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Armi Ratia, left, Turkan Hassan, center, her assistant, and Eeva Nordqvist, her secretary, admire Marimekko display at Fieldcrest Store. W. O. Stone, division vice presi^^j of Brook towels to T"' Marimekko Designer Visits Fieldcrest Armi Ratia, of Finland, designer of Fieldcrest’s new Marimekko collection, visited the Eden area on September 18 and 19. During her stay, she held a news conference at the Fieldcrest Store for fashion editors from area newspa pers and radio and television stations, toured the General Offices, the Fieldale Towel Mill at Fieldale, Va., and the Foremost Screen Print plant at Stok- esdale. Accompanying Mrs. Ratia were Tur kan Hassan, her chief assistant at the Marimekko enterprises in Finland; Eeva Nordqvist, her secretary; June F. Mohler, manager of publicity and sales training in the Fieldcrest Marketing Division, New York; and William Stark, division vice president-design, Field crest Marketing Division. At the press conference held Monday, September 18, at 3 p.m., Mrs. Ratia, who survived a world war during which her country was occupied by Russian troops, spoke of her designs as “turn ing away from ugliness, the ugliness of war.” Three of Mrs. Ratia’s designs, Morning, Brook, and Flower, are being introduced in coordinates for bed and bath by Fieldcrest this year. They are bold, bright and mainly non-figurative. Mrs. Ratia herself describes them as “mostly for the young, young in heart.” Founder, president and principal own- Eden’s United Fund Campaign Begins Today er of the 21-year-old Marimekko enter prises, Mrs. Ratia said she is interested in people, ideas, jnusic nd simplifying life. “The word design is just rubbish —by itself. What we care about is hov? it relates to the environment, to quality control,” she said. On Tuesday, September 19, the group toured the Fieldale Towel Mill and Foremost Screen Print before leaving North Carolina for Washington, D. C. Mrs. Ratia, Mrs. Mohler and Mrs- Nordqvist are on the first leg of ® nation-wide tour to promote the Mari- mekko designs. They will meet mem bers of the press and appear in major department stores in Dallas, Texas, Mi ami, Fla.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Denveh Colo.; Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cincinnati, and Chicago. (Continued from Page One) he will not be required to make up the missed deduction. Employees who are signed up for Eden United Fund deductions on a con tinuing basis, of course,, will not be so licited in the ca^npaign. To reduce the work involved in an an nual campaign, employees in recent years have been asked to make pledges on a continuing basis and large numbers of employees are signed up under this arrangement. The board of directors of the Eden United Fund on August 21 approved the overall budget recommended by the budget and admissions committee. Included is one new agency, the 4-H Club County Council with an allocation of $1,000. Other United Fund agencies and the amounts allotted to them are: Boys Club, $23,705; Boy Scouts, $15,465; YMCA, $50,369; Girl Scouts, $5,200; American Red Cross, $12,008; Rescue Squad, $5,760; Retarded Children, $2,- 500; Salvation Army, $7,369; Eden Child Development Center, $2,750; and Car- olinas United, $7,528. The budget includes a Contingency Fund of $12,346. This money is used to fulfill pledges for those who, due to moving away, illness or other such cir cumstances, are unable to do so. The fund is also used to meet emergency needs which may arise during the year. Lyman A. Collins, assistant vice pres ident of Southern National Bank, is president of the Eden United Fund. Robert L. Moore, a regional personnel manager at Fieldcrest Mills, is general chairman of the finance campaign. Top Weavers, Fixers Wea-vers—W/E September 10 Dobby Terry Mattie Lackey Jacquard Terry Harvie Lewis Fixers—W/E September 10 Dobby Terry Jackie Hubbard Jacquard Terry Jerry Dove Weavers—W/E September 3 Dobby Terry George HayneS Jacquard Terry James Cartel Fixers—W/E September 3 Dobby Terry Clay Merrimah Jacquard Terry Roney Ramsey Weavers—W/E August 27 Dobby Terry Mattie Lackey Jacquard Terry James E. Ingrain Fixers—W/E August 27 Dobby Terry Homer HodgeS Jacquard Terry Jerry Dove THE MILL whistle
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