Volume 4
HIGH POINT WEAVING CO., and HILLCREST THROWING CO., High Point, N. C., August, 1947
No. 8
Safety Contest Winners Get Cash
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WITH SMILES and words of congratulations, the top winners of
the July safety slogan contest held at both plants were snapped by the
photographer upon receiving their well-earned prizes, i^i^per left Bea
trice Freeman, second shift 5-B spinner, receives her mze from Edith
Talley, first aid attendant at High Point Weaving.
The upper right picture caught Clayton Meredith, safety committee
member at Hillcrest, presenting Ethel Dellinger, second-place winner, and
Avis Cibson, first-place winner, with their wins.
At left, Albert Jones, second shift supply clerk at High Point, receives
his second-place award from Myrtle Neese, second shift first aid attendant.
VACATION PAY
NOTICES POSTED
Nohccs have been placed on plant
bulletin boards announcing that v;3Ca'
tion payments will be made again n^t
summer to Burlington \iills em
ployees.
To be eligible for the bonus, an
employee must be on the iiayroil' as
of June 2, 1947, and have contmuous
service through May 31,. 1948, which
has been set as the vacation \ear.
I'here v\ill again be liberal consid
eration given long-time employees —
4"-;. of gross earnings during the year
"ill be paid all eligible employees
with five or more years’ ser\ice, with
employees who have worked for Bur
lington from one to five years as of
May 31, 1948, receiving 2% based on
gross earnings during the vacation
year.
Approximately $830,000 was paid
out in vacation P^iynients this sum
mer to employees tliroughout the
Burlington organization. Payments at
High Point ^X'caving and Hillcrest
totaled approximately 534,000.00.
TEXTILE PAY
HIGH IN N. C.
You, as a North Carolina textile
worker, have two big advantages on
your side — you receive much higher
]3ay than the average industrial work
er in North Carolina and you are em-
jjloyed by the industry which is at
the very top in pro\iding the most
jobs.
These facts were released m the
latest re]3orts from the Federal Bu
reau of Labor Statistics and the North
Carolina Department of Labor.
Only 9 per cent of the industrial
workers in North Carolina earn at a
rate higher than textile scales. It
is estimated that payrolls for ail North
Carolina industry total $667,295,288,
of which the lion’s share of $430,506,-
752 or 65% is paid to textile work
ers. \\'ages in the southern textile in
dustry ha\e more than doubled since
1941.
As for providing the most jobs, out
of a total of 375,400 workers in all
industrial occujjations in the state,
221,600 or 59 per cent of the total
are textile workers. Textile emijloy-
ment is higher than it was a year ago
in spite of some few seasonal lay-offs
throughout the state, it was reported.
SAFETY BULLETIN
“Ever Alert —
Never Hurt”
HIGH POINT WEAVING
193 days worked without Lost-
lime Accident. Last accident on
December 29, 1946.
HILLCRESr rilRmVING CO.
32 days worked without Lost-
I inie Accident. Last accident on
July 14, 1947.
FOUR PLANTS ARE
CITED FOR SAFETY
Safety alertness paid off at four
of Buriington’s plants in June. The
Vamoco, i^Jewton, Piedmont Heights
and Cramerton Mayflower plants
were rewarded for their good safety
records at plant-wide safety celebra
tions and received accident prevention
flags and plaques to boot.
Vamoco was honored for its 2,000,-
000 safe man hours worked without a
lost-time accident and the Mavflower
plant for its 2,334,000 safe' hours
worked. Both the Neuton and Pied
mont Heights plants had readied the
1,COO,000 man hour mark without an
accident.
Safety report for the fi\e-week pe
riod during June was comparatively
good. For the second successive
month, the Spinning Division had no
Icst-time accidents with the Smithfield
and St. Pauls plants in this division
having no medical cases.
