BEpML*
MANAGEMENT SPEAKS
To the Employees of Erwin Milla:
Older textile people remember
when the hours of employment in
« textile plant ware long, the work
ran badly, the pay was low, and,
a* beat, about all one could hope
for waa to earn a living by hard
and long hoars of work. These
aaaae people ean remember when a
man with an education moved away
from industrial work into teaching,
banking, medicine, law, and similar
occupations. If one recalls a year
or two ago, when an engineer grad
r sting from eallega took a job as
a worker in a steel plant rather
than follow his engineering profes
sion, giving as a reason that his
earning possibility was greater, his
responnbility lew, and his working
hoars Ism demanding, one ean see
that the advantages offered indus
trial workers has, indeed, wider
gone great changes daring the last
25 years.
TwAnnlnp—l changes have made
textile work run much better, the
hours have been greatly reduced,
file working eoa&tiona improved,
and the pay raised until today spin
ners, weavers, loom fillers, roving
frame operators, and the like weak
Ins hours and earn more money
than do teachers, desks, clerical
workers, and people in similar vo
cations. Reeent history shows possi
bility for advancement is just as
great as other vocations,
workers, indeed, have a
profession. When an 8-hour shift
Kpver for them, they have earned
■lii 111 id pay under good working
IjhililMiiiii and their duties are over
ipil their next shift Their job
Soiree no outride work and no
Mfries to take home with them,
fiih an indnsrty and such oondi-
Ms should attract the attention of
jjKng people generally today and
& should weigh carefully the ad
ißages of making their
■n work.
Sincerely yours,
E. M. Holt
General Manager
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HIGH SCHOOL ST9DEHT3 At ERWIN KILLS 1H DURHAM —Kenneth Cohn, Prist Shop; lim Low, No. 4
Weave, second shift; Lloyd Luquire, No. * Bleaching A Sewing; Kenneth Ferrell, No. 1 Weave; Bobert King,
Machine Shop.
Daring the month of Jane when
promotions and graduations are
uppermost in the minds of the
younger generation, we find that
several Erwin Mills employees are
enrolled as Juniors or Seniors at
Durham High School. They are
members of the Diversified Occupa
tions (D. O.) class at school and
receive credits toward graduation
by working at Erwin Mills.
The D. 0. plan is under the di
rection of Mr. Chester Ryan and
is a continuation of the Go-op pro
gram which was carried on so suc
cessfully by Miss Maude Sogers
for many years. During the school
year of 1952, Mr. Ryan had 31 boys
in the D. 0. class studying 20 differ
ent occupations. AH these occupa
tions are of an apprenticahle na
ture; that is, they are trades which
a high school student can learn
through on-the-job training. In
addition to 25 hours per week on
the job, each D. O. student spends
15 hours a week in classroom study
related to his job. This is a self
study class and. is most beneficial
when the student can follow his wi
the-job work by text book study
the ne~t day. Such varied occupa
tions as electrician, sheet metal
worker, machinist, printer, radio
repairman and mortician are
studied by members of the D. O.
class. These students must also
take English, History and other
basic courses required for gradua
tion.
To be eligible for D. 0., a stu
dent must be iditawi years old, a
Junior or Senior, have satisfactory
JWE, 1952
grades and conduct record and be
genuinely interested in a vocation.
If the student plans to enter a
trade or any industrial work, the
D. O. program provides him with
a well-rounded practical education
for the time he spends in high
school. He will have earned a
steady income while still in school
and will be well equipped to ad
vance in the occupation of his
choice.
We talked with five Erwin Mills
employees who are or have been
members of the D. O. class at Dur
ham High. Kenneth FerreH of No.
1 Weave Room, 2nd shift, is a
Junior this year and in addition to
working here and keeping up his
regular work in school, he also at
tended the Loom Fixer's School at
Erwin Auditorium. During the
latter part of the year his class
room study in D. O. consisted of
Loom Fixer's lessons assigned at
Erwin Auditorium, so that he has
had good training for future work
in the Weave Boom. Kenneth has
made no plans for the Mwo, but
he can be sure that his present
job when he graduates.
