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THE M^LL WHISTLE
Fi«»dcrMt Mills, Inc
Cd«n, N. C. 272M
Issued lv«ry Oth«r Mood«r For ImploytM
•od Frt«ndt of FUMcrost Mills, Inc
OTIS MARLOW!
] EDITOR
^ CAMILLi P. PERKINS
^ ASSOCfATi IDITOR
Mombor, lnt«m«tlon«l Association
of Ruslnoss Communicators
REPORTING STAFP^
Alexander Sheeting Mill
Edna Bright
Automatic Blanket Plant
Janice Ennis
Bedspread Finishing Mill
Ann Midkiff
Bedspread Mill
Edna Hopper
Blanket Finishing Mill
Roslyn Henry
Blanket Greige Mill
Dovie Gilbert
Blanket Warehouse
Geraldine Perkins
Columbus Towel Mill
Mildred Newsome
Dallas Service Center
Barbara Aldriege
Draper Sheeting Mill
Ruth Minter
Fieldale Towel Mill
Faye Warren
General Offices
Gladys Holland
Katherine Manley
Karastan Rug Mill
Irene Meeks
Karastan Service Center
Mary Stephens
Laurelcrest Carpet Plant
Stan Bartell
Karastan Spinning-Worsted
Linda Goodman
Laurelcrest Service Center
Charles L. Moore
Laurelcrest Carpet Plant
Stan Bartell
Laurelcrest Yarn Mill
Barbara Hinson
Laurelcrest Service Center
Charles L. Moore
Los Angeles Service Center
Juanita Atkins
Midwest Service Center
Judy Gluth
Mount Holly Spinning Mill
Barbara Herrin
Non-Woven Mill
Doris Shockley
Northeast Service Center
Mary Kulpak
North Carolina Finishing
Phyllis Partee
Scottsboro Rug Mill
Hilda Thomas
Sheet Finishing Mill
Brenda May
Winchester Spinning Mill
Ann Wilson
ADVISORY BOARD
R. F. BELL
J.L. CRABTREE
W.F. CRUMLEY
S. R.CULLIGAN
A H. JUSTICE
J. M. MOORE
0. L. RAINES
M. L. RYAN
Mott House Nominated For Historical Registei
The former “Mott House”
which contains part of the offices
of the Columbus Towel Mill at
Columbus, Ga., has been
approved for nomination to the
National Register of Historic
Places.
C. L. Kametches, division vice
president and general manager
of Columbus Towel manu
facturing, was notified by Carole
A. Summers, coordinator of
historic sites in the Department
of Natural Resources, that the
“Mott House” has been
approved for nomination by the
Georgia Review Board.
With its mansard roof and with
what architects have declared is
the most classical portico in the
State of Georgia, the house was
the home of Col. Randolph
Lawler Mott, a staunch Unionist
in Columbus during the Civil
War.
“This house has never been
out of the Union,” Col. Mott
declared as he met General
James Harrison Wilson
following the capture of
Columbus in the last land battle
of the war.
The antebellum mansion,
which Gen. Wilson used as his
headquarters, today houses the
Columbus Towel Mill’s
Purchasing, Payroll and
Industrial Engineering
Departments and a portion of
the Data Processing
Department. Mr. Kametches
office and the Mill Accounting
offices are located in an
adjoining addition.
The handsome three-storied
house with its unusual roof, four
large chimneys and cupola
suggested historical homes in
Ohio and New England. Iron
grillwork forms a rail between
the four Ionic columns of the
small portico and adorns the top
of the roof. The same wrought
iron was used to enclose the four
sides of the roof.
Built For Nancy Calhoun
The house was originally built
for Nancy Howard Calhoun
(Mrs. James S. Calhoun), a
daughter of John Howard of
Milledgeville, who has many
descendants in present-day
Columbus. He is said to have
been very wealthy at the time of
his death in 1822 and left a
sufficient inheritance to a
number of children to build
handsome homes in the
boomtown on the Chattahoochee
River which was attracting
much interest in many sections.
