Fieldcresters... Social and Personal
Fieldcrest Mills Men
Attend Fire Sjrmposium
Representatives of the lire brigades
at the various Fieldcrest plants went to
Winston-Salem September 16 to at
tend the fifth annual Piedmont Fire
Symposium, sponsored by industries,
merchants, fire insurance people, and
fire departments in Winston-Salem and
Forsyth county.
Attending from Fieldcrest were
Broadus Burgess, Blanket - Sheeting;
Leslie Flynn, Engineering Department;
J. W. Norris, Sr., Towel Mill; Lester
Fulcher, Bedspread-Karastan; George
Aheron, Bleachery-Finishing Mill; Cur
tis Law, Automatic Blanket Mill; and
H. E. Williams, Fieldcrest safety direc
tor.
During the all-day program at the
Robert E. Lee hotel they heard discus
sions on the maintenance of good fire
protection, with particular attention to
basic things to look for during inspec
tion, the maintenance of first aid fire
appliances, and related subjects.
Gets Special Training
Melvin Jackson Fuller, of the Kara-
stan Weave Room, has returned from
New York where he was sent by the
Company for two weeks of special
training. Melvin is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Jackson Fuller of Aiken
Road, Spray. His father is employed in
the Wool Carding Department at the
Blanket Mill.
Name Omitted
The name of Bessie H. Tipton was
inadvertently omitted from the roster
of 25-Year Club members in the last
issue of The Mill Whistle. Mrs. Tipton,
a blanket sewer at the Finishing Mill,
has over 27 years of continuous service
with the Company. The Mill Whistle re
grets the omission of her name.
Officers of the Junior Carolina Council listen as the South Chords tune up fof J
program of barber shop singing they presented at the September 9 meeting of
Junior Council. Left to right, Helen Robertson, new president; Martha Braroe.
going president; Katherine Manley, program chairman; Warren Bowen,
Norton, Charlie Norton and Walter Caldwell.
Junior Council Opens Its New Program YeK
“South Chords”, Barber Shop ^
Quartet From D^ville, Va., Home From Hospit^i
Provides Entertainment
Helen Robertson, of the Cashier’s De
partment, was installed as president of
the Junior Carolina Council at the
group’s first meeting of the new coun
cil year at Consolidated Central YMCA
Tuesday evening, September 9.
Officers to serve with her are: Car-
nell Hall, Karastan Designing, vice-
president; Merle Hunter, Data Process
ing, secretary-treasurer; Faye Flinchum,
Comptroller’s Department, assistant sec
retary - treasurer; Katherine Manley,
Purchasing, program chairman; Peggy
Ziglar, Research and Quality Control;;
attendance chairman; Margaret Crane,
Industrial Relations, refreshment chair
man; Doris Brown, Industrial Relations
sergeant-at-arms; Mary Stephens, Ka
rastan Office; constitution chairman-
Betty Dyer, Industrial Relations, song
leader; and Margaret Webster, of the
Karastan Office, pianist.
Martha Brame, Data Processing De
partment, outgoing president, opened
the meeting and presented the new of
ficers. The invocation was given by the
Rev. J. K. McConnell, industrial chap
lain. Cynthia Sherwood, of the Service
Department, received the attendance
prize, a sheet set.
Katherine Manley, of the Purchasing
Department, program chairman, intro
duced the South Chords, well-known
barber shop quartet from Danville Va
who entertained with songs and comedy!
Michael Taylor, 9, is home
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ting along fine after two weeks
Hospital where he had an
He wishes to thank the many
who sent him cards and gift®
his illness. #
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Michael is the son of Mr.
Maynard Taylor. His father
Karastan and his mother (Ode
the Automatic Blanket Mill.
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