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J. H. CROWDER, JR. R. R. WATKINS R. L. GLASGOW
R. A. HOSKINS
R. C. EDWARDS
J. D. WASHBURN
Six Receive New Supervisory Assignments
A number of changes in the super
visory organization at Fieldcrest, effec
tive recently, have been announced as
follows:
In the Bedspread Mill Weave Room,
J. H. Crowder, Jr., assistant foreman,
was appointed section foreman in the
same department.
In changes at the Blanket Finishing
Mill, Robert L. Glasgow, foreman of the
Packaging Department, was named sys
tems coordinator at Central Warehouse.
Richard R. Watkins, assistant foreman,
was appointed foreman of the Packag
ing Department replacing Mr. Glasgow.
Also at the Blanket Finishing Mill,
Raymond A. Hoskins, second hand in the
Piece Dyeing Department, was named
assistant foreman in the same depart
ment. Robert C. Edwards, assistant fore
man over the channel blanket cutting
operation, was appointed assistant fore
man in the Blanket Cutting and Sewing
Department. John D. Washburn, sec
ond hand, became assistant foreman in
the Piece Dyeing Department.
Mr. Crowder, a native of Mayodan,
first joined the company in 1927. He
worked as a battery hand at the Nan
tucket Mill for several years and later
was a loom fixer at the Sheeting Mill.
He became a loom fixer at the Bed
spread Mill in 1939 and was made a
second hand in 1956. He became an as
sistant foreman in 1958.
Mr. Watkins is a native of the Eden
area and a graduate in business admin
istration of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he at
tended on a Fieldcrest Scholarship. He
joined Fieldcrest as a management
trainee in 1967. He was an assistant
foreman in the Bedspread Mill Spinning
Department before becoming assistant
foreman in the Blanket Cutting and
Sewing Department in 1968.
Mr. Glasgow joined Fieldcrest in Aug
ust, 1966, as a management trainee in
the Beck Dye Department at the Finish
ing Mill. About a year later, he was
made assistant foreman of that depart
ment. He was then transferred to the
Blanket Packaging Department as assist
ant foreman. He was made foreman of
Packing and Packaging in May, 1968.
He received his B.A. degree from
Duquesne University in Pittsburgh in
1963. He then entered the Army for
three years and was discharged a first
lieutenant. He is a native of Pennsyl
vania.
Mr. Hoskins, a native of Danville, Va.,
worked with various firms at Greens
boro and Reidsville before joining Field
crest in 1964. His first job was as a dye
stuff weigher in the Piece Dyeing De
partment. He was appointed second
hand in the department in 1966 and
continued in that position until he be
came assistant foreman.
Mr. Edw'ards was born in the Draper
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Copyright, 1969, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Eden, N. C. 27288
Issued Every Other Monday For Employ®**
and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
OTIS MARLOWE
EDITOR
SANDRA PENCE
ASSOCIATE editor
ADVISORY BOARD
R. F. Bell J. S. Eggleston
P. A. Brodie A. H. Justice
J. L. Crabtree J. M. Moore
W. F. Crumley J. M. Rimmer
S. R. Culligan C. C. Wilson
Vol. 27, Monday, March 3, 1969,
REPORTING STAFF
Alexander Sheeting Mill Edna
Automatic Blanket Plant Janice
Bedspread Finishing Mill Ann Mioli ,
Bedspread Mill Edna HopP .
Blanket Mill Katherine Turn
Central Warehouse Geraldine
Cleveland Service Center Mary Mur^J
Columbus Towel Mill Mildred Newso^
Dallas Service Center Barbara Aldries
Fieldaie Towel Mill Faye Warrj
General Offices Hilda
Gladys Holland, Katherine Man'
Karastan Mill Irene M«JJ,
Karastan Service Center Mary Stepn®’
Karastan Spinning Div Evelyn
Laurelcrest Carpets Carolyn Bran j
Los Angeles Service Center .... Grace Roben®
Midwest Service Center Shirley McG"'--
Mount Holly Barbara Hen
New York Offices Betty Len’CV
Northeast Service Center Mary
Nye-Wait Plant Mary
Sheet Finishing Mill Brenda
Sheeting Mill Ruth Mlnj".
Winchester Spinning Mill Ann Wil^
mSERVICE
NNIVERSARIB^
Forty-Five Years
Morris E. Turner Karasta
Forty Years
Elijah A. Bryant Blanket Finis*''
Thirty-Five Years .
Margaret W. Taylor BlanK®.
Grace M. Flick Fieldaie To'S'®.
Wesley O. Haden Fieldaie ToV*®
Twenty-Five Years .
Ruby R. Riddle Sheeti»
Harold F. Squires BlanK®
Margaret H. Tuggle .... Fieldaie To''*®
Mildred C. Moore Blanket Finish'
John R. Thomasson Central WhS;
Celestine H. Sawyers Blanl'®
Twenty Years
Alice F. Ellerbee Columbus To"*®
Fifteen Years i
Ida L. Lingo Columbus To"*®
Lillie L. Woodlieff Karasta'
Freda T. Dyer Fieldaie To"*®
Ten Years i
Joda K. Talbert Fieldaie To"*®
Jack W. Galloway, Jr Karast®,
James E. Ingram Fieldaie To"*
William G. Sawyers Speci^^j
Lumus L. Daugherty .. Columbus To''*,
Robert H. Barnes Blanl^,
G. Albert Joyce Fieldaie To"*
Virginia I. Pruitt Karasta
Donald W. Quesinberry Blan^
Lillie F. Roberston .... Bedspread Fini®
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