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MILL WHISTLE Spray, N. C., Monday, March 2, 1953 Number 15 Sheeting Mill Group Has Perfect Attendance I ON THE JOB- I M.wm I -1952.? XI Cross Drive Open March 9 Th Qi^ ® annual Red Cross fund campaign con?^ the Tri-Cities March 9 and Le through March. Goal for the ^7 6, Draper chapter is 'Vort needed to carry on the the chapter for the fiscal year ®nning July 1953. rai the Red Cross will seek to thg^® $93 million, the largest goal since ere years. This represents an in ly million over last year, large- blo ®^Pand the Red Cross defense gj collections for the production of globulin to prevent paralysis Ijg poliomyelitis. Funds also have fear to provide a Red Cross rec- ion program for able-bodied service- abroad. call total amount to be raised lo- Cif^’ ^^>220 will remain in the Tri- and $3,394 is to be forwarded to ® *iational headquarters to meet the ^ eds in disaster work, services for the Jiied forces and the blood collection program for our defense effort and the CQ^^'iction of gamma globulin used in 'Jtrolling the effects of poliomyelitis, ^^acon P. Miller is general chairman g the campaign with Mrs. G. P. Dillard ^i^aper chairman. A kickoff break- ; ^t for gii workers in the campaign Planned for'March 9. n * y^'ganization Changes At Chicago Stores ^^Harold J. Nutting, general manager th Chicago stores, has announced pj. , Garrett L. Bergen, divisional vice ®sident, will assist him on overall or- ^^^ation, policy and operating ques- relating to management and super- development, yce President Nutting also announced Lloyd H. Richmond, former mana- of employee relations, has been j^acie personnel manager to take over Bergen’s previous duties. Bergen joined the company in j ® as director of personnel relations the manufacturing division (now ^^Idcrest Mills). He was appointed ill manager of the Chicago stores jj ^940 and was elected a divisional vice ^ident in 1946. Richmond, who is known at the The men and women of the Sheeting Weave Room and the Cloth Room shown above had perfect attendance at work for the entire year of 1952. This group is in addition to the Carding and Spinning employees pictured in a recent MILL WHISTLE. Left to right, front row, Ruby Overby, Laura Hensley, Elizabeth Webster, Nan nie Hale; second row, R. T. Moore, Tom Many Employees Use Income Tax Service Large numbers of Fieldcrest employ ees are making use of the free tax serv ice provided by the company. Trained persons are available at the Personnel Offices in Spray, Leaksville, Draper, and Fieldale to assist employees in prepar ing their income tax returns. Most of those who requested assist ance have already had their returns pre pared for them. Employees who desire assistance should notify their foremen who will arrange appointments for them. mills through his visits here on labor relations matters, joined the company in 1944 as an assistant to the personnel manager and in 1947 was appointed manager of employee relations. Wilson, O. E. Kestner, Clyde Amos, Garland Newnam, Harold Gerringer; back row, W. H. Kirks, Thomas Shel ton, E. R. Walker, John B. Brown, J. W. Hudnall, Mason Murphy, Buddie Bran don. Others with perfect attendance but not in photograph were R. H. Hundley, W. C. Hankins, Leonard Pulliam, Clar ence Ethridge and Martin Land. S. R. Fifield Will Join Company April 1 In a move made necessary by funda mental changes in the Company’s raw material purchasing policy, our raw ma terials purchasing department is being reorganized with the changes due to take place by April 1. Harold W. Whitcomb, assistant gen eral manager, said the purpose is to “strengthen our raw materials purchas ing department, which J. S. Ragsdale has handled alone, without assistance or a possible replacement, for many years.” Within the next few weeks, Stiles R. Fifield, of Memphis, Tennessee, will as sume his duties as director of raw ma terials purchasing and will be respon sible for the purchasing of spot cotton (Continued on Page Five)
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