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Volume VII
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY, 1955
No. 32
MESSAGE
EROM THE
PRESIDENT
TO MY FELLOW WORKERS;
National observance of Inde
pendence Day early this month led
a business writer to remark that
the spirit of independence seems to
be a natural heritage of everyone
born in this country. We regard
as prized possessions such privi
leges as the right to vote as we
wish, to worship as we please, to
work where and at the task we
prefer. And in all our activities we
enjoy the warm feeling of “inde
pendence,” one phase of which is a
requent desire to have business
independence also — to establish
a business and be our own “boss.”
This article was interesting be
cause in discussing establishing a
business and the problems arising
therefrom, it summarized the con
ditions surrounding every indus
trial enterprise, large and small
alike.
F'or example, he said, a person
wants to establish an independent
busine.ss and decides on such a
simple product as bird houses.
There are lots of birds and they
need a lot of housing! The market
should be terrific. So why not
open a factory and simply run an
ad in the paper, “Wanted, people
to help build and sell bird houses.”
Of course the factory must be
built or rented and money is
needed to buy tools, wood, nails,
paint. To inform the public about
bird houses advertising is neces
sary. Then in order to operate
there must be heat, light and power
bills and money to pay employees
who make the bird houses.
If the new manufacturer doesn’t
, ave as much money as he needs
»e could borrow it from the bank.
In addition he may find people
who have faith in the future of
the business and they will buy
stock, which creates some added
cost in the form of bank interest
and dividends to the stockholders
for the use of their money.
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Safety Grades 01
100 Are Given To
16 Departments
Probably the best housekeeping
grades that have been awarded
during the entire safety program
were given this month following
the regular inspections. Sixteen
departments received grades of 100
—with inspectors declaring noth
ing out of the way to report.
Receiving grades of 100 were all
the offices — engineering, White,
sales, printing, and Hudson. Others
were Ladies I (formerly known as
boxer), dungaree I, dungaree II,
overall,, pants II, cutting at Hud
son, shipping, maintenance, pattern
at Sherrod, cutting at Sherrod, and
the Sherrod sewing room.
Losing banners thia time were
pants I, with a grade of only 89,
and both the red and blue teams
at Independence. Since the Inde
pendence plant has just started
its safety program, inspections
are being held there twice a month.
However, a grade lower than 90
on either inspection will lose the
banner for the team—just as it
used to be when inspections were
being held twice a month in the
High Point plants. On the first in
spection the blue teams at Inde
pendence made a grade of 92 but
I the second inspection produced a
i grade of only 86 1/2. The red team
i made a grade of 80 on the first
inspection and a grade of 86 1/2
i on the second inspection.
I Ossie Wright, training director,
; told the committee members that
: very shortly she would be joined
I by two assistants, Kathryne John-
i son and Joyce Chapman. She said
that all three of them would be
making in-between inspections and
cautioned the members to keep
their department on its toes.
A new member was welcomed to
the committee, Artie Oakley who is
representing the overall depart
ment, replacing Coleen Stanley
who has been transferred out of
overalls. A number of visitors
were at this month’s meeting,
supervisors who had not previously
had a chance to see the safety
film shown. They were Fausta
lOverby, Arthur Royals, Mary
Earomirski, Annie Hughes, Elsie
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.lOINS ANVIL FAMILY—Henry
L. Dickey, pattern man, joined the
Anvil Brand family on June 27. He
comes here from Greenville, S. C.,
and will move his family here as
soon as he can find a house to rent.
He is married to the former Aure
lia Kelly and they both are natives
of Adamsville, Tenn. They have
one son, Terry, who is 12 years old.
Dickey comes here from Swirl
Manufacturing Company and prior
to that he was pattern maker at
Her Majesty. He has had 10 years
experience in garment manufac
turing.
New Picnic Plans
The company’s recreation com
mittee has come up with a new ■
idea for the annual summer pic
nics — a plan whereby it is hoped
that Anvil Branders will get to
know each other better through
celebrating together in smaller
groups.
The recommendation is to have
departmental picnics this year. By
the time Sew It Seams is delivered
you will probably have voted on
the matter in your department and
decided just what you will do.
The White division would be one
I group—shirt, pants, and finishing
departments. The Hudson divi
sion would be divided into two
groups with the first one consist
ing of overall, ladies slimeree,
boxer, pattern, and cutting. The
second Hudson unit would consist
of the two dungaree departments
and the shipping department.
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92 Workers Have
Perfect Record
In Attendance
Ninty-two Anvil Branders were
not absent or tardy for work dur
ing the six months from January 1
through June 30. This figure in
cludes supervisors and is 33 less
than the total number of employees
with perfect attendance records
for the six months prior—June 30,
1954 to January 1, 1955.
You will find the attendance
ladder for the past six months in
the bottom right hand cornor of
this page. Figured on a percentage
basis, because some departments
have many more employees than
others, the department having the
lowest absence average is at the
top. The ladder runs from lowest
to largest number of absentees
with an asterisk (*) used where
there is a tie.
Sherrod, which has the largest
number of employees on a depart
mental basis, leads the field on a
purely numbers basis with 25 per
fect attendances. The last report
had that department tatled up with
30. The dungaree department
dropped this time from 24 to 12 and
the offices increased from 8 to 10.
Independence dropped one, from 10
last time to 9 on the new totals.
Pants dropped from 14 to 7, ladies
No. 1 (formerly ladies’ dungaree
then slimeree) gained from 3 to 7,
ladies No. 2 (formerly boxer) held
its own with 1, overall dropped
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ATTENDANCE
LADDER
Factory
Pattern
Maintenance
Receiving
Overall*
Independence*
Office
Cutting
Shirt
Sherrod
Shipping
Finishing
Dungaree
Ladies II
Ladies I
Pants