I'AGE I'WO
POINl-CRES'I
APRIL, 1946
Poifit-Qneit
Published monthly by and for the ■
employees of Hi;b Point Weaving
and Hillcresi Throwing Plants of
Burlington Mills Corporation.
Bob Burns, Editor
Member of the American Association
of Industrial Editors
’ REPORTERS
Weaving
Louise Kidd
Frances Evans
Clayton Clark
Mary Ring
Marcella Thornton
Eleanor Cox
Winfred Clinard
Ola Nappier
Faye White
“POINT-CREST"'
High Point
Lois Mabe
Mary Morris
Vernon Webb
Kate Hunt
Carlton Elliott
Mary Cline
Carl Peterson
Inez Melton
Julia Hedgecock
Faye Burrows
Hillcrest
Vada Chandler Kat Church
Mary Coltrane Mary Fender
Beulah Kidd Jane Stewart
Mary Phillips Kathleen Shives
Vera Smith Joe Ward
EDITORIAL
What's Behind a Wage Increase?
We hear a great deal these da\i>
about wages. There is nnich discussion,
much speculation and rumor about
wage increases and what determines
a company’s ability to grant them.
There’s a sound economic reason
why our Company has been able to
follow the wage policy it has followed
throughout its history — why Burling
ton employees toda\’ "are earning more
than double what they earned in the
mid 1930’s, at the same time working
shorter hours toda\.
Ilo\' arc loiJg term wage im))ro\e-
ments broug’ijj 'about? Through an in
crease in the^irice of our goods? By a
cut in the cash reser\e of the Com-
))any?
No! Not by these means
W'age increases which come through
price increases can only be short-lived.
The Burling^ policy of producing
more and bet“ goods which more and
more people aui afford to buy has in-
creasea consumer buying, increased
product demand, increased production.
The Compan\ is now selling its fab
rics for less than in the mid 1930’s ex
cept in instances where raw; material
prices have advanced matcrialh’ — yet
wages per employee have more than
doubled since that time. This means
that fabrics such as those used to make
fine lingerie and dresses, which not so
long ago were sold almost exclusi\ely
to luxury buyers, are now in a ])rice
range everyone can afford.
On tlie other hand, if wage in
creases were paid out of rash reserves,
the business would soon have to close
up, and then all of its workers would
be out of jobs. Unless mone>’ is sa\ed
. . . unless C"apital is invested . . . un
less resenes are put aside for emer
gencies . . . unless 0]5erating exijcnses
are met, there simply are no permanent
jobs.
How, then were wage increases pos
sible? Our real boss, the Consumer,
made them possible. He is the one who
determines the price of the goods we
produce. For the customer to buy the
goods we produce, he must be offered
high quality material at a price he is
willing to pay. Ten years ago Burling
ton sold $25,000,000 wortli of goods
to our boss — in 1945 5108,000,000
worth —and provided 10,000 more
jobs. Our wage increases were then
primarily possible through greater pro
duction — greater sales, resulting from
improved fabrics we could sell at lower
prices and still make a i)rofit.
Throughout its history-, Burlington
has progressively increased its output
per man hour, not by speeding u)) the
worker but rather through more and
better machinery, impro\ed methods
and research. The Company has fur
ther lowered costs hy better distribu
tion, sound management, new financ-
iiig. Only through continuing to work
efficiently together to jjroduce a good
product at a fair price will our boss,
the Consumer, contiiuie to buy the
products produced, and therebv create
more jobs, higher ])aying jobs, and
more secure jobs.
An Easter Message
There are three e\ents that are cele
brated the wide world ’round, and only
three —the life, the death, the resur
rection of Jesus Christ.
His is the only birth that is cele
brated everywhere. W'e call it Clirist
mas and it is a time of joy and hap
piness for men, women and little chil
dren. lie was born in a borrowed
cradle. He rode to triumph on a bor
rowed beast. He was buried in a bor
rowed tomb. He never travelled over a
hundred miles from His home. He
never had a home of His own. He
never had influential friends to give
him a lift. He had no army to fight for
Him, He had no organization to work
for Him, His friends were among the
humblest on earth. His mother was a
humble ])easant woman of Galilee, He
had four brothers whose names we
know. He had several sisters names are
not recorded, and yet on Decenibei
25 the wheels of machinery stop, and
all men e\er\\vhere celebrate His
birthday.
But more than this, e\cry man who
names His name celebrates His death.
No other man’s death is celebrated by
the civilized nations of the world. He
was crucified on a cross. His last words
are recorded in song and story. No
other m.^n’s last words are remembered
by everyone. He was crucified at nine
o’clock in the morning. He died at
three o’clock in the afternoon. From
twelve until three the world was in
darkness. Before the darkness. He said,
“Father, forgive them. They know not
what they do.” This was His prayer
for His executioners. To the thief who
was crucified next to Him, He said,
“Today thou shall be with me in
Paradise.” lliis was in answer to the
first and only prayer that the thief had
ever made. He said to His mother,
“Mother, behold thy Son.” He com
mitted His mother to the keeping of
His friend, John. During those three
hours of darkness. He said, “My God,
my God, why hast Thou forsaken
me?” After the darknc'ss. He said, “1
thirst. It is finished. I'ather, into 'I’hy
hands, I commend My spirit.”
