Fieldcresters ... Social and Personal
JACK WAYNE CROWDER
Wayne Crowder, one year old on Feb
ruary 18, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Crowder, Leaksville. Father is a Field-
crest truck driver and mother, Irene, is
employed in Tabulating Dept.
Maternal grandfather, Alvis Eanes,
works in the Plant Service Dept, at the
Finishing Mill. Paternal grandfather, J.
H. Crowder, Sr., is a retired Bedspread
Mill assistant foreman.
Young Wayne has a large number of
aunts and uncles employed by our com
pany.
Lions Club At Fieldale
Plans Minstrel Show
The Fieldale Lions club, composed
mainly of Towel Mill men, will sponsor
a minstrel show Saturday evening,
March 29, in the Fieldale high school
auditorium.
R. D. Hundley, general chairman, is
being assisted by several committees in
arranging for the show. Paul Zimmer
man will be master of ceremonies and
talent committee chairman. Lewis Comp
ton will be the interlocutor. Ralph Pick
up is chairman and Don Rice co-chair
man of the ticket committee.
Chairmen of other committees are R.
A. Youngman, publicity; Conrad Alley,
chairman, and Howard Joyce, co-chair-
man, advertisements; Jim Wade, prizes;
Jack Norris, Sr., stage.
A meeting of all Fieldale Lions and
endmen was held at the Community
Center Friday evening, February 14, to
plan the program.
Pfc. R. M. Donaldson
Is Academy Graduate
Pfc. Ronald M. Donaldson, son of
Clyde G. Donaldson, Towel Mill weave
room, recently was graduated from the
Berlin Command Non-Commissioned Of
ficer Academy in Germany.
Regularly assigned as a wire team
chief in the 6th Infantry Regiment’s 2nd
Battalion Headquarters Co., Donaldson
Glamor Department
In our glamor corner this issue is Peg
gy Judge, secretary to C. E. Moulton,
manager of our sheet sales department in
New York. Peggy’s charms won for her
a place on Macy’s float in the Christmas
parade. She was a page on the “Arabian
Nights” float which featured Margaret
O’Brien. Peggy was employed by the
Ford Foundation before joining Field-
crest.
received instruction in leadership, map
reading and other military subjects. He
entered the army in October, 1956, and
arrived in Europe the following March-
Pete Barham Winner Of
Sportsmanship Award
Pete Barham, former Tri-City high
school football star, was awarded the
Phil Harris Sportsmanship Trophy, giv
en annually for all around achievement
in sports at Wake Forest College. The
award was presented by Wake Forest
athletic director Bill Gibson at half-time
of the Temple-Wake Forest basketball
game in Memorial Coliseum, Winston-
Salem, February 19.
Pete starred on the 1954 Tri-City team
as quarterback and led the Panthers to
a fine 6-2-2 record. In his junior year
at Wake Forest he was second string
quarterback to Charlie Carpenter. Dur
ing the past season he was moved to
halfback and proved to be one of Wake
Forest’s best ground gainers.
Pete is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Barham, of Leaksville. His father is
foreman of winding and setting at the
Karastan Rug Mill.
Let love be without dissimulation.
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to
that which is good.—Romans 12:9.
Retired Couple Celebrate 50th Anniversary
MR. AND MRS. RICHARDSON
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Richardson, both
of whom are retired under the Field-
crest Pension Plan, celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary on a recent Sunday
afternoon with an “open house” at their
home on Burton Street, Leaksville. A
large number of relatives and friends
called during the afternoon.
Mr. Richardson, a native of Stokes
county, and Mrs. Richardson, the form
er Miss Nora Duggins, also of Stokes
county, were married at Mayodan in
1908. They moved to Leaksville in 1923.
Mr. Richardson went to work in the
slashing department at the Bedspread
Mill and Mrs. Richardson in the winding
department at the old Athena Mill.
Transferred to Karastan Mill
Mr. Richardson continued at the Bed
spread Mill until 1939 when he became
a beamer tender at the Karastan Rug
Mill. He continued in the latter classifi
cation until his retirement under the
Pension Plan June 1, 1951.
Mrs. Richardson, after working brief
ly at the Athena Mill, was transferred
to the Bedspread Mill. She was a winder
hand there until her retirement under
the Pension Plan December 1, 1955.
The Richardsons have one son, Ed
ward C. Richardson, who married the
former Miss Virginia McConnell, who
worked in the Fieldcrest Personnel De
partment some years ago, and a grand
son, Jimmie Chip, five years old. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Richardson are charter
members of the Leaksville Moravian
Church. Two of Mrs. Richardson’s broth
ers, W. F. Duggins and T. R. DugginS,
are long-service employees of the Kara
stan Rug Mill.
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