THE MILL WHISTLE
Eden, N. C., September 23, 1974
No. 15
Battle Elected Member
Of Conference Board
At the awards presentation, from left, W. Joseph Strickland, guest speaker; Robert Tart who presented
the national award; S. L. Shaver who presented the state award; and M. D. Rochelle, president and
general manager at NCF.
Awards Are Presented To NCF
The North Carolina Finishing
Company division at Salisbury
was presented the “North Caro
lina American Legion Employer
of the Year Award for Hiring the
Handicapped” on September 17
in Salisbury. The Employer of
the Year Award banquet, which
was sponsored by the North
Carolina American Legion, was
held at the Harold B. Jarrett
Post.
The company was also
presented the “National
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William C. Battle, president of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., was
elected a member of The
Conference Board on September
18 in New York.
At the same meeting, J. Paul
Stitcht, president of R. J. Rey
nolds Industries, Inc., was
reelected a member of the Board
for a two-year term.
The Conference Board is an
independent and nonprofit
business and economic research
organization. Founded in 1916,
its work is supported by
approximately 4,000 associates,
including small, medium and
large companies, colleges and
universities, labor unions, trade
associations and government
agencies.
The Board is wholly
independent, and has never been
an agency or affiliate of any
other organization.
The organization’s research is
carried out in a scientific
manner, fully utilizing the views
and experiences of those most
familiar with the subjects under
study. Because of its reputation
for handling confidential
information in a discreet
WILLIAM C. BATTLE
manner, its staff enjoys unique
access to the inner workings of
United States and Canadian
companies. This gives the
Board’s work unparalleled depth
and authenticity.
With a full-time staff of nearly
300, over 100 of whom are fully
trained research professionals,
the Board offers associates a
wide range of talents and
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UF Drive To
Start Oct. 7
The United Fund campaign in
the Eden plants and offices will
open today, Monday, October 7,
simultaneously with the com
munity-wide campaign which
has as its goal $165,000 for the
support of the 11 health, welfare,
recreational and character
building youth services included
in the fund.
Thomas P. Webster, Jr.,
manager of general accounting,
will serve as chairman for this
year’s campaign at Fieldcrest
Mills, Inc., in Eden. Dick
Rutland, manager of technical
services-blanket manu
facturing, will be the vice
chairman.
Division vice
Fieldcrest are
their respective
the plant managers and the
major staff department heads
serving as co-chairmen.
Each employee in the
Fieldcrest plants and offices will
be contacted and invited to
pledge a contribution in the
campaign which will continue
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presidents of
chairmen for
divisions with
Alexander Will Head
Motor Vehicles Dept.
J. F. Alexander, purchasing
agent at the North Carolina
Finishing Company division at
Salisbury, will succeed Boyd
Miller as Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles in North Caro
lina on November 1.
Mr. Alexander, a member of
the State Board of Trans
portation, is a Republican and is
past chairman of the party’s
executive committee in Rowan
County. He moved to Salisbury
in 1948 when he joined NCF and
has been active in all facets of
community life since that time.
He has served as a member of
the Salisbury School Board and
as a director of the N.C. School
Boards Association as well as on
the legislative committee of that
group. He served six years as
chairman of the Rowan County
Board of Social Services and is a
trustee of the Alexander School,
Inc., an orphanage in Union
Mills.
In 1969, he was selected
“Rowan County Industrial Man
of the Year” by t^ Industrial
Management Club. He is a
former board member and
publicity chairman of the
Salisbury-Rowan Chamber of
Commerce.
He attended Davidson College
from 1941 through 1943 and then
joined the U.S. Army and served
overseas in the ETO with the
30th Division. He was awarded
the Purple Heart Medal for
injuries sustained when he
stepped on a land mine.
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Designs Feature American Heritage
“Hempfield Railroad” is part of a new collection by Fieldcrest
which is inspired by treasures from the Smithsonian Institution which
houses artifacts from our nation’s past. The collection is entitled
“The American Treasures CoHection”. See more pictures and story
on the new collection on page five.