(Registered with U. S. Patent Office)
Volume VII
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, JUNE, 1954
No. 19
MESSAGE
PROM THE
PRESIDENT
TO MY FELLOW WORKERS:
During a trip into the Smokies
last week a friend of mine en
countered a rain storm. But his
windshield wiper failed to operate
properly because of an airline leak.
Soon he came to a roadside re
pair garage. On learning the
trouble the proprietor lifted the
hood and remarked, “Every time
I see a Buick it’s like seeing aj
member of the family. I worked
for eight years in the factory
where this car was made.”
He replaced the worn airline in
ten or fifteen minutes. During the
entire time, the traveler said in
telling me about his experience,
the garage man talked about Buick
workmanship, tests for quality,
care in assembly and tuning up
for shipment. Finally clamping
down the hood and walking around
the front of the car, he briskly
polished the red, blue and chrome
crest on the radiator until it shone.
“Now she’s ready for any road,”
he chuckled to the car owner.
“I’ll remember that man a long
time,” said my friend. “The years
■since he left the factory had not
dimmed his loyalty to the company
or decreased his pride in the Buick
name. And his careful polishing
of the radiator insignia reminded
me of the days of the Middle Ages
when coats of arms of knights and
rulers were shined and polished
before display to the public.”
It was perhaps 800 years ago
when families created coats of
arms, decorated with likenesses of
animals, trees, flowers and other
figures. The design was supposed
to suggest the family name, re
cord deeds of heroism, or show
that members of the family had
played important parts in war or
service to their nation. Mottoes
were often included to express, the
bravery or integrity or achieve- .
ments of the fam,ily. And many
an American household today pos-
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JANUARY IN JUNE — Modeling some of Anvil Brand’s winter
garments that will soon be in full production, the three above
sought a nearby ice house for the right atmosphere — and for
comfort. Dea Fetner, at left, 10-year-old daughter of Ida Mary
Fetner of the credit office, models the frosty blue plaidback jeans
and matching shirt for girls, lot numbers 577 and 595. Charles
Odum, center, payroll clerk at the Hudson office, wears the new
nutmeg brown corduroy pants, .387Z, with a suede sport shirt, lot
number 483A, in a neat grey and brown check. At right Mike
Thornton shows off the western style gold shirt with brown and
gold plaid yoke, lot 596AW, and the new frosty brown and gold
pliadback jeans for boys, number 488A. Mike is the 7-year-old son
of Virginia Thornton of the Deep River Community and he is the
grandson of Esther Hughes, supervisor in the pants department.
Ossie Talks On Training
Ossie Wright, who heads the
training' program for Anvil Brand,
on June 12 in Chapel Hill dis
cussed the operative training here
before a regional meeting of the
American Society for Training Di
rectors of which Ossie is a
member.
Persons heading training pro
grams in industrial plants
throughout the staites of North
Carolina and Virginia attended the
meetings and their interest in the
Anvil Brand set up was evidenced
by their numerous questions. Os
sie explained that the program is
still young at Anvil Brand and
that she and the company are con
stantly on the look out for mater
ials or suggestioins that will stim
ulate the training work. She said
round table discussions have given
her some good ideas that may be
pmotical for inclusion in the pres
ent set up here.
Prior to the Anvil Brand train
ing program for new employees,
a new machine operator’s only
help camie from her supervisor and
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New^ Shirts,
Plaid Backs
In Fall Line
Variety—in materials and colors
—is the key word in the Anvil
Brand Fall line which already is
winning the approval of retail
merchants now planning their back
to school and winter work and
play garment promotions.
There are eight men’s and five
boys’ Tom Long sport shirts in
suede. They come in numerous
colors, in small and miedium
checks, and in plaids. One is high
styled for the haberdasher trade
in grey, blue, and tan and is six
per cent wool. There are five spe
cialty shirts in crease resistant
rayon, cotton-rayon, Danflek, and
gabardine. One made of Wexford
shirting also is high styled, coming
in three colors. These shirts have
the new short color, new round
pocket instead of last year’s point
ed pocket, and button through.
Anvil Brand work shirts come
in twill, suede, and eight ounce
flannel. There is a large assort
ment of colors. In the lO'W price
sport shirt the State Fair line is
offering two in suede and one in
Stiefel Shirtex. The sales depart
ment says the suede houdstooth in
black, blue, ibrown, and green is
proving exceptionally popular with
merchants.
For boys, besides the five suede
shirts, there are some in regular
broadcloth, knapped broadcloth,
jeans, and gabardine. A new west
ern sityle shirt, matching dunga
rees in plaid back, comes in fouij
different combinations with a
round yoke. The gold and brown
combination looks well wth match
ing dungarees made from the new
frosty brown plaid back. The State
Fair line also offers boys’ shirts
and includes a medium weight
houndstooth suede in four colors
like the men’s shirt.
And the kiddies haven't been
forgotten in the shirt line. There’s
a suede sport shirt with a merry-
go-round pattern in blue grey, anl
red and a flannel in blue-black,
green-brown, and navy-rel color
combinations.
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