Laurelcrest 'Open House’ Draws Large Crowds
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followed a marked route
enabling them to trace the steps
in the manufacture of
Laurelcrest carpet. Supervisors
and other employees were
stationed along the route to
explain operations and answer
questions.
prizes was conducted in the
showroom at 5:15 p.m. The
tickets were drawn by Miss
Martha Garner, “Miss
Laurinburg 1974.” Winners of
the 9 X 12 rugs were Phyllis
Fuller, Hamlet; Eddie
Campbell, Laurel Hill; and Leo
Pankey, Laurinburg.
Posters were placed at the
various pieces of machinery,
telling the name of the machine,
its function and the amount of
money invested in the
equipment. Each visitor
received a brochure describing
the Laurelcrest operation and
giving general information
about Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. Also
distributed was a souvenir copy
of The Mill Whistle featuring the
Laurelcrest “open house.”
The purpose of the “open
house” was to enable employees
and their families and the
general public in Scotland and
surrounding counties to visit the
plants and see how Laurelcrest
carpets are made.
The tour ended in the
showroom at the Carpet Mill
where visitors saw the finished
carpets. The door prizes, three 9
X 12 rugs were displayed in the
three plants and attracted much
attention. A number of displays
along the tour route showed
Fieldcrest and St. Marys bed
and bath fashions — bedspreads,
blankets, automatic blankets,
sheets, towels and bath
accessories — manufactured in
other Fieldcrest plants. Each
display was arranged on a piece
of Laurelcrest carpet.
The drawing for the door
Representative types of
equipment were in operation,
permitting the visitors to see the
various processes used in the
manufacture of carpet from the
raw material to the finished
product. Visitors also were able
to see the many improvements
that have been made to the
buildings and machinery.
The Laurelcrest Carpet Mill,
formerly the Morgan Carpet
Mills, was purchased by
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., in
January, 1967. An expansion
program was started early in
1969 and a parallel or semi
worsted spinning plant and a
warehouse service center were
built at a cost of $6 million.
In a second phase of
construction in 1973, an addition
was built to the Yarn Mill,
doubling the existing capacity
and representing an additional
investment of $31/2 million.
The latest example of
improvement is the modern
waste water treatment plant
which meets all of the
requirements of the feim
state environmental
and which cost
$600,000.
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