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Picker Room was repainted and floors refinished. Floors were zoned for proper storage. Orderly placement of lap trucks aids efficiency as well as appearance. Excellent zoning in Spooler Room P’’®'., and other movable equipment at®' Sheeting Mill Shows Big Gains In Housekeeping It is an obvious fact that good mill housekeeping improves the work ing conditions for employees — that it is more pleasant to work in clean, attractive surroundings. It is recognized also that good industrial housekeeping aids efficiency, quality and safety. Therefore, it is easy to see that the effort and expense invested in improving mill housekeeping pays dividends all around. Painting up, fixing up, zoning the floor areas and making other arrangements to provide orderliness and cleanliness help employees and the company. A good example is the Sheeting Mill where housekeeping is being emphasized and where the results are impressive. The improvement in the Weave Room has been remarkable considering the machinery damage and damage from water and smoke in a fire that occurred in March 1968. The Weave Room was completely repainted, the floors refinished and new lighting installed. The looms were cleaned and the floor around the looms was painted a light gray. Loom arches were painted white for better appearance. Not only in the Weave Room but in the other departments the im proved housekeeping is apparent. The Picker Room, where new machinery was installed several months ago, has been repainted and the floors refinished and zoned for proper storage. Improvements also have been made in the Carding, Spinning and Spooling Departments. The pictures on these pages, made in some of the Sheeting Mill de partments, show typical areas where the housekeeping has been great ly improved during the past several months. Following: a fire last March, Weave *• jr and new ligrhting: was installed, THE MILL WHISTb i:
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