HOSIERY MILLS
tNCORPORATEO
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA
MEL-ROSE-GLEN
THE VOICE OF MELROSE AND GLENN MILLS
Volume 5
MELROSE HOSIERY MILLS
(Seamless and Full Fashion Plants)
HIGH POINT, N. C., APRIL ISSUE, 1949
GLENN HOSIERY MILLS
(Infants* and Misses’ Goods)
No. 7
CITY OF HIGH POINT
North Carulina
Office Of
CITY MANAGER
March 18, 194‘J
Mr. W. D. Burton
314 Phillips Street
High Point, N. C.
Dear Mr. Burton: Subject: Stop
Light at Intersection of Phillips
and English Streets
The petition for street light at the
intersection of Phillips and Eng
lish Streets, which you sent to Mr.
Kearns, has come to my attention.
We do not have a street light in
stock at this time, but I have in
structed the purchasing agent to
order a light for this location. The
purchasing agent telephoned the
manufacturer yesterday afternoon
regarding this matter, and was
informed that the light would be
shipped Monday, March 21. Allow
ing reasonable time, this light
should be installed within the next
ten or fifteen days.
We regret very much that we
were unaware of this condition and
this matter had to come to us in
the form of a petition. We appre
ciate your interest. We are always
glad to have suggestions.
Very truly yours,
T. E. Hinson
City Manager
THERE’S A REASON
On a construction job the boss
walked out into a lot with the
foreman and some workmen and
said, “Dig a hole here about 2x3
feet; crib it up good so it won’t
fall in” and walked awav. Th^
men did a good job of cribbing and
sent for the boss. He looked in the
hole and said, “Pill it up.” This
went on all morning. At noon the
foreman said that the men were
not going to dig any more holes
because they were doing th5 best
job they could and all the boss
had to say was “Fill it up.” Said
the boss, “Don’t they know why
we are digging the holes?” “No,”
said the foreman, “and neither do
I.’’ The boss said, “There is a gas
leak somewhere and we are dig
ging the holes to try to find the
leak.” “That’s different; we’ll dig
all the holes you want.”
This is an illustration to explain
why work varies in some depart
ments and why work in the same
department varies fi’om week to
week. We are giving prompt at
tention to all orders. The knitting
room works according to specifica
tions from the finishing depart
ment and all other departments
along the line are affected. Work
cannot be anticipated weeks ahead
(like in days gone by), and the
mill dare not hold back work when
orders are pending.
MELROSE “ALERTED” FOR ORDERS
Finishing Rooms Specialized For Prompt Handling
The entire Melrose organization is set up to cooperate with the
Finishing Rooms for the prompt and careful handling of orders. Workers
in each department are in the mills each day so that goods may be
processed. This is a departure from the part time arrangement whereby
operators in some departments worked three eight hour days and were
off the job other days of the week. Now, a telescope arrangement is in
effect which places workers in all departments a varying number of
hours each day. If work is available, employees may put in a full eight
hour day; otherwise, there may be employment for five hours only. This
means that there is shipping going out from the mills each day.
Memos That Accompany Orders These Days
We shall appreciate your shipment of our orders for these at
once for we need these very much. Your prompt attention and
action in this matter will be greatly appreciated.
We will appreciate your letting us know if you will be able to
ship us frequent orders on this number.
Please rush our order No. 1185 and order No. 1191 for 30 dozen
nylons bronzique and 60 dozen Naive Beige. We are badly in
need of them.
We do need the goods now and therefore we would appreciate
your speeding up the shipping same.
We have booked with you 30 dozen No. 441 White Crew Sox that
we are badly in need of and hope you can get these out without
delay.
W'e would appreciate your shipping out immediately the 100
dozen of your style No. 440, as our style BM30. which was sche
duled for delivery later. Kindly give this matter your prompt
attention, and see that shipment is made at once.
Please advise when you expect to ship our Infants’ anklets.
Also delivery on the Ribs and other numbers.
If you can ship our order No. 949 on our style No. 284 prior lo
date scheduled, we would appreciate your doing so.
We plarpH «.rH»rs f - 175 *^ui! '5I5 nyloiis aoout ten da^s
ago. 1 rust you will not delay shipment on these much longer
as we will soon be running into the season for Spring shaded.
We have on file with you an order for ol gauge,, 15 denier hose.
Please ship same at once by parcel post.
Please advise when we might expect shipment of 30 dozen No.
258 anklets to be shipped to Paper Products Company. Also
shipment of Hosiery to us, order given Mr. Kearns. We are
badly in need of everything, including 51/15 nylons.
It is imperative that our order on Style 313 come forward
today, sure.
Please rush for store opening April 15th.
W'e shall appreciate your shipment of our order at once, for we
need these very much.
The Melrose organization is “streamlined” to meet the needs and
demands of customers. From the time the initial ordei- reaches the office
it is routed through skilled hands to meet the requirements specified
and to speed up the handling all along the line to get the orders shipped'
promptly. * *
The foremen in the lour finishing departments are “specialists”
with ^ars of experience and especially trained in Melrose policy. Mr.
J. A. Hardison of in^l one Searnless plant, has been with the company
17 years. Mr. Lei^ Harper of mill two Seamless plant 5 years. Mr. J. S.
Furr of the Full Fashioned plant 10 years. Mr. J. C. Hill of the Glenn
(children s) plant 8 years.
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Your Credit Union
B. LATCHER WEBSTER
Managing Director
For the benefit of those who are
not thoroughly familiar with your
credit union plan, please allow us
to review briefly the history of
the plan.
Mr. Edward A. Filene, a wealthy
Boston merchant, while on one of
his travels in the early 1900’s ran
across a plan of some similai’ity to
our credit union operating among
the poverty-stricken people of In
dia. A little later he encountered
a consumer credit movement or
plan in several European coun-
tiies. The Raiffeisen plan, founded
by Father Raiffeisen, in Germany,
was more nearly like our credit
unions of today and was the plan
introduced to and given to the peo
ple of this country by Mr. Filene.
Mr. Filene became identified
with the movement in this coun
try in 1921. Along with Roy E.
Bergengren he formed what they
called the Credit Union National
Extension Bureau. In the begin
ning they had four primary ob
jectives: 1. To get the needed
credit union laws passed 2. To get
the necessary sample credit unions
organized 3. To increase the num
ber of credit unions 4. To organ
ize self-sustaining state leagues
and combine them into a Credit
Union National Association.
Primarily through the efforts of
these two men and Mr. Thomas W.
Doig and a million dollars of Mr.
Filene’s fortune they had organ
ized or caused to be organized
3.000 credit unions by 1934. This
necessitated travel to every nook
ai*d loiriur oi' tiie united States
and contact with practically every
state legislature, our National
Congress and Federal government
agencies.
It was in 1934 that Mr. Filene,
Bergengren, and Doig began to
think and do something about
their fourth objective. In August
of this year fifty some credit
union people from all parts of the
country, on invitation and at the
expense of Mr. Filene, gathered
in a log cabin at Estes Park, Col
orado and drafted the constitution
and by-laws for the Credit Union
National Association. By January
1935, the time of CUNA’s first
*^cyting, 31 state leagues
had been organized and incorpo
rated in Lhe National Association.
Ml. Bergengren and Mr. Doig did
most of this oiganizational work.
From 3,000 credit unions at that
point to approximately 12,000 to-
day gives us a pretty good picture
of the rapid growth of the move
ment. Surely this progress came
about primarily through the state
leagues and the CUNA. For the
first time we had a central organi
zation and the only organization
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J. A. HARDISON
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