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Volume VII
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER, 1953
No. 10
MESSAGE
EROiVl THE
PRESIDENT
TO MY FELLOW WORKERS:
Still the memory of our Auffust
picnic lingers.
A warm and pleasant memory,
too. It brings mental pictures of
companionable people and happy
scenes at both the City Lake and
Colored Park, with the further
pleasure of publicly welcoming
^^^.embers of the Sherrod Division
,o the fellowship of our Anvil
Brand family.
Everyone joins, I know, in sin
cere regret that an outbreak of
polio prevented our Sherrod co-
workers in Independence, Virginia,
from holding a similar party. Let
us hope that no such cause for dis
appointment arises at picnic time
next summer.
This annual picnic, to me, is one
of the year’s high spots of enjoy
ment. It represents such a refresh
ing relief from the vexations and
cares which come to all of us in
various ways. In the gala spirit of
picnic companionship we can let
our hair down, so to speak, and in
the informality of the occasion we
gain a clear insight into the real
selves of each other. From .such
understanding springs the genuine
spirit of congenial co-operation
which gives us a lift in our duties
as well as in our social contacts.
In such an atmosphere we accomp
lish more, and are the happier be
cause of our co-operative accomp
lishments.
/ In fact, the thought of our har-
y nonious Anvil family came
strongly to my mind many weeks
ago when newspapers carried an
account of the climb to the summit
of Mount Everest. Remember?
One of the climbers, Sir Ed
mund Hillary, and one of the
guides, Tenzing Norkey, were the
first humans ever to accomplish
that hazardous feat. Immediately
the question arose, which man ac
tually first stepped to the moun
tain peak? His name would live
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Willard Hussey Promoted;
Heads Independence Plant
Willard Hussey, who first joined
the Anvil Brand family as a bundle
boy in August of 1939, took over
on August 31 as superintendent of
the Independence, Va., plant of
the Sherrod division.
His promotion was announced
last week by Production Manager
Jack Rives and is being cited by
many of the old-time employees
as an outstanding example of the
advancement possibilities in the
Anvil Brand firm.
Willard was only 18 years of age
when he started as a bundle boy,
in first the shirt department and
later the pants department. His
next job was that of mechanic’s
helper, which he began by learn
ing to oil machinery.
On September 30, 1942 Willard
joined the Marine Corps and saw
service in the South Pacific. He
was discharged on December 21,
1945 and arrived home on Christ
mas Day after having hitch-hiked
from San Diego, Calif., in order
to save his severance pay and see
some of the country.
He again took up his duties at
^ Anvil Brand on January 30, 194G,
this time studying under the com
pany’s (!I training program to be
come a machinist. He worked and
studied under A. C. Smith, the
company’s head mechanic, for four
years. During that time he covered
all departments, learning to oper
ate and fix every machine.
He continued with the company
-after his GI training had ended
and after his selection for the In
dependence post he was drilled in
VI hat Jack Rives terms “a number
of abbreviated course s.” He
worked in the pattern and cutting
departments, going through every
operation. He spent more time in
the pants department and, of
course, he studied work simplifi
cation, learned some of the prob
lems of production, and conferred
with the personnel department re
garding the company’s practices in
the hiring and training of em
ployees.
Willard says that the company
“has tried in every way” to help
him obtain a workable background
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New Safety
Committee
Takes Over
A new safety committee took
over last week and will serve as
inspectors of housekeeping and
safe practices for their various de
partments during the next four
months.
On the committee from the of
fices are Betty Pugh and Barbara
Mendenhall. Sarah Sparks repre
sents cutting; Lois Stanley, ladies’
dungaree; Winnie Shirley, dun
garee 1; Margaret Roddick, dun
garee II; Virginia Beal, overall
and boxer; Shirley Ellridge and
Ruth Myers, pants; and Katie Sel
lers, finishing and shirt.
Chairman Ossie Wright ex
plained that their duties will be
to serve as a clearing house for the
prevention of accidents. They are
to check first aid facilities, mak
ing sure necessary items are al
ways available; to seek out unsafe
habits on the part of employees;
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