New Superintendent tJF Drive Nears Completion
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Fred D. (Don) Matheson was promot
ed from shift foreman in the Karastan
Wea;ye Room to superintendent in the
Weaving Department at Karastan ef
fective .October 1. He replaces Harry
H. Davis'Who has been promoted to
staff assistant to J. Paul Kitchens, di
vision vice president-rug and carpet
manufacturing. Mr. Davis will work on
special projects.
Mr. Matheson is a graduate of Geor
gia Institute of Technology where he
received his B.S. degree in industrial
management in 1969. He joined Field-
crest Mills as a management trainee at
Karastan shortly after his graduation.
He has been a shift foreman in Kara
stan Weave since October, 1969.
Triplets Are Three
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Three-year-old triplets, Renee, Rob
ert and Robin, left to right, are the
children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whit
low of Winston-Salem.
Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Eli-
zah Meadows of Eden. Mrs. Meadows
is employed at the Sheet Finishing Mill.
Aunts of the triplets are Norma Alver-
son. Bedspread Finishing; Mildred Rier-
son. Blanket Finishing; and Connie
Rorrer, Sheet Finishing.
The United Fundi campaign is near
ing completion in the Fieldcrest plants
and offices in Eden. '
William D. Hicks, supe:^isor of qual
ity control at Karastan Rug Mill and
chairman of the Fieldcrest campaign,
said results would be announced when
all solicitations are received and final
tabulations made.
The eligibility deadline for all prizes
and awards in the campaign was noon
Tuesday, October 3. All who had
pledges or contributions turned in by
that date will be eligible for the draw
ings and prizes and will be counted in
determining the winners of the plaques
and certificates.
The President’s Plaque will be given
by President William C. Battle to the
mill with the highest percentage of em
ployees contributing a Fair Share. The
plaque is to be held for a year by the
winning mill and rotates to next year’s
winner. The staff department having
the highest percentage of Fair Share
givers will receive a similar plaque.
Certificates of Merit will be present
ed by the Eden United Fund to each
mill department and staff unit in which
all employees pledge a Fair Share.
Each employee who pledges a Fair
Share will be eligible for his mill’s
drawing for $15 gift certificates goo^
for any purchase at the Fieldcrest Store.
Also, the names of all employees who
pledge a Fair Share will be included
in a drawing for the grand prize, 3
9 X 12 Karastan rug, the pattern to be
the choice of the winner.
Fieldcrest employees, along with the
employees of other firms in the EdeO
area, are being asked to pledge on the
Fair Share basis. The community-wide
effort now under way is attempting te
reach all employed persons at their
places of employment.
The overall goal in this year’s cam
paign is $146,000.
Employee’s Photograph Third-Place Winner
Edward E. Burroughs, a systems an
alyst at Karastan Rug Mill, is a third-
place winner in the nationwide photo
graphic contest sponsored by the tex
tile chemicals marketing group of Union
Carbide Corporation. His entry was in
the color category.
Contest winners were announced at
ceremonies in historic Congress Hall on
Independence Mall in Philadelphia by
TV star Mike Douglas, whose nationally
syndicated show will feature a selec
tion of the winning photographs.
As a third-place winner, Mr. Bur
roughs may choose one of five groups
Top Weavers, Fixers
Weavers—W/E September 24
Dobby Terry Jerry Wayne Smith
Jacquard Terry Lauren Via
Fixers—W/E September 24
Dobby Terry Glen Clark
Jacquard Terry George Lynch
Weavers—W/E September 17
Dobby Terry George Haynes
Jacquard Terry Lauren Via
Fixers—^W/E September 17
Dobby Terry Glen Clark
Jacquard Terry Wendell Koger
of trees and flowering shrubs for beau
tifying his home or donating to a local ■
park. If he decides to donate the plants;
Union Carbide will provide a commem
orative plaque marking the gilt.
Speaking for Union Carbide at the
awards program: was J. B. Reid, gen
eral manager-chemicals and plastics,
who commented on the company’s com
mitment to preservation of a beautiful
America through developing technology
in waste treatment, which is being
made available to the textile and other
industries to help them control and
abate pollution emissions from their
plants.
“Beauty in America” was the them®
of the contest which ran from March
through August of this year.
Price Reunion
Friends and relatives of William If.
and Boaze Craddock Price are cordialU
invited to attend a family gathering oU
Sunday, October 15, at the home of
Lloyd Price on the Ridgeway Road
Relatives are asked to bring a picnic
basket.
David Darrell Haley
One Year Old
David Darrell Haley, two years old,
is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. David Wayne
Haley. His mother,
Irene, is employed in
the Burling Depart
ment at the Karastan
Rug Mill. His father
works in the Spin
ning Department at
the Draper Sheeting
Mill. His grandfath
er, Edward N. Wilson,
works in the Carding Department at the
Bedspread Mill.
Tanya Kaecindra
Smith celebrated hd
first birthday on AU' j
gust 31. She is the:
daughter of Sgt. and
Mrs. Cecil T. Smifh
of Axton, Va. H®’"
mother, Joan, is em'
ployed at the Shec*
Finishing Mill. Tan'
y a ’ s grandmother,,
_ - Mrs. Georgia Smith,
also works at the Sheet Finishing Mid
and her aunt, Lucy Leath, works at th®
Fieldale Towel Mill.
THE MILL WHISTL^^