40 Years Of Service -
VELMA R. NEWNAM
Two Fieldcrest employees
have recently been honored by
management for completion of
outstanding records of 40 years
of continuous service with the
company.
They are Velma R. Newnam,
retirement and records clerk.
Industrial Relations
Department; and Ralph B. Hop
kins, second hand, Mechanical
Development.
Each long-sendee employee
has received the Fieldcrest 40-
year service emblem, a $40 gift
certificate for company
merchandise, and a letter of
commendation from William C.
Battle, president of Fieldcrest
Mills, Inc.
Mrs. Newnam began em
ployment on May 18, 1936, as a
RALPH B. HOPKINS
stenographer in the Em
ployment Office, Industrial
Relations Department. She
became a supervisor in the Em
ployee Benefits section in 1947,
and chief personnel clerk in 1954.
She became retirement and
records clerk in 1972.
Mr. Hopkins began em
ployment on May 21, 1936, as a
filling carrier at the Blanket
Greige Mill. He remained at the
Blanket Greige Mill until 1953
during which time he worked in
various production jobs
including weaver, loom fixer
spare and loom fixer. He
became a development
technician in the Mechanical
Development Department in
1957, and a second hand, his
present classification, in 1958.
Wayne Alcorn at work in Karastan Design Department.
Designer Rides For Charity
Wayne Alcorn a designer in
the Karastan Designing
Department rode his bicycle 90
miles and raised $600 for cancer
research.
He performed this feat for
charity in the bikathon April 8 in
Eden. The course was 15 miles
long, and he covered it six times,
beginning at 8 a.m. and finishing
up around 3 p.m. The event was
sponsored by the Eden Jaycees,
All the money raised by the
cyclists will be turned in and the
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person raising the largest
amount will win a bicycle.
Having 80 sponsors and
raising $600, Wayne certainly
has a good chance of winning. He
already has been recognized as
the rider covering the most
miles.
Wayne has been riding regu
larly for about two years and in
that time has logged about 3,000
miles. He says he frequently
rides to Martinsville, Danville,
Va.,Greensboro and other towns.
Guide Bill Evans explains the processes in the Card Room at the Blanket Greige Mill-
College Students Tour Plants
A group of 15 juniors and
seniors majoring in home
economics at Messiah College,
Grantham, Pa., were guests of
Fieldcrest for plant tours at
Eden and Stokesdale May 17 and
18.
The visit to Fieldcrest was
part of a textiles and furniture
seminar conducted by Carolyn
Scmick, assistant professor of
home economics. The group
toured a number of textile and
furniture installations in
Greensboro, High Point and
Eden.
The visitors saw the Foremost
Screen Print Plant on Monday
and on Tuesday they toured the
Blanket Greige, Blanket
Finishing, Blanket Warehou^'
the Karastan Rug Mill
Fieldcrest Store. .g
At each mill, the visitors .
divided into smaller groups p
given guided tours of the TOi ^
The students asked ® .
questions and took notes "'ll
will be used in their classro"
work.
Andy Welborn conducts visitors through Packaging Department at Blanket Finishing
Deadline For Grants Is July 1
Applications for educational
grants-in-aid from the
Fieldcrest Foundation must be
received by July 1 to be
considered for the fall semester.
Applications for grants should
be submitted to the office of M.
B. Franklin, General Offices
Building, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.,
Eden, N.C. 27288. Application
forms may be obtained from the
area personnel managers.
The qualifications for
educational grants-in-aid are;
1. Applications are taken only
once per year, during June with
a deadline of July 1.
2. The employee (parent)
must have one year of continu
ous service with the company as
of the date of application.
3. The applicant normally is
planning to attend college for
less than a four-year program,
but four-year programs are also
eligible.
4. Applicant can have prior
college or may be presently
enrolled.
5. Grants are primarily
awarded on the basis of financial
need along with consideration of
scholastic aptitude for college
work.
6. Child possibly May not be
eligible if married or has estab
lished own residence and liveli
hood.
The grants-in-aid should not be
confused with the Fieldcrest
Scholarships which are awarded
only once each year for a four-
an'
year college program
are not available to studen
have already completed
college work.
Not A Daredevil
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rides it to work, but often
Reidsville or Greeo»,j,|js
shopping on Saturdays- j(t>
summer she plans to driv® ,ju(i
Morehead City for a
with her sister. j
She says it isn’t tiring
cost is so much less than 'f
car. She can fill the g8® ^ fof
with $2 and drive all
that amount. j;
THE MILL WHlSTl"