8
Nursing Stations: Better
Health Care For Employees
Fieldcrest’s newest nursing
station, located at the Karastan
Worsted Plant to serve em
ployees at both that plant and
the Karastan Spinning Mill at
Greenville, is now operational.
Another nursing station was
recently opened at the North
Carolina Finishing Company at
Salisbury. Full-time stations
were already in operation at the
Fieldale Towel Mill, Columbus
Towel Mill, and Swift Spinning
Mill.
“These nursing stations in our
outlying locations not only
enable us to provide better
health care for our employees,
but also help to speed up the pre
employment and re-employment
physical examination
processes,” said Dr. Charles G.
Young, Fieldcrest medical
director.
The nurses at these stations
also have responsibility for first
aid training and equipment and
the various immunization
programs offered to employees.
“This frees Central Medical
Department personnel for other
projects involving increasingly
comprehensive health care for
Fieldcrest employees,” Dr.
Young said.
By having professional
medical personnel at plant
locations, minor ailments and
on-the-job injuries may be more
promptly and efficiently treated,
he said.
Also, early recognition of
symptoms which could be
forerunners of acute or chronic
diseases is an important part of
preventive health care for em
ployees, Dr. Young continued.
“Our nurses are trained to
recognize these symptoms and
by seeing employees more often
than an outside physician woul^,
they are in a position to obsePj
such symptoms early,” he sa'j
Fieldcrest’s two newest nurs^
are Gail S. Tucker, RN, who'«J
operate the nursing station J
Greenville; and Roseninfj
Scherer, RN, at North Carol'^
Finishing Company. |
Mrs. Tucker, a graduates
Park View Hospital in
Mount, is a native of Pitt Cou®
and now lives in Wintervill®'1
Mrs. Scherer received
nursing degree from D’Youvy
College in Buffalo, N. Y. A nan
of Buffalo, she teaches nu^y
at Davidson Community Coll^
in addition to her duties at Nn
Full-time nurses at j
outlying locations are A'^
Breeden, RN, Columbus To*
Mill; Judy Foley, RN, Fielg
Towel Mill; and Helen Bunj
field, RN, Swift Spinning
At Greenville, Gail Turner, Fieldcrest’s newest nurse, tests hear
ing of Debra Whaley, of the Karastan Spinning Personnel Depart
ment.
M„——. Keeping comprehensive medical records is an important part of the occupational health
Each nursing station has an examination room similar to this duties. Here. Rosemarie Scherer at the North Carolina Finishing Company catches up on her re
one at North Carolina Finishing. keeping. _
COLUMBCS TOWEL .MILL
Top Weavers, Fixers
Weavers W/E August 1
Jacquard Mary Deweese
Plain and Dobby Felix Richardson
Fixers W/E August 1
Jacquard Billy Daughtry
Plain and Dobby Charles Jones
Weavers W/E July 25
Jacquard Mary Deweese
Plain and Dobby Felix Richardson
Fixers W/E July 25
Jacquard Billy Daughtry
Plain and Dobby Robert Brooks, Sr.
Weavers W/E July 18
Jacquard Barbara Walker
Plain and Dobby Felix Richardson
Fixers W/E July 18
Jacquard Boy McLendon
Plain and Dobby Boyt Gamble
Weavers W/E July 4
Jacquard M^y Deweese
Plain and Dobby Boy W. Grimes
Fixers W/E July 4
Jacquard - - ■ - Hugo Smith
Plain and Dobby Julian Youngblood
Educational Aid Recipients Are Honore
(Continued from Page Three)
mended Fieldcrest for the Com
pany’s interest in and aid to
education.
M. B. Franklin, secretary of
the Fieldcrest Foundation and
chairman of the grant and
scholarship committee,
presided. Dr. L. H. Hance, vice
president-research and
engineering, a member of the
grant and scholarship com
mittee, gave the invocation.
Mr. Franklin recognized Dr.
William McGehee, D. A. Purcell
and A. G. Singleton, directors of
the Fieldcrest Foundation.
Directors absent were Messrs.
Battle, Jackson, Fraser and R.
A. Harris.
Other Company officials
recognized were W. G.
Runnings, Jr., division vice
president-bed fashions manu
facturing; W. 0. Stone, division
vice president-rug and carpet
manufacturing; L. L. Mann,
assistant treasurer; and M. A.
Pearlman, assistant secretary
and assistant general counsel. J.
E. Williams, Jr., controller,
could not be present.
Members of the grant and
scholarship committee
recognized were Dr. Hance, Dr.
McGehee, Mr. Pressley, and T.
W. Graves, Jr., company
secretary and general counsel.
The grants program is design
ed to aid employees’ children
who wish to take technical
courses such as mechanics,
secretarial work or paramedical
courses (nursing, medical tech
nicians, etc.).
The grants are also made to
employees’ children attending
four-year colleges or univer
sities.
u-
Foundation. Grants may be ,
at technical or trade schooly
are given on an annual
with the student re-ap
each year.
The Scholarships are giv«^*
four years provided the sW
maintains a satisfactory ,
average. The recipient
attend a four-year collet,
university in pursuit o* |
academic degree.
Card Of Thanks
We would like to thank 3*
friends and neighbors
many kindnesses shown us ^ j
death of our loved one, j
Kasten Ethridge. The
flowers, visits, cards and ^
The grants-in-aid are distinct
from the Fieldcrest Scholar
ships, also awarded by the
expressions of sympathy
deeply appreciated. May
bless each of you.
JOE ETHRIDGE ANP
FAMILY
THE MILL WHlS^