The house was sold in the
1840’s to Daniel Griffin, a young
Irish civil engineer, who had
come south soon after landing to
help build the Central of Georgia
railroad. When he settled in
Columbus and bought the
“Calhoun house,” as it was then
called, he landscaped the
grounds to the water’s edge and
planted camellias, gardenias
and other flowers.
Some of the 100-year-old
camellias are still in existence,
the most famous of which is the
“Lindsay Neil”, named for the
Columbus gentleman who pro
pagated it. The late Lindsay Neil
was for many years employed in
the office of Muscogee
Manufacturing Company, now
the Columbus Towel Mill of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Recent Service Anniversaries
Thirty-five Years
David G. Ludwin n. C. Finishing
Curtis S. McBride n. C. Finishing
John H. Hill C. Finishing
Fred M. Brown C. Finishing
Thirty Years
Benton Spencer Fieldale
John 0. Wray Blanket Greige
Margaret L. Hundley Fieldale
Twenty-five Years
Thetea V.Fain Bedspread
Leonard C. Cobb Blanket Greige
Louie N. Durham, Sr Blanket Greige
Ralph J. Boyles Blanket Greige
Twenty Years
Albert M. Goode Fieldale
Fifteen Years
W^Denms Alcorn Blanket Finiching
R^rw S'?.”" ‘ * Banking
f w ^" Blanket Warehouse
Ten Years
Frank Hairston p ,
Lola Sybil Hodge foremost
Charlie L. Napper “"“'’r
Anne J. Darnell ^Fieldale
Billy J. Simmons g-, oremos
Robert L. Matthews Columbus
Arisen F. Redd t ir,
R. Harold Broadnax xtI ^ ^
Grade C. Patterson
Billy France Sheet Fmis^ng
Clinton R. Fretwell
Ruth H. Martin .. Kamstan Spinning
Nettie E. Pillar .' Draper Sheeting
Eugene M. Saunders Z::::::::::;:: Sheet.„g
Former “Mott House” is now part of office building ft
the Columbus Towel Mill. On steps is Marcia Donaldsot
a clerk in the Preparation Department.
Daniel Griffin acquired a
fortune as the owner of a line of
stages between Milledgeville,
the capital of Georgia, and
Fieldcrest Sponsors
TV Tennis Matches
The Association of Tennis
Professionals (A.T.P.)
televised tournaments are
being supported this summer
and fall by Fieldcrest and
American Airlines with ap
proximately eighty hours of
live coverage over the non-
commercial Public
Broadcasting System. Over
one hundred stations are
expected to cover this sports
feature.
Beginnirig July 21 and 22 in
Chicago with the second event in
Washington, D.C., on the 29th
and 30th, the tournaments will
be televised on consecutive
Sundays from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.
and Mondays from 7:30 to 11:30
p.m. in Louisville on August 4-5,
Indianapolis on the 11-12]
Toronto-Columbus (dual
coverage) on the 18-19 and
Boston on the 25-26.
Because of Monday Night
Football they will take place
from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. on
consecutive Saturdays and
Sundays in September starting
in Chicago on the 14-15, Los
Angeles on the 21-22 and San
Francisco on the 28-29.
Fieldcrest towels will be used
at center court, and gift sets will
be presented to the doubles
winners and runner-ups.
Montgomery, recently mad
capital of Alabama, and wasi
bank president.
Famous Visitors
To please his bride in 1849,
filled the house with beautiff
furnishings and lived in gre
style, often entertainiit
distinguished guests, includin
Samuel F. B. Morse, inventori
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Karastan Rug Mill
To Be Expanded
In an approximately $15
million project, the^
Karastan Rug Mill is beings
expanded to handle*
increased production. The^
company has announced
that a two-story additioiij
will be built onto the easl^
side of the present mil^
building to house the needed-
facilities.
Final plans are being
prepared for the building
addition and construction
will be started soon.
In connection with
expansion projf
Fieldcrest has acqu
land with frontage on S
Bridge Street. Houses
situated on the property
be removed to make r
for the addition to the
and expansion of
driveway.
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