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Personalities
in Spotlig
Asst. Manager Named For
Cooleemee: M. R. Harden
To Leave Stonewall, Miss.
On November 2, Claude W. War
ren bega jis new duties as Assist
ant to J. James, Manager of
our Co ,ee plants. Mr. War
ren joinc-' "rwin Mills in May of
this year as Quality Control Super
visor of Weaving at all mills.
A veteran of twenty years ex
perience in the cotton textile in
dustry, Mr. Warren began his
career as a weaver. He worked his
way up as a Loom Fixer, Assistant
Overseer, and Overseer. For the
past nine years he has been with
Dan River Mills, starting as a
General Overseer, then Superintend
ent and later Assastant Manager of
• their Schoolfield Division.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren have two
(laughters, Shirley who is in college,
-and Nancy who is in the Eighth
Grade.
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Claude W. Warren
Changes in Mississippi
M. Ray Harden, first Erwin
manager of the 81 year old Stone
wall plant, has resigned effective
about the first of the year. Before
'going to Mississippi in 1948, Mr.
Harden was Superintendent of No.
4 Mill, Durham. He has twenty
two years service with Erwin Mills.
Mr. Harden expects to return to
Durham and will probably do some
consulting work for the Company.
Superintendent O'Neil Walker
has been appointed Manager of
Plant 8, and John King, Asst.
Superintendent, will become Super
intendent.
M. E, Hit' and D. L Gery
Heads Engineering
D. L. Gery has recently been
named Director of Plant Engineer
ing Department for all mills.
Previously, Mr. Gery was Chief
Engineer for all mills in addition to
his duties as coordinator of service
and maintenance for the Durham
mills.
M. E. Hitt has accepted a posi
tion in Durham as Superintendent
of Services and Maintenance De
partment for Mills 1, 4 and 6. Mr.
Hitt was formerly with The Abney
Mills in Greenwood, South Carolina.
THE ERWIN CHATTER
Vol. IX, No. 11
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"White Sail" Made Up In Vogue Pattern
Erwin Hits Market First With
w White Sail" Cotton-Nylon Denim
New Light-weight Denim
Easier to Sew in Pleats &
Tucks for Women's Wear
Our new fabric, "White Sail," is
the first true dressweight denim on
the market. The Department Store
Economist, magazine for retail
merchants, predicts that many re
sort and spring ready-to-wear fash
ions for 1954 will be made of
"White Sail."
Invisible Nylon
Woven at Cooleemee, "White
Sail" is a blend of cotton and nylon.
The nylon thread is invisible to the
naked eye since it is used as a core
in the filling yarn, completely en
ased in cotton. However, you don't
have to see the nylon in "White
Sail" to appreciate it. The feel of
the cloth is different. It is crisp
and light-weight; it has a beautiful
hang and drape.
Easy To Sew
The weight of "White Sail" is
about four yards to the pound, or
$9,737.28 Contributed
To United Fund
Durham employees responded
more generously to the 1953 United
Fund Appeal than ever before.
This year's campaign netted
$9,737.28 for charity, a 94.2% im
provement over last year.
The breakdown of contributions
by mills is as follows:
Mill No. 1 $1,978.38
Mill No. 4 3,328.50
Mill No. 6 802.95
B&S 1,739.85
Main Office 1,887.60
Total $9,737.28
The amount credited for each mill
includes cash paid and deductions
pledged.
John Wilson, Chairman of the
United Fund Drive for the City of.
Durham, has expressed his delight
and appreciation for the fine re
sponse from Company employees.
The Steering Committee and de
partmental solicitors deserve the
credit for doing an excellent job in
organizing and working for the
campaign.
NOVEMBER, 1953
the same weight as popular 80 z
80 percale. Because of this light
weight, dressmakers can now use
tucks and pleats in denim dresses.
(See illustration above.)
''White Sail" is Sanforized and
yarn dyed with vat colors. We are
now making it in blue, red, brown,
charcoal, pink, gold, green and
straw. It has the same sturdy qual
ities of all-cotton denim, and washes
and irons just like other cottons.
