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July 1987
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Fairchild’s Guitar Says
^Make Mine Country’
^ By day Eddie Fairchild
is a lift truck operator in
Riant 3. At other times he’s
perfectly at home with a
guitar in his hand and a song
in his heart.
Since he was 12 he’s been
playing and singing either
with his family’s band the
‘iCountry Cavaliers” or
ijltfake Mine Country” which
he has done for the past
^ree years.
“My father gave me a
ifuitar for Christmas,” said
Eddie. “I learned to play
listening to my stereo. I
learned to play chords but
never learned to read music.
I play by ear.
‘ In the 16 years since, Fair-
child said he has “gone
through 15 guitars” but now
Rodney
Brown
Jody
Brown
f
cademic Honor
Rodney and Jody Brown
have received the Presiden
tial Academic Fitness
Award for Outstanding Aca
demic Achievement.
Rodney is a rising junior at
Pligh Point Central High
School where he made all
s and B’s including work in
'veral“honors”courses.
Jody has completed the
eighth grade at Griffin
fWiddle School in High Point
|with a 4.0 grade point aver
age.
Their parents are Randy
and Judy Stone who work at
Plant 1.
has one accoustical and two
electric guitars.
In addition to guitar Fair-
child learned to play piano
by ear. He now plays key
board too with “Make Mine
Country.”
During his high school
days at East Forsyth High
School Fairchild was a
member of the school chorus
for two years.
Fairchild said he enjoys
playing guitar and entertain
ing and recalls the first date
his family’s band together. It
was in 1971 to raise money
for the Piney Grove Fire De
partment. Since then he has
enjoyed making music for
groups of all sizes.
“Playing gave me extra
spending money when I was
growing up,” he said. “But I
just enjoyed playing.”
The family band played its
last date in 1982 and Fair-
child played with several
other bands until 1985 when
he became part of the new
group, “Make Mine
Country,” which plays coun
try & western and country
rock music.
A-M Earns
Safety
Awards
Several Adams-Millis
plants were cited recently by
the N.C. Department of
Labor for their outstanding
safety records.
Safety awards were pre
sented in seperate cer
emonies in High Point on
May 12 and Winston-Salem
on May 18.
Av/ard recipients in High
Point included;
Plant 7, High Point, first
year.
Corporate Office, High
Point, second year.
Plant 66, Shipping, High
Point, third year.
Plant 70, Machine Shop,
High Point, fifth year.
Recipients in Winston-
Salem included Plants 3 and
10, Kernersville; Plant 33,
Mount Airy.
The band in it’s short his
tory has won some coveted
awards including the “band
of the Year” Award in 1986
presented by the North Car
olina Music Awards As
sociation. It was the first
year the band was entered in
the competition of the organ
ization which has more than
4,000 members.
During the summer every
other weekend, “Make Mine
Country” will be playing at
campgrounds, VFW halls,
American Legion posts, and
other sites.
Those dates plus one night
each week for practice keep
Fairchild busy. However,
he still finds time for his
family. He his married to the
former Lisa Caudle and they
have a three-year-old son,
David.
From left, Deputy Labor Commissioner Charles Jeffress, Gary May, Evelyn Cox,
Geneva Montgomery, Mary Bostic, Claude Eddinger, Roy Edwards, Greg Trollinger,
Jim Morgan, Jackie Barnard.
From left, Kim Landreth, Larry Hopkins, Dianne Bull,
Labor Commissioner John Brooks.
From left. Bob Hoots, David Atkins, Kim Landreth, Larry Hopkins, Dianne Bull, Ann
Millikan, Doug Streetman, John Brooks, Larry Strader.