THE MILL WHISTLE
Eden, N. C., April 5,1976
NfingChampions Get
My For Tournament
No. 19
won
in
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fastest doffers
for prizes totaling
%r T National Super-
i^ournament which gets
5nii„"^y April 12 in Textile
fi " Greenville, S.C.
L‘‘**P Dickerson of the
Mill and Ray Pruitt
draper Sheeting Mill will
Pieldcrest in the warp
^tiv 1 g divisions, re-
They previously wo
L, Merest championships i
^**'■*11111 competition.
1 juijigs for the contests have
L announced by the
^'can Textile Manufac-
Jush , ^Gtute, sponsor of the
tournament. Mr.
Gilbert
^ Cheraw Yarn Mills at
ijf - Thursday, April 15.
)jj '“luitt drew a bye in the
of competition and
(L?® the winner of the doff-
Stanley Parks of
L ' Mills and the champion
Wh of Deering Milli-
has not been named
i(j,'*P m. Thursday, April 15.
^ I®, Pieldcrest doffers win
i^j^^tial contests, they will
\ a at Greenville and com-
I ^®'n on Friday. A break
taken for the Easter
^^andthe winners will re-
turn to Greenville Tuesday,
April 20, to resume the tourna
ment. The finals will be held on
Friday, April 23.
The winner in each of the di
visions — warp and filling — will
receive a grand prize of $1,750.
The runner-up in each division
will receive $1,000.
Consolation doff-offs will be
held to determine the third and
fourth place winners who will re
ceive plaques. All contestants
will receive certificates of par
ticipation. Special certificates
will also go to winners of first
and second place in each di
vision.
Some 34 textile manufacturers
will be represented in the tour
nament. Contestants include 55
doffers — 34 warp and 21 filling
— each of whom hopes to be
come the world’s champion doff-
er. It is estimated that more
than 2,000 doffers competed in
company intramurals which led
to the Greenville champion
ships.
Doffing, one of the few textile
production jobs still performed
by hand, consists of removing
filled bobbins or quills of yam
from spinning frames and re
placing them with empties.
The Bedspread Mill demonstrates its pride in
warp doffing champ Phillip Dickerson with this
Speeds of 50 and 60 bobbins per
minute are not unusual.
The chairman of the National
Superdoffer Committee is Gra-
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sign at the plant’s main entrance. Admiring the
sign is Hilda Smith, Bedspread Weave Room.
SAFETY SCOREBOARD & STANDINGS
Through February 29, 1976
^hrelcrest Service Center
j®*‘emost
^Urelcrest Carpet
>ixCity
j^hiteville
i!|?*'astan Worsted
>nt Holly
K ®Xander Sheeting
.faper Sheeting
i^hket Warehouse
^Urelcrest Yarn
Finishing
banket Finishing
Ij^pread
^^astan Spinning
hf^ispread Finishing
u'*lomatic Blanket
j^oti-Woven Blanket
ij^fastan Rug
C*''
;®ttsboro
I'^dded M-75
Manhours
Since Last Lost*
Time Accident
299,181
498,242
. 475,928
856,677
112,542
114,231
194,603
661,288
385,903
37,470
149,981
132,602
184,347
194,594
122,020
107,027
515,167
165,802
12,273
111,370
40,318
12,479
31,045
0
•*Avg. Manhours
Last Lost-
•••Frequency
Worked Per Employee
Time Accident
Rating
4,179
12-21-73
0
3,074
9-4-74
0
2,776
9-27-74
0
2,343
0
2,141
12-20-74
0
2,036
3-20-75
0
1,944
1-8-75
0
1,733
3-17-75
0
878
9-3-75
0
605
10-22-75
0
564
11-15-75
0
495
11-5-75
0
472
10-28-75
0
420
11-21-75
0
399
11-18-75
0
397
12-21-75
0
377
1-6-76
3.25
359
10-29-75
0
157
1-8-76
58.0
142
1-30-76
3.02
87
2-12-76
6.37
70
2-10-76
15.2
59
2-9-76
7.0
0
2-28-76
10.8
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million man-hours worked
Hankins To Complete
50 Years Of Service
Lonnie T. Hankins is to com
plete a half-century of continu
ous service April 12 and become
a member of the exclusive 50-
Year Club.
Fieldcrest management will
honor him at a luncheon at the
Meadow Greens Country Club
during the week of his anni
versary. The company’s other
50-year employees will attend.
Mr. Hankins worked nearly all
of his 50 years in the Blanket
Warehouse and has been fore
man of the Sample Department
for the past 20 years.
First employed in the Blanket
Stock Department, he worked as
a boxer for crib blankets and as
an order filler. He then was a fol
low up man in the Napping De
partment until he was inducted
into the Army in March, 1944.
After serving in France, Ger
many and the Philippines, he re
turned in May, 1946, and re
sumed his old job as a follow up
man.
In 1948 he became a section
man in the Automatic Blanket
Department, which at first was a
part of the Blanket Finishing
Mill. He was transferred to the
Sample Department as assistant
LONNIE T. HANKINS
foreman in 1950 and became
foreman in 1956.
A native of Eden, Mr. Hankins
was one of a family of six chil
dren. His father and five of the
children attained long records of
service at the mills. A sister,
Mrs. Leon Shropshire, is pres
ently employed at the Bedspread
Finishing Mill.
Commenting on his 50 years
with the company, he said, “I
don’t know a thing I’d change.
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