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ALVIN ARTEMIS BERNADINA SIRKKA ARANKA ANGELO Fieidcrest Sponsors Six In ‘Save The Children’ Program Since 1963, Fieidcrest has been giv ing financial aid to six underprivileged children through the Save the Children Federation sponsorship program. The aim of the Federation program is to help children, their families and communities all over the world learn to develop their full potential and, ultimately, to become self-sufficient. Each year Fieidcrest, in the name of the Sales Panel, helps the children stay in school by contributing money which w . ■ • 4 ■' ■* . J * .>/ ph. Riding the N. C. Finishing float were, left to right, Theresa Jean l)eai, Kooert Bell, Jr., Sandra Anderson and Kim Annette Brinkley. The St. Bernard is Laif. NCF Christmas Float Winner Of Two Trophies The N. C. Finishing Company float won top honors in the annual Christmas parade for the Salisbury area. The “Winter Wonderland” float received trophies for best overall float and for most unusual float. The annual Holiday Caravan Parade was held November 26 and sponsored jointly by the Spencer and Salisbury Jaycees and the Salisbury-Rowan Mer chants Association. The Holiday Cara van had 183 units, making it the largest Jaycee-sponsored parade in the world. The NCF float depicted a mountain ski scene with four teenagers riding the float and a St. Bernard dog sitting at the front. It competed with 50 other floats for the trophies. In addition to the local parade, the NCF float also participated in parades in Lexington and Mocksville. Other in vitations were received but had to be declined. The four teenagers who rode the float were Theresa Jean Deal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Deal; Robert F. Bell, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Bell. Sr.; Sandra Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson; and Kim An nette Brinkley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brinkley. All of the fathers are employed at NCF. Mr. Deal is assistant engineer in the Maintenance Department; Mr. Bell is personnel manager; Mr. Anderson is an accountant; and Mr. Brinkley is a su pervisor in the Maintenance Depart ment. buys their basic clothing and necessary supplies. Besides the material aid, children benefit from the friendship encouragement from the outside worW through correspondence with tba'*^ sponsors. In turn, the frequent letters from children to Fieidcrest are full of gratitude and happiness as well as of themselves and their families. Currently the six “Fieidcrest Chib dren” are an American Indian boy a'’' children from Austria, Greece, Finlan'’' Tanzania, and Italy. ,d Ranked Third In Class Teopister Issaya was a 15-year- .old orphaned Tanganyika girl who coui'j not hope to finish her studies withoa outside help. She ranked third in class of 45 students and was able graduate thanks to the material aid aa encourgement provided by Fieidcrest sponsorship. When she graduated, the Sales transferred its sponsorship to anoth®, Tanzanian child, Theresia Muhumi**' She has just graduated and gone on * a teacher training college and requirf, no further aid. Now her sponsorship has been transferred to Bernadina Pa^' also a needy child in Tanzania. Sirkka Maria Uutella, of Finland, only seven years old when Fielder®® undertook her sponsorship in 1963. lives with her mother, brother, and siS' ter in a tiny two room house in a viH®^ 80 miles north of the polar circle. Sii'i^'^ could not have hoped to go further tir j elementary school without the aid ® her sponsorship. Eight-year-old Angelo Sabatini led ® bleak life before the Sales Panel sponsoring him. His mother is dead aP his father, after emigrating to Switz®^^ land in search of work, maintained IW j contact with the child, who was for by an aunt. Although Angelo’s treated him like one of her own ®h> dren, there were days when her mea» wages could not provide food. The fourth child who receives crest’s aid is Artemis Alonistiotou, ^ Corinth, Greece. The family’s incod’ Continued On Page Eight) ^ ITEMS FOR sale FOR SALE: Four 15-inch wheels, and tubes. $15. Call 623-6915 or ® be seen at 316 Victor Street, Eden- THE MILL WHI STb
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