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Employee's Sons Are Champs Most nine and 10 year-old boys like sports and participate in them. But not many boys that age can boast of winning 18 trophies for various sporting events during the past three years. But that’s just what John Bothrock, age 10, and Mark Booth, age nine, have done. The boys, stepson and son of Mike Booth, a section foreman in the Slashing Department at the Bedspread Mill, are members of the Leaksville Boys Club of the Boys Club of America. They have participated in the club’s football, baseball and basketball activities. Mr. Booth also participates in the club’s activities by coaching baseball and football. The boys have won trophies in both baseball and football and John won the Most Valuable Player trophy in baseball last year. Both boys won runner-up trophies in basketball for 1972. Some of the 18 trophies are season and tournament championship trophies. The Leaksville Boys Club, an affiliate of the National Boys Club of America, offers ac tivities for boys from six to 18 years of age. The club offers not only sports but also serves boys in social and emotional areas. Approximately 500 area boys are members. The Boys Club building has a gymnasium, weight room and game rooms. Executive director of the local club is Samuel Law. Safety Means Freedom From Accidents On-the-job accidents cause 2.2 million injuries each year and 14,200 deaths, according to K. R. Baggett, Fieldcrest safety director. What, then, is safety? Safety means freedom from accidents which not only cause injury or death, but also wasted time, wasted production and wasted materials, Mr. Baggett said. The chief causes of accidents, are attitudes that set the stage for injury or death. Some of these unsafe attitudes are carelessness, fatigue, forget fulness, laziness and inex perience. Many accidents are also caused by unsafe conditions such as blocked exits, improper storage of flammable liquids, dangerous overhead objects, improper light, improper ventilation and littered aisles. Watching for safety hazards such as these and reporting them is an important part of each person’s job, Mr. Baggett said. Some tips on maintaining safe working conditions on the job are: Make sure stairways are free of tripping hazards. —Keep fire extinguishers in sight and ready for use. Know how to use them. Keep floors clean and free of slick spots. —Wear the proper protective 4 Better SAFE Than Sorry! and helping to correct unsafe working conditions by reporting hazards, each employee is helping to protect not only his own health but that of all those who work with him,” Mr. Baggett said. Technical Center Work On Schedule and guards the clothing on the job at all times. —Follow maintenance in structions for machinery. Report wear. —Never operate machinery without authority. —Be sure shields are kept in place. —Know and follow procedure for your job. —Be sure power is shut off and locked out before working on equipment. —Never tamper with electric power supply unless authorized. —Get treatment immediately for ‘Tittle things” such as blisters, small cuts, burns, splinters and jammed fingers. “By practicing safe attitudes (Continued from Page One) Fieldcrest General Offices. When completed, it will en compass 25,000 square feet on the upper level and 22,000 square feet on the lower level. The new building will house Fieldcrest’s Technical Services Department, which includes Research, Domestics Product Development, and Domestics Quality Control. It is designed to accommodate approximately 60 to 80 persons. The upper level of the building will house the Technical Ser vices Department, a technical library, conference room and laboratories. The lower level will include development laboratories, storage areas and space for expansion. Fieldcrest has had plans for expanding and updating the Research and Development facilities for several years as the present headquarters of the Technical Services Department is completely inadequate. W. H. Thackston is Elected Secretary Of ASTD Chapter W. H. Thackston, a training supervisor in the Fieldcrest Training Department, has been elected secretary of the newly formed Piedmont Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development. Other officers elected are Rodney H. Harm, Burlington Industries, president; Gayle Nelson, L’eggs Products Inc. of the Haynes Corporation, first vice president (program); Steven T. Royal, Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, second vice president; Pedro F. Moscoso, Greensboro Housing Authority, third vice president, public relations; and Joe Jablonsky, Western Electric, treasurer. John Roth rock, left, and Mark Booth, right, are shown with father, Mike Booth, and some of the 18 sports trophies they have won during the past three years. At-large members of the board of directors are Dr. Robert C. Dorn, Center for Creative Leadership; N. J. Owens, Guilford Technical Institute; and Hal C. Bynum, Burlington Madison Yarn Company. The American Society for Training and Development is a national professional society of some 9,500 persons responsible for the training and development of today’s work force. W. H. THACKSTON The purpose of the non-profit organization is to promote the professional growth, com petence and effectiveness of its members. This purpose isi complished by providiif educational programs services, disseminating formation and knowledge, encouraging research and^ free exchange of ideas that! pertinent to the optinii utilization and developmenlj human resources. The newly-formed Piedmi chapter of ASTD at present^ 43 members. The group meet monthly. Know Who You Are? If someone were to question your age, your date of birth, or even the correct spelling of your name, would you be able to produce official records to prove that you know who you are and when you were born? Do you know that you were born on the 5th of the month and not the 15th or 25th? Most everyone thinks he knows the answers to these questions. But a surprising number of people have been proved wrong — wrong about the day or month or year of their birth, wrong about the spelling of their names, wrong about other personal data that “anyone knows.” And it has cost them dollars in social security and other benefits, or has prevented them from taking a trip abroad. An official birth certificate is relatively simple to obtain and will answer with finality all questions about your name, age, and date of birth. And it will be worth many times the fee you may have to pay for it. Social Security offices, foreign travel agencies, insurance companies and other agencies which request proof of age or identity ask for no more definitive proof than a birth certificate, while bales of other documents such as newspaper clippings physicians’ statements, school records, and marriage records may be refused as proof because of small discrepancies in in formation. Take the case of John Smith for example. Soon after he was married, he signed up for another insurance policy Without hesitation he filled out the application, stating his date of birth as 1935 and his age as 24. S: However, he could produce birth certificate to prove the facts. The insurance compi kindly explained that they not want to drag skeletons oi closets, nor did they ci whether John’s middle nai was Horatio or Aloysius, buttt company policy did reqii official proof of age. So John wrote to his county for a birth certificate be made from the records thef; This would have been a move if it weren’t for theii that a roomful of old pap((. including John’s birth recif had been accidental destroyed. Next, John traf down the record of his marri* and another life insurat policy, taken out when he child, only to find that theseh “official” records were tradictory. John learned too* the lesson that employers, Sot, Security officials, insuraa agents and countless others k been trying to teach every person should have a fide birth certificate or ^ documents accepted as pro(> age or identity. Although the birth certifi^ is considered the best docun>^ of proof, there are oj documents that are acceptO" proof of age. If you have in? possession an official i' baptism certificate showing of birth, or a family Bible date of publication, J- date of birth or an oif> hospital statement showing of birth, any one of documents alone will prove f age. In addition, there are 23 documents that are accept- o4 as proof in most cases (Continued on Page Eight' THE MILL WHIS'T
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