Waterworks Operation
Is Familiar Ground
For H. E. Williams
Promotion of Safety Director H. E.
Williams to head the Central Filter plant
in addition to his other responsibilities
places him on familiar ground. His
first position with the Company 22 years
ago was as filter operator at the Leaks-
ville mills. He has been in indirect
contract with waterworks operations
through the years and since his election
as .a town commissioner he has been
assigned responsibility for the city
waterworks as well as serving on the
public works committee.
He graduated from North Carolina
State College as a chemical engineer in
1932 and immediately joined Fieldcrest
Mills as filter plant operator at the
Leaksville mills. He later moved to the
Woolen mill as supervisor of prepara
tory processes. In 1936 he became safety
inspector in the Engineering Dept., sub
sequently assuming other engineering
duties in addition to painting, building
maintenance and related work.
Becomes Safety Director
In 1947, he was promoted to safety
director, reporting to Macon P. Miller,
director of industrial and public re
lations, with additional responsibility for
H. E. WILLIAMS
. . . Knows Filter Plants . . .
village work, floor scrubbers, window
washers and yard crews.
Mr. Williams has long been active in
various civic affairs. He has been a
member of Leaksville Fire Dept, for
over 20 years and served as secretary
for over 10 years. He has worked close
ly with the Spray Fire Dept, and with
the Draper Fire Dept, on cooperative
programs and is secretary of the Rock-
Legion Makes Citizenship
American Legion citizenship awards,
to a boy and a girl from each of the
sixth grades in Leaksville, Spray and
Draper were presented at the close of
school. Each student received a medal
and certificate signifying the award
based on honor, courage, scholarship
and leadership.
J. O. Thomas is chairman of the school
awards committee for James Hudnall
Post No. 119 of which J. Floyd Osborne
is commander. Leaksville-Spray awards
were presented at the various schools by
C. C. Campbell, Bennet Nooe, Henry
Rahn, Jr., Clayton White, James Fair
and Ben Dunton, members of James
Hudnall Post No. 119.
The awards to Draper students were
made by Atkins-Chambers Post No. 254
of the American Legion, commanded by
Julian Slaydon. Presentations were
made at the school by B. F. Wade, Jr. a
member of the Draper Legion Post.
Rules for the competition were pub
licized at the beginning of the school
ingham County Fire Protection organi
zation.
Well-known in the safety field, he
is a past chairman of the textile section
of the National Safety Council and is
currently on the executive committee.
He is a member of the Safety Advisory
Board of the North Carolina Dept, of
Labor.
term and all sixth grade ®
an opportunity to compete- Se
the awards went to sons and da
of Fieldcrest employees. , jjt;
Awards winners top row, pi-
Burton Grove, Larry Benson, son
and Mrs. Milton Benson, and J.
W. Perguson; Draper, Claren^
more, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Haymore, and Norma Jane
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Middle row: Lakeside, Calvin f
son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Joyce Ann Young, daughter of pgplJP®
Mrs. J. D. Young; Leaksville, jgiii®® ^
Fair, daughter of Mr. and MrS’ jlt’ >
M. Fair, and Arthur Martin, son
and Mrs. A. W. Martin.
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Bottom Row, North Spray> q, >
Higgs, grandson of Mr. and
Warren, and Judy Stovall, dau§ gprs/'
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stovall; jirS’
Ronnie Meeks, son of Mr. a®
Thomas E. Meeks, and Donna j, J.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Smith. Mi
Recipients of the awards at ^r-
school were Ronald Brown, son
and Mrs. Joseph Brown, and jgjpeS
Smith, daughter of Mr. and g
Smith. Photographs of the Dougl ^
ners were requested but had n
received at presstime.
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