Eden, N. C., June 14, 1971
No. 24
loin The New Eden YMCA Family Center!
Edi
"»tion
beautiful new YMCA is in op-
and a community-wide mem-
campaign is under way, inviting
to join the
to join the “Y” and enjoy the
facilities and programs.
Fieldcrest Mills, employees will
(j ® an added advantage in that the
Pany jjgg agreed, as a convenience
Ijj ^‘Pployees, to make payroll deduc-
^ allowing the membership fee to
in small weekly or monthly in
dents.
®^ff>ning the week of June 14, each
ta^yee in the Eden plants and offices
offered an opportunity to join
If and pay the membership fee
jPgh payroll deductions,
k small payments may be spread
^a Period of 40 weeks, or 10 months
^1 salaried employees. The
.Nations will not start until the pay
of membership are for the Health Club
(men and women) and Friends of
Youth, under which an individual buys
a membership for some young person
he wishes to sponsor.
More information on the swimming
arrangements and the various types of
memberships is provided in brochures
and fact sheets which have been dis
tributed to employees.
The new YMCA, located on Kennedy
Street, has been in operation since Mon
day, June 7. Generally, the hours are
from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Monday through
Friday and from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. on
Saturday.
A special open house program was
held Saturday and Sunday, June 5 and
6, to allow the public to see the new
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July 25, or with the July
of salaried emnloyees.
If f-ayroll deduction privilege will
Offered only once this year. Those
4o not sign un for payroll deduc-
Ot,:
«tsh:
Will need to purchase their mem-
directly from the YMCA if they
® fo join later.
basic types of memberships are
jll^Uable: Youth (age 17 and under),
\ Week or $1.20 per month; Adult,
fftpor Week or $2.40 per month; and
week or $4.80 per
kff^'^niing passes for YMCA mem-
be: for an individual, 15c per
Oi" 60c per month; for a family,
- ■ “
>iri^’’oing pass entitles the member to
lessons and swimming in the
if hii
Street pool.
Week or $1.00 per month. The
fhdoor pool, the Draper pool and
'®i''is Street pool.
^4dition to the above, other types
Guinan Elected C.R.L Chairman
Walter B. Guinan, recognized as one
of the carpet industry’s “leading states
men,” was elected chairman of the
board of the Carpet and Rug Institute
for the 1971-72 term at its recent na
tional convention at Hollywood, Fla.
A resident of Rumson, N. J., Mr.
Guinan is president of the Karastan and
Laurelcrest Marketing Divisions and a
senior vice president of Fieldcrest Mills,
Inc. He makes his headquarters at the
Karastan Marketing Division offices in
New York.
Mr. Guinan officially took office at
a meeting of the board of directors
May 19 as part of the national conven
tion of the Carpet and Rug Institute,
the association representing the $2-biI-
lion floor covering industry.
The term industry “statesman” has
been applied to Mr. Guinan because
of his active role in representing the
interests of the total industry despite
his increased responsibilities with Kara
stan and Laurelcrest.
On behalf of the industry he has
chaired numerous marketing and advis
ory committees, made frequent public
addresses and has appeared many times
before governmental agencies.
Safety Program Starts At Other Mills
V
Hand Injuries” campai^
started at some locations in
now
iejij Greenville, Laurel Hill, Smith
being extended to the
ville,
^tokesdale and Worthville.
V
'•tsi ® special compaign was instituted
the plants in Eden, Fieldale, Va.,
^tisbury to be carried on through
V’ ^Tay and June.
® Safety Department reports that
the program to date has been successful.
The number of lost-time injuries re
sulting from hand injuries in April and
May was down from the number ex
perienced in the earlier months of 1971
and down from the number of such in
juries during the same period in pre
vious years.
“This favorable result indicates that
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WALTER B. GUINAN
Mr. Guinan’s carpet career dates back
to 1928 when he joined the Bigelow-
Sanford Company as a “sample boy”.
He continued with Bigelow for 26 years,
working his way up to the position of
stylist for the company.
Mr. Guinan joined Fieldcrest Mills,
Inc., as Karastan sales manager in 1954
and was elected a vice president that
same year. In 1957 he was named pres
ident of the Karastan Marketing Di
vision. In 1966 he assumed the addi
tional responsibilities of president of
the Laurelcrest Marketing Division
when Fieldcrest entered the production
of tufted carpets. He was made a senior
vice president of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.,
in 1969.