Page Four
POINT-CREST
APRIL, 194.1
Weave Room—Cont.
who was reported missing in action in
Luxembourg on January 25th. Word
lias just been recei\ed that he was
killed on that date.
To Henry Allen we express our
sympathy in the passing of his wife,
Melvin.
We say good luck to Beatrice Mow-
cry and Esther Byrd w'ho have left the
plant recently.
We are glad to report that Annie
Mae Pruitt, who has been confined to
the hospital since December 24th with
a broken leg, has now returned to her
home, 1222 S. Main St., where she
is learning to walk again.
Virah Misenheimer has had quite a
sore throat since having her tonsils
out. We hope you are better.
Roses from France for Easter! I’hat
accounts for the smile on Noah Gar
ner’s face. They were sent by his son
S/Sgt. Darrell Garner.
Quinton McCauley has been ha\ ing
trouble with his car lately. He just
can’t get it started and therefore has
been riding a taxi. A certain fellow' in
the Wea\e Room wants to give you a
helpful hint, Quinton, “Just get a
ford.”
Ford.”
We welcome to the third shift
three new shuttle fillers: Helen Fallen-
stein, Ray Harris, and Ralph Jones.
We hope you like working with us!
Office
Our sympathy and best “get well”
wishes to Mrs. Crawford Easter and
Cost Clerk Marvin Hunt, both of
whom are now at the Baptist Hospital
in Winston, and also to Mrs. W. L
Spencer and Cost Clerk Lloyd Howell
who are recuperating from recent ill
nesses. ^1^
Iceb(^^%ighted fifty feet off the
Myrtle beach coast thawed out to be
Harold and Kathryn Leach trying to
find out if jelly fish lay jelly beans for
Easter. It appeared, however, that the
jelly fis^.Jji’telligent creatures!) must
liave b^.-r’Mastering at Palm Beach
and points south.
Ruby Barlow is a sad, sad sack!
Ripping off a couple fenders en route
to the Sunrise Service was not enough
— it had to go and rain out the picnic
at Southmont on Easter Monday. Un
daunted, Barlow and pals rolled up the
car windows, spread devilled egg all
over the upholstery, and had a marvel
ous time!
Cloth Room
We extend our deepest symjiathy
to R. A. Strickland and family in the
death of Mr. Striekland^s mother
Mrs. Unice Strickland, of Cluiton
N. C.
Sadie Hudspeth and children spent
liaster holidays w'ith her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. O. R. Royal, of Yadkinville
N. C.
Shop
V\'e are \erv glad to see Gurney
Neese able to be back with us after a
two week’s absence due to a tonsil op
eration.
J. W. White enjoyed a visit March
25th with his twin brother in Sumter
S. C., when they celebrated their 70th
birthday with a birthday dinner which
se\ eral other relatives attended.
I he respondent was being examined
in lunacy proceedings.
“Who was our first President?”
asked his counsel.
“Washington.”
“Correct. Who was our second
President?”
“John Adams,”
“Correct.”
Tlien there was a pause.
“He’s doing well,” whispered a
friend of the lawyer. “Why don’t you
keep on?”
“Because I ain’t sure who was the
third President myself.”
It Takes A Lot of Cloth To fFin
ft
m
Hucks—Cont.
(Continued from Page 1)
Iteiiton \V. Maiiley ha.s woven a lot of cloth since he befjan worUin;; for
Burlington Mills in June, 1933. Before he came to High Point VVeaving, Ben
ton «as a weaver at iMooresville and Lexiiiftton. He takes much pride in the
)|uaiiitity and ()uality of cloth he has woven for the war effort.
BURLINGTON MILLS
EXPANSION LINKS
AMERICAS WITH
CUBA—AUSTRALIA
Australia came to America the other
week in the form of a visit by L. L.
Law'iencc and R. II. Griesser at the
same time a bit more of Americana
landed in Cuba when J. C. Cowan,
Jr., inspected the Company’s two new
plants there. The Australians arc con
nected with tl^^icwly acquired plant
in Australia flrd Burlington Mills
(Australia) Lto^Mr. Cowan as Vicc
President and General Manager in
charge of Manufacturing is busy learn
ing Cuban labor law's and some of the
characteristics of the people, and dis
covering the ^^rd way that Cuba
speaks threo^lianguages — Castilian
Spanish, Cuban dialect and an English
version all the island’s own. These
facts and many more he must know
not only about Cuba but the rest of
the foreign countries in which the
Company is expanding operations.
Effects of Foreign Developments
In describing the Company’s inter
est in foreign developments Mr.
Cowan said it is most important that
w'e not get the wrong idea about our
outside interests — all put together the
plants in Australia, Cuba, Colombia
and Mexico arc just a “drop in the
bucket” and in no way affcct our pri
mary business which is and w'ill con
tinue to be in the United States. In
fact, these small foreign plants arc
something of a complement to our
forty-nine American plants in that
they carr\' out our time-pro\ed policy
of diversification, the making of a
\aried line of staple and fancy textiles
and hosiery. This far-sighted plan of
management has contributed greatly
to the Company’s growth that has
been so phenomenal in the past
twenty years.
