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OCTOBER, 1945 POINT-CREST PAGE IIIREE HILLCREST We hope the new employees on first shift who are Nellie Thomas, Ruth, Ramelle, Carl, and Charlie Cooper, Zana Gray, Julia Winslow, and Kathleen Shelton find it very pleasant working with us. We are also happy to have Robert Hill back with us after having received his discharge from the Army. Veola Foster has returned to work after being out due to having a wis dom tooth pulled. Annie Wilson attended a birthday dinner for her father near Seagrove, N. C., recently. Since that time she’s really had a scratching good time be cause of the poison oak she received while there. Raleigh Hutchens, Jr., left for the Navy on September 29. He was a former employee of Hillcrest, and his mother, Mollie Hutchens, is a re- drawer on first shift. To him we wish the best of luck. We are happy to have Lorraine Tate back with us after being out due to pneumonia for several days. Betty Gray, daughter of Ruby Gray, has reco\ered from a recent ton- silectomy. Conrad Lain has recovered from an injured leg which he received while playing. He is the son of Rachel Lain, a first shift winder. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis upon the arrival of their new son, John Thomas, who was born October 4 at the Washington Street Branch of the High Point Me morial Hospital. We are sorry to lose Fredda Irwin w'ho had to quit due to ill health, and we wish fo' ler a speedy recovery. We a^feorry to hear of the illness of Mrs. Marvin Floyd’s mother. We hope she will soon be better. Congratulations to Evelyn Saltz, who recently became engaged to Frank ^^ite, fixer at High Point Weaving^ he wedding is planned for Christmas. We are sorry to hear of the illness of Mildred Dodson’s mother. We hope she will soon be better. Wc are glad to sec Herman Jones back to work after spending a few days in the hospital at Fayetteville. Wc are glad to welcome the follow ing to the third shift: Z. C. Folsom, Thomas Martin, Josephine Birehfield. George Parks, and Winfield Farlow. Charlie Adams, husband of Myrtle Adams, has recently been discharged from the Army. Andrew Walser left us recently to take a job in Florida. We send our best wishes for suc cess to Peggy Seism, who recently went in training at Burris Memorial Hospital. J. A. Wilkes recently attended a picnic with his daughters at the Royal Oak Mills, a division of Burlington Mills in Marion, Va. We are happy to have Elsie Fox and Estella Thompson back at work after being out sick several days. B. H. Webb spent his vacation re cently in Bryson City visiting his mother who is almost 85 years old. Have you noticed the broad smile on Editii Miller’s face. She has re cently become a great aunt. William Warner has received word recently from his son, Sgt. S. W. War ner, who is in the hospital in Frank- ford, Germany. We wish for him a speedy recovery. We are glad to welcome Maxine Andrews and Beulah Weavel, who are newcomers, to the spinning depart ment. Happy birthday to Allison Johnson, who had a birthday September 26. We are glad to see Faye Hodge and Marie Franklin back on the job after being away for some time. We are sorry to lose Hazel Hol comb. Hazel is joining her husband in Raleigh, N. C. Best of luck to you, Hazel. Helen Parks recently transferred to first shift. We were sorry to lose Helen on second shift, but our loss is their gain. Mae, Nellie, and Lexie Laster visited relatives in Elkin recently. We welcome the following to the redraw department: Lucy Melton, Lula Mae Brown, Ruby Wright, and Martha Mabe. We also w’clcome Pauline Sale and Lois Smith to the cake winding de partment. We welcome James W. Mabe as service man in the coning department. We are glad to see Ella Johnson back on the job after being out sick for some time. Bernice Parrish recently transferred from the cake winding department to the coning department. Nannie Carter is all smiles these days because her “boy friend,” Hugh West, is home from the Navy with a discharge. We are sorry to see Clyde Miller out sick. We hope you will soon be back, Clyde. Vera Smith is back with us again after being out sick for several days. Glad to see you back, Vera. We’re sorry to lose Mamie Dawson. We all know that Dallas Wood is happy because her husband is back in the States and is home on a 45- day furlough. OFFICE Reports are that Allie Bell has enough exercise stored up for weeks due to