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On Being Secure THE.MILL WHISTLE There is a very real and justifiable concern throughout the nation with the sense of security industrial employees feel in the face of rapid technological development such as we now have. Technological development reduced to ten letters is “automation”. The word “automation”, and in some cases the mere thought of it, scares a lot of people. They regard it as a threat to job security. Certainly the people who destroyed Richard Arkwright’s first spinning system saw it that way, even if they didn’t use the word auto mation. The same is true for the early textile workers who destroyed Jacquard’s loom. So, also, is it true for the English officials of the lSth and 19th centuries who jealously guarded their textile machinery secrets because they feared the consequences of the spreading of such knowledge. Even today, there is an element of fear in the attitude of those who look askance at automatic doffers, high-speed spinning equipment and other new methods and machines. The recurring theme in all of these examples is that the textile in dustry has known automation by one name or another since the first days of the machines which started the Industrial Revolution. “Tech nological innovation” has been a way of life in the American textile industry since Samuel Slater cranked up his crude little mill in Rhode Island 174 years ago — with five machines and four employees. Because this is true, we have the ring spindle, the shuttleless loom, highspeed machinery, greater production with less effort, miracle fibers and fabrics — and, most important, a vital, vigorous industry that has almost a million Americans in reliable, rewarding jobs. From left, Billy Burke, of NCF employees store, Nellie Williams and H. K. Robert son, both of Fieldcrest Store and who helped arrange store at Salisbury. NCF Man Observes At Fieldcrest Store Billy Burke, who is in charge of the him in the operation of the store at newly-opened employees store at the Salisbury. North Carolina Finishing Company di- The establishment of the store at vision, Salisbury, was a recent visitor at North Carolina Finishing enables the the Fieldcrest Store at Spray. employees there to see the products on Mr. Burke, a member of the Personnel display, to make direct purchases or Department at North Carolina Finish- place orders to be filled from the Field ing, spent a day at the Spray store mak- crest Store, all at the employee discount ing observations that will be helpful to prices. Issued Every Other Monday For Employ®® and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., Copyright, 1964, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. Spray, N. C. , OTIS MARLOWE EDITOR Member, South Atjanj'' Council Of Industrie Editors ADVISORY BOARD D. F. Carson J. M. Moore J. L. Crabtree J. M. Rimmer C. A. Davis S. R. Thomas J. S. Eggleston J. T. White R. O. Howard, Jr. ^ REPORTING STAFF ^ Alexander Sheeting Mill vffltoi* Pauline YCi' Automatic Blanket Plant Bedspread Mill UidRi Bedspread Finishing Mill Ann "! -nei Blanket Mill Katherme T“r Central Warehouse Geraldine Pe f, Draper Offices Gro9» General Offices ManI® Gladys Holland, Katherine MJ",, Karastan Mill ""ene Karastan Service Center Mary Step Karastan Spinning Div Evelyn bm Mt. Holly Spinning Mill Muscogee Mills Mildred Newsotj New York Offices Betty Len*. Nye-Wait Division Mary SK.j) Sheet Finishing Sheeting Mill ndieY Towel Mill Fay Warren. Fannie Vol. XXIII Mon., Nov. 30, 1964, ^^^0\nniversari£^ Thirty-five Years ^ Howard L. Webb Bedspre® Thirty Years ^ Annie I. Wyatt Muscog , NelUe E. Mills Twenty-five Years j Homer O. McAlexander Tow Twenty Years ^ Joseph H. Eggleston Bedspre^ Newland N. Baucom NeUie A. HiU Finishi^J Woodman Allen ToW, Sallie G. Carter Bedspr® Fifteen Years . . i, Lorene S. Bailey Bedspread j Lillie W. Wray Bedspr®^ Alvis E. Eanes Bleach® William R. Colbert Muscof^ Fred E. Minter Sheeti» William J. Robertson Frances S. Stewart Ella B. Tucker Finish"** Ten Years Maynard F. Kirkman Bedspr® Dorothy K. Robertson .. Kar. Serv. C Pauline M. Shelor Garland Crumpton, Sr KaraS James H. Barrow Gladys D. Gauldin KarasW Lorene Martin .... Technical Serv. Bessie R. Everette Karas Mattie W. Holland KaraS^j Pauline F. Setliff Bla«^ ^ John D. Burke MuscoS James T. Franklin KaraS . Nelson H. Ambum Nolan M. McBride John L. Jenkins Muscog Enous I. Adams Muscog THE MILL WHISTJ-'
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