THE MILL WHISTLE
C«^rl«hL IfTI, PI«ldrMt Mill«« Inc.
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IWMd OfKcr Monday For ImpioyoM
and Friondt of Flatdcroo* Mills, Inc.
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CAMILLi F. FtRICINS
AttOCIATI IDITOIt
Mambar, Intomatlonal Association
of Buslnoss Communicators
Monday, September 10,1973
Vol. 32 No. 5
KKI*()HTIN(i STAFF
Alexander Sheeting Mill
p]dna Bright
Automatic Blanket Plant
Janice Ennis
Bedspread Finishing Mill
Ann Midkiff
Bedspread Mill
Edna Hopper
Blanket P'inishing Mill
Hoslyn Henry
Blanket Greige Mill
Dovie Gilbert
Blanket Warehouse
Geraldine Perkins
Columbus Towel Mill
Mildred Newsome
Dallas Service Center
Barbara Aldriege
Draper Sheeting Mill
Ruth Minter
Fieldale Towel Mill
Faye Warren
General Offices
Gladys Holland
Katherine Manley
Karastan Rug Mill
Irene Meeks
Karastan Service Center
Mary Stephens
Karastan Spinning-Worsted
Dale House
Laurelcrest Carpets
Carolyn Beasley
Los Angeles Service Center
Juanita Atkins
Midwest Service Center
Joan Mason
Mount Holly Spinning Mill
Barbara Herrin
Non-Woven Mill
Doris Shockley
Northeast Service Center
Mary Kulpak
Winchester Spinning Mill
Ann Wilson
ADVISORY BOARD
R. F. BELL
J. L. CRABTREE
W. F. CRUMLEY
S. R. CULLIGAN
A. H. JUSTICE
J. M MOORE
O. L. RAINES
m l. RYAN
Three Complete Long Service
Grissom M. Manley, of the
Blanket Warehouse, has com
pleted an outstanding record of
45 years of continuous service
with the company.
Also, within the past two
weeks, two employees of the
Karastan Rug Mill have attained
40-year records of continuous
service. They are: Harry L.
Martin and Harold S. Young.
Each long-service employee
has received the appropriate
Fieldcrest service emblem, a
gift certificate for company
merchandise equal in dollar
value to the years of service, and
a letter of commendation from
president William C. Battle.
Mr. Manley began continuous
service on September 10,1928, as
a truck operator in the Storage
and Shipping Department at the
Blanket Warehouse. He then
worked as a stock man in the
Blanket Stock Department
before going to the old Bleachery
as a yardage hand in the Sewing
Department.
He later worked as a supply
helper at the Blanket
Warehouse, head supply clerk at
the Blanket Warehouse, head
supply clerk at the Blanket
Finishing Mill, assistant
foreman and mill scheduler at
HARRY L. MARTIN
Men's Bowlin
Season Begins
HAROLD S. YOUNG
the Blanket Finishing Mill, and
order clerk at the Blanket
Warehouse before becoming a
mail and office clerk, his present
classification.
Mr. Martin began continuous
service at the Karastan Rug Mill
on September 4, 1933, as a rug
server in the Burling Depart
ment. He then worked in the
Weaving Department as a floor
worker, in the Warehouse and
Shipping Department as a
packer and shipper, and in the
Plant Service Department as a
stock room hand and head
supply clerk. He went to the
Finishing Department in 1945 as
an assistant inspector, becoming
an inspector in 1954.
Mr. Young began employment
on September 7, 1933, as a floor
man in the Burling Depart
ment. He then worked in various
classifications in that depart
ment, including chief grader,
second hand and assistant
foreman before becoming a shift
foreman, his present classifi
cation, in 1970.
The Fieldcrest Men’s Bowlj
League began bowling ,
Thursday nights September!
Bowling begins at 6:30 eat
Thursday evening with tlm
games being rolled. j
Last year’s champions, H
Blanket Mill, will defend tin
title against 11 teams this yei
Two divisions have bet
formed, with six teams in ea^
The season will last for 28 we^
with Thanksgiving nigl|
November 22, and December
off. ;
There are still openings/
many of the teams. AnyiJ
interested in bowling with|
league should contact ftj
Squires, Fieldcrest extens|
8829, before 4 p.m., or 635-^
after 4 p.m.; or Sammy Mat;
Fieldcrest extension 8830 belt
5 p.m., or 627-1948 after 5p^
Second shift workers it
contact Charles Frye, Fieldci^
extension 8813. i
Need Cash?
Your Credit Union
Has It!
Recent Service Anniversaries
Forty-Five Years
Grissom M. Manley Blanket Warehouse
Forty Years
Harry L. Martin Karastan
Harold S. Young Karastan
Thirty Years
Thomas E. Stowe Blanket Finishing
Twenty-Five Years
Clarence D. Joyce Fieldale
Kathleen W. Clark Sheet Finishing
Edna C. Rea Fieldale
Odessa F. Turner Fieldale
Bonnie W. Hailey Draper Sheeting
Twenty Years
Millard D. Millner Karastan
Robert H. Greene Alexander
Ruby T. Riggs Karastan Spinning
Oscar Vaughn Columbus
Ruby C. Wray Sheet Finishing
J. Harold Hale Fieldale
Fifteen Years
John M. Foster Fieldcrest Sales
John W. Buck Karastan Spinning
Dearl G. Evans Columbus
Charles B. Sumpter, Jr Mechanical Development
Moir T. Eanes Fieldale
Thelma Barrentine Columbus
H. Gray Elgin Fieldale
Robert J. Gravely Karastan
Noble Richards Columbus
Bertha L. McCoy Columbus
Jackie D. Eddings Columbus
Ten Y ears
Nadine T. Atkinson Research and Quality Control
William P. Delapp Bedspread
Dessie M. Hines Columbus
James F. Martin Karastan
Robert A. Turner, Jr Karastan
Edna R. Wilson Draper Sheeting
Nancy S. Eanes Fieldale
P. Michael Hammock Draper Sheeting
A. Howard Justice Mt. Holly
Lynne P. Austin Columbus
Hilda B. Stewart Bedspread
Irene W. Whisnant Fieldale
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ROBIN POWELL
DANNY RAY SETLiFf
Additional Grant Recipients
Pictured here are two ad
ditional students who have been
awarded grants-in-aid from the
Fieldcrest Foundation, as an
nounced.
Robin Powell is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Nolan B. Powell.
She is a graduate of Morehead
High School, has attended
Rockingham Community
College for two years and is now
a junior at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
She is majoring in psychology.
Her father is a loom fixer at the
Draper Sheeting Mill.
Danny Ray Setliff, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond V
a graduate of J. D. Bassettli
School and attended Dant
Community College fort
years. He is now a senior
Averett College, majoring
psychology. His . father I
weaver at the Fieldale Tfi
Mill.
The Fieldcrest Foundat^
recently awarded 51 new gr^^
in-aid to make a total of 8b,
and daughters of employees|,
are furthering their educ^
beyond high school with ^
assistance of a Foundai^
grant.
TopWeavers, Fixer-
Weavers W/E August 19 I
Dobby Terry Levi Cart®,
Jacquard Terry Leonard TiU«!,
Fixers W/E August 19 J
Dobby Terry Melvin CH
Jacquard Terry Jerry Do**
Weavers W/E August 12
Dobby Terry Donald Bowwai,
Jacquard Terry CUP
uu a. Fixers W/E August 12 J
Dobby Terry
Jacquard Terry Roger
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