We are probably coming into an
era of broader world trade, Mr.
Cowan suggested, and it is important
that Burlington Mills contribute its
textile know-how to the industraliza-
tion of certain less progressive coun
tries. Tariff barriers may very likely
be lowered and in the postwar there
will be more of a give and take be
tween nations that can make for
stability and a sharing of the world’s
goods and resources and the indivi
dual talents of industralists.
Two Plants In Cuba
Burlington Mills has interest in two |
plants in Cuba — La Victoria Textiles,
Inc., which is located in Marianao, a
small town outside of Havana, and I
' I lavana Hosier}' Mills in Havana it-
I self. The weaving outfit includes all
i operations from the throwing of the
yarn to the final dyeing and finishing.
A wide \'ariety of fabrics are made in
cluding voiles and spun rayons w’hich
are particularly popular with the na
tives for slacks, jackets and all-year
’round play clothes. The hosiery mill
is full fashioned with 42 gauge knit
ting equipment. Because of the yarn
shortage, it is not running three
shifts.
There is an interesting bit of his-
ry in connectio^fcith the Com-
c-v’s central ofEclWi Havana. Just
outside the office is a tree to which it
is said Columbus tied his boat when
h^ first set foot on Cuban soil in the
E^uropcan’s maiden voyage to the
Western hemisphere. By the tree is a
wtholic shrine an|K takes imagina-
Tmn to vision Coli^rous stretching a
I
rope from his little boat to the land
bound tree but possibly the shoreline
has changed and anyway, it is a
romantic story.
Wages are not high in Cuba, said
Mr. Cowan and the standard of living
is very low. Modern conveniences are
almost unheard of for the masses who
until fairly recent years lived solely by
the vast sugar industry that totally
controlled the life of the little island
off the coast of Florida. 'I'he sugar in
dustry, however, remains the strong
economic tie of the Cubans with the
rest of the world.
(The Story on Australia will he continued in
the next issue.)
“Darling,” she confided, “if I marry
you, I’ll lose my job.”
“But why can’t w'C keep our mar
riage a secret?” protested the ardent
though practical swain.
“We could - ” and she hesitated.
“But suppose we should have a
baby?”
“C)h, we can tell tlic baby, of
course.”
LOCAL GIRLS ENROLL
IN Y. W. C. A. PROGRAM
(Continued from Page 1)
series of meetings on marriage. This
should appeal to those who are mar
ried or those who would like to be.
^’or the people w'ho cannot attend
this club, there is the Gay Swingsters
which meets each Wednesday from
noon until 2:15 o’clock.
Mrs. Machen, with her catchy
smile and drolly entertaining manner
made quite a hit with the girls who
met her. She, in turn, was quite en
thusiastic about the response from
the girls.
son, Herman, preceded him in death.
I’he other children are, Leon, of Alta
vista, Virginia, and Mrs. Alma Polland.
of Strausburg, Virginia; B. F., Jr., Wil
liam I lucks, Mrs. Lucille Diveney
Mrs. Mae Cooper, and Mrs. Olean
Lane, all of High Point, and S3/C
Brantley Hucks of the U. S. Navy in
the Pacific, S/Sgt. Oree Hucks, U. S.
Army in France, and Cpl. Earl Hucks
of Stewart Field, New' York.
Our deepest sympathy is extended
to the family and especially to Wil
liam Hucks and Olean Lane, as they
are both employed at High Point
Weaving.
Funeral service was conducted on
Wednesday afternoon at the Calvary
Methodist Church.
It may well be said of him that he
was a good friend of everyone here
and that w'e will miss him greatly.
’44 PRODUCTION SHOWS
EVIDENCE OF TEAMWORK
(Continued from Page 1)
message yon would have w'ritten to
your soldier if you had had these
same facts. Likewise, we are confident
that we will again all work together
with that same spirit of teamwork and
cooperation to make possible a state
ment equally this good next year.
CLIFTON MORRIS CITED
FOR ACTION UNDER FIRE
Cpl. Clifton B. Morris who was
attached to a tank destroyer battalion
recently received commendati^ for
outstanding action in puj-'M® the
Germans out of y\lsace-Lo.‘^(t dur
ing the 'I'hird Army offensive llEt No-
v'cmbcr.
While approaching the town of
Raucourt, France, they ran ,*.^0 the
direct fire of German 88’s. ^Mporal
Morris positioned his gun ii^in or
chard alongside the road and then
opened fire on a German gun and with^
the second shot made a direct hit and
with a few additional rounds com
pletely wrecked the entire German
88’s. Another ^un from the same
platoon knocked up another 88.
By this action, it was possible for
American supporting tanks to sweep
on in their advance and to clear the
Germans out of this pocket. 'Hie
platoon leader along with Corporal
Morris and his gun crews were highh’
commended by the Task I'orce Com
mander for their skillful shooting and
couragc under fire.
Corporal Morris is a former warp
fixer at High Point Weaving Com
pany.
CORPORAL MORRIS