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Volume VI
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, APRIL, 1952
No. 5
MESSAGE
EROM THE
PRESIDENT
TO MY FELLOW WORKERS:
is with sincere appreciation
that I acknowledge the contribu
tions made in recent months by
members of our organization who
have prepared items for this col
umn. I conceived that idea quite
some time ago and feel it has
worked so well that I shall en
courage it some more in the fu
ture. There is more to it than the
bvious desirability of all of us
knowing each other better. The
guest articles serve as neighborly
disc*j;sions, introducing the contri
butors to you, and in turn, enabl
ing them to gain from the
thoughts of others. That makes
for greater understanding all the
way around.
Which reminds me of something
which was said at the meeting of
our sales organization last Decem
ber. In developing the idea of un
derstanding it was pointed out
that the two segments of our busi
ness—production and sales—are
charged with important and mu
tual responsibilities; that neither
one is sufficient unto itself. The
salesmen were shown how, depend
ing upon their activity and work,
they could influence the extent and
amount of factory employment.
While the thought was not ad
vanced as an entirely ne>v concept
I do believe that the members of
the sales organization realized
more than ever before how day-to-
day selling directly affected pro
duction jobs.
There is, of course, the other
side. Those in the factory, who are
part of production, likewise carry
responsibility. That is the respon
sibility of turning out our products
according to schedule, sustaining
quality and having each garment,
in effect, reflect the character of
its maker. Where that is done An
vil Brand garments carry a hall
mark of acceptability quickly rec
ognized by merchants and con
sumers.
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Six Safety Awards
Made By Committee
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Four more safety awards were
won by departments and offices
during the past month, while the
overall and pants departments—
last month’s winners of the first
two awards—held fast to their
safety banners with inspection rat
ings of “excellent” this month.
Awards were made by the
safety committee which met last
week and found that the following
also received a grade of excellent
on their last two bi-weekly inspec
tions: pressing and finishing de
partment at White Division, of
fices of the sales division, offices
of the White Division, and the
engineering offices. Safety ban
ners or plaques have been placed
in each of these units.
0. F. Griffith, Jr., safety repre
sentative of the North Carolina
Industrial Commission was a vis
itor at the safety committee -neet-
ing and gave a short informal talk
in which he said that it is usually
the small things or rather care
lessness in small things which
cause accidents. Referring to a re
port on no lost-time accidents he
pointed out that the power-driven
knives in the cutting room were by
far the most dangerous cutting
tools used in any of our depart
ments and because they were so
dangerous operators had been
taught to use extreme care when
handling them. No cuts were listed
from the cutting room, however,
several cuts were reported from
scissors, and blades used in other
departments. These accidents were
minor, he continued, but those per
sons should learn to be careful
now, because it is the people who
have small accidents at first that
eventually have the major acci
dents.
He told members of the safety
committee that their job was to
inspire others to be as watchful,
as careful, as themselves. “And
the first person to watch is your
self,” he continued. The next step
is to watch for unsafe conditions
or practices but the second step
is no good unless you follow
through with the third, which is
to do something about it. If it is
small, the inspector may be able
to do something about it person
ally. If large, it can be reported,
but in addition the inspector
should see that others are warned
of the hazard.
In addition to the six units
named above which received ex
cellent or the highest rating on
each of the two previous inspec
tions, other department ratings
were given as follows: Dungaree
I, very good and excellent; Dun
garee II, very good and very good;
shipping, very good and good; util
ity, very good and good; cutting,
good and very good; shirts, excel
lent and very good; Hudson Divi
sion offices, excellent and very
good.
Dickie Hayes was introduced by
Ossie Wright, chairman of the
safety committee, as a new mem
ber from the offices, replacing
Clayton Holmes. Other members
representing the various depart
ments, who have been serving only
a month, are Mary Murphy, Ruby
Jenkins, Virginia Reece, Frances
Russell, Delores Myers, Edna Wor
rell, Louise Lester, Warren Shel
ton and Anna McKinney.
Ladies' Slacks
Are Added To
Spring Line
Slacks for ladies is the newest
number to be added to Anvil
Brand’s production list, and if the
public reception is anywhere near
as good as the anticipation around
home, where news of the new num
ber has spread, they will be very
warmly received.
Eugene A. Lockwood, head of
the pattern department, confirms
the grape-vine rumor that the new
slacks vrill be tailored like the An
vil Brand shorts that proved so
popular with employees last
summer.
The new slacks are to be offered
in black and fireman’s red. These
two colors also have been added
to the ladies shorts which are of
fered again this year also in white,
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PROMOTED—Howard Peterson
has been named supervisor of the
pressing room at the White Divi
sion, according to an announce
ment by Jack Rives, production
manager. Howard, who came with
the company last spring, makes
his home in Archdale. A veteran,
he is married and the father of
three children. He succeeds (k'cil
Smith, who relinquished the job as
supervisor to take on new duties
in the shipping department.
Registration
Books Open
On May 3
Registration books will open
Saturday, May when new voters
or othei's who arc not registered
may go to their precinct polling
places and register, says a re
minder from the High Point
League of Women Voters.
Registrars also will be at the
polling places to register voters
on the two following Saturdays,
May 10 and May 17, it was pointed
out, with the suggestion that if
you don’t know where your polling
place is, ask your neighbor.
Democrats will choose their
nominee for governor and for
other major state offices, their
representatives in Congress, in the
state legislature, and for many
other public posts in the primary
May 31.
Registration during May also
assure the voter of his or her right
to vote in the election this Fall, of
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