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Harry H. Davis Completes
^ Executives Program
Harry H. Davis, general
manager of the Whiteville Plant,
received the certificate of
completion recently with the
fourth graduating class of the
Young Executives Institute
(YEI) at the University of North
Carolina : School of Business
Administration at Chapel Hill.
Mr. Davis was presented the
certificate by UNC Chancellor
Ferebee Taylor upon completion
of an intensive five-week
management development
program designed to provide
advanced training for
executives 26 to 35 years of age
in manufacturing, retail,
financial and insurance firms,
and service industries such as
hospitals and government
agencies. Thirty-five other
young executives from North
Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia also received
certificates of completion.
Mr. Davis participated in 120
hours of classroom instruction in
organizational behavior, use of
computers in decision-making,
macro economics, business
policy and financial manage
ment.
Dr. Maurice W. Lee, dean of
UNC’s Graduate School of
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HARRY H. DAVIS
Business, presented the
candidates, and Dr. Richard I.
Levin, director of the YEI,
presided at the ceremony which
was attended by families and
friends of the graduates.
Mr. Davis has been with
Fieldcrest since 1963 and has
served in responsible positions
in research and development
and in the Karastan Rug Mill
manufacturing operation. He is
a native of Georgia and a
graduate of Georgia Tech with a
B.S. degree in textile
engineering.
BIkt. Greige Supervisors
Participate In Workshop
Forty Production supervisors
at the Blanket Greige Mill
recently completed the
“Principles of Supervision”
workshop which is jointly
sponsored by Fieldcrest and the
Industrial Extension Service,
School of Engineering at N.C.
State University. The workshop
is part of the Fieldcrest
Management Development
Program and has also been
offered to production sup
ervisors at the Alexander
Sheeting Mill, Sheeting
Operation at Eden and at the
Laurelcrest Carpet Plants.
The workshop was held in five
three-hour sessions, with the
participants divided into two
classes, morning and afternoon,
rhe instructor was Don Scott of
the Industrial Extension Service
at NCSU.
W. F. Crumley, Blanket
Greige Mill plant manager,
presented certificates to the
participants on completion of the
workshop.
The objectives of the program
are to develop a maximum
awareness of the supervisor’s
responsibilities to his company,
the employees, and himself; to
Identify and study up-to-date
professional supervisory skills
®nd techniques; and to
demonstrate how the use of
hese practices can immediately
improve the supervisor’s
capability to positively influence
the performance of others.
The workshop includes
ectures, films and discussions.
Blanket Greige Mill
-■upervisors who participated in
me morning session were; M. T.
‘MONDAY, MAY 20, 1974
Adkins, shift foreman; J. F.
Baker, shift foreman; L. C.
Chatham, shift foreman; G. C.
Cochran, shift foreman; H. S.
Doss, shift foreman; C. E. Frye,
shift foreman; B. R. Garland,
supervisory trainee; J. E. Gillie,
shift foreman; A. M. Harris,
shift foreman; and C. C. Hay-
more, Jr., shiR foreman.
Also, L. H. Jeffries, shift
foreman; V. G. Jones, shift
foreman; M. W. Keaton, shift
foreman; D. L. Lindsey, shift
foreman; D. W. McCollum, shift
foreman; A. T. Maness, shift
foreman; E. L. Smart, shift
forman; J. J. Tinsley, shift
foreman; W. J. Truesdale,
supervisory trainee; and J. E.
Walker, shift foreman.
Those who participated in the
afternoon session were; B. B.
Barbee, shift foreman; R. J.
Boyles, section foreman; J. A.
Brumbeloe, lab supervisor; J.
W. Cassell, department
foreman; J. M. Chapman,
superintendent of weaving; W.
R. Cobb, section foreman; D. P.
Gambill, section foreman; C. R.
Hill, Jr., section foreman; T. P.
Jefferson, supt. of Cotton
System; D. R. Johnson,
superintendent of Woolen
System; and P. E. Jones,
superintendent of Needled Blkts.
