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HIGH POINT WEAVING CO. and HILLCREST THROWING CO., High Point, N. C., April, 1946
No. -4
NYLONS FOR EASTER
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BOTH PLANTS RAISE
RED CROSS QUOTAS
'I'lie Red Cross Drive conducted in
mid-March was an overwhelming suc
cess in both of our plants. Final tabu
lation shows that both Ilillcrest and
High Point went over their quotas,
llillcrcst raised S472.50 and High
Point raised $1,222.00. The quotas for
the plants were $450 and $1,200 each.
We were the first plants in either the
te.xtile or woodworking divisions to
make our quotas.
We heartily congratulate our em
ployees for their fine participation and
interest in this drive. As stated pre
viously, 40% of these funds will re
main in High Point for use in the lo
cal Red Cross Chapter where such
activities as first aid instruction, life-
saving, home economics instruction,
home nursing, and disaster aid will be
available.
NITA NORMAN, High Point office, is shown looking admiringly on
a box of nylons sold recently in our Commissaries. From all indications,
everyone enjoyed the sale.
Nylons Have Quite a Story Behind Them
Travel Long Road to Make Finished Product
Those sheer and lovely nylon hose
many of Burlington’s employees and'
wives are now, or soon will be, wear
ing have quite a story of themselves
to tell. One can hardly believe that a
mere strip of knitted nylon yarn has
gone through so many processes to
make it into the finished product that
it is.
First in the long road toward the
finished product is the processing of
the nylon yarn iii our own throwing
Ijlants. Then, after it has been made
ready for knitting, the thrown yarn
is next sent to the knitting i^lants.
Full fashioned (seamed hose) nylons
are knitted flat on a long machine
which, depending upon tlie number of
sections, can knit from 24 to 30 stock
ings at one time. This machine auto
matically knits the stocking and moves
it forward from the needles, similar
to the way hand-knit wool jjrogresses
on regular knitting needles. A whole
set of stockings can be knit in from
30 to 45 minues!
Shaping
.Shaping of the stocking to make
room for the calf of the leg and to
narrow for the ankle is done by a “pat
tern chain” which, according to the
way the governing buttons are set, au
tomatically decreases the number of
needles used. The “fashion marks,”
from which tlie full fashioned hose get
their name, are along the back of the
hose and are results of this decreas
ing of needles used.
Some of the newer knitting
machines consist of just one machine
to make the welt (top), body (leg por
tion), and foot of the stocking to
gether. However, others are divided
into “legger” and “footer” machines.
with the former making the top and
body of the stocking and the latter
the foot alone.
There is a seamless knitting machine
which is somewhat different from the
regular long full fashioned machines
described. The seamless machines con
sist of a tube-like cylinder and knit
the stocking circularly. The whole
stocking is knitted with no fashion
marks, the shaping being done merely
by tighting and loosening the stitches.
Although only one stocking is knitted
at a time on the seamless machines
which compare to one section of the
full fashioned machines, time needed
to make one stocking is less.
Throughout the knitting process,
marks of identification for later use
at the finishing plant are placed in the
hose. These show at what plant the
hose were made, on what shift, the
machine number, date of week and
month in which they were made, and
the size. These are usually indicated
by placement of looser course in welt
and by fashion marks in leg and foot
of hose. In inspecting the hose the
finishing plant can use these marks of
identification to trace certain defects.
After the regular knitting of the
stocking has been done, there remain
three more major processes. “Looping”
is the closing of the heel and toe and
“seaming” seams the hose up the
back. All stockings knitted are in
spected in the greige at each knitting
mill, being put on expanding leg forms
to show up defects.
Dying and Finishing
Burlington operates its own hosiery
dyeing and finishing plant in Greens
boro. Here the stockings from all of
the plants arc shipped. Nylon is pe-
JAMES E. DICKEY’S
DEATH REPORTED
Ilillcrest emjiloyees will regret to
learn that Captain James Elmer
Dickey, former assistant office man
ager at Ilillcrest, has been officially
declared dead by H’^.var department.
