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VOL. XX
Spray, N. C., Monday, March 19, 1962
NO. 18
Fieldcrest Store Starts Sales Today
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Fieldcrest Store On New Highway 14 Is Expected To Become Showplace In Tri-Cities
Fieldcrest Shop To Sell To Public At Regular Retail
Prices And To Employees At Substantial Discount;
Thrift Shop Offers Same Low Prices To Everyone
Fieldcrest Mills’ new retail store which will display and sell all
lines of domestics products manufactured by the company will official
ly open for business today, Monday, March 19, and hereafter will be
open six days a week from 9 a. m. until 5:30 p. m.
Door Prize Drawing
pictures on pages four and five
The drawing for the 50 door prizes
to be awarded among those attending
Open house at the Fieldcrest Store and
the persons visiting the store during
its first week of operation will be held
after the close of business Saturday,
March 24.
W. P. Groseclose, store manager, said
Winners will be notified by mail.
Included are five grand prizes of
“Sweetheart Rose” complete ‘one look’
ensembles for bedroom and bathroom.
As first prizes, the store will give 10
full -size “Corsair” automatic blankets.
Second prizes will be 10 “Concord” co
lonial type bedspreads, full size. Third
Prizes are 10 “Royal Velvet” towel en
sembles and fourth prizes are 15 scal
loped sheet sets.
Hundreds of visitors toured the store
at open house which began Tuesday
evening, March 13, for the management
Sroup at Fieldcrest. Local business and
Professional groups and executives and
^aff members of department stores in
*iearby cities which are Fieldcrest cus
tomers visited the store Wednesday.
On Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
on Sunday afternoon, open house was
held for employees and the public.
Harold W. Whitcomb, president of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., said the store is
the most beautiful and modern facility
of its kind in the country and is expect
ed to become a showplace that will at
tract visitors to the Tri-Cities from a
wide area.
The store includes a complete Field
crest Shop similar to those found in
major department stores in large cities.
The Fieldcrest Shop will sell first qual
ity blankets, sheets, bedspreads, auto
matic blankets, towels and other pro
ducts as single items, boxed sets or com
plete ensembles in coordinated designs
and colors.
In the Fieldcrest Shop, all merchan
dise will be sold to the public at regular
retail prices as in retail stores across
the nation. However, employees of
Fieldcrest Mills will be able to buy at
a substantial discount.
In addition, a genuine bargain depart
ment called the Thrift Shop will sell
seconds, thirds, discontinued styles, etc.,
at very attractive prices. Through the
Thrift Shop the company will sell local
ly many such items formerly disposed
of by other means. Merchandise in the
Thrift Shop will be sold at the same
low price to the general public and
employees.
Profits Go To Foundation
Profits from the store will go to the
Fieldcrest Foundation for continuing its
work of supporting local institutions
such as the YMCAs, Community Cen
ters, Boys Club, and other organizations,
which contribute to the welfare of
Fieldcrest employees and the commu
nity, for providing scholarships for em
ployees or children of employees, and
for other worthwhile purposes.
Mr. Whitcomb said the Fieldcrest
Store will not sell rugs larger than the
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