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MIL.L, WHISTLE
Monday, April 19, 1954
Number 19
In Sales Changes
H. DUCEY HUGH BROWN
get new responsibilities
A:
■‘f'cipais in recent organizational
'“"s in the Sales Department, de-
to
strengthen our sales program,
in metropolitan cities on
j^astern Seaboard, are shown above,
te'Ducey was appointed to a new
on the domestics sales force
he will be responsible for the sale
Promotion of towels and sheets to
Ij^'^ounts in metropolitan cities on
i^^stern Seaboard from New York
^1) ®shington, D. C. He reports to A. S.
^^Pson, domestics sales manager.
H member of the Sales Department
'k ^944, he previqusly was associated
H. White, Boston, Mandel
Chicago and the Boston Store,
®^kee. He has served Fieldcrest as
assistant manager of the
department, handling electric
in
■’^ent
manager of the bedspread de-
l^tment
and most recently as towel
- manager.
Brown, formerly merchandise
of the terry products division
''^resville Mills, was named man-
the Fieldcrest Towel Depart-
effective April 1. Mr. Brown had
tj associated with Mooresville and
sales agent. Southeastern
in various sales capacities since
He ■ ■
served in the Air Force during
War II and was a member of
Price stabilization committee for
'^"'el industry during the Korean
will report to H. W. Grunau,
"'‘andise manager of domestics.
(, blood needed
the Red Cross (Tel. 686) and
'V* appointment to give blood
Bloodmobile visits here April
V hundred donors are needed!
Dumaine Expresses Confidence
In Future Of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Talking to a group of Fieldcrest management personnel Friday,
April 9, during a visit to the mill properties, F. C. Dumaine, Jr., head
of the financial interests which purchased the mills from Marshall
Field & Company October 1, 1953, emphatically denied various ru
mors and gossip regarding future plans for the mills and expressed
confidence in tne future of the industry and Fieldcrest Mills speci
fically.
worst thing that can happen to a com
munity.”
Speaking informally to the group Mr.
Dumaine said that he and his associ
ates had been familiar with the Field
crest operation for a long time and
when Marshall Field & Company de
cided last year to sell the mills in
order to concentrate on their retail
operations, he was immediately inter
ested and closed the deal in a few
days’ time.
“We bought the properties at a fair
price—we control it 100 per cent. Your
past record is good. Your plants are in
(Continued on page five)
Mr. Dumaine stated: “I have no plans
for Fieldcrest Mills except to back Mr.
Whitcomb and the entire Fieldcrest or
ganization in the successful operation
of this business. I have had no dis
cussion with anyone in regard to split
ting the mills up, closing them down,
liquidating, or anything else. I’d like
to see these mills make money, for
your own good and for the good of the
community. There are a lot of things
that can be done in the textile industry
but the last thing I’m interested in is
liquidation. I’ve seen it happen too
many times and I’m convinced it is the
DUMAINE MSITS MILLS^F. C. Dumaine, Jr., head of the financial interests
that purchased Fieldcrest Mills from Marshall Field & Company, is shown second
from right following a meeting with management personnel at Meadow Greens
Country club April 9. Other officials, left to right, are Harold W. Whitcomb, presi
dent and a director of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.; A. B. Hunt, Boston, Mass., a director;
and E. W. Medbery, production manager.