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AMCO NEWS ft^i Vol. XXVIII No. I Adams-Millis Corporation Jan. - Feb. , 1972 CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED AT GRAHAM PLANT 9K Construction of 36,000 square feet of manufacturing space has been completed at the Graham plant of Adams- .. Millis Fabrics, Inc. Jack Shoffner, President of A-M Fabrics, states that the expansion pro- vides quarters for new existing k n i 11 i n g machines. Jack Shofjner q£ (.j^g knitting Machines will be moved and installed in the aew portion of the building. The inspecting, ^fading, and mending departments will occupy the space which was previously occupied by the hnitting department. Administrative offices of A-MFabrics, Inc. ^re also in the new construction. The spaces ''^here the offices were located will be converted into a snack bar for the employees. "The new construction enables us to expand °ar operations and relieves some of our crowded Conditions, " Shoffner stated. "We have received ®orne of the new machines we have on order, ®-nd the others will be installed when they arrive. " JackShoffner also reported the newfinish- ing plant of 86, 000 square feet in Winston-Salem has reached a construction stage of approximate ly 25%. The Winston-Salem plant will operate as ^finishing, dyeing and processing plant for the Sfeige goods of A-MFabrics plants inCraham Haw River. Alife-time resident of Graham, JackShoffner 3^ s been in the knitting industry since 1955. ^is father, Claude Shoffner, had been in the ho- Siery industry for several years; with the father, *^■^0 sons. Jack and Joe, and Herman Branson, 3s founders, S & S Hosiery Mills started oper- 3tions for the production of ladies' hosiery. In S & S Mills started a separate divisionfor Production of double knit fabrics. The two units 'ladies' hosiery and double knit) operated as One \n Jesse Phillips corporation, S & S Mills, Inc. , until the *^®rger with Adams-Millis Corporation. McCuiston Knitting Mills was acquired by Adams-Millis Cor poration shortly after the acquisition of S & S Mills, Inc. , and the two were merged to form a division of Adams-Millis Cor poration under the name of A-M Fabrics, Inc. JackShoffner is President of the Fabrics Division; other officers are John McCuiston, Vice President in Charge of Production and Joe Shoffner, Secretary-Treasurer, Jack Shoffner is a graduate of Wake Forest University where he was awarded the degree of BS in Chemistry. He was a chemist with Car olina By-Products of Greensboro before return ing to Graham where he joined his brother and father in the ope ration of Bos ton Laundry Cleaners. The Shoffners disposed of the dry cleaning and laundry interests when they entered the hosiery knitting industry in 1955. Jack served with Army Intelligence for two years during the Korean War. Most of this time he was in Japan and Southern Korea, Jack and his family are active members of Alamance Lutheran Church. He teaches in the Sunday School and he is former council mem ber of the church. He is also a member and director of the Piedmont Crescent Country Club. Mr. and Mrs. Shoffner have two children, a daughter, Jackie Carla, and a son, Michael. Plant manager of the Graham plant of A-M Fabrics is Jesse Phillips who was pro moted to his new position January 1, 1972. He was superintendent of knitting before being nam ed plant manager. Succeeding Phillips as knit ting superintendent is Kenneth Crouse, formerly head fixer. Jesse Phillips was the first double knit fixer for S & S Mills. He had been with the Ho siery Division of S & S since 1963; when the (Continued on page 2)
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