ALLEN CURRY
. . . 45 Years . . .
ARNIE MASON
, . . 40 Years . . .
Curry And Mason Receive Service Awards
Allen Curry of the Bedspread Mill
today, May 12, completes a record of
45 years of continuous service.
Also reaching an outstanding mile
stone of service during May was James
Arnie Mason, who completed 40 years
of unbroken service on May 6.
Mr. Curry, a native of Henry Coun
ty, Va., was first employed as a doffer
in the old Nantucket Spinning Depart
ment May 12, 1924. He was transferred
to the Draper Sheeting Mill as a section
hand when sheeting operations were
consolidated there in 1937. He later
worked on various jobs at the Sheeting,
Woolen and Blanket Mills and has been
a quill collector and cleaner at the Bed
spread Mill since 1955.
Mr. Mason, also a Henry County na
tive, was first employed in the old Jack
Spinning Department at the Blanket
Mill in 1919, although his service was
not continuous since that time. He
worked as a doffer during the early
1920’s and became a spinner and doffer
May 6, 1929. He has continuous service
since the latter date. Mr. Mason became
a Model E spinner in 1949 and continues
to work in that classification at the
present time.
‘Lion of the Year’
New Asst. Foreman
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Claude Landis, foreman of Plant
Service at the Alexander Sheeting Mill,
was chosen “Lion of the Year” by the
Forest City Lions Club.
Mr. Landis was honored at a joint
meeting of the Rutherford County Lions
Clubs. He has been a Lion for four
years, and was appointed chairman of
the broom sale for this year.
William S. Parham has recently join
ed Winchester Spinning Corp. in Ashe
ville as assistant foreman, third shift,
in the Spinning, Twisting and Reeling
Department.
Mr. Parham is a graduate of Swan-
nanoa High School and had 18 months
of training in busines school at Blan
ton’s Business College. Prior to being
employed at Winchester, he was with
Beacon Mfg. Co., Slosman Corp. and
Mars Mfg. Co.
Copyright, 1969, Fleldcrest Mills, Ine.
Eden, N. C. 1728S
Issued Every Other Monday For Empl^t*"
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, May 12, 1969,
VERSA
Fifty Years j
Lelia A. Roberson Pieldale T°
Forty-Five Years j
Allen Curry Bedspr«
Forty Years
James A. Mason Blah
Thirty-Five Years j
Charlie J. Turner Fieldale Toj,
Lee Roy Crotts BedspN ,
Alvin T. Maness Blah
Thirty Years j
Thomas H. Jenkins Bedspr® j
Eldrin Roach
James R. Vernon Blah
Twenty-Five Years
Essie L. Vickers Columbus T®' ^
Geneva S. Reynolds
Margaret McAlexander
Floyd A. Dabbs Shee -
Sarah S. Meade ®
Audrey M. Overby Karas ,
Sallie D. Weadon Blah*'
Twenty Years u
Dovie C. Gilbert Blah^
Bessie S. Janey Fieldale
Mabel F. Overby
Dossie R. Kirkland .... Columbus T® j
Minnie L. Edwards Columbus T®
Fifteen Years ,
J. E. Williams, Jr General
Ruth L. Setliff Blah^^j
Walter B. Guinan Karastan Sa |
Frances A. Wells Fieldale T®
Ten Years U
Dorothy B. Jarrell
Vivian W. Harris Sheet Finish j
Gladys S. Chilton Sheet Finish'[
Peter F. Rumph Columbus
Lorene A. Atkins Blah^jj
Walter Ray Ferguson
Ellen B. Heffinger
Billy Smith Sheet Finish'(
Eula M. Walker tjd
H. Lester Hodges Fieldale T" j
Richard W. Hodges Fieldale
Jerry W. Shropshire
Helen H. Bryant Fieldale T® j
John R. Moore, Jr Fieldcrest
Phillip R. Edwards Kara®
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THE MILL WHIST*"