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Jy bY Soe was changed to Anvil Knitwear, 42 Ee or ITY ETA ST A C ETE EP AREY TAA Ra a ' JOHN MOSS - Pag 8C THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, October 18, 1990 Moss Is 'Educated' At Anvil Knitwear John Moss, Midpines Community resident, will mark his 25th year with Anvil Knitwear next year. First Shift Production Planning Supervisor for three years, Moss went to work in the Shipping Department loading trucks at the age of 17 when he was a high school student. So that he could finish high school school and con- tinue to work, Moss switched to the Finishing Department and worked the second shift. He re- called that he did his homework at night after returning home from work at 10 o'clock. Over the years, Moss has worked numerous jobs at Anvil. He worked as a utility man on the NORRIS From Page 1-C house until February 1972, when it was destroyed by fire. Distribution relocated in the shipping area of the plant. In 1965, an addition was made to the finishing area and a new cot- ton warehouse was built. In 1966- . 67 a new administrative office was built at the location. . In June 1972, Craftspun Yarns : was changed to BVD Kintwear, Textile Division, In 1977, the name : Ernest Rome, who was formerly : manager of dyeing and finishing i department, was promoted to plant ¢: manager and has been with the i company 28 years. - Mitch enjoys working on small i motors, gardening and flowers dur- : ing his spare time. Maude enjoys * volunteer work and both are active . in Kings Mountain Church of God. ¢ They reside on Monroe Avenue. {A knitting, finishing, cutting op- ‘eration, Anvil employs 320 people ; on three shifts. 2 rs Anvil's automated computerized i cutters are just a few of the major : changes that have been made in the iplant. Color computers are used in ‘the lab, in addition to other ‘changes that have revolutionized ‘the industry over the last quarter ‘century, Maude says. . The Norrises have two sons, Jim ‘Norris, who works at Commercial ‘Intertech, and Bryan Norris, who ‘works at Hayward Pool Products. . The grandchildren are Shana Norris, Chris Norris, a Gastonia Junior High student, Brooks Norris, a third grader at East School in Kings Mountain; and a step-grandson, Lance Wallace, a student at KM Middle School. BOLINS From Page 1-C lowed in his parents’ footsteps, has racked up 19 years of employment and works in the Dye House. Larry's mother, Alma Peterson Bolin, has 35 years service with Minette and Grover Industries and J. D. Bolin's work experience at the two plants tops 55 years. J. D. Bolin started working at the Minette Mill cutting bed- spreads. Larry Bolin has worked at Grover Industries since 1984. Alma Bolin came back to Grover Industries after an absence of a few years in April 1988. : The Bolins are parents of three children, Larry Bolin, Linda Bolin and Johnny Bolin. They are all ac- tive in First Baptist Church of Grover. : Grover Industries, a yarn manu- facturer, employs 300 people on three shifts. first shift and then transferred to Production Planning office as in- ventory clerk, transferred back to Shipping as foreman and from that job went to Griege Storage as su- pervisor and back to Shipping as manager. "It's been an education," said Moss, who is a 1968 graduate of Kings Mountain High School. Married to Nancy Gregory Moss, he is the father of three daughters, Jane Suggs, Tammy Rhinehardt and Ginger Moss. The family's pride and joy are the two gra - ‘children, John Sims and Tyler Sug, s. Th nily is active in Midview Bapt: _hurch. » WALK AMERICA-Clevemont Mills was a leader in the recent THE TEXTILE COMPLEX IS A MAJOR PRODUCER Billion Dollars +5 TEXTILE COMPLEX: Textiles $20.0 60 Apparel $22.5 Fibers $7.5 50 - 40 - XD O) 4 RRRARRK 20 SR Sx 20 - 10 - 0 | [ | [ : I AEROSPACE TEXTILE PAPER PRIMARY PETROLEUM INDUSTRY COMPLEX INDUSTRY INDUSTRY METALS Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987 G.N.P. *The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina has reported the loss of 4,177 textile and apparel jobs in the state in the first 7 months of 1990. The indus- try attributes most of these job losses to import competition. During the 10-year period of 1980- 1989, 39,677 textile and apparel Jobs have been lost in the state, pri- marily because of import competi- ton. Walk America for the March of Dimes in Kings Mountain. Two of the employees, above, wear the Walk America shirts which were part of the promotion. Others employees, in the background, walk from: the plant on York Road. Teresa Dowda is at left and Jerri Kale is at right. Tammy Heffner. SOME OF CLEVEMONT'S GRADUATES-Pictured are some of the Clevemont employees who graduated from the plant's Adult Basic Education classes held after-working hours at the plant and conducted by Cleveland Community College. From left to right are Bert Ellison, Mary Curry, Donna Dillingham, Ruby Gaffney and REFINING To Serve The Textile Industry Of This Area... T&W Texriles Machinery Clover, S.C. Buford Spicer J tee INDUSTRIES, INC. PO BOX 1509 « SHELBY, NC « 482-3826 Spinners of Luality Yarns For Tufted Carpet, Uphioloteny & Apparel Wir Ll 2 Sg, or NWS A ‘ my 70 Cl camm— o Z\ ~ NUS i] HENRY FIBERS, INC. PO Box 1675 Gastonia, NC 28053 Phone: 864-4323 Fax: 866-0841 TEXTILE BY-PRODUCTS We Are Proud To Be A Part The Carolina's Textile Heritage 1 EC |
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