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October, 1980
Vol. 36, No. 3
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Front view of Plants #19 and #12 is shown above, with the name column shown at right.
Okla. Plant Only Hosiery Facility In Edmond
Plants #12 and #19 in
Edmond, Oklahoma, are the
only operations of Adams-
Millis Corporation located
outside of North Carolina;
this still today is the only
hosiery manufacturing faci
lity in Edmond, and probably
the only ladies’ hosiery oper
ation in all of Oklahoma.
Plant #19 was opened in
1968 as a ladies’ finishing
operation for goods shipped
from Plant #7 in High Point.
Later a Knitting Department
was added and today this is a
full-production plant with (in
addition to Knitting) Seam
ing, Dyeing, Finishing and
Shipping Departments.
In 1969 the Warehouse
Distribution Center was
opened and since then has
been expanded four times.
Also, the capacity of the
Knitting Department has
been doubled and the types
of hosiery produced today
include ankle-highs, knee-
highs, and p2mty-hose.
The distribution center in
Edmond replaced a facility in
San Francisco and Adams-
Millis’ customers on the
West Coast are now served
by the Edmond facility.
Plants #12 and #19 encom
pass 93,310 square feet of
floor space, compared with
the 8,000 of the original
building. The distribution
center receives, stores and
ships not only ladies’ goods
Adams-Millis One of Ten Firms
To Receive 15th Year Award
Adams-Millis Hosiery
Company has, for the 15th
consecutive year, been
awarded the Sears Symbol of
Excellence Award, and has
the distinction of being one
of only ten suppliers to Sears
to be honored with this
award since it was instituted
15 years ago.
Fred Suter, Boys’ Hosiery
Buyer from Sears’ Corporate
Office in Chicago, with Vince
Crawford, Assistant Buyer;
and William Kessler, Senior
Buyer; came to North Caro
lina to make the awards
presentations at Plant #3 in
Kernersville and at Plant #11
in Mt. Airy.
Mr. Suter recalled that
when this award program
was started 15 years ago, 123
firms were honored with it
the first year. In the follow
ing years only some four
percent of Sears’ some
12,000 suppliers have re
ceived the award, with a total
of only 500 being selected for
one or more years during the
15 years, and only 10 firms
being honored each year.
Sears also presented
awards this year to Robert L.
Boyles, Vice-President of
Manufacturing Men’s and
Children’s Hosiery, and
Robert P. Grant, Senior
Vice-President and Director of
Merchandising. Mr. Suter
said these two awards were
At Awards Ceremony
Left to right are- Fred Suter of Sears; Robert M. Bundy, Jr., Robert L. Boyles
Ld Cert P Gran., of Adams-Millis Hosiery Company; and V.nce Crawford of
Sears.
manufactured in Plant #19,
but also men’s, boys’, mis
ses’ and ladies’ socks from
Adams-Millis plants in North
Carolina. It also houses the
Teletype 2md Order Depart
ments.
Located at 3601 South
Broadway Street, Plant #19
employs an average of 63
persons in Production and
eight in the Administrative
Offices. Twelve persons are
employed in the Distribution
Center.
Don Moore
Plant Manager
Donald J. (Don) Moore,
Manager of Plants #12 and
#19, graduated from Central
State University in Edmond
with a Master’s Degree in
Business Administration.
Don first came to work
with Adams-Millis in June of
1973 as a stock handler. He
was promoted to the position
of Inventory and Production
Control Coordinator in late
1973, becEune Warehouse
Manager in 1975, and later
became Manager of Plant
#12. In October of 1979 he
was promoted to his present
position.
made in recognition of the
distinguished contribution
these two officers of Adams-
Millis Hosiery Company
have made in producing and
delivering products which
resulted in Adams-Millis re
ceiving the Symbol of Excel
lence Awards.
On behalf of the em
ployees, Robert M. Bundy,
Jr., President of Adams-Mil
lis Hosiery, accepted the
award from Mr. Suter.
Mr. Bundy said that in
1980, the Sears Symbol of
Excellence Award is parti
cularly meaningful. “In re
ceiving an award for past
performance, there is a
(Con’t. on page 7)
William B. Mewbome, Jr., left. President and Chief
Operating Officer of Adams-Millis Corporation, is shown
congratulating Horace Stogner, Plant Manager at Plant
#22, Raeford.
TexElostic Receives Award
When the regular monthly
meeting of supervisory per
sonnel got underway at Plant
#22 of TexElastic Corpo
ration in Raeford recently,
everyone was surprised to
see William B. Mewborne, Jr. .
President and Chief Oper
ating Officer of Adams-Mil
lis Corporation, join the
group. Even Horace Stog
ner, Plant Manager, had not
been advised of President
Mewbome’s visit.
The reason turned out to
be that Plant #22 was to
receive Adams-Millis Corpo
ration’s “Good Housekeep
ing Award’’ and Mr. Mew
bome was going to make the
surprise presentation to
Horace.
This award, which was
established last year, will go
to the plant that is judged to
be adhering most closely to
good and safe housekeeping
habits.
Mr. Mewbome congratu
lated employees of Plant #22
in winning this award, say
ing that their cooperation in
this effort results in better
working conditions and sub
sequently, greater produc
tivity. “We all benefit from
good housekeeping,’’ Mr.
Mewborne said. “Not only is
our working environment
more pleasant, but each of
us can produce more and
thus realize more personally,
in dollars and cents.’’
Michael L. Ryan, Vice
President of Industrial Rela
tions for the Corporation,
and Ellen Scott, Director of
Safety and Health, make the
periodic checks of plants and
grade them on a wide range
of housekeeping points.
(Con’t. on page 7)