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MILL WHISTLE
Published by FieWcrest Mills. Inc. • Plants located in Spray, Draper and leaksville, M. C. and Fieldaie, Va.
Vol. XIV
Spray, N. C., Monday, March 19, 1956
El PrTPrr W a RFC CHOWN—L. Alfred, department sales manager for the
fileSSc §ia?keYm5 wh5“ chairman of the electric
National Electrical Manufacturers association is shown with noted ^
'''Sion personality Maggi McNeills at the industry s recent press meeting Miss
M=Nirr„“^ “ co™e„l.r, o„ F.shlons 1„ H^e'co^umS
'demonstrating their role in modern life. Attending were members of the consumer
CtSe W.11 as ol Ihe S.cllon, Ms.„ H.ctr.c .nd
National Association of Electrical Distributors.
NO. 18
Whitcomb Completes
20 Years Of Service
The service anniversary column in
issue of th2 MILL WHISTLE in-
'^'udes the name of President Harold
Whitcomb who completed 20 years
continuous service with the Company
Friday, March 16.
Mr. Whitcomb first joined Marshall
^ield & Company in 1936 as manager
the Lumb Knitting Co., Pawtucket,
1. but moved in 1937 to the Spray
®adquarters of the Company as di-
*^®ctor of purchases.
. He was elected divisional vice-pres-
*'^ent of Marshall Field ft Company in
'^^6 and on October 1, 1953, upon sale
the mills by that company, was elect
ed vice-president of Fieldcrest Mills,
^c. On December 1, 1953 he became
Resident and was elected to the board
directors.
Ke was born in Concord, N. H. and
S'^aduated from the University of New
Easter Egg Hunt
The Leaksville-Spray Y’s Men’s club
is preparing to hide more than 20,000
Easter eggs at the annual egg hunt to
be sponsored by the club on Easter
Monday, April 2. The event will be
held at the Fairgrounds on the Ridge
way road beginning at 10 a.m. A
brief devotional period conducted by
the Rev. O. Dewey Smith, pastor of
Spray Methodist church, will precede
the hunt.
The egg hunt is open to all boys and
girls of the Tri-Cities 14 years old and
under. The hunt will be divided into
four age groups to assure the smaller
children’s having a fair chance and
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Hampshire with a B. S. degree in eco
nomics and business administration. He
was associated with the Sulloway Hos
iery Mills in Franklin, N. H. in various
capacities prior to joining Marshall
Field & Company.
Two Plants Will Get
Awards For Safety
The National Safety Council has
notified the Company that the Electric
Blanket Mill is to be presented with
the Award of Merit for its outstanding
safety performance for the five-year
period January 1, 1950 through De
cember 31, 1955. During this time the
employees worked a total of 1,352,317
man-hours without a disabling injury.
Notice also was received of the Certi
ficate of Commendation to be awarded
the Bedspread Mill for its safety per
formance in 1955. Bedspread employees
set a record by working the entire year
without a disabling injury und accumu
lated 728,524 accident-fref man-hours.
H. E. WiUiams, safety director, said
the awards are expected to be received
from the safety council in about four
weeks, atfer which they will be placed
on display at the mills concerned.
“The people at the Electric Blanket
Mill and the Bedspread Mill are to be
commended for the extra effort they
devoted to accident prevention and
their consistent practice of safe work
habits,” Mr. Williams said. “The fact
that these mills were able to earn the
awards indicates that safe methods
have been used and safe work areas
have been maintained. Congratulations
are in order to both the employees and
the supervisors at these plants,” the
safety director added.
Electrical Engineers
Will Tour Karastan
Approximately 45 members of the
American Institute of Electrical Engi
neers will visit the Karastan Rug Mill
Tuesday evening, March 20. The tour
will be a field trip for members _ of
the Institute’s North Carolina mid
state section, of which M. J. Mulhern,
Western Electric Company, Winston-
Salem, is chairman.
The engineers will arrive at 7:30 p.m.
They will be welcomed to Karastan by
John Mauney and then will be divided
into smaller groups for their tour.
Guides will be A. G. Singleton, J. T.
Maclsaac, Frank Brey and Mr. Mauney.
Following their trip through the plant
the visitors will re-assemble in the
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