He was reported ,ovV-®g on March 27,
1945. '
Captain Dickey came to work at
Ilillcrest in November, 1939; He was
a pay roll clerk and a cost clerk and
was assistant office manager when he
entered the army as an enlisted man
on July 19, 1941. ^
After being appointed an aviation
cadet — receiving liis wings in May, {
1943 —he was attached to the 417th i
bomber groujj with the Fifth Air
Force, flying an A-20 bomber. He
participated in 103 missions prior to
his death, covering operations in
New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies,
and the Philiijpines.
So far as the war department has
been able to determine. Captain Dick
ey was aboard a C-47 transport plane
an Administrative flight to Finchhafen,
New Guinea. The plane was not con
tacted following its take-off, and
isearches which were conducted by the
.army disclosed no traces of cither the
plane or its crew and passengers.
We express our symijathy to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Dickey,
of Burlington.
culiar from tlie rayon hose in that
first the nylon hose are “preboarded”
or put on a metal leg form which by
the subjection of heat and steam ijres-
sure sets the contour of the stocking.
Then they are dyed in rotary dye tubs.
Here also certain fini,shing ingredients
are added to make the stocking snag
resistant and more beautiful. After this
process, the n\lon hose are finally
“boarded” and dried.
L;iter the hose are inspected again,
labels showing OPA number, etc.,
“transferred” on them, and ])ackaged.
Burlington at this time makes no
branded stockings but packages them
in boxes and lots according to the
customer requirements.
As is true of all Burlington Mills
quality material, Burlington's hose also
are subject to strict quality standards
which have come about through the
years to make the excellent hose the
Company manufactures. Rechecking,
construction planning, experimentation
by ijhysical and chemical laboratories
combine to make sure that Burling
ton’s hosiery is up to the very best
standards in the field.
Throwing, knitting, dyeing and
finishing — all go together to produce
the end product of nylon hose which
many of you now so proudly own.
fFeavers Win 3 Out of
4 From Barqs’
On Sunday, April 7th, behind the
pitching of Stoker and Cardin, the
Weavers won both ends of a double
header from Barq’s Bottlers in Win-
ston-Salem. Stoker pitched shutout
ball in the first game and allowed but
five scattered hits. The Weavers put
the game on ice in the seventh in
ning by scoring three runs. The score
was 4-0.
In the second game with Clyde
Cardin pitching and with Stoker lead
ing the attack with three hits, the
Weavers rolled up seven runs in the
first two innings and won the game
8-3._
The \\^eavers split the double head
er with Barq’s on Sunday the 14th,
winning the first game 4-3 with Stoker
pitching. In the second game with
Carden pitching, the Weavers drop]5cd
the game to Barq’s 9-5.
Softball - Basketball
Teams Honored By''Y”
Both softball teams at Ilillcrest and
the men’s softball team at High Point
were honored at the Y. M. C. A. an
nual meeting and athletic night on
Tuesday, April 9, 1946, at the First
Baptist Church. The speaker of the
evening was Rev. Paul Tudor Jones,
pastor of the I’’irst Presbyterian
Chiirch, who in his talk traced the
origin of the Y. M. C. A. from its or
ganization by George Williams in I on
don 100 years ago, to the point which
now has world-wide influence. The
sjieaker pointed out “that the memory
of victory in an athletic contest could
in after years, when the going bcconies
hard, inspire one to renewed vigor and
the will to win.” “The opposite,” he
said, “is also true. The memory of
cowardice when the best was expected
could weaken and defeat one in a
critical hour.”
The awards to the teams mentioned
were for their achievements as follows:
Ilillcrest men’s softball team,
winners of the Industrial League
1945.
High Point Weaving men’s
softball team, runner-up and
Ilillcrest girl’s softball team,
winners of the Industrial League.
