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THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 31
Eden, N. C., April 2, 1973
No. 19
Fieldcrest To Buy Swift Spinning Mills
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., and Genesco,
Inc., of Nashville, Tenn., March 27
signed an agreement imder which Field
crest will purchase from Genesco for
cash the Swift Spinning Mills in Colum
bus, Ga. The sale price was not dis
closed.
Swift Spinning Mills is a modern,
well-equipped plant operating 75,000
spindles and employing approximately
700 persons. Swift enjoys an excellent
reputation in the sales yarn business
and has been operating on a profitable
basis.
C. L. KAMETCHES
C. H. WIGGONTON
3 Executive Appointments Announced
The following executive appointments
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., have been an-
*'ounced effective April 1:
,C. L. Kametches, previously division
president and general manager of
manufacturing, was appointed di-
•sion vice president and general man-
®§er of the Columbus Towel Mill at
olumbus, Ga., replacing T. H. Sher-
*'*11 who resigned.
C. Hoyt Wiggonton, plant manager
the Alexander Sheeting Mill since
.^'^1, was named division vice presi-
and general manager of sheet man
ufacturing and will have his headquart
ers at Eden.
L. T. Mills, who previously has been
Springs Mills, was appointed plant
^anager of the Alexander Sheeting Mill
ead will report to Mr. Wiggonton.
IVir. Kametches formerly was associ-
fed with the Columbus Towel Mill as
'aanager of quality control and design
er of the Alexander Sheeting Mill. He
was promoted to division vice presi
dent and general manager of sheet man-
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Fieldcrest will continue the opera
tion of Swift Spinning Mills with Peter
D. Morrow continuing as president.
Swift will remain in the sales yarn bus
iness with a part of the production be
ing used in other Fieldcrest plants but
with a major portion of the produc
tion being disposed of through the Swift
selling organization.
Genesco is a diversified manufactur
ing and retailing apparel company.
Fieldcrest already operates a large
towel mill in Columbus and recently
announced plans to construct a $5-
million plant in nearby Phenix City,
Ala., to house cutting and sewing and
warehousing and shipping facilities for
the Columbus plant.
Textile Careers Will Be Highlighted in April
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, three years before being transferred
to Eden in 1966.
.Since that time he has served as tech-
superintendent of the Draper
Sh(
seting Mill, plant manager of the
®et Finishing Mill and plant manag
April has been proclaimed Textile
Careers Month in a month-long recruit
ing effort designed to make the public
more aware that the textile industry
is career-oriented and offers job se
curity and advancement.
Newspaper publicity and advertising,
radio and television commercials and
other means will be used to inform pros
pective job applicants that career op
portunities are available in the textile
industry for persons with every kind
of educational background.
In addition, information will be pre
sented citing the textile industry’s sub
stantial contribution to the economic,
civic and educational welfare of the
areas in which it is located.
Textiles is the largest industry in
North Carolina, employing approximate
ly half of the state’s manufacturing
workforce. As the economic backbone
of the Southeast, the industry employs
282.000 people in North Carolina, 115,-
000 in Georgia, 45,000 in Alabama and
152.000 in South Carolina.
Nationally, the industry consists of
about 700 companies operating an esti
mated 7,080 plants in 47 states. Amer
ica’s nearly one million textile em
ployees earn $6 billion each year. They
pay $762 million in personal taxes,
spend $1.4 billion for food, over $1 bil
lion for housing and $550 million for
transportation.
Textiles leads all other industries in
corporate philanthropy as the industry
donated over 1.5% of its net income
to health, education and welfare in a
recent year.
The campaign theme for textile ca-
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