AMCO NEWS
XXVI No. 4 Adams-Millis Corporation Sept.-Oct., 1968
VIVA FLOWERS AND TED MARTIN RETIRE
On the advice
of her physician
Viva Flowers,
boarder. Plant 3,
has requested early
retirement due to
her physical con
dition. She had an
operation in March
of this year. Viva Flowers
Mrs. Flowers was born within a
mile of the top of the Blue Ridge Moun
tains of North Carolina. Her father
was a member of the North Carolina
Legislature. From Western North
Carolina, her family moved to China
Grove and in 1930, they moved to
High Point.
Viva Flowers was first employed
as a boarder in 1945 in Plant 1 on
what was termed "hot boards" for
boarding socks. She was one of the
first operators on the preboarding
machines. When the Finishing De
partment was moved to Kernersville
in 1966, Mrs. Flowers was transfer
red to the new J. Ed Millis Plant.
She stated she enjoyed her work, par
ticularly operating the preboarding
machine s.
She has six children, all of whom
live in High Point. There are two
sons. W. L. , Jr. and James; and
four daughters: Mrs. Virginia Mc
Dowell, Mrs. Christine Atkins, Mrs.
Jean Johnson and Mrs. Brenda Thomp
son. A sister, Mrs. Pearl Hoffman,
was also a boarder in Plant 1 for
several years.
Under the terms of our Profit
Sharing Plan, Mrs. Flowers will re
ceive full retirement benefits provided
by the plan. An employee retiring on
the basis of disability is eligible for
the same benefits as though he, or she,
had attained normal retirement age.
She will also be eligible to continue
one-half of her life insurance with the
Group Insurance Plan.
Terry J. (Ted)
Martin, fixer of
Plant 1, has retir
ed on the basis of
physical disability.
He had been em
ployed with Adams-
Millis Corporation
ever since leaving
high school almost
forty years ago, Martin
Ted was born in Yadkin County
but moved to High Point with his fam
ily when he was around three years of
age. He attended High Point schools
and upon leaving high school in 1928,
he secured employment as a clipper
at the Pointer Plant on Grimes Street.
There, he moved up through the ranks
to lot handler, knitter and then fixer
on H machines. He worked on H's
until the company bought Komet ma
chines around twenty years ago, and
then he changed to that type of machine.
He worked at the Pointer until his
machines were moved to the English
Road plant; he, of course, transferred
with them.
Ted says his health prevents his
pursuing 3, great many hobbies; how-
ever, he does like television and he is
able to do some odd jobs around his
home at 123 Donvic Drive in High
Point. He, Mrs. Martin and their
daughter, Terri, attend Fairmont Park
Baptist Church.