The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-16
VINO, PLANTS
Are STAGING
SAFETYDRIVE
Six Have Perfect Month
Of Operation; Council
Meets at Balfour

At the regular meeting of the
Western Carolina Safety Council
held at the Balfour Mills, Balfour,
Tuesday night, Chairman H. K.
Cory announced that six large m
dustrial units who are partlcl-
pants in the Western Carolina In
terplant Safety Contest establish
ed perfect records for the first
month of the contest, in the ag-
gregate working over lOo,Ooo
man hours without lost time &C
cident.
Champion Fibre Company of
Canton was announced as winner
of the contest for the first month,
having recorded the greatest num-
Der hours of exposure without
lost time. A beautiful trophy was
presented to Reuben R. Robert
son, Jr., one of the company's
representatives present at the
meeting. This trophy will be held
by the Champion Fibre Company
until announcement of the next
winner as the trophy is awarded
to the plant establishing the best
monthly record.
Other contestants establishing
perfect records for the month
were-Sayles Biltmore Bleacher-
les, Balfour Mills, Sylvia Paper
board Company, Southern Diaries
and Carolina Wood Turning Com
pany. These companies will be
awarded certificates of proper rec
ognition. The management and
employees of these plants were
congratulated by the chairman
for having attained so enviable a
record.
The principal speakers of the
evening were Frank Crane, Safe
ty Supervisor of the North Caro-
lima Industrial Commission, who
told of the rapid strides being
made throughout the state in &C,
cident prevention in industrial
plants. He stated that despite
Claims of the saturation point
having been reached in safety
work North Carolina industrial
plants had disproved these claims
and pointed out that fatalities
were. decreased to 70. last year
as compared with sc the previous
wear. Disabling accidents were de-
creased we'll over thousand. ne
extended the compliments OF the.
commission to the plants Of West
ern Carolina for their excellent
safety records as disclosed by the
contest. -.
Leon Vaudeville, representing
the Asheville Chamber of Com
merce spoke on the campaign Tor
highway safety inaugurated by
that body January 1st. 1t was
pointed out that the object of the
Campaign was to educate the pub
lie in the matter of safe driving
on the highways and to emphasize
many hazards overlooked by the
average driver. He urged the
Councils cooperation in the dis
tribution of safety propaganda
with particular record to motor
vehicles. Also the distribution OF
pledge cards and safety stickers.
At the conclusion of the address
it was voted that the chair ap-
point a committee to effect the
Councils cooperation with the
Asheville Chamber of Commerce
in its campaign to reduce high
way accidents.
P. M. Camak, commissioner on
the newly appointed South Caro-
lima Industrial Commission was
present at the meeting and ex-
tended greetings of that body to
the Council and in turn was well
coined by Mr.. Frank Care, rep
resentative of the N. c. Industrial
Commission. w. R. McCullum,
Safety Supervisor of the South
Carolina Commission was also
present as an observer. The COM
pensation act as recently passed
by the South arolina legislature is
patterned generally after the
North Carolina act.
o. Y. Brownlee addressed the
meeting further on the important
matter of highway safety and WV
idly described many hazards a
person must always have in mind
when he gets behind the wheel.
He emphasized the important
point that only through intelli-.
gently directed safety campaigns
could people expect to make prog
ress in accident prevention on the
highways. He cited the fact that