AMCO NEWS
Vol. XXV No. 2 Adams-Millis Corporation March - April, 1967
MEET YOUR SUPERVISOR
In 1947, a
young man from
Belews Creek,
who had been
helping his father
on the farm, came
to work at Plant #4.
Henry Smith work
ed approximately
six months there
and then returned
to the farm.
On January 26, Henry Smith
1948, Henry returned to Plant #4 and
began working in the Knitting Depart
ment. In 1952, he was promoted to
fixing; he was a line fixer for six years.
He was also head fixer on the second
shift for four years, after which he was
promoted to foreman of the first shift
Knitting Department.
Henry Smith attended Walkertown
High School. On March 5, 1949, he
married the former Ivlary Lou Alley,
who is a second shift knitter at Plant
#4. They live near Walkertown and
attend Mt. Olive Methodist Church.
Their only child, Henry David Smith,
Jr. , is a student at East Forsyth High
School.
Henry is a member of the Indus
trial Management Club of High Point,
where he has completed several edu
cational courses. He was a member
of the group of foremen who completed
the supervisory development training
program in controlling absenteeism
and labor turnover.
When Henry finds spare time out
of his busy schedule, most of it will
be spent in fishing.
TWO COMPLETE
FIXER COURSE
Donald Woods
Donald Woods and Robert Yates,
of the Knitting Department of Plant #1,
have completed a course in knitting
machine fixing at Guilford Technical
Institute in Jamestown. Donald and
Robert attended classes for 240 hours
on their own time without letting it
interfere with their regular eight-hour
work shift in the Knitting Department.
Robert Yates