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Spray, N. C., November 8, 1965 NO. 9
Tri-City Employees Give $55,185 To UF
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Ver 72_ Per Cent Pledge Day’s
j.^y Or More; Sheeting Plants To
®ceive The President’s Plaque
J’ieldcrest employees in Leaksville-
j^Pfay-Draper contributed a record-
j/^aking $55,185 in the Tri-City Com-
nity Fund campaign. In addition to
employees’ gifts, the company,
do-
the
j
ough the Fieldcrest Foundation
$6,500 to the fund,
contributions of the employees
g^'t^ke company together, which total-
of represented over 82 per cent
®e community-wide goal of $75,000.
^644 4,355 employees on the payroll,
tL P®*" cent, made pledges in
campaign. Moreover, 3,166 employ-
(jj’PP 72.7 per cent, pledged at least a
cew ^
tin, ■ signed up for deductions on a con-
basis.
(g^kiployees in the sheeting operations
seting and Sheet Finishing Mills),
with 75.8 per cent, won the President’s
Plaque given by President Harold W.
Whitcomb to the mill in which the
highest percentage of employees pledged
on a day’s pay basis.
The Technical Services Department
won the President’s Plaque among the
staff departments. Employees of that
department contributed an amount equal
to 102.2 per cent of a day’s pay for all
of the department’s employees.
The Technical Services Department
includes Product Development, Research
and Quality Control, Pilot Plant and the
Mechanical Development Departments.
Other staff departments in which 100
per cent of the employees gave a day’s
pay or more were: Industrial Relations,
Engineering, Standards, Fieldcrest Store,
and General Management.
The Industrial Relations Department
includes the Canteen Service, and the
Engineering Department includes the
central staff. Central Filter Plant, and
A Message From Our President
Dear Fieldcrest Employee:
On behalf of General Management and personally, I again
}vant to thank Fieldcrest employees for their wonderful support
the United Fund campaigns in our mills. The results of this
year’s campaigns in the Company were truly outstanding. Your
generous and unselfish support has again demonstrated the in
terest and willing cooperation of Fieldcrest employees in pro
jects which are for the good of the community.
My sincere gratitude and congratulations to each employee
^ho made a contribution to the campaigns. And, let me express
^special appreciation to the many more who signed up on a con-
wnuing basis in support of the United Fund or Community
■t'und. Such contributors have recognized that responsible citi
zens have an ongoing obligation and privilege to aid the less
fortunate and to help provide needed services which make for
more wholesome community.
The outstanding support given by our employees in this and
ether community projects is a source of pride to the Company
^•nd reflects great credit upon every member of the Fieldcrest
erganization.
President
Specials Department (Scrubbing, Office
Janitors and Yard Cleaning).
Drawings, by mills, for the prizes to
be given by the company among those
who contributed a day’s pay or more
are to be held at the Fieldcrest Store
Monday, November 8, at 2:30 p.m.
Names of the winners will be announced
in the next issue of The Mill Whistle.
Employees who gave a day’s pay or
more will participate in a drawing for
their choice of a “1776” bedspread, a
Chateau blanket, a Happiness rug or a
Royal Satin sheet and pillowcase set.
In addition, the names of all “day’s pay
givers”, both mill and staff, will be in
cluded in a drawing for a grand prize of
a Karastan 9 x 12 Estella rug.
At a report meeting last week, it was
announced that the campaign in the
community is proceeding satisfactorily.
Raymond Martin, general chairman of
the campaign, said reports from all di
visions “look good”.
He said he hoped that final callbacks
can be made promptly so that all funds
can be turned in to the fund head
quarters office in the Chamber of Com
merce building as early as possible.
The funds will be used to carry on the
work in 1966 of 10 vital local health,
welfare and recreational agencies. In
addition, $4,963 will be placed in a con
tingency fund.
Outstanding Results
In Greenville Drive
In an outstandingly successful cam
paign on behalf of the Pitt County Uni
ted Fund, 99.23 per cent of the employ
ees of the Karastan Spinning Division
made a contribution in some amount
and 98.84 per cent contributed a day’s
pay or more.
Of all the employees at the Green
ville plant, 97.30 per cent signed up for
contributions to continue beyond 1966.
A tabulation showed that of the 259
employees in the plant, 256 gave a day’s
pay or more; and 252 signed up for con
tinuing deductions. One person donated
less than a day’s pay and only two em
ployees did not make a contribution.
In the following departments, 100 per
cent of the employees gave a day’s pay
or more: Dye House, Blending, Carding,
Twist and Reel, Plant Service, and Su
perintendent’s Office.