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Volume VII
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY, 1953
No. 8
Annual Picnic To Be On Friday, August 14
Six Watches Will
Be Presented To
25-Year Workers
MESSAGE
FROM THE
PRESIDENT
TO MY FELLOW WORKERS:
A few days ago in reviewing our
advertising program of last year
in connection with plans for this
^®'ear, I realized that an odd situa-
^^Rion exists.
Millions of people throughout
the nation know more about Anvil
Brand advertising than we do right
here in the home organization. We
see only a limited part of it. While
we may encounter certain examples
of our advertising in local stores
or in publications we read, the
general public as a whole sees all
forms of our advertising in all
publications we use and in thou
sands of stores from New York to
Louisiana, from Wisconsin to
Florida.
Yet, new brands of work ’n’ play
clothes continue to arrive on the
market. Competition steadily in
creases from long-established com
panies. So our advertising becomes
a vital force in advancing Anvil
Brand popularity with consumers
and in constantly strengthening
our trade po.sition for future years.
The good fortune of all of us,
now and in the future, depends in
great measure on the persistent
energy of our sales organization
and on the steady exploitation of
. the merits of Anvil Brand to wear
ers of utility clothes and sports
wear.
It is our job, of course, to pro
vide those merits of design, work
manship, finish and superior wear
ing quality for salesmen and
advertising to sell.
You would be interested to know
that every week in the year 1&,000,
000 magazine readers are told in
our advertising of their advantages
in wearing Anvil Brand, Tom
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Only 43 Have Perfect
Record For 6 Months
Whatever the cause, there were
fewer employees with perfect at
tendance records during the past
six months than there has been
during the past 18 months. A
check of the records shows only 43
persons who have been here every
working day for the past six
months and who have not been
tardy. These figures do not include
any members of the supervisory or
executive staff nor members of
the functional sub-committee.
During the last half of last year
there were 61 workers with perfect
attendance records, while for the
first half of 19o2, there were 57
with perfect records.
The dungaree department led all
others with nine pei’fect records,
followed by shirts with six, over
all with five, the office, shipping,
cutting, and pants department with
four each, maintenance three, pat
tern two, and ladies’ dungaree and
receiving one each.
Those with perfect attendance
records are;
Dungaree: Edith Cleary, William
Lehman, Ila Luther, Nina Martin,
Dora Mills, Dorothy Misenheimer,
Carleen Palmer, Mae Pegram, and
Hassie Stanford.
Ladies’ Dungaree: Georgia
Payton.
Office: Ida Fetner, Barbara
Mendenhall, Alma Paul, and Ken
neth Poindexter.
Shipping: Vernie Bowers, Bobby
Corn, Charles Edwards, and Eve
lyn Witcher.
Receiving: Dan Groce.
Maintenance: Wayne Bailey,
Robert Harris, and Napoleon
Johnson.
Pattern: Hal Sechrest and Clyde
Nelson.
Cutting: Robert Armfield, Rich
ard Hill, Warren Shelton, and
Dale Welborn.
Overall: Mildred Craven, Willard
Hussey, Jessie Lehman, Gertimde
Rumsey, and Geneva Lethco.
Pants: Brady Felts, Etta Mcln-
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SIMPLE — Workers and engi
neers, both here and elsewhere, are
continually seeking an easier way
to do things, and new machines
with automatic cut-offs and other
labor-saving devices arc constantly
coming on the market. But not all
labor-saving devices are compli
cated. Here is a very simple one,
recently installel in the panti^ de
partment where watch pockets are
serged. The lining and the pocket
are sewed together with the serg-
ing machine and the thread is not
broken between them. When a
bundle or two has been serged, the
operator heretofore cut them apart
with a pair of shears. This cut-off
was made from two discarded
blades from the cutting room. The
blades are set at an angle, and the
operator merely hits the blade
with the thread between the pock
ets. If the first blade, which slants
upward, doesn’t cut the thread, the
thread hits the junction of the two
blades, and is severed by the upper
blade which is slanted downward.
“We’ll have to work like dogs to
kill ‘creeping socialism.’ ” —Pres.
Eisenhower.
August 14 has been set as the
day for the annual picnic when An
vil Brand workers and their
families — some 2,500 strong —
will descend on the City Lake Park
and the Colored Park for bheir
summer get-together. Ball games,
horse shoes, swimming and other
sports will be enjoyed in the after
noon, and following the picnic sup
per, Carl Story and The Rambling
Mountaineers and Quartette will
provide entertainment in the am
phitheatre.
A highlight of the day will be
the presentation of watches to six
employees with 25 years contin
uous sei’vice to the company by
President R. C. Kirchofer. Last
year when watches were first pre
sented as a token of the company’s
appreciation, there were 24 workers
with 25 years or more of continuous
service. Those to be honorel next
month all came here in 1928 and
have not left the company’s em
ploy since that time.
Present for the first time this
year will be members of the Shei--
rod Division and their families.
The Independence Division, which
like Sherrod was addel during the
past year, will hold its own picnic
in Independence, Va.
Jack Rives, director of produc
tion, has announced that all plants
will be closed at 2:45 the lay of
the picnic and buses will be sta
tioned at the Sherrod, the Hudson
and the White Divisions to provide
transportation to the parks for
those desiring it.
Personnel Director Aline Carter
is serving as general chairman of
the picnic, and is being assisted by
committees from the various divi
sions. “Mark the date down on your
calendar,” she observed, “ and let’s
all plan to have some fun, food, and
relaxation.”
The entertainment program and
supper will be identical at the two
parks. In case of rain, arrange
ments have been made to move the
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