Purdue visitors shown during tour of Karastan. Guide at extreme right
is Lance Solaroli of the Karastan Designing Department.
Garry Latimer, management trainee, answers questions for Jane An"
Grabert of Jasper, Ind., left, and Susan Franz of Knox, Ind,
Purdue Group Visits
Karastan Rug Mill
A group of 29 faculty members
and county agents from Purdue
University, West Lafayette,
Indiana, recently visited the
Karastan Rug Mill at Eden.
Included in the group were the
dean of the Department of
Textiles and Clothing, members
of the Department of Continuing
Education, and county agents
with the Purdue University
Extension Service from all over
the state of Indiana.
While in Eden the Purdue
visitors also toured the Field-
crest Store.
William R. Rice, Jr., is
manager of customer service
and planning at the Blanket
Warehouse, Eden. He joined the
company in March, 1975 after
being with Burlington Industries
for six years as director of
customer service in the
domestics division in Greenville,
S.C. and at Greensboro.
He is a native of Anderson,
S.C. and received his AA degree
in business administration from
Forrest College at Anderson. He
served with the Navy in the
Pacific for two years during
World War II and again was in
the Navy 1948-1950. His favorite
sports are golf and fishing.
Mr. Rice is married to the
former Lorine Gillespie, a native
of Pendleton, S.C. They have
four children, ages 26, 24, 17 and
12, and one grandchild. The
family lives at High
present but plans to
Eden.
Point
move
Employee's Son Completes
Training in Anesthesia
Burlie Pulliam and his giant tomato.
What A Tomato!
Burlie Pulliam is justifiably proud of this tomato. A
German Johnson, it weighs nearly three pounds, is 20
inches in diameter and almost four inches high. He grew it
in his two-acre vegetable garden with seed from last year s
Mr. Pulliam, a warper tender at the Bedspread Mill,
has been gardening for years, but he says this is the
largest tomato he’s ever grown, or even seen.
Gary D. (Don) Jenkins has
completed an 18-month course in
anesthesia at Memorial Hos
pital, Danville, Va. with a
degree of C.R.N.A. (Certified
Registered Nurse Anesthetist).
He began work on September 1,
at Memorial Hospital of
Martinsville and Henry County
at Martinsville, Va.
He is a 1965 graduate of
Drewry Mason High School, a
veteran of the U.S. Air Force
with the rank of staff sergeant,
and a 1973 magna cum laude
graduate of Patrick Henry
College School of Nursing at
Martinsville.
Mr. Jenkins is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dennis L. Jenkins of
Ridgeway. His father is a 39-
year employee of the Bedspread
Mill. His brother. Dr. Jerry L.
Jenkins of Midlothian, Va., was
one of the first Fieldcrest
Scholarship recipients.
Don Jenkins is married to the
former Linda Hylton of Bassett,
Va. They have three children:
Kristina, eight years old; Todd,
Anna Michelle Snow -, ,
her first birtho^
cel"
GARY D. JENKINS
brated ner iirst du o-- j
September 18 with a party
home attended by member".(
the immeidate family. She i" ,
daughter of Mr. and N.
two years old; and Charles, six
weeks old. The family resides on
Route 8, Martinsville.
Michael Snow of Greensbj)"
eb"’i
Her mother (the former P® .j
Turner) worked in the MeO>^,
Department one summer. A"!'.
The unhappy husband went to
a marriage counsellor because
he and his wife were slowly
drifting apart. He wanted to
know if there wasn’t some way
things could be speeded up.
Michelle’s grandparents are .
and Mrs. J. C. Snow of Gre®^
boro and Mr. and Mrs. Ray j
Turner, Eden. Mrs.
(Clyden) works in the Pri'"^L'
Department at the Blah*'
Finishing Mill.
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