Also, W. King, supervisory
trainee; D. L. LaPrade, section
foreman; M. H. McMichael,
section foreman; C. D. Mitchell,
general foreman; M. A. Proffitt,
shift foreman; R. M. Pruitt,
general foreman; F. M.
Sizemore, Jr., general foreman;
D. T. Spencer, superintendent of
Plant Service; and C. W. Woods,
management trainee.
Ruffin Students Tour G. 0.
On April 23, a group of students from Ruffin High School visited the General Offices.
Following the tour, Jean Farlow, secretary to Dr. Charles G. Young, medical director,
spoke to the group on the operations of the Medical Department and briefly discussed her
duties. Part of the group, shown above, learn about medical records from guide Ruth
McLawhon.
Office Courses Registration Set
Registration for the coming
quarter’s office and business
courses will be held in the
Training Department, AMP
Building, on Wednesday, June
12, at 7 p.m.
The following courses wil be
offered; Business Com
munications (English 111),
Margaret Griffin, instructor;
Business Law (Business 115),
Joan Citty, instructor; and
Grammar and Composition
(English 110), Betty Buchan,
instructor.
instructor will be available on
registration night to look into the
matter of eligibility for those
who wish to enroll directly into
English 111.
All instructors are members of
the faculty at Rockingham Com
munity College. Mrs. Joan Citty
is coordinating the program.
Fieldcrest employees who
wish to take courses are eligible
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Classes will begin the week of
June 17. The English 111 and
English 110 classes will meet on
Monday nights in the AMP
Building, beginning June 17. The
Business 115 class will meet on
Wednesday nights, beginning
June 19, in the AMP Building.
Each weekly session in
English 111 and Business Law
will begin at 7 p.m. and consist of
three 50-minute periods. English
no will have a variable schedule
since it combines group sessions
with individual coaching. The
first meeting for new enrollees
will begin at 7 p.m., Monday,
June 17.
English 111 and Business Law
are being offered for the first
time in the series of courses
planned by Rockingham Com
munity College and Fieldcrest
for this program.
English no was given in the
quarter now ending but will be
offered again to permit some of
the present enrollees to
complete their work and also to
enroll new students.
English no is a prerequisite
for English 111 in the case of
candidiates for an associate
degree in applied science. Direct
enrollment in English 111 is
possible (particularly in the case
of non-degree candidates) on the
basis of proficiency. The
Deadline For Grants Is July 1
Applications for
educational grants-in-aid
from the Fieldcrest
Foundation must be
received by July 1 to be
considered for the fall
semester.
Applications for grants
should be submitted to the
office of M. B. Franklin,
General Offices Building,
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., Eden,
N.C. 27288. Application
forms may be obtained
from area personnel
managers.
The deadline of six weeks
prior to the time the grant is
to be used has been
established in order to allow
the grant committee
sufficient time to effectively
evaluate the requests.
There has apparently
been some confusion
concerning qualifications
for Fieldcrest (Jrants-In-Aid
and Fieldcrest Foundation
Scholarships. In order to
clear up the confusion, the
qualifications for each are
listed below;
Grants-In-Aid
1. Applications taken
twice per year, usually
during June and November.
2. Employee (parent)
must have one-year
continuous service as of
date of application.
3. Applicant normally
planning to attend college
for less than 4-year pro
gram but 4-year programs
also eligible.
4. Applicant can have
prior college or may be
presently enrolled.
5. Grants primarily
awarded on basis of
financial need with
consideration of scholastic
aptitude for college work.
6. Child may not be
eligible if married or has
established own residence
and livelihood.
4-Year Scholarships
1. Applications taken only
once per year, during
February, with deadline of
March 1.
2. Employee (parent)
must have one-year
continuous service as of
date of application.
3. Applicant must be plan
ning to attend a 4-year
college full time.
4. Applicant must not
have attended college
before or have college
credits.
5. Scholarships awarded
primarily on basis of high
school grades and
scholastic aptitude for
college work, plus
consideration of citizenship
and financial need.
6. Employee of company
with 1-year service is also
eligible to apply.