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E. M. Holt, right, received this luggage u a farewell gift from hia fellow
worker* at the Durham office. He begins hi* duties with Cone Mills on
April 1. C. R. Harris, Vice-President, made the presentation.
E. M. Holt Leaves Job
With Company March 31
Erwin Producing
Denim With Nylon
Within the last few months, Er
win Mills has started producing
nylon denim. It is a stronger cloth
than 100% cotton denim and is
growing in popularity with cloth
ing manufacturers.
Nylon reinforcement in denim
increases its resistance to wear and
is especially good for overalls and
other work garments which receive
so much strain in daily use.
We are using nylon in our regu
lar indigo-dyed blue denim as well
as in several colors of our Sport
denim. Our mills at Erwin and
Cooleemee are producing this cloth.
It is expected to he a very im
portant item in the denim field.
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Seven new Whitin roving frame* are now running in a ten-inch bobbin and replace H k B frames with an
No. 3 Card Boom, Cooleemrse. This picture wa» taken eight-inch bobbin. With the new frames we will be
wben tbe frames were being installed. They carry able to get a larger sise package or bobbin of roving.
THE ERWIN CHATTER
Vol. IX, No. 3
Resigns as Director of
Research & Development;
Had 32 Years Service
Edwin M. Holt, Director of Re
search and Development, has re
signed his position with Erwin
Mills effective March 31. He is
leaving to join Cone Mills as As
sistant to Clarence Cone, Vice-
President of that company.
Mr. Holt has been with Erwin
Mills since 1921 when he was em
ployed at our plants in Erwin,
N. C. In 1926 he moved to Dur
ham as Superintendent of No. 1
Mill and later Superintendent of
No. 4. He was Assistant Manager
of the Durham plants for two
years and then became Manager of
the Cooleemee plants in 1934. From
January 1947 until his recent ap
pointment as Director of Research
and Development, Mr. Holt was
General Manager of all Erwin
Mills.
NEW ROVING FRAMES IN COOLEEMEE
MARCH, 1953
Cotton Offices to M
All Cotton To Be Bought,
Paid For From Durham;
Erwin Wagon Market Ends
The cotton buying offices for Er
win Mills in Cooleemee and Erwin
will be consolidated with the office
at Durham after April 4. In an
nouncing this change, President
Ruffin said that the consolidation
is in accordance with best modern
business practice.
Erwin Mills uses over 150,000
bales of cotton a year. Before any
of this cotton is bought or shipped
to us, the men in our cotton office
must approve it. They examine
samples from each bale for color,
staple, length, strength and other
characteristics. "An operation of
this size must, of course, be cen
tralized," said Mr. Ruffin in an
nouncing the merger of all our
cotton buying offices.
As part of this general consoli
dation of the cotton buying at the
main offices in Durham, the farm
er's market or wagon market at
the Erwin plant will also be dis
continued at the end of this season.
"When we established that market
fifty years ago," said Mr. Ruffin,
"it was needed to serve our many
farm friends in the community. As
the years have gone by, excellent
cotton markets have developed in
Dunn and other nearby centers.
Now that this service to the area is
110 longer needed, we have decided
to discontinue the market."
Recreation Men
Leave Auditorium
C. G. "Cocky" Bennett and Ray
mond Barnes have severed their
connections with the recreation pro
gram at Erwin Auditorium, Dur
ham, as of March 21. Activities
at the Auditorium will continue as
before and the building will remain
open on the regular schedule.
Mr. Bennett, who has been in
charge of Auditorium activities
since 1937, has accepted a position
with the Company as Supervisor
of Cotton Accounting. His duties
will be in connection with the con
solidated cotton office at Durham.
Raymond Barnes, Mr. Bennett's
assistant at Erwin Auditorium, will
be associated with a sporting goods
company in Durham.
MAID OF COTTON IN ERWIN DENIM
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Alice Corr, the 1953 Maid of Cotton, SCOTCS a hit in a two-piece playsuit
of Erwin Sanforised denim designed by Koret of California. A cotton
knit jacket tops the outfit.
BROTHER OF THE BRUSH
Jack Hamilton who is in charge of Waste Control far oar Durham plants,
is dressed in typical fashion for the Centennial celebration neat month.
Visitors to our plants most vondsr what is going en when they sat m
many of our employaea sporting hoards, string ties, datfeies and eaaqy.
Jack wears ths official Brothers of the Brush lapel button.
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