November 19, 1945
THE MILL WHISTLE
Three
Plans Annou'nced For
I Leaves of Absence
Effective Monday, November 26, we
are installing a formal plan for granting
ing leaves of absence.
Employees who are absent for any
time, even for a day, must secure
leave for such absence.
It is practically impossible to define
all circumstances in which an employee
may be granted a leave of absence.
Some of the reasons which will ordin
arily be causes for leaves of absence are:
illness of individual, serious illness in
the immediate family, jury duty, etc.
The Mill will be sympathetic with
employees in considering their re
quests but must ask that employees
also be considerate of the company’s
needs.
A supervisor, in granting or denying
a request for a leave of absence,
will consider the needs of the mill
and the reasonableness of the re
quest.
The following is the procedure neces
sary in securing a leave of absence:
1. An absence for three days or less
may be requested and either grant
ed or refused orally. Each supervisor
will keep a record of all oral re
quests for leaves of three days or
less.
,2. Requests for leaves of absence for
P more than three days and not to
exceed four weeks (in case of preg
nancy—6 months) must be in writ
ing addressed to the supervisor of
the department in which the em
ployee works. Each supervisor will
be supplied with forms to be filled
out by the employee when the leave
is requested. The employee request
ing the leave will receive from the
supervisor a slip stating whether or
not the leave is granted, and if
granted, the day and hour the leave
begins and ends. If the leave is for
more than one week, it must be
approved by the mill superintend
ent.
Where an extension of a leave of
absence is desired, the employee
will fill out Form P-101 and submit
it in the same manner as the orig
inal request except that before this
additional leave is granted, it will
have to be approved by the super
intendent and the Personnel De
partment.
In case of sickness or extreme
emergency when the employee can
not make application before his
absence, he should get word to his
foreman, but the application may
be filed within a reasonable time
thereafter, and made effective from
the date of first absence. In such
cases it shall be the responsibility
of the employee to prove that he
has been unable, due to sickness or
other extreme emergency, to make
application.
3. If an employee is absent from work
without leave except in the case
provided in the above paragraph,
he waives his seniority.
Karastan Mill
By Doris Newnam
Cpl. Emory Wilson, brother of Win
fred Johnson, has arrived in the States.
He has served overseas 32 months.
Sgt. Doris Jefferson of Washington, D.
C., is spending an 18-day furlough with
her sister, Catherine Jefferson.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Fuller and chil
dren Betty Ann and Bobby were supper
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Fuller
last Sunday night.
Another class of the new Setters have
come to the Setting department. Vir
ginia McDaniel, Doris Fulton, Audrey
Ray, Marceline Pruitt, Ruby Burnett and
Cora Cantrell. Hope you’ll like us enough
to stay on girls.
Lottie Wray is all smiles. Her boy
friend has just returned home. Listen,
Lottie we want no secrets kept from us.
James Smith, S2/c, spent the week
end with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Troy
Smith on Overlook avenue.
We are glad to have Francis Newman
with us as yarn receiver and also Coy
Pat+erson as yarn server.
Lacy F. Dallas of Washington, D. C.,
Johnny Coleman and Mr. and Mrs. Edd
Dallas were supper guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Fuller last Saturday night.
“Buena” why did you fall? Was it
those slick shoes or couldn’t you control
your feet?
Ruby Wray and Lt. Ted Tyler spent
Sunday in Greensboro, N. C.
James Johnson, S2/c, is spending a
21-day leave with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. I. A. Johnson.
Those who are out on the sick are
Bessie Smith, Margaret Rice and Ber
nice Fowler. Hope they soon will be
well and back with us.
Wedding bells were ringing since our
last issue for Abalene Meeks and Elmo
Gunn at York, S. C. Congratulations and
best wishes, folks!
Mrs. Julia N. Puffenbarger of Rich
mond, Va., spent several days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Snead.
Pvt. Marion L. Dalton is spending a
12-day furlough with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Louie Dalton. He will report
to Camp Pickett, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Duggins Jr., Miss
Bessie Tiller and Mrs, Billie Leffew
spent last Saturday in Roanoke, Va.
Morrell McCulloch, MAM 3c, has ca
bled his mother Mrs. Sallie McCulloch
that he has arrived in England. He was
formerly in Sicily.
Mrs. Margaret Hutcherson and three
children spent the week-end in Reids-
ville.
William Snead, CPO, stationed at
Jacksonville, Fla., recently spent a 15-
day furlough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Roscoe Snead.
Pfc. Harry L. Dunn, son of Mrs. Ev
elyn Dunn is home after serving 18
months overseas. He has come back
with an honorable discharge. Purple
Heart, Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct
Medal, Bronze Star, Infantryman’s Com
bat Medal and Presidential Citation.
After the first of the year he will enter
V.P.I. at Blacksburg, Va.
S/Sgt. John Cox, stationed at Kessler
Field, Miss., is spending a 15-day fur
lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. W. Cox.
Misses Maggie Cox and Amanda Snow
are spending a week with the latter’s
sister in Williamsburg, Va.
Vera, Elizabeth and Hilda Carter, Ru
by Wray, Doris Grogan and Carrie
Goard gave a weiner roast at the swing
ing bridge Saturday night for the return
ed veterans: Calvin and Willie Cochram,
Richard Martin, Ernest Price, Edd Kel-
1am and Herman Purdy.
Ode Martin has come back to see us
again. Sorry it is second shift, Ocie, but
that is better than not seeing you at all.
We welcome two old Carvers back to
the department. They are Carnell Webb
and Louise Anastasoff.
DID YOU KNOW?
Mistletoe was regarded as a sacred
symbol of hope by the ancient Druids?
Whenever enemies met under mistletoe,
they would drop their arms, forget their
antagonism, and embrace. From this
practice grew the modern custom of
kissing under the mistletoe.
The Christmas tree is claimed to be of
German origin? It is said that the early
Christian missionaries to Germany, in
order to convert the barbarians there,
introduced Christmas-tide with much
merry-making and song, and at the
same time adopted the heathen custom
of placing a green bush over the door
of each hut during the mid-winter fes
tival.
Santa Claus really lived in the fourth
century? The story goes that good St.
Nick learned that three young women
had no suitors because their father was
too poor to provide them with dowries.
Thereupon he filled three bags with gold,
and threw them into the rooms of the
young women, who were soon happily
married. Unexpected gifts were there
after attributed to St. Nick.
The first Christmas Savings Club was
proposed by a treasurer of the Carlisle
Trust Company, Carlisle, Pa., in 1909
and placed in operation by that bank
the same year.
Two hill-billies were scarcely seated
in the new local theater when one of
them nudged the other and asked,
“What does that word ‘asbestos’ mean
over the curtain?”
“Pipe down,” snorted the other, “and
don’t show your ignorance. That’s Latin
for ‘welcome’.”