L
MILL WHISTLE
Issued every Two Weeks by and for the Em- - ‘
ployees of Fieldcrest Mills, Division of Marshall ' >
Field & Company, Inc., Spray, North Carolina.
Fieldcrest Mills Make Vocational School
Good Safety Record For To Start Sept. 2nd
1 j. C" H/I 10/17 The Vocational School in the Nan-
Ist OIX iVlOntnS in tucket building at Spray, a part of the
Fieldcrest Mills is a safer place to Leaksville township public school sys-
work than the average mill in North Qpg„ September 2 along with
Carolina. This is indicated by a report gther schools in the township. The
issued by the North Carolina Industrial school will offer courses in yarn manu-
Commission on July 24 showing acci- factoring, weaving and designing, loom-
dent frequency figures for 453 textile fixing, and rug weaving,
plants participating in the Safety Con- Among the shop courses available are
t®st. woodwork, machine shop, and welding.
The accident frequency per million ■„ u
, , 11 QQ IV.,- The above courses will be open foi
Ihr'stairThe frSuency at Fieldcrest Wgh school students from Leaksville
Mills was 3.83 for the same period. The a^d Draper as a part ol then regulai
Towel and Hosiery Mills are not in the school wor .
contest but their records, too, were ex- T. W. Bridges, principal, emphasized
cellent during the period. The Towel that the Vocational School is a part of
Mill’s frequency rate was 2.64 and the the public school system and offers its
Hosiery Mili had no accidents. services to anyone in the community.
The record for Fieldcrest Mills (in Employed persons who wish to continue
North Carolina) follows: their education are urged to apply at
the principal’s office at the Vocational
Bedspread • School where members of the staff will
Blanket 4.4 discuss the various courses and help to
Bleachery None training to suit the individual’s
Central Warehouse needs. Schedules have been so arranged
Finishing as to permit persons from all three
Karastan isrnne shifts to attend.
1 67 Considerable improvement has been
10 29 made in the physical plant as well as in
^ 3 83 curriculum so that the Vocational
Average • • ■ School is prepared this year to serve the
„ I * community better than ever before.
John D. lirCWCT Joins gj.j(jggs pointed out that employ-
ed persons who wish to take training at
rieldcrest IVllllS oa es vocational School should enroll at
John D. Brewer has ]Oirie le cies principal’s office as far ahead of the
Mills, division ol Marshall Field & Com- ^ate as possible.
pany, as salesman for curtains, lace ,
tablecloths, and embroidered bed- om. LL T' \\T 1
spreads, as announced by R. T. Graham, IVllSS otUDDS 1 O WorIC
General Sales Manager, and H. W. Gru- ^ Sanitation
nau. Sales Manager of Home Furnish- L>n Ibtrcam sanitation
jngs. Miss Mary Norwood Stubbs, of the
While attending Dartmouth College in Institute of Textile Technology, Char-
1940 Mr. Brewer enlisted in the Naval lottesville, Va., has been assigned to the
Air Force. Discharged as a lieutenant in field laboratory at Spray to assist Dr.
1945, he returned to Dartmouth to ob- W^. G. Sink in studies on the waste dis
tain his degree in Business Administra- posal problems for textile mills,
tion. Upon graduating, he joined Sears With headquarters in the Nantuckei.
Roebuck & Company’s executive train- building. Dr. Sink has been engaged in
ing program. stream sanitation work for the Institute
As Fieldcrest’s salesman he will cover for several months. Fieldcrest Mills is
the northeastern territory with head- furnishing laboratory space and oui
quarters in New York City. Research and Quality Control Depart-
VOLUME SIX
NUMBER THREE
MONDAY, AUGUST 18
W. B. Parker Is
Appointed Woolen
Mill Superintendent
Harold W. Whitcomb, assistant gen
eral manager, has announced the ap
pointment of Walter B. Parker as sup
erintendent of the Fieldcrest Woolen
Mill succeeding Halsey B. Leavitt, Jr.,
who has resigned to accept another posi
tion in the textile industry. The new
superintendent will assume his duties
here September 1.
Mr. Parker has been associated with
the Faulkner & Colony Manufacturing
Company, a woolen mill at Keene, New
Hampshire, since his graduation from
Amherst College in 1928. For the last
several years he has been superintend
ent of that mill.
Joining Faulkner & Colony as a mem
ber of the yard gang, Mr. Parker in the
course of the next few years worked
through each department in the plant.
Before becoming superintendent he did
considerable work on designing and
production planning and scheduling.
The miil makes a variety ol woolen fab
rics and Mr. Parker is well experienced
in manufacturing all types of men’s and
women’s wear.
An ardent baseball fan, he was cap
tain of his college team. He played var
sity baseball and football at Amherst.
His other hobbies are hunting and fish
ing.
Tanner Studies At M. I. T.
R. C. Tanner, of the Research and
Quality Control Department, is spend
ing a month at Massachusetts Institute
ol Technology, Cambridge, Mass., where
he is taking special work in textile re
search testing under Prof. E. R. Schwarz
of the M. 1. T. textile division.
ment, headed by R. H. Tuttle, is co
operating wherever possible.
A native of Eatonton, Ga., Miss
Stubbs graduated from the Georgia
State College for Women at Milledge-
ville with a B.S. degree in general sci
ence with a major in chemistry. She
taught high school biology and general
science in Georgia for one year before
joining the Institute.