f-Qurel Hill Ladies Enjoy Operating Lift Trucks
Three ladies at Laurel Hill Carpet Mill might disagree with those who think
lifting heavy objects should be limited to men only. And they support their
stand with personal experience because they happen to be efficient lift truck
operators.
Three years ago Addie Sowells became the first female expediter in the
Laurel Hill Carpet Division. She proved herself so well that now she is an in
structor for other tow motor drivers.
“Addie Sowells is one of the safest drivers we have,” said David Ellison,
shift foreman in the Warehouse Receiving Department.
After opening the door to this once exclusively male position, Addie led
the way for other females to become interested in a new type of job.
Brenda Covington was seeking something new and different and so she
accepted the challenge. She has been an expediter for two years and en
joys her work.
“The thing I like most about my job is that I don’t do the same thing every
day; it always changes from day to day,” she said.
^Niters
enjoy
(left-right)
their work
Hazel Gibson, Brenda Covington
at Laurel Hill Carpet Mill.
Addie
The most recent female to become an expediter is a fairly new employee
with a desire to do her best. Hazel, Gibson is very aware of her job responsi
bilities. “I can’t afford to make mistakes because they could be costly to the
company in terms of dollars,” she said. “We have the responsibility of pro
viding the company with good, reliable service.”
And these three ladies are happily doing just that.
Our Children
^i®ckstock, 5, and Tiffany
2, are the children of
Rebecca Blackstock.
Martha Rilley, works at Fieldale
Towel Mill.
^kther works in the Spinning
at Draper Sheeting
grandfather, McKinley
Iff works in the Carding
U ‘^ent at the Blanket Greige
Sherikka Nichole Millner, daugh
ter of Ms. Hiawatha J. Millner, re
cently celebrated her sixth birthday.
Her mother works in the Spinning
Department at Fieldale Towel Mill.
paration Department at that mill
Their great aunt, Mary Bellamy,
works at the Phenix City Plant.
Iliij^j^^^^irston recently celebra-
birthday. His mother,
! works, in the Sew-
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Partment at the Blanket
^ Mill. His grandmother.
Dezie Morgan, 4, and Demeterious
Morgan, 5, are the sons of Mrs.
Elaine Morgan, who works in the
Spinning Department at Columbus
Towel Mill. Their grandmother.
Hazel Pitts, works in the Yarn Pre
Crystal Wayne Sams is the one-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy
Sams. His grandmother, Pauline
Owen, works in the Cut and Sew De
partment at the Sheet Finishing
Mill.
Michael Wooding, 3, and Eric
Wooding, 15 months, are the sons of
Helena Wooding who works in the
Cut and Sew Department at the
Blanket Finishing Mill.
Melissa Ann Wyatt is the four-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Wyatt. Her father works in the
Carding Department at Fieldale
Towel Mill and her mother, Mary,
works in the Spinning Department
there.
Phillip Wayne Mitchell, 4, and
Steven Aaron Mitchell, 1, are the
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wayne
Mitchell, Sr. Their father works in
the Carding Department at Colum
bus Towel Mill.
®*’’eterious, Elaine Morgan
Crystal Sams
Michael, Eric Wooding
Melissa Wyatt
Ay, MARCH 6, 1978