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Copyright, 1965, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Spray, N. C.
Issued Every Other Monday For Employ®®
and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
OTIS MARLOWE
EDITOR
Member, South Atlanta
Council Of Industrial
Editors
Vol. XXIV Mon., Dec. 6, 1965, No^
L. W. BYRUM
Organization Changes At Bedspread Mill
The following organization changes at
the Bedspread Mill, effective recently,
have been announced. Chester T. Rob
ertson, Weave Room night foreman, was
appointed foreman of the Inspecting De
partment, effective November 1, re
placing Ralph L. Ellis, who retired un
der the Fieldcrest Pension Plan.
Robert W. Harris, management
trainee at the Towel Mill, was transfer
red to the Bedspread Mill as foreman of
Dyeing and Quilling. He replaces Robert
L. Hildreth, foreman of Dyeing and
Slashing, who was transferred to the
Towel Mill as a supervisor in the Piece
Dyeing Department.
In another appointmenr, which be
came effective some time ago, Leaman
W. Byrum, assistant foreman, was ap
pointed foreman of the Carding and
Spinning Department at the Bedspread
Mill, replacing W. F. Crumley, who was
appointed superintendent of the Mount
Holly Spinning Mill.
Mr. Robertson, a Spray native, has
been a supervisor at Fieldcrest for over
20 years, first at the Synthetic Fabrics
Mill and then at the Bedspread Mill.
He first joined the company in 1930 at
the Synthetic Fabrics Mill. He worked
as a weaver, warp hanger and as loom-
fixer before he became an assistant
foreman in the Weave Room in 1945. He
was transferred to the Bedspread Mill
Weave Room as a loomfixer in 1957 and
worked as a sample and change man
and as a second hand before he became
assistant foreman in 1959. He was ap
pointed night foreman in 1961.
Mr. Harris had worked at the Towel
Mill since June, 1964, as a mangement
trainee. He is a native of Old Fort and
received a B.S. degree in textile tech
nology and textile chemistry from N. C.
State College.
Mr. Hildreth Is a native of Ansonville
and a graduate of Catawba College with
an A.B. degree in chemistry. He became
a management trainee at the Towel Mill
immediately following his graduation in
1959. He was named an assistant fore
man in the Dyeing and Bleach Depart
ment in 1961 and had been foreman of
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ADVISORY BOARD
R. F. Bell R. B. Mitchell
E. A. Clark J. M. Moore
J. L. Crabtree E. L. Parrish
W. F. Crumley J. M. Rimmer
J. S. Eggleston
Health And Work
Why Pre-Hire Examinations?
By DR. A. D. GULLETT
Medical Director, Fieldcrest Mills
Last time we mentioned four basic
elements of an occupational health serv
ice and how they help in health main
tenance. The pre-hire examination was
the first of the four elements, so let’s
consider it today lor it is fundamental
to health maintenance.
As the term implies, it is performed
before an applicant is put to work; it
may also be done before an employee is
transferred to a different job. Regard
less of when it is done, it is not designed
to exclude applicants who are not physi
cally perfect.
Here is an example of how it works;
John Doe was being considered lor a
job that required walking at a fairly
fast rate for most of an eight-hour shift,
along with some stair climbing. In the
pre-hire examination he was found to
have a condition which made walking
and climbing stairs a hardship lor him.
A change of plans was made. Other
tests showed that he had mechanical
aptitude, so he was assigned work of
this type. Before long he was doing
work that previously had been sent
outside the company.
He thus became a well-adjusted and
productive employee. The company also
saved money by doing its own repair
work of the type involved.
Here is another example: An appli
cant reported for pre-hire physical ex
amination and tests showed that he had
a serious chronic disease which he did
not know he had. His employment was
deferred and he was advised to see his
personal physician.
A treatment program was worked out
for him and the disease process was
brought under control. He was re-ex
amined in six weeks and assigned to a
job within his physical abilities.
The first example shows how the
abilities of people with health handicaps
may be utilized to benefit everyone con
cerned. The second example shows how
unknown disease professes may be de
tected at an early stage when they can
^ERVfCE
^^^^^nniversari£^
Thirty-Five Years ^
Willie E. Fuqua rnW*'
Burbee M. Haynes
Thirty Years jt
Emily R. Derby Nye-W
Twenty-Five Years )
Robert P. Haynes
Twenty Years
John F. Graham id).
Itaska B. Hand Bedspread Fin‘-,
Joe P. Wilson Bla® ,
Pearl F. Cox
Pauline S. McBride ®. ^
Rivers L. Bowling Sheet
Charlotte T. McBride .... General OH'
Fifteen Years
Doris L. Troxell Musc^ j
F. Guerrant Norman Spray
Ten Years
Ruby A. Slayton
Nannie S. Howell .... Karastan Spm'
James H. Denny
Reba W. Hancock .. Res. & Qual.
C. Edward Stone jeS
Robert Hudgins .... N. Y. Karastan
Mary B. Sheffield
Jasper J. Tilley Sheet Finish
Beverly A. Barnes
Betty G. Flinchum General jjti
Thomas G. Rice
Lonnie E. Smith Karastan Sph^
be successfully treated and the mo
ual become a productive citizen
a normal life. At the same time,
tional health services give imP°* jije
assistance to management, who WS
primary responsibility for selectio
applicants for specific jobs.
The basic pre-hire examination
sists of a thorough history and
examination and, where needed, a
count, chest X-ray, and other tests,
pending upon the job requirements,
medical information is confidential jj,.
is not provided to anyone unless tn
dividual gives permission. jjf
Next time we will consider pni-
examinations. ^
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