XVIII
^owel Mill Honors
l)uality Champions
The Towel Mill’s top quality weavers
jd top loomfixers for 1959 were call-
together recently and were congrat-
®ted by D. A. F^ircell, manager of the
jO^el Mill, on their outstanding per-
“fmance in 1959.
. *^ood quality weaving and high loom
‘iciency are vital to the successful
®®fation of the Towel Mill. The fine
°i'k of these men and the other weav-
1^ ® and fixers with good records has
*I>ed us to keep our quality up and
^ costs down,” Mr. Purcell said.
year’s top quality weavers in-
j^'ided Donald Trantham, dobby terry;
Riggs, jacquard terry; and Nor-
Spray, N. C., Monday, April 4, 1960
NO. 19
Safety Award Barbecue
Served In Sheeting Mill
'"an
Rakes, Draper and cam terry.
, loomfixers were Melvin Rakes,
(°“by terry; Eugene Joyce, jacquard
Roy Whitlock and Leonard
j *''ght, tied for Draper and cam terry;
^ Booker Dalton, huck and crash.
L top weavers are those with the
j^'''est per cent of seconds with respect
j the standards. Top loomfixers are
lo^ through a combination of
seconds and high loom efficiency.
Employees Completed Record Of
Over Two Million Man-Hours
Without Lost-Time Injury
Employees of the Sheeting Mill have
worked over two million man-hours
without a disabling injury. The mill
has had no lost time due to injury since
October 31, 1957.
The Sheeting Mill received a North
Carolina Department of Labor award
for its 1958 record and is in line for a
second-year ribbon for completing 1959
without lost time due to injury.
As an award from the Company for
their safe work throughout 1959, all
employees of the Sheeting Mill were
served a barbecue dinner in the mill
Tuesday, March 15. Plates of barbecue,
“hush puppies”, coffee and cold drinks
were served in all departments on all
three shifts. The barbecue dinner was
served by the supervisors and other
employees wearing white jackets and
chef’s caps.
R. C. Going, superintendent, in com
menting on the mill’s safety record,
said, “I want to congratulate all of the
Sheeting Mill people on their fine re
cord and to urge that they continue to
make every effort to avoid injury to
themselves or to those who work with
them.”
There were indications that interest
in safety remains high at the Sheeting
Mill with emphasis being placed on
observance of all safety rules, the re
porting and correction of unsafe con
ditions and the elimination of imsafe
acts on the part of individuals.
Pictures of Sheeting: Mill barbecue
appear on pag’es four and five.
tk Towel mill’s top weavers and loomfixers for 1959 are shown with D. A.
Mill Manager. Left to right are Mr. Purcell, David Riggs, Eugene Joyce,
Rakes, Booker Dalton, and Norman Rakes. The other quality champions,
*iald Trantham, Roy Whitlock and Leonard Wright were unable to be present for
Photograph.
Towel Mill Workers
Get Wage Increase
A general wage increase averaging
five cents per hour for employees of
the Towel Mill at Fieldale, Virginia,
was announced March 25 and made ef
fective Monday, March 21. The mini
mum rate paid at the mill after the in
crease is $1,275 per hour.
The raise applies to over 1,100 Towel
Mill employees and adds more than
$110,000 annually to Towel Mill pay
roll. It was the second general wage in
crease for Towel Mill workers within
the last 13 months.
The average rate at the mill after the
increase is $1.62 per hour, without over
time payments, as compared with the
Southern textile average of approxi
mately $1.45 per hour.
Offer of a similar wage increase for
employees in the North Carolina mills
has been made to the TWUA. As the
Mill Whistle went to press on Friday,
there had been no decision by the Union
group whether or not the increase would
be accepted.