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''^GGDFuRD r boebinger STANDARD PRINlrNG CO 1736 “^ISVILLL- kENILCKY Return Requested AG?0 I ■ bulk rate U. S. Postage 3.6e PAID Permit No. IS Eden, N. C. MS i COOHDINATFO l-'SHIONOi ' AND .'3AT }^L."xxvi XiSHSy Caldgifaus, PhtlBdalph^ Pg . and A^urr Eden, N. C.. May 13, 1968 NO. 22 Six Fieldcrest Scholarships Awai^ Six children of F’ieldprOQi pmrjlrirxrcKac T7£iT'oi+T7 r-\,-P 'Mi-vvi+'U .1 , Six children of Fieldcrest employees five different locations have been ^Warded $2,800 scholarships by the leldcrest Foundation to make a total of 36 Fieldcrest Scholarships that have been granted since 1960. Winners of the 1968 scholarships are: Vlarvin Ellis Brinkley, son of Mr. and ■^rs. Otto Jacob Brinkley, Jr., Salisbury; Allen Wayne Cobler, son of Mr. and Claude A. Cobler, Rt. 2, Bassett, ^3-; Sandra L. Combs, daughter of Clarence L. Combs and the late Rosa M. Combs, Eden; Amos Michael Hall, son bf Mr. and Mrs. Amos J. D. Hall, Rt. 2, “assett, Va.; William Husak, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Husak, Auburn, N. Y.; and Nancy Anne Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam R. Thomas; Forest City. Marvin Brinkley has been accepted at ne University of North Carolina. He Wans to major in history and wants to become a high school teacher. His father ^ a dyehouse foreman at the N. C. finishing Co. division at Salisbury. Alien Cobler, admitted to Virginia , olytechnic Institute, expects to major W industrial or textile engineering. His ather is an assistant foreman in the rowel Mill Weave Room at Fieldale, Va. Sandra Combs will attend the Uni- Blood Donors James Patterson, of Blanket Mill Weave Room, shown having blood pres- ®hre tested, was among the 365 em- Woyees who gave or offered to give ^ood at the recent Bloodmobile. See Wore pictures and donors’ names on **a-ges four and five. L versity of North Carolina at Greensboro and will major in biology or mathe matics. She plans tO' become a high school teacher. Her father is retired from the Wool Spinning Department at the Blanket Mill. Her mother, now de ceased, was also a Blanket Mill em ployee. Michael Hall has been accepted at Bridgewater College to major in re ligion and philosophy in prepara,tion for a pastoral ministry in the Church of the Brethren. His father is a second hand and his mother (Doris) an apron cleaner in the Towel Mill Spinning Department Fieldale, Va. ’ William Husak will attend Cortland State University. He will major in physi cal education and plans a career as a teacher. Hi.s father is a floorman at the Nye-Wait Plant, Auburn, N. Y. Nancy Thomas has been accepted at Guilford College and plans to major in psychology. She aspires to become a psychologist or a guidance counselor. Her father is supervisor of industrial engineering at the Alexander Sheeting Mill, Forest City. jRecipients are initially selected on the basis of the highest aptitude for college work as determined by high school per formance and academic aptitude tests, together with leadership and good citi zenship in the community and in school a,s indicated by extra-curricular activi ties. Then need for financial assistance IS the determining factor in choosing from among those who meet the first requirements. (Continued on Page Four) J. W. Origgs Completes 50-Year Record Jesse W. Griggs, an assistant foreman in the Blanket Mill Weave Room, com pleted a 50-year record of continuous service with the Company May 1. He was awarded his 50-year service em blem and other gifts at a luncheon at Meadow Greens Country Club May 8, attended by management officials: and the Company’s other 50-year employees. Mr. Griggs was bom near Ridgeway, Va., but has lived in the Spray section of Eden since he was about a year old. He was first employed May 1, 1918 as a creeler in the spooler room at the old Rhode Island Mill. He worked on various jobs there until 1939 when he was transferred to the Lily Mill, which later became the Synthetic Fabrics Mill. He worked as a warp hanger, weaver, loom fixer, assistant foreman and was foreman of the Weave Room for 13 years. When the Synthetic Fabrics Mill was closed in 1957, he became an assistant foreman at the Blanket Mill and still serves in that capacity. Mr. Griggs studied music under Com pany-sponsored proigrams and as a boy played the trumpet in the adult band. He played in the band for many years and from 1930 until 1957 was director of the Tri-City band, sponsored by the Spray Civic Association. In addition to music as a hobby, he has always hunted a great deal, until recently. He has been a Spray commis sioner and served as mayor pro tern. JESSE W. GRIGGS He married the former Miss Avery DeHart and they live at 211 Washburn Avenue. They have one daughter, Joan, and two grandsons. The daughter, now Mrs. Hugh Citty, is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greens boro and worked at the Fieldcrest Gen eral Offices during the summer when attending college. She formerly was a commercial teacher at Morehead High School but now teaches business at Rockingham Commiunity College.
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