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POIN'l’-CRESr
OCTOBER, 1945
Poini-Qhsud
Published monthly by and for the
e«nploj'ees of High Point Weaving
and Hillcrest Throwing Plants of
l^urlington Mills t'^rporation. Kdited
l/y the ('hint Personnel Departments.
Aiember of the American Association
of Industrial Editors.
REPORTERS
HILLCKESX — Kathryn Church,
Beulah Kidd, Mary Fender, Bernice
Parrish, Kathleen Shives, Mary
Coltrane, Vada Chandler,
Vera Smith
HIGH I'OrNT — Lucille Culler,
Mary Morris, Sadie Lee Walker,
Louise Kidd, Frances Evans, J. B.
Shelton, Mary King, Vernon Webb,
Marcella Thornton, Kate Hunt,
Eleanor Clark, Lillian Hughes,
Winfred Clinard, Kathleen Shelton,
Mildred Poovey.
EDITORIAL
Bonds to insure victory—that was be
fore August 14. Now it is bonds to in
sure peace, llie Victory Loan Drive
starting on October 29 has as its pur
pose the selling of eleven billion dollars
worth of bonds to invest in America’s
future.
Some folks say, “Why buy bonds
now—the war is over!” But it is the
wise person who reahzes that money
invested in this victory loan will be
spent profitably for the bondholder
and the government.
J^t why do we need a war bond
drilc now that the war itself is won?
We need it to pay the cost of guarding
Germany and Japan; to pay off and
provide benefits for 8,000,000 ^’eterans
to be discharged by next July; to pay
for the care of our wounded and dis
able to finish paying bills for muni-
tiol^ and last, but not by any degree
of means least, to keep the lid on prices
to avoid disastrous inflation.
These, we will all agree, arc things
to reckon with in a postwar world that
can be just as hectic as a wartorn world
unless we do something now to take
care of our returning soldiers, to take
care of the ones still in the Ser\ices,
and to down that insidious enemy of
the homefront—inflation.
Inflation will be a real threat for at
least six more months. People are earn
ing more thau ever before, yet avail
able goods and services will for the
time being be insufficient to meet the
pressure of ready money. Unless the
habit of sa\’ing. established during the
war, is kept up, competition for avail
able goods will push prices through
ceilings and bring dangerous inflation.
Dollars saved now will protect the
\alue of future dollars.
It makes sense to buy shares in
peacetime America. It would be a sad
mockery if we fumble the ball on the
goal line after wrestling it from the
enemy all the way down the home
stretch.
Remember, the best buy in town is
still a bond.
PURELY PERSONAL
HIGH POINT
WEAVE ROOM
Russell Harris has been made head
loom fixer. Good luck to you, Russell,
on your new job.
Mary McCormick recci\'cd a nice
surprise the other day when her hus
band walked in with his discharge
papers from the Navy Department.
Ilappy days are here again for Mar\\
We ha\e noticed that Jordan Spen
cer has been stepping more briskly;
lately. Must be these cool mornings,
eh Jordan?
If you have been wondering about
that big smile on Vernon Johnson’s
face lately, the reason is that he has
a brand new granddaughter. Congrat
ulations, Vernon.
We are glad to welcome Minnie
Morris who is working with us now.
We hope you enjoy working with us,
Minnie.
Coy Elliott visited his parents re
cently who live in Montgomery
Count}'.
We are sorry to lose Estelle Frith
who has taken another job. Good
luck to you, Estelle.
Josie Lambeth spent a quiet vaca
tion at her home.
We welcome the following new
help; Myrtle Hunt, shuttle filler;
Grover Simmons, shuttle fixer, and
Carlyle Browne, cloth marker. We
sincerely hope you will like working
with us.
To those who have left the plant,
we wish the best of luck: Elwyn Se
well, Granville Pruitt, Bobby Under
wood, Norman Miller, and Ila Mae
Cagle.
We are wishing for Jack Holland a
speedy recovery. He has been out sick
for the past few days.
Among those attending the fair at
Winston-Salem were Gertrude and
Elbert Wagoner and Paul Morris. We
hope the rain did not wash out all the
fun.
Dewey Cox recently spent a week in
Lancaster, Pa., visiting friends.
Blanche and Robert Kennedy ^ve
been visiting relatives in Lo*ll,
Mass. They report a fine time, lliey
\'isited many places of interest along
the way.
We are happy to welcome Gilbert
Moser back with us. He left us for a
few days but is now back on his sanie
job, weaving.
SHOP
We are very sorry to learn that
Sherman Chapman is still in ill
health. We hope he gets well soon and
is back on his job once again.
The Shop force gladly welcomes a
newcomer, Roland Brewer.
Hillcrest Boiler Man
JOE SCALES, boiler man at Hillcrest, is a welcomed sight these days for winter
isn’t too far away. Joe has been with the company since 1938 and spent several years
at Hillcrest before Burlington Mills acquired the plant.
I'HROWING PLANl
The following new employees have
been added to the first shift Atwood
and Redraw Departments: Sarah
Freeman, William Freeman, and Tay
lor Peele. We hope you will enjoy
working with us.
