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H. F. Cumbo (center), early weaver at Bedspread Mill, is shown with the Rev.
J. K. McConnell, industrial chaplain, and M. S. Frazier, long-service employee.
Former Weaver Revisits Bedspread
An early employee of the Bedspread
Mill was impressed and amazed at the
progress since he worked there many
years ago. Making a “sentimental jour
ney” to the mill to see the changes that
have taken place and to see old friends
was Harvey F. Cumbo, a weaver at the
Bedspread Mill starting in 1919.
He left in 1935 and joined the P. H.
Wins Scholarship
Hanes Knitting Co. in Winston-Salem.
Since his recent retirement there he said
he “had a yearning” to see his old work
place and friends at the Bedspread Mill.
Arrangements for such a visit were
made by the Rev. J. K. McConnell, in
dustrial chaplain, who conducted Mr.
Cumbo on a tour of the mill. Mr. Cumbo
talked with W. G. Hunnings, mill super
intendent, and some of the supervisors.
In the weave room he was greeted by a
few employes who knew him although
most of his former co-workers are now
retired.
Mr. Cumbo is well remembered in
Leaksville, where he was a charter
member of the Moravian Church and
was teacher of the men’s Bible class in
the Sunday School. He is a brother-in-
law of Mrs. Bertha Griffin who recently
retired from the Bedspread Mill with 46
years of continuous service.
Can’t Get Through
Christopher F. Serocke, a graduate of
St. Agnes Cathedral School in Rock
ville Centre, N. Y., was awarded the
Archbishop Molloy Memorial Scholar
ship to St. John’s Preparatory School in
Danvers, Mass.
The scholarship, a full tuition, four-
year grant, was awarded on the basis of
a competitive test taken by almost 300
boys from the New York City area. Only
three such scholarships were awarded.
Christopher ranked second in his
graduating class of 102 children at St.
Agnes. He is the son of A. F. Serocke,
Product Manager of the Bedspread De
partment in New York.
A Communist Party organizer wrote
a despairing note to his Kremlin bosses:
“It is becoming increasingly difficult
to reach downtrodden American masses.
“In the spring, they are forever
polishing their shiny new cars.
“In the summer they take vacations,
In the fall they flock to baseball and
football games.
“And in the winter, I can’t get them
to leave their warm cozy homes and
TV sets to hear my lectures.
“How can I make these slaves of
Capitalism see how oppressed they are?”
Buy . . . Sell . . . Swap
FOR SALE: Rollaway bed in excellent
condition. Attractive price. Call 623-
3703.
FOR SALE: Extra nice utility trailer.
Good tires, new floor, new paint, 1965
tags. Pulls well. See Jack C. Baker or
telephone 635-8694.
THE MILL.WHISTL
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
REPORTING STAFF
Alexander Sheeting Mill Edna Bridie]
Pauline Yelto"
Automatic Blanket Plant Janice Enn'J
Bedspread Mill Edna HopP.^
Bedspread Finishing Mill Ann Midki’
Blanket Mill Katherine Turne'
Central Warehouse Geraldine Perkif’
Draper Offices Mamie Dicksoj
General Offices Hilda GroS^J
Gladys Holland, Katherine Manlf’,
Karastan Mill Irene MeeJ j
Karastan Service Center Mary Stephen'-
Karastan Spinning Div Evelyn Beasiej
Mt. Holly Spinning Mill Elizabeth Gros®
Muscogee Mills Mildred Newsotfl*
New York Offices Betty LencsC'
Nye-Wait Division Mary Spec
Sheet Finishing Mill Faye
Sheet Finishing Office Lucille Al[®'
Sheeting Mill Ruth MinfJJ
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Towel Mill Faye Warren, Fannie Hund'®'
Worthville Sheeting Mill James Wi^
Vol. XXIV Mon., August 16, 1965, No.
SERVICE
mNNIVERSARlES
Thirty-Five Years
Homer W. Fulcher Blanl^®
Thirty Years
Gertrude H. Shelton Karast^i'
Evie C. Pratt KarasWj
Burlie Pulliam Bedspre®'
Pauline N. Reynolds
Stonewall Evans
Twenty Years
Noah B. Jones
Aubrey W. Hamrick
J. Lewis Stephens
Carl Keaton
. SheetiPj
Finishi^^
Muscog®'
. Karast®''
. Karasta"
Karastal
W. Gordon Harris Blatil^®
Rosa G. Land Sheet Finisbi®
Fifteen Years
Albert T. Hopper, Jr Specif'
Grey V. Hunt Bedspr®^^
James Eric Jones Muscog^,
James D. Kirkman Bedspr®^
McKinley Blackstock
BlatiK*:
Claude A. Weddle Bedspre®
Tow
Dovie C. Adams
Clarence E. Rakes ToW‘
Harry W. Toliver Muscog®
W. Benton Fretwell To'^*
Elaine H. Holliman Sheet Finisbi'’*
Ten Years
Norman E. Dodson To'*''
Boyd Littleton Musco#
Roger A. Joyce Sheets
Fred R. Turner To""j
Sara E. Maddox Muscog®,
James W. Townsend Muscog®'
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Joe Haynes Karas
Roger Lee Manning Karastan Sa ,
Lillian B. Sandler Karastan Sa*.
Lucinda L. Sumner General OffE^
Maudie M. Eddins
Muscog®-
Charles N. Galloway Karas^.
Merle H. Gentry General Offi^'j
Curtis F. Stone To'*'
THE MILL WHISTi’