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IPL XVIII
Spray, N. C., Monday, July 27, 1959
NO. 1
Automatic BIkt. Mill
Ends Third Safe Year
Employees of the Automatic Blanket
Out worked three full years with-
y a disabling injury. The last lost-
4 ,® accident occurred three years ago
“ay—July 27, 1956.
the
th,
'^he Automatic Blanket Mill holds
present record among all mills in
th^ ^^'Sldcrest group of having gone
y ® ^°ngest period of time without lost
® due to an on-the-job injury,
th^ ^p'^iew of the record shows that
y '^ill has experienced only two lost-
gj injuries since the Automatic
g ^^6t Mill was established as a sep-
rnill unit in 1950.
jj, "6 rnill won a second year award
the North Carolina Department
Labor for having completed 1958
an ^ disabling injury occurring. As
fin from the Company for their
be ^ in 1958, all employees will
th 3 barbecue dinner, served in
mill today on a schedule approxi-
hc the employees’ regular lunch
periods
jL a letter to employees announcing
barbecue, R. F. Sambleson, mill
jg^^ager, and T. R. Ray, superintenent,
a: “You are to be congratulated on
Co rt accornplishing this long re-
cq good safety habits. Let us all
Pirate to extend our perfect record
the future.”
AUTOMATIC BLANKET MILL
THREE YEARS WITHOUT A DISABLING INJURY
PROUD OF THEIR RECORD are these employees representing the various
departments at the Automatic Blanket Mill. Left to right are Jimmy Turner, Charlie
Pulliam, Loraine Ellington, Powell Keaton, Wanda Reynolds, Juanita Robertson,
Jimmy Alcorn, Kathleen Meeks, Coy Shockley, Margaret Sherwood, Mary Ross,
Owen Brown, George Krantz, and Marvin Lancaster.
Finishing Barbecue
A barbecue will be given for employ
ees of the Finishing Mill Saturday, Aug
ust 1, at 5 p. m. in Morehead Stadium.
The barbecue is an award to the em
ployees for having worked all of 1958
without a disabling injury.
J. A. SMITH, JP.
He JHatle It!
J. A. Smith, Jr., a development en
gineer at Karastan, holds a card signi
fying he is a Life Master in the Ameri
can Contract Bridge League.
He realized his long-time ambition
to become a Life Master by winning
sufficient points in a regional tourna
ment at Durham recently. Life Master
is the highest ranking in bridge and
automatically entitles the Master to life
membership in the league.
One of the top-ranking players in
North Carolina, Mr. Smith has studied
bridge at least a few minutes every
day for over 23 years. He has competed
against players from all over the world
in national tournaments and has won
numerous times in regional and sec
tional competition. He plays in tourna
ments on week ends once or twice each
month.
Fieldcrest Men Go To
Blue Ridge Meeting
Ten Fieldcrest men, representing mill
management and supervision and the
Industrial Relations Department, at
tended the 40th annual session ' of the
Southern Industrial Relations Confer
ence at Blue Ridge July 16-18.
Attending were J. H. Crowder, Jr.,
Bedspread Mill; Clay Barrow and J.
C. Haraway, Blanket Mill; T. R. Ray,
Automatic Blanket Mill; J. S. Eggleston,
Central Warehouse; Walter Schacht,
Finishing Mill; B. A. Bobbitt, Towel
Mill, C. J. Frank, Jr., J. H. Gunnells
and Jones Norman, Industrial Relations
Department.
The theme of the conference was;
“Management Responsibility of the Su
pervisor.” Nationally-known speakers
discussed various phases of improved
human relations in industry. More than
1100 persons from industry in the south
ern states attended the conference.
Speakers included James L. Brake-
field, director of public relations. Liber
ty National Life Insurance Comany, Bir
mingham, Alabama; Patrick B. Comer,
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