Vol. XV
Spray, N. C., Monday, November 19, 1956
NUMBER 10
Girl Hypnotist Will Be
Presented By Council
Joan Brandon, pretty blonde magician
and hypnotist, will be the featured at
traction at a gigantic Christmas party
the children of Fieldcrest employees
^3turday afternoon, December 15, in the
Leaksville-Spray junior high school
auditorium, sponsored by the Carolina
Cooperative Council.
The glamorous Miss Brandon will per-
lorm tricks of magic on the children’s
^■^ogram at 2:30 p.m. and will appear
again at 7:30 p.m. before members of
[Jie Carolina Council and the Junior
Council, their wives, husbands and
Quests. Extra tickets for the program
"'ill be available to employees as long
as the supply lasts.
A.t the evening performance. Miss
°randon will demonstrate her famous
^ass hypnosis act, using volunteers
^•■om the audience. She is able to put
subjects into a trance and suggest
? them any number of almost impos-
®ible things to do—and they do it! In
of her performances she has hypno-
‘*sed as many as 40 persons at one time
has hypnotised 250,000 persons in
■ler career.
Billed as the “World’s Greatest Girl
f^Pnotist and Magician”, Miss Brandon
^gan her career at the age of 14, having
taught by her father who was also
a magician. She has travelled all over
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COMMUNITY FUND pledge cards of Fieldcrest employees are turned over to Carl
Hall, fund treasurer, by W. B. Lucas (extreme right), who headed the drive at the
mils. Looking on are James Fair (left), president of the Tri-City Community Fund,
and Richard Robertson, general chairman of the campaign.
Fieldcresters Give S17,814 In Fund Drive
JOAN BRANDON
Booked For Christmas Party
Fieldcrest employees contributed a
total of $17,814.50 in the Tri-City Com
munity Fund campaign, as announced
by W. B. Lucas, chairman of the indus
trial division, who headed the effort at
Fieldcrest.
The amount given by Fieldcresters is
more than half of the community-wide
quota of $31,505.04, and represents ex
cellent response on the part of Field
crest people.
Mr. Lucas’ report showed that the
following mills reached or exceeded
their quotas; Automatic Blanket, Bed
spread, Bleachery, Finishing, Karastan
and Synthetic Falarics.
At Fieldcrest the superintendents had
charge of the campagin in their re
spective mills. The mill managers head
ed the solicitations among the clerical
and other salaried employees.
In commenting on the outstanding
results at Fieldcrest, Mr. Lucas said,
“The fair share of one day’s wages
was given by a great many employees
and there was good response from
nearly everyone at Fieldcrest Mills.
“The directors of the Tri-City Com
munity Fund were very pleased at the
showing made at Fieldcrest, indicative
of the interest of employees in the
worthwhile charities represented in the
Community Fund. “As chairman, I
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$25-Million Insurance
Group Life Insurance in force for
Fieldcrest employees has reached a
total of more than $25,000,000.
Group Life claims and Accident
and Health benefits in 1956 will
amount to approximately a quarter
million dollars. Both of these figures
represent real mony, benefiting em
ployees and their dependants.
Turn to pages four and five for a
picture - story on Fieldcrest’s out
standing Group Insurance Plan which
has provided protection for em
ployees and their families for the
past 23 years.
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