Spring Quarter
Sew It Seams
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MR. RUNDO STRESSES NEED FOR QUALITY
Carolyn At Her Machine In Dungaree Department
Carolyn English Faces Crisis
Carolyn English of Dungaree Department is a young moth
er who is facing a crisis in her life with strength and courage
which her co-workers are silently applauding.
When Carolyn’s baby, Johnny, was three months old she
took him to the doctor for his regular three months check up.
The doctor found that the baby was not focusing his eyes as
he should, but this inability to focus is found in many young
babies.
However, some weeks later Caro
lyn was called home from her job
at Anvil Brand and found the baby
in a coma. After being admitted
to the hospital here and several
days’ examination, the baby was
transferred to the Baptist Hospital
in Winston-Salem. Extensive tests
there revealed the baby was suf
fering from a rare blood disease
and tests on Carolyn showed she
has the same condition.
The medical name for the di
sease is toxicplasmoise and Carolyn
says she has been told by the
doctors that it could be fatal at
any time. Also there is no known
cure for the condition.
Doctors at the Winston-Salem
Hospital suggested to Carolyn that
she and her baby let their names
be submitted to a hospital in Be
thesda, Md., where research is
being done on this type of disease.
“The doctors have told me that
although my baby and myself may
not be cured, perhaps by submit
ting ourselves to tests, something
may be found that will help some
one in the future,” Carolyn said.
For several weeks, when this
story was being written in late
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April, Carolyn had had her bags
packed ready to go at a moment’s
notice to Bethesda. She said the
doctors in Winston-Salem had in
formed her at that time that her
name still was on the waiting list
at the hospital in Maryland and
that she could expect to be called
at any time.
Carolyn speaks calmly of her
condition and says frankly that she
has not experienced any suffering,
other than some bad headaches.
She said she wanted to thank all
her many friends in the Dungaree
Department for the gift of money
which they presented her and for
other kindnesses they have shown.
Esther Hughes, Carolyn’s super
visor, said, “I have never seen
anyone so young (Carolyn is just
19) face a situation like this so
beautifully. She has been an in
spiration to all of us.”
Carolyn came to work for Anvil
Brand a little over a year ago and
returned after a leave of absence
to have her baby. She and her
husband, John, who works in a
local hosiery plant, are residents
of Route Three.
BY PAUL RUNDO
Sales Coordinator
Quality workmanship crea* s a
satisfied customer.
Anvil Brand has built it’s repu
tation on quality that is “Hard to
JOHNNY
Beat.” Everyone in every depart
ment must be on guard to protect
this quality reputation.
A satisfied customer looks for
quality in style, in fabric, in finish,
in the details of workmanship in
every garment. This includes neat
stitching, clean button holes, no
loose threads, a good finish at the
pressing table. This puts the gar
ment on the shelf of the retail
store where the retailer is proud
to show it. The customer then
buys the garment for he is pleased
by the eye-catching good looks and
long carefree wear of Anvil Brand.
A slight slip such as a pucker
in a seam or a wrinkle in the fly
can many times be the difference
in making a sale or losing not only
a sale but perhaps a customer.
Quality makes satisfied custom
ers and satisfied customers make
jobs for Anvil Brand employees.
HUDSON GETS SAFETY AWARD—Hudson Division was honored
recently by the North Carolina and United States Departments of Labor
when the plant was recognized for completing two consecutive years
with no lost-time accidents. The award was a blue ribbon which is
placed on the certificate which was given at the completion of the first
accident-free year. Ossie Wright, left above. Anvil’s Safety Director,
accepted the award at a luncheon meeting at the YMCA. Frank Crane,
right above, N, C. Commissioner of Labor, made the presentation.
Mrs. Wright noted that in recent years Sherrod Division qualified for
a two-year accident free ribbon and that White Division was honored
last year for completing three consecutive years without an accident