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i Promenade Club Entertains Children At Camp Saurakee ■The Eden Promenade Club has found that there is more to square dancing than just dancing. This summer, under the direction of John Buckner (Fieldcrest Store) and Jim Jones (Audit Department), members of the Promenade Club have been going to Camp Saurakee at least one night a week. These club members, many of whom are Fieldcrest employees, have been entertaining the children, teaching them a few of the basic steps of square dancing, and helping them have a little fun. At Camp Saurakee the mentally retarded children are taught to wait on themselves, and to play with others. They are able to participate in different activities, such as arts and crafts, swimming and horseback riding. They are able to enjoy some of the things that most children take for granted. Recognizing some of the needs of the camp, the Promenade Club has undertaken a special project to raise money for a re frigerator and freezer for the camp. The cost of living has taken a big toll on the camp’s budget, and funds were not available to replace an old refrigerator and freezer no longer in working condition. Gifts of fresh vegetables and fruit were going bad because the camp had no way of keeping the foods. Donations are being requested from individuals to help pay for the refrigerator and freezer which have been purchased and delivered to the camp. Anyone wishing to make a donation may do so by contacting John Buckner or Jim Jones. (All contributions are tax deductible.) The Promenade Club is planning a square dance for the benefit of Camp Saurakee later this year, and all proceeds will be donated to the camp. Elizabeth Parrish . . . The Week That Was Employee At Karastan Has An Exciting Week When Elizabeth Parrish of the Karastan Rug Mill received her 35-year service pin recently it was a big week for her in more ways than one. In addition to completing 35 years of continuous service with the company, she celebrated her own birthday during the same week. Also within that week her granddaughter, Mrs. Joan Cromer of High Point, had her birthday. Then Mrs. Parrish’s great-grandson, Phillip Craig Cromer (Mrs. Cromer’s son) was born on his mother’s birthday. “All of this was very nice and I enjoyed it,” Mrs. Parrish observed, “but that is a lot to be happening in one week.” A native of Rockingham County, Mrs. Parrish has continuous service with Fieldcrest since July 18, 1939. However, she had worked for the company as early as 1932. She has been a setter during all of her years of service. MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1974 Shown in the Karastan showroom are, left to right, Harry Hoth, Joan Hoth, Patti Both, Susan Hoth, Jane Hard, and W. H. Hard. Visitors At Karastan Rug Mill A group of visitors from Colorado Springs, Colo, recently toured the Karastan Rug Mill along with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hard of Raleigh. Mr. Hard is director of continuing education. Textile School, NCSU. The visitors from Colorado Springs were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hoth and their two daughters, Pattie and Susan, who is a rising senior at the University of Colorado majoring in clothing and textiles. Mr. Hoth is a former mayor of Colorado Springs. Susan was interested in seeing a textile operation and Fieldcrest was suggested by Mr. Hard, a friend of the family. While in Eden, the group also visited the Bedspread Mill, General Offices and the Fieldcrest Store. Nominated For Historical Register Promoted (Continued from Page Two) the telegraph. Griffin later sold the stage line to become presi dent and a big stockholder in the Morse Telegraph Line from Washington to New Orleans. He sold the house in 1856 when he moved to Washington as the head of the Southern Telegraph Line. The purchaser of the house was Col. Randolph Lawler Mott, a native of Fauquier County, Va. Mott did much to beautify the house, including iron grillwork and brick walls all around with towers at the corners. He was a Unionist who kept the respect of his neighbors. His son, John R. Mott, during the war was adjutant on the staff of Gen. Henry L. Benning, C.S.A., showing how sometimes families were divided by the Civil War. When Columbus was captured, Mott invited Union Gen. James Harrison Wilson to make the house his headquarters. Columbus fell on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865. Neither side knew that Lee had surrendered to Grant one week earlier at Appomattox. Virginia was a long way off in that day and news traveled slowly. The Union forces under Gen. Wilson swept across the river from Alabama into Columbus, setting fire to railroad yards, freight cars, warehouses and mills, plus 125,000 bales of cotton. American Flag Flew In writing later of the devastation of Columbus, Gen. Wilson said he spared only one warehouse: “This was the property of a Union man, at whose house I made my headquarters, and within the dome of which he assured me the American flag had been kept flying from the outbreak of the war to the unfortunate day. He claimed with the fervor of a patriot that his house and grounds had never been out of the Union. Of course I ordered his property safeguarded until we withdrew from the city and that was done; but our last man had scarcely taken the road when Buford’s Division of Forrest’s Corps entered the town.” The present offices contain some of the original carved woodwork of the interior. A handsome two-way staircase from a design in one of the palaces in Milan has been removed from the front part of the house, which has always faced the river at the northern end of Front Street. The Mott place formerly occupied the whole block and had entrances with iron gates opening on Broad Street. The Columbus Towel Mill now covers the same block and its continuous operation for over a century spans the time between the romance and history of the Old South and today’s modern textile operation. Charles B. Graves has been named a shift foreman in the Weaving Department at the Karastan Rug Mill. Mr. Graves joined the com pany as a management trainee in May of this year. He is a graduate of N.C. State University with a B.S. degree in textiles and participated in Fieldcrest’s summer intern program during the summer of 1973. Buy . Sell. Swap Now The Good News FOR SALE: Washer and dryer, three months old. $400. Call 627-7600. Garageman giving estimate to car owner: “First, the good news — your glove compartment and sun visors are in excellent condition!” FOR SALE: Pigs. Call Bobby Dehart, 623-2716. FOR SALE: Exercise bike. Call 623-3489 or can be seen at 974 Washington Street. 3
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