Issued every Two Weeks by and for the Em
ployees of Fieldcrest Mills, Division of Marshall
Field & Company, Inc., Spray, North Carolina.
VOLUME SIX
NUMBER TWO
MONDAY, AUGUST 4
Entire Department Goes 14 Years Witlioist Accident
The Kj.rastan Packing and Shipping Department has estab
lished an outstanding safety record in that the entire depart
ment has gone more than 14 years without a lest time accident.
Employees of the department, shown above, left to right, are:
Charlie 'Fulcher, Elizabeth Harris, Wilma Wilson, Mary Ruth
Gilbert, Ludie Smith, Jesse Smith, Frances Gilbert, Maynard
Cox, Lucille Robertson, Leon Ingram, Annie Evans, H.omer
Hundley, Carl Keaton, Bill Barton, John Martin, William Mc
Cormick, R. B. Davis, Jr., Artis Carter, Louis Cole, Edwin
Fuller (assistant foreman), Leslie Oakley (foreman), and Rob
ert Hairston. Snoda Martin and Edna Riddick were not pres
ent for the photograph.
Industrial Safety Studied
By Bedspread Supervisors
The final session in the industrial
safety course conducted for supervisors
at the Bedspread Mill was held
Wednesday afternoon July 30. The
course was prepared by the National
Safety Council in collaboration with the
U. S. Department of Labor and was
taught by Jones W. Norman, Leaksville
personnel manager.
The class met for an hour each Wed
nesday afternoon for 10 weeks. A film
covering some phase of industrial safety
was shown at the opening of each ses
sion. The movie was followed by a set
of questions based on the film which
were to be answered on a true or false
basis. The next step was presentation
of the correct answers and discussions
of the points raised by the film.
Titles for some of the films were “Fol
low the Leader”, “Causes and Cures”,
“Safety is in Order”, “Stop, Look, and
Listen” and “Production with Safety.”
Those completing the course were E.
C. Tiller, E. M. Hodges, Will Perry,
Turner Hayden, William Joyce, Paul
Tiller (Karastan) and J. H. Crowder, Sr.
Dyeing Specialist Joins
Staff Of Research And
Quality Control Dept.
Horace D. Penn, who has just receiv
ed his Master’s degree in dyeing and
chemistry at State College, Raleigh,
joined the staff of the Research and
Quality Control Department on July 15,
according to an announcement by R. H.
Tuttle, director of that department.
Penn’s home now is Roanoke, Ala.,
although he is a native of Georgia. He
received his B.S. degree in chemistry
from Elon College in 1940. For the next
two years he was science teacher in the
public schools at Milton. From 1942
until 1945 he was connected with the
dyeing and finishing department at Dan
River Mills, Danville, Va., in laboratory
and production work.
He returned to State College in 1945
to work on his Master’s degree. From
that time until joining Fieldcrest he was
an instructor in the chemistry and dye
ing department of the Textile school,
carrying on these duties along with his
C. L. Peterson Joins
Fieldcrest Mills Sales
Cameron L. Peterson has joined Field
crest Mills, division of Marshall Field
& Company, as salesman for curtains,
lace tablecloths, and embroidered bed
spreads, it has been announced by R. T.
Graham, General Sales Manager, and
H. W. Grunau, Sales Manager of Home
Furnishings.
After attending the University of Wis
consin, Mr. Peterson joined Powdrell
Alexander, Inc., as curtain salesman for
the Southeastern territory. Early in
1941 Mr. Peterson entered the U. S'. Ar-'
my for a year’s training; however, Pearl
Harbor changed this to “for the dura
tion.” Upon being discharged from the
Army in 1946, Mr. Peterson joined the
Richmond Dry Goods Company sales
force, leaving them to join Fieldcrest
Mills, where he will cover Southeastern
accounts.
studies. Tuttle said that Penn will de
vote his efforts here primarily to the
problems of textile dyeing.