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THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 32
Eden, N. C., November 5, 1973
No. 8
Employees Give $93,187 To United Fund
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Fair ffliare drawing ia held in conference room at General Offices.
Continuing their outstanding
support of the Eden United
Fund, employees in the Field-
crest plants and offices gave or
pledged a total of $93,187 to the
United Fund.
In addition to the employees’
gifts the Company, through the
Fieldcrest Foundation, gave
$9,000 for a combined con
tribution of $102,187 by the
employees and the Company.
Raymond 0. Endicott,
manager of industrial
engineering services, served as
chairman of this year’s cam
paign at Fieldcrest.
Mr. Endicott expressed ap
preciation to all who contributed
and to those who solicited and
assisted with the campaign in
other ways.
“Once again Fieldcrest em
ployees have shown their out
standing generosity and com
munity spirit in their response to
the United Fund campaign. This
generous support has accounted
for a large part of the com
munity-wide goal of $151,700
which will support 11 health,
welfare, recreational and
character-building services
included in the fund, and helps
assure that this goal will be
reached. It is significant that the
number of employees who are
signed up for continuing
deductions rose to 61.6 percent
this year from 56.7 percent last
year,’’ Mr. Endicott said.
Vice chairman of this year’s
Fieldcrest campaign was
Thomas P. Webster, Jr.,
manager of general accounting.
Ted L. Spencer, manager-office
systems, was in charge of all
record-keeping and tabulated
the results of the campaign.
Of the 4,675 employees on the
payroll, 3,263 or 69.8 percent
gave or pledged a Fair Share. A
total of 3,537 employees or 75.7
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Fieldcrest Grants Program
Praised By ATM I President
Ticket is handed to R. O. Endicott, Fieldcrest campaign chairman, as group looks on.
Prizes Awarded Among
The Fieldcrest grants-in-aid
and scholarship programs for
children of employees have
received praise from Donald J.
Comer, Jr., president of
Avondale Mills and also
president of the American
Textile Manufacturers Institute.
Mr. Comer spoke highly of the
programs in a recent letter to
William C. Battle, president of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
The pertinent paragraphs of
the letter follow:
Fair Share Contributors
Jerry S. Slaughter, an em
ployee of the Karastan Service
Center, won the grand prize in
the drawing among the names of
the Fair Share contributors to
the Eden United Fund and will
receive a 23-inch screen Zenith
color television set.
The names of all employees,
mill and staff, who gave or
pledged a Fair Share in the
campaign at Fieldcrest Mills,
were included in the drawing.
Other drawings were held for
$15 gift certificates good for any
purchase at the Fieldcrest Store.
These were also drawn from the
names of employees who gave or
pledged a Fair Share. Winners of
the certificates were:
Blanket Division — Kathleen
S. Hill, Mozelle S. Garrell,
Thomas E. Stowe, Robert L.
Echols, Ruth S. Richardson,
Clyde C. Pruitt, Elfred L. Lee.
Sheeting Division — Rosie
Millner, Virginia M. Scearce,
William Janney, Eunice G.
Holliman.
Bedspread Division — Betty
Manns, Thomas E. Graves,
William 0. Bradley, Billy D.
Wall.
Karastan Division — Ollie N.
Chaney, William W. Hopper,
Bessie T. Clark, Ruth P. Land,
Addie Neal.
Raymond 0. Endicott, chairman
of the United Fund campaign at
Fieldcrest.
Employees representing the
various mills were present and
participated in the drawings.
The the top picture^ left to
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“A friend of mine, Mr. Jim
Denney, with Floyd and Beasley
Company, an Alabama trucking
operation, was in Danville on
September 11th and knowing of
our interest in scholastic
scholarships sent me an article
from The Bee. It pictures you
making an award to four
students and gave a write-up of
the wonderful work Fieldcrest is
DONALD J. COMER, JR.
doing to help the younger
generation.
“Actually I thought Avondale
had a rather elaborate program,
but when I see the fine work you
people are doing, we will have to
reassess our commitments and
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Open House Planned At Mills
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Staff Departments — Howard
. Richardson, Lois H. Norman.
The drawings, held in the
conference room at the General
Offices, were conducted by
Fieldcrest Mills will hold
“open house” at the Eden plants
on various days during the week
beginning November 12. Mill
tours will be scheduled on three
different days during that week.
The “open house” is being
held as part of the observance of
the company’s 20th anniversary
under the ownership of Field
crest Mills, Inc. and in honor of
long-service employees. Special
recognition will be accorded
members of the 25-Year Club
during the “open house” events.
On the days of the “open
house”, visitors will be given
tours of the mills to enable them
to see the many improvements
that have been made in recent
years since the last “open
house” was held.
A cordial invitation is ex
tended to all employees to attend
the “open house” and to invite
their families, friends and
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