(Registered with U. S. Patent Office)
Volume VI
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, MAY, 1952
No. 6
MESSAGE
EROM THE
PRESIDENT
(Ossie Wright is President
Kirchofer’s guest columnist this
month).
Labeling others is a great
temptation, and one to which many
people yield.
In making selections in our gro
cery shopp'ing, the first thing for
which we look is the label on the
container of a particular item we
are buying. This is our guaranty
that we can always be sure that
what we will buy will be the same
in quality, flavor and content as
what we bought last. We can be
sure that a labeled garment will
be made to the same standards and
specifications required by this
special brand. Labels identify
things and services — but can we
honestly and sincerely label
people?
What kind of a label can you
pin on a person who works in a
manufacturing plant on a ma
chine? Can you call him a Laborer,
C'apitaiist, Kmployer, Consumer,
Citizen?
Since he works with his hands,
we must call him a "Laborer”;
however, he has lived economically
and has been able to buy a small
home, carry life insurance and
perhaps buy Savings Bonds — so
we must label him a “('apitalist.”
We will also have to label him
an "Employer” due to the fact
that some time during a year’s
lime he or some member of his
family will have paid someone else
to do a job for them.
He cannot be a laborer, capital
ist, nor employer without being a
“Consumer.” Hy the purchases he
makes he provides work for others
and because they work, he works,
he invests, he employs.
Since he is labeled a “Con
sumer” he is that member of so
ciety most sought after and most
necessary. Therefore, we can pin
on him the choicest label of all—
that of “Citizen.”
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Supervisors Chalk Up Enviable Record
They're On Job
98.57 Percent
Of The Time
Supervisors and training super
visors in the varioos production de
partments chalked up an attend
ance record of 98.57 percent dur
ing the past six months, And that,
according to Aline Carter, person
nel director, is a record to be
proud of.
A check of attendance records
during this period showed the de
partments had worked a total of
8,581 man hours, while supervisory
personnel had been absent a total
of 121} hours. This amounts to an
absentee record of only L4,‘{ per
cent over a six-month period.
There was nothing special about
the past six months. So many peo
ple had commented about how sel
dom a supervisor was absent, in
spite of the fact that they are
subject, like everyone else, to ill
ness themselves or serious illness
in their families, that Aline looked
over her records and came up with
these facts and figures.
The pants department worked
!)01 hours during this period, and
the only absence recorded for a
supervisor or training supervisor
was three hours, which gave the
supervisory personnel an attend
ance record of 99.67 percent.
The shirt department worked
909 hours, and supervisors were
absent 27 hours, giving them a
percentage attendance of 97.0!i.
Dungaree with 877 working
hours had supervisory personnel
al)sent for lifi hours to give them a
score of 95.90.
The overall department worked
949 hours, with supervisory per
sonnel out 46 hours, which g«ve
them a score of 95.16.
The cutting department with 941
hours chalked up a 100 percent at
tendance record for its super
visors.
Utility with the same number
of working hours showed an at
tendance record for supervisors of
99.;U percent, or six and a half
houi"s off.
Both the pattern and shipping
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iMODELS — Walter Jones and Dean Comer, both of the Hudson
Division office staff, were pressed into service as models for two
Anvil Brand numbers which have been added to the Spring line
since it was announced the last of December. Walter, at left, is wear
ing a pair of the Western style jeans, introduced last month, which
are proving popular with boys and younger men. With it he wears
a checked Tom Long Sportswear shirt. At right is Dean Comer,
who is wearing the newest item to be added to the Spring line—a
pair of faded blue denim slacks with elastic waistband. While the ad
vantages of denim for rough work long have been realized, men are
just beginning to appreciate its value for lounging and recreation.
Denim sportswear for men is proving extremely popular in the West
and the North, although it is comparatively a new idea in the South.
Anvil Brand’s pioneer number may hasten acceptance of denim for
leisure garments for men, particularly since their wives for sev
eral years have been buying denim dresses, jackets, skirts, pedal
pushers, slacks, shorts, and halters for play wear. With his denim
slacks. Dean is wearing a plain white thick and thin stripe shirt,
also one of our Tom Long Sportswear numbers. All of these gar
ments may be washed in Uie family washing machine, which does
not necessarily add to their popularity with men, but is a pleasing
feature insofar as any housewife is concerned.