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4 t Happenings Wright Grandchildren • • Five Generations Five generations of the Mc Bride family got together for a picture. They are, from right, Elsie B. McBride, great-great grandmother holding her great- great granddaughter, Carrie Brandon Gibson; Carrie J. Howell, great-grandmother who is retired employee of the Blanket Greige Mill; Sybil H. Robertson, grandmother; and Ginger Gibson, mother of Carrie Gibson. Ronnie Gibson, father of Carrie Gibson, is employed as a weaver at the Karastan Rug Mill. m: Sr .... Jaison Edward Plogger, three and one-half months old, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Plogger of Bassett, Va. Brandon Wayne Helms, 11 months old,' is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Helms of Bassett. They grandsons of Mr. Richard Wright. Mr. employed in the^ Department at the Towel Mill. ilJ* Morris Grandchildren but also on a number of im- 3QIGS IVl©©T portant prime-time television . ^ , ^ograms as they become (Continued From Page One) available to obtain the Karastan dealers from all parts maximum viewing audience for of the nation. , the advertising dollars. Merchandising programs for pred Williamson, national the new products were presented contract sales manager, to the sales staff by Ben W. discussed Karastan’s in- Binford, division vice president creasingly important role in the for merchandising; Richard commercial carpet market, Laino, department manager for emphasizing the “strong” new the Karastan Rug Mill; and products, and marketing Bruck Stuckel, department programs designed to expand manager for the Laurelcrest jjje company’s growing position Carpet Plant. in this area. Sales and promotion programs ajso addressing the meeting for the coming season were ^gre Arthur L. Jackson, senior introduced by W. T. Barton, yj^g president-manufacturing; division vice president of sales, j^r. L. H. Hance, vice president- Each member of the sales research and engineering; W, 0. staff was given a new compact stone, division vice president- “merchandising kit” created to rug and carpet manufacturing; enable them to present auj Haven H. Newton, vice Karastan’s complete Spring president-industrial relations. product and marketing programs, store events, - , . .i, j promotions, suggested ad- PeiT6Ct AuBIKlSnCe vertising and new consumer brodiures. Twenty employees at the Mt. New advertising and fashion- orientated store event prograins ^ming 1976. They were presented by V- are Claster Abernathy. Clifford Grulich, division vice president ^incie for Huffstetler, Brenda Windsor, Grfoich revealed that Karastan ^ McCorkle and Lewis will continue to stress national xankersley television in its Spring advertis- Raymond ing plans. Grice, Paul Kirkpatrick, Joanne He rejected that Kpasfon jyjcLean, Walter Moore, Frank comrnercials underscoring the Chavis, Willie brand s fashion and qual ty ghuford, Eva Bridges, Charles image will not only appear on regularly sch^uled programs Helms and Elizabeth Moore, on the CBS and NBC networks, COLUMBUS Top Weavers, Fixers Weavers W/E December 19,1976 Jacquard John Warren Plain and Dobby Lonnie Cobb, Jr. Fixers W/E December 19,1976 Jacquard Plain and Dobby Harold Wombles Weavers W/E December 12,1976 Jacquard Shirley Myers Plain and Dobby Ida King Fixers W/E December 12,1976 Jacquard Plain and Dobby Fletcher Moss 6 Two Years Old Guy Sexton celebrated his second birthday on November 3. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sexton of Iron Station. His father is a card tender at the Mt. Holly Spinning Mill. Carl B. Morris, III, three years old, Anita Dawn Morris, three months old, and Rachel Dare James, one year old, are the grandchildren of Mrs. Billie B. Morris, a reeler at the Worsted_ Karastan Parents are Mr. and Morris, Jr., of Stokes; ^ and Mrs. Kenneth Ean •> Vanceboro. SS Maximum Is Increased Deadline Fo' Energy Ideas (Continued from Page Two) textile industry’s contest for saving energy with textiles may submit their ideas to ENERGY BOOLKET, American Textile Manufacturers Institute, 400 South Tryon St., Charlotte, N.C. 28285. The maximum amount that Social Security beneficiaries can earn without being penalized automatically increased to $3,000 a year, effective January 1, 1977. The previous earnings limit was $2,760. Scholarships Is March 1 (Continued From P^S® j ■ one) ■ must nave at least continuous service a® Another automatic provison of the law, also effective January 1, increases the wage base on which Social Security taxes are witheld from $15,300 to $16,500. date of application. . ^ The applicant mustj^|,|^! ning to attend a 4-yeaf^^( The textile industry will pay $5 for each idea accepted for publication in a new consUmer handbook to be distributed free to consumers in early 1977. In the event of duplicate winning entries, payment will be made only to the first person who submits the idea. ■The Social Security lax rate, however, remains unchanged at 5.85 percent for employees and employers and 7.9 percent for those self-employed. or university full time not have attended co have college credits. The scholarships ar® j( ed on the basis of hie® ' grades and scholastic for college work, P, ,lll5 According to ATMI, entries will be selected for publication on the basis of their originality, simplicity, relationship to use of textiles and the potential amount of energy to be saved. The deadline for all entries is January 31, 1977. Both of the automatic in creases are based on a formula designed to keep both the con tribution and benefit base and the retirement test exempt amount up-to-date as average wage levels rise. sideration of citizensh'P nancialneed. The Fieldcrest F9® awarded 13 scholarship. children of employees j making a total of 116 P , Scholarships that hav granted since the progi*^ started in 1960. Under the law, the increase can take effect only after a year in which there has been an automatic increase in benefits. At present there ar® j,, and daughters of ployees attending coU®®j ' universities with th® Fieldcrest Scholarship® THE MILL WHI^’
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