Bedspread Finishing Mill Wins Barbecue
In Sewing Department, a group of employees of the Bed
spread Finishing Mill are served barbecue dinners in recogni-
Einployees of the Bedspread Finishing
^lill worked the year of 1962 without
3 lost-time injury and have continued
'■heir fine record to date in 1963.
In recognition of their accident-free
record, the employees were given a bar
becue in the company-sponsored contest
in which a barbecue dinner is given all
employees of a mill qualifying for a
Safety award from the North Carolina
I^partment of Labor.
The barbecue was served in the mill
the employees’ usual lunch period.
^he supervisors did the serving and
donned white coats and chef’s caps for
occasion.
J. P. Foster, mill superintendent, ex
pressed appreciation to the employees
their interest in accident-prevention
^nd congratulated them on their record.
“Safety is a matter of individual in
terest,” Mr. Foster said. “If each of us
Maintains a personal interest in the
Prevention of injuries we can extend our
Accident-free operation a long time into
the future.”
tion of their fine safety record in 1962 when mill operated
entire year without a lost-time injury.
Taking a barbecue break here are two employees of Storage and Shipping Depart
ment, Mildred Rickman (left) and Mary Aheron, parcel post operators.
Busy “chefs,” left to right, are Ann Midkiff, Sewing Depart-
•*ient clerk; Roy Perry, assistant foreman; George Aheron,
foreman; and Everett Thornton, second hand.
In Shipping Department, enjoying barbecue earned by suc
cessful efforts in accident prevention are, from left, Lawrence
Strange, Jesse Moyer and Robert Lindsey.
^lONDAY, APRIL 1, 1963
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