Show CONTRACT CHANGES CAUSE TEMPORARY LAYOFF AT PLANT MUCH lUCH WORK VORK BEING DONE IN REMODELING PLANT BUILDINGS A contract change at Carlisle Manufacturing C Com Company o m p pan a n y has caus caused d some temporary offs lay-offs this past week but Mr Carlisle Carlisle Carlisle Car Car- lisle states that the plant wants to keep all employees and will assign them to new departments as soon as ns the change is completed completed completed com com- and the new contract well under way The contract now being worked on calls for fora a change from Twill to Poplin shirts and the shirts will be slightly different in make The contract now beginning at the plant will run to about May l and calls for the manufacture manufacture manufacture manu manu- facture of poplin shirts One of the changes in the new shirts is that of packing for shipment The old contract called for Twill shirts which were packed in bales This new operation calls for packing the Poplin shirts in bags then in boxes 10 to a box and then ten of the small boxes in a larger box This bulky storage of the new shirts will necessitate necessitate necessitate tate additional storage facilities and steps are being taken to provide just that Mr 1 Carlisle says The additional storage space will be pe e gained in the area now occupied by the lunch tables To make this change Mr 1 Carlisle is having the old Fox Foxhome Foxhome Foxhome home east of the plant re rem remodeled re- re m mod modeled o d e l 1 e d into a hospitable lounge lunch lounge lunch area for plant workers The home is getting a complete working over for this new use The main floor of the home is getting new floors decorations decorations decorations decora decora- etc elc with a kitchenette to be included in the re ing In the basement of the home walls are being knocked out and cut through to give large comfortable quarters for forthe forthe forthe the workers in their lunch periods periods periods per per- and breaks Rest rooms will be included in the re remodeling remodeling remodeling re- re modeling of the basement Upstairs again there will be bea a large porch constructed on the South of the home giving a abright abright abright bright pleasant spot to spend a break from plant work Heat I for the home will come from the main heating system and an nn en entrance entrance en- en trance will be constructed directly from the warehouse to the home This will necessitate the cutting of two new doors A new lo loading ding ramp is contemplated contemplated contemplated con con- for the Carlisle warehouse warehouse ware ware- house and when this is constructed constructed constructed con con- windows will be cut cutto cutto cutto to give greater light to warehouse warehouse warehouse ware ware- house operations according to Mr Carlisle The new plant entrance and m offices have been getting attention attention attention atten atten- tion for the past few weeks with the east enst entrance now com com- The offices also on the east of the plant are separate from all nIl operations giving greater great great- er privacy and quiet The offices will be practically completed with the laying of floor covering covering covering cover cover- ing which may have been done by the time this issue reaches the readers In looking over the work now contracted the remodeling of plant facilities and the possibility ity of large contract for the future Mr l Carlisle states that they have made no permanent offs lay at the plant but that all employees will be needed back for the work now getting under way n |