Members of the Fieldcrest Team
Cecil McDonald, weight - yardage
checker at the Blanket Mill, checks all
rolls of blankets leaving the Blanket
Inspecting Dept, to make sure that the
weight and yardage are correct. He
writes on the “header” the style, color,
roll number, inspector number and
date.
The latter operation is vital in the
system of roll identification used in
controlling quality. Such identification
goes with the roll throughout the fin
ishing processes. It provides a check
on the inspectors and aids in the
prompt correction of any running
defects. Mr. McDonald keaps such rec
ords that if something is found wrong
with a roll at the Finishing Mill, a
telephone call can be made back to the
Blanket Inspecting Dept, and the loom
number and other information obtain
ed and corrective action taken immed
iately.
By doing this important work well,
he performs a very necessary and
valuable service for the Company.
Elizabeth Lamar, secretary to the di
rector of engineering (A. G. Singleton),
performs a responsible work. Since the
Engineering Dept, is concerned with
such important matters as machinery,
buildings, land etc., she must be ac
curate, neat and extremely careful in
her work. Much of her typing and fil
ing, in addition to correspondence, is
of capital requisitions, projects and
contracts.
She handles appointments and phone
calls and assists with calculations and
extensions on budgets and other fi
nancial matters. She must be familiar
with the work of the entire depart
ment. This entails knowing where cor
respondence, reports and all such mate
rials are kept. She has to keep material
filed for a period of years and then
be able to produce it on short notice
when needed.
Through good secretarial training, ex
perience, dependability and a sense of
responsibility, she contributes to the
smooth functioning of her department
and to the over-all success of the mills.
AIR VIEW of Fieldcrest’s Leaksville plants shows the Karasian Rug Mill (left
section of picture) and the Bedspread Mill (at right). Watch for the picture of your
mill in this series of aerial views of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Mill WHISTLE
Issued Kvery Other Monday For Kro-
ployees and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills,
Inc., Spray, North Carolina
Copyright, 1955, Fieldcrest Mills, In^
OTIS MARLOWE.
. . .Editor
Vol. XIV Monday, Nov. 21, 1955 No. ^
Dec. 1 Is S-D Day
The President’s Committee for Traf
fic Safety again is sponsoring a special
day dedicated to safe driving—S-D Day.
The date ;s Dec. 1, cU'.ci -lim is
hold deaths and injuries to the lowest
possible level for a 24-hour period.
While perfection probably is toc
much to expect—even for one day^^
from a combination of about 72 mil'
lion drivers and 58 million motor ve
hicles, no sensible person would argue
for a minute that the usual toll cannot
be substantially cut by more sensible
driving.
It’s too bad that such a worthwhile
effort must be limited to only one daY'
The sponsors apparently think so, too,
because one slogan urges “Make Every
Day S-D Day.”
There lies the irony of our traf£>‘^
accident problem—that it takes a PreS'
identical blessing and a high-powereo
educational effort to achieve reason
able conduct on the highways for onlJ
one day of the year.
Safe driving should be the yea’^'
round rule, not the one-day exception;
We could “Make Every Day S-D Da^'
FI
Fifty Years j
John J. Dodson Blanl^e
Thirty Years ,
Will B. Hankins Blank®
Belle M. Watson Finishin®
Clinton O. Light BleacheO
Twenty Years
W. Oliver Dunivant Karasta^
Thelma L. McAlexander ToW®^
Earl S. Cayton BlanK®
George B. Johnson Blan^^ ^
Gillie Scales Blanl^®
Paul J. Minter
Bessie V, Key To'^
Fifteen Years |
Vina T. Dodson To
Annie M. Hundley To"'
T. J. Warren Synthetic Fabfi -
Ten Years , ^
James T. Adams Sheep^’
W. Otis Marlowe . . Industrial Relatio ’
Richard I. Staples Karast
Glenn F. Odell Finishi^
Ralph L. Ellis . Bedspre^
Massey P. Hodges KaraS ^
Leonard J. Mize „t>
Doris C. Carter Karast
ELDCREST MILL WHISTI"