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SHttTS • TOWtlS • IJDSHtADS • llANKtTS • IIICIHC • IANK El S • H0511» Y • K AR AST4N B U8S • S Y NTHi TIC (AtRICS MILL WHISTLE Publislieil bj Fieldcfest Mills, Inc. • Plants touted In Spnj, Drapef ami leakswlle. M. C. and Fteldate. Va. Spray, N. C., Monday April 18, 1955 NUMBER 20 BENEFITS—New Group Insurance certificates and booklets on t ^i^ldcrest Millt Inc Pension Plan and the Annuity Plan have been distributed ^ T>i riAnsinn booklet from • ^ieldi ‘•'^merest Mills, Inc. Pension Plan ana me Aimuii.j' x —- j ^'^Ployees. Left, Coy Shockley, Electric Blanket, receives pension booklet from - Simpson, foreman. Right, Becky Kendrick, Bleachery, holds insurance certificate. ational Ads And Publicity Will ^.fomote Fieldcrest This Spring Morning Glory blanket ' lb ^ j pillow cases are shown in page 25, of the April 24 issue ,:^HE AMERICAN WEEKLY. A Of entitled “Bedtime Story” men- ciisg ^ iiame the Fieldcrest merchan- tejct . in a bedroom setting. The further attention to our pro- b, 'eds calls attention to Sanforized Weads nnH HrnnoriPS THE , and draperies. THE ho ^ WEEKLY goes into 9,800,- in the United States in areas ^ield loading newspapers, '^^'cst sheets, pillow cases and ^ 8rO nlc*/-\ 1 r» 4‘llH T^OCTA '«uKet! — ®(3itofi , shown in a full page *^°ature in the April issue of ^ith ’ a Conde Nast publication. J’oi]„_'^®®'lership made up largely of ^ith “-LJ u^J women and career girls, ^Oo,oqo ^as a circulation of about Mil car in its May 2 issue, *®hirigg ^ story on pink home furn- K ^astn layout will include Mojave rug, Fieldcrest’s « J'al towcl ill pink and charcoal, May Velvet ■ ^he The 28 or 29. - towel in pink, and the ^ ■^rden blanket in pink on pink, agazino will be on the news- y issue of HOUSE & GAHD- ^'“Ontinued on Pago Seven) Council To Hear Dr. W. J. Graham Dr. Willard J. Graham, professor of accounting in the University of North Carolina’s School of Business Admini stration, will be the speaker at a meet ing of the Carolina Cooperative Coun cil at Consolidated Central YMCA at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 21. Dr Graham is one of the nation s leaders in the development of advanc ed management programs for business men at the executive level. Prior to 1953 when he became director of the University of North Carolina’s first executive program, he directed a high ly successful program for 10 years at the University of Chicago. S R Fifield, director of raw ma terials purchasing at Fieldcrest, recently completed the UNC course arid two other Fieldcrest men, J. R. Baker and L. Jackson, completed the course iqc4 vear Council President J. P. Powell said a committee would be appointed at the meeting to nominate officers for the 1955-56 Council year. Hosiery Mfg. To Be Discontinued After much consideration and study the Company has decided to discon tinue the manufacture of hosiery at Fieldale, Va. when the present produc tion runs out. Many of the 170 hosiery employees will be offered employment in the Towel Mill at Fieldale and, wherever possible, in the N.C. plants. President Harold W. Whitcomb said the hosiery operation has been un profitable for Fieldcrest for several years and would have required a con siderable investment to be made com petitive. Other factors were the dis tressed condition of the hosiery in dustry generally and the fact that hosiery is completely unrelated to our other products. The following notice was posted in the mill Wednesday, April 13: “After much consideration and study, we have decided to discontinue the mSnufaeture of hosiery. Knitting op erations will cease at the end of the third shift Friday, April 15. Seaming, greige examining, and greige mending will continue until all in-process goods are completed. Dyeing, finishing, and shipping operations will continue as needed through May. “A letter is being mailed to the home of each employee explaining more ful ly the Hosiery Mill situation and the status of each employee for reemploy ment in other mills. A copy of this letter is being posted in the mill.” One of the reasons given for closing the mill at this particular time was that the Towel Mill is expanding its operations and will be able to offer im mediate employment to a number of the former hosiery workers. It was pointed out that the increased opera tions and the addition of a third shift at the Towel Mill will more than offset the loss of the Hosiery mill payrolls in Fieldale. “We shall continue to improve and concentrate on our other mills and we do not feel the loss of the Hosiery Mill’s rather small volume will affect our over-all operation unfavorably,” President Whitcomb said. James Jamison Co. has purchased the inventory and rights to the La France brand name and will continue to sell hoMery under this brand name. After the machinery is moved out the Towel Mill will use the building for badly needed warehousing space.
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