Off-The-Job Accidents Costly
According to the National Safety Council, over 77,000 deaths
occurred off-the-job in 1963. Over seven million disabling injuries
were recorded during the year.
The average cost for each off-the-job injury for one company was
found to amount to $350.00. For each employee the average cost runs
as high as $10.00 annually.
Company expenses for off-the-job injuries include replacement
costs, new training programs, reduced efficiency and lowered morale.
We always hear about the “absent-minded professor” and most of
us get a laugh from events resulting from people not keeping their
minds on what they are doing. But, if everyone would stop and think,
absent-mindedness could create a serious injury, perhaps even take a
life. All humor is then gone from being like the “absent-minded pro
fessor.”
A person driving a car often lets his thoughts stray. This could be
dangerous. A glance over the shoulder while driving could result in
death.
Stepping off the curb without looking in either direction could be
come an absent-minded final step. Climbing a ladder to get a kitten
out of a tree, or to put in a new light bulb without remembering to
brace the ladder could cause a leg or an arm to be broken.
Over 26,000 deaths occurred in home accidents during 1963. Over
four million disabling injuries occurred in the home last year.
No matter where we are, at work, at home, at play, we should al
ways keep safety in mind. In every step we take, every mile that we
drive, injury or death is lurking. Only the alert-minded person can
avoid mishaps. Let’s always keep wide awake. Remember, safety pays,
more ways than one.
Change Is A Sign Of Life
“My, how your children have changed! They’re growing up fast.”
Every parent has heard this remark many times. Maybe it gets tire
some, but they would be worried if no one ever said it about their
child.
Growth and change are signs of life. If some discomfort goes along
with growing up, that is part of the price we pay for being alive. If
you ever wonder why things don’t stay the same in your Company, re
member that a business, too, must improve in order to stay alive. ’
Top Weavers, Fixers
The Towel Mill’s top quality weavers V' WT 1
and loomfixers are shown below for the ^ OUUgCr W OrkCFS
most recent periods of record. .Many people have more protection
Weavers—W/E February Z under social security than they realiVp ”
Dobby Terry Vilas Triplett according to W. L. O’Brien social sp-
Jacquard Terry John Whitlock curity district manager in Greensboro"
Draper & Cam Levi Carter “We are continually surprised by the
New C-7 Looms Harry Kennett number of people who stiU think of
(In Hosiery Mill building) social security only in terms of retire-
Fixers—W/E February 2 ment benefits,” he said.
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Draper"& clZ None ^a?the^rSsUraJce'^f^'kno''''-^®" worker
New C-7 Looms None f ^®^®®y^ance of knowmg that his
(In '
Dobby ■’““"b Spears
Jacquard Terry Douglas Hundley month. ®
Draper & Cam Ralph Ballard
New C-7 Looms Bobby Stegall Also nearly half a million widows
(In Hosiery Mill buildmg) under 62 are receivmg those monthly
Fixers—W/E January 26 themselves and the more
Dobby Terry Wendell Koger ^ million children in their care.
Jacquard Terry None “Disability payments are one of the
Draper & Cam Bert Finley newer aspects of the social security pro
New C-7 Looms None gram. The majority of the people wp
(In Hosiery Mill building) talk to know that we have such a nro
2
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Issued Every Other Monday For ;
and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills, -
Copyright, 1964, Fieldcrest Mills,
Spray, N. C. ^
OTIS MARLOWE
EDITOR
Member, South
Council Of IndustrB
Editors
ADVISORY BOARD .,j
D. F. Carson R. O. Howard, J
J. L. Crabtree J. M. Moore
c. A. Davis J. M. Riminer
J. S. Eggleston J. T. White_
REPORTING STAFF
Automatic Blanket Plant Shirl^Lprf
Bedspread Mill Edna
Bedspread Finishing Mill Ann
Blanket Mill Katherine ' kiI«
i:»idnKeT Mill KatneriMv
Central Warehouse Geraldine pjck^JJ
I
Karastan Service Center Mary
Karastan Spinning Div Eveiyf’^
'»?iiiiai wdrenouse
Draper Offices Mamie
General Offices Hilda
Gladys Holland, Katherine
Karastan Mill
Karastan rAntar MarV
• ^piiiiiiny uiv
Mt. Holly Spinning Mill Elizabef" ,
New York Offices
Betty
Sheeting Mill R''A'’hk'"
Towel Mill r'Fay'"warren,""Fannie^^
Vol. XXII Monday, Feb. 17, 1964^j^^
W^^ERVICE
Forty Years ,
S. E. Burnette
Alfred R. Cox
Troy W. Priddy
Thirty-five Years c^V-
Merle G. Rathbum .... Fieldcrest
Thirty Years
Doris B. Ferguson
Twenty-five Years Ai
Paul J. Tiller
T^venty Years
Broward H. Rutherford .... ^
Donnie B. Shively • •
Roy M. Carter
Fifteen Years .f.oi
James W. Barnes
Ten Years ,
WiUie W. Green
Edward J. Iliffe FieldcreS ^^ie>
John H. Staak Fielder^®
Clayton F. Stewart ^ .jc^l
Julian L. Youngblood . . • •
Jacqueline D. Ray
Naruue R. Leatherwood .. • •
Seab W. MUler
Dorothy L. Shelley
Joyce Osborne
Curtis Littleton
gram, but many of these have
understanding of its provisions-
“In order to qualify for I
benefits, a worker must be ^ [i3,
do any substantial work and
worked under social security ^ 1)
least five of the ten years
coming disabled,” Mr. O’Brien tf"
Monthly benefits are paya^^^® g
worker if all the requirement
as well as to his children unde
and his wife.
THE MILL