Doff-Offs Completed At 3 Mills
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Pruitt won championship in filling doffing division in Super-
a„ . *■ eliminations at Draper Sheeting Mill. He next will compete
filling doffing champion at Alexander Sheeting Mill.
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the filling division had nt been
held. Those to compete in that
division are Bud Ledbetter and
Babe Kimrell.
The Bedspread Mill also had
not completed its mill competi
tion. Doffers to participate are
Phillip Dickerson, the com
pany’s champion warp doffer in
the last Superdoffer contest in
1973; Franco King, John Smith,
Shuford Lollis, Phillip Adams,
Edward Purcell, James
Broadnax and Harold Jones.
The Fieldale Towel Mill will
also be represented in the
contest but has not yet
determined its mill champion.
After the Fieldale winner is
known, inter-mill contests will
be held to decide the company
championships in the warp and
filling divisions.
The Fieldcrest champions will
be sent to Greenville, S.C.,
where they will participate in
the National Superdoffer
Tournament sponsored by the
American; Textile Manu
facturers Institute.
The doffers will compete for
an expected $5,000 in prize
moneys depending on how many
companies take part. The finals
will be held in April and May in
the giant Textile Hall at Green
ville, where all contestants will
compete on the same type of
spinning frames.
In 1973, all contests were held
in tlje plants of the competing
coipfanies with each contestant
doffing, a certain number of
frames at his home plant and at
his opponent’s plant.
Graham M. Byrum, vice
president of Avondale Mills, is
serving as chairman of the
industry committtee assigned to
run the 1976 tournament.
He pointed out neither of the
last tournament’s winners is be
lieved to be eligible for the
competition since they have
been promoted to higher-paying
jobs. Therefore, the tournament
is considered to be wide open.
Meanwhile, a battle of the
sexes could shape up in the
filling division if Mrs. Irene
Hawkins of Mayfair Mills,
Arcadia, S.C., has her way.
Mrs. Hawkins, who’s been a
doffer for six years, sees no
reason why a woman can’t win
and, if pressed for an answer,
she’ll admit, “Women are faster
doffers than men.’’
Walter Capps , the filling
champion of Burlington Indus
tries who eliminated Mrs.
Hawkins by a margin of only 18
seconds for six frames, will
attest that the lady is good.
Doffing as a sport originated
three years ago when the claim
was made that a doffer in one of
Avondale’s Sylacauga, Ala.,
plants, was the “world’s
fastest.’’ However, he was
deposed before he reached the
finals of his own company.
Now, three years later, the
original Avondale superdoffer is
back, only this time his friends
say he is faster than before.
Whether he can get past his
own company championship will
depend on what happens to Van
Compton who carried
Avondale’s colors almost all the
way and then got sidelined by
injuries to his hand while on
weekend army duty.
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GEORGE H. KIM
Assets Pass$7 Million Mark
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Appointments Announced
In Karastan Sales Division
^^iewed the financial state-
’'lore P’'®®^”ting some of the
H-'' significant
!®tistics
operating
he pointed out that
llhf.? *ts organization the Credit
has processed 133,171
’’s for a total of $28,616,714.
se loans were made for a
‘Thei
1), of purposes — taxes,
bills, purchase of major
I ffoances,
i - vacations.
consolidation of
IK vacations, school
ip.Ponses and others,’’ Mr.
®'vning said.
Credit Union is the only
I know of where an
l^yidual can borrow at such a
.^^^^terest rate, pay the loan
Scholarship
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the four years of college
,;®odance.
^hose who
wish to apply
obtain an application
hi from their area personnel
fg,hag6r or personnel office or
‘ 3t the Employment Office of
(j’hJdcrest Mills, Inc., in the
5 heral Offices Building, Eden,
I* 'Vrite to Mr. M. B. Franklin,,
i^hUstrial Relations Depart-
{>®ht, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.,
Oj^^Pplications are taken only
5 he each year, during Febru-
with the March 1 deadline.
back in small payroll deduc
tions, and have the loan covered
100 percent by life insurance at
no extra cost.”
In pointing to the continued
growth of the Credit Union, Mr.
Chewning said, “We are
gratified at the confidence that
people have in the Credit Union
and are encouraged by the
acceptance and increasing
participation.”
“I want to emphasize once
more that our Credit Union has
the lowest interest rate on loans
and pays the highest dividend on
savings of any Credit Union I
know of anywhere,” he said.
The following were elected
directors of the Credit Union: M
B. Franklin, R. H. Hair, C. H.
Hall, L. E. Chewning, C. C.
Wilson and R. 0. Endicott.
Other members of the board of
directors are T. W. Graves, T. H.
Knott and H. H. Newton.
At its organization meeting,
the board of directors elected the
following officers: president, L.
E. Chewning; vice president, M.
B. Franklin; secretary-
treasurer, C. C. Wilson.
The following were appointed
members of the Supervisory
Committee: J. H. Goodman, Jr.;
T. P. Webster, Jr., and Charlotte -
T. McBride.
Committee chairmen named
were J. H. Goodman, Jr., Super
visory Committee; and W. 0.
Marlowe, Educational and
Membership Committee.
Employees who are not
members are invited to join the
Credit Union. A membership
application card may be
obtained from supervisors or
mill personnel managers.
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Tech. He is married and the
father of five children. He is a
resident of Colts Neck, N.J.
Mr. Barton will report directly
to Mr. Larkin. He will make his
headquarters at Karastan’s New
York offices in the Carpet
Center.
Mr. Kim has been serving as
Eastern sales manager for
DAVID LINDSEY
JOE TURNER
Lindsey, Turner Get Promotions
*^NDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1976
Two new supervisory
appointments have been an
nounced at the Blanket'Greige
Mill, effective recently.
David L. Lindsey was
promoted from shift foreman to
section foreman in the Cotton
System Spinning Department
and Joseph D. Turner was
promoted from supervisory
trainee to shift foreman in the
Wool System Spinning
Department.
Mr. Lindsey has been with the
company since September, 1972,
when he was employed as a
supervisory trainee. Mr. Turner
joined Fieldcrest as a
supervisory trainee in October,
1975. .
Karastan since 1973. Before that
he had been national contract
sales manager. He has been
associated with the company
through his entire business
career.
He joined Karastan as a sales
trainee in 1959. He was named a
sales representative in 1961 and
his assignments included the
Rocky Mountain and Southwest
sales territories. He was made
national contract sales manager
in 1971.
Mr. Kim, who attended
Washington and Lee University,
is married and the father of two
children. He and his family
make their home in Allendale,
N.J. He will continue to have his
headquarters at Karastan’s New
York offices.
John S. Eggleston, who has
been vice president for sales,
has been named division vice
president and general sales
manager for the newly-created
Midwestern sales region. He will
make his headquarters at
Karastan’s Chicago offices in
the Merchandise Mart.
Edward J. McRae will
continue in his current assign
ment as general sales manager
of the Western sales region, with
his headquarters in the Western
Merchandise Mart in San
Francisco.
Messrs. Kim, Eggleston and
McRae will report to Mr.
Barton, as will Fred Williamson
who was recently named
national contract sales manager
for Karastan.