MILL WHISTLE
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At council MEETING;—Dr. Lillian Gilbreth, speaker at the November meeting
of the Carolina Cooperative Council and the Junior Carolina Council, is shown third
from left. At Dr. Gilbreth’s right is Mrs. W. J. Gordon, who gave the invocation.
E- W. Medbery, production manager, is shown at left. At extreme right is Hugh T.
Bundy, president of the Senior Council.
Dr. Lillian Gilbreth
Addresses Capacity
Audience At Council
One of the largest crowds ever to at-
frnd a meeting of the Carolina Coopera
tive Council packed the Leaksville High
j School auditorium Tuesday evening,
i^ovember 21, to hear an address by
i-’f- Lillian Gilbreth, internationally
known woman engineer, of Montclair,
N. J.
“The principles of good management
3^d efficiency remain the same, whether
Practiced in the housewife’s kitchen or
industry on an international scale,”
Br. Gilbreth said. Definite trends are
apparent in the application of time-
having techniques, net only in industry
in the home, but also in such in-
htitutions as schools, hospitals, and pub-
Bc libraries.
Dr. Gilbreth said that the human
element in industry and other activities
of prime importance, but that good
hianagement and efficiency are possible
without the sacrifice of good human
PElations.
The speaker, mother of 12 children,
PhPd home life to illustrate the applica
tion of time-saving methods. But she
h>ade no mention of the book and
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Fieldcrest People
Make Good Response
In Scout Campaign
Final Reports From Mills Are
Expected During This Week
A
Excellent response by Fieldcrest em
ployees has been shown in the Boy and
Girl Scout finance campaign. Several
of the mills already have reached their
established quotas. The final report for
all the mills is expected during this
coming week,
John M. Hough, general fund chair
man, reported that several thousand
dollars is still needed to reach the com
munity goal of $8,700.95. He said a num
ber of organizations have not yet been
heard from and that the campaign has
been extended to allow call-back solici
tations in the community.
Mr. Hough said that persons who have
not yet contributed or those who wish
to increase their contributions are ask
ed to contact Dale Cooper, treasurer of
the drive, whose office is at the Tri-
City Merchants headquarters on Wash
ington Street, Leaksville.
Program Honors 12
Employees Retired
Under Pension Plan
Tune in 3 p- m. Sundays for the
Fieldcrest Show, WLOE and WMVA.
More Than $17 Million
Now Held in Trust for
Payment of Pensions
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Ceremonies in the Nantucket Build
ing at Spray November 30 honored 12
employees retiring effective December
1 under the Marshall Field & Company
retirement program, Macon P. Miller,
director of industrial and public rela
tions, presided. The various mill man
agers read citations concerning the ser
vice records of the retiring employees.
B. C. Trotter, Company counsel and
the Fieldcrest Mills Division represen
tative on the Retirement Committee,
explained the privileges and rights of
the retired employees under the Com
pany’s pension plan. He pointed out
that life insurance in the amount of
$1,000 will be continued for each re
tiree with the Company paying the
premium. Retired employees may con
tinue Mutual Aid if they elect to do so
and pay the dues. They may retain dis
count privileges at the Employees’ Store
and keep their membership in the Caro
lina Cooperative Council and' the 25-
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Squires Will Preside
At State Alumni Dinner
The Rockingham County State Col
lege Club will have a dinner meeting
at Meaaow Greens Country Club Wed
nesday, December 6 at 6:30 p. m. It
will be a ladies’ night affair. A large
attendance from all over the county is
expected.
Prof. Clyde A. McKeeman, professor
of mechanical engineering at State,
and H. W. (Pop) Taylor, executive
■director of the Alumni Association, will
be the principal speakers. Ed Mooney,
State’s star tailback from Draper, will
be accorded special honors.
New officers will be elected. Cecil J.
Squires, of the Fieldcrest Engineering
Dept., the outgoing president, will be
toastmaster. A new movie, “North
Carolina State College,” depicting the
work of State College during a 12-
months period, will be shown. The pic
ture is in color and sound and runs lor
20 minutes.