Every time a groujj of Christians
gather around the Lord’s table and
take the bread and the wine, they cele
brate the death of Jesus Christ.
'But the crowning memorial to Jesus
Christ is the resurrection that we cele
brate at Easter Time. At about nine
o’clock on the morning of Friday on
an April day Jesus was crucified. His
lifeless body was taken by His friends
and placed in a new rock tomb in a
nearby cemetery where it was watched
by a guard of utterly skeptical army
men.
There it rested during Saturday. On
Sunday He rose from the dead as He
had promised to do. 'I'his day rep
resents more than a day on a calendar.
ITiere was never a Sunday before Piast
er. The Jewish Sabbath was on Satur
day.
- Without any argument, b\ universal
consent a long established day of wor
ship was suddenh- changed from Satur
day to Sunday to celebrate His resur
rection. There was no Christian
Church before the resurrection.
'I’here viould have been no Bible ex
cept for the resurrection. As Paul said,
“If Christ be not raised, your faith is
vain.” There were many credible wit
nesses to the fact of the resurrection.
Men and women of good character. He
appeared to Mary Magdalene. He ap
peared to two men walking to
Emmaus. He appeared to the eleven
disciples. He appeared to Thomas.
Luke the doctor testified, “He
showed Himself alive by many proofs,
by the space of forty days, speaking
the things concerning the kingdom of
God.”
Paul testifies, “He appeared to
Cephas, then to the twelve, then to
five hundred brethren at once, then to
James, then to all the apostles and last
of all to me.”
The thrilling message of Easter is
this: “Jesus Christ is alive today.”
The consciousness of the presence
of the living Lord put new heart and
new hope and new courage in the
hearts of men everywhere. Peter said,
“Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord, Jesus Christ, who according
to His abundant mercy hath begotten
us again unto a lively hope by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead.” We aie not surprised that at
Easter all men everywhere crowd the
churches of the living God to cele
brate the fact that after death there’s
life.
Many a parent who has lost a boy
in the war is comforted by the fact
that that boy is alive today because
Christ has conquered death.
If you ask me what Easter means
to me, I would answer it means two
things. First, I am to live forever and
those that I have loved and lost are
still alive, and second, I can have the
kind of life that is worth going on
forever.
Dr. Charles F. Myers, Chairman,
The Burlington Foundation.
LIKE MY EASTER OUTFIT?
Purely Personal...
THROWING PLANT
Edith and Ray Talley had quite a
birthday party for Edith’s sister April
7th. Approximately 24 relatives were
present at the gala occasion. R;iy’s
niece, Ruth Talley of Randleman, was
married April 6th to Lt. Herbert
Shuman of Fayetteville.
Charlie Duggins’ wife is out sick
now and Walter Hill’s wife is home
after being hospitalized for five
months.
A proud jjajja these days is Floyd
Stanley. His young daughter’s name is
Margaret Ann and she arrived March
21s):. ^
Two of Ca^Rn Key’s brothers
visited her rectW^-. One is in tlie
navy and the otlrcr in the army. She
had not seen either of them for over
10 years.
We are glad to report that Gladys
Hill’s mother is impro\ing after a
serious illness, a
Stella Seitz lei^ur emi)loy in April,
1945 to be with her son Pvt. Walter
Frank Seitz until he went overseas.
Pvt. Seitz is now in Germany and
Stella has returned to work.
Our bc-st wishes go to Sadie Lee
Walker and Agnes Caudell Hartgrove
who left our employ recently.
We welcome the following persons
to our department. Some are trans
fers from other shifts and others have
been re-emijloyed: Virgie Carroll,
Peggy Reece, Ruth Comer, Louie
Elkes, Virginia Smith, V'era Lee, and
Sadie Hudspeth.
Rubin Barbour has moved to the
.Allen Jay section. He has bought quite
a few chickens and is going in the
egg business.
Lela Hanner and Thelma Mills have
recently visited their family. Lela’s
mother lives in Pittsboro and Thelma’s
mother lives near Charlotte.
Lola Shore is one of the Gosixl trio.
They will go to Lincolnton for their
next religious program.
Sorry to hear that John Hill’s son,
Ernest, is in the High Point hospital.
Hope he will soon be better.
'I’he second shift wishes Myrtle
Neese and Frances Roaeh a happy
birthday.
pjveryone on the second shift re
drawing wishes to congratulate Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis I'arlow on the birth of
their baby daughter, Betty Jean, who
was born March 8tli. Mrs. Farlow is
the former Hazel Kennedy of the
Redraw Dept.
We welcome Lucille Ingrain, Jose
phine Parks, Onia Kinney, to the sec
ond shift Winding and Redraw Depts.
