Spray, N. C., Monday, February 22, 1960
til-Out Safety Effort Urged In Mills
**>(0 ^^^^ATULATIONS for quality — Quality weavers at the Blanket Mill
^tho,|^*”«nled by mill officials. Dillard Harris (center) who has worked 18 months
^ major quality defect in his cloth, gets congrratulations from C. A. Davis,
indent. At left arc L. II. Hundley and Sallie Isley, who recently completed
® of quality weaving. D. P. Gambill, weaving foreman, is second from right.
^incil Members Hear Management Reports
Officers Give Review
%5 For Business;
^ ^ *‘°grams Outlined
audience heard President
Whitcomb and other officers
present reports on the
at ' “ operations and plans for
^oint meeting of the Carolina
3nd Junior Carolina Coun-
10.
Council president, pre-
on Melvin Moore, of
for the invocation,
f ’I’s Bleachery, the
V® dr chairman, conduct-
aun., . attendance
'’•■awings for
Si.Mil],
Colonial type bedspread. J.
Shumate, of the Karas-
■Oti” ’ "^as awarded a “Lady
P. Foster, of the Bedspread Finishing
Mill, received a “Royal Carnation”
sheet set.
President H. W. Whitcomb reviewed
progress of the Company, particularly
in the year 1959, and told of plans and
expectations for the business during
1960. Mr. Whitcomb was followed by
R. A. Harris, vice president in charge
of manufacturing, who showed several
charts while discussing various phases
of the mills’ operations in 1959.
F. W. Hoit, president of the Field-
crest sales division, reported on activi
ties of the Fieldcrest division and out
lined merchandising plans for 1960. He
presented colored slides showing Field
crest merchandise displayed in our New
York showroom. He discussed each of
the domestics mills from the sales
(Continued on page four)
Particular Attention Is Given
To Factors That Contributed
To Plant Injuries In 1959
A concerted effort to prevent acci-«'i
dents during I960 is under way at
Fieldcrest Mills. Particular attention is
being given causes of the 14 plant in
juries occurring in 1959.
Each supervisor will work closely
with the people in his department. The
cooperation of employees will be asked
m the elimination of unsafe work prac
tices and in the prompt reporting of
any unsafe conditions in the mill.
All mills are following a detailed
program which deals spesifically with
safety problems encountered in 1959.
Specific Subjects Are Covered
Some of the subjects covered are:
(1) the supervisor’s control of unsafe
acts and unsafe conditions, (2) precau
tions to be taken to make sure a ma
chine can t be started while a fixer or
mechanic is working on it, (3) A re
view of handling methods and inspection
of material handling equipment, (4)
eye protection—emphasis on wearing
the Company-provided protective
equipment on jobs where eyes might be
endangered by chemical splashes, fly
ing particles, etc.
(5) Special instruction in first aid
with emphasis on care for the injured
and prevention of accidents, (6) empha
sis on housekeeping to promote order
liness as a means of preventing falls,
(7) Cooperation in observance of Fire
Prevention Week, in October, including
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Sales Edition
Inserted in this issue of The
Mill Whistle is an eight-page
special sales edition devoted to
our newly-redecorated Fieldcrest
showroom in New York.
In addition to its distribution
to all active and retired employ
ees of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., 2,000
extra copies were printed to be
mailed to retailers of Fieldcrest
products all over the country.
The next regular issue of The
Mill Whistle will appear on sched
ule Monday, March 7.