^ Mt. Holly Employees
Enjoy Barbecue
Employees at the Mount Holly Spinning Mill recen
enjoyed a safety barbecue on completion of an a'' '
age of 2,096 hours per employee and 209,977 total ho
without a lost-time accident. The last lost-time inj^^^
at the plant occurred in January of 1975. ‘
Johnson Is
A Daredevil She’s Not!
MAK.IORIK McHKNKY
It isn’t at all unusual to see a
diminutive helmeted lady
arriving each morning for work
at the General Offices on a
motorcycle.
The lady is Marjorie
McHenry, one of the General
Offices switchboard operators.
A daredevil she’s not, but rather
a serious motorcyclist who
enjoys riding and is very safety
conscious.
She bought her motorcycle in
the spring of 1974 while working
in Martinsville, Va. She says
that although she had ridden a
motorcycle before buying one
for herself, she practiced at the
Morehead High School parking
lot for several Saturdays before
she ventured out on the highway.
“In order to ride a motorcycle
safely,” she said, “a person
must know how to handle the
bike and be able to drive it
defensively.”
“The biggest mistake that
most people make is getting a
machine so big they can’t handle
it. The next biggest mistake is to
get out on the highway before
being really familiar with the
machine,” she commented.
Mrs. McHenry says she didn't
buy the motorcycle as a hobby,
but to conserve gas in riding
back and forth to work in
' Martinsville. Now she not only
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’Inspiration’
LINDA B. ESTES
Promoted
Linda B. Estes has been
named a shift foreman in the
Wool Spinning Department at
the Blanket Greige Mill.
Previously a production clerk
in the Wool Carding Depart
ment, Mrs. Estes has continuous
service with Fieldcrest since
1972. She had earlier worked at
the Blanket Greige Mill during
1%8 and 1969.
Mrs. Estes and her husband,
Donnie, reside on Route 3, Eden.
My wife hasn’t spoken to me
for two weeks. She says I had no
right to paste travel posters on
the walls of her mother’s bed
room.
“He’s as good a worker as I
have ever seen. He is an inspira
tion for all of us.”
That’s the praise one of his
supervisors has for George B.
Johnson, a blender in the Wool
Picking Department at the
Blanket Greige Mill. Mr. John
son lost a hand in an accident 25
years ago and performs his job
with the aid of a prosthesis.
Management officials of the
Blanket Greige Mill are lavish in
their praise of the skill and the
attitude shown by Mr. Johnson.
“We don’t think of him as
being handicapped. He does well
any job assigned to him,” his
supervisors say.
“His record is definitely a goal
for other handicapped workers
to shoot for, as well as an
example for those who are not
handicapped. No matter what
job he is assigned, he’ll normally
outproduce the average em
ployee.
“His attitude is excellent and
he has maintained such an
attitude throughout his many
years with the company. We are
glad to see him get the recogni
tion he deserves for his
outstanding work record and the
good job he has done for
F'ieldcrest.”
Mr. Johnson also has an
outstanding attendance record.
He did not miss any time from
GEORGE B. JOHNSON
work in 1975. “We don’t th^j|)
was out as much as three day^|
the last five years,” his sUr
visors said.
A native of Rocking
County, Mr. Johnson has
years of continuous service
Fieldcrest. He first was a
r iciuv;icai.. iic luat waa • m
cleaner at the old Rhode Is* i
Mill and then worked se''®^[,t
y^rs in the Dyeing Depart^®
thwe. He was in the Stock
ing Department at the Bla'j: j
Greige Mill 1940-1962, wor*'^
mostly as a baler and
tender. He was a hydraulic P''y
operator in the 'Wool
Department before assumia»
present job in 1969.
He is married to the fof^jf
Rosetta Dillard of Eden
employed as a loom creel^.
the Karastan Weave
They have four grown chil^j(.
and three grandchildren.
and Mrs. Johnson live at
Galloway Street in Eden.
THE MILL WHIST*"