DARRELL C. STEAGALL
WILLIAM GALE RHODES
GLENDA OVERBY THOMPSON
Fieldcrest Scholars Graduate With Outstanding Records
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Three students who received Field
crest Scholarships in 1961 have grad
uated from their respective colleges,
each with a high academic rank and a
record of outstanding accomplishments.
They are; Glenda Overby Thompson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Over
by, the father employed at the Bed
spread Mill; William Gale Rhodes, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Rhodes, the fa
ther employed in Domestics Designing;
and Darrell C. Steagall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Steagall, the father employed
at the Bedspread Mill.
Glenda Overby, who was married
June 6 to Harold Edgar Thompson,
graduated cum laude from the Univer
sity of North Carolina-Greensboro with
an A.B. degree in mathematics. She was
a senior marshal, a member of the
Mathematics Club and Student Educa
tion Association, a Dean’s List student
and a participant in the Honors Pro
gram. She will teach math in the Mar
tinsville, Va., high school this fall.
William Gale Rhodes, graduated with
high honors from North Carolina State
University at Raleigh. He received a
B.S. degree in applied mathematics with
a minor in chemistry.
He compiled an A-minus average and
was a Dean’s List student during each
of his eight semesters at State. He was
a member of the honorary mathematics
fraternity of Pi Mu Epsilon and the
National Honor Society of Phi Kappa
260 Pints Needed On June Bloodmobile Visit
Employees of the Blanket and Sheet
ing Mills will be solicited and asked to
give blood when the Bloodmobile visits
the First Methodist Church at Draper
Wednesday, June 23.
Also, the heads of other industries
and businesses in the Draper area will
be contacted and requested to obtain
donors from among their employees and
the employees’ families.
The Tri-City Blood Program needs
260 pints on the June 23 Bloodmobile
visit in order to meet the usage of blood
for Tri-City patients.
The Leaksville - Spray - Draper Red
Cross chapter has been officially noti
fied that the local program is badly in
arrears and that extra efforts must be
made to overcome the deficit. It was
pointed out that the Tri-Cities were 77
pints behind the usage at the end of
April.
Since blood is being used at an aver
age of 92 pints per month and there
was no Bloodmobile visit in May, the
260 pints needed must be collected on
the June 23 visit.
“Our program is in real bad condi-
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tion,” said John G. Cunningham, co-
chairman of the Tri-City Blood Pro
gram. He urged a large turnout of don
ors for the June 23 visit and stressed
the need for new donors in addition to
those who donate regularly in the pro
gram.
Mr. Cunningham said the Blood Pro
gram will have to have donors from
Spray and the Central Area as well as
Draper on the June 23 visit in order to
obtain the amount of blood needed.
Leaksville will have a Bloodmobile visit
August 5. Since donors must wait eight
weeks after giving blood before they can
give again, Leaksville donors will be un
able to give at Draper.
Taking the lead in the donor recruit
ment campaign will be the Draper Y’s
Men’s Club, with assistance from the
Draper Firemen, Draper Boy Scouts, the
Leaksville-Spray Y’s Men’s Club and the
Tri-City Ministerial Association.
In addition, the members of the
Leaksville-Spray Junior Woman’s Club
will again conduct a telephone cam
paign to obtain donors and to remind
donors of their appointments.
Phi, the highest scholastic achievem^
at State. He will begin studies
to a Ph.D. degree in organic chemist
in September at the University of ,
Carolina at Chapel Hill on a Natio^^
Aeronautics and Space Administrati
fellowship. He will be employed at t
imiversity this summer as a laborato
technician.
Darrell C. Steagall, a graduate in
tile technology at North Carolina St®
University at Raleigh, led the
of award recipients in the Text
School, receiving three.
He received the Delta Kappa Phi t®
tile fraternity award as the “Outstan
ing Senior of the Year”. He was cbos
by a vote of his classmates in
tion of his service and interest in
activities and advancement of the ScP ^
of Textiles. The award consists ot
plaque to Mr. Steagall and his ^
plate on a permanent plaque in
school. (d
He also weis the recipient of the No .
Carolina Textile Manufacturers
ation award as “Most Outstanding Sf ^
ior” selected by the School of Texti.^^
faculty. The award, an engraved
watch, recognizes excellence in schoi^^^
ship, industry, leadership, judgment,
liability and interest in the welfar®
the School of Textiles and fellow ®
dents.
The third award received by j,
Steagall was the Textile Forum
cal Journalism award of a silver cuP
outstanding achievement, one of th® j.,
awards are given by the “Textile *
um,” student publication of the ScP
of Textiles. jj,e
Mr. Steagall was employed in
Standards Department at the
Mill at the time he received the
crest Scholarship. His wife, the
Patricia Cochran, of Spray, also
employed at the Karastan Office- -.jj,
Steagall has accepted a position 'y
Carlton Manufacturing C o m p a n >
Cherryville.
THE MILL WHI