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POINT-CREST
SEPTEMBER, 1947
Published monthly by and for the employees of High Point Weav
ing and Hillcrest Throwing Plants of Burlington Mills Corporation.
Member of the American Association of Industrial Editors
“Point-Crest” Reporters
HIGH POINT WEAVING
Betty Hunt
Inez Melton
Albert Jones
Loi:i Mabe
Louise Kidd
Frances Roach
Anna McKinney
Clayton Clark
Beulah Hunt
Vernon Webb
Marcella Thornton
Eleanor Cox
Lona Carroll
Grace Britt
Frances Tuttle
Glenn Morris
Carl Peterson
Faye Morris
HILLCREST
Beulah Kidd Virginia Dody Mary Hendrix Avis Gibson
Mabel Faircloth Floyd Dillon Jane Stewart Joe Ward
Anne Garrett — Advisors — John Triplett
Cost And Quality . . .
A lot of us are so busy with our individual jobs we sometimes
don’t realize just why our jobs exist ... or how they came about
... or what it takes to keep our jobs oix;n tomorrow . . . and the
next day . . . and next month . . . and next year.
Of course, we all know that our jobs exist only as long as we
produce something that sells. And we know that our jobs begin to
get a bit “shaky” when one of our competitors begins to offer our
customers a product better than ours at the same price. But what
we sometimes don’t realize is that each of us individually determine
not only what we produce but also how well we can sell our goods.
And it’s the goods we sell today that make our jobs tomorrow.
How much we sell is determined by two important factors.
One is quality . . . the other is cost. Each of us directly detennines
the quality of the product we sell . . . and the price we sell it for.
Quality comes only through quality workmanship. The price we
sell our product for is determined by what it costs us to produce
the goods . . . and it is through increased efficiency and incrc'ascd
production th;^ we are able to sell better products at lower priccs.
It all boils down to the fact that the customer really keeps our
jobs going. This customer is hard to please. He is always searching
for more and better goods at lov/er costs. If we can’t please him,
he looks elsewhere — and he buys elsewhere. As long as the custo
mer buys our raods, employment is created and our jobs are secure.
It’s up to us,'^n, to see that the customer is satisfied. It’s up to us
to put quality workmanship in every piece of goods we turn out.
It’s up to us to keep production costs down through efficiency and
increased production — to be able to sell better products at lower
costs.
THE OLD PHILOSOPHER
My old lady tied a string on my finger this morning. "This is
to make you think,” she said. “It's to make you think to get me
that pound of bacon you forgot to bring home yesterday.”
Well, I walked out of the house and down the street and as
soon as I turned the corner, 1 tossed the string in the ditch. No use
letting my buddies know the old lady was trying to tie up my
thinking apparatus.
Funny thing, though, that piece of string stayed on my mind all
the way up town. B^ore long I was thinking about that first job I
got many long years ago. I remembered that one of the fellows I
worked with that first day gave me some very good advice on think
ing on the job. “Everything you do is the result of thought,” he
said. “Think for yourself, train your mind to think, keep your mind
on your job . . . and you II go a long way.”
I took the fellow’s advice. It paid off .. . and paid off well . . .
on that first job and on all other jobs I held.
Guess maybe I’ve let my brains get a little rusty in my old age.
But the old woman won’t take that for an excuse. So I’m bringing
home the bacon tonight.
Here*s Your Lunch
Purely Personal
HILLCREST
FIRST SHIFI' NEWS
Doc Martin has been having trouble
with his chickens lately. Recently he
purchased a six pound chicken from
joe Scales. At 3 o’clock he picked
up his nicely wrapped six pound box
and carried it home. Once at home
with preparations ready for a killing,
Doc opened his box. No chicken —
instead 6 pounds of iron lieads!
We wondered who could have
switched boxes on him. Well, you
can draw your o\* conclusions, but
Forrest Archer ancTClayton Meredith
soon appeared at Dock’s with the
chickcn “he forgot.”
Rachel Lain must liave added a
few pounds to her weight while visit
ing at Jane Stewart’s home recently
from the account she gave of the good
cats they had.
When Vera Hedrick received word
that her son, Harold, who was in the
Army, was on his way home for a
furlougli, she thought it was wonder
ful, but when he arrived and
announced he had received his dis
charge — well, that was almost too
good to be true.
