Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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6 Q?; r ^L__ ? SSHfe, VI: ! ALL SIZE going into a warp is made by accurate formula. Johnny Ginn, Clinton Size Man. is shown here weighing some starch as he prepares the size mix. JIM MEADORS is always "quality conscious" in the Clinton Mill. Here he is shown adjusting the take-up motion of a icom. J. D. WORD. Second Hand, seconds to Alice Kuykendall and M Butler. Loom Fixer. "The Right 1 ility Makes i i ^^ jp PROPER CARE in the Slasher 1 which is a well-known fact to Elbe Slasher Tenders in the Clinton Mill warps is a great help in reducing warps. rm ^ B B Hj JB dK^ A. G. GALLOWAY knows that shuttle. Here he checks one before l^BT/ here is showing a small pile of issouri Wilkie, Weavers, and Louis Way Mean HE CLOTHMAKER It Right' ] HB ^oom pays off in the Weave Room. ;rt Lawson and Robert McGinnis, 1. They also know that leasing up doubles in the cloth from these ^ :WT7 mm cloth can be only as good as the placing it on a loom. Wr.cn t^an true .Safety understands. I!: II closely watch toiK ^eet and hands. i k ill .^05^ "Quality in the Weave Room is ?WOW!?mighty important to everyone." is Good [s Outstan ICX^ I^K' ? SLASHER FOREMAN J. H know the importance of teamwc constant teamwork is more than in all departments. Every Job In W Important Part By J. R. Reynolds Clinton Weaving Overseer Ask yourself these questions. If 1 had to sell the cloth I made at Clinton Mill, how would I make it? If my name was placed on each roll I made, would it be on the first quality list? Quality can always be attained by applying just a few simple rules as your guide, as long as you keep those simple rules always uppermost in your mind. First of all. it takes cooperation on the part of everyone involved in its making?from the time the yarn has been delivered to the Slasher Room on through the making of the cloth in the Weave Room and through its handling in the Cloth Room. Then, everyone must feel that no matter what his job is. how big or little it may seem, he must feel that it is most important to do it well. Let's g i v e ourselves a check-up on "how to make it right" and see just where we stand. The questions will prove beneficial to all of us. AS AN HOUR HAND?Do I conscientiously do my work in such a way that quality will result, le^ardless of my job sweeping. keeping filling picked off the floor, avoiding oil spots, keeping looms properly blown off. etc.? AS A SLASHER OPERATOR?Do I give the Weave Room warps that will make quality cloth? In making a warp, do I make a good startup? Do I lease my warps to avoid bad weaving? Do I 4 ..u _ W anil 111 \ M/.r ut>.-v. AS A BATTERY HAND? Do I watch inv filling closely to avoid putting dirtv filling io the battery that would make seconds instead of top quality? tomers MAY. 15. 1953 ding Motto MP fll^l . Kuykendall and Lanham Lawson >rk in making good warps. In fact, just a slogan at the Clinton plant eaving Plays For Quality m AS A TIE-IN MACHINE OPERATOR?Do I lease my warps so they can be tied properly? AS A DRAW-IN EMPLOYEE?Am I careful in making a pattern so that it will weave good cloth that will go into first quality? AS A WARP-HAND?Do I tie the warp on correctly and in such a way as to reduce waste and seconds? AS A WEAVER?Do I patrol my alleys to avoid defects that would class my cloth as seconds? Do I clip ends as thread or drawn-in? Are my hands clean always so as to avoid soiled threads? Do I report defects to my supervisor for decisions to be made? AS A LOOM-FIXER?Do I cooperate with my Weaver by keeping tools, broken parts and dirty hands off the cloth? Do I use preventive methods of maintenance and see that equipment is repaired before breakdown rather than waiting until a breakdown occurs? Am I cooperative with Fixers on other shifts? After checking these re.? : ?i i ?u~ I111IHHT.S HI lilt.* I 11 IJ J??i limn v>i quality, just remember . . . This Little Rhyme Wherever you're working?in Weave room or Shop. And however fur you may he from the top?And thouyh you may flunk you're just treudiny the mill. Don't ever belittle the toh that you fill: For, however little your job may appear. You're just as important as some little year. That meshes with others in some biy machine. That helps keep it yomy thouyh never is seen. And always remember if you vail. The job's mori' important ? (oh, yes) than the man! So if it's your hope to stay off the shelf. Think more of your job than you do of yourself. v...., j,.?. ,... / .11 #!#?..' t think if is not?So try hard to give if the best that you're got' > And don't think ever you're of little account?Remember, you're part of the total amount. If they didn't need you, you wot ildn't be there?So, always, keep your chin in the air. A Sweeper. Weaver, Fixer or Clerk?Think well or your Company. Yourself, and your Work.