We wish to exiiress our deepest
sympathy to Virgie Carroll in the
death of her brother, Stacy Carroll.
Sorry to hear that George Clay
ton’s wife, Magalene, is in the hos
pital. We hope she will soon be well.
We sure will miss Clarice Reid
when she leaves us for a new home
in Co\'ington, \^irginia.
Our symjjathy is extended to Vada
Evans in the recent death of her fa
ther.
Glad to see Julia Hedgecock back at
work after her recent illness.
We miss Annie Hayes since she left
us. Best wishes to you Annie.
EASTER TIME isn’t always just the time for eggs — the fair sex
seems to concentrate on snappy new clothes and Ix)ni^ts. Carolyn Rae
Combs, two-year-old daughter of Lawrence Combs, HilHcsi veteran and
apprentice, wasn’t to be outdone by others of her sex, so nas come out in
her latest creation.
those jitterbug pants? Conic on “Bud”
give out, we might want to get a pair.
Ethel Cox went to Randleman to a
birthday dinner. Wc betcha Ethel ate
her share of chicken and cake.
Clarence Smith, son of 1 lenry Smith
was at the Port of Embarkation, New
York the last letter he received.
Ava Brown’s sister-in-law is in the
hospital and we w'ish for her a speedy
recovery.
Sorry to rejjort that Bill Payne’s
mother has pneumonia.
We welcome Delores Lambeth back
to the second shift.
Willie and Julia Hedgecock at
tended a surprise birthday dinner re
cently in honor of W'illie’s mother.
We’re sorry to he:ir that John Hill
was hurt in a car accident on A))ril
3rd. Hope he is much better now.
PREPARA TORY DEPARTMEN I’
W'e are glad to see Mary Samuels
back to work after being out sick for
quite a while. Hope you are feeling
better, Mary.
Vacationing here in the spring of
the year was Mozelle Morris and a few
girl friends who recently spent a
week-end in \\'ashington, D. C. visit
ing and sight seeing. From what we
gathered a grand time w'as had by all.
Esther Towery and family are plan
ning on sijcnding the Faster holidays
at her home in Forest City, N. C.
We are glad to hear that Dallas
Brown’s two small daughters, Carolyn
and Patricia are recovering from the
measles nicely.
We wish to welcome Wesley
Hutchins to first shift Copping DeiJt.
as foreman. Wesley was transferred
from third shift.
Bill York has ventured to Coving-
] ton, \^a. to help out in the plant there.
I We sure do miss you. Bill.
! We were sorry to hear of Jose
phine Parks’ accident. Hope she’ll be
well soon.
Louise Smith is all smiles these days.
She’s expecting her son, Jimmy, home
with his discharge.
We have a regular Judy Canova on
second shift. Don’t you lose those pig
tails Ava Brown, they are cute.
Wonder where “Bud” Frye got
Hof>e that Bessie Eldridge’s hus-
i band, Ralph, is reco\eriug nicely from
! his recent oi^cration.
Sorry to hear that Frances Hender
son has been sick 1^ hope she’s feel
ing fine now. .flP
We hoi)c Allene Hawk enjoyed her
vacation she took for about 3 days.
A shadow of gloom hangs over the
second shift on the thought of losing
Bill Samuels to third shift, but gloom
is changed to brightness w hen we‘re
member that Roy Scarboro w'ill be
back with us after 2 years in the
Navy. Welcome back, Roy.
Anne Whitaker and her husband
recently spent a few days in Florida
visiting her brother. W'hile there, they
visited b’annie Swiggctt Hurley, former
second shift eniiiloyec.
. We are glad to learn that Kate Hunt
is doing fine after undergoing a minor
o])eration. We ho|)c \ou are well now,
Kate.
You should have seen the joy ex-
jjressed when Ornie Flynt’s boyfriend
telephoned her he had returned home.
^Ve are glad to ha\'e Leslie Hay-
w'ood on second shift. Leslie was trans
ferred from third shift.
We are glad to report that Eva Mae
Bare is im])roving nicely after under
going treatment at the hospital.
If you are wondering why Alta
Lanier is so hajjpy, its because her
husband recently came home with a
discharge.
Jack Neal has been transferred from
second shift to third. \\'e miss you.
Jack.
Harold T'. Garner Rdm. 2/C re
cently discharged, is \'isiting his mother,
Mrs. Lola Workman, filling checker
on third shift.
W'e are glad to hear that Annie
Sloan is feeling better after her opera
tion and hoise you will soon be back to
work, Annie.
We welcome David Miller to the
third shift in Slashing Department.
Hope \ou enjoy working with us, Da
vid.
Glad to see Lucille Briles back to
work after being out sick.
WEAVE ROOM
Holland Enibler is back at work
after being out tw'o or three weeks,
having his tonsils removed.
Glad to see R. L. Allred back as
shuttle fixer. R. L. has been working
at Central Falls.
Harvey Stroud, sujjply clerk, visited