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PJonJs 3^ Draper, Forest City, Greenvilfe, leaksvilte. Mount HoOy, Salisbury, Smithfielcf,
Spray end Worthville, N. C; Fieldale, Va.j CdlumbMS, Ga. and Aobyrn, N. Y.
^L. XXIII
Spray, N. C., February 8, 1965
NO. 15
105 Fieldcresters
Are Blood Donors
fieldcrest employees gave 105 pints
of the total of 172 pints of blood do-
^^ted when the Bloodmobile was sta-
uoned at the Moose Lodge in Leaksville
r'’i'lay, January 29. The blood donors
'•icluded employees from several differ-
mills and the General Offices.
Bedspread and Karastan Mills,
^hich were competing for highest per-
centage of donors, both had excellent
'irnouts. At the Karastan Mill and
Service Center, 54, or 6.2 per cent of
employees gave blood. Donors from
Bedspread Mill numbered 24, or 5.0
cent of the employees.
„ the drawing for the prize among
p® Karastan blood donors, William J.
^^*Tett, of the Finishing Department,
awarded an Amarapura (3 x 5)
®rastan rug. Representative employees
/^fiducting the drawing Thursday, Feb-
4, were Cecil Hundley, Weave
^oom; J. w. Jones, Finishing Depart-
and Douglas Hankins, Office.
, -^s on past visits of the Bloodmobile
° Leaksville, the Karastan Mill furnish-
g ''olunteer workers who were hostess-
. ® Or served in the canteen. Those assist-
Were Elsie Carter, Setting Depart-
Lucille Carter, Setting; Nellie
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^ 3't'ence Stevens, of Bedspread Mill,
donor room at Bloodmobile. Vol-
worker is Mrs. W. B. Lucas. See
four and five for more pictures.
Frank E. Beane Elected Maguire President
Frank E. Beane has been elected
president and a director of John P.
Maguire c&: Co., Inc., a factoring subsidi
ary of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., effective
March 1. This was announced January
28 by H. W. Whitcomb, president of the
parent company, who has also been
president of the Maguire Co. since its
purchase by Fieldcrest from J. P. Stev
ens and Co. as of Nov. 1, 1964. Mr.
Whitcomb will resign as president of the
Maguire Co. March 1, but will remain a
director.
Mr. Beane has resigned as vice presi
dent of the McCall Corp. where he has
been the senior financial officer since
1960. Prior to this connection he was
president and chief executive officer of
the Underwood Corp. from 1956 to 1960
and was responsible for the sale of that
corporation to the Olivetti Co. of Italy.
Mr. Beane is the son of the late
Alpheus Beane, a founder of Fenner
and Beane, a brokerage firm which was
merged into Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner and Beane in 1941. He was born
in Augusta, Georgia, and after gradua
tion from Yale University in 1933 he
was a general partner in Fenner and
Beane for seven years, before serving
in the OPA during World War II.
Mr. Beane is married to the former
Mary Holton. The couple are residents
FRANK E. BEANE
. . . Heads Fieldcrest Subsidiary . . .
of Greenwich, Conn., and are parents of
four children. He has been active in
community affairs in Greenwich for
many years, and is a member of the
Round Hill Club, Union League Club,
and St. Anthony Hall.
Committee To Accept Scliolarship Requests
The Fieldcrest Scholarship Committee
and the Muscogee Scholarship Commit
tee February 15 will begin accepting ap
plications for scholarships given to assist
employees or children of employees of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., in obtaining a col
lege education.
An application form may be secured
from the industrial relations represent
atives or personnel offices at the mills;
by calling at the Employment Office of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., in the General Of
fices building in Spray; or by writing
to Dr. William McGehee, director of
personnel research and training, Field
crest Mills, Inc., Spray.
The scholarship program covers all
locations of Fieldcrest Mills. Except at
Muscogee, the scholarships are provided
by the Fieldcrest Foundation.
Scholarships granted to Muscogee em
ployees or their children are from the
Muscogee Mills Foundation, set up by
the former owners of Muscogee Mills.
The foundation has the same general
purposes as the Fieldcrest Foundation
and is being continued by Fieldcrest
Mills, Inc.
Individuals who wish to be consid
ered for the scholarships must submit
an application in writing prior to April
1, 1965, to the Scholarship Committee.
Awards of the scholarships will be an
nounced by June 1, 1965.
Both the Fieldcrest and Muscogee
Scholarships are now worth $2,400 each
over a period of four years at the rate
of $600 for each of the four years of
college attendance. Scholarships are
awarded each year, but it is expected
that once a student is awarded a schol
arship in his freshman year the scholar
ship will be renewed for three succes
sive years provided the student main
tains a satisfactory academic record.
Recipients are chosen on the basis of
their academic aptitude, good citizenship
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