MEL - ROSE - GLEN
THE VOICE OF MELROSE AND GLENN MILLS
Volume 3 Tureh?‘o!^‘#i.„t,) high POINT, N. C., JANUARY ISSUE, 1947
GLENN HOSIERY MILLS
(Infants^ and Misses* Goods)
No. 5
BUILDING EXPANSION NOW UNDERWAY
MELROSE BABY
CONTEST WINNER
The judges really had a difficult
job. They spent a long time can
vassing the pictures of all candi
dates and after careful and sincere
consideration chose Linda Darnell,
born Jan. 7, 1944, daughter of
Lillie Hanes, boarding room em
ployee at the full fashion plant.
The judges wanted desperately to
give a girl’s and a boy’s prize to
settle their problem; however, the
rules were established in Novem
ber. Aaron Arnold, born June 17,
1943, was voted honorable mention.
He is the attractive son of Mr. and
Mrs. L D. Robbins in seamless
plant. We were proud of all the
entrants.
HONORABLE MENTION IN
CONTEST
TO THINK ABOUT
The Christmas party demon
strates that we can carry on a good
sized project together. A room
100x100 was beautifully decorated,
a continuous five hour program of
fun, stunts and music was sus
tained, 1120 people were served
dinner in 40 minutes, and hundreds
of exchange gifts were given in
the departmental groups.
Now, all these things we have
done for ourselves. Could we start
to plan —in addition— something
for others next year?
There is the sanitorium. Could
we learn the number and names of
patients and as a mill do anything
and everything needed for these
people ? The cost can be had along
with the party, but the “human”
and personal values supplied by
Melrose and Glenn employees. Or,
there are all the blind in Guil
ford county. Or, some other proj
ect may suggest itself. It will
take planning and work, but are
we willing and ready to do it ?
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EXCEPTION.
THE WINNER! — LINDA DARNELL
ONE MILUON HOURS WITHOUT
ANY LOST TIME ACCIDENTS
Glenn Hosiery Mill won a certificate for safety among mills of its
class in the industry The English Street plant worked 676,261 hours
without a lost time accident and won the trophy in group five. The hours
worked in Glenn were 338,456. This makes a total of 1,014,717 man hours.
SAFETY RECORD
The Glenn Hosiery Cornpany has completed its third consecutive year
of no lost time accidents in the statewide hosiery safety contest. This is
the fifth year the contest has been held. However, the Glenn plant has
competed only in the last three. Mills competing in the contest are di
vided into five groups according to number of employees in the plants;
vnth the mill in each group working the most man hours with no lost
time accidents receiving the trophy, and all other plants in the p'roup
receiving a Certificate of Award. The employees of Glenn Hosiery Com
pany are very proud of this record. There were 338,456 man hours with
out lost time accident.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Administering the
WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT
T T. T, , r. . RALEIGH, N. C.
Mr. J. D. Boyd, Per. Dir. November 29, 1946
Melrose Hosiery Mills
High Point, N. C.
Dear Mr. Boyd:
I am delighted to advise that your seamless plant had the best record
in Group Number Five of the 1946 Hosiery Safety contest and will
receive the trophy certificate of the Southern Hosiery Maunfacturers’
According to our records the seamless plant operated
^76,2Gi hours without a disabling injury.
This is indeed an excellent record and I am sure that each person
connected with your organization is proud of this achievement.
Your trophy certificate will be sent you within the next few weeks
and I am sure that you will want to display this in such a way that all
employees may see that their safety efforts have been recognized.
Jixtending my congratulations and with the kindest of regards, I am
Very truly yours,
T. A. WILSON Chairman
Everybody helped, but considerable credit is due Industrial Nursing
under Miss Idol.
70,000 Square Feet Floor Space
To Be Added
The twenty-fifth year of Melrose
finds the company in the midst of
a building program which will
modernize the three plants and
make available a total of 70,000
square feet of floor space. It is
estimated that the work force will
ba increased by approximately 350.
Building construction has started
this week on the Phillips street
site, between English and Broad
streets. The permit granted by the
Civilian Production Administration
has made activity on the site pos
sible. Materials and men are as
sembled.
The new structure will provide
for a well equipped machine shop
adequate to meet the growing de
mands for mechanical and electri
cal maintenance of the three
plants. A compact, carefully
layed-out knitting room with space
for approximately 800 machines
will be housed in this new building.
Knitting machines now in the
English street plant will be moved
to the new department and addi
tional machines, including Kom-
ets and Banners, will be installed.
The Seamless plant on English
street will be rearranged, after the
knitting machines are removed, to
enhance the flow of goods and to
increase the work areas. The pres
ent machine shop will be used for
dye house storage. Looping room
one will become Greige Room.
Knitting room one will become
rf-om for Finisbi'ig room nno
immediately below. Ihe Yarn
Room will be used foi assembling
and storing packed goods. Knit
ting room two will become Looping
room one, and both looping rooms
will be painted in keeping with
modern color and lighting experi
ence. Finishing room one will have
fifty per cent more work space by
reason of removal of storage racks
to stock room in the floor above.
The warehouse will be used for
yarn storage and will be connected
with the new knitting department.
Materials have been purchased
and much of it placed on the
ground space between the Glenn
plant and Kivett drive. As soon
as CPA can relax controls, con
struction will start on this struc
ture. This addition to Glenn equip
ment will house a Finishing and
Shipping room on the main floor,
and Boarding and Storage on the
ground floor. The present plant
will be given over to knitting and
looping only.
The first week of 1947 wit
nessed the moving of the Full
Fashion Finishing room into the
newly completed unit which has
been under construction since the
summer of 1946. New pre-board
ing and boarding equipment have
been added for nylon production.
Looping and Seaming departments
are to be moved into the former
Finishing room to make space for
new Reading Full Fashion Knit
ting machines.
There is prospect that the build
ing program will take more and
more of Mr. Amos’ time during the
year 1947 and the 25th anniversary
will find the Melrose Hosiery Mills
rounding out an expansion pro
gram that will introduce stream
lined production facilities in three
plants which will process the man
ufacture of full fashioned, seam
less half-hose, and children’s-
misses hosiery.
SEAMLESS SUGGESTION
AWARD
Suggestion No. 244 (Ted Wilson)
for pick post that takes out play
and lost motion on knitting ma
chine was awarded $150 in bonds.