Promotions ^Aade At
Blanket Finishing
Six organizational changes
have been announced at the
Blanket Finishing^Mill, effective
recently,
Carson Oakley, previously
superintendent of the Beck
Dyeing Department, has been
named superintendent of the
Beck Dyeing and Cloth P'inishing
Departments.
Quesell Scott, Jr., previously
superintendent of the Napping
Department, has been named
superintendent of the Napping,
Treating and Channel Blanket
Departments.
Robert L. Glasgow, previously
superintendent of the
Packaging, Warehousing and
Channel Blanket Departments,
has been named superintendent
of the Cut and Sew, Packaging
and Warehousing Departments.
Oliver E. Hopkins, Jr.,
previously a shift foreman in the
(’ut and Sew Department, has
been named a section foreman in
the Blanket Packaging
Department.
Billy G. Lester, formerly a
shift foreman in the Blanket
Warehouse, has been named a
section foreman in the Blanket
Warehouse.
Jerry M. DePriest, formerly a
supervisory trainee, has been
named a shift foreman in the Cut
and Sew Department.
•Mr. Oakley has been employed
by Eieldcrest since 1950 when he
began as a second hand at the
old Bleachery. He went to the
Blanket Finishing Mill in 1952
where he worked as a section
hand, second hand, head
scheduler, assistant foreman
and foreman before being
named superintendent of the
Beck Dyeing Department in
1970.
Mr. Scott began employment
at the Blanket Finishing Mill in
1956 as a trucker and server. He
worked as a server and packer,
service operator-cutters and
sewers, sewing machine service
operator, blanket checker clerk,
second hand, assistant foreman
and foreman before being
named general foreman of the
Napping Department in 1970.
Mr. Glasgow joined Fieldcrest
as a management trainee at the
Blanket Finishing Mill in 1966.
He then worked as an assistant
foreman and was foreman,
systems coordinator, and
general foreman at the Blanket
Warehouse before being named
superintendent of the
Packaging, Warehousing and
Channel Blanket Departments.
Mr. Hopkins has been
employed by Fieldcrest since
1963 when he began as a roll
channel blankets helper at the
Blanket Finishing Mill. He then
worked as a plaiter-blanket
finishing range, dyestuff
weigher, supply room clerk,
second hand, assistant foreman,
and supply clerk before
becoming a supervisory trainee
in May, 1972 and a shift foreman
in June of that year.
Mr. Lester joined Fieldcrest in
1961 as an office boy at the
Blanket Warehouse. He then
worked as a blanket release
clerk, clerk, advanced
scheduler, chief clerk, mill
scheduler, assistant office
manager and second hand
before being named a shift
foreman in 1973.
Mr. DePriest joined Fieldcrest
in March of 1973 as a supervisory
trainee. He had formerly been
employed by Laughlin-Sutton
Construction Company in
Hillsborough, and earlier by the
Hillsborough Textiles Company,
also in Hillsborough.
Safety Topics Announced For 1974
Topics for the mill safety
meetings have been announced
for 1974 by the Safety Depart
ment.
The topic for January was
walking and working surfaces,
exits and access. February’s
topic will be personal protective
equipment and first aid. In
Deadline Is March 1
March l is the deadline
for submitting an
application for a Fieldcrest
or a Muscogee Scholarship.
Awards of the scholarships
are to be announced in May.
In recent years the
deadline has been advanced
j and the application blanks
' made available earlier in
I order to help students with
their planning.
The Fieldcrest and
Muscogee Scholarships,
: each worth $4,000 over the
four years of college, are
awarded by the Fieldcrest
Foundation and the
.Muscogee Mills Foundation
to assist employees and
children of employees in
obtaining a college
education.
March, hand and portable tools
will be discussed.
The topic for April will be
conveyors and overhead cranes;
May, hazardous materials;
June, industrial truck
operations; July, compressed
gas and air equipment; August,
machinery and guarding.
In September, process
standards; October, fire
protection; November,
employee training require
ments; and December, safety
labels, signs and markings.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our
heartfelt gratitude to friends and
neighbors for the many
kindnesses shown us at the death
of our loved one, Ray Gilbert.
The flowers, food, visits, cards
and other expressions of
sympathy are greatly
appreciated. May God bless
each of you.
THE FAMILY OF
RAY GILBERT
The American textile industry
consists of about 700 companies
operating an estimated 7 080
plants in 47 states.
Ladies Have Long Records Of Servia
Rose Tripp and lone Vick have
the longest service records of
any employees at Fieldcrest’s
Greenville plants.
Both ladies began work in the
Twist, Wind and Reel Depart
ment at the Karastan Spinning
Mill early in 1951.
Mrs. Vick, a twister, was the
first twister to be hired at the
Greenville plant. Her two
brothers, John and Shirley
Stocks, also work at Fieldcrest
and both have continuous
service since 1957. John is in the
Plant Services Department at
Karastan Worsted and Shirley is
in the Carding Department at
Karastan Spinning. Mrs. Vick’s
husband, William, is in the
housepainting business.
Mrs. Tripp, a native of Metz,
France, came to the United
ROSE TRIPP
States in 1946 as the wife of
Woodrow Tripp, then a U.S.
Army Military Policeman. She
has one sister still living in
France whom she visited in 1964.
Mrs. Tripp’s daughter, Marie,
lONE VICK
like her mother, is a
Twist, Wind and
ment at Karastan Spinwi’f 1 v'
Tripps have three 'v -^
children, John, Davi •'
Charles.
Jay Young
One Year Old
Charles Swi«
Young, son of Mr. and
Mrs^ James C. Young of Eden
celebrated his first birthday oii
December 5. His mother, Bettv
IS ernployed at the Bedspread
Finishing Mill. His father is a
weaver at the Karastan Rug
Mill Grandmothers are Mrs
Gladys Young, a retired
employee of the Draper Sheeting
Mill, and Mrs. Pearl Kennon
both of Eden.
Stephanie L. Geter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Geter,
was one year old on November
29. Her father is employed in the
Warehouse at the North Carolina
Finishing Company.
Pictured here is
Damon Swing. wW
months old. His mothe ■
Swing, is a loop opera ^
Finishing Departmen
North Carolina Finis*"
pany.
the mill
WHIS'