Lloyd Laquire has been working
for Erwin Mills since the summer
of 1951, and by the time this is
published, will have graduated from
Durham High School and entered
the Air Corps. Lloyd is a Spare
Hand in the basement of No. 4
Bleaching and Sewing and feels
that he has learned a great deal
since he first came to work here.
For other boys inteieetfd in the
D. 0. program, Lloyd says, "It's
especially good for stackadt who
don't plan to go to college because
they have a head start when it
comes to getting a job."
Ira Love, No. 4 Weave, 2nd shift,
has a natural interest in Erwin
Mills since his father and three
brothers are employed here. His
father, Dock Thomas Love, is a
Overseer in No. 4 Carding. Rich
ard works in the Sewing Room,
Lester is Assistant Payroll Super
visor and Norman operates the
Print Shop. Ira has worked here
anee the rammer of 1961.
Mr. Ryan, D. O. coordinator, says
that our Machine Shop is one of
the finest places in town to send
Us students because the boys can
follow one job from beginning to
end. When learning a trade, this
experience is much more valuable
than working on an assembly Kne
where the student can learn only
one job at a time. Robert King
was a P. 0. class member this year
mini ssrigned to the Machine Shop.
A visit to the Marine Shop any
afternoon will prove to you that the
older employees he's a faf
worker.
Kenneth Cohn wants to learn the
printing trade and he's having a
world of experience by working
part time in the Print Shop at the
Mam Office.. He is karntjte #
about offset and kptiias
bow to um tim Ml Blueprint Ms
chine, Kenneth Is a Jnnior this
year and plans to be in the D. O.
program again next year.
Not too long ago the D. O. stu
dents yave an Employer-Employee
Banquet at Harvey's Cafeteria.
Each student invited his employer
or someone from his company to
represent Us employer. Mr. E. B.
Cooke, Superintendent of No. 4
Mill, Lester Love of the Payroll
Department and Ralph Canrington,
Overseer of No. Weave, represented
Erwin Mills at this banquet. AM
who attended the banquet soon
realized that everybody benefits
when everybody cooperates through
the D. O. plan. The school benefits
by being able to keep these young
men in classes until graduation, the
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Mr. and Mr*. Garland Sauls,
Durham, who are the proud parents
of a baby girl, Deborah Faye, born
May 3rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Weaver,
Durham, who announce the birth
of a son, Biehard, on May sth.
Mr. and Mrs. Booker T. Wil
liams, parents of an B'/i lb. son,
Barry Thomas, born April 25th.
Booker is employed at the Ware
house in Cooleemee.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ward, Coo
leemee, proud parents of a baby
girt, Frieda Gale, born May 18th.
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NEW CHIRP IN PURCHASING DEPARTMENT—l T j>on the retired
Mr. 0. P. WiOiam* io April of this year, Mr. Jack Holt took over the dut
of Purchasing Agmt for the Erwin Mills, lac. Mr Hcit has spent
years with Che Company, all of th am in the Perrhsstf pmitmi wg
Mr. Wiilians. Mr. Hoit was borr in (j^^y^sa'
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student benefit* heeanse be m
ing * trade while going to |B
and will be qualified for a. «jM
better job when be gndnt| ag
the employer benefits because
has the opertunity to train yo&njH
men who will someday become mßm
regular employees. iM
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larly an our Payroll Sawags WjdE
here, ha. been imp«*e* and
bettor buy than ever! Bay «fl
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if you ha*ent yet joined
roil Savings Flan, joa ean*t jdttflMl
to delay any longer! ToarESgß
for whieh yon pay $18.75, gawMjlK
$25.00 in 9 yean and 8 wajfl
in 19 yean, 8 mtmSk*, it wM iS
ntttnus! So dant pat It
longer; Payroll Savings
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buying U. 8. Mm Bn*l
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DEATHS J
pstfcy to the following donmml
reeently experienced a death in IJmS|
Mrs. Geneva BLttey and WHS®
R^ B Addie Turaage and faiaJ
of Erwia in the death of ;|^R
Miss Ellen Benson, Pet BwJ
(Hen Benson aad family of Hs|fl|
in the recent death of their oMni^S
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