Issued every Two Weeks by and for
the Employees of Fieldcrest Mills,
Division of Marshall Field & Company,
Inc., Spray, North Carolina.
VOLUME FIVE
NUMBER THIRTEEN
MONDAY, JANUARY C, 1917
J. Frank Wilson Goes
To Bank Of Fieldale
J. Frank Wilson, production manager
whose voluntary retirement under the
Marshall Field and Company retire
ment plan became effective December
31, returned to Fieldale, Va., January 2
to become actively engaged in the Bank
of Fieldale. Wilson has been president
of the institution since it was founded
and has considerable personal interest
in the bank.
S. S. (Sut) Flythe, cashier of the
Bank of Fieldale for many years, took
up his new duties as vice-president of
the First National Bank in Martinsville
on January 2. With Flythe gone, Wilson
stated that he expects to spend much of
his time in the bank in his capacity as
president.
A veteran of 36 years service with
Marshall Field and Company, Wilson
has held many positions of responsibil
ity and trust. He has long been promin
ent in community affairs, in Fieldale
and Henry County when he was man
ager of the Fieldale mills, and in the
Tri-Cities and Rockingham county after
he moved to Spray as production man
ager.
Over 40% of the World’s Cotton
Is Grown in the United States.
Ingram Appointed
Hosiery Mill
Superintendent
The appointment of R. T. Ingram as
superintendent of the Fieldale Hosiery
Mill effective January 1 has been an
nounced by Harold W. Whitcomb, as
sistant general manager.
Ingram is a native of Henry County
and first joined the Company as a ware
house checker at the Roanoke plant in
1936. When the Company sold that plant
he stayed with the new organization
until ,Iune, 1938, when he left to go to
the Hosiery Mill at Fieldale.
He was an order clerk, handling ord
ers, shipments and supplies until he
entered the army August 3, 1942. He
served overseas for more than two years
and was discharged March 25, 1946,
with tile rank of captain.
Following his return from service he
worked through the various depart
ments of the mill until he was advanced
to his present position.
Ingram is commander of the Claude
Wells post of the American Legion, is a
charter member of the Fieldale Rotary
club, a member of the Knights of Pythi
as, and a member of the Fieldale Ser
vice Club. He is married to the former
Miss Frances Pittman.
Talent From Mills
Presented In Radio
Program Over WLOE
The Fieldcrest program, presenting
talented personnel from Fieldcrest Mills
went on the. air over station WLOE
Sunday afternoon, December 29. The
initial program featured the Fieldcrest
quartet from the Blanket and Sheeting
mills comprised of Cecil Squires, Har
old Squires, Daniel Squires, and James
Marlowe.
Appearing with the quartet were the
Draper Baptist chm'ch choir under the
direction of John M. Yeatts, and Mrs.
Evelyn Lewis, piano soloist. W. J. Steph
ens of the Sheeting Mill, who retired
with pension recently with a record of
45 years continuous service, was the
subject of a human interest story relat
ed during the program.
Fieldcrest Mills Is
New Name For Manu
facturing Division
Mills owned and operated by Marshall
Field & Company, with headquarters
at Spray, effective January 1 became
known as Fieldcrest Mills, Division of
Marshall Field & Company, Inc. Previ
ously the mills were designated as the
Manufacturing Division of Marshall
Field & Company.
As explained by Luther H. Hodges,
vice-president of Marshall Field &
Company and general manager of the
Company’s mills, the change in name
is primarily for the purpose of empha
sizing the name Fieldcrest, the trade
name which the division has been using
to promote its products, with the ex
ception of the famous Karastan rugs.
There are 11 mills in the Fieldcrest
group as follows: at Spray, Woolen
Mill, making piece goods and wool
blankets; Rayon Mill, making piece
goods and tablecloths; Bleachery for
finishing sheets and pillow cases; Fin
ishing Mill for finishing blankets; and
the Embroidered Bedspread Mill; at
Leaksville, Woven Bedspread Mill and
the Rug Mill which produces Karastan
rugs; at Draper, Blanket Mill making
cotton and part-wool blankets, and the
Sheeting Mill; at Fieldale, Va., Towel
Mill making towels, wash cloths, and
bath mats, and Hosiery Mill producing
full-fashioned and seamless stockings;
and at Zion, 111., the Mill producing
curtains and tablecloths.
The switch of the name to Fieldcrest
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Reynolds And Cobb
Receive Promotions
At Karastan Rug Mill
In promotions at the Karastan Mill
effective January 1, J. B. Reynolds was
appointed staff assistant to J. M. Nor
man, Jr., mill manager, and J. E. Cobb
was appointed assistant superintendent.
Reynolds in his capacity of staff
assistant will have responsibility for
production control and related activi-
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