ieldcrest
sttici pates
' Caravan
jjl'ldcrest Mills, Inc., is
jijjl'P^ting in Caravan
^ ^*^®iitennial project
*] P to promote interna-
y^'^derstanding.
tW*- program, a total of
journalists and their
SjtjP^^re traveling across the
ijjj i^tates on nine one-month
■!eri recreational vehicles,
^tl of the contiguous 48
^‘®Jdcrest has joined a num-
W other nationally known
JUes and organizations
jjj^sovernment agencies in
!)[,5‘pg the project and has
tiisp • 104 double blankets
Ith travel trailers in
mV
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fell
^‘ing
the journalists are
of the other
, companies
i^Poting in the project are
*0 Trailers which is
the travel trailers;
Corporation which is
! automobiles just off
line to pull the
With flags flying, travel trailers of Caravan Americi, in which
200 foreign journalists will see America, rendezvous at Dayton,
Ohio, before starting Southern Tour. The picture is courtesy of the
Dayton Chamber of Commerce.
ping
Sr
>i .u„
.J^mbly
trailers; and Marriott which is
arranging parties for the groups
in various cities.
Through the weeks of cross
country tours, the guests will be
offered a wide range of cultural
and scenic experiences as well
as given an opportunity to meet
Americans and participate in
their festivities. The tours will
cover many beauty spots of the
West, including Yellowstone and
Grand Tetons.
Caravan America was
initiated by the Wally Byam
Foundation to foster better
relations between Americans
and the peoples of other lands,
on a non-government basis and
without the expense of public
funds.
Mrs. Carolyn Bennett
Patterson, chairman of the
board of the foundation, is a
senior assistant editor of the
National Geographic Magazine.
The Wally Byam Foundation
was established to honor the
memory of Wally Byam, a
pioneer caravanner who led
Americans on travel trailer
tours to Europe, Asia, Africa,
Mexico, Central America and
Canada.
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^ gillie graduated from UNC-G with a perfect 4.0 record.
'^Idcrest Scholar
t»s Perfect Record
Gillie, a 1972 Fieldcrest Scholarship recipient, graduated
om the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a
Sfr,
511 .,
5s) record.
the only student out of a graduating class of 1,300 with a
^ *'ecord for all four years of study at UNC-G.
u^huate of Morehead High School, she is the daughter of Mr.
J.A. Thomas
Is Promoted
John A. Thomas has been ap
pointed acting manager of plant
engineering, replacing J. G.
Farrell, Jr., who has retired.
All personnel previously
reporting to Mr. Farrell now
report to Mr. Thomas who
reports to R. A. Harden.
Mr. Thomas was registered as
a professional engineer by the
North Carolina Board of
Registration for Engineers and
Land Surveyors in February of
last year.
He is a graduate of North
Carolina State University with a
B.S. degree in electrical
engineering. He joined
Fieldcrest in 1963 as assistant
superintendent in the Karastan
and Bedspread Plant Service
Department.
He later was superintendent of
Blanket and Sheeting Plant
Service before joining the
Engineering Department in
1969.
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m
t:* •».’!
Claude Gillie of Eden. Her mother, Lois, is a secretary in
jhings that help an industry. You can really see it working,’
J^*^strial Relations Department,
ij.^ rnajored in mathematics and plans to teach, although she
I Accepted a job as yet.
j^r^ys that she is interested in statistics. “I think I like statistics
L® it’s a useful kind of math. You can work through problems
1 -- Vrtll :4. 1 • . ..
is convinced that college should do more than help prepare
, for a career and has sought wide exposure to other subject
her classes.
j ?ss you really have to want an education. I wouldn’t trade
j'**' anything,” she said.
*host important part of college,” she said, “has been the
'•aity to come over here and make my own decisions. You
'‘hie mistakes, but you sure learn a lot.”
Mayor Jones Norman signs proclamation for Eden YMCA Week.
Looking on are R. L. Glasgow, left, YMCA president, and Broadus
Vernon, Y membership chairman.
YMCA Campaign
JOHN A. ■raOMAS
(Continued From Page One)
able in the Y spring program
include: for youth — softball,
tennis, baseball, swim classes,
aquatic safety classes, basket
ball and Tri-Gra-Y, a club for
third through sixth grade girls.
Adult programs include
women’s volleyball, men’s and
women’s fitness classes,
gymnastics, softball and tennis
for both men and women, sand
scraping, beginner’s and
advanced beginner’s guitar,
cardio-pulmonary resuscitation,
ceramics, bridge, food
conservation and health club.
Membership plans include
youth, adult, college student,
family, individual health club,
husband and wife health club,
friends of youth and century
club.
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AY, MAY 17, 1976