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Spray, N. C., November 20, 1967
NO. 10
Employees Give $70,922 To United Fund
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At drawing for prizes among Day’s Pay contributors, Doris Gregory of the Sheet-
‘bg Mill hands ticket to Graham Phillips, Fieldcrest campaign chairman. Other mill
[■epresentatives participating in the drawings are, from left, George Cassell, Finish-
*•>8 Mill; Lottie Turner, Karastan Mill; Danny Gillespie, Blanket Mill; Loretta Wash-
Central Warehouse; Anna K. Meeks, Bedspread Mill; Grade Patterson, Sheet
^•wishing; and Shirley Wray, Bedspread Finishing.
Student Center Drive Opens
At presstime Friday solicitations were
under way in the fund drive for
building a new Student Center at Rock-
Jhgham Community College. The solici-
®Wons will continue this week until
®ach employee has had an opportunity
° Contribute to the building fund.
Charles R. Brown, chairman of the
^ampaign at Fieldcrest, said it is “very
ikely” that the drive will be completed
time for the results to be announced
The Leaksville News Wednesday.
“The response shown by Fieldcrest
®fnpioyees has been gratifying and I feel
Confident that when the campaign is
Completed we will be able to present
m our Community College our share of
Jyo funds necessary to build the Student
Center,” Mr. Brown said.
“I want to thank each and every one
'yho has pledged a contribution and
oose who have assisted in the cam
paign,” he said.
. The Burns Guards, the Engineer
ing Department and the Bedspread Fin-
*shing Mill Office already have reported
participation with all employees
pledging in the suggested amounts. Sev
eral other departments were understood
to have attained or to be approaching
100% participation.
Mr. Brown announced a large number
of prizes to be given in drawings among
those making contributions. Drawings
will be held for each mill for $10 gift
certificates good for any purchase at the
Fieldcrest Store. There will be an addi
tional drawing for $15 gift certificates in
mill and staff sub-units in which 100%
of the employees make contributions.
A grand prize of a 9 x 12 Kara.staii
oriental design rug will be awarded in
a drawing among the names of all em
ployees: who contribute any amount to
the campaign.
Harold W. Whitcomb, chairman of the
board of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., will pre
sent the Chairman’s Plaque to the mill
with the greatest average per capita
contribution and a separate plaque to
the mill having the highest percentage
of employees contributing. Similar Pla
ques will be awarded to staff depart-
(Continued on Page Eight)
Fieldcrest employees in the Eden area
gave generous and unselfish support to
the Tri-City Community Fund cam
paign, pledging a total of $70,922. In ad
dition, Fieldcrest Mills donated $6,500,
making a total contribution of $77,422
by the employees and the company.
Of the 4,667 people on the payroll
3,501, or 75%, gave a day’s pay or more.
Moreover, 2,740, or 58.6% pledged a
day’s pay on a continuing basis. A total
of 3,868 made contributions in some
amount, representing 82.8% of those
on the payroll.
Employees in the Sheeting operation
(Sheeting and Sheet Finishing Mills),
with 78.6%, won the President’s Plaque
for having the highest percentage of
employees to pledge on the day’s pay
basis. It was the third consecutive year
that the Sheeting operation has won
the plaque.
The percentage of employees giving a
day’s pay in other areas was 74.9% for
the Bedspread operation; 71.0% for the
Blanket operation and 69.1% for Kara
stan.
In the staff departments, a whopping
92.6% contributed on the day’s pay ba
sis. The Industrial Relations Depart
ment (General Office staff and Can
teen), won the President’s Plaque among
the staff departments. In that depart
ment, 100% of the employees pledged
a day’s pay or more and the pledges
(Continued on Page Four)
Appreciation Expressed
To Fieldcrest Employees
Once again Fieldcrest employees
have shown their generosity and
public spirit by their wonderful
response in the Tri-City Commu
nity Fund campaign. My heartfelt
thanks to each of you. Fieldcrest
employees as usual have set an ex
ample for the remainder of the
community in support of the cam
paign. You can be proud that you
have done your full share in this
worthwhile cause.
I want to commend you and
thank you most sincerely for your
fine response.
DR. C. F. TULLOCH
. General Chairman
Tri-City Community
Fund Campaign