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Spray, N, C„ September 13, 1965 NO. 5
lions Being Spent On Improvements
Consff lir*fir»»i ITn^ckn* \X/e«*r A 4. RA 1 «?. at
hi Under Way At Many Locations As Improvement
P>^«Jects Include Modern, Air Conditioned Sheet
'Stung Mill On Former Union Carbide Property Near Draper.
tm^°'^®™ization and expansion projects
11.., over $10-million are currently
Fieldcrest Mills, or have
Pf i*'“y been completed. Included are
f’ieirf Spray, Draper, Leaksville,
aale, Va., Forest City, Columbus,
and New Brunswick, N. J.
is ® latest addition to be announced
isijjJ^^bern, air conditioned Sheet Fin-
Opj ^ Mill to be built on the former
j^^on Carbide property near Draper.
building will house the sheet
•ocat ^ 3nd warehousing operation now
, ®a in the Nantucket building,
gtajj site has been cleared and
the “ contracts have been let for
The steel is to be de-
iftg I '^y September 26 and the build-
sij- ® expected to be completed within
W f The modern 175,000 square
. facility will cost $1,500,000.
General Offices, Spray, addi-
iftg 1 staling 25,000 square feet are be- .
S i at a cost of $640,000. Construc-
ep(j ® scheduled to be completed by the
Op 1965. A partial two-story addition
Oh g ® ®^st side will provide badly need-
space for the Data Processing
*t>acp f provide extra
Othj 1°'’ the Purchasing, Traffic, Stand-
and Engineering Departments.
An addition at the southwest corner
will contain the Industrial Relations De
partment and enlarged quarters for the
Medical Department, with additional ex
amining and treatment rooms and space
for medical records. The X-ray ma
chine and will be moved to the new part
of the building. The space released by
Industrial Relations will be used for ex
pansion of the Accounting Department.
In a million-dollar improvement pro
gram at Fieldale, Va., a three-bay addi
tion, two stories high, is being built at
the north end of the Towel Mill Weave
room. The 37,728 square feet of extra
space will make it possible to consoli
date weaving operations now in scatter
ed locations.
On order are 60 new C-8 looms which
will replace older models. Also, the C-8
and C-7 looms now being operated in
the former Hosiery Mill building will
be moved into the new addition. The
first floor of the addition will be used
for expansion of the Cloth Room which
has become necessary due to increased
production and greater number of styles.
Construction is nearing completion
and the looms are to be moved in dur
ing the next few weeks.
The largest of the current projects is
fffice Departments Are Reorganized
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'iop^j?^^'®bment of a Business Informa
. ®P3rtment in the Finance and Ac-
tiopj Division, combining the func-
*'as , of two existing departments,
announced by Richmond R.
fs, vice president-finance.
V ® oew department will consist of
‘'^'ons: Data Processing, Domestics
Data Processing, General Of-
Processing, Rugs; Informa-
in„^ystems and
jj \ Research.
rtugs; iniorma-
^tio-X.^tems and Procedures; and Oper-
Research.
®ok Loveless, Jr., formerly man-
auditing, was appointed
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of the Business Information
V?^bient. Melvin B. Franklin, for-
^3oager-office procedures, was
*'cs hianager-data processing, domes-
o^ucts. He will continue to be re-
administration of the
i Workload measurement program
until it is assigned to another organiza
tion component.
Charles E. Butler, formerly super-
visor-EDT planning, was named man
ager-data processing. General Offices.
Managers of the other sections of the
Business Information Department will
be appointed later.
Luke E. Chewning, in addition to his
responsibilities as manager-general and
tax accounting, will be responsible for
Internal Auditing until a new manager
of that department is appointed.
It was announced that Robert H. Hair,
formerly manager-data processing, has
resigned effective September 17 to ac
cept a position with another company.
The new Data Processing sections will
be responsible for programming and
operating the individual data process-
(Continued on Page Eight)
a $3,700,000 modernization and expan
sion program at the Alexander Sheeting
Mill, Forest City. The spinning and
weaving will be completely modernized
and production will be increased ap
proximately 70 per cent.
A contract has been signed with the
Roberts Company, of Sanford, for 96
new spinning frames with 32,256 spin
dles, replacing all present frames. The
present weave room will be converted
to a spinning department with the latest
type refrigerated air-conditioning.
Construction is well along on a new,
completely modern weave room of 104,-
000 square feet. Additional looms will
be installed bringing the total to 791
See pages four and five for pictures
of new construction at Fieldcrest Mills.
from the present 408. The project is
scheduled for completion by the end of
the year.
In a $355,000 project at Columbus,
Ga., construction is nearly complete on
a beautiful modern Fieldcrest Store
similar to the Fieldcrest Store at Spray.
Located on a choice site on Victory
Drive (U. S. Highway 27 and 280) be
tween Columbus and Fort Benning, the
store will serve Columbus, Fort Ben
ning, Phenix City, Ala., and the sur
rounding 20-county trading area with a
population of over 500,000.
The building will be larger than the
store at Spray, having 14,866 square feet
compared to the Spray store’s 12,226, but
will be of similar Colonial design. It is
expected that the building will be ready
for occupancy by November 1.
Also at Columbus, construction of a
two-story addition is under way at the
Bay Avenue Warehouse. The 33,066-
square foot addition to the finished
goods warehouse will provide badly
needed extra space for the warehousing
and shipping of the products of Mus-
(Continued on Page Three)
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