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PAGE FOUR POINT-CREST FEBRUARY, 1947 c Purely Personal (Continued from page 3) Mrs. Strandy Johnson moved into her new home on the Flinthill Road re cently. She must be planning on hav ing plenty to eat with 500 lettuce planb and 1,500 cabbage plants al ready put out. Bertha ••S'^orknian is able to be out again after -Vsing in with a sprained ankle. Truman Combs reports he suffered quite a bit with a boil while he was out recently. We are glad to have Aubrey New back at work on the Bemberg after being out sick for a few days recently. We are glad to hear that Mel vin Roach’'-Ov>mall daughter is better after being v'iry ill recently. We extend a welcome to the third shift to James Lewallen and Robert Eury. They are new in the sanding department. Wade Walker and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lemonds visited the Dennis Hutchins’ recently on a Saturday night and almost ate them out of “house and home”. It w-as said they ate 3 pints of oysters and both a lemon and a chocolate pie. Well, Dennis, you will know what to expect next time. GOOD FOR YOU, BUT- All right, so maybe it IS the other guy who has accidents. Not you. Sure. Maybe it’s true that you are a careful, alert, skillful worker. You know the safety rules and mind them pret^ well, You conscientiously try to avoid hav ing an accident. So, good for you. But some of those other fellows you know and w’ork with — they’re asking for accidents, you think. Maybe you know some who deliberately take chances to save time or show they’re tough. They think they’re smart, and you think they’re foolish. And maybe you know some who are just average workers getting caught by a httle slip-up now and then. Do you hang a halo o\er your he;Kl because you’re not like them? And do you just shake your head in pity for them or simply shrug your shoulders and think, “Too bad, but I should worr}'.” Or do you think a little deeper and come up with a feeling of responsibility for their safety too? Well, the chances are, since you are a smart, safe \\orker, that you also recognize the need to work together with your fellow workers for the safet)' of all concerned. You probably make it a pwlicy to help point out ancl eliminate hazards and to help other employees safeguard themselves when you see or sense a need for help. Unless vou do feel this way about safety in tne plant, don’t pat your own back too proudly — you might break an arm! pa'hence Let us then be up and doing, 'With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing Learn to labor and to wait. — Henry W. Longfeli.ow. Quality In The Making [Editor’s Note: To supplement our present program of acquainting all our employees with the various operations in the process of making Bur-Mil Quality Products, each is sue of “Hoint-Crest" Hill carry a picture and story of each major operation throughout the Hillcrest and High Point Weaving plants.] WINDING In this operation the yarn is wound from the skeins at High Point W eav ing or cakes at Hillcrcst onto special spools in order that it may be handled on the twisting and spinning frames. Ihis is merely a transfer from one package to another. On the left — Cake Winding at Hillcrest. Witider, Osa Mitchell, second shift. On the right — Skein Winding at High Point Pre paratory with Thelma Mills, first shift. AINT IT SO? An optimist is a, person who starts slipping lus feet back into his shoes when the speaker says “Now in clos ing.” The only way to get along with women is to let them think they’re hav ing their own way. The only way to do that is to let them have it. A little flattery now and then makes husbands of the single men. Keeping up with the Joneses isn’t nearly as dangerous as trying to pass them on a hill. Presenting The GibMn^ Family Of Hillcrest Glancing around Hillcrest with a “family eye”, a Gibson was found in almost every department. Yes, whether it is a spinner, fixer, winder, or com missary clerk you are needing, John Gibson and his family have one of each to offer for six members of the family have been “Bur-Mil” employees. It is the lo}'alty of families like these which have contributed much to Bur lington Mills’ success in the past and future. At present three members of the family are employed at Hillcrest—John, head of the family clan, as coning fixer; Avis, commissary clerk; ana Rachel, winder. Leonard, who is in cluded in the above picture, was a Hillcrest veteran spinner until he re cently accepted work with Sears, Roe buck in Greensboro. When asked who started this “Bur- Mil” habit, the answer was still another one of John’s children, Howard. About 10 years ago, Howard started at High Point Weaving as a senice man. Through Burlington Mills policy of “Promotion within”, he is now Throw ing Superintendent at Belmont, Ala mance County plant. Still another sis ter, Mary, worked at Hillcrest until she and Avis joined the SMrs during the war to see 'orld. With the end of the war Av* turned to her job, but in the meatiTinie, she had lost Mary to a Navy man from Yonkers, New York. As most Hillcresters know, John’s greatest joy in life, besides raising a family of 9 children, is sports with baseball and softball taking the lead. It is rumored though that his two young grandcliildren may rival his sport s hobby in