I riEt-pc«esT Mit-i-s. fNC- • Planfs Qf Draper, Forest City, Greenville, leoksville. Mount Holly, SaHsbury, SmithfieW,
t _ Spray and WorthvHle, N. C.; Fieldote, Va.; Cofumbus, Ga, and Auburn, N. Y.
^^I^XXIII Spray, N. C., January 11, 1965 NO. 13
children get treats — A part of the large crowd that attended the com-
‘‘^^“y-sponsored children’s Christmas party in the Tri-City area is shown as treats
distributed following the program. Santa Claus is shown in center foreground.
*®»ilar parties were held at other plant locations. See page seven for more child-
Party pictures.
Karastan Service Center Near (^mpletion
The new million-dollar Karastan
^rvice Center on Summit Road west of
^'■aper, which will house all customer
^®rvice and related operations for rugs
carpets, is nearing completion,
phases of rug service involving
*rect contact with the customer will
® Carried on at the new Service Center.
„ Modern equipment will be used
^foughout for processing customers’
j^ders, for billing, and for handling cut
. ^gths of carpet and make-up orders,
j pluding seaming, carving, binding,
, ^^ng and other related services, thus
j^'^ilitating prompt acceptance and ship-
of orders.
j^pnstruction of the new Service Cen-
vj ^ is a part of a multimillion-dollar im-
j^^ovement program being carried on by
*^®ldcrest Mills, Inc.
vj storage racks and rolls of car-
are being moved from the present
j^^rvice Center in the Synthetic Fabrics
J^ilding in North Spray and from the
Warehouse at the Karastan Mill.
However, the move will not be com-
®ted and office operations and per
sonnel from the present Service Cen
ter relocated in the new building until
in February.
The space vacated in the K-1 ware
house will be utilized for raw material
and general storage for the manufactur
ing operations.
The space made available when the
Service Center moves out of the Synth
etic Fabrics building will be converted
to other use.
The building of brick and block con
struction, with steel framework, con
tains 147,491 square feet of floor space
all on one floor level. It is surrounded
by ample land for parking lots and
driveways which are in the process of
being readied for use.
The Leaksville firm of John Smith
and Sons is the general contractor and
R. D. Cole Manufacturing Co. of New-
nan, Ga., is in charge of erecting a
250,000-gallon elevated tank to provide
water for a sprinkler system for the
entire building. Already a 300,000-gal
lon standpipe tank has been erected for
fire protection purposes.
Bloodmobile Coming
To Leaksville Jan. 29
The Bloodmobile will be stationed at
the Moose Lodge on Forbes Street in
Leaksville from 11 a. m. until 4:30 p. m.
Friday, January 29, for the first visit
to the Tri-Cities by the mobile unit in
1965. The goal is 200 pints which are
badly needed at this time.
Sponsor of the visit will be the 383-
member Leaksville-Spray Lodge 864,
Loyal Order of Moose. The lodge mem
bers will take the lead in recruiting
donors throughout the Leaksville area
and many are to donate blood them
selves.
The Bedspread and Karastan mills
will conduct their own recruiting cam
paigns in which every employee will
be contacted and asked to donate a pint
of blood. The Leaksville plants have an
outstanding record of support on pre
vious visits by the Bloodmobile.
Although the recruiting of donors
will be concentrated in Leaksville for
this visit, Fieldcrest employees at other
mills and offices and persons through
out the Tri-City area are asked to give
blood January 29 instead of waiting un-
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Account Statements
Sent By Credit Union
Semi - annual statements from the
Fieldcrest Mills Credit Union are being
distributed this week to all members
of the credit union. The statements, cov
ering the last six months of 1964, show
the members’ share accounts, the
amount of dividends credited, interest
paid and unpaid loan balances.
If any member has not received his
statement by the end of this week or
if there is any question concerning his
account, the member should get in
touch with the Credit Union office.
The Credit Union has paid a 4 per
cent per annum dividend on savings
each six months since it was organized
over six years ago. The dividends are
figured on the members’ average
monthly balances and are credited to
their share accounts.
Credit Union officials remind the
members that their statements should
be retained for income tax purposes.