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A & E NEWS and VIEWS
SPRING, 1968
RUSH PLANT NEWS
Predia Goodson
At a recent Seminar I was privileged
to meet all the reporters, except one,
and they are the greatest. Sorry Bleaka
Blair was sick.
Hope to see you
next trip Bleaka. I
would like to say
thank you, to Mr.
Dickson, Mr. Bell,
and to all the main
office personnel for
the nice reception
they gave the re
porters. Folks like
you make me real
proud to be a part
Predia Goodson American &
Efird. We’ve had several folks on our
sick list, and it’s good to see them
back. They are: Willie Womack, Joyce
Pressley, Beulah Ford, Dorothy Keever,
Howard Kirkland, Ulmer Johnson,
George Waters, Betty Hope, and to
Henry Cooper — Sorry about missing
Henry the last edition. Get well soon;
Pearl Green, Bertha Scott, Edna Rich
mond, Essie Kinley, and Maggie
Nichols. Have you heard about the
couple whose unhappiness was caused
by illness? They were sick of each
other. Lola Moose came back from re
tirement, and Thelma Erasure came
back from another job. Glad to see you
back. I told you, if you ever drink that
Dutchman Creek water, you’ll always
come back. Margaret McCorkle and
Roxie Sherrill have new sons-in-law.
Rachel McMahan is gonna paint her
Cadillac pink. They only stop white
ones suspected of robbery. Welcome to
Henry Fisher, our new Canteen service
man. Henry is a real nice person and a
credit to his company. These folks los
ing all this weight really look nice.
Helen Alexander, Zenobia Howard,
Mr. Jones, Peggy Culp, and Helen
Smith are really getting trim. To these
folks, go now and thin some more. To
those who have lost loved ones, you
have our deepest sympathy. With all
this snow and ice we’ve had Spring
can’t be too far away.
A real nice Easter to you and yours.
’Til next edition,
Predia
Congratulations to the following em
ployees with perfect attendance from
November 19 through February 25.
C. L. Givens
Robert Baker
Holland Helton
John Cope
Zenobia Howard
Lester Clark
Raymond Cowart
Ernest Hoffman
Frances Hoffman
James Bradley
Harriett Brown
Reba Montgomery
Betty Stroupe
Hattie Poteat
Vinson McElhannon
Grady White
Walter Moss
Ora Abernathy
Bobbie Henderson
Ophelia Heath
Betty Bryant
Clay Morris
Gertrude Gibson
Margaret Cornelius
Predia Goodson
Johnny Montgomery
Inez McEntire
W. M. Rogers
James Goodson
Edwin Nixon
Mildred Culpepper
Otha McCorkle
"Are you really going lo gull. Miss Clark,
or are you just saying that to brighten my
day?"
TEXTURED YARN PLANT
By Cecelia Darnell
With Spring just around the corner,
we are all looking forward to warmer
and brighter days.
First of all, we
want to welcome
our new employees
and hope you enjoy
working at our
y a Plant. With the ad-
dition of new ma-
4 chines at Plant 62,
“13 we’ve been pretty
\ busy. As Mr. James,
l\ our Superintendent,
' "A / ■ explained to our
1967 Christmas par-
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Cecelia Darnell
ty, there has been some machinery
moved out and new machinery moved
in. Also he explained that he did not
want to lose any personnel. They have
been transferred to other departments
or shifts. This has been carried out with
no personnel losses, and most of our
new equipment is in production today.
Becky Stone’s husband. Perry, is
stationed in Germany. Becky hopes to
join him in August. Myrtle Ewings
grandson, Mike Burns, will be home on
Leave from Great Lakes, Illinois, on
March 1st. Drucilla McAuley’s son, Dan,
is home on furlough from Franfurt, Ger
many. Edith Cantrell’s son, Donald, is
taking his basic training at Fort Bragg,
N. C. Donald is also one of our em
ployees, who is on Military Leave.
Lucille Lawing’s son, Dick, is being
stationed in the Phillipines. He and his
family will leave June 1st. Sadie Huff-
stetler’s son, Mike, is also home from
Service.
We received a very nice letter from
one of our employees, Raymond Jones,
who is on Military Leave. He is statipn-
ed in Viet Nam. We sent him the Christ
mas issue if the News and Views and
he wrote telling how much he ap
preciated being remembered by the
people at Textured Yarn.
Alice Payne Carswell received her
first pin February 16, for bowling a 212
game.
Sally Rankin and Dot Murphy are
proud grandmothers, both have a
granddaughter; and also Donnis Queen
and Frances Dagenhart, each a grand
son.
Happy Anniversaries to; Dennis &
Kathy Morgan — January 14th; Charles
& Margaret Dellinger — February 4th;
Mr. & Mrs. James Hunter — February
13th; Gloria & Ernest Pope — February
22nd; Mr. & Mrs. Bill Blackman —
February 29th; Mervin & Cecelia Dar
nell — March 16th; and Alonzo &
Joyce Hicks — March 26th.
Christine Vaughn’s daughter, Teresa,
is doing fine after surgery. Aline Jack-
son is back at work. Her son, Timmy,
is recovering after being hit by a car
in September. Glad to see Linnie Annas
and Minnie Rudisill back at work after
a stay in the hospital. Margie Sawyer’s
son, Bradford, is home from the hos
pital after having surgery; Louise
Cabe’s husband, Thurman, is home
from the hospital; and Vivian Johnson’s
husband is also home from the hos
pital. We wish all the employees and
families that are ill, a speedy recovery.
Happy birthday to Sadie Huffstetler,
Mabel Pryor, and Robert Culpepper.
Robert, Second shift Section Man in
the Crimping Department, was re-
embered with a cake and a gift cer
tificate.
Congratulations to Charles Morrison
and Sarah Williams who were married
November 25th in York, S. C. Also to
Jackson Conard and Jeanette Richards
who have set their wedding date for
March 1st. Karen Alexander and Leon
Carroll are engaged.
Jackie Sue Ballard, daughter of Jack
Ballard, will begin Nurse’s training
September 1st at Presbyterian Hospital
in Charlotte.
Polly and Kenneth Harkey are rid
ing in high style now. They have a
new Caprice Chevrolet. Beware of
Becky! Also Sally and James Rankin
are sporting around in a new Mustang.
Carol Cashion, daughter of Willie
Jordan, is arriving from Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. Jordan’s grandchildren will have
a nice visit with her.
Some of our employees were wonder
ing about the unidentified flying object
sighted at our plant. Everyone can re
lax now, it’s only our Yarn boy taking
off on his bicycle at midnight.
Well, that’s it, ’til next time.
"The trouble with success is that the form
ula is the same as the one for a nervous
breakdown." ^
MAIDEN PLANT NEWS
By Janie B. Hewitt
For this issue of News and Views, the
Maiden Plant news will be devoted to
our servicemen. These are children or
grandchildren o f
the employees of
Maiden Plant.
PFC Mike Bal
lard is the son of
Macie Ballard, who
is the lab technician
at Maiden Plant.
Mike was drafted
into the Army in
October of 1967 and
took his basic train-
Janie B. Hewitl gj pj Bragg,