Rug Washing Dept. Performs Important Function
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With the continuous washing machine which provides Karastan’s exclusive wash
ing process shown in background these men are floor washing customers’ rugs which
have been returned to the mill for cleaning after use. Left to right are, Robert Moir,
Hugh Dillard, William Ed Walker and Irvin Millner.
The Washing Department plays
important part in making rugs by
Karastan distinguished lor their beauty.
The mill’s exclusive washing process
brings out the coloring of the patterns
and the beautiful sheen of the worsted
yarns.
All of the new rugs, except for the
larger widths are washed in a continu
ous process machine. Customers’
returned to the mill for cleaning after
use, are floor washed by men using
wooden “hoes”.
New rugs come to the Washing De
partment from Burling. After washing
the rugs are dried for several hours m
an air-circulating dryer. The rugs are
then ready for the finishing room where
they receive the final face shearing.
Much of the success of the Washing
Department is due to its personnel. The
employees have been well trained^ ana
have great skill due to many years’ ex
perience. They take pride in the worK
they are doing. A fine spirit of coopera
tion exists, enabling the Washing D®'
partment to set records in attendance^
safety and all phases of employee-
management relations.
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Employees of the Washing Department, nearly all of whom
have been in the department for many years, have excellent re
cords in attendance, safety and employee-management rela
tions. They know their jobs and take pride in doing good work.
Left to right, kneeling, are Walter Robertson, Irvin Millner,
William Ed Walker, Robert Moir and Charlie Millner; stand
ing, Curtis McConnel, Matt Moyer, Anderson Foye, Hugh Dil
lard, Leonard Hopper, John Roberts, H. T. McKinney, foremaj^
Employees Give $13,733 In Community Fund Drive
Fieldcrest Mills employees pledged a
total of $13,733 to the Tri-City Com
munity Fund campaign in the solicita
tions recently completed in the North
Carolina Mills.
In addition to the employees’ contri
bution, Fieldcrest Mills as a corporation
gave $5,000, making a total contribution
of $18,733 by the employees and the
Company. The goal in the community-
wide campaign is $38,918.74 of which
$27,479.08 had been raised at the last
report.
The following participating agencies
benefit from the Community Fund:
Leaksville-Spray-Draper chapter, Arner-
ican Red Cross, Boys’ Club of Leaksville,
Boy and Girl Scouts, Salvation Army,
Rescue Squad, Y.M.C.A.’s and Retarded
Children.
Jackson Takes Post
(Continued from page one)
Administration at the University
North Carolina, for men already carry
ing major executive responsibility.
A native of King’s Mountain, Mr.
Jackson served in the Naval Air Corps
during World War II. He married the
former Dorothy Dodd, of Danville, Va^
and they have two daughters, ages
years and six months.
THE MILL whistle
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