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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.
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