AMCO NEWS
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VoL XXVI No.X.
Adams-Millis Corporation
June-July, 1970
Clifford Inman
SUPERVISOR OF THE MONTH
On April 18, 1949,
3- seventeen-year-old
young man, Clifford
Inman, from Shelton
Town near Mt. Airy,
started to work as a
Winder for the Granite
Hosiery Mills. The
Same year, he married
Loretta Nunn. Both of
these important steps
have been permanent
range me nts.
Clifford and Loretta still live in the
Shelton Town community; they have two child
ren, Deborah, age 14, and David, age 7.
Clifford's work in the winding department
Was interrupted by a tour of duty with the Army
in 1952. He served with the infantry during
the Korean War.
He returned to Granite Hosiery in 1954 as
a- fixer trainee. Seven years later, he was
Promoted to supervisor of the third shift, and
in 1965, he moved up to the second shift. He
became first shift supervisor in August of 1968.
Clifford said among the outstanding ex
periences during the twenty-one years were the
rnany changes of operations and tecnhiques in
the knitting departments. "These changes
have enabled us to make better hose and to
rnake them more efficiently, " Inman said.
'Our knitters and fixers have gone along with
their very best to make these changes work
for the best," he continued.
All of the Inman family attend and are
members of the Indian Grove Baptist Church.
Clifford lists one hobby besides his family--
fishing, most of which he enjoys on his father's
farm.
Work is the true elixir of life. The
bu siness man is the happiest man. Excellence
in any art or profession is attained only by
hard and persistent work. Never believe that
you are perfect. When a man imagines, even
after years of striving, that he has attained
perfection, his decline begins.
--Sir Theodore Martin
AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
RECEIVED BY PLANTS
For the fifth consecutive year, Adams-
Millis Corporation has received the Symbol of
Excellence Award from Sears, Roebuck and
Company.
The award is given to Sears' suppliers
for quality in engineering and production. The
presentation was made last month by repre
sentatives of Sears while visiting the J. Ed
Millis Finishing Plant in Kernersville. Presi
dent J. H. Millis received the award on be
half of the company.
The certificate indicating the fifth year
states, "In recognition of the outstanding per
formance of its management and employees in
manufacturing superior quality products for
Sears for five years, " and is signed by James
L. Button, Vice President, Merchandising.
The continued efforts of all employees are
acknowledged by the five-year plaque.
Safety awards also were made to Adams-
Millis plants in Kernersville and Hickory last
month by Frank Crane, Commissioner of the
North Carolina Department of Labor. These
awards were made for having made substan
tial reductions in the number of lost-time acci
dents during the calendar year 1969. The
main office in High Point received the safety
award for 1969 with a record of no lost-time
accident for twenty-five years.
The noted Harvard scholar Charles T.
Copeland was once approached by a student
who asked: "Why are there no courses in con
versation? How can I learn the art of conver
sation? Is there anything I can do to learn the
art of conversation?"
"Of course there is, " answered Copeland,
"and if you'll just listen. I'll tell you what it
is. "
There ensued a long and awkward silence
which the student finally interrupted with:
"Well, I'm listening. "
"You see, " said Copeland triumphantly,
"you are learning already!"