Volume 2
HIGH POINT WEAVING CO. and HILLCREST THROWING CO.. High Point, N. C.. August, 1945
Number 8
PICNIC HIGHLIGHTS PRESENTED WITH PICTURES
I
Hillcrest Girls Take
City Championsliip
Second Straight Year
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jioiiship for the
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lillcrcst
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barbcciic pit. ^ J
er was served the photographer caught a portion of the crowd in a hungry^ but patient expression from the
'I’lic Hillcrest Girls
coppccl the city clianipioiishi
second conscciiti\c year. C)i
games played this season the
girls lost only one game, tha^being to
'I'homas Mills. In tlic final pray-off the
Hillcrest girls beat both 'I'hoWis Mills
and the War i')epartment t\vV^t:riiighl
to take top position in the industrial
play-off. 'I'hey arc entered in the state
tournament to be played in C'.rccns-
boro, the first game to be played with
Raleigh on Thursday, August 16.
Listed below is a sunnnary of games
and scores of the I lillcrcst team, and
it will be noted that the I lillcrcst girls
girls scored 204 runs against their
opponents’ 63.
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NEW INS'FRUC TORS NAMED
AT HIGH POINT WEAVING
Pron»*|^u From Within
Ciladys Hill and Pearl A. Martin
lune recently been promoted to full
time instructors for the 'I’hrowing
Plant and Weave Room res])ccti\ely.
Ciladys is replacing Margaret Stroud
who is resigning. Klartin is replacing
Mike 'I'uttle who is being transferred
to one of our other plants.
Gladys has been employed here for
api)roximately nine years and has had
cxjK’ricnce in most of the jobs in the
'I'hrowing Plant. Pearl Martin came
here from Lexington and prior to be
coming an inspector \\’as a fixer on the
second shift.
We sincerely congratulate our new
instructors and wish for them the best
success in their new work.
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All tangled up in a three legged race with Grady Ileln.stetter as starter. The two girls in the lead tean.eil up to win tliis e^ent.
$;{()(),()()0 PAID OUT FOR
VACATION BONUSES FRIDAY
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Pait of the attraction in the an.phitheatre was a hat making contest. Five girls made hats out of crepe paper and plates The
unwilhng victmis wi.o served as models were Dallas McGuire, Paul Spencer, Bob Burns, Charlie Doby and Amos Falkenburg. Ethel
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Owens, one of the millii'ers, can be seen at extreme right.
Almost n,()()() Burlington Mills
workers will reeci\’c about $3()(),()()() in
vacation bonuses to be paid on I' riday,
August 31. 'I'his bonus is in line with
the Conijxmy policy of gi\ing a paid
\acation bonus to employee^.
Individual earnings including all
(nertime and length of ser\ ice will be
the basis for determining the amount
of each individual bonus. Only em
ployees who have worked for at least
a period of three months and those
whose service has not been broken by
unexcused absence or sickness as cov
ered under the established sick lea\e
j policy will be eligible for the bonus.
I Servicemen who have joined the
Armed I'orces during the year arc also
I included in the bonus. 'Those who
I ha\’c entered the Armed Ser\ ices
since last August 20 will be paid a
bonus in proportion to the length of
their active employment during the
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