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Show Quality People . . . Bayly Work Force Biggest in Pleasant Grove City by Jack Hill There's a sign in front of the Bayly plant in west Plesasant Grove that reads, "Quality People Producing Quality Apparel." Now in its 15th year, Bayly has become P.G.'s biggest employer em-ployer with over 300 workers, and in 1978, the plant projects gross sales of 16 million dollars. What do these quality people produce to generate that sales volumn? Tennis shorts! Large and small, white and colored tennis ten-nis shorts! Seventeen different brands at the rate of 370 dozen a day. Nearly 10 pair per minute that for the past five years has totaled over one million garments gar-ments per year. BOSS In charge of this work force, the most efficient ef-ficient of Bayly s 15 plants across the LISA and two different foreign countries, is Stan Morris, plant manager. Born in California, raised in American Fork and now living "on the Lindon-Orem line", Stan says about Bayly, "I'm a grouchy guy but most everyone else here is happy." According to Morris Bayly located in P.G. "for the work force." Utahn's have a reputation as good dependable workers and "our being the BAYLY WORKERS Above Amanda Fraughton runs 12 unit monogramming machine. Upper right, Karen Mortord Chipman is one of many skilled sewing machine operators. Below, Marge Green, 15-year vet, bags tennis shorts. most efficient Bayly plant bears that out." The new shirt plant in Provo, opened in January, would have been built in P.G. but the work force here wasn't big enough says Morris. GOOD WORKERS Mr. Morris repeatedly praised the current Bayly work force for-ce calling them "good and willing workers. He added that "it is getting get-ting harder and harder to find dependable new employees." Because of the sewing skills possessed by many Utahn's and their ability to adapt rapidly in learning new skills, the PG plant was selected to manufacture manufac-ture tennis shorts. "Our workers are on the ball so we were selected as the style shop" says Morris. BEGINNINGS Mr. Charles Bayly started the company in Denver back in 1897. A close friend, J.C. Penny opened the first of a chain of stores in Kemmer, Wyoming in 1902 and the first pair of pants sold in that store were Bayly pants. Today, 15 Bayly plants with gross sales of over 130 million dollars rank 16th in total sales in the US clothing industry. It takes up to 50 operations to produce a pair of Bayly tennis shorts. Bayly consumes over 500,000 yards of fabric each year that is sewn together with over 140 million yards of thread! And if that doesn't stagger the immagination, more (Continued on Page 3) Bayly Plant Asset to Pleasant Grove (Continued from page 1) that 277,000 yards of zippers will be used this year alone! "For a sewing factory, fac-tory, the plant is clean" says Morris. Thats just one of the advantages of working at Bayly's. After three months the average employee earns $4.30 an hour with a few operators earning as much as $8.00 per hour. Company paid insurance in-surance covers worker and family and all legal hollidadys are paid, including the workers birthday! If that falls on the weekend, the employee ; still gets paid. Morris admits that "Bayly's is a hard place to work at for the first few months, but after that an operator is on her own and can make good money." BUYING HABITS With the exception of a different logo or emblem, em-blem, all 17 brands of shorts produced at Bayly's are basiclally the same. However, style conscious americans are willing to pay double to get that popular label or emblem. em-blem. Morris says, apologetically, that he "feels a little guilty about that, but we can't control the retail mark up or America's buying habits." FACTORY STORE Located in the plant is a factory outlet store that offers Bayly products at discount prices. About half the items are seconds but the other half are close outs and discontinued items. Jeans, slacks, shirts, tennis shorts and dress slacks for men, wormen and children can be purchased pur-chased at savings of 50 per cent or more. Morris says that "factory first generally become seconds after one wearing. That is, they get a speck of dirt or snagged thread and that is all that's wrong with a second. FUTURE According to Morris the future looks bright for Bayly's. There seems to be no end in sight to the current tennis boom and its accompanying ac-companying demand for tennis shorts. If your willing to work and are looking for a job, check with Stan at Bayly's where 'quality people really produce quality apparel. ap-parel. . . and lots of it. |