XIX
Spray, N. C., Monday June 12, 1961
NO. 24
oiindation Gift Aids
|emoriai Campaign
l^ldcrest Contributes $500 To
JiJ^chase 5,000 Tickets For
•*>ool Children In County
I gift of $500 by Fieldcrest Mills
help make it possible for all the
:i M children in Rockingham County
Mve advance tickets to the Battle-
^North Carolina when she is brought
^iltnington as a war memorial and
j^stional exhibit.
J'e $500, given through the Field-
Foundation, will purchase 5,000
the first for children in Leaks-
^ To^vngjjjp Schools and the remain-
for children in other schools in the
S.
l^^Ools throughout the state were
tickets at 10 cents each, less
^ half the regular children’s admis-
, P'Fice, to give children a chance
Personal role in helping to bring
.^fetired battlewagon to North Caro-
1
^ special effort is being made to see
V ®''ery school child in Rockingham
,1 receives an advance ticket and
I all of the county’s schools placed
honor roll of schools which have
^buted or have had contributed for
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f' K. Saunders, Guard
j Karastan, Served On
'^•S. North Carolina
K
Campaign to save the Battleship
Carolina as a war memorial is of
interest to William K. Saunders,
H guard assigned to the Bedspread
®rastan mills.
Ijj,' Saunders, who retired in 1947
*^lose to 23 years in the navy, was
Petty officer on the North Caro-
)j "^hen she was commissioned in
the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
^ 'vas aboard the “showboat” on her
cruise but subsequently was
^Q,®^ed to another ship,
w ovving his retirement from the
ifL ^r. Saunders, a native of Spray,
6 in the Blanket Mill and later
O.^ting Mill. He became a Burns
V ^ August, 1959.
^ and his wife, the for-
*^lanche Vidal, a native of San
F^ierto Rico, live at 103 Billy
^ Street, Central Area.
29 More Persons Retire Under Pension Plan
Towel Employees To
Have Safety Barbecue
As an award for their good safety
record in 1960, employees of the Towel
Mill will be given a barbecue Saturday
afternoon, June 17, at 4 p. m. at the
softball field at Fieldale, Va.
Harold W. Whitcomb, president of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., will make a talk
to the group. Several attendance prizes
will be awarded in drawings and a string
band will furnish music.
For the entertainment of early ar
rivals there will be a softball game
starting at 2 p. m. Also, the swimming
pools will be open to employees with
out charge for those who wish to swim.
Employees of the Towel Mill worked
the entire year of 1960 with only one
lost-time accident. Their low accident
frequency rate qualified them for a bar
becue under terms of the safety con
test in effect at the mills.
Until the one injury occurred No
vember 22, the Towel Mill employees
had worked over three million man-
hours without a disabling injury.
June 1 Retirees Make Total Of
687 Retired Employees Now-
Receiving Pension Checks
Ceremonies honoring 29 employees re
tiring under the Fieldcrest Pension Plan,
effective June 1, were held in the vari
ous mill managers’ offices Wednesday
morning. May 31.
The newest group of retirees includes
employees from eight mills, the General
Offices, and the Mechanical Develop
ment Department, and makes a total of
687 retired employees who are now re
ceiving monthly pension checks.
At the informal meetings, mill offici
als congratulated the employees upon
having reached retirement age when
they can enjoy greater leisure with a
monthly pension for life paid for by the
Company.
C. J. Frank, director of industrial re
lations, and members of his staff ex
plained the various benefits available
to the Company’s retired employees. Mr.
Frank said retirees are still considered
members of the “Fieldcrest Family” and
he invited the retired employees to visit
the mills frequently to keep up with
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W. K. Saunders, Burns guard who served aboard U.S.S. North Carolina,
examines ship model with W. B. Lucas, Company attorney who heads the Battle
ship North Carolina campaign in Rockingham County.