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f Volume VII
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH, 1955
No. 28
MESSAGE
EROM THE
PRESIDENT
TO MY FELLOW WORKERS:
Whenever I visit an Anvil Brand
production department a recurring
thought comes to my mind.
To the eye such a department is
a picture of industrious men and
women, quantities of cloth in a
variety of stages of manufacture,
busy machines and equipment,
work and play clothes in process.
But to me it is more than a pic
ture. I think of this scene as a
typical cross section of our indus
trial nation — living evidence of
hy ours is the most progressive
and strongest country in the world.
For our Anvil Braiid dej_;rtment
represents true Productivity.
Being ambitious we develop spe
cial skills. But hands by them
selves mean limited production.
So we devise machines to give
skilled hands greater opportunity.
As machines are refined and im
proved, new and higher skills de
velop and as our productivity in
creases our rewards increase
proportionately.
In this age of better living for
all, we owe a salute to these things
called machines!
In the light of our industrial de
velopment it seems strange that
there should have been days when
the invention of a machine was
looked on w'ith distrust and abhor
rence. Instead of considering that
it meant better things, faster, for
more people, it was regarded as
an evil instrument for depriving
manual workers of jobs. Quite to
the contrary, the machine has al
ways freed its operator from the
tedious drudgery of manual pro
duction and historically the intro
duction of machines has created
new needs for vast numbers of ad
ditional jobs.
However, this beneficial side of
machine production was not real
ized in the early days. Back in the
600’s weavers drowned a fellow
workman who built a loom handl-
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Simplification Study Classes
End; 24 Awarded Certificates
Twenty-four Anvil Brand em
ployees have been awarded certifi
cates in recognition of their com
pleting the work simplification
classes conducted recently by Reit-
zel Morgan, supervisor of the en
gineering department, and Ossie
Wright, Training Director.
The classes were held at the
YMCA and work included class
room instruction as well as home
work. A textbook outlining the
many phases of work simplifica
tion covered, were distributed and
Reitzel and Ossie cooperated in
presenting the material. The in
struction also included films show
ing application of motion studies
and other factors of work simpli
fication.
A series of time study classes
was concluded Monday of this
week. Ruitze! and 0*sie instructed
in these, too.
In a brief talk to the class Reit
zel pointed out there is never a
“best method,” but rather there is
always a chance of making im
provements in methods. This, he
said, is one of the many interest
ing and gratifying factors in work
simplification.
He said employees of Anvil
Brand should feel fortunate that
they work for a company that will
support an engineering department
as progressive as Anvil Brand’s.
“We are fortunate,” he said, “to
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Seven Employees'
Donate Blood
Seven Anvil Brand employees
were included in the donors who
gave blood at the last visit of the
Red Cross Bloodmobile here.
High Point has consistently led
the area in its cooperation with
the blood program, and it is the
consistent support of industrial
employees which has insured its
success.
Donors this time from Anvil
Brand included Beatrice Brown,
Kathryn Johnson, Gertrude Stutts,
Herb Ross, Roger Tate, Patricia
Bradshaw and Nancy Potts.
CLASS—A portion of the class in work
simplification which Reitzel Morgan and Ossie Wright conducted
recently, is shown above. The instruction was at the YMCA and 24
Anvil Brand employees were awarded certificates after successfullv
completing the course.
Safety Film Is Shown In Plants
For First Time; Grades Listed
A plan designed to increase the
effectiveness of Anvil Brand’s
safety program is now underway
and Ossie Wright ordered a safety
film which was to be shown in the
plants this week.
For some time the possibility of
showing these safety films, which
the safety inspectors view at their
regular monthly meetings, has
been discussed. Recently Ossie was
told to go ahead with her plans
and she ordered one of a series of
films which show the “personal
side of safety.”
Plans were to show the films
during a lunch hour in one depart
ment of each of the local plants.
“We hope these films will show the
importance of each individual em
ployee making safety their per
sonal job,” Ossie said.
She pointed out that since Anvil
Brand inaugurated its safety pro
gram, about 20 percent of the em
ployees have seen the films under
the rotating safety inspector pro
gram.
At the safety meeting this
month, Ossie, in speaking to the
current safety inspectors, empha
sized that accidents are becoming
a major problem in the plants. She
pointed out that in February four
employees were sent to the doctor
with injuries ranging from a hurt
arm, two sewn fingers and a sta
ple in finger.
She said the total of 23 accidents
for the month is “heavy.” Any
suggestions for making jobs safer
will be welcome, Ossie said, and
urged everyone to keep the avoid
ance of accidents constantly in
mind.
A film entitled “Decide To Be
Safe” was shown at the meeting
which emphasized that each em
ployee should “develop his own
personal brand of accident control.
Such factors as lifting heavy ob
jects in the proper way, using the
correct tool for each job, taking
care to avoid falls and many
other potential accident causes,
were included.
This is the type film which will
be viewed in the plant-wide show
ings.
Safety grades for February, by
departments, are: Hudson office,
96; Sales office, 100; Engineering,
100, White office, 100; Sherrod
Cutting, 100; Sherrod Pattern, 100;
Sherrod Sewing, 98; Ladies’ Slim-
eree, 96; Dungaree I, 98; Dunga
ree II, 90; Hudson Cutting, 100;
Hudson Maintenance, 100; Hudson
Shipping, 96; Pants I, 100; Pants
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