At Blanket Mill, Fieldcrest nurse Jane Reynolds prepares to innoculate Grover
Smith, C. B. Caldwell
nd Robert Barnes. Dr. J. A. Sanford, medical director, fills syringe at left.
Company Provides Flu Shots For Employees
?r,SeTs. ,e.r Tt "T
need only a single booster shot. avaiirbirbv thP flu shots, made
There is an advantage in getting a doctors and nurses
shot every year since persons who take
the flu shots year after year tend to
build up a greater immunity to the flu
with each succeeding year.
Employees in the Leaksville-Spray-
Draper area who failed to take a flu
shot earlier may get their first shot
in the mills this week ani then come to
the Medical Department after two
weeks and get their second dose.
The exact day on which the shots will
be given in each mill will be announced
within the plant, along with the sched
ule for the innoculations.
Employees of the Towel Mill at Field-
ale, Va., the Automatic Blanket Plant
at Smithfield and the Karasitan Spin-
Improper Driving Is A
Factor In Most Wrecks
Improper driving of some kind is a
contributing factor in most moitor ve
hicle accidents.
Driving violations’^ are no longer
a part of the standard reporting pro
cedure to the National Safety Council.
Because the former procedure indicated
that many accidents did not involve a
driver violation, it was replaced by
“contributing circumstances.”
In fatal accidents, the factor most
often involved is speed too fast for con
ditions. In other accidents it is prin
cipally speed and failure to yield the
right of way. A third major mistake,
particularly on rural roads, is driving
left of center.
These three driving errors, along with
drinking and driving, contribute to near
ly three-fourths of all fatal accidents
and half of injury accidents.
8
You Don’t Have To Leave
Home To Be In Accident
A person does not have to leave home
to be involved in an accident.
Because it is in the home that a
majority of accidents occur, the family
should be vitally interested in practicing
all safety rules in the home as well
as outside.
The kitchen, a room where the home
maker usually starts the day’s work, is
an area of many hazards.
In this area the Fieldcrest Safety
Department suggests turning the handles
of all pots and pans towards the back
of the stove. Also, when the kitchen
chores are finished, check the range
to make sure all burners are cut off.
Keep the kitchen floor clean and free
from grease, water, and slippery spots.
Have floor rags convenient with which
to wipe up spilled liquids.
The kitchen can be a hazardous place
for children as well as the adult. Hot
water from the tap has sent many a
child to the hospital. The children should
be taught the proper respect for fire and
hot water.
The whole family should remember
that wet hands and electrical equip
ment do not go together. Anything wet
near electricity spells caution, if not
real danger.
T. R. RAY
T. E. WALLACE
Organization Changes Made At Smithfield
In organization changes at the Auto
matic Blanket Plant at Smithfield effec
tive September 10, T. Rufus Ray,
superintendent, was appointed staff as
sistant—^Automatic Blanket Plant, re
porting to Robert F. Sambleson, mill
manager.
It was announced that, effective
November 1, Mr. Ray will be transfer
red to the Central Engineering Depart
ment at Spray, reporting to A. G. Sin
gleton, director of engineering.
Thomas E. Wallace, Jr., formerly
head of the Quality Control Depart
ment at Smithfield, was appointed
superintendent of the Automatic Blan
ket Plant, succeeding Mr. Ray.
Mr. Wallace started with Fieldcrest
when the Smithfield plant was opened
m June, i960. He was foreman of the
Molding Department before becoming
head of Quality Control.
He is a native of Charlotte and a
graduate of North Carolina State Col
lege, Raleigh, with a B. S. degree in
Industrial Arts.
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