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■ George Johnson, registered locksmith, cuts key in shop at rear of his home. Draper Employee Is Registered Locksmith The number of registered locksmiths Rockingham County increased by Exactly 100 per ' cent recently when J^eorge W. Johnson, a mechanic at the ^^'aper mills, qualified for professional '■sgistration. The Fieldcrest man has been regis- ®red and bonded by the Associated ^ocksmiths of America, whose head- ^'larters are in New York. Before he ®ceived his certification, there was only fte registered locksmith in Rockingham °unty. j Sy being registered and bonded, Mr. ^hnson is eligible to do government “I'k, mainly for post offices, banks. Also, he can do work for companies 1 policies require that all key and , Work be performed by a bonded '“cksmith. For some time, Mr. Johnson has been th^ keys and doing lock work for ® Blanket and Sheeting mills. He has otie some work for other mills, the ^eral Offices and the Fieldcrest Store, sirt ^ locksmith work, of course, is a in addition to his mechanic’s kfi mills. He has a well-equipped shop at the rear of his home. When tg ®®ts home from the mill shortly af- «v Soes to his shop for what- Work is awaiting him there or he Forrest Johnson Forrest D. John son who was three months old when this picture was taken, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Truman Johnson. His mother, Olivene Johnson, is employed in the of fice of the Product Service Department at the Automatic ■* : Blanket Plant at Smithfield. ONDAY, MARCH 2 2, 1 9 6 5 ivt goes out on a job somewhere, most of ten a locked car or building. He said that occasionally there have been as many as three automobiles parked at his shop with lost switch keys. The owners usually “straight wire” the ignition and drive the cars to the key shop. Sometimes, though, the cars are locked with the keys inside. That calls for a trip to the car to get the door unlocked. Mr. Johnson said the most amusing situation he has encountered was an instance in which a woman driver lock ed her car, locked all of her keys in the trunk and then locked the garage door! It is almost an everyday experience to open locked cars, buildings, luggage, etc., when keys have been lost. Much of Mr. Johnson’s work is mak ing keys outright to replace keys that have been lost. He also repairs locks of all kinds. But, on occasion, there are big jobs involved. He is called on to change the locks at a store or other business place when there has been a change in own ership or management. Mr. Johnson has encountered all kinds of experiences but he said some of his most difficult jobs have been changing the combinations on safes. He has done work for law enforcement of ficers and other legal work but said there are “some jobs you can’t talk about.” He has been interested in locks all his life and has had a key shop since 1948. He started in a small way, mostly dup licating keys. With his modern shop with four machines, each to cut a dif ferent style of key, and a stock of 1,700 different grooved blanks, he has come a long way. With his registration and bonding by the national professional association, he advanced from an ordinary key-copier to the “big time” as a professional locksmith. Top Weavers, Fixers Top quEility weavers and loomfixers at the Towel Mill, Fieldale, Va., are listed below for the most recent periods of record. Weavers—W/E March 14 Dobby & Cam Walter Shelton Jacquard Terry Norman Rakes New C-7 Looms Lee Hazelwood (In Hosiery Mill building) Fixers—^W/E March 14 Dobby & Cam Linwood Williams Jacquard Terry Edwin Hall New C-7 Looms Joe Jones (In Hosiery Mill building) Weavers—W/E March 7 Dobby & Cam Walter Shelton Jacquard Terry Stuart Tuggle New C-7 Looms James Meredith Fixers—W/E March 7 Dobby & Cam Clifford Custer Jacquard Terry Billy Stone New C-7 Looms Lloyd Barker Weavers—W/E February 28 Dobby & Cam Albert Goard Jacquard Terry Randolph Stone New C-7 Looms Lee Hazelwood Fixers—W/E February 28 Dobby & Cam Claude Austin, Jr. Jacquard Terry Billy Stone New C-7 Looms Joe Jones Muscogee Employee Wins $1,000 In Cash Turner Sims, an employee of Mus cogee Mills, a unit of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., in Columbus, Georgia, received $1,000.00 in cash as winner of a contest conducted by McCoy’s Super Market in Columbus. Customers of McCoy’s who participate in the Color Key to Cash contest may win from $1.00 to $1,000.00. The Mus cogee employee is the first $1,000.00 winner in the current contest. Turner, who lives on Route 2, Phenix City, Alabama, is a trucker in the Ship ping and Transportation Department at Muscogee Mills. He has been employed at the Columbus plant for nearly nine years.
The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle (Spray, N.C.)
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