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Two FIELDCREST MILL WHISTLE April 14, 1947 TEACHERS VISIT:—Shown above is a group of teachers from Draper Graded and Draper High School who visited Fieldcrest Mills recently, touring the Blanket and Sheeting Mills at Draper, the Finishing Mill and Bleachery at Spray, and the Karastan Mill at Leaksville. Left to right (front row) are: Miss Frances Kemp, Mrs. J. W. Arnall, Mrs. J. L. Edwards, W. A. Poovey, Howard Blake, and Mrs. A. D. Pratt; back row: Mrs. Mar jorie Campbell, Mrs. Purdie Hall, Mrs. Helen Poovey, Miss Beth Hildebrand, and Mrs. Nellie Jeffries. BLASTS from the Draper Office (By Evelyn Lewis) Guess you all were in the Easter Pa rade this year and had a wonderful time! With another Easter passed, I guess we will all settle down arid work for another speU or until about July 4th, when we have another holiday. Over the holidays, Lucy Walker deci ded to “take off” to the mountains. Yes, she visited her grandmother near North Wilkesboro. Understand Kathleen Barrow has again turned housekeeper. Sorry to learn that her mother has had the flu. We were greeted last week by a visit from Vera Belle Cherry, a former Time keeper in the Blanket Mill. Her husband, Clifford, is about to become a civilian again and so Vera is home for good. Glad to have you back and do pay us another visit real soon. James Marlowe, Foreman in the Wool Picking Department and “Fats” Strader, Clerk in the same department, from all reports are having a time for themselves out in California. Guess Hazel and Dan Squires will be moving in soon into their new home on Fieldcrest Road. Congratulations to you both and we will all be up to see you when you move. Floda Somers has finally gotten mov ed. Yes, she is now living on Early Ave- Old Hat Has Been Hanging In Ware house For 30 Years At the request of many persons who heard the radio story about the old hat at the Woolen Mill we are printing a picture of the hat j’ as it appears to day. The straw, basket-type hat ti has been . hang ing in the ware house for more than 30 years, and is kept there in memory of Ebb Pettris, col ored janitor and yard man, who was a familiar figure around the Woolen Mill. Pettris' wore the hat in the summer and left it hang ing in the warehouse in winter. When he died the hat was hanging in the warehouse and his friends there have taken care of it for over 30 years, keep ing it out. of the way of painters and putting in a new string whenever one was needed. •—G. H. nue in the house formerly occupied by Otis Marlowe. Floda says she is almost able to find her way around now. Pettris’ Hat Searcy And Maness Receive Promotions At Blanket Mill John P. Searcy has been promoted from section man to assistant foreman on the third shift in the Blanket Mill Cotton Carding Department and Alvin T. Maness has been promoted from head pattern man to assistant foreman on the second shift in the Blanket Weave Room, according to an announcement by D. A. Purcell, mill superintendent. JOHN SEARCY ALVIN MANESS Searcy is a native of Rutherford coun ty but has been at Draper for several years. He first joined the Company in 1932 in the Blanket Mill Cotton Card ing and has worked on virtually all the jobs in that department. He is married to the former Miss Lessie Jones of Dra per and they have two boys, Herman, 13, and Roy, 10 years old. Maness is a native of Draper and has been in the Blanket Weave Room lor 11 years. He entered the Army in Septem ber 1943 first serving as a radioman with the 1st Tactical Air Force. During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, he was shifted to the 2nd Armored (Hell on Wheels) Division and served as a ra dio machine gunner on a tank. Maness is married to the former Miss Ruby Hairfield, of Draper and they have a child, Annette, four months old. - ★ Bedspread News (By Ada Jones) Welcome to the first shift, Claudia Bingham and Neal Shively. ■ Mary Smith has been a patient at the Ldaks'ville Hospital. Berean Talbert, student at the Pea body Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, is spending a week with his mother, Mrs. Stella Talbert. Mr. and Mrs. John Coleman had John’s mother, Mrs. Rosa Coleman, as house guest last week. Mrs. Minnie Eastridge will enter the Baptist Hospital Tfiesday, April 15, for treatment. Ruby Hundley has been out for the past week with her aunt, Jennie Fund- erburke, who is a patient at Winston- Salem.
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