THE MILL WHISTLER
THOMAS R. SMITHWICK
MALCOLM A. TAYLOR
J.V. WT
Organization Changes Announced
The following organization changes, assistant foreman of the Spinning De
effective Monday, May 17, have been
announced:
Thomas R. Smithwick, assistant fore
man in the Spinning Department at the
Karastan Spinning Division, Greenville,
was transferred to Leaksville as assist
ant foreman in the Weave Room at the
Karastan Mill.
Malcolm A. Taylor, quality control
technician at the Karastan Spinning Di
vision, was appointed assistant foreman
in the Spinning Department at Green
ville, replacing Mr. Smithwick.
A native of Windsor, Mr. Smithwick
first joined the company in September,
1961, as assistant foreman in the Repair
Department at the Automatic Blanket
Plant, Smithfield. He later worked as a
standards engineer at Smithfield and in
July, 1962, was transferred to Green
ville as a trainee. He was promoted to
partment in July, 1963.
Mr. Smithwick is married to the for
mer Sara Lancaster, also a Windsor na
tive. They have a daughter eight years
old; a son, six; and a daughter, four
years old. The family will move to the
Tri-Cities as soon as housing arrange
ments have been completed.
Mr. Taylor began his employment
with Fieldcrest Mills as a quality con
trol technician at Greenville in Febru
ary, 1965. He was born at Tally-ho, and
attended Needham B. Broughton High
School in Raleigh. He is currently en
rolled at East Carolina College and is
in his senior year working toward an
A.B. degree.
Mr. Taylor is married to the former
Rebecca Ann Davis of Winston-Salem,
who is a business major senior at East
Carolina College.
Robertson Named Spray Mayor Pro Tern
W. Jim Robertson, Sr., grounds super
visor at Fieldcrest, served as Mayor of
Spray for several days following his re
cent election to the town board.
Running for his third term as a com
missioner, he led the ticket in the Spray
municipal election May 4. Then, at the
organizational meeting of the new board,
his fellow commissioners unanimously
elected him mayor pro tem. He served
as mayor while Mayor Russell W. Hunt
er was away on vacation.
In addition to his municipal office,
Mr. Robertson is a member of the re
cently - organized Rockingham County
Wildlife Commission, senior vice com
mander of the Strong - Martin - Stegail
Post No. 2544, Veterans of Foreign Ways,
a member and deacon of Floyd Bapti.>t
Church.
He served in the South Pacific with
the Second Marine Division in World
War II and participated in the landings
at Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa. He has
been grounds supervisor at Fieldcrest
Mills for 14 years.
Copyright, 1965, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Spray, N. C.
Issued Every Other Monday For Employees
and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
OTIS MARLOWE
EDITOR
Member, South Atlantic
Council Of Industrial
Editors
ADVISORY BOARD
R. F. Bell R. B. Mitchell
J. L. Crabtree J. M. Moore
J. S. Eggleston J. M. Rimmer
E. F. Fowler J. T. White ^
REPORTING STAFF
Alexander Sheeting Mill Edna Brjg
Pauline Yen®
Automatic Blanket Plant Janice En"
Bedspread Mill Edna HopP.^
Bedspread Finishing Mill Ann Mio^^ -
Blanket Mill Katherine Turn
Central Warehouse Geraldine
Draper Offices Mamie Die^’“„
General Offices Hilda
Gladys Holland, Katherine Mf!’'®'
Karastan Mill Irene
Karastan Service Center Mary Stepne
Karastan Spinning Div Evelyn BMS'
Mt. Holly Spinning Mill Elizabeth
Muscogee Mills Mildred Newso
New York Offices Betty Lencse
Nye-Wait Division Ligh*
Sheet Finishing Mill Faye L'? y
Sheet Finishing Office
Sheeting Mill Ruth y
W. JIM ROBERTSON, SR.
Towel Mill Faye Warren, Fannie Hono- y
Worthville Sheeting Mill James
Vol. XXIII Mon., May 31, 1965, No^
gmERVICE
"^^^^mNNIVERSARlE^
Fieldcrest Mills extends congratuJf^
tions to the following employees who, *
the past two weeks, have observed
ble anniversaries of continuous servi
with the company.
Forty Years j
Bunyon L. Thompson Bedspr® .
Bessie M. Weatherford Bla^^
Thirty-five Years . ^
Buster Blackwell ^heetiW
Daniel Overby
Elmer T. Rodgers Blan*'
Thirty Years ^
Lula P. Braswell
Katherine F. Roberts
Mamie H. Biggs Bedspre^*
Twenty Years g
Nezzie M. McKinnon Musco>g
Geneva L. Barker Shee
Mattie H. Seay TojJ
Andrew Hampton Spec
Fifteen Years
Euell L. Turner
Martin S. Carter
Ten Years g,
Barbara L. Brown Central
Edwin L. Ferguson
Joseph D. Handy
Paul E. Hyler Central Wl
Johnnie R. Stancil Karastan
J. Otho Bourne ZinU
Harold Lee Cohen Sheet Finish
Milton H. Manns Central wi
George T. Nelson Fin^^
Rachel Windham .... Karastan SPi^
Ruth W. Burroughs Sheet Fini5
W. David Murray ^
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