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Van Joyce, left, confers with Ernest Kearns at Barnwell Plant.
(Photo by Rich Noll)
and a wall is gone,” he said Vice President of Opera-
jokingly. “There’s still a lot to tions Van Joyce also agreed
do but it’s all going smoothly.” that the Barnwell operation is
The Maintenance Depart- Along with installation of on target,
ment in High Point has served production equipment inside, “We’re right on schedule
“clearing house” Beasley said the building ex- with about 40 percent of the
and equipment terior has to be painted and a operation in place,” he said,
lot of landscaping remains to
be done. The plant parking
lot already has been paved.
With his maintenance du
ties, Beasley also is setting up ,
_ ^ ^ , a plant safety program that pleased with what is happen-
Tim Beasley, who recently will include safety teams to ing.”
moved to Barnwell as Man- deal with a multitude of safety Joyce said the Barnwell
ager of Maintenance and matters including ergonomics, plant, which produces white
Safety, said he has been sur- hearing conservation, OSHA athletic socks, is expected to
prised at how quickly the compliance, first aid, lock out- be producing 165,000 dozens
operation has moved. tagout, accident investigation a week by September.
“We can give them the nod and others.
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has been increasing every
week.”
as a sort of
for parts
needed at the Barnwell plant,
Kearns said.
“We were able to use equip
ment that was in storage at
other plants and saved a lot of
money by doing that,” he said.
“We’re very excited about
being in that area. There’s an
excellent employment base and
the employees have a very
positive attitude. We’re
Some Barnwell employees pose with Vice President of Operations Van Joyce and Plant
Manager Dan Bulman. From left are Joyce, Darnell Moore, Bulman, Tonia Williams, Tim
Owens, Albert Williams, Otix Pernell, Judy Tolbert and Ronnie Walker. (Photo by Rich Noll)
Consumer Exposure
Olympics A Grand Opportunity
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The 1996 Summer Olympics
in Atlanta will be a majoroppor-
tunity for Adams-Millis and its
parent company, Sara Lee, ac
cording to Mark Smith, Vice
President of Sales.
“It will be a great opportunity
for Adams-Millis and for Sara
Lee as a corporation to showcase
our branded products,” Smith
said. “It will have more impact
with the Olympics being in the
United States. It’s a great way to
get our brands in front of con
sumers’ eyes.”
The 1996 Olympics, of which
Sara Lee is a major sponsor, will
help to build sales. But the com
pany isn’t waiting for that event
to push sales higher. In fact, Hanes
brand socks sales are rising and
name brands such as Jockey, Al-
Buddy Program
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Dana Stewart said the pro
gram is going well for her and
her buddy.
“It’s coming along well,”
she said. “We talk a lot about
ing with a teacher and her 19
students.
“I’m the Adams-Millis lady
to the students,” she said. “I
try to mix with them and I
really enjoy it and I’m learn- feel good when I see him.
ing a lot from them.” Not only do the Adams-
Forrest Buck also is work- Millis participants ee t e
ing with a sixth grade class. program is going wellbut so
“It’s really interesting to see does NEMS Principa r. o n
their reactions to things,” he Schroeder.
said. “I work with groups of “The teachers have nm e
students. It certainly gives me some positive comment a iit
a totally different outlook on how it s going he sai
exander Julian and Coach are as
well.
“Jockey has become the
number two brand in men’s ho
siery in the past three years,”
Smith said.
Just as “branded” sales are
expanding, private label is grow
ing for the company too as spe
cialty stores, department stores
and specialty chains seek socks
under their own label.
Stores such as Dillard’s, Belk’s,
Federated, Bass, The Gap and
Macy’s continue to carry their
own private label hosiery.
“Although branded hosiery
sales are growing faster, private
label will continue to grow where
appropriate,” Smith said. “Stores
such as Bass, Macy’s and The
Fixer Redmond Bowers works on Barnwell plant Ymitting
machine.
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school and books and the band. Gap are not getting out of the
It’s rewarding for me. I always private label business.
Diane Atkinson boards socks in BarnweB plant.
youth. They enjoy having
somebody else there besides
the teacher.”
Buck said he may try the
one-on-one situation next year.
Anita Spencer is working
with an eighth grader whom
she visits twice a week.
“I’m trying to be a positive
influence for her,” Spencer . , t n cf
said. “She’s a smart girl who ested, contact Linda Leach at
wants to be a model. She seems the Corporate ice.
excited to see me now.”
he said. “It’s
always good to have someone
from the outside to be there
to reinforce what the teacher
tells the student. We can tell
the students to do their home
work but they expect that from
us. If someone else tells thern
that, it has a greater impact.”
The buddy program is open
to other volunteers. If inter-
From left, Carolyn Ann Watts, Nellie Trottie, Katie Lou Dobson, Donna Eichberg, Mary A.
Fields and Shelia Simmons package socks in Barnwell.