Show I wv 1 t r t r ti jJ iu t s v 1 t of I l' l it t I i If r f f. f IV t. v r i 1 J JL k- k VERNAL SPORTSWEAR sewing center Is a beehive of activity with 65 women working In the room one building Each worker is paid a minimum wage plus a per piece incentive The industry provides Jes a good Income for skilled sewing machine operators operator's adding addingto to the economy of the area Vernal Sportswear To Increase Production 7 r wr I ItI tI ruL It 4 k y 1 r j br- br FOUR NEEDLE SMOCKING machine at Vernal Sportswear is being operated operated oper oper- by Wendy Page of Dinosaur Colo Looking over her shoulder is Elvira Valenzuela manager of the Vernal sewing and finishing industry Vernal's largest manufacturing plant Vernal Sportswear is in the pro process process' ess' ess of increasing I its production by adding 35 new employees in an effort to keep up with the increased sed demand THE WOMEN'S apparel sewing center located in the old music room building east of Vernal Junior High School is presently empl employing ying 65 to 75 women from Roosevelt on th the west to Rangely on the east ast as power p sewing machine operators finishers pressers and in in- The Vernal Sewing plant has set 1000 dozen articles a week as as' as its new goal Lust I doz n blouses were pr produced pro due cd by the thee sewing center THE CENTRAL headquarters of Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- Ver nal Sportswear is Dale Sportswear Gardina California At this this' plant all the cotton permanent press wash and wear denim corduroy and double knit material mostly girls and women's blouses are cut out The cut m material is then shipped to Vernal Sportswear where it is sewn together and finished labeled and p packaged ready for selling and then shipped air freight back to the California plant for retail distribution Elvira Valenzuela is the manager of Vernal Sportswear She stated that she can handle women in the present facility without further expansion The plant is equipped with 90 sewing macho mach ines Some of the women have been working working work work- ing on Saturdays because of the increased increased in in- creased orders received for summer apparel apparel ap ap- ap parel stated Mrs Valenzuela |