lOL.
XVIII
Spray, N. C., Monday, April 18, 1960
(Charlotte Banker Will
Address Council Meet
j.^^’ttiur H. Jones, vice president of
p® American Commercial Bank in
‘larlotte, will speak at a meeting of
Carolina Cooperative Council
■y ^fsday evening, April 21, at 7:30
at the Consolidated Central
• M. C. A.
Will be the Council’s final meet-
® of the 1959-60 program year. New
*cers will be elected. After this meet-
S the Council’s activities will be sus-
■ 'ided during the summer months, as
^Ustomary.
Jones will speak on human rela-
loris . ...
fan:
•let.
in industry and business, with
*cular reference to the relationships
yeen supervisors and those whose
*'^Uvities they direct.
.Widely known as a humorous and
jjPirational speaker, he is a graduate
* ^l>erlin College and a graduate of the
jj^ool of Financial Public Relations,
’'fthwestern University.
Jones is in charge of the public
V^^ns department at his bank. He
ARTHUR H. JONES
. . . Speaks To Couneil This Week . . .
has lived in Charlotte for 23 years and
has a long and impressive record of
public service to his city, state and re
gion.
^nion Notifies Co.
pf Acceptance Of
Wage Proposal
On Friday, April 15, at 4:10 p.m.
The Mill Whistle went to press,
th:
e Company received a certified
*®Uer dated April 15, 1960, from
‘he TWUA stating that the union
'''ould accept the proposal of a
^^eral wage increase made by
Company on March 25.
Under the terms of this proposal,
general wage increase averaging
cents per hour, applied on a
^®rcentage basis, for hourly paid
piece work employees in the
®rgaining unit at the North Car-
^na mills becomes effective at
^ p. m. on Sunday, April 10. The
mill minimum rate becomes
«.27i/2.
The same increase was installed
j H p.m. on Sunday, March 20,
non-union employees at the
owel Mill in Fieldale, Va., and on
Job;
th,
'S outside the bargaining unit in
® North Carolina mills.
Hoit Re-Elected To
Worth Street Post
Frederic W. Hoit, president of our
Fieldcrest sales division, has been elec
ted to a fourth term as president of
the Worth Street Area Association, Inc.,
in New York. The action came at a
meeting of the association’s board of
directors on Monday, April 4.
The association, formerly known as
Worth Street, Inc., a textile organiza
tion, has been broadened to represent
the entire business community in the
Worth Street area, where our Fieldcrest
sales offices are located.
Fine Arts Festival
The Rockingham County Fine Arts
Festival will open Friday, April 22, at 8
p. m. in the Madison-Mayodan High
School at Madison.
John Harden, public relations con
sultant of Greensboro, will deliver the
address. The highlight of the day’s pro
gram will be the awarding of the prizes
in the festival contest. The awards will
be presented by Refford Cate, of Reids-
ville. Festival Association president.
NO. 20
Retirees Taking Part
In Nationwide Survey
Data On Retirement Is Sought
In Study By Duke University
And The Ford Foundation
Retired employees of Fieldcrest Mills
and those about to retire are partici
pating in a nation-wide study of occu
pational retirement conducted by Duke
University and the Ford Foundation.
The purpose of the study is to gather
information that will be helpful both
to individuals and companies in re
tirement planning and programs.
The project is headed by Dr. John C.
McKinney, professor and chairman of
the Department of Sociology and An
thropology at Duke. Dr. McKinney and
his group of approximately 30 inter
viewers have their headquarters at
the Tri-City Chamber of Commerce
building.
While Fieldcrest Mills is not directly
concerned with the study and will not
receive the information given by re
tirees, the Company is cooperating by
assisting in several ways.
Before the interviewing began here.
President Harold W. Whitcomb wrote
a letter to each retiree in which he en
dorsed the program and urged full co
operation of the retired persons when
they are contacted by the representa
tives of Duke University.
The personal and economic problems
(Continued on page five)
C. C. Campbell Named
“Y’’ Campaign Leader
C. C. Campbell, paymaster at Field
crest, has been named general chairman
of membership cam
paign at Consolidated
Central Y. M. C. A.
The drive will get
under way with a
kick-off dinner and
annual meeting at the
“Y” Monday evening,
April 25 and contin
ue to May 14.
The membership
campaign for Draper
C. C. Campbell y. M. C. A., headed
by Dr. L. Gordon Clarke as general
chairman, began earlier this month and
continues for several weeks.