THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 32
A Message To Employees
Use Of Car Pools Urged
By President Battle
In the last issue The Mill Whistle it was an
nounced that the Company has been working for sev
eral weeks to provide employees with information
that will enable them to form car pools.
Fieldcrest is encouraging employees to use car
pools as a means toward helping alleviate the energy
crisis which already is affecting us and which
threatens to worsen in the future.
A tremendous amount of work is being done by
various departments in preparing information that
will be helpful to employees who wish to share
transportation with other Fieldcresters. After the
basic information is obtained, the computer at the
General Offices will be used to match up those
employees who live in the same general area and
work on the same shift in the same plant area.
Employees who wish to participate will be fur
nished a list of names of fellow employees with
whom it would be feasible to form a car pool. A
master list will be kept in the event an individual
initially elects not to join a car pool but later de
cides to join one.
Participation in a car pool is entirely voluntary
but the benefits to be derived are so great that
most probably large numbers of employees will
want to make such arrangements. The Company
stands ready to assist in any reasonable way.
While there are many opinions and views about
the so-called energy crisis, it is, as far as we are
concerned, real. Also, it is not likely to end with
this winter but is expected to be with us for some
years to come. It seems inevitable that our life
styles will be changed to conserve energy and utilize
our natural resources in the best possible manner.
This will require some sacrifice, I am sure. But
Fieldcrest people have met challenges before and
I know that you will respond with the proper action
this time, whether it be using a car pool, turning
down thermostats, reducing lighting or other steps
that must be taken to avoid waste of energy.
The Company, the same as an individual, is facing
shortages of various kinds and is having to wrestle
with problems brought about by the energy crisis.
We will face these problems with good grace,
though, and do everything possible to keep the mills
running and all of our people employed. We solicit
your earnest cooperation in those areas where you
can help.
Eden, N. C., January 14, 1974
No. 12
President
CU Declares
Dividend
Members of the
Fieldcrest Mills Credit
Union received $129,562 in
dividends for the six months
ended December 31, 1973.
This makes a total of
11.141,690 in dividends paid
since the Credit Union was
organized in 1958.
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7 Receive Foundation Grants-ln-Aid
The Fieldcrest Foundation has
awarded grants-in-aid to seven
sons and daughters of Fieldcrest
employees for the second
semester of the 1973-74 school
year.
The newest grants, together
with the 82 grants awarded
previously, make a total of 89
grants-in-aid which have been
given to date to assist the
children of employees.
The educational grants
program was begun in April,
1972. The individual grants
range upwards to $1,000 per year
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At deed presentation (from left), William C. Battle, Dr.
L. H. Hance and Mrs. Martha H. Davis.
Fieldcrest Donates
Property For Library
Energy Program
Is In Full Swing
Fieldcrest’s energy
conservation program is now
fully operational at all locations
and the objective, a 10 percent
reduction in energy use without
production curtailment, is well
on its way to being met,
according to J. G. Farrell, Jr.,
Fieldcrest energy conservation
coordinator.
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Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., has
donated land having an
appraised value in excess of
$60,000 to the Rockingham
County Library as the site for a
new library building at Eden.
William C. Battle, Fieldcrest
president, presented the deed to
a 330 X 300 foot lot on the east
side of South Pierce Street to Dr.
L. H. Hance, chairman of the
county library board of trustees,
who is spearheading efforts to
obtain a new library building.
Also participating in the
presentation was Mrs. Martha
H. Davis, director of the
Rockingham County Library.
Car Pool Plan
Moving Ahead
Departmental supervisors in
each of Fieldcrest’s mills who
have been designated as car pool
coordinators should by now have
received lists of the names of
employees in their department
and maps showing the plant’s
employment area. Any who have
not received the material will
receive it shortly.
During the coming week, each
employee will be contacted by
the coordinator in order to
determine the area in which the
employee lives and whether or
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“Fieldcrest gladly shares in
this project which should enrich
the educational and cultural life
of Eden far into the future. We
are particularly pleased to help
because of the additional
advantages the new library will
provide for the community’s
young people,’’ Mr. Battle said.
Dr. Hance thanked Fieldcrest
on behalf of the County, the
Trustees, and the Friends of the
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and may be given at any stage of
a student’s educational career
beyond high school, whether it
be at a college or university or a
technical school.
The grants-in-aid differ from
the Fieldcrest Scholarships, also
given by the Foundation, in that
the grants are primarily for
aiding employees’ children in
line with their financial need as
well as their desire and ability to
complete a given course of
study. The scholarships are
based on academic achievement
as well as need.
The names of the newest grant
recipients along with brief
information about each follows:
Franklin D. Broadnax is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Broadnax. He is a 1968 graduate
of Morehead High School and
has completed two years of
study at North Carolina A & T
State University. He is majoring
in English and plans to teach.
His father is a retired janitor at
the General Offices and his
mother, Shirley, is employed at
the Bedspread Finishing Mill.
Michael Stephen Dixon is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Lee Dixon. He is a 1973 graduate
of Morehead High School and is
presently attending
Rockingham Community
College majoring in business
administration. His father is a
filling carrier at the Blanket
Greige Mill.
George Hairston, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Baunard Hairston, is a
1973 graduate of Morehead High
School. He is presently attending
North Carolina Central
University where he is majoring
in business administration. His
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Receives Promotion
D. M. Tracy, president of the
Fieldcrest Marketing Division of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., today
announced the appointment of
Donald S. Ness as divisional vice
president, Columbus Towel
Sales Department.
Mr. Ness joined Fieldcrest’s
sales staff in 1%5. He was named
in 1966 a sales representative,
handling successively the Lake
states region and the mid-west
region. In 1969, he was named
product manager of the
Bedspread Sales Department.
He was named manager of the
Columbus Towel Sales
Department in 1971.
He received his B.S. degree in
marketing at the University of
Buffalo in 1960, and served in the
Army Reserve Program from
1%1 to 1%7.
DONALD S. NESS
Mr. Ness and his wife, Nancy,
reside in Short Hills, N.J., with
their children, Nancy Beth,
Deborah and Timothy.