^OL. 27
Eden, N. C., May 12, 1969
NO. 21
1-elia Roberson Feted
for 50 Years’ Service
Lelia A. Roberson, of the Fieldale
owel Mill, completed 50 years of con-
j,. ’Jous service May 6. She was the first
tur employee to attain a half-cen-
^ y of service and become a member
the 50-Year Club.
Roberson was the guest of honor
s luncheon given by the manage
ment of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. at Meadow
jg Country Club on her anniver-
y date. During the program she was
with her 50-year pin, a gift
other remembrances.
j^^Iiss Roberson worked in the Cloth
nnd in the Sewing Department
her half-century with the Com-
worked as a trimmer, folder,
label cutter and, for the past
t years as a wash cloth inspector.
Sre ^ born near Dodson, Va., but
, up at Fayerdale, which was at
of the present Fairystone State
f’jp,j'_,She moved with her family to
Of
,®ldale in 1919 and several members
family went to work in the mill.
1, ®lght
been
^Uh
members of her family have
associated with the Towel Mill
'^°^'^med service of 150 years. Miss
father, the late John Will
helped to build the Towel
• He later worked on the “outside”
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On first shift at Bedspread Mill, in one of three ceremonies, E. C. Steffy, Jr., bed
spread buyer for Sears, Roebuck and Co., presents Sears “Symbol of Excellence”
award to representative group of employees, from left, Ernest Roach, Ruby Murray,
Walter Tinsley and Eva Buckner.
MILLS RECEIVE ‘EXCELLENCE’ AWARD
DELIA ROBERSON
For the third consecutive year, em
ployees of the Bedspread Mill and the
Bedspread Finishing Mill have been
awarded the Sears “Symbol of Excel
lence”, given for superior quality and
service in the manufacturing of prod
ucts for Sears, Roebuck and Co.
While the award is based primarily
on the excellence of the merchandise
produced, it also recognizes the general
excellence of the mills’ performance in
such matters as shipping goods on time,
providing merchandise free from serv
ice or replacement problems, a mini
mum of customer returns and other fac
tors.
E. C. Steffy, Jr., bedspread buyer for
Sears, presented the plaques in special
ceremonies at the two mills. Representa
tive employees from the various shifts
and departments accepted the award
on behalf of their fellow employees.
Mr. Steffy congratulated the em
ployees on winning the award and
thanked them for their good work. He
pointed out that among Sears’ more than
13,000 major suppliers, the Fieldcrest
bedspread operation was one of the
few singled out for the distinguished
award. The bedspread operation is in
the unique position of having won the
award in three consecutive years, he
said.
Fieldcrest has helped Sears toward
its goal of bringing “more goods of
greater value to rnore people at lower
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Asheville And Stokesdale
Employees Reject Unions
Employees of Foremost Screen Print,
Inc. at Stokesdale, a division of Field
crest Mills, Inc., voted overwhelmingly
May 1 to reject union representation by
the Textile Workers Union of America.
The results were 148 against union
representation and 88 for the union.
The vote culminated a campaign by
the Textile Workers Union of America
which began in August, 1968.
It was the second defeat of a union at
a Fieldcrest plant within a one-week
period. Employees of the Winchester
Spinning Corporation, a Fieldcrest sub
sidiary at Asheville, April 24 rejected
representation by the United Textile
Workers of America by a vote of 81
against representation and 50 for the
union.