MILL WIHlSTLE wmm I— Publishe in Spray, Draper and" M(ilUAS\.FiNf ST l*QWfR LOOMfO RUfi C-ctnd Fleldole, V XVII Spray, N. C., Monday, May 4, 1959 NO. 21 Towel Mill Sets New Safety Record Your Benefits Fieldcrest employee benefits provide security and well being for our families. The various •benefit plans offer financial as sistance in case of sickness or ac cident, protection against loss of ®3rnings when laid off, help in ’^fieting the expenses and changed 'Conditions resulting from the 'isath of an employee, and assist- in retirement. See picture-story on Fieldcrest benefit plans on pages four and ^ive in this issue. U^w Officers Elected °y Carolina Council ,'^*iliam B. Lucas, legal counsel and **®tant secretary of the company, was president of the Carolina Coop- Council at the group’s final H^^ing of the program year Thursday Ki'^ing, April 30, at Consolidated Cen- Vmca )^*®cted to serve with Mr. Lucas were; oil Simons, Towel Mill, vice president; '^^rtowe. Industrial Relations De- S fnent, secretary; and Louis Outlan , '^ache ■ ■ ■ *^ery, assistant secretary. elected were F. E. Barron, Bed d). " Mill, member of the program (1,^'^ittee, and the following committee $h **'^en: attendance, Ralph Pigue, Mill; arrangements, Walter ^^acht, Finishing Mill; and constitu- ^ ’ John Mauney, Karastan Mill, eg, 9ker for the program was Dr. ‘e iv>®°''^nian, of the speaker’s staff of j ®tional Association of Manufactur- iji ,?*^d former Professor of Marketing W- School of Business and P^iblic r,^*nistrati--.n T'omr^ip Univcrsity. - OI uusmesB j ’^istration at Temple University. ,®^king on the freedoms and oppor- m Jxi Liie irtreuuiii^ -a-x Ij, - *11 America, his inspirationa containing frequent wit and hu- greatly enjoyed by the Council Moore, of the program com- introduced the speaker. Employees of the Towel Mill have completed three million man- hours of work without a lost-time accident. By their outstanding safety performance, they have won the National Safety Council’s Award of Honor, the highest award given by the Council. The award will be pre sented in ceremonies later this year. The present record has been surpas sed only once before at the Towel Mill. The mill accumulated just short of four million man-hours of accident-free op eration from June 1949 to July, 1951— an all-time record for Fieldcrest plants. D. A. Purcell, Towel Mill manager, in commenting on their safety record, said: “Safety plays a vital part in the effi cient operation of this mill. It is not just a matter of trying to attain a good rec ord but our real objective is to prevent suffering and lost time resulting from disabling injuries. “It gives me a great deal of pleasure to commend the employees of the Towel Mill for their splendid performance in safety work and to thank them for their interest and cooperation in helping to attain our present goal. We are now striving for four million man-hours without a disabling injury. I am confi dent that we will attain this goal.” Mill officials credited the three million man-hour record to the excellent team- v/ork on the part of all the people in the mill. To encourage the participation of employees, the Towel Mill for some time has conducted a well-planned and well- executed safety program. Efforts have been made to eliminate any unsafe conditions that have been reported by inspection committees and numerous other suggestions of the safe ty committee have been put into effect. Membership on the plant safety com mittee is rotated in order that all pro duction employees who so desire may have an opportunity to serve. Slogan contests and other devices have been used to make the employees more safety-conscious. beauty contestants — Varied reactions are expressed by contestants in the “Miss Draper Junior High” beauty pageant following the drawing of names of sponsors. For more pictures and story concerning the Draper Lions Club’s annual beauty pageant, see page eight. L

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