Smithfield Plant Honored For Safe Work
Proudly showing safety award won by Automatic Blanket Plant are, from left,
Norva McCullen, Shirley Parker, Billy McKeel and Brenda Odom.
In recognition of its excellent safety
record, the Automatic Blanket Plant at
Smithfield has received the Award of
Commendation presented by the Nation
al Safety Council.
The award is presented only where an
establishment’s record satisfied rigid re
quirements laid down in the Council’s
award plan for recognizing good indus
trial safety records.
Howard Pyle, president of the Nation
al Safety Council, in a letter to R. F.
Sambleson, manager of the Automatic
Blanket Plant, explained that the Smith
field plant qualified for the award be
cause of its injury-free period of 987,-
782 man-hours from September 21, 1960,
to December 31, 1961.
Mr. Sambleson, acting on behalf of
the company management, presented the
award plaque to T. R. Ray, superintend
ent of the Automatic Blanket Plant.
Mr. Ray, in turn, presented the plaque
to a representative group of employees.
Participating in the presentation were
Shirley Parker, Blanket Wiring; Norva
McCullen, Molding; Brenda Odom, Con
trol Assembly; and Billy McKeel, Ship
ping and Warehousing .
Wilkinson And Fox
Promoted At Fieldale
In organization changes at the Towel
Mill made necessary by the retirement
June 1 of J. W. Norris, Sr., Dwight A.
Wilkinson, as foreman, has been given
full responsibility for the Plant Service
Department and O. D. Fox, second hand
in the department, has been promoted
to assistant foreman.
Mr. Wilkinson was transferred to the
Towel Mill in July, 1961, to familiarize
himself with the job in order to replace
Mr. Norris when the latter retired un
der the Fieldcrest Pension Plan.
With the company for six years, Mr.
Wilkinson for three years was assistant
foreman in the Plant Service Depart
ment at the Finishing Mill and for two
years before his transfer to Fieldale was
general foreman of the Finishing Mill
and Bleachery on the second shift.
A native of Charlotte, he received
training in factory management through
the Lincoln Institute, Cleveland, Ohio,
and in practical electricity through the
Coyne Electrical School in Chicago. He
was with the Highland Park Manufac
turing Company for 12 years and en
gaged 'in all phases of textile mainten
ance. For three years immediately prioi
to his joining Fieldcrest, he was in
charge of maintenance at Carolina Metal
Products in Charlotte, a metal stamping
plant.
Mr. Fox is a native of Chatham Coun
ty and has been associated with the
company since 1939. He was a mechanic
for three years and for the past twenty
D. A. mLKINSON
years has been a second hand in the
Plant Service Department at the Towel
Mill. Before joining Fieldcrest, he was
O. D. FOX
a mechanic with textile companies at
Winston-Salem and Martinsville, Vir
ginia.
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