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Spray, N. C„ March 6, 1967
1966 Safety Record Is Best in History
Fi ol i^ L . 1 ^ ^ .
the employees in 1966 achieved
tor safety record ever established
of th ^ Fieldcrest operations. Nine
Oo locations completed the year with
5 injuries, accumulating over
dlion man-hours of accident-free
°»-oration.
the mills obtaining “firsts” in
safety records were the Karastan
Cni ’ ^®aksville, and the Muscogee Mill,
Ho Karastan Mill had
^®t time due to injury and has op-
Jeadline Is Near For
Scholarship Requests
J^sadline for applying for a Field-
hat' ®'^^olarship or a Muscogee Foun-
tion ” Scholarship is April 1. Applica
te h be received prior to that date
Cr,„, ® considered by the Scholarship
^“^mittees.
pg the Fieldcrest and Muscogee
Scholarships are worth
at each over a period of four years
yg ® rate of $600 for each of the four
of college attendance,
ajj. employees and the children of
are eligible to apply for
gfg^,^®*’ships. They must be high school
the ''^bo are entering college for
in brst time and must plan to enroll
Vgf b, ®®®bemic four-year college or uni-
tty in a course of studies leading to
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erated over 2-million man-hours since
the last lost-time accident occurred. The
Muscogee Mill attained second place, the
highest it has ever ranked, in the
Georgia Textile Manufacturers Associa
tion’s safety contest and is to receive
an award from the GTMA.
Mills or units which had no lost-time
injuries in 1966, in addition to Karastan,
were: Bedspread Finishing, Bleachery’
Central 'Warehouse, Foremost Screen
Print, General Offices, Mount Holly
Spinning Mill, Nye-Wait and Virginia
Specials.
The company-wide frequency rate
(the number of lost-time accidents per
million man-hours) and severity rate
(the number of lost-time days per mil
lion man-hours) were less than half of
those in the previous year. The 1966
frequency was 2.50 compared with 5.02
in 1965. The severity rate was 559 in
1966, having been reduced from 1197
in 1965.
The above are highlights of a report
by K. R. Baggett, Fieldcrest safety di
rector, covering safety activities in 1966.
Mr. Baggett congratulated the mills on
their safety record and urged a con
tinuation of the emphasis on the pre
vention of accidents.
“Each employee can take pride in the
part he has played by working safely,”
he said. “These accomplishments have
made 1966 a banner year in Fieldcrest’s
safety endeavors. 1967 has gotten off to
an even better start than 1966 and,
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ital Campaign Under Way At Forest City
Ijillbployees of the Alexander Sheeting
t)gj ^bis week are engaged in a cam-
Vh $1,500,000 in the
Hospital $3,750,000 Develop-
‘ program.
Th “ —
® balance will be met by a govern-
Cq”*' grant and area philantrophies.
bijjj '^stions (including Fieldcrest) and
firms of the area are contrib-
.^*.*111.0 yj± tin:: ai wci aic t-uiit-Aiu-
thg ® substantially to the fund to meet
llij,;,beed for better hospital care for
firms of the area are contrib
l6
j^®^ford County people,
ggjj T. Carter, personnel manager, is
the chairman of the campaign at
'^^®^ander plant. The supervisors
6ttivj,®®®isting by personally contacting
bo,C.°yees and soliciting pledges to the
rPbal fund.
®b employee is being asked ._
0( ^ pledge averaging about the cost
be cup of coffee a day. The pledge
to
may be paid in small installments
through payroll deductions over a three-
year period.
The goal at the Alexander plant is
$40,000, which will be attained if all
employees pledge on the suggested basis.
The present hospital, located in Forest
City, has two buildings. It is planned
to raze the older building, constructed
in 1911. It will be replaced by a brand
new three-story building, modern in
every respect, to accommodate the hos
pital service areas.
The other building, built in 1952, will
be completely refurbished to eliminate
existing overtaxed facilities and to aug
ment in every way the new building
housing the service areas.
The improvements will provide a new,
modern surgical suite, a new and larger
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NO. 16
A. J. Talbert, of Finishing Mill Qual
ity Control, prepares to give blood.
Bleachery, Finishing
Furnish Most Donors
Bleachery and Finishing employees
were outstanding among the donors
when the Bloodmobile visited St. Luke’s
Episcopal Church in Spray, Thursday,
February 16. Bleachery and Finishing
furnished 26 donors, the largest group
from any mill or blood donor team.
A total of 76 Fieldcrest employees
gave blood, accounting for over 56% of
the 135 pints obtained on the Blood-
mobile visit. Every Fieldcrest plant in
the Tri-Cities, the General Offices, Re
search Building and Specials, were rep
resented among the donors.
Besides Bleachery and Finishing, the
other mills furnishing the largest num
ber of donors were Karastan 10; and
Sheet Finishing and Specials, eight
apiece.
Guy Buckle, chairman of the Tri-City
Blood Program, expressed appreciation
to those who- donated blood and to the
large group of volunteer workers at the
Bloodmobile. He said the local Blood
Program is “barely holding its own” and
donor recruitment efforts must be in
tensified.
Melvin Harmon, of the Blanket Cut
ting and Sewing Department at the Fin
ishing Mill, and 'William Lee Davis, of
Morehead Mills, became members of the
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