tlie near future. The whole family is looking forward to Mary’s visit from New York in the near future — especially a first glimpse of her son. Avis tells us “No hobbies — but men” is her motto and with that pleasant smile she should do veir well. The one thing she does live for are beach trips during the summer months. Every moining when John and Avis arrive at work, they wish Rachel, third shift winder, “good night” and send her home to bed. It was at one of these pauses that the Photographer caught the family chatting at Avis’ commissary wagon. THE GIBSON FAMILY at Hillcrest. Reading from left to right — John Gibson, Rachel, Leonard, and Avis. % JOE BLOW Says ... Each day upon sticking my nose into a newspaper I read more stories having to do with our nation’s alarm ing divorce rate increase, and how no body knows what to do about it. Me, I know what to do and am going to share my recipe with you. First of all, the fault for divorce lies with the husbands involved. You can wager your last shinplaster that in un happy homes the male spouse is a moron insofar as his knowledge of fe males is concerned. There w’ould be no marital strife if ever}' husband in the land understood that women are women, instead of people. Women are the only creatures of tlieir kind in creation, and let’s hope the mould was broken. Happy is the groom who early in wedded bliss dis covers for himself that a woman is al ways a woman and must be treated as such. Tlie road to romantic luin, I fear, is strewn with the corpses of men who were under the impression they had married angels instead of women. Had those men e\'er looked about them they could have discerned that no matter what women are doing a woman is a woman first and something else second. Women in politics. Women in busi ness. Women at war. Women as wives. I’hey are, first of all, women. Let us confine ourselves for the nonce with women in politics. Ever see a W'oman politician so inspired she’d for get to powder her nose or make a speech with a run in her stocking? Not on your life, brother. She’s a woman first — a Republican second. We don’t have room here to dis cuss other examples, and anyhow that is not our sermon for today. Our theme is that the marriage scrvice, in addition to that I-do and I-will rigama- role, should contain this simple ques tion directed at the groom; “Do you realize fully that what you are marry ing is a woman and must be treated ac cordingly?” If the sucker is hep, wc then give him a booklet containing trade secrets happily married men since .\dani have known. A handful of tliese happiness gems for the male include: Remember you are always wrong and your wife is always right; e\cn if it warps your tongue be sure to say you think her new hat is di\ine, whereas nine times out of ten it will make you ill; don’t tr>' to comprehend or correct her savagery when she claws at Nylon lines, elbows to a bus scat or screams at movie stars; never contradict her now-and-then views on international af fairs about which she knows nothing; develop the technique of hearing not a word while appearing to listen in tently; tell her nothing she can use against you in a future argument; never Safety Thoughts CARELESSNESS “I’m not much of a mathematician,” said Carelessness, “but I can add to your troubles, subtract from your earnings, multiplW^om aches and pains, take intere^^iom your work, and discount your chances for safety. “Besides this, I can divide your thoughts between business and pleas ure and be a potent factor in your failures. Even if I am with you only a small fraction of the time, 1 can lessen your chances for success. “I am a figure to be reckoned with. Cancel me from vo’J|^,ibits and it will add to your total iKK&iess. Frank B. Craig. What Everybody Should ‘ Know About Lifting Here’s how to lift the safe way: 1. Never try to lift beyond your strength. Get help. 2. Always crouch down to what you are going to lift. 3. Get a good footing. Place feet eight to twelve inches apart. 4. Get a firm grip with fingers un derneath the load whenever possible. 5. Keep jour arms straight and keep your back in as near a straight up and down position as possible. 6. Lift gradually — avoid jerky mo tions. 7. Avoid twisting motions by shift ing position of feet. 8. Lift by standing up or by pushing up with the strong leg muscles. 'ITiis takes the strain off the back muscles. 9. Put things down by generally re versing the above methods. 10. Your job may involve the hand ling of cases, boxes, baskets, drums or odd shaped containers or products un der unusual conditions. Check your methods of lifting these with your fore man to make sure they are safe and proper. LEARN TO WORK SAFELY Bootblack: Shine your shoes so’s you kin see your face in ’em, mister? Man (gruffly): No! Bootblack: Don’t blame ya. Jones (over the garden fence): 1 un derstand you have Brown’s lawn mower. Smith: Yes. Jones: Good! If you’ll let me bor row it occasionally, I’ll let you use his snow shovel. expect her to think, talk or act like you do; bear in mind she is not a whit different from some other girl you might have married. In closing, I repeat: Broken homes are caused by dopey husbands who fail to realize they are married to women. Me, I love women. What else is there?
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