Present at the drawing among “Fair Share” givers in the Laurelcrest United Way cam
paign were, left to right, Betty Phelps, Personnel Dept.; Thomas Williams, Jr., Service
Center; Butchie Norfleet, Service Center; Mary McDonald, Yarn Mill; Larry Owen,
general manager-Laurelcrest manufacturing; Theodore Green, Jr., Carpet Mill; R. B.
Hunter, personnel manager; Charles Wentz; and W. C. Flake, plant manager-Carpet Mill.
Lee Bent Manning, left, is congratulated on wim
television set in the Laurelcrest drawing amonj
Share” givers, hy Charles Wentz, co-chairman of tl
land County United Way campaign.
Laurelcrest Employees Pledge $13,184 To Campai^
The Laurelcrest Yarn Mill,
Laurelcrest Service Center and
Laurelcrest Carpet Mill have
completed their United Way
drive and report 97.3 percent
employee participation with
pledges totaling $13,184.16 for
the United Way.
Out of 708 employees, 691
pledged with 394 giving their
“Fair Share.”
A drawing among those who
pledged a “Fair Share” was held
on October 29, with Charles
Wentz, co-chairman of the
United Way Campaign for
Scotland County, doing the
honors.
Winner of the prize, a portable
television set, was Lee Bent
Manning. Mr. Mannini
ployed in the Finishing
ment at the Laurelcres
Mill. He received co
tions from Mr. Wentz.
Listed In New ' Who’s Who ’
Ernest Wilkersi
Fred Hudgins, left, receives trophy from Stephen J.
Pisut, Jr., in whose father’s honor the trophy was given.
Hudgins Receives Trophy
Fred Hudgins, formerly of
Eden but now a resident of
Chicago, 111, recently received
the Stephen J. Pisut Memorial
trophy as the most valuable
player in the Illinois Midwest
Amateur Softball League this
season.
Mr. Hudgins, who is employed
as a salesman for the Karastan
Marketing Division, had a .644
batting average and hit 35 home
runs during the 18-team loop’s
season. He is married to the
former Jan Roland of Eden and
they have a daughter. Heather.
Phyllis Anne Ladd, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ladd
of Greensboro, has been listed in
the new edition of “Who’s Who —
High Schools.” A senior at
Kernersville Wesleyan
Academy, she is the
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Otis Robertson. Her
grandfather is employed in the
Weave Room at the Draper
Sheeting Mill. Her grandmother,
Fairie, is employed as a setter at
the Karastan Rug Mill.
Phyllis is a member of the
volleyball team and also of the
academy’s traveling chorale.
She serves as the senior
representative on the student
council and as business manager
of the school annual and paper.
She is also vice president of the
girl’s athletic association and
was a nominee for homecoming
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PHYLLIS ANN LADD
queen.
She plans to enter Central
Wesleyan College after
graduation from high school and
work toward a doctorate in psy
chology.
Named Partner In Firm
Daniel Stroud
Daniel Shane Stroud, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Stroud, was
born on August 28. 1974. His
father works in the Blanket
Greige Mill Inspecting
Department. His grandfather,
George Stroud, is a shift
foreman in the Weave Room at
the Draper Sheeting Mill and his
mother. Marie, is a former
employee of Purchasing.
I
J. ELWOOD WALKER
J. Elwood Walker has been
named a partner in Price
Waterhouse and Co., an interna
tional accounting and auditing
firm. He is the son of Adolphus
Walker who is employed in the
Spinning Department at the
Draper Sheeting Mill, and Hattie
Walker who is employed in the
Weave Room at the Draper
Sheeting Mill.
Mr. Walker is a 1954 graduate
of Morehead High School and a
1958 graduate of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He also holds a degree from
Duke University. He is a certi
fied public accountant and lives
in Charlotte.
Ernest Rogers VVilk
is the son of Mr. and M
R. Wilkerson, II, of
father is employe'
Canteen Departin'
mother, Mozelle, is
the Setting Departin'
Karastan Rog
Grandparents are Mr
Ernest R. Wilkerson
Mrs. Harriet Dillard
Va.
Both paternal gri
are employed at |n
Finishing Mill, Mr. W
the Beck Dye Depar
Mrs. Wilkerson (Glai
Sewing Department.
Joan Carter, is empH
Sewing Departmei
Bedspread Finishing
Deadline
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