Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Perspective (Con’t) first half of 1991 are ahead oflast year’s record level. In fact, our backlog for woven goods is as high as it has been since the middle of 1988. Despite the improved market demand, recessionary conditions have kept sales prices relatively depressed. Consequently, overall profit levels have not improved. However, we are encouraged both by the Company’s ability to avoid any significant curtailments during this na tional economic downturn and by recent indications that the reces sion may soon be ending. Finally, I am pleased to announce an upward adjustment of wages effective August 26, 1991. I wish to assure you that consistent with our basic philosophy and prac tice over many years, we will continue to provide full employment at the highest rates of pay which competition and business conditions permit. Also, I wish to take this opportunity to express my sincere apprecia tion for your continuing loyalty, cooperation and best efforts to im prove quality, productivity and safety and thereby meet our customers’ needs. Statistical Control Uses Power Of Math JOSH HAMILTON VICE PRESIDENT Operations ■ The most important com ponent of Clinton’s success is improving the quality of our products and service. Our Company is fully com mitted to achieving levels of quality and productivity that are unsurpassed in the textile industry worldwide. That’s why we created the Quality First Program. One of the key elements of Quality First is the use of statistical tools. Statistics is a form of mathematics that can help us increase quality and productivity by more effectively using data. Through statistics, we can better organize and interpret our data, and create tools for measuring quality. Statistical methods enable us to link quality and productivity so that we do not sacrifice one for the other. They also enable us to determine whether quality problems are the result of management, associates, or systems. Responsibility for quality and productivity rests with management, but we cannot meet our goals without help from dedicated associates. All must be part of the Quality First efforts. Statistical control helps all associates do their jobs better. It also helps workers to understand how their processes affect product quality throughout our plants. Statistical control will provide the tools needed by Quality First Teams to solve problems. And it provides the basis for continuous im provement by enabling us to see how results change over time and focus ing our attention on ways to do the job better. We have been doing a lot lately to improve quality and productivity through new technology. But technology is not the answer. Some plants are beginning to achieve higher quality and produc tivity as the result of using statistical techniques, but the real payoff is in the long term. Recent improvements in quality and productivity levels have been achieved using many proven techniques. Now we are working on the statistical tools that will enable us to make additional progress. Safety And Quality Are Challenges Facing EFA JOE GORGA PRESIDENT Elastic Fabrics Of America ■ I have been at EFA for just five months, but already I’ve witnessed a growing commit ment to safety and quality on the part of all associates. Safety and quality are two of the most important chal lenges facing EFA. They will play a significant role in the future growth and success of our Company. World class levels of quality and safety can only be achieved through the total involvement of all of our associates. This involvement applies to non-manufacturing areas such as customer service and marketing in addition to the traditional manufacturing areas. Through this in volvement, I look forward to the day that our Company will achieve a level of customer satisfaction unequaled by our competitors. Again, thank you for your warm welcome into the Company, and I am looking forward to many successful years of working together. SERVICE AWARDS RETIREES On March 7, 1991 Junior Kernells received his 40 year ser vice award. Kernells is a Weaving Assistant Departmental Superintendent. Jo A. Japan, center, accepts her 25 year award from Plant No. 2 Manager Mac George, as Cloth Room Superintendent Perry Parrish looks on. Harold Salesky, Senior Sales Representative for Clinton Mills Sales Company, has retired. Salesky joined the Clinton