Eula Stilley has been one of the
missing links in the Winding Depart
ment due to illness, but we hope she
will soon be back.
Mary Spencer’s mother is recover
ing nicely after a minor 0]3crati0n.
Pleasant memories still linger with
Morenee Luther of her trip to
Augusta, Ga.
Marjorie Spencer not only has a new
gas stove to be proud of, but also a
new home.
We are happy to have Edna Wil
liams back on first shift after having
spent several months on sccond. Edna
has really had a time. First, she was
out due to a leg injury from a fall,
and then, her son, Darrell, had an
appendix operation. We are glad to
reixirt that “all is well” now and
Darrell has started his first year in
school.
Dot Boggs finds that cooking isn’t
so bad after all. Perhaps we would
agree if we had a new electric stove.
William Roach is the new service
man in the Winding Department. He
was transferred from third shift, and
we welcome him to first shift.
Minnie Conrad is pleased to have
her nephew, Joe Perry, home on fur
lough from overseas.
Every afternoon at 3 o’clock Hill
crest is honored by three generations
of one of our families. Little Eloise
Hampton, Edith Hampton’s young
daughter, brings her mother to work,
and takes her grandmother, Mellie
Caudell home. This young lady, w'ho
celebrated her first birthday on Sep
tember 11, has W'on the heart of every
one around. Now we are all waiting
for her to take that first step by her
self.
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John Newman is getting ready to
start the hunting season off w'ith a
bang! Yep, John has bought himself
a Higgins 12 gauge 6 shot bolt action
shotgun. Now — we wait to see the
results of the coming season.
John Clapp reports that his little
daughter. Sue, has recovered nicely
from a case of measles that she had
a few weeks ago.
Rambling rejjorter Joe Ward visited
friends and relatives in Norfolk and
Ocean Drive, Va., on September 6th
and 7th. Joe reports that he had a
sjalashing good time at Ocean Drive
Beach.
I Want To Qo . . .
THE ABOVE sequence shows
the problem that developed at the
home of William Cook, Hillcrest
spinning fixer, when school started
on September ist. Betty ]ean, 6
years old, started to school for the
first time this fall, and she had a
difficult time convincing her young
er brother, Charles Erwin, age 3,
that he was still a bit young for
school.
.411 is quiet on the home front at
Bessie Moore’s these days for all
three children are in school. Raeford
is in the first grade, and Kay, the
fourth grade at Oak Hill, while David
is in the eighth grade at Junior High
School.
Ausbie Tuggle reports that his
father, Harry Tuggle, has arrived
safely in Canada. Mr. I’uggle has gone
to Canada to teach the Canadians
how to cure tobacco.
Clyde Coe and A. C. Wall attended
the Stock Car Races at North Wilkes-
boro on September 14. Both fellows
seem to get a thrill out of all the
spills and chills for which the races
are noted.
Dewey Gordon and his family
visited relatives at Pilot Mountain,
N. C., on September 7th.
William Cook is quite proud of his
newly constructed two track concrete
drive at his home. Getting ready for
winter, “Pete”?
Hawley Thompson went on a fish
ing trip near I’roy, N. C., on Sep
tember 12, and only caught four
small fish in ten hours. He must have
known fishing wasn't too good because
he carried sardines along for his lunch.
We are sorry to learn that Beulah
Weavel has had to give up her work
due to her husband’s illness. Our
thoughts are with her.
Ray Lamarr visits the car auction
sale often. Wonder if he is looking
for a car or trying to learn the art of
auctioneering?
Clayton Meredith uses an extension
ladder to ])ick tomatoes off the vines
in his garden. Nice story!
Mamie Kearns was worried about
sending her little son, Gary to school
for the first time. She was afraid
he wouldn’t like it, but he got up the
first morning singing “What a Won
derful Dav” and has liked school ever
But — Charles
^^Bur-MiV^ and City Champs
POSING FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER are the High Point Weav
ing Softball Team, winner in the “Bur-Mil” tournament and also City
Champions. Left to right, front row — are Bill McMahon, Robert Brewer,
Clyde Carden, Burris Stoker, Paul Spencer, coach; Curtis McDonald, and
Charlie Walker. Back row — Arthur Jones, Charlie Doby, Dewey Carden,
Edward Marsh, Pete Mann, and Dallas Brown. Holding the “Bur-Mil”
trophy is Rudy Jones, bat boy.