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MILrl. WHISTLE
Monday, April 5, 1954
Number 18
N V*‘C.A. Membership
*'ive Under Way
Si
ijr ^^Itaneous but separate campaigns
Dfj^°nsolidated Central Y.M.C.A. and
*j[j Y.M.C.A. began April 1 and
;oj| 'Continue through April 24. The
\ Central is 1,500 members and
fj^J'sper goal is 1,000 members.
campaign in Leaksville-Spray is
itu'^'^^^ded by clubs and other groups
tij^ ® X'^-C.A. Wendell Newlin, chair-
the membership
the over-all effort.
committee,
At dT'
draper the various “Y” organiza-
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In Fieldale Show
hidden by sun-glasses,
1 ^ Draper strolls on beach in
I Were A Lady”, given
'*ale for behefit of the school
on page six and more
page seven.
Changes Made
In Sales Dept.
The following organization changes in
our Sales Dept, have been announced
by G. Lawson Ivie, general sales man
ager:
Hugh Brown, formerly sales manager
of the terry products division of Moores-
ville Mills, was appointed manager of
our Towel Department, effective April
], 1954. Mr. Brown has been associ
ated with Mooresville and its former
sales agent. Southeastern Cottons, in
various sales capacities since 1937. He
will report to H. W- Grunau, merchan
dise manager.
Thomas H. Ducey, manager of our
Towel Department since 1950, will be
transferred to a new position on the
domestics sales force reporting to Ar
thur S. Thompson, sales manager. He
will be responsible for the sales and
promotion of sheets and towels to all
Fieldcrest accounts in metropolitan
cities on the Eastern Seaboard from
New York to Washington, D. C. O. G.
Grubbs will have the responsibility for
blanket and bedspread sales to the
same accounts.
“For some time our sales in this area
have been unsatisfactory, and this
change in organization of our sales
force will permit more specialization
and concentration of our efforts. We are
confident that Mr. Ducey’s sales ex
perience in various capacities with our
company will enable him to make an
outstanding contribution to our sales
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$2,946 Contributed
In Red Cross Drive
Fieldcrest Mills employees and the
Company contributed $2,946.62 in the
1954 Red Cross fund campaign, J. G.
Commins, industrial chairman, has an
nounced. Collections in the entire in
dustrial division, comprised of Field
crest and other local textile mills,
amounted to $3,397.33, Mr. Commins re
ported.
W. T. Amos, Red Cross treasurer, an
nounced April 2 that all funds turned
in to date in the community-wide cam
paign totalled $5,601.51, which is less
than the local chapter’s quota of $6,424.
J. H. Lindsay, 51,
Dies At Home Here
After Brief Illness
The death of Joseph Hamlin Lindsay,
51, April 3 following a brief illness
brought a sense of shock and sadness to
personnel of Fieldcrest Mills and to
friends in the Tri-Cities and Fieldale
where he was held in high esteem. Mr.
Lindsay had completed 30 years of con
tinuous service April 1 during which
time he had served in various respon
sible positions in the Company.
He was born in Surry county and
graduated from Georgia Tech with a
B. S. degree in textiles. Joining the
Company as a trainee at the Towel Mill
in 1924 he won rapid promotions and
became superintendent of various mills
in the Fieldcrest group. For several
years beginning in 1937 he was general
superintendent of all of the Company’s
North Carolina plants and for 10 years
he was manager of six plants in Leaks-
ville. Spray and Draper.
He became an assistant on the gen
eral manager’s staff in 1950 and recent
ly had been engaged in special deve
lopment and research work, principally
for the Karastan Rug Mill. He was a
veteran of World War I and a member
of the Episcopal Church, Masonic Lodge,
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