CHARLES GRAVES answers question concerning threading operation.
GEORGE HILDRETH talks to interested group at Kara-loc loom.
Zounty High School Students Visit Karastan
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'esign Department, the
udents were divided into five
roups for the tour of the manu-
icturing operation. Guides for
le manufacturing tour were
ance Solaroli, George Hildreth,
ary Richardson, Quality
ontrol supervisor for
Karastan, Charles Graves, shift
foreman. Weave Room, and B.
D. Hairfield, general foreman,
Winding-Beaming Department.
The group enjoyed refresh
ments in the Canteen following
the mill tour and then
participated in a question-and-
answer session with J. G.
Cunningham and J. E. Troy,
director of product
development.
The “Economics In Action”
program was co-sponsored by
the Eden and Reidsville
Chambers of Commerce under
the auspices of the N.C. State
University Department of
Economics and the Rockingham
County Extension Service.
The objective of the program
was to acquaint area high school
juniors and seniors with
business and the free enterprise
system. Nine other area
industries participated in the
program. Fieldcrest sponsored
two of the students.
The program, in which
students from each of the four
high schools in Rockingham
County participated, included
presentations from various
lecturers, tours of the area
industries. Evening sessions
included panel discussions
between students and leaders of
area industries.
LANCE SOLAROLI, right, explains operation of rug loom.
** * ' *
GARY RICHARDSON, guide, explains process to visiting students.
Promotions Are Announced
In two organization changes in
le Distribution Department,
even A. Kincaid has been
apointed manager of the
idwest Service Center and
ecil D. Jeffries has been
jpointed manager of the Los
ngeles Service Center.
Both men report to W. R.
iser, division vice president of
stribution and industrial
igineering.
Mr. Kincaid, a native of Elgin,
1, entered the Army in 1969 and
as stationed for 19 months in
ietnam with the 240th Assault
elicopter Company as a
elicopter crew chief and
iorgunner. He was awarded
le Army Commendation Medal,
ir Medal, Purple Heart, Bronze
ar and the Distinguished
lying Cross.
QNDAY, march 17, 1975
STEVEN A. KINCAID
Mr. Kincaid joined Fieldcrest
March of 1973 and was
appointed warehouse foreman at
the Midwest Service Center in
in
CECIL I). JEFFRIES
May of that year. He was named
assistant manager in 1974 and
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Retiree Remembers 32-Year
Perfect Attendance Record
When Winnie Scott retired
March 1 she had achieved a
record that may not be equaled
for a long time. During her 32
years with the company she said
she never missed a day at work
except when she was off “from
Wednesday to Monday” when
her mother died.
Mrs. Scott recalled that she
had perfect attendance for 32
years with that one exception.
She had not missed any days at
work in the 10 years
immediately preceding her
retirement. Her personnel
record shows that she was never
off of the payroll for any reason
since she came to work in 1943.
“I went through snow and ice
sometimes but I got there every
day,” she recalled recently. “I
felt like that if I had a job I was
supposed to be on it. I even rode
taxis to work. Of course, I was
laid off or sent out sometimes
but if my job was running I
worked on it every day.”
A native of Woolwine, Va.,
Mrs. Scott was employed as a
corner tacker in the Finishing
Department at the Karastan
Rug Mill March 8, 1943. She
worked on various jobs in the
Finishing Department,
including fringe sewer, machine
floor hand and repairer and
seamer.
She worked as a labeler more
years than as anything else and
was a sample labeler in the
Sample Department at the
Karastan Service Center at the
time of her retirement.