MEL-ROSE-GLEN
THE VOICE OF MELROSE AND GLENN MILLS
Volume 4
MELROSE HOSIERY MILLS HIGH POINT, N. C., SEPTEMBER ISSUE, 1947
(Seamless and Full Fashion Plants) [ '
GLENN HOSIERY MILLS
(Infants* and Misses* Goods)
No. 1
Throw Outs In
Boarding Room
“Throw outs” are off size sox.
The first boarder is paid for
throwing them out. It takes as
much of his time as it would to
board them—most boarders would
rather board continuously and
have no throw outs). The com
pany then pays a second boarder
again to put them on the proper
size boards.
This condition is happening
each week in the mill.
Mix ups could happen at a num
ber of points in the manufactur
ing.
If everyone is “on their toes”
it can be watched and cut down,
if not stopped. Let’s try!
The following places may con
tribute to the pile of throw-outs.
1. Bad yarn, or yarn out of ten
sion not discovered soon enough
on knitting machines.
2. Run too loose or too tight;
not discovered soon enough.
;i. Mixed lots. Knitter could
throw in extra bundles to fill out
a lot bag, but all knitters are
cautioned not to do this.)
4. Loopers work with too many
lot bags of different sizes open
at same time; bundles get thrown
into wrong bag.
5. Inspectors work on say size
10 and operator behind works on
size 12 and bundles thrown to lot
bag get mixed.
6. Lot boy in dye house fails to
put paper between lots or allows
bundles to get mixed.
7. Some persons claim dye
chemicals draw up different
yarns differently
8. Sizer and fixer fail to get off
properly.
9. Tickets put on wrong—num
ber 10 on size 9 would go through
the entire mill as number 10.
If it is not happening at any of
the above, then where?
The Importance of Vision . . . Hosiery
Work Requires The Best In Vision ....
curately and adequately, the visual
performance of the people who
are actually doing the job and
select the visual characteristics
that are typical of the best oper
ators on that job. Then, and only
then, can we be sure we know the
visual requirements for that job.
By Karl R. Benson in
Cameo Reporter
Mr. Donald Nelson, chairman of
the War Production Board during
the war, when production was so
important, said in an address to
the American Industries Execu
tives: “When a job requires vision
a man cannot work better than
he can see.”
Today in specialized industries,
such as hosiery manufacturing,
vision is more important than ever
on the job. Hosiery manufactur
ing is a highly competitive busi
ness. We not only have to make
a better hose than our competitor,
but we have to place them on the
market at the lowest possible
price that is consistent with good
business, if we are to keep our
machines running at full capa
city.
Today with the accent on finer
gauges and higher quality, it is not
enough to be able to see how to
get in and out of the building. We
must keep our “visual skills” at
the highest possible level, if we
are to get the maximum reward
for our labor.
What is “vision for the job?”
“Good vision” for any job is
the visual characteristics neces
sary to successfully perform the
visual tasks on that job.
Visual demands, naturally, dif
fer from job to job a ul from in
dustry to industry. What may be
“good vision” for one job may be
entirely inadequate for another.
How can we be sure we are ask
ing for the correct visual charac
teristics for a specific job? There
is only one answer. Measure ac-
Our tendency is to think of vi
sion solely in terms of the sharp
ness of acuity with which an ob
ject is seen. However, on indus
trial jobs, it is necessary to think
of other visual factors—specific
ally muscle balance, which is
proper coordination of both eyes;
a person must not only be able
to see but he must be comfortable
while he is seeing; color discrimi
nation or the ability to distinguish
between certain colors is very im
portant on some industrial jobs;
depth perception or the ability to
judge distance is another aspect
of industrial vision.
Industrially speaking, then, a
man must not only have sufficient
acuity or sharpness of vision, but
he must also have these other im
portant aspects of vision and the
amounts of them required by the
job if he is to do his best on that
job.
When we consider some of the
concrete advantages to be gained
by both management and em
ployees such as greater job se
curity, greater earnings, less
spoilage, fev.-er accidents, less fa
tigue, less headaches, due to eye
strain, less absenteeism, less turn
over and better placement we are
forced to the conclusion that the
proper vision for each job is the
answer to a lot of our industrial
problems.
Mr. Doig Speaker
of Credit Unions
Dear Credit Unionist;
Mr. Thomas W. Doig, managing
director of the Credit Union Na
tional Association, will be our
guest speaker for the North Pied
mont Credit Union Chapter meet
ing, Thursday, September 4, 8 p.m.
4 at 8 p. m. The meeting will be
held in the auditorium of the
Greensboro Civic Center. The
Civic Center is in the Greensboro
Library building, located one
block from the O. Henry Hotel at
220 Church street.
This is the first time in the his-
toi'y of the credit unibn movement
in this state that we have been
honored by the CUNA managing
director appearing on the pro
gram in a series of chapter meet
ings throughout the state. Surely
every credit union board member
and credit and supervisory com
mittee member will want to hear
Mr. Doig and discuss their credit
union problems with him.
This is a wonderful oppor
tunity. Don’t miss it. Plan now
to attend and notify your other
people to do the same.
Mark it on your calendar right
now—Credit Union chaptei' meet
ing, hursday, September 4, 8 p. m.
Greensboro Civic Center.
We shall be looking foi’ward to
seeing you and hope that your en
tire board and committees as well
as any other of your members
will be present with you. Be
the''e!
Sincerely yours,
B. L. Webster,
Managing Director
BOB SMITH WRITES
Foreman R. H. Smith wrote a
feature article for the April issue
of Dyestuff Reporter entitled,
“Hosiery Dyeing and Finishing
In the Past 25 Years.” It was an
exceptionally good story.
PERSONAL CLEANLINESS
ESSENTIAL TO REST ROOMS
MELROSE FISHERMEN
Good health habits are essential
to everyone. Personal cleanliness
stands foremost as one of these
good health habits. The rest
rooms in your plant are an excel
lent place to practice the habits
of cleanliness. In order to keep
your rest rooms clean each per
son is responsible. Use the waste
baskets for proper disposal and
take care to make sure your sur
roundings are pleasant. It’s up to
you as an individual to see that
the rest rooms are kept in order
and cleanliness is practiced in
every way.
NOTICE
If you marry and change your
name, you should go at once to
the Federal Building and get a
new social security card. Report
new name on card to the payroll
clerk, otherwise social security
deduction from time of marrigae
may not be properly credited to
your account.
WHO IS NUMBER 7?
Nearly twenty years ago in the
old boarding room Mr. Hardison
gave out numbers and told the
boarders to sign their lots by
number instead of name. One of
these boarders, if he stays with
Melrose until Christmas 1948 will
get a 20 year pin. He still signs
his name on boarders’ tickets “7.”