Happenings
12-Year Old
Wins Trophies
In Baseball
Tommy Griffin, 12 years old,
was awarded the most valuable
player trophy in the Dixie Youth
State Championship held in
Wilmington August 1-7.
Tommy led the Whiteville
team to the state championship
with his strong pitching and big
bat. A southpaw, he pitched 12
innings with two victories and no
losses, striking out 20 and
allowing only three earned runs.
Playing first base when not
pitching, he led the Whiteville
champs at the plate, slugging
three home runs while collecting
11 RBI’s and hitting .562 for the
tournament.
Tommy was named to the
Dixie Youth All-State Team and
was the winner of the Micky
Owens Scholarship which en
titles him to attend the Micky
Owens Baseball Cainp in
Missouri for one week during the-
spring of 1977.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Griffin, formerly of
Eden. His father is general
foreman of maintenance at the
Whiteville Plant.
Two Generations
I
JUJANA MOONIE
WANDA GRICE
MOONIJ'
JuJana Moonie celebrated her
first birthday on July 7. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jeffery Moonie of Tacoma,
Wash. JuJana and her mother,
Wanda, spent the month of July
with Mrs. Moonie’s parentSi
and Mrs. Raymond GricBi'
Mr. Grice is employed at th®'
Holly Spinning Mill. JuJ^ ,
father is with the United S'
Army. j
7 Months Old One Year OJJ
Tommy Griffin and his father, Wayne Griffin, admire Tommy s
trophies which include those for Most Valuable Player, N. C. State
All-Star Team and N. C. State Dixie Youth Championship.
Angela Marie Dyer, seven
months old, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Dyer. Her
father is a warp service operator
at the Fieldale Towel Mill.
Lori Lynn Hall was one >
old on September 1. She
daughter of Mr. and Mrs^
P’
Bantams Are
His Hobby
Thornton Children
Colonel B. Merriman, who is
retired from the Weave Room at
the Fieldale Towel Mill, is
continuing to enjoy his hobby of
raising and selling bantam
chickens.
Now 65 years old, he has been
retired from the Fieldale Mill for
three years. He began work at
Fieldale when he was 14 years
old and retired with 43 years of
service.
Attains Record
Attendance
Hall. Her mother, Linda
in
the Data
ProceS*|;
Department at the G®’’;
Offices. Her father is ernP j
at the Karastan Service
Grandparents are Mr. anOj
Odell Joyce of Eden and
Mrs. Wilbert Hall of Fi"®'*^
Leon Harris
Lera Nichole Thornton and
William Walter Thornton are the
children of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Thornton. They are grand
children of Frances Wall,
Cutting and Sewing Department,
Blanket Finishing Mill; and
Billy Wall, Weave Room, Bed
spread Mill.
Myra Janet Barnes graduated
from Kendrick High School,
Columbus, Ga., in June with an
outstanding record of 12 years of
perfect attendance.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leon E. Barnes. Her father
is a supervisor at the Columbus
Towel Mill. Her mother, Sarah,
is employed at the Phenix City
Plant.
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Leon Andres Harris, "
Mr. and Mrs. Robert HarrjJ
will be five years o’,
September 22. His father ’
ployed at the Blanket
Mill. His mother, Barbara,
is employed at the Bed*'
Mill.
WHiS
THE MILL