rede
veloped the design for a 200-
needle machine on the Nagata
computer and was able to
enhance it because 200 needles
allowed more detail than how
it was done previously for 184-
needle knitting machines.
Tell Us
About
Your
Grad
In the next couple
of months relatives of
many members of the
Adams-Millis Family
will celebrate gradu
ations.
You are invited to
share information
about you or anyone
in your immediate
family who graduates
this year whether from
high school or college.
As in the past we will
publish information
and photos of gradu
ates in a future issue
of the Amco News.
Please send the
name of the graduate,
name of the school or
institution from which
he or she is graduat
ing, type of degree
earned and employee’s
name and location.
Send information
and photos to Linda
Leach at the Corpo
rate Office in High
Point. If you have any
questions, call Linda
at 919-454-7420 or
Frances Saintsing at
454-7411.
and has completed extended
study on computers at Guilford
Technical Community Col
lege.
“I loved computers right
away,” she said, “and to be
able to combine art with speed,
cleanliness and accuracy is
great.”
When Hester was a young
ster, she enjoyed horseback
riding, showing horses, draw
ing and painting in her free
time.
“I still love horses and ride
whenever I can,” she said. “But
I felt especially that I had a
God-given talent around the
age of 12 for drawing.”
After trying other interests.
Bridgette Hester displays Women’s Wear Daily ad beside sock bearing rose pattern.
such as piano and ballet and instructor, inspired her even The High Point native’s lo\?
finding no particular skill there,
she began to pursue art, which
her mother encouraged
greatly, enrolling her in pri
vate art lessons.
There Hester learned the
proper way to apply oil, acryl
ics, pastels and colored pen
cils. Irene Poppy, Hester’s art
more to pursue her art talent.
She is still perfecting a strong
interest in portraits and oil
painting in still life.
Hester is a member of the
American Business Women’s
Association and an active
member of Memorial Presby
terian Church in Greensboro.
i
Above, Adams-Millis cheerleaders pose with pompons following their Valentine presentation
for Northeast Middle School students. In addition to their cheering, they danced to “Achy
Breaky Heart” and were joined by several students as they did the “Electric Slide,” below.
of horses was transferred tii|
hosiery design soon after join
ing Adams-Millis when shev«
asked to develop a pattei:
featuring a rearing horse fo
Banana Republic. She also hr,
developed another design will
a cowboy roping a longhon
steer. Hester said she alsc'
enjoys lace designs and flowe:
drawing best for women'i
designs. ,
“Seeing my designs in store
and in ads really pleases me,
she said. “I hope I can be
valuable asset to Adams-Mil'J
lis.” y
Away from work, Hestei!;*
has a new hobby — fiddling.
“I got interested through!
some friends about six or severi
months ago,” she said. “I love'
music but not for a caree:
though.”
Hester has played mainlj|
bluegrass and gospel music withiL
the fiddle including “Cripplei’
Creek,” “Love Me Tender"!
and “In The Garden” as some
of her favorites.
“The fiddle is hard to play,
but I really love it for relaxa J
Students present flowers to
cheerleaders following pro
gram.