UNC-G Home Ec Students Tour Karastan Mill
A group of students from the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Greensboro
toured the Karastan Rug Mill Tues
day afternoon, March 21. The visitors
were particularly interested in the de
sign of rugs and spent the greatest part
of their time in the Designing Depart
ment.
The students were led by their in
structor, Mrs. Frances Buchanan, as
sistant professor of clothing and tex
tiles in the School of Home Economics.
The group was composed entirely of
seniors who were making their last
field trip before beginning practice
teaching March 23.
In the picture above, Mary Zeta Har
vey of Littleton (standing, left) and
Judy Frank of Lexington observe the
work of Martha Joyce, junior designer.
R. W. RUTLAND
W. F. ROBERTSON
D. R. JOHNSON
Organization Changes Made At Blanket Mill
R. W. Rutland has been appointed
technical services manager, blanket
manufacturing, reporting to N. F.
Young, division vice president and gen
eral manager, blanket manufacturing.
Mr. Rutland joined Fieldcrest in 1966
as a quality control engineer and has
held the position of project engineer,
shift foreman, general foreman and
general superintendent of blanket man
ufacturing.
As a result of Mr. Rutland’s new as
signment, several organization changes
have been made at the Blanket Mill.
W. F. Robertson, formerly general
superintendent, cotton system yarn
manufacturing and weaving, was
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named general superintendent, Blanket
Greige Mill, with the added resposi-
biyity for woolen system yam manu
facturing and yarn preparation depart
ments.
D. R. Johnson, formerly superintend
ent, wool picking and carding, was ap
pointed superintendent, woolen yarn
manufacturing, which includes wool
picking, carding and spinning.
Mr. Johnson and R. J. Boyles, general
foreman, yarn preparation, will report
to Mr. Robertson. Other personnel
previously reporting to Mr. Rutland
will now report to W. F. Crumley, plant
manager.
The following will report to Mr. John-
Environment
.tal
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Company donates water to the hospi
and other charitable organizations.
In addition to helping clean up
water, Fieldcrest has made great stride
in controlling air pollution and
in this area are continuing. Betwe®
1969 and 1970 capital expenditures e
about $100,000 were made by the Cotf
pany on improving discharges into t
air.
Another approximately $400,000 h ^
been appropriated to complete prese ^
plans of mleeting the most recent j
tions which were issued in 1971. Una ^
this program, all air discharges at CohJ
pany plants will equal or exceed
new regulations by the end of
It should be noted, however, th
boilers must be “blown down” or cle^
ed frequently. The regulations
exceeding the smoke standards for u ,
total of 1’
see
minutes in any hour for a
minutes a day. Thus, the public may
smoke appearing fromi a stack occasio
ally, although the mill is not violaU
the law under the circumstances.
Most Boilers Being Converted
Most of the Company’s boilers
are
wit»>
being converted from coal to gas
oil as a standby fuel, or from #5 ou^^^
low-sulphur #2 oil in areas where
is not available. These conversions
been essentially completed in the
have
Edeo
area. .
The coal boiler at the Blanket Firu® ^
mg
Mill will be retained. Howe
.veP
equipment for removing smoke pa
rtict'
late has been operating for some
and is adequate to meet requirem®
now listed through 1980.
Two other small coal boilers at U ,
per will be retained for standby ^ j
will be converted if needed. Tbe a
boiler at Fieldale, Va., may or ^ ^
not be converted until 1973, depeua'^"
upon the continuing availability
sulphur coal and plans for provid*
iifl'
hee»
gas to the Fieldale community.
So, Fieldcrest has an interest ia
proving the environment and has
doing something about it through .j
years. It has been expensive and ,
expe»®«J
require additional large
to upgrade equipment or develop
nology tc
standards
nology to meet the ever-
toughed''’®
Achieving clean air and water
problem for which there are no
answers. It is an expensive, comph^’j^,
ed and time-consuming process,
crest has been recognized by state ^
orities as being responsive in niee ,
its responsibilities in pollution cod
Under the policy set by the Board
Directors, the Company intends to
main responsive and responsible id
matters affecting the environment-^ ^
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son: W. R. Cobb, section foreman,
picking; M. H. McMichael, section
man, wool carding; and D. P. Gam
section foreman, wool spinning-
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