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Eden, N. C., June 28. 1971
No. 25
Old-Fashioned Fourth’ Is Set For Eden
Uj^ieldcrest employees and their fam-
are cordially invited to participate
M “Old-Fashioned Fourth of July”
j pration to be held Saturday, July
a Morehead Stadium at Eden.
Th.
are will be no charge for admis-
N the event which will begin at
and conclude with an elaborate
orJts display around 9 p.m.
tL , Celebration will feature rides for
0 kiddi,
aies, horse shoe pitching, bingo
G. WILLIAM MOORE
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W. Moore Elected
Bctor Of Railroad
_ William Moore, chairman of the
. and chief executive officer of
.arest Mills, Inc., has been elected
1 actor of the Carolina and North-
^9 Railway, a Southern Railway
company, as announced by W.
(Claytor, Jr., Southern’s presi-
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ve of Philadelphia and a grad-
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DePauw University, Mr. Moore
- with Fieldcrest Mills, me., and
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cdecessor, Marshall Field & Com-
j fieldcrest Mills division, since
^cn he joined the company in a
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and other games, numerous stunts an:
contests, including the traditional greasy
pole climb and greasy pig race. An all
day softball tournament similar to last
year’s event also has been scheduled.
Churches and other community or
ganizations will man food booths dis
pensing homemade ice cream, pies,
cakes, sandwiches, ham biscuits, hot
dogs and hamburgers. Facilities will
also be available for families who wish
to bring their own food for picnics.
The patriotic address will be deliv
ered by Rep. Nick Galifianakis, mem
ber of Congress from the Fourth Dis
trict, who will speak at 8:30 p.m>.
Other highlights of the program will
be a sky diving exhibition involving
three parachutists and an aerial acro
batics show using a specially-built stunt
plane. The sky diving group will be led
by Charles Case of Stoneville. The aer
ial acrobatics will be provided by Ron
nie Proctor of High Point who built
his own biplane for stunt flying.
Entertainment at the celebration will
include a 45-minute show by the More-
head High School stage band, music
by the 125-member Morehead High
School summer band under the direc
tion of Bob Martin and the Morehead
High School summer chorus under the
direction of Duane Best. Gospel-singing
quartets and other musical groups will
also perform.
A street dance will be held at the
Meadow Greens Shopping Center on
Friday night preceding the celebration.
The dance will be held in two parts,
one featuring a “rock” group for the
youngsters and the other a country and
western band.
At the celebration on Saturday, draw
ings lor the valuable prizes will be con
ducted frequently throughout the af
ternoon and evening. Included are three
RCA 12-inch screen black and white
portable TV .sets, two RCA table model
AM-FM radios, one RCA modular stereo
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Dedication Program Is Held For YMCA
The new Eden YMCA, as the Central
YMCA of 60 years ago, “came to serve
the community”, Luther H. Hodges,
former North Carolina Governor and
U. S. Secretary of Commerce, said Sun
day, June 20, in the dedicatory address
for the new Eden YMCA Family Cen
ter on Kennedy Street.
Citing the training and influence of
the YMCA that touched thousands of
lives in the community, he said the
old YMCA “filled the need of the times.
The YMCA today offers more than at
any time in its history of the things
that young people need.”
Discussing the new YMCA, Mr. Hodg
es praised the Fieldcrest Foundation
which he said provided the “seed
money”—a $400,000 challenge gift which
the community more than matched—
and praised the people of the commu
nity for their cooperation and their
generosity in contributing to the pro
ject.
Prior to retiring in 1950 to enter pub
lic service, Mr. Hodges was for over
30 years associated with Marshall Field
& Company’s manufacturing division,
the predecessor to Fieldcrest Mills, Inc!
At the time of his retirement he was
a vice president of Marshall Field &
Company and general manager of the
Fieldcrest Mills division.
W. D. Lashley, Jr., president of the
Eden YMCA who was general campaign
chairman of the building committee,
presided at the ceremonies.
A. G. Singleton, retired Fieldcrest di
vision vice president-engineering and
now mayor of Eden, spoke briefly prais
ing the people of the community for
their vision and cooperation in bringing
about the new YMCA. Mr. Singleton
himself was chairman of construction
and was cited for his intense interest
and valuable services in connection with
the project.
Paul L. Peterson, who retired as
YMCA executive director two years
ago and then helped lead the successful
fund-raising campaign for the new
building, also spoke briefly. He said
the new “Y” represents an accomplish
ment that the entire community can be
proud of.
Mr. Hodges was introduced by Mrs.
W. B. Weaver, substituting for her hus-
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