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^dmobile To Visit ^Bldale October 26 Greenville Leaders Visit Mills , Th, 6 Red Cross Bloodmobile will make ^nual visit to Fieldale Wednesday, 26. The unit will be stationed rtob, '2'Oo^ ^'ieldale Community Center from - clock noon until 6:00* p. m. 5^^“® visit by the Bloodmobile is spon- by the senior class of Fieldale flCluK the Rotary Club, the Lions ' *t>d Fieldcrest Mills. D. E. Simons James T. Roach are in charge of donors in the Towel Mill, as- the mill supervisors. ® recruitment of donors in the com- hunit; Will be handled by the high seniors. With help and advice H. Z. Smith, who has headed for several years, the seniors handle all arrangements on the day ® Bloodmobile’s visit. “'th, th, ®6niors To Give Assistance Greenville business men are shown \vith Company officials during' visit here. will do clerical work, serve re- kiM.,?®*^ts to donors, arrange for trans- • 'ation, ■ and provide baby sitters for J, ® Who need them. the Red Cross Blood Pro- avaij’ the Blood Bank makes blood I>eop? to Martinsville-Henry County erai ^ through the Martinsville Gen- ;• Wtji °®Pital and the Community Hos- ti^^t Martinsville, and to the people kospj® ®rea who go to various outside ^herr- no charge for the blood it- 5 ciig hough the hospitals must make for administering it. last year’s visit of the Blood- fieldale people gave a total of lUotj exceeding the community’s '''hen pints. In October, 1958, V pg Bloodmobile visited Fieldale, Sg »°Pl® gave 189 pints to set an all- cord for the area. Company Is Host To Group From Community Where New Plant Was Purchased Recently A group of civic and business leaders from Greenville, where Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., recently purchased a woolen spin ning plant, were guests of Fieldcrest Mills Wednesday and Thursday, Sep tember 21 and 22. The purpose of the visit was to enable the Greenville men to learn more about Fieldcrest and Karastan and to become acquainted with the key men in our organization. The visitors were conducted on tours of the various plants, the General Of fices, the designing departments, and quality control laboratories. Following their mill tours Wednes day, they went to the Fieldcrest Lodge Arnold Never Off Payroll In 40 Years Arnold, of the Towel Mill, j. ^'l 40 years of continuous serv- the Company on October 1. honored in informal cere- 4 ^ ^111 ^’^'1 presented ® J’ieldcrest diamond-and-gold ^^®®rvice emblem, a gift and a 'Old Commendation from President Whitcomb, grew up in Henry County, ^rid was employed in the j'^'obgj, ^ l^epartment at the Towel Mill Ih'^^a He was first employed aoperator and continued in until he was promoted to bep in 1935. 5 Aw ^n\e the head huck inspector a d ’ srid in March 1960 be- p.J/®r operator in which capaci- "°5mues to serve. ‘\th,>oldha;” tof has never been off the pay- an exceptional record reason since he joined the ^ ^0 years ago and has con- in the same department Mq, his many years of service. EDGAR D. ARNOLD Recogrnized For Service at Fieldale, Virginia, for a dinner with President Whitcomb and other Company officials. Mr. Whitcomb made a brief talk in which he told the history and background of the Company, outlined the scope of its operations, and de scribed our nationwide sales set-up. The visitors were guests of honor at a luncheon at Meadow Greens Country Club Thursday which was attended by several of the Company officers, Karas tan Mill officials, and key men from the staff organization. Fieldcrest last July purchased the Greenville Mills, Inc., at Greenville, and operates the plant as the Karastan Spinning Division, making woolen spun pile yarn for the Karastan Rug Mill. The Greenville visitors shown above with Company officials are; left to right, front row, David Evans, secre- tary-treasurer, Garris-Evans Lumber Company; David J. Whichard, editor of The Daily Reflector; S. Eugene West, mayor of Greenville (West Construction Company); A. Hartwell Campbell, man ager of WNCT television station; J. B. Kittrell, Jr., secretary-treasurer, J. B. Kittrell & Company; J. Ed Waldrop, secretary - treasurer, Wagner - Waldrop Motors (Lincoln, Mercury). Second row, Harold W. Whitcomb, president of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., L. M. Buchanan, president, Hooker & Buchanan, insurance; Wally Howard, vice president, Wachovia Bank and Trust Company; N. O. VanNortwick, Jr., secretary-treasurer, Northside Lum ber Company ; W. T. Kyzer, manager, Greenville chamber of commerce. Third row, S. B. Underwood, Jr., at torney; R. A. Harris, Fieldcrest vice president in charge of manufacturing; and H. F. Morris, manager, Karastan Spinning Division, Greenville. “I Gave a Day’s Pay” 'AY, OCTOBER 10, 1960
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