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High Point And Hillcrest
Teams Enter lournameats
COMPANY MOVIE
TO BE PRODUCED
Movie cameras will be grind
ing away in many plants in the
near future, marking the begin
ning of “shooting” on a movie
for Burlington Mills,
The mo\ ie which, under pres
ent plans, will be ready for show
ing around the first of the year
will give an over-all picture of
Burlington’s people, its history,
products, operations, expansion
and policies. Burlington em
ployees will ha\’e an opportunity
to see the movie as will civic
clubs and other groups in the
various communities where Bur
lington has plants.
'ITie movie will be a thirty-
minute full color Kodachrome
presentation. Pictures will be
taken in all divisions of the
Company. Because of the lim
ited time of the picture, not all
of the Company’s 73 individual
plants can be represented, how
ever, products of every plant will
be included.
Films for Industry, Inc., New
York film company which is pro
ducing the picture, is \yell known
for its work on iiKlustrial films,
having produced movies for a
large number of companies.
Hillcrest Girls to Semi-Finals;
Weavers Play In Greensboro.
The excitement is running
high among softball fans at both
Hillcrest and High Point Weav
ing as both teams are climaxing
their respective softball seasons
with the entries in the State
Softball Tournaments. With the
Hillcrest girls in the midst of the
semi-finals of the State Wc.i-
en’s Tournament being held in
High Point, the Weavers are
making plans for their first game
on this Friday night at Greens
boro in the State Men’s Tourna
ment.
In a tense ten inning game Tues
day afternoon Hillcrest edged Rox-
boro out of the tournament by a
3-2 score. The winning run was
scored by Rice, who crossed home
plate on an outfield fly by Edwards.
Hillcrest now holds second place,
and will battle Mai^r Cola Wednes-
day afternoon in finals.
The Weavers have chalked up a
fine record for this season winning 35
out of 47 gainvj they have played. Al-
tliough the city champion play-ofT
against Becker’s will not be played
until next week, Weavers play
their first State Toi'niament game in
Greensboro on Friday night at 8:00
o’clock against Valdese. The winner
of this game will play again around
7:30 Saturday night. With 30 men’s
(Continued on page 4)
AUGUST SERVICE
PIN AWARDS
HILLCREST THROWING CO.
Forrest Archer 5 year
HIGH POINT WEAVING
Paul E. Carroll 5 year
Ira T. Adams . 5 year
Myrtle Moseley 15 year
J. Arthur Jones 15 year
Company Urges Passage Of
Higher Minimun Wage Law
Burlington Mills has gone on
record in support of federal leg
islation which will guarantee em
ployees minimum wages under
law of at least 65 cents an hour.
In a letter to North Carolina
congressmen, W. S. Coulter,
Company Vice President and
General Counsel, stated that the
present minimum wage scale set
by law is too low and that any
well managed business can af
ford minimum wages of at least
5“ cents an hour.
With Congress due to convene in
January, Coulter ]X)inted out that
there apjjcared to be considerable sup-
]50rt at the recent legislative session
for a measure which would set mini
mum wages at 65 cents immediately
and provide for a 75 cents minimum
wage within two years.
“Many wage earners will not receive
minimum wages unless it is required
by law',” the Burhngton official said.
“Living costs have risen to a point
that no employees should receive
wages lower than the minimum.”
In outlining Buriington Mills’ posi
tion, Coulter stated that the Company
is interested in seeing a floor placcd
under wages. “The Comijany lias long
been an advocate of higher minimum
wages for the textile industry when
it w'as evident that such wages could
be maintained,” he said.
Burhngton Mills for a number of
years has jiaid minimum wages con
siderably above that required by fed-
latest reports from the I'’cderal Bu?
eral law.
Expressing confidence that the tex
tile industry can inaintain higher min
imum wages over a long period of
years. Coulter stated that Burlington
Mills is taking the jjosition that
prompt action on the minimum wage
bill will have a stabilizing effect on
the future economy of the country
which will result in greater job se
curity for the textile industry.