Bondurant Honored
At 50-Yr, Luncheon
T. Earl Bondurant, the
company’s newest 50-year
employee, was honored by the
management of Fieldcrest Mills,
Inc., at a luncheon January 23 at
the Meadow Greens Country
Club.
Mr. Bondurant was presented
the Fieldcrest diamond-and-gold
50-year pin, a gift and other
remembrances, including a
letter of commendation from
President William C. Battle. The
presentations were made by
Arthur L. Jackson, senior vice
president-manufacturing.
Mr. Jackson read a telegram
from President Battle extending
congratulations to Mr.
Bondurant and expressing his
regrets at having to be out of
town and unable to attend the
luncheon.
During the program, Robert
A. Harris, executive vice
president of Fieldcrest Mills,
Inc., spoke informally to
congratulate Mr. Bondurant and
the other members of the 50-
Year Club on their long
association with the company.
Haven H. Newton, vice
president-industrial relations,
was the master of ceremonies.
Jack B. Jarrett, Draper area
personnel manager, gave the
invocation. Several members of
the 50-Year Club made brief
remarks.
Company officials attending
the luncheon, in addition to those
previously mentioned, were K.
William Fraser, vice president-
finance; W. Giles Hunnings,
division vice president-bed
fashions manufacturing; Ralph
C. Going, plant manager.
Draper Sheeting Mill; Vernon
W. Garner, superintendent of
weaving. Draper Sheeting Mill;
R. L. Wilkes, director of
employee benefits and services;
and W. 0. Marlowe, editor of The
Mill Whistle.
Mr. Bondurant, a native of
Eden was first employed
January 23,1924. He worked as a
weaver at the old Nantucket Mill
and at the Draper Sheeting Mill
until 1941. He was a loom fixer
for the next 27 years and most
recently has been a spare loom
fixer at the Draper Sheeting
Mill.
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Fieldcrest’s newest 60-year employee, T. Earl Bondurant (second from left), is present
ed awards by Arthur L. Jackson. Looking on at left is Robert A. Harris and at right, K. W.
Fraser.
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Hutchinson Company as a buyer
in 1953 and was appointed vice
president in 1970, said, “We
salute Fieldcrest on its 20 years
of successful operation and
growth. We look forward to an
ongoing association with you for
years to come.”
Fieldcrest ships its soft goods
to seven strategically located
S&H warehouses around the
country from plants in Eden and
Smithfield, and in Columbus,
Ga. From the S&H warehouses,
merchandise goes to the more
than 650 redemption centers. An
estimated 200,000 people, on the
average, visit these centers each
day.
Members of the Fieldcrest 50-Year Club attending the luncheon, left to right, T. E.
Bondurant, Betty Ratliff, S. L. Golden, Mamie Burcham, W. A. Blackburn, Allie Houchins,
Josie Taylor, T. M. Fulcher, A. D. Weaver, B. C. Murray, J. W. Griggs, G. H. Simpson
and H. T. Lea.
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Workshop Is Held For
Supenrisoiy Personnel
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Participants hear instructor Don Scott, standing, during afternoon workshop.
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H. H. Newton, far right, presents certificates to participants who completed morning
workshop. Second from right is instructor Don Scott.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1974
As part of Fieldcrest’s
Management Development
Program, a workshop on
personnel relations was held for
supervisors recently under the
joint sponsorship of the company
and the Industrial Extension
Service, School of Engineering,
N.C. State University.
Participants were divded
into two groups, morning and
afternoon, and four sessions
were held for each group. The
instructor was Don Scott of the
Industrial Extension Service at
NCSU.
On completion of the
workshop, each of the 31
participants was presented a
certificate by H. H. Newton, vice
president, industrial relations.
The workshop was designed to
give supervisors the opportunity
to study factors that affect
human behavior; to determine
how these behavioral patterns
should be considered in day-to-
day personnel relations; to
understand how work
environment, including
supervision, affects employee
attitudes and performance; and
to study and understand
employee inter-relationships
and problems.
Films, charts and flannel
presentations were used to
illustrate the subject matter.
Among subjects included in the
workshop were employee
performance and motivation,
understanding behavior,
employee problems and possible
causes, causes and handling of
grievances, and effects of
incentives.
Supervisors who participated
in the morning workshop were:
W. B. Altizer, Blanket Mill
Accounting; L. M. Blackburn,
Sheeting Mill Accounting; B. E.
DeHart; Data Processing; J. C.
Fisher, Budgets; Merle Gentry,
Data Processing; Carol
Hopkins, Data Processing; F. C.
Jordan, Karastan Mill Ac
counting; and C. W. Joyce,
General Accounting.
Also, J. L. Marchman,
Bedspread and Mt. Holly Mill
Accounting; D. B. Millwater,
Bedspread Mill Accounting; R.
J. Noble, Blanket Mill Ac
counting; C. D. Sandlin, Blanket
Mill Accounting; A1 Smith, Data
Processing; T. P. Webster,
General Accounting; B. E.
Hopkins, Karastan Data
Processing; and C. W. Grogan,
Blanket and Bedspread Data
Processing.
Those taking part in the
afternoon sessions were: M. E.
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