having to walk to work because of flat tires. Did you happen to lie in the Security Bank when something sounded like a small atomic bomb had been dropped? Well, it was just Eleanor Parlier kicking and stepping iii the spittoon. Noticed all the smiles around the Hillcrest office? Well, they’re coming from Antilee Hill since Robert’s re cent discharge from the Army Air Force. Hillcrest is very glad to have Anne Garrett and Grover Furr, Jr., working with them now. Anne is taking over all the personnel work while Gro\er is an apprentice. LABORATORY AIDS CO. (Continued from Page 1) A Trademark Is Born Fabrics which carry the “Bur-Mil” trademark are selected because the Company is convinced they are styles which it can manufacture better than anyone else. “These are always tough numbers,” says Amos Griffin, head of the Laboratory. For this reason, certain lingerie fabrics were the first trade marked styles. Difficulty in manufac turing flawless underwear fabrics lies in the age-old feminine crave for long-wearing and lovely-feeling lin gerie. Formerly only very wealthy women who could afford all silk un- dcrthings enjoyed such luxury and wearing comfort. When Burlington Mills learned how to make and con- ^^l the texture, drape, and washabil- of multi-filament high thread count l*’rench and crepe back satins, milady’s ambition was realized and the “Bnr-Mil” Quality Control pro gram was born. I'hat was back in 1941. Since then, failles used in dresses, blouses and lin ings, taffetas, twills for linings and spun suitings of many types have been added to make 48 different styles. I'^ach has to pass the exacting stand ards of the Laboratory and the wear ing approval of “wear-testcrs” before it is given the “Bur-Mil” Quality Con trol name. Under the "Bur-Mil” pro gram of fabric development and im- pro\ement the Company is primarily concerned with what is wrong with a fabric rather than what is right with it. Wear-Testing - Auxiliary to this continuing search is the Wear-Test Department where men and women actually wear and keep records on many types of gar ments made from Quality Control goods as well as other Burlington Mills’ production. Thought back of wear-testing is that chemical and phy sical tests and analyses indicate the strength and reaction of goods under prcdescribed condition.s, but the final decision on the w'carability and lik- ability of a fabric nmst come from the actual wearer. Revealing facts about Burlington’s cloth as customers react have thereby been found and certain improvements in styles and converters’ standards have been accomplished. That still greater strides forward will be made in the manufacture of man-made fabrics is certain and it is a fair prediction to make that the “Bur-Mil” Laboratory will be in the forefront in the art and science of producing lovelier fabrics from kysi- cal, chemical and applied rcsea.4|i. Purely Personal Now at the close of the softball sea son, we find that one of our most ardent softball fans is Allic Burris, bet ter known as “Ma” to all Ilillcrcst em ployees. “Ma” says she was born a few years too early, otherwise, she would certainly have been a member of our city championship girls’ soft ball team. Several years ago, “Ma” re lates, w’hen her team was losing a game, she bccamc so excitcd and en grossed in the game that she sud denly found that she had moved from the grandstand on to the playing field. With all her energ)' and sup port-even at her age—she probably won the game. “Ma” came to work as a packer in the Hillcrest warehouse in September, 1943, for she felt she should do her share of War Bond buying as she had one son and four grandsons in the armed forces. One grandson, Walbert Shoemaker, gave his life on Guam; and a road on Guam bears his name as a memorial. When asked if she had a hobby, she answered with a big grin that at her age the best hobby anyone could have would be 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. On that we cer tainly agree. Next to her family, the thing she enjoys most is her job at Hillcrest even to the extent that she is always ready for work 15 minutes before the start ing whistle blows. “Ma” should be connucnded for she has only been away from her work fi\e days tliis year and then to \ isit a daughter in Ten nessee. We want to wish “Ma” many more years at Hillcrest for w'e are glad she is one of us. ^ (I J ^ -.V 2^1 vA>f
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