MILL WHISTLE
^olujjie XI
Douglas McGregor, president of
College, Yellow Springs, Ohio,
SB widely-known business consultant
to approximately 150 niembers of
Vil^ ’^^'^^Sernent group in the Leaks-
Um high school auditorium Sat-
morning, January 24. Dr. Mc-
w’®gor, who was introduced by Harold
^|_^^itcomb, assistant general mana-
Moore Appointed
^owel Mill Manager
^Ppointment of Joseph D. Moore as
anager of the Towel Mill has been an-
.°Unced by Harold W. Whitcomb, as-
*stant general manager. Mr. Moore,
rj,^° Was formerly president of Moore
, ®xtile Company in Charlotte, assumed
duties at Fieldale February 9.
^ ^eili M. Dalrymple, manager of the
owel Mill since June 1950, has been
l^ansferred to the staff of E. W. Med-
’ P’^O'^uction manager, and will work
production scheduling and control at
® Spray headquarters of the Company.
. native of North Carolina, Mr. Moore
.^Uied Washington Mills in Mayodan,
^Hiediately after his graduation from
i. ® North Carolina State College Tex-
. School in 1936. He resigned his
jg^ition as superintendent in September
i,’5 to become production engineer with
Q, ® United Hosiery Mills Corporation,
•'attanooga, Tenn. He was elected vice
^^6sid,ent shortly afterwards and served
the executive committee. He helped
Organize the Ridge Textile Company,
Spray, N. C„ Monday, February 16, 1953
ger, spoke on “The Responsibility of
Modern Management.” A question-and-
answer period followed his address.
Picture shows Dr. McGregor second
from left. With him are Virgil Hall, left,
superintendent of the Karastan Mill,
C. W. Walker, head of our Cost Depx.
and Dr. William McGehee, director of
personnel research and training.
JOSEPH D. MOORE
Athens, Tenn., and the Skyland Textile
Company in North Wilkesboro and Mor-
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Number 14
Outstanding Safety
Record Set In 1952
The year 1952 was the best safety
year in the history of the mills. Field-
crest Mills’ over-all frequency rating
(the number of lost-time accidents per
million man-hours of operation) was
1.43, a remarkably low figure. The latest
figures by the National Safety Council
shows that the average frequency rating
for the entire textile industry is 6.89.
This means that workers in Fieldcrest
Mills experienced less than one-fourth
the number of lost-time injuries that
workers in average textile mills ex
perienced.
Only 12 lost-time injuries occurred
during the year, some of which were of
a relatively minor nature. Four out of
the 11 mills in the Fieldcrest group,
worked the entire year without a single
disabling injury.
The Rayon Mill, where no lost-time
accident has occurred since January
1950, has worked nearly two million
man-hours with a perfect safety record
and already has won a state-wide safety
contest for mills in its size group.
The Bleachery has operated since
November 1950 with no lost-time injur
ies. It is approaching a million man-
hours without a lost-time accident. The
Electric Blanket Mill has not had a lost
time injury since 1950 and has operated
approximately three-quarters of a mil
lion man-hours wtih a perfect safety
record.
The Central Warehouse is continuing
its perfect safety record, started in Oc
tober 1951, with approximately 400,000
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Council Will Hear
Concert Thursday
The Tri-City high school glee club
and the Leaksville Township school
band will present concerts for members
of the Carolina Cooperative Council,
their wives and guests at 7:30 p. m.
Thursday, February 19 in the Leaks-
ville-Spray Junior high auditorium.
Members of the Junior Carolina
Council have been extended an invita
tion to attend. The regular meeting of
the Junior Council was held at Central
Y. M. C. A. Tuesday evening, February
10 when Blaine Mark Madison, assist
ant director of rehabilitation and train
ing at Central Prison, Raleigh, was the
speaker.
Management Group Hears Dr. Douglas McGregor