In the basketball award. High
Point Weaving was rccognized as run-
uers-up to Triangle. Mr. Edgar Hart
ley, secretary of the Y. M. C. A.,
stated that the trophies had not yet
arrived but would be given to the
winners at a later date.
Mr. Nathan Ayres, who is co-chair
man of the present Y. M. C. A. build
ing fund, along with Mr. Welch Har
ris, outlined some of the features of
the new building which will include
such features as another gymnasium,
lockers for junior and senior members
and business men, health appliances,
club rooms, a kitchen, craft-shop for
boys, lounge room, and dormitory
space for 78 men. A goal of $327,000
has been set and a campaign to raise
the balance of $197,000 is now in
progress.
We congratulate the members of
these teams for their success.
NEW POSTWAR SET-UP
IS ANNOUNCED FOR
UPTOWN DEPARTMENT
Vice President L. A. Stadler and
J. E. Garvin, at headquarters in
Greensboro, figure in a new postwar
organization set-up for Burlington’s
Uptown Department, of which High
Point and Ilillcrest are members, ac
cording to an announcement by Plants
Manager W. 1. Spencer.
Stadler, as member of the Manufac
turing Committee and Manufacturing
Cabinet, continues to work directly
with the islauts managers on plans
for new plants and building exteii:
sions, specifications for new machinery,
development of new cloth construc
tions, perfection of new technical pro
cedures, and other ijostwar develop
ments. As a member of the Manufac
turing Coniniittee, he also is sisonsor
of the Purchasing and Engineering,
and Uptown departments.
Garvin, as member of the Manufac
turing Cabinet, handles the adminis
trative resiwnsibilitics of the Uptown
Department. This includes organiza
tion, personnel and general day to day
follow-u]) of qualit}-, cost, efficiency,
and other work of the department.
Stadler and Gar\in are well known
in communities where Burlington op
erates, both having >.een with the
Company for over ten fears.
Stadler began working v\ith the
Companv in 1934 and canv up
through the ranks of the adminis
trative organization. He has served as
sui5crintendent of Grec'usboro W'eav-
ing, Gloria, and Covir.^u plants.
Garvin came with Bmlington Mills
in 1936. The next year he went to
Altavista where he was plant superin
tendent, and in May, 1945, was made
plants manager of Covington. In
January of this year Garvin was trans
ferred to headquarters in connection
with his new assignment.
DEWEY REID GOES TO
COVINGTON PLANT
Dewey Reid, former first shift
Weave Room overseer at High Point,
has been transferred to Co\ington,
V'irginia — Buriington Mills. Dewey
will be lead-off overseer in the \\'eave
Room at Covington. The transfer was
effective March 22nd,
Dewey began work with Budington
Mills in March, 1932 at Le.xington.
He has worked at Cascade in Nloores-
ville and came to High Point in Oc
tober, 1939. He has had many years
experience in weaving.
Dewey is married and has two chil
dren. His wife, Clarice, is a skcin-
vvinder on second shift at High Point.
His many friends at the High Point
plant wish him the best of success in
his new work.
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN
“Could vou tell me the date of a
traffic accident at the corner of 15th
and Denver sometime during March?”
an anxious feminine voice inquired of
the Fort Worth police department.
After much digging through the files,
an obliging police officer was able to re
port to the troubled woman that the
accident happened on March 24.
“Now wnat else do you want to
know about the accident?” asked the
obliging officer.
“'That’s all,” replied the troubled
voice. “Tliat’s the day my cat got out
and I just wanted to know \wen to
expect her kittens.”
Weavers Lose In
Basketball Finals
The Weavers wound up the basket
ball season by losing two straight
games to Triangle in the finals of the
City Industrial League play-off. End
ing the play-offs by virtue of wins in
the semi-finals with Tomlinson’s, the>’
were unable to match the greater scor
ing power of the 'Triangle team'. 'The
score of the last game was 51-38 and
final standing for the season showed
the W'eavers in second place. All told,
it was a successful season in which the
Weavers won their share of the \ic-
torics.