We welcome Irma Radford who
was transferred from the third shift
to the first shift Redraw Department.
Lee “Pop” Melton has been out
sick for some time. We hope to see
you back on the job soon, “Pop.”
Two of our most fortunate girls,
Mary Morris and Carmen Key are no
longer “Army Widows.” 'I'heir hus
bands, Bob Morris and Roy Key, have
received their discharges.
Cecil Spencer is back on the job
after a severe case of influenza. We
missed you, Cecil, and are glad you
are back.
We are glad to have Irene Ruffin
working with us again.
Wc extend a hearty welcome to
Charlie Hedgecock who is a new
comer in the Shipping Department.
Charlie just recently received a dis
charge after four years in the army,
out of which 28 months were spent
overseas in the European Theatre of
operations.
David Cooper made a’recent visit
to the dentist and came back minus
three teeth. He still has that second
appointment to keep. Oh, doc! Take
it easy!
Esther Kennedy is floating around
in a daze now that her husband, Sgt.
Robert L. Kennedy, who is stationed
in Charleston, S. C., gets to come
home every week-end.
We are glad to have James Kirkman
working with us again after three years
in the army. He was overseas for 29
months and was awarded the Bronze
: Star and Oak Leaf Cluster.
I We wish to welcome several new-
I comers to Winding and Redraw De
partments, second shift: Mozelle
Whitehead, Eugene Robinson, Charles
King, and to the Atwood Department,
Harvey Ring.
Vada Evans is all smiles these days
because her son, Paul, is home from
the war. Paul formerly worked for
High Point Weaving Company. Wel
come home, Paul.
We are told that Louise Nance and
husband, Johnny have started house
keeping. We wish them the best of
luck!
Henry Smith is happy because his
son. Bob, is home from overseas. We
all wish Bob the best of luck.
The second shift Winding, Redraw
ing, and Atwood Departments had a
chicken fr}' recently at the Club
House. Henry Smith was the cook. If
you don’t believ'e the chicken was ex
tra good, you should have seen
“Bud” Frye and Gilbert Lewis’ plates.
A grand time was had by all.
We welcome two newcomers to the
third shift Atwood Spinning Depart
ment. They are Kathleen East and
Annie Smith. Hope they enjoy work
ing with us.
Ruth Raines became the bride of
Grover Cromer on October 6th at
the home of Rev. Bob Smith. Ruth is
I a third shift spinner and Grover was
{recently discharged from the Army
'after 3V2 years overseas. We wish for
them a happy and successful mar
riage.
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
We wish to M'elcome Lena Brown
back to work after being out 30 days
with her husband, Pfc. Robert Brown,
who spent 18 months overseas. He is
now stationed at Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, awaiting a discharge.
All of us were sorry when Rebecca i
Smoot was forced to quit working!
with us. She had to quit standing and i
start sitting. Sounds all right, only we
miss her.
Myrtie Jacobs had her mother, Mrs.
Archie Hinnant, of Wilson, N. C., as
her week-end guest recently.
To Helen Lee’s father goes our best
wishes for a happy birthday and many
more of them. On October 24th, he
will be 81 years young.
Looks mighty good to see Lula Mae
Lawson back at work. Lula Mae spent
the sunnner with her husband in
Florida.
Vangie Comer h&s returned to work
and we’re glad to have 1^ back.
To Ila Pharis and Glt»a Lassiter
go our best wishes for a speedy re
covery from their oper’'tions which
they recently underwent.
Thurman Samuels has been out for
some time now with his^^fe, Gertie,
who is quite ill at this^ine. Gertie
is due to go to Duke Hospital on the
18th but we hope she’ll be better by
then and well on the way to recovery.
We welcome Willard N. Hubbard
with us again. Willard worked with us
in 1939-1940 and then the Army
claimed him, but six months later he
was given a medical discharge. Since
that time he has worked in Baltimore.
We hope he enjoys his work with us.
We all welcome Burette C. Billings
as helper in Warp Department. Hope
you enjoy working with us.
Lona Carroll had a birthday Octo
ber 2nd. Hope you have many more
happy birthdays, Lona.
Anne Whitaker spent the week-end
in North Wilkesboro with friends.
Sorry to hear that Walter Dickey
has been out sick.
Sorry to hear that Leater Hudson’s
husband is on the sick list. Hope he
will soon be well again, Leater.
We are glad to see Willis Rachels
back after having been out due to an
operation.
We welcome Irene Moore and Mag
gie McManus to the Copping Depart
ment and hope they enjoy working
with us.
Lola Workman spent the week-end
in Roanoke visiting her husband in
the Veterans’ Hospital.
We welcome the following workers
to the Copping Department: Vera
O’Donnell, Ruby Clodfelter, Lucille
Miles, Gaston Smoot, Eleanor Sharpe,
and Rena Wilson. Hope you all enjov
working with us.
Lucille Briles recently spent the
week-end in Hickory, N. C., visiting
her sister.
Beatrice Jones recently visited
friends in Georgia.