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Employee Discovers A New Talent
Elbert Alderman stands beside his first two grandfather clocks.
Hodges Wins Art Ribbons
Homer Landon Hodges, Jr., an 11th
grade student at J. D. Bassett High
School won first, second and third-
place ribbons for his drawings in the
recent art show held at First National
Bank of Martinsville—Henry County.
He has been drawing since he was
small, but says he only became
seriously interested in art when he
entered high school, but now has
decided to make it his career. He
hopes to go on to an art school after
finishing high school. He takes art
classes at school and so far has won 11
ribbons in area shows for his work.
In addition to exhibiting his work,
he also did the illustrations for
“Homestead, An Anthology of
Historical Facts and Folklore of
Western Henry County,” which was
published in 1976 by the Folk Life Club
of Martinsville.
Homer is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Homer L. Hodges. His father is a loom
fixer at the Fieldale Towel Mill. His
mother, Mary is a towel sorter.
11-Year-Old Girl Is
Green Belt Champion
SHERRY WATKINS
Sherry Watkins, 11, won first place
recently in the 1977 All-State
Taekwondo Championships green belt
karate form competition at
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Sherry also had a second-place
finish in the U.S. Open Taekwondo-
Kung Fu-Karate Championships
February 27. She is a sixth-grader at
Phenix City Middle School and has
been a student at Young’s Karate
School for five months.
Sherry is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Randy Watkins. Her mother.
Hazel Marie, is employed in the
Finishing Department at the Phenix
City Plant.
Elbert Alderman discovered a new
talent last fall.
Fieldcrest Gefi
Plaque, Praise
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He enrolled in a woodworking class
at Fieldale-Collinsville High School
and is now niaking his third and
fourth grandfather clocks.
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A weaver at the Fieldale Towel
Mill, Mr. Alderman said he had
always wanted to make a clock and on
the advice of a friend, Odell Luther,
he enrolled in a night class in
woodworking.
He completed two clocks (pictured)
in February and is now working on
two more. The two completed clocks
are made from wormy chestnut
between 75 and 100 years old. He gave
one to his son and one to his daughter.
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. was ^ ^
number of Carolina textile iw'’®
receiving a plaque and high P ‘
from the U. S. Secretary
Commerce, two lieutenant gove'
eight banks and 18 chamb^
commerce at a “Salute to
luncheon which drew about
people’to Charlotte’s Civic Ceu
March 22.
Haven Newton, vice ((
Industrial Relations, repr® j.
Fieldcrest at the luncheo
accepted a plaque
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When he decided to make the
clocks, Mr. Alderman went to his old
home in Floyd County and obtained
the wood from an old barn.
The clock works are purchased.
Mr. Alderman says he’s enjoying
the work so much that he thinks he’ll
fix a shop at his home.
“I’m not too far from retirement
and I think this is something I would
really enjoy doing after 1 retire. I
might even be able to make some
extra money from it,” he said.
‘HONORING The Textile
for its longtime
contribution to the econoh'
North and South Carolina.”
U. S. Secretary of
Juanita Kreps assured
executives she was not insensi
their special needs and j
NCNB President Luther
Jr., whose father served ,
secretary of the commerce fr®
to 1965, introduced Dr. Kreps-
remarks also were made by b ■
Jimmy Green of North Carol' .
Lt. Gov. Brantley Harvey. i
South Carolina. u
“What we are today is. • •
have become because of the ^
textiles as an economic atw
force in our region,” said NCN ,
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Mr. Alderman has been working at
the Fieldale Towel Mill since 1947.
Chairman Thomas Storrs, yii
of the luncheon’s
committee. He also praised the
industry for being at the heat .
Southeast’s industrial expau®'
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Homer Hodges Jr. shows one of his ribbon-winning pictures.
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