THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 33
Eden, N. C., August 26, 1974
j Following luncheon. President William C. Battle chats with students, Executive vice president Robert A. Harris
from left, Sharon Nichols, Ralph Kirks, Jr., and Karen Solesbee. recipients, from left, Karen Alcorn, Susan Lail
talk with
and Cheryl
educational aid
Baker.
Grant And Scholarship Recipients Honored
Fieldcrest employees’ sons
and daughters who have
received grants-in-aid or
scholarships from the Fieldcrest
Foundation were honored by the
company at a luncheon Monday
at Meadow Greens Country
Club.
Of the 140 young people
currently enrolled in college
with grants and scholarships
from the Foundation, ap
proximately 100 attended the
luncheon, an event held each
year prior to the students’
departure for their various
schools.
In addressing the group,
William C. Battle, president of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., said the
need for a good education
becomes greater with each
generation. He said each
generation is smarter than the
one that preceded it and that it
must be because of the demands
made upon it.
“We admire and respect those
who know who they are and what
they want to be,” Mr. Battle
said. He congratulated all of the
recipients and wished them well,
■and pointed out that nearly all of
the beneficiaries of grants and
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140 Employees' Children Receiving Educational Aid
ROBERT A. HARRIS
Harris Is Named
Trustee At RCC
Robert A. Harris, executive
vice president of Fieldcrest
Mills, Inc. who is a newly-
appointed trustee of Rock
ingham Community College, is
also the current vice chairman
of the executive committee of
the board of trustees of
Campbell College.
Mr. Harris was unanimously
'named to the RCC post by the
county commissioners at their
meeting August 5. He replaces
'D. Floyd Osborne, deceased.
In addition to being trustee at
the two above-named colleges,
Mr. Harris is president of the
Rockingham Community
College Foundation, a former
member of the board of trustees
at the University of North
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The Fieldcrest Foundation
since its beginning in 1960 has
contributed $3,014,134 for aid to
education and various
charitable causes.
A total of 140 young people —
sons and daughters of Fieldcrest
employees — will be enrolled in
colleges during the 1974-75
school year with the assistance
of grants-in-aid and scholarships
from the Fieldcrest Foundation.
Money contributed for grants-
in-aid, Fieldcrest Scholarships
and various campus scholar
ships totals $150,619 for the 1974-
75 school year. (Contributions for
all purposes by the Foundation
approved for 1974 total $302,900,
of which approximately 50
percent is for grants and
scholarships.
The above figures are high
lights from a report prepared in
connection with the luncheon
August 12 honoring the
recipients of grants-in-aid and
Fieldcrest Scholarships.
In a change of direction, the
Foundation is no longer giving to
Dividend Declared
Directors of Fieldcrest Mills,
Inc. voted on August 15 to pay a
quarterly dividend of $.35 per
share on September 27 to holders
of record September 13.
colleges or building funds
outside the plant communities.
Most of the Foundation
contributions are being made in
the communities where they will
be of direct benefit to employees
and their families.
The Foundation since its
beginning has given 95 Field
crest Scholarships each
currently worth $4,800 over the
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3,000,000 Man-Hour Safety Record
Group of employees of Fieldale Towel Mill Sewing Room have refreshments celebrating
their 3,000,000 man-hour safety record. Story and more pictures on page eight.