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MlLrLr WHISTLE Monday, March 22, 1954 Warren Honored For 40 Years* Service Warren, of the Synthetic Mill, is shown (center) as he congratulations from officials completion of 40 years of con- service with the Company. Mr. ice Was presented his 40-year Pm by E. W. Medbery (right), it( manager, together with a le a letter of appreciation from G *?®^agement. Mr. Medbery and ij^^^lsey (left), mill manager, visit- "^^^^^^^rren in the weave room on his anniversary date, Tuesday, March 2. Mr. Warren is a native of Henry county, Va. and had worked with a construction company in Ohio before joining the Company at the old Lily Mill in 1914. He has been a loomfixer for many years and for a long period, including World War II, he was an as sistant foreman. He has never been off the payroll in his 40 years and has worked in the weave room during all of that time. Cross Campaigrn ^gressing In Mills *i^®^°ximately $2700 has been con- by Fieldcrest employees in the Cross fund campaign. J. G. chairman of the industrial di- % in the community-wide drive, reports have not been re- from all mills and that he ex- ^dditional funds to be turned in Smith, Jr., general chairman of ’it {j^Paign in the Tri-Cities, reported ® drive is still short of the $6424 \ ^ lie said most business places had 'bj '^^tacted although there are some on during this week. the various plants. I who have not been reached \ ® campaign were requested by h Smith to send their contribu tion to the Red Cross either in care of Bill Amos, treasurer, or John Smith Jr., finance chairman. The nation-wide drive being con ducted during March has a goal of 30,- 000,000 members and $85,000,000 in funds needed to meet extensive respon sibilities for humanitarian services at home and abroad. More than a million and a half volunteer solicitors are con ducting the month-long canvass under the leadership of William W. Overton, Jr., of Dallas, Tex., national campaign chairman. Of the $6424 sought by the Leaks- ville-Spray-Draper chapter, a total of $3599—approximately 55 per cent—will remain in the Tri-Cities for local Red Cross services, with the remainder being used for the national and inter national work of the Red Cross organi zation. Number 17 Towel Mill Opens Quality Campaign The personnel of the Towel Mill are engaged in a comprehensive quality program which has as its goal a 50 per cent reduction in seconds and thirds by the end of this year. The mill has made several technical improvements such as changing various settings, a completely new sizing for mula, covers for doff boxes, a change in the technique for piecing up ends in the spinning room and numerous other changes, some of seemingly minor nature, but which are of a great im portance to quality. Members of supervision, fixers and other employees are working on more ideas which will reduce or eliminate causes of seconds and which will bring improvements even in the first quality towels produced by the mill. J. p. Moore, mill manager, in com menting on the quality program stated: “The loss caused by seconds and thirds at the Towel Mill amounted to ap proximately $200,000 in 1953. We be lieve that through the concentrated ef forts of our supervisors, with the co operation of the employees, we will be able to reduce this loss in 1954 and lower our mill costs appreciably.” Bleachery Equipment Has Been Modernized As a part of a program of moderni zation for better efficiency and quality, the company has spent several thou sand dollars recently on improvements to the sheet finishing range at the Bleachery. The water mangle has been equipped with roller bearings, and a new chain drive with hydraulic equipment has been installed for smoother starts. The old tenter frame has been replaced and the gear drives on the dry cans have been replaced with chain drives and new bearings. New steam lines and new traps were installed. Weft-straightening equipment, which was developed by our own engineers working with some outside firms, has (Continued on Page Eight)
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