THE MILL WHISTLE
36
Eden, N. C., August 15, 1977
No. 3
Decorator
SEACARD ™«EXCELLEi^ It K"
bedspread DIVISIOM Collection
Eniployees At
bedspread Mills
1^0 Receive Award
Employees at the Bedspread Mills will receive the
Sears “Symbol of Excellence’’ on August 24, for the
fifth time. Presentations of the award wili be made
for employees on all shifts and barbecue dinners will
be served on all shifts at both the Bedspread Greige
Mill and the Bedspread Finishing Mili.
In preparation for the event, Bedspread empioyees
are shown with a sign which will be placed outside
the Bedspread Greige Miii before the presentation.
From left are Earnest Roach, Louis Carter, Virginia
Saul and A. S. Robertson.
Annual Luncheon Held August 8
Th,
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>eld
of
luncheon for new
grants-in-aid and
from the Fieldcrest
ir paren
■f'ugust 8, at R
Country Club, Eden.
and their parents was
August 8, at Meadow
Alo
’®*'ent students and their
' attended the event along
number of Fieldcrest
William C. Battle, president of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. was the main
speaker. He told the group that most
of the contributions now are made
either in the form of educational aid
to children of employees or in the
plant communities where employees
would benefit.
“This is one way in which the
company can say ‘Thank Vou’ to its
^nibus,Phenix City Employees Receive
'‘Symbol Of Excellence” Award
employees,” he said.
Other Fieldcrest officials present
at the luncheon were K. W. Fraser,
vice president — finance and
treasurer; T. W. Graves, Jr.,
general counsel and secretary; W.
0. Stone, division vice president —
rug and carpet manufacturing; J. E.
Williams, Jr., controller; and M. B.
Franklin, director — compensation
and personnel planning and also
secretary of the Fieldcrest Foun
dation.
Etnp
n
on July 20 and was accepted on behalf of the employees by
' '^yscL
of the Columbus Towel Mill and the Phenix City Plant have
5rej5,j_f^''''9rded the Sears “Symbol of Excellence” award. The award was
fian^/^yscue, division vice president and general manager, Columbus towel
Presenting the award was Hugh Ratcliff, senior buyer for
,*^°®Pock and Co.
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If t[.,gP'°y6es in both plants were served a barbecue dinner in appreciation
Tfig ,P^^s'3oding performance during the past year.
‘^Se 0^ Excellence” award is presented by Sears each year to
rigj,r,!^PP''ers who have achieved outstanding performance “in manufactur-
L^^Pen
Fipi^T'-Por quality products for Sears during the past year.”
ciQr
^^®sid officials attending the presentation were Dr, L. H. Hance, vice
'ices-and Engineering; S. M. Ellington, director-Technical Ser-
tig J G. Grubbs, vice president and director of sales, Fieldcrest Market-
Editor, division vice president-Columbus Towel De-
'Pient,
See picture on page three.
Eden area personnel managers
who attended were Jones
Norman — Karastan Rug and Bed
spread Greige Mills; J. B. Jarrett,
Draper Sheeting and Blanket
Greige Mills; J. D. Corry, Blanket
Finishing, Bedspread Finishing,
Sheet Finishing Mills and Foremost
Screen Print Plant.
Personnel managers from
outlying locations present were R.
F. Bell, North Carolina Finishing; T.
W. Bridges, Automatic Blanket
Plant; G. L. Howard, Alexander
Sheeting and Mount Holly Spinning
Mills; and S. R. Culligan, Fieldale
Towel Mill.
F’or pictures of some of the newest
recipients of grants-in-aid from the
Fieldcrest Foundation see pages
four and five.
Carleton Varney, acknowledged
as one of the country’s leading
decorators, has been engaged to
design a collection for St. Marys,
according to the announcement by
David M. Tracy, president,
Fieldcrest Marketing Division.
The event marks the first time
that a “name” designer has been
signed to a contract to create bed
and bath fashions that will be
manufactured and sold under the St.
Marys label.
It is the result of a true meeting of
minds between the decorator-colum
nist-designer and Tracy — both of
whom share a strong belief in the
potency of color. Carleton Varney’s
“signature” is his consumate use of
clean, bright colors—something that
notches in superbly with the St.
Marys collection, which is notable
for a broad and particularly
attractive color line.
His design philosophy is a total
rejection of everything that is
“uncomfortable, impractical and
drab.” This is expressed in every
phase of his work — from the
interiors he designs as president of
the long-established interior
decorating firm, Dorothy Draper &
Company, to the lovely patterns he
creates for Carleton V. Ltd., a
fabric and wallcovering concern he
started in 1975.
Though only 38, Varney is
probably the best known name in
interior decorating in America
today. His syndicated newspaper
column appears three times a week
in more than 200 newspapers
throughout the country. He has
written books on such specific
subjects as decorating a home,
decorating with color, decorating for
fun and — in line with his always
practical approach — decorating for
apartment living. (He was, in fact,
the first interior design writer to
devote his expertise to a book
exclusively on this subject.) His
most recent publication is Carleton
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