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Milton Anderson, Asst. Overseer in No. 4 Weave Boom, is giving his Loom
Fixing class a demonstration on proper alignment of a battery. Left to
right: T. G. Philips, Herman Craven, M. E. Keister, Fred Bryant, S. E.
Mclntyre, Eugene Ayers, W. E. Croxton, Instructor Anderson, and M. J.
Mitchell.
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Marvin Jackson, Asst. Overseer in No. 4 Weave Room,
is showing his Weaving class a report from the finishing
department on the amount of sheeting rejected as firsts
due to bad weaving. Front row, left to right: Kelly E.
25 Year Club
Scheduled For Members
Water Over the
Fail of Neuse
By Carl Greene
Water is flowing very slowly with
in the banks of the Neuse River
these days, but the people in the
community are busier than ever.
Upstream on the right bank, we
see that some of the houses are being
repaired. Down at the mill, there
is the sound of the old mill whistle
again—telling people it is time to
go to work. The old lunch room has
given way to smokers inside the
mill. Inside the mill, there is a
new and cleaner look. Even the
floors have taken on the new look.
The best looking thing is the pro
duction sheet which is clicking in
the nineties and above.
Scout Troop Organized
On the left bank of the Neuse
River, everything is more quiet since
school started. The playground is
used only in the afternoons, and
then not to the extent it was during
the summer. The community has
organized a Boy Scout Troop, some
thing it has needed for a long time.
Carl Greene and Carl Polston start
ed the ball rolling by raising the
money for the troop. Everyone in
the mill contributed and the manage
ment of the mill furnished a meet
ing place. The group is known as
Boy Scout Troop No. 312.
The church has been painted on
the outside and the old rocky road
leading up to the church is a smooth
highway now. Many new people
have moved in and are taking their
places in our community to help
make the Falls a better place in
which to live, work and play.
Phillips, Bill Matthews, James Elliott, Larry Chunbtrlaia
and Effie Eubanks. Second row: Joe Pennington, Ollie
Latta, Dura H. Keister, Elaine Lawnon, Ruth Hoffmaa
and Oscar Borland. Back row: Albert Hanline.
Circulation 6,000
34 To Receive Service
Pins; J. B. Johnson and
C. C. Campbell Honored
For 50 Years With Co.
A total of 701 employees will be
honored at the Twenty-five Year
Club banquets this year. James
Benton Johnson of Xo. 1 Weave
Room, and Clark C. Campbell of
Xo. 3 Spinning Room, will become
members of the Fifty Year Club.
They will receive specially engraved
gold watches at the yearly ban
quets.
Durham Banquet Program
Durham's Twenty-five Year Club
banquet will be held at Erwin Audi
torium on November 21 at 6:30 P.M.
Musical entertainment will be fur
nished by accordianist Walter Ehr
gott. H. F. Sewell, Jr. will be the
speaker for the evening. Mr. Se
well is an attorney from Carthage,
X. C., and is a popular public
speaker. There are 252 employees
in Durham who have twenty-five or
more consecutive years' service with
the Company.
Noon Program At Erwin
For the second year, the Erwin
5 Year Club Banquet will be held
uring daylight hours. This year,
he celebration will be at 12:30
P.M. on December 5 at the Erwin
High School gymnasium. The
speaker will be the Rev. Mr. Ed
mund Perry of Duke University
Divinity School. Seventeen new
members will receive service pins
at this banquet. Altogether, there
ire 276 Twenty-five Year Club mem
bers at Erwin.
Cooleemee Banquet At School
The Cooleemee banquet will be
held on December 12 in the Coolee
mee High School Cafeteria at 6:00
P.M. Speaker for the evening will
be H. F. Sewell, Jr., who will also
speak at the Durham banquet. Ten
new members will receive pins.
Total membership in the Cooleemee
Twenty-live Year Club is 173.
They 9 re Learning
**How" From the
Men Who Know
Instructors for all training class
es sponsored by the Company are
men well qualified in their field and
who are now working here.
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