Volume 3
HIGH POINT WEAVING CO., and HILLCREST THROWING CO., High Point, N. C., Octobcr, 1946
No. 10
CHEST GOES
OVER TOP
$919.71 Subscribed by
Local Employees
Going over the top by more than
two hundred dollars, Hillcrest and
High Point employees gave $917.71
to the Community Chest.
This averages a contribution of
$1.19 from each person although act
ual contribution per employee at the
two plants giving was much higher.
'ITiese High Point and Hillcrest
contributions may go in many direc
tions and do a variety of exciting and
valuable things for the city. It may
help a little fellow keep his member
ship in the Red Shield Boys’ Club
where he can come in off the streets
to play under the watchful eye of an
interested grown-up. Or it may help a
family through the I’amilv Service
Bureau with a very personal problem
which cannot be solved without
some outside assistance. Possibly it
goes to the Y ■"^C.A.
It could many other ways,
too, becausc'(^'%v^iine agencies of the
Chest serve the \aried social service
needs of High Point people.
Overseers Honor
Teani 'f^.t Meeting
The High Point Weaving Overseers’
Club had the members of the plant’s
softball team as special guests at their
monthly dinner meeting on Octo
ber 10th.
Chefs Shennan Chapman and
Henry Smith jjrepared a delicious
chicken dinner with all the trimmings,
which was served by V'estal Palmer as
head waiter, and ably assisted by the
office personnel. Approximately 60
members and their guests enjoyed the
feed.
Roger Griffith was in charge of
the program and acted as master of
ceremonies. After a few ajjpropriate
words of welcome, Mr. Griffith in
troduced W'. I. Spcncer who re
counted some very’ interesting and
humorous incidents which occurred
during the past softball season.
A special committee selected Burrus
Stoker as the most valuable player and
a very practical and useful gift was
jjresented him.
L. C. Easter introduced the oth
er guests; Bob Odell, Bill Wells,
and Bob Lyall from Australia, who
briefly described the Burlington Mill’s
plant there and entertained the group
with a colorful description of the coun
try and customs of his native home.
The highlights of the evening was a
surprise going away gift to Bob Burns
who was transferred to the company’s
plant in White Sulphur Springs, West
Virginia. Mr. Spencer, sjieaking for the
club, presented Bob with a beautiful
Sheaffer pen and desk set.
Burlington Enters
Narrow Elastic Field
Burlington, through its affiliate.
General Ribbon Mills, expanded its
operations into the field of narrow
elastics this month by negotiations
with Kverlastiks, Inc., of Chelsea,
Massachusetts.
One of the oldest manufacturers of
narrow elastics in the field, Everlastik
has more than 200 narrow fabric looms
as well as processing, finishing, pack
aging and preparatory equipment. The
property consists of more than 100,000
square feet of factory space.
It Was A Big Event
Twenty-Five Hillcrest folks
Honored at Service Dinner
Friday, September 27, was a red-letter day for 25 Hillcrest eiii
ployees who were guests at the annual Service Award dinner lionor-
ing those employees who during the past year have completed 5 or
10 years continuous service and loyalty w'ith the company.
The dinner held at the Archdalc Methodist Church hut, high
lighted with a talk by ]. E. Garvin
administrative official of the Uptown
Department, was an occasion of pleas
ure for all with both its gay and se
rious moments. To start the evening
off, an excellent dinner featuring such
items as “Quality Control” fried
chicken, “Z-Twist” beans, “75 Denier”
cake, and “Dark shade” coffee was
served to a background of dinner
music. The gay moments of the dhi-
ner appeared with Lawrence Combs’
lecture on “Bur-Mil’s Place in Fash-
(Continued on page 4)
/. E. GARVIN
Burns Turns Over
Duties to Wells
High Point W^caving employees ex
tend best w’ishes of success to Bob
Burns who has left the plant to take
over as personnel director at the Bur
lington Mill’s White Sulphur Indus
tries, W'hite Sulphur Springs, W’est
N'irginia, and wish to vi’clcome Bill
W'ells who moves in to take over as
personnel supervisor at High Point.
Bob came with the company in
November, 1944 and has sen'cd very
efficiently as personnel supervisor and
editor of “Point-Crest”. He has indeed
contributed much to the imijrovement
of our plant paper. \Vc have every
reason to believe that Bob will be
hajjpy in his new work.
