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THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 32
Eden, N. C., May 6, 1974
No. 20
Meet New Fieldcrest Scholarship Recipients
KAREN ALCORN
KATHLEEN BARBEE
MACHIELLE BEAVER
LYNN BOUSMAN
GERALD BURCH
JAMES ELMORE
SHIRLEY HOPKINS
LISA LAWSON
MELODY LOOKABILL
CATHY MOORE
JEFFREY ROSEMAN
MELISSA STEARNS
'Open House’
Planned At
Laurel Hill
Laurelcrest Carpets, a
division of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.,
at Laurel Hill, will hold “open
house” from 12 o’clock noon
until 5 p.m. Sunday, May 26.
Laurelcrest employees, their
families and the general public
are invited to make mill tours
between the hours mentioned.
All three plants, the Yarn Mill,
Carpet Mill and the Service
Center, will be open for
inspection. Representative
machinery will be in operation to
enable visitors to see how carpet
is made, from the raw material
to the finished product ready for
the consumer’s floor.
Three 9 x 12 rugs will be
awarded as door prizes and
refreshments will be served.
Visitors will be given a special
brochure containing information
about the Laurelcrest operation
and about the company and a
souvenir copy of The Mill
Whistle featuring the “open
Fieldcrest Smithsonian Sign Agreement
at the Laurelcrest
house’
plants.
Larry W. Owen, manager of
the Carpet Mill, and Luby M.
pinner, manager of the Yarn
Mill, extend a warm invitation to
3ll Laurelcrest employees to
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The Smithsonian Institution
and Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. have
signed an agreement for the
manufacture and sale of fashion
home textile products that will
feature designs found in the
Smithsonian collections, Mr.
William C. Battle, President and
Chief Executive Officer of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., and Mr. T.
Ames Wheeler, Smithsonian
treasurer, announced today.
Mr. Wheeler said the licensing
agreement was one of the first
signed under the Institution’s
new Product Development
Program that will offer families
across the nation articles based
on significant items in the
Smithsonian collections.
The contract with Fieldcrest
provides for the manufacture
and marketing of coordinated
lines of bedspreads, blankets,
sheets, towels, and area rugs in
patterns inspired by the designs
of original artifacts in the Smith
sonian’s collections. Each
article will be accompanied by
written material designed to
inform the public about the
history and significance of the
related original artifact.
Mr. Battle, who served as the
United States Ambassador to
Australia under the administra
tion of the late President John F.
Kennedy, and S. Dillon Ripley,
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William C. Battle, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fieldcrest MiUs, Inc.,
signs Fieldcrest-Smithsonian agreement as S. Dillon Ripley, secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, looks on. Standing are, left to right. Dr. Robert A. Brooks, undersecretary of
the Smithsonian; T. Ames Wheeler, treasurer of the Smithsonian; Rita Androsko, curator,
division of textiles. Department of applied Arts, the Smithsonian; D. M. Tracy, president
of the Fieldcrest Marketing Division; and H. M. Bergen vice president and director of
merchandising, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.