THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 33
Eden, N. C., July 29, 1974
No. 1
Foundation Awards 55 Educational Grants
Fieldcrest Foundation has
■i awarded educational grants-in-
7aid to 55 additional sons and
t “ daughters of Fieldcrest
employees for the first semester
Riof the 1974-75 school year,
if'^he newest grants, together
! with the 89 grants awarded pre-
;'viously make a total of 144
grants-in-aid which have been
given to date to assist the
children of employees.
b,Y,p’he educational grants
ipppgram was begun in April,
;:;1972. The individual grants
range upwards to $1,000 per year
and may be given at any stage of
a (student’s educational career
I beyond high school, whether it
It be at a college or university or a
^Uechnical school.
WvlThe grants differ from the
■ Fieldcrest Scholarships, also
given by the Foundation, in that
^'grants are primarily for aiding
employees’ children in line with
their financial need as well as
their desire and ability to com
plete a given course of study.
The scholarships are based on
academic achievement as well
as need.
The names of the newest grant
recipients along with brief infor
mation about each follows;
Rebecca Ann Allen is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
E. Allen. She is a junior at East
Carolina University where she is
working toward a B.S. degree in
nursing. Her mother, Mary, is a
rivet operator at the Automatic
Blanket Plant, Smithfield.
Cheryl June Baker, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Baker,
is a 1974 graduate of Tunstall
High School. She plans to attend
Averett College and major in
elementary education. Her
father is a foreman at the
Blanket Greige Mill.
James A. Baker is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Sherrill
Baker. He will be a freshman at
I J. G. Farrell, Jr. looks over chart showing textile in
dustry’s usage of energy per pound of production.
Nation's Energy Shortages
Expected To Continue
The nation’s energy shortage
still exists even if it seems to
have been temporarily “for
gotten”
The main evidence of the
shortage to the private citizen in
this part of the country may
have been the “gasoline crunch”
diming the past winter. Although
this particular effect of the total
energy shortage seems less
severe now, the shortage of
energy — that is, fuel and
electricity — is still serious and
will continue to be so.
J. G. Farrell, Jr., of the Engi
neering Department who is the
energy conservation coordinator
at Fieldcrest, said the most
severe effect on the company
this coming winter will be the
reduction in the amount of
natural gas that can be obtained.
Fieldcrest has been notified by
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James Sprunt Institute and
plans to study commercial art
and advertising design. He has
been working at the Automatic
Blanket Plant at Smithfield
since June, 1973. His mother,
Margie, is a sheet assembler at
the Automatic Blanket Plant.
Jimmy W. Barber is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Barber, Jr.
He will be a junior at the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte and will study law
enforcement. His father is a
foreman at North Carolina
Finishing Company.
Debra Ruth Barrow is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Barrow. She will be a freshman
at Rockingham Community Col
lege and will study nursing. Her
father is retired from the Draper
Sheeting Mill.
Carl J. Brame, Jr., is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Brame,
Sr. He is a junior at Atlantic
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Business Classes Draw Good Response
Tom Carlton (above, standing), of the faculty of the Business Technologies Department
at Rockingham Community College (RCC), teaches a course in business law to a group
comprised mainly of secretaries. The law course is part of a series of secretarial and
business courses sponsored by Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. and RCC. Classes are held either
in the Fieldcrest Training Department conference room in the Amp Building or on the
RCC campus, depending on the facilities and equipment needed.
Dr. Young Certified By ABPAA
Dr. Charles G. Young, medical
director of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.,
has been certified as a diplomate
in occupational medicine by The
American Board of Preventive
Medicine, Inc. He received
certification by meeting certain
eligibility requirements and
passing oral and written
examinations.
The principal purposes of the
Board are to encourage the
study, elevate the standards,
and advance the cause of
preventive medicine. The Board
issues to physicians certificates
of special knowledge in various
fields of preventive medicine,
including public health,
aerospace medicine, occu
pational medicine and general
preventive medicine.
Dr. Young, who joined Field
crest Mills, Inc. in July, 1973,
was in private practice in
Greensboro for 10 years. In 1964
he left private practice and was
employed by DuPont in New
Jersey in their industrial
medicine function. For five
years immediately prior to
joining Fieldcrest he was
assistant medical director of
Esso Research and Engineering
Company in Linden, N.J.
A native of Winston-Salem,
Dr. Young received his under
graduate education at Wake
Forest University and was
awarded his M.D. degree by the
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DR. C. G. YOUNG