J. L. Crabtree (left) accepts safety plaque for Muscogee Mill from C. M. Neuner,
1966 chairman of the Georgia Textiie Manufacturers Association safety contest.
Muscogee Mill Wins Safety Award
The Muscogee Mill at Columbus, Ga.,
has received the award for second place
in the annual Georgia Textile Manu
facturers Association safety contest for
plants in Georgia with over 1,000 em
ployees. This is the highest rating the
Muscogee Mill has ever attained in the
safety contest.
The award was presented to Field-
crest Mills at the 18th annual safety
conference of the GTMA recently at
the Marriott Hotel in Atlanta. It was
accepted on behalf of the company by
J. L. Crabtree, personnel manager for
the Muscogee Mill.
Georgia Labor Commissioner Sam
Caldwell commended the Georgia textile
companies for their outstanding safety
records. Speaking to more than 250
textile officials attending the confer
ence, honoring the plants with the top
records, Mr. Caldwell noted that the
textile industry frequency of accidents
was one of the lowest in the 18-year
history of the contest sponsored by the
GTMA.
The frequency rate this year for the
Georgia textile industry — the state’s
largest industry with nearly 110.000 em
ployees and an annual payroll of $475
million—was 5.97 accidents per million
man-hours worked, compared to a 13.2
accident frequency rate for all industry
nationally.
The frequency rate for the Muscogee
Mill was 1.3.
Stephenson Elected NCNGA Vice President
Joseph R. Stephenson, Jr., assistant
manager of employee benefits and serv
ices at Fieldcrest, was elected a vice
president of the North Carolina Nation
al Guard Association at the association’s
annual convention at the Blockade Run
ner Motor Hotel at Wilmington.
Mr. Stephenson, a captain in the Air
National Guard, is supply officer of the
145th Air Transport Group (Heavy),
based at Charlotte. As a reserve officer
in the Air Force, he was on active duty
for 31/2 years immediately following his
graduation from North Carolina State
University.
He has been an officer in the Air Na
tional Guard for about eight years. Be
fore joining Fieldcrest April 1, he was
assistant divisional group manager of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
of the United States. He was with Equi
table for eight years, with his head-
CAPT. J. R. STEPHENSON quarters in Charlotte.
Copyright, 1967, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Spray, N. C.
Issued Every Other Monday For Employ®®®
and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. ,
OTIS MARLOWE
EDITOR
Member, South Atlantic
Council Of Industrial
Editors
ADVISORY BOARD
R. F. Bell
J. S. Eggleston
T. E. Boyce
R. B. Mitchell
E. A. Clark
J. M. Moore
J. L. Crabtree
J. M. Rimmer
W. F. Crumley
B. W. Whaley
REPORTING STAFF
Alexander Sheeting Mill Edna ®ljto'i'
Pauline
Automatic Blanket Plant
Bedspread Finishing Mill Ann Mioitji.
Bedspread Mill Edna Hopr
Blanket Mill kahl®.!"’® J—tinS
Central Warehouse Geraldine
Draper Offices Mainie -n
General Offices Hilda GiyV
Gladys Holland, Katherine
Karastan Mill Irene
Karastan Service Center Mary Steph y
Karastan Spinning Div Evelyn Bea» 5
Muscogee Mills Mildred Nf'Jf
New York Offices Betty Uen® y
Nye-Wait Division Mary =K.|,|
Sheet Finishing Mill Ir'Lr
Sheeting Mill
Towel Mill Faye W«r ,
Worthville Spinning Plant James
Vol. XXV Monday, May 15, 1967,
mERVICE
mNNIVERSARI^^
Forty Years j
Booker W. Dalton To^
Roy W. Stoneman ToW
Opal L. Wilson Karasta
Thirty Years . ^
Claude W. Underwood Sheeti j
Daisy Slaughter
Ethel M. Fowler Blan^
'Twenty-Five Years [
Etta G. Hudson
Vernon L. Farmer
J. Clyde Minter ® tali
Frances W. Thompson Karas
'Twenty Years
William Shelton
Grace P. Abernathy MuscOo
Thelma I. Harris MuscoS
Ten Years
Charles E. Hill Muscog ^
Frank E. Barron, Jr Bedspr j
Rudolph V. Hairston To'*'
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FOR SALE: Collie pups, six weeks
Call 635-5643 after 3:30 p.m.
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autorps y
FOR SALE: Sunbeam steam and
iron, $3.00; 8-cup West Bend autoii*'j-
percolator, coppertone color with v
base. Call 623-7120. ^
FOR SALE: Porch set and two
chairs, $8.00; four good tables,
china cabinet with glass door; j,
doors and windows, some lumber
H. Wade, 205 Cascade Avenue, DraP
N. C. telephone 635-6602. ^
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