VOL. XXI
Spray, N. C., May 27, 1963
NO. 23
Bloodmobile To Visit
Draper Weds., June 5
Draper Mayor Eldred Cherry, Red Cross chairman (left), presents certiiicaies
and pins to Ed Baldwin (center) and Charlie Pulliam in recognition of their having
donated eight pints in Blood Program and becoming eligible for the “Gallon Club”.
Technology Glass Passes Midpoint In Studies
For over a year and a half, an earnest,
ambitious group of Fieldcrest employees
have been attending school at night to
better prepare themselves for a career
in textiles.
They, along with others from local
textile firms, are enrolled in the Indus
trial Education Center’s textile technolo
gy curriculum which takes three years
to complete.
The curriculum was set up by the
Industrial Education Center with the
help and advice of an advisory com-
niittee composed of representatives of
the textile industries in the Tri-Cities.
Intended to provide training in liberal
arts subjects related to industrial man
agement, the curriculum includes aca
demic courses followed by courses in
specific textile processes.
Fieldcrest Men Teach
Members of the faculty at the Indus
trial Education Center and at Morehead
High School instruct in the academic
subjects and men from Fieldcrest and
other textile companies teach the courses
requiring business specialists.
Bill Armfield, of the lEC staff, who is
coordinator of the program, said the
Purpose of the new curriculum is to pro
vide training beyond high school for
new or prospective supervisors em
ployed in textiles in this area.
“The curriculum seeks to bridge the
gap between high school training and
the scholastic and technical background
required of the modern textile super
visor,” he said. “It provides skill and
knowledge in language, history, science
and math, along with technical processes
of manufacturing, for assuring that tex
tile supervisors keep pace with the
changing requirements of the industry.”
Completing Seventh Quarter
The first students to enroll when the
three-year program was begun in the
fall of 1961 are now nearing the end
of their seventh quarter. They are com
pleting a course in “Yarns and Fibers”
and will begin courses in textile proc
esses in the early fall.
A second group enrolled in the textile
technology curriculum early in 1963 and
is nearing the completion of the first
quarter.
During each quarter, all textile tech
nology students take two courses, at
tending each one night a week for two
hours. The students attend the year
around, but take only one course during
the summer.
Textile technology students are en
rolled in the whole three-year curricu
lum but single courses are open to adults
who meet the entrance requirements.
Many of those enrolled in the three-
year program are married men who hold
down full-time jobs during the day and
attend night classes four hours a week
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The Bloodmobile will be stationed at
the First Methodist Church in Draper
Wednesday, June 5, from 11 a. m. until
4:30 p. m.
Donors from Leaksville, Spray and
the outlying areas are expected, al
though the recruiting of donors this
time will be concentrated in the Blank
et and Sheeting mills and in Draper.
Bloodmobile officials point out that
until recently the usage of blood for
Tri-City patients has exceeded the
amount of blood collected locally.
Good response on the first 1963 visits
by the Bloodmobile to Leaksville and
Spray reduced the deficit and the lag in
meeting the quota would be eliminated
by a good turnout of donors at Draper.
Gallon Donors Receive Pins
Last week seven blood donors who
have given eight or more pints in the
Blood Program were presented certifi
cates and pins signifying they are mem
bers of the Bloodmobile “Gallon Club."’
Included were the following Field-
cresters: E. B. Baldwin, of the Research
and Development Department; C. J.
Frank, Jr., director of industrial rela
tions; Charlie Pulliam, of the Finishing
Department at the Karastan Mill; and
Eugene Purcell, foreman of the Piece
Dyeing Department at the Bleachery.
Others receiving the pins and certifi
cates were Bill Armfield, of the Indus
trial Education Center; the Rev. Wil
liam A. Rock, Jr., pastor of First Metho
dist Church, Draper; and James Gordon
Smith, of the New System Laundry.
The pins and certificates were pre
sented by Mayor Eldred Cherry of Dra
per, who is Chairman of the Leaks-
ville-Spray-Draper Red Cross Chapter.
Credit Union To Pay
Another 4% Dividend
Members of the Fieldcrest Mills Credit
Union in all locations will receive a
4% per annum dividend, figured on
their average monthly balances and
credited to each member’s share ac
count as of June 30, 1963.
The dividend was authorized by the
Credit Union’s Board of Directors at
their regular monthly meeting May 17.
The Credit Union, an all-employee ac
tivity at Fieldcrest, has paid a similar
dividend each six months since it was
organized in 1958.