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Two PtELDCREST MILL WHISTLE May 12, 1947 New Manager At Zion Lace Mill Was Formerly in Wage Bureau E. W. Medbery, who was appointed manager of the Fieldcrest Lace Curtain Mill at Zion, 111., recently, is well-re membered in the Tri-Cities where he was employed from 1937 until 1940 as a member of the Wage Bureau. His work here involved time studies, method im provements and job evaluation. He served as secretary of the original Job Analysis Committee for the North Caro lina mills. He was born in South Dakota and re ceived his early education in that State. He was graduated in 1929 from the Uni versity of South Dakota with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Folowing this he studied business management and accounting at night school for eight years at North western and Loyola Universities in Chi cago and was licensed by the State of Illinois as a Certified Public Accountant in 1937. His first work in the engineering field was with the Western Electric Company in Chicago, as a development engineer, where he worked out new manufactur ing processes and designed automatic production machines, some of which were patented. After five years in this kind of work at Western Electric he was employed by Marshall Field and Com- . pany in 1936 as an industrial engineer, and worked one and one-half years at Zion before coming to Spray in 1937. In 1940 Medbery resigned from the Wage Bureau at Spray to go with the Patchogue-Pymouth Mills Corporation, manufacturers of lace curtains, seat cov er materials, and other products. He served as industrial engineer for this firm until 1942 when he entered the U. S. Directors All Re-elected At Shareholders’ Meeting At the annual shareholders’ meeting April 22, the following were re-elected Marshall Field and Company directors: Albert B. Dick Jr., Marshall Field, Stan ley Field, Charles Y. Freeman, Henry P. Isham, Hughston M. McBain, James L. Palmer, James Simpson Jr. and John P. Wilson. At the directors’ meeting which fol lowed, Jean L. Schureman was elected a vice president. He continues as as sistant general merchandise manager of the Chicago Stores, reporting directly to Vice President and General Merchandise Manager Harold J, Nutting. Except lor the Schureman addition there was no change in Company officers. For your information here is a com plete list of officers: President, Hughston M. McBain Executive Vice President, James L. Palmer Vice President, Austin T. Graves Vice President, Luther H. Hodges Vice President, Harold J. Nutting Vice President, Jean L. Schureman Vice President, William S. Street Divisional Vice President, Garret L. Bergen Divisonal Vice President, Hector Es- cobosa Divisional Vice President, Lawrence B. Sizer Divisional Vice President, Harold W. Whitcomb Treasurer, Earl Kribben Comptroller, John D. Andersen Secretary, Ralph E. Bowers Assistant to the President, Gerald A. Sivage Assistant Vice President, Milton C. Mumford The following junior officers were ap pointed by the Board: Assistant Treasurer, Leland C. Car- stens Assistant Comptroller, James C. Walsh Assistant Secretary, Volker Koch- Weser ★ CAFETERIA HOURS Noon meal for first shift workers, 11:15 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. Evening meal for second shift workers, 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. Army as a first lieutenant. From January 1, 1942 until January 1, 1946, he served as officer in charge of Production Offices for the Signal Corps in New York City, Philadelphia, Wash ington, and Chicago. He was honorably discharged March 2, 1946, with the rank of lieutenant colonel and a citation for the Army Commendation Ribbon. Upon his release from the Army, he was employed by Fieldcrest Mills on a consulting basis for industrial engineer ing work at the lace curtain mill in Z'on, and continued in that capacity un til his appointment as manager. Karastan News (By Frances Watson) We wish a speedy recovery for Dick! Brown’s wife who is in the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jones and family of La Mesa, California, are visiting his mother, Mrs. Alice Jones. Minnie Grogan is out of \/ork due to the iilness of her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nichols are the proud parents of a baby girl born at the local hospital May 4th. Ruby Leffew has returned to work after being out with mumps. Zola Wilson, Dorothy Vickory, Bernice Adams, Abalene Gunn, Mary Wood and Sunshine Rakes are out sick. New employees: Paul Clark, Louise Walker, Hallie J. Waters, Lillie F. Odeil, Luciile Patterson. Old-empoyees returned: Myrtle Al len, Bessie Dillon, Willard Fulton, Elvin Jones, Beulah Lemons, Harry Lillard, Levi Mitchell, James Pruitt, Agnes Pur dy, Bobby Saul, James H. Stoots, Ruth Barker, Ronald Brown Jr.., Louise Dal ton, Margaret Hutcherson, Charlie Pow ell, Everette Roberts, James W. Talley, Lenora Trent and Gertrude Wilson. Blanket Mill (By Katherine Turner) Mr. and Mrs. Bill Buford had with them for the week-end their daughter, Betty, who is attending school in ( Greensboro. James Stultz and his mother, Mrs. Jim Stultz enjoyed the week-end with rela tives in Richmond, Va. Miss Inez Hodges spent the week-end in Richmond with her aunt, Mrs. Deal. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Hamrick spent the week-end in Thomasville and Wins ton-Salem. Mr. and Mrs. George Slayton of Car- son-Newman College, Tenn., will be in town for a few days during the week. Mrs. Dora Wells visited relatives in Reidsville during the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Barrow are the proud grandparents of their first grand child, a boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Clay Barrow, “Clay Jr.” Chatter Vs. Jabber (By Glennice Jones) We know that Spring has definitely arrived when Ed Martin starts singing. This time it was, “Did You Ever See A Dream Walking—Well I Did!” Elaine Freeman Poats joined her hus band in Elkin on May 1st. Our new bride-to-be, Margaret Nance has a beautiful diamond! We all think Jerry Webster is a mighty lucky guy. Annie Milner celebrated her birthday by spending a day in Greensboro last week. We hear that Margie Perry and Bill' Clarke have at last set the day! It is to be June 1st at the Baptist church in Dra per! Welcome to the Addressograph Dept. —Gloria Morgan Carter!
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