Ten Thousand Reasons
During World War II, the textile industry supplied 10,000 different
items to our armed forces. With the many new products developed
since that time, the number would be much greater ^
today. We cannot depend on foreign sources to
furnish these vital tools of defense m times of
national emergency. The security of the entire free
world depends on a strong America.
Until we are ready to send our military forces
into battle armed with primitive weapons — with
out clothing, shelter, or modern transportation — (_
the three basic materials of defense will remain ^
food, steel, and textiles.
Doesn’t it just make good sense, then, to keep
Uncle Sam’s established textile industry healthy? To keep it growing at
a pace consistent with the growth and progress of our total economy?
Modern Methods Reduce Costs
Nothing can destroy an established business and the jobs it pro
vides as quickly or completely as new and better methods, equipment,
and machines in the hands of a competitor.
Tough competition in the market place doesn’t allow for higher
prices due to inefficiencies in manufacturing. The difference in costs
must be made up by time and money-saving devices, processes, and
methods. Modern, efficient, money-saving equipment is a must.
Therefore, we at Fieldcrest make all of our jobs more secure when
we cooperate in method and machinery changes that bring a reduction
in costs and strengthen the Comipany’s position in its competition with
other manufacturers who are operating modern machinery, too.
o^pTeidi^t Quality Leaders
The Towel Mill’s leading weavers and
loomfixers for the most recent periods
of record are listed below.
1 The “Weavers of the Week” are those
M with the lowest per cent of seconds with
respect to the standards.
' - a The “top” loomfixers are determined
nB > m through a combination of low seconds
and high loom efficiency on the sections
^ j for which they are responsible.
* Weavers—W/E August 13
i ' Dobby Terry R. S. Wall
Jacquard Terry Samuel Fulcher
’ Draper & Cam James Graham
V. A. J., New C-7 Looms Albert Goode
(In Hosiery Mill building)
Fixers—^W/E August 13
Dobby Terry William Martin
; Jacquard Terry None
Draper & Cam Linwood Williams
New C-7 Looms None
(In Hosiery Mill building)
Weavers—^W/E August 6
Dobby Terry Joda Talbert
Eva Jones is a binder operator at the Jacquard Terry Milton Stultz
Automatic Blanket Plant at Smithfield Draper & Cam .... Coy McAlexander
with an excellent record for production New C-7 Looms Harold Spencer
output and for quality. (In Hosiery Mill building)
The wired blankets come to her from Fixers—W/E August 6
inspection and testing and she over- Dobby Terry Leonard Wright
edges or binds the foot of the blanket. Jacquard Terry Eugene Joyce
The blanket next goes to the folders and Draper & Cam Linwood Williams
then is ready for packaging. New C-7 Looms None
Eva’s husband, Eardith Jones, is em- (In Hosiery Mill building)
ployed in the Shipping and Warehous-
ing Department at Smithfield. Both were The Fieldcrest MUls Credit Union be-
early employees of the plant, having longs to its members. Use it for regular
been employed in June, 1960. saving and for low-cost loans.
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TH EIMILL W HISTLI
Issued Every Other Monday For Employees
and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.,
Copyright, 1961, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Spray, N. C.
r
OTIS MARLOWE
EDITOR
Member, South Atlantic
Council Of Industrial
Editors
ADVISORY BOARD
Howard Barton J. M. Rimmer
C. A. Davis J. T. White
REPORTING STAFF .
Bedspread Mill Ada
Blanket Mill Katherine Tuniej
Central Warehouse Geraldine Pen*'”
Draper Offices Mamie Linjj
General Offices Hilda Grog*"
Gladys Holland, Katherine Maniei
Karastan Mill Irene Mee»*
Karastan Offices Mary StepM”*
New York Offices Jane CorU^
Betty Lenc»»
Sheeting Mill Ruth Talben
Towel Mill Fay Warren, Fannie Hund^
Vol. XX Monday, August 28,1961, No^
^ ^^ERVICE
l^^m^NNIVERS ARIES
Fieldcrest Mills extends congratul^'
tions to the following employees wb®’
since our last issue, have observed no '
able anniversaries of continuous serf'
ice with the company.
Forty Years . ^
W. Clyde Fulcher FinishiD®
Thirty-Five Years ,
Early A. Lovelace ToW
Broadus Burgess Bla*'^®
Thirty Years .
William E. Earles Bla^K
Joe W. Pulliam Sheetii^
John D. Willis Karasta^
Carrie H. Chaney SheetiP®
Clifton B. Barham Karasta*
Twenty-Five Years i
L. Anne Minter
Robert H. Wray
Charlie W. Saunders ad
Blanche O. Talbert Bedspr®^,
Ruby A. Bray To'^
Twenty Years
Lee Roy Brown Blan
E. Marjorie Dalton
Doris G. Cretan .. Research &
Contr°j
H. Dillard Harris
Fifteen Years
Clyden H. Turner Central wn
Lester O. Fulcher ^aras
Thurman W. Hall ^arfS
Thelma A. Shelton ctaf'
Dorothy B. Janney ^ titi^
Tommie O. McBride Shee^^t
J. Maurice Stultz
Lewis H. Jeffries ^
Nellie E. Sprinkle nket
Helen C. McDaniel
George W. Motley
Ten Years . . jjipg
Steadman V. Mitchell
Julian Baker Karastan
William B. Minter ^
the mill whi='