Long-Service Employees Receive Awards
JAMES GALLIMORE
One Fieldcrester has achieved 45 years
of continuous service with the Company,
and three have reached the 40-year
mark. James H. Gallimore, head loom
fixer at the Bedspread Mill, has 45
years of service.
Attaining 40 years of service were
Daisy E. Clark, folder-inspector, fringed
spreads, at the Bedspread Finishing
Mill; Eugene H. Copeland, foreman of
the Cloth Room at Fieldale Towel Mill;
and John W. Scroggins, an overhauler
in the Weave Room at the Columbus
Towel Mill.
Each of the four employees has re-
Copyright, 1969, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Eden, N. C. 27288
Issued Every Other Monday For Employees
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
REPORTING STAFF
Alexander Sheeting Mill Edna Bright
Automatic Blanket Plant Janice Enni?
Bedspread Finishing Mill Ann Midklff
Bedspread Mill Edna Hopper
Blanket Mill Katherine Turner
Central Warehouse Geraldine Perkins
Cleveland Service Center Mary Murray
Columbus Towel Mill Mildred Newsome
Dallas Service Center Barbara Aldriege
Fieldale Towel Mill Faye Warren
General Offices Hilda Grogan
Gladys Holland, Katherine Manley
Karastan Mill Irene Meeks
Karastan Service Center Mary Stephens
Karastan Spinning Div. Evelyn Beasley
Laurelcrest Carpets Carolyn Branch
Midwest Service Center Shirley McGuire
Mount Holly Barbara Herrin
Northeast Service Center Mary Kulpak
Sheet Finishing Mill Brenda May
Sheeting Mill Roth Minter
Winchester Spinning Mill Ann Wilson
Vol. 28, Monday, Sept. 8, 1969, No. 5
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EUGENE COPELAND
JOHN SCROGGINS
ceived the appropriate service pin and
a letter of commendation from G. Wil
liam Moore, president of Fieldcrest
Mills, Inc.
Mr. Gallimore began work September
1, 1924, as a weaver at the Bedspread
Mill. He was promoted in 1944 to loom
fixer; in 1958 he was named head loom
fixer, the job he now holds. Mr. Galli
more is a native of Carroll County,
Virginia.
Miss Clark, who is a native of Eden,
began work September 4, 1929, as a
winder in the Karastan Rug Mill Set
ting Department. In 1932, she became
a folder in the Cut and Sew Depart
ment at Bedspread Finishing and also
held this job at Blanket Warehouse and
the old Bleachery. In 1959, Miss Clark
was promoted to folder-inspector at
Bedspread Finishing; in 1960 she was
named to her present job of folder-in
spector, fringed spreads, at the Bed
spread Finishing Cut and Sew Depa”^*
ment.
Mr. Copeland was employed Septei®j
ber 1, 1929, as production and
clerk in the office at the Fieldale To^
Mill. He was made cost clerk in
1939
in the Cost and Budget Department
COS*
Fieldale. He later became senior
accountant and headed the Towel ^
Cost and Budget Department for a nn*^
ber of years. In July, 1962, Mr. CoP
land was made foreman of the Clo
it
Room at Fieldale, his present job
has never been off the payroll ^ ’
years. He is a native of Grayson Coun
Virginia.
Mr. Scroggins was employed Sept®JJ’^
ber 1, 1929, at the Columbus To'''®,
Mill in Columbus, Ga. He began ■
as an overhauler in the Weave ^
and has held that job for his entir®
years of service. Mr. Scroggins
native of Louisville, Alabama.
Service Aimiversaries
Forty-Five Years
James H. Gallimore Bedspread
Forty Years
Eugene H. Copeland Fieldale Towel
John W. Scroggins .... Columbus Towel
Daisy E. Clark Bedspread Finishing
Thirty Years
Amy S. Waller Columbus Towel
Twenty-Five Years
Nellie W. Woodward Fieldale Towel
Robert L. Carmichael .... Fieldale Towel
Homer H. Harris Fieldale Towel
Fifteen Years j
William P. Oakes Columbus Toj
Wilber C. Yeatts Karas',
Emily G. Hall Columbus To" ^
William T. Meadows KaraS'^
Henry Szapucki Fieldcrest
James A. McIntosh Karastan
Sylvia Y. Vaughn
Lois S. Gillie General i
Charlie Phillips Columbus j
Herman L. Rickman .. Blanket Finish
Ten Years
Patty M. Cassell Fieldcrest To^^|
Twenty Years
Ray F. Arledge Fieldale Towel
Alene W. Patterson Sheeting
Thelma J. Fuqua Blanket Finishing
John P. Powell NE Service Center
Eva T. Edwards Columbus Towel
A. Rush Fulcher Fieldale Towel
Faye P. Warren Fieldale Towel
Perry S. Dawson Columbus Td^ji
TO'''®
Ruby A. Shiver Columbus f
Hilda A. Pharis KaraS'^,,
George W. Chaplin Fieldcrest ^a ,
Dorothy S. Akers Blanket Finish ,
Mary H. Lawson KaraS i
Louise L. Strader Bedspt® )
Cleo G. Minter ^el
J. Billie Hubbard Fieldale To'*
THE MILL WHIS