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Thursday, December 19, 1968
Bibb Looks To Tho Future
MACON, Ga., Dec. 12-Stock
holders attending the annual mee
ting of Bibb Manufacturing here
today were given an insight into
some of the steps being taken
by the Company to improve the
firm’s profit picture in the fut
ure.
David Johnston, Vice Presi
dent, Manufacturing, told the
group, meeting at Payne City
Auditorium, that overall increa
ses are being made in production
at several of Bibb’s manu
facturing units and that and de
tailed study of operations has re
sulted in a substantial reduction
of labor costs.
Explaining that the study is
being conducted by the super
intendents of each mill and then
coordinated through the manu
facturing department, Mr. John
ston said that in addition product
ion increases are being exper
ienced in Bibb’s Porterdale Div
ision, Forsyth Division, Col
umbus, and new Plant Camell
ia, near Macon, and in the firm’s
Newnan Division. Increases
ranging from 30,000 pounds of
textiles weekly in one of the
Porterdale units to 43,000 pounds
in one of the Columbus units
were revealed.
“We still have many problems
to overcome,” he added, “but we
plan to vigorously pursue the
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work that Is now underway in
the manufacturing department.”
Citing the Industrial Eng
ineering Department, recently
organized at Bibb, the manufact
uring official said that new op
erating methods, work assign
ments “on a basis that will fully
utilize the efforts of our working
force,” and training programs
which teach better working me
thods have added greatly to the
problem of reducing costs of
some of the manufacturing op
erations. He pointed out that in
less than a year’s time, an app
lication of Industrial Engineering
studies and recommendations has
resulted in “economics of
SIOO,OOO per year,” and added
that if the rate of savings can be
sustained, “the potential for im
provement is large indeed as
our labor payroll is about $35
million annually.”
In other action at the meeting
today, stockholders elected Hugh
McMaster Tarbutton, Vice Pre
sident and Director of the Sander
sville Railroad Company as a
director and re-elected other
directors. A native of Sanders
ville, Mr. Tarbutton is a graduate
of Emory University, President
and Director of Warehouse and
Realty Corp., Sandersville; Vice
President and Director of Tar
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Almon Club Presents Check To Hospital Auxiliary
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ALMON WOMAN’S CLUB presented a sso.oocheckto the Newton County Hospital Auxiliary for payment
of the hospital’s Heart-Lung Resuscitator shown above in operation. Pictured, are from left to right:
Mrs. Royeese Stowe, LPN, operating technician; Robert Mitcham, Hospital Administrator; Mrs. Jack Jen
nings, Hospital Auxiliary; and Mrs. Fred Lee, president of the Almon Woman’s Club.
ector of Chatham Savings Bank
and Central of Georgia Railway
Company, both of Savannah.
Also, appeaing on the program
were Bibb’s President Robert
Train who said that although the
Company had experienced a net
profit drop of approximately $2.5
million during fiscal 1968, net
sales of $129,595,000 set another
record, and that modernization
and new facilities are placing
Bibb in a better competitive po
sition for the future. Mr. Train
presided at the meeting.
Harry McFarling, Vice Presi
dent, Controller, also spoke, re
viewing some of the difficulties
faced during the past year which
brought about the reduced ear
nings. Mr. McFarling said that
unusual conditions in the econo
my, higher prices for raw mat
erials, brought about by a short
cotton crop, and start-up costs
at Plant Camellia were largely
responsible. He added that the
addition of the Industrial Eng
ineering Department, which has
a staff of 25, and increases in
the staff of Research and Dev
elopment and Data Processing
Department increased the fi
rm’s payroll approximately
$750,000 during the year.
These facilities are costly to
acquire, he commented, but we
feel the acquisitions “to be ess
ential in a world where changing
raw materials and the products
made from them are becoming
more and more complex,” he
concluded.
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Cost Os Accidents
$2,660,000 Locally
Residents of Newton County
lead safer lives, it appears, than
do people in most areas. Acc
ording to a recent government
survey, they are less liable to
meet with an accident-automo
bile or other kind-in any one
year.
The general accident record
locally is viewed alongside that
of other communities. It is
based upon data compiled by the
U. S. Public Health Service, in
connection with its annual vital
statistics survey, and by the
National Safety Council.
The findings are of special
interest at this time because of
the mounting concern over the
high accident rate in the United
States. The figures show that
nearly 11 million people suffered
injuries during the past year that
disabled thejn for more than one
day. Some 39 million others
sustained minor injuries.
According to the survey, there
were 14 fatal accidents among
Newton County residents during
the year ending January 1, 1967,
with motor vehicles responsible
for 5 of them.
And, for each fatal one, there
were nearly 100 others that did
not result in death.
Taken into account were aU
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types of accidents in which local
people were Involved, wherever
they occurred. Not included,
however, were local accidents
affecting non-residents.
Related to the local populat
ion, the toll in the area was at
the rate of 60 fatalities per
100,000.
This compares favorable with
the rate reported for the South
Atlantic States as a whole, 62
per 100,000.
It was also better than the
State of Georgia rate of 67 per
100,000.
The findings are that accidents
took the lives of more than
112,000 people in the United
States during the year. Motor
vehicles accounted for 47 percent
of them. In second place were
falls, chiefly in the home, 18
percent, and in third place, fires,
7 percent.
The National Safety Council es
timates the cost of accidents at
$21.3 billion in the year. This
includes loss of wages, medical
expenses, property damage and
the like.
Newton County’s share of this
cost, on a proportional basis,
assuming that the average cost
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"Night Os Miracles”
Sunday At Calvary
Baptist Church
Night of Miracles will be pre
sented at Calvary Baptist Church
Sunday evening December 22nd
at 7:30 P. M. This Christmas
Cantata will be presented by the
Calvary Choir directed by Ronald
Cavltt, Minister of Music at Cal
vary. Miss Belva Booker willbe
the pianist.
Plan now to attend this service
and re-discover the true meaning
of the Christmas season.
Rev. Claud Healan, Jr., says,
“This cantata will be one of the
highlights of the Christmas sea
son in our community. It is our
hope that every seat will be taken
and that all who attend will be
richly blessed.”
Nativity Scene
At Almon On
Sunday-Monday
A living Nativity scene will be
presented outdoors at Shiloh Me
thodist Church in Almon on Sun
day and Monday nights at 7:30.
This will be a 45-minute dra
matic program presented by the
Methodist Youth Fellowship and
may be viewed from an automo
bile. Tbe public is invited to at
tend.
per accident applies locally,
comes to approximately
$2,660,000.
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JI p our Christmas wishes for
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