sales force in 1972 and played a pivotal role in the Company's growth. Allen Robertson, Plant No. 2 Spinning Superintendent, left, and Plant Manager Mac George, congratulate Nathaniel Cook, center, upon achieving 25 years of continuous service in March. John H. Carter, center, receives his 25 year award from Plant No. 2 Manager Mac George, left. Superintendent Ronnie Hallman congratulated Carter for his many contributions to the Weaving Department. ■1^ II i lit 1M Earline Ficklin. center, retired from Plant No. 2 Cloth Room after nearly 30 years service. Eai me is shown receiving a retirement gift and a floral arrangement from Cleo Owens, left, and Betty Rollins, right. Robert Allen, Superintendent of Plant No. 2 Spinning, Geneva, retired from the Company in June. Allen joined the Geneva plant in 1979. Credit Association Manager Harvey Dickert, right, com pleted 25 years of service in March. Personnel Director James Buchanan presented Dickert with a service award on behalf of the Clinton Credit Association. Theodore Rice, center, received his 25 year service award in April from Plant No. I Manager Gregg Link and Superintendent Henry Blalock. i / A —A-— L / Katherine Heaton, seated, ended a 44 year career with the Company, retiring in March. Vice President Ted Davenport is shown expressing his apprecia ion for the many years of loyal service Katherine gave to the Company. John Smith, Plant No. 1 & 2 Security, retired in May, after almost ten years of service. Constance Wilson, receives appreciation from Perry Parrish, Plant No. 2 Cloth Room Superintendent, left, and Plant Manager Mac George, for her 25 years service to the Company. Walter Heaton, Spinning Assistant Departmental Superin tendent, received a 40 year award from Plant Manager Mac George and Spinning Departmental Superintendent Allen Robertson. Harry Lanford retired in March from the Bailey Plant Weav ing Department. Lanford, who jofied the Company in 1955, was an Assistant Departmental Superintendent and on the third shift. William V. Samples, a Plant No. 2 Spinning Technician, end ed a 40 year career with the Company, retiring in April. Mary Patterson, Spinner in Lydia Spinning, is presented with a 25 year award by Lydia Plant Manager Joe Nelson, left and Spinning Superintendent Joe Wilkie, right. Johnny Carter, center, has completed 25 years of service. Plant No. 2 Manager Mac George, left, and Weaving Super intendent Ronnie Hallman presented Carter with his award. Thurmon Jones retired after 34 /ears with the Company. Thurmon is shown during a retirement recognition with those who worked with him at Lydia. L. P. Nesbitt, a Geneva Weaving Assistant Departmental Superintendent, retired in March. Nesbitt had been with the Company since 1977. EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS PF 5 YEARS . Darrell A. Holder (Bailey) Rosa L. Blakely (No. 1) Tammy T. Harris (No. 2) Anna L. Grant (Lydia) Jeffery S. Timlin (Bailey) Selena J. Salterwhite (No. 2) Furman L. Pyles (Lydia) Willard Hester (Lydia) Sylvia Kernells (Lydia) Michael W. Coffin (Bailey) Phillip G. Edge (Bailey) Marvin E. Forthman (Geneva) Gary D. Spears (Geneva) Franklin Brown (EFA) Willard E. McKinney (EFA) Grear Jeffries (EFA) Delores Powell (EFA) Vance Williamson (EFA) Arlene Grogan (EFA) David Chrisco (EFA) 10 YEARS Sammy L. Simpson (No. 1) Betty A. Evans (No. 2) Johnette B. Faulkner (No. 2) Beverly D. Alexander (Lydia) James B. Young (Lydia) Joyce P. Sprouse (Bailey) Mark E. Campbell (Bailey) Aaron Thompson (No. 1) Bryan E. Tumlin (No. 2) Dorothy L. Simpson (No. 2) Bennie Wilson (No. 2) Betty J. Patton (No. 2) Willie J. Grant, Jr. (Lydia) Sarah M. Briggs (Lydia) Brenda Harrelson (EFA) Janie Rouse (EFA) 15 YEARS & v ’V J! ygj&y. Roosevelt Fair (Lydia) Myrtle J. Tucker (Lydia) James E. Robinson (Lydia) Ruth T. Moore (Office) Betty J. Hill (No. 1) Barbara S. Scott (No. 1) Phillip Johnson (No. 2) Marshall T. Vaughan, Jr. (Maim.) James L. Price (Maim.) Joan E. Brewington (Lydia) Willie Pitts (Lydia) 20 YEARS Linda W. Davis (No. 1) James W. Long (No. 2) Margaret B. Seay (No. 2) 25 YEARS Harvey Dickert (Credit Association) Nathaniel Cook (No. 2) Jo A. Japart (No. 2) Constance D. Wilson (No. 2) Theodore R. Rice, Jr. (No. 1) Mary E. Patterson (Lydia) 30 YEARS Gerald D. Satterfield (Maim.) 35 YEARS Ida C. Tapp (No. 1) 40 YEARS Lj James C. Kernells, Jr. Ronald F. Pace Robert J. Dunaway (No. 2) (Lydia) (Lydia Maim.)