VOlTxvi ~ Spray, N. C., Monday, July 15, 1957
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POPULAR ATTRACTION—Providing summer recreation for Towel Mill em
ployees and members of their families is the swimming pool operated by the
Pieldale Community Center Enjoying themselves above are, left to right, Peggy
Ann Dodson, daughter of Clyde Dodson of the Towel Mill weave room; Anne
Morris and Elvena Stegall, of the Towel Cost Dept. (More pictures on page five).
Fieldcresters Go To
I Blue Ridge Meeting
Five Fieldcrest men, representing
^I'pervision and the Industrial Rela-
Department, will attend the 38th
Southern Industrial Relations Confer
ence. The conference will be held at
Blue Ridge, near Asheville, July 17-20.
I Those to attend are C. J. Frank, Jr.,
j and Jones W. Norman, of the Indus-
[ trial Relations Department; Oscar Sim
mons, Karastan Mill; Jack Jarrett,
Sheeting; Ralph Pickup, Towel.
Theme of this year’s conference is
“Broadening Understanding—The Key
to Good Human Relations.” Nationally-
known speakers will discuss various
phases of improved human relations in
industry. More than 1000 persons from
industry in the southern states are ex
pected to attend.
Speakers include Francis M. Bunch,
manager, supervisory and employee
training section, employee relations de
partment, E. I. duPont deNemours &
' Company, Inc. Wilmington, Del.; Dr.
Francis P. Gaines, president, Washing-
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Fieldcrest Man To Be
Sworn In As Member
Of Prison Commission
Dr. William McGehee, who has been
appointed by Governor Luther H. Hod
ges as a member of the State Prison
Commission will be sworn in Wednes
day, July 31. This commission, which
if; responsible to the Governor for the
operation of the North Carolina prison
system, was created by an act of the
last Legislature.
Dr. McGehee, director of personnel
research and training at Fieldcrest,
was chairman of
the former Prison
Advisory Council
which served in an
advisory capacity
and which was in-
strumental in
bringing about the
separation of the
State highway and
prison systems in
North Carolina. He
was first appointed
by Governor Scott
Wm. McGehee in 1949, and was
^ NUMBER 1
Conant Appointed To
Development Post
Appointment of Roger Conant as di
rector of product development for our
domestics lines, effective July 8, has
been announced by Frederic W. Hoit,
vice president, domestics sales. Mr. Co
nant will have his headquarters at our
domestics sales office in New York and
will be responsible for all activities of
the Design Department there.
Mr. Conant is considered outstanding
in his field. His previous experience
includes 11 years with Bates Fabrics,
during which time he was responsible
for bedspread and fabric styling. He
also has been with Burlington Mills,
Lord & Taylor, and R. H. Macy in mer
chandise development activities.
ROGER CONANT
Joins Fieldcrest Mills
reappointed by the late Governor Wil
liam B. Umstead.
Linn D. Garibaldi, president of the
North Carolina Telephone Company at
Matthews, is chairman of the new State
Prison Commission. He was vice-chair
man of the former advisory council.
Mrs. J. Melville Broughton, who serv
ed on the Advisory Council, also was
appointed to the new seven-member
Prison Commission.
The Commission will hold its next
meeting July 31 in the new Prison ad
ministration building at Raleigh.