Even though Bill is a new man in
our Company, he is well qualified in
the personnel work having been In
dustrial Relations Manager for the
U. S. Rubber Company’s three plants
in Hogansville, Georgia.
Bill was born and raised in Eufaula,
Oklahoma but his later life has been
spent in the south. He attended Fur
man University in Greenville, S. C.,
after which he started work with the
U. S. Rubber Company, working with
them for 16 years.
His wife, Margaret, and little girl,
Jane are homeless here in I ligh Point
at the present time but in time we
hope to have them well situated.
Bill is especially interested in all
sports and his spare time is usually
spent in this wav along with caring for
his dog, “Yehudi”.
PICTURED ABOVE are Mazie
Walker, spinner, and Lucille Bur
rows, redraw, receiving their lo year
certificates and congratulations from
llal Ballard, Hillcrest superinten
dent, at the recent dinner honor
ing long service employees.
1947 Bonus Liberalized
With payment of the 1946
vacation bonus only three weeks
past, employees read September
26 of the new plan in effect for
1946-1947. New program again
bases bonus payments on gross
earnings thus emphasizing con
tinuous scrvice and Steadier em
ployment records.
Posted on bulletin boards at
that time, the new program fur
ther liberalizes bonus payments by
giving additional consideration to per
sons who have W'orked with the Com
pany for as much as five years.
The vacation year is set as June 1,
1946, through May 31, 1947, which
means that c'amings since June 1 will
count in figuring amounts due.
For the benefit of workers with less
than one year’s service, employees on
the payroll as of September 30, 1946,
and remaining through May 31, 1947,
will also receive a bonus based on their
actual earnings during that period. This
exception to less than one year’s service
is for the 1946-’47 vacation year only.
Employees of one year and under
five years’ employment »'i'll qualify for
tw'O per cent of grc jllimings. For
example, an enipIoyenWTiing an aver
age of $40 a week 'fnd working 51
weeks of the period will receive a vaca
tion bonus of $40.80. Persons with
less than a year’s service, but listed on
the payroll Septembev^BO will receive
a 2 per cent bonus ii/fcroportion to
earnings. Employees eii®ing and re
turning from the service/will also re
ceive a vacation bonus.
Four per cent of gross eaniings will
go to all production employees with
five or more years’ Burlington service
as of May 31, 1947. An employee
of five years service earning an aver
age of $40 a week and working 51
weeks during the period will e;im a
bonus of $81.60.
SOMETHING NEW HAS NOW BEEN
ADDED - MAIL ORDER SERVICE
A boon to harrassed Burlington Mills shoppers is the new sales
ser\ice being offered on Company products!
Worked out experimentally during recent months, the service
will be installed in all plants by November 1. Catalogues showing
swatchcs of all a\ailable materials will be locatcd in each plant.
Individual orders will be limited to a'*’
set sum on a monthly basis. This is
necessary because of scarcity of finished
merchandise available through the
Company’s converters. Prices are based
on actual cost, plus a small mark up
for service and overhead involved in
setting up the mail order department.
Styles available in a series of popular
colors will include lingerie fabrics such
as satins, taffetas and french crepes,
fancy crepe and combination fabrics
and suitings. Tliese aie all among the
Uptown Division’s better quality num
bers. Later on, it is hoped that other
materials including ladies’ hose and
half hose may be made available.
Congratulations!
Congratulations go to Bristol and
Ossipee, two Burlington plants, re
ceiving the Distinguished Servicc to
Safety Award. It is given by the Na
tional Safety Council to those indus
tries achieving an outstanding safety
record. Only four other textile mills
in the entire country’ fly the Distin
guished Service to Safety Award.
Bristol has a five year record of
5,152,213 safe man-hours and Ossipee
has a three year record of 2,297,625
safe man-hours. Both records remain
unbroken.
Insurance
Program
Simplified
Details are now being worked
out to simplify the Company group
insurance program whereby cover
age is being placed on a job rather
than an earnings basis, announces
W. I. Spencer, plants manager. This
move will be explained in detail
within the near future.
The new plan of insurance cover
age according to job will eliminate
the necessity of changing the em
ployee’s insurance as wages fluc
tuate, such as has been the case
through the two general wage in
creases given by Burlington tliis
year. This will simplify the insur
ance program for employees and
office alike.
Details of the new plan will be
explained individually where any
changes are necessary before the
new program is begim. Employees
who have not previously partici
pated may come in at that time
under the insurance plan.