Safety Barbecue Is
Given At Mt. Holly
The excellent safety record of the employees at the
Mount Holly Spinning- Mill earned for them a barbecue
dinner which was served in the mill to all employees at
their usual lunch periods.
The employees won the barbecue under terms of the
Fieldcrest safety contest in which the company gives a
barbecue dinner to all employees of any mill which
operates for an average of 2,000 hours per employee
without a lost-time accident.
The Mount Holly plant has operated since January
15, 1965 without any lost time due to injury and had
accumulated 215,323 accident-free man-hours at the
time of the barbecue. The employees are continuing
their perfect record into the second year, with no lost
time injuries occurring thus far in 1966.
In a message to employees announcing the safety
award, W. F. Crumley, superintendent of the Mount
Ho-lly Spinning Mill, said:
“Congratulations to each of you for completing 2,000
hours per employee without a disabling injury . . .
Thanks for protecting your fellow employees from a
disabling injury during the past year.”
D. A. Purcell, manager of the Fieldale Towel Mill
who also has responsibility for the Mount Holly plant,
made a brief talk to the first shift employees. He con-
gratulated them on their interest and successful efforts
in the prevention of accidents. He urged continued co
operation and alertness so that the excellent safety
record can be extended into the future.
K. R. Baggett, Fieldcrest safety director, spoke in a
similar vein to the second shift emplo-yees. He told of
the emphasis that Fieldcrest places on safety through
out all of its plants. He said the company spends a great
deal of money and effort to make the mills safe places
to work.
Yet, he said, it is not the company but the employee
and his family who suffer the greatest loss when an
employee is out of work because of injury. He congrat
ulated the Mount Holly employees on their fine record
and urged that it be continued.
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Shown left to right are Gwen Lee, Peggy Merritt,
Martha Jones, Kuby Farris, Nell Henley and Lincie Hoi
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This group of Mount Holly Spinning Mill employees J
left, Verna Riddle, Lena Porter, Ruth Lutz and Ruby
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Shown going back for “seconds” are, from left, Fred Adams,
Willie Shuford, Dan Brooks (back to camera), and Lyle Wright.
From left, W. F. Crumley, Mount Holly superintendeO
cell, mill manager: and A. H. Justice, general foreman-
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