Seek To Eliminate
Accidents In August
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fort in contacting employees and will
instruct and encourage them in the
elimination of unsafe working habits.
Employees are urged to call to the at
tention of the supervisor such condi
tions as leaky humidifier heads causing
wet floors, protruding nails on filling
boxes, splintery edges on boxes or stor
age bins, sharp metal edges on roving
cans, etc.
In commenting on the no-accident
campaign, H. E. Williams, safety direc
tor said, “Our safety record at Field-
crest for the first seven months is
reasonably good. If we can go through
the month of August without any lost
time injuries we will be well on our
way to a good record for the year.
“The best way in which an employee
Can help reduce accidents is for him
to work safely himself. This means he
should avoid taking chances that might
lead to an accident,” Mr. Williams said.
Mutual Aid
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visions in benefits will be prepared at
a later date, and issued to all members.
In the meantime, members should refer
to the revised schedule of benefits, cop
ies of which have been distributed to
all members.
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William A. Vernon,
Former Fieldcrester,
Is Visitor At Mills
William A. Vernon, son of Abner
Vernon, a retired employee of the
Company, visited Fieldcrest while on
Vacation from his work as management
development and training coordinator
for the U. S. Eubber Company’s me
chanical goods division at Passaic, N. J.
Mr. Vernon, who formerly worked
at the Bedspread and Woolen mills.
Was particularly interested in our De
partment of Personnel Research and
Training because of its relation to his
own duties with U. S. Rubber.
A native of Leaksville and a gradu
ate of Leaksville high school, he receiv
ed an A.B. degree in economics from
the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. He taught and coached in
North Carolina schools prior to enter
ing service in World War II. He at
tended the Merchant Marine Academy
and served as a first officer in the
Army Transport Service.
After the war, he taught in the U. S.
Indian Service in New Mexico and
for four years was connected with the
industrial relations section of the Mar
ine Corps at Cherry Point. Immediate
ly before joining U. S. Rubber he was
an industrial relations representative
-■with Republic Aviation Corp. at Farm-
ingdale, N. Y.
Monday, july 29, 1957
Maurice Polk (at right) of Greensboro, who joined Fieldcrest Mills juiy x, will
be assistant to J. E. Williams, Jr. (at left) chief cost accountant.
Polk, Accountant, Joins Company
Maurice Polk, formerly with the
Greensboro office of -Peat, Marwick,
Mitchell & Co., international firm of
certified public accountants, has been
appointed assistant to J. E. Williams,
Jr., chief cost accountant at Fieldcrest.
Mr. Polk, who has lived in Greens
boro during most of his life, majored in
accounting at the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill. He received his
B. S. degree in commerce there in 1949
and attended one year of graduate
school. He is a member of the Ameri
can Institute of Certified Public Ac
countants and of the North Carolina
Association of Certified Public Ac
countants.
He was an artillery captain during
his four years of service during World
War II. For two of those years he
served overseas in the Pacific theater.
He entered the Army again in Sep
tember, 1950, and served in Europe un
til April 1953, this time with the Army
Finance Corps, as a budget and fiscal
officer.
Upon his return from service in the
spring of 1953 he became an accountant
with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.,
and was connected with their Greens
boro office until he joined Fieldcrest
July 1.
Left to right, William A. Vernon, Roger Wilkes and William McGehee