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SEW IT SEAMg
OCTOBER ISSUE
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ISN’T THIS PRETTY? — Mrs. Hazel Pearce shows off her birthday cake as her friends
look on admiringly. Seated left to right are Mabel Sorrell of Sport Shirts, Esther
(Brooks) Hughes of Pants and Carlene Hill of Samples. Standing are Hannah Miller,
Magdalene Weisner of Sport Shirt; Annie Hughes of Shipping; Getha Cox and Dora
Byerly of Sport Shirt; Audrey Rich of Pants; Ruth Samuels, Supervisor in Shirt; Elsie
Lester and Ollie Beck of Sport Shirt and Lloyd Hedgecock, general overseer at White
Division.
"'Mother” Pearce Is Honored On Birthday
“Mother” Pearce celebrated a birthday recently and the girls in Sport Shirt arranged a
luncheon for her with a beautifully-decorated cake the main item of interest.
“Mother” Pearce is Mrs. Hazel servicemen’s uniforms. ^ for nine years she is well trained
Pearce who first came to Anvil
Brand in 1927 and worked con
tinuously for 14 years. Then dur
ing the war years she went to
Virginia with her family where
she worked a year in a hospital
and then worked at Camp Pat
rick Henry, Newport News, Va.,
in the alterations department for
Three years ago she returned to
Anvil Brand and now is a quality
inspector, which takes her into
all the production departments.
She says she enjoys her work,
particularly since she gets to
move through different depart
ments. Since she served as a
supervisor in Pants Department
for her present position. A daugh
ter, Audrey Rich, now is an
operator in Pants.
Mrs. Pearce and her husband,
Rom, who is retired, live in
Sophia. She says she likes all
kinds of sewing and fancy work,
to keep house and also is quite
active in her church work.
Independence
By
Irene
Parsons
Welcome to the new employ
ees: Grace Evans, Pauline Ed
wards, Charmie Watson and Ger
aldine Ross. . . Best wishes to
Rose Ray who recently was mar
ried to Ted Vaught. . . Drucie
Bryant’§ daughter, Carol, of Rad
ford was home for the weekend.
Francis Anderson and husband
visited relatives in Baltimore,
Md. . . Phylis Ray and family
were recent guests of her sister
in High Point. . . Musetta Halsy
was shopping in Roanoke. . . Dor
othy Rutherford and friends were
at Walker Lookout Sunday.
Carrie Ward’s daughter, Joyce,
and family of Richmond, Va., an
other daughter, Nell Miller and
family were visitors in Carrie’s
home recently.
Helen Hoffman visited her
daughter at Konnarock High
School. . . Faye Andeis’ sister
Jean Walker and family spent
Saturday night at her home.
Everyone is proud of the Cer
tificate of Merit that was award
ed our department by Liberty
Mutual Insurance Co. The certif
icate reads as follows:
“Certificate of Merit awarded
to Anvil Brand, Inc., for con
spicuous achievement in accident
prevention, represented by the
operation of their Independence
Plant. 216,800 man hours without
a lost time injury.” (Signed M.
A. Ge3Tnour, president.)
We wish to thank Mr. Kirch-
ofer and the company for the
box of candy that was presented
each employee for receiving this
certificate of merit.
Infection
Dread Ulord
In Safety
Infection is a dread word in
any safely program.
Perhaps an employee receives
whal Ihey consider a minor in
jury; very little attention is given
the hurt or scratch but later he
finds the injured place is infected
and serious trouble can result.
In Older to assure that infec
tion does not become a problem
at Anvil Brand, the Safety Di
rector has emphasized over and
over again the necessity for re
porting each accident, no mailer
how small, in order ..that the
necessary precautions may be
Mrs. McIntyre
With Company
Fifteen Years
Mary Etta McIntyre, who has
been with Anvil Brand 15 years
took a few minutes the other
day to tell Sew It Seams that she
has nine grandchildren and one
^reat-grandchild. They are chil
dren of her three daughters and
one son who are Etta May Capps
of High Point, Viola Martin and
Betty Sue Hines of Winston-
Salem and J. C. McIntyre of High
Point.
Mary Etta’s job now is to carry
bad work back to the operators
and then to inspect the correc
tion. Other jobs she has been on
have included tacking and in
specting.
A native of Lexington, Mary
Etta and her husband, James,
who is in furniture, live at 413
Whiteoak Street. She says grow
ing flowers is her hobby.
MRS. McINTYRE
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taken.
Ossie Wright reported at the
last safety meeting that since An
vil Brand instituted its Safety
Program not a single case of in
fection has resulted from an ac
cident.