Fieldcrest Men Take
Prominent Parts In
Blue Ridge Meeting
Several men from Fieldcrest Mills
attended the 31st annual Southern In
dustrial Relations Conference at Blue
Ridge July 19-22. Macon P. Miller,
director of industrial and public rela
tions, was appointed to the board of
directors for a three-year term, replac
ing Luther H. Hodges. Dr. William Mc-
Gehee of the Department of Personnel
Research was one of the speakers on
the conference program.
Others attending from Fieldcrest
were J. W. Norman, personnel director;
William Joyce, Bedspread; Morris Tur
ner, Karastan; Leonard Fain, Blanket;
Ralph Pigue, Sheeting Mill; and Charles
Lowery, Towel.
Wins Promotion
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Benjamin F. Dunton, a member of
the Purchasing Dept, staff since March,
1949, was promoted to assistant purch
asing agent effective July 1. He form
erly was with the Engineering Dept, as
a fire and safety inspector.
A native of New York State, he studied
electrical engineering at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., and
worked for one year with General Elec
tric Company at Pittsfield, Mass., prior
to serving in World War II. He joined
Fieldcrest Mills in April, 1946.
“Miss North Carolina” Is Visitor At Mills
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Miss Carolyn Edwards, of Leaksville-
Spray, “Miss North Carolina of 1950,”
is shown during her visit to the Hosiery
Mill in Fieldale, Va., Friday, July 14.
At left is E. S. Jamison, of the James
Jamison Co., through whom Fieldcrest
La France hosiery are sold; and at right
is E. H. Goode, manager of the Hosiery
Mill.
Miss Edwards will carry a number
of Fieldcrest products with her when
she goes to Atlantic City September
4-10 to participate in the Miss America
Beauty pageant. Fieldcrest Mills is pre
senting her with several gifts including
nylon hosiery and towels made in Fiel
dale and evening gowns of rayon
brocade woven at the Rayon Mill in
Spray. (See page 3 for more pictures
of the beauty winner during her visit
to the mills.)
Four Mills Honored
For Safety Records
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Secretary of Labor Tobin
Writes Letter of Congratulation
Excellent safety records of four Field
crest plants for 1949 have been recog
nized by U. S. Secretary of Labor
Maurice J. Tobin, who has written a
letter of congratulations to employees.
The mills honored were Bleachery,
Central Warehouse, Finishing Mill, and
Karastan Rug Mill.
The certificates of safety achieve
ment are joint awards by the Federal
and State Departments of Labor. They
were presented to the respective mill
managers by E. W. Medbery, produc
tion manager, at the meeting of the
Central Safety Committee July 19.
The Bleachery and Central Ware
house received their awards for operat
ing for the entire year of 1949 without
a lost-time accident.
The award given the Karastan Mill
was on the basis of the accident fre
quency being reduced 62.5% and com
pleting 1949 with the frequency rating
of 1.96 (the frequency rating is the
number of injuries per million man
hours worked). So far in 1950, the
Karastan has accumulated 504,289 man
hours without a disabling injury. Kar
astan has an outstanding safety record
and its frequency rating is considered
one of the best in the nation for a rug
mill.
The Finishing Mill award was given
on the basis of the mill’s having reduc
ed the frequency 71% and for complet
ing 1949 with a frequency of 1.33. A
total of 553,329 man-hours were work
ed. The 362 employees of the Finishing
Mill may well be proud of the record
they have established.
The entire Fieldcrest Mills organiza
tion extends congratulations to the peo
ple of these four plants for these out
standing achievements in safe work.