MILL WHISTLE
Vacation Schedule
Announced This Week
All Mills Except Rayon Will
Stand First Week in July;
Vacation Pay to Be Given
With the exception of the Rayon Mill,
all Fieldcrest piants in North Carolina
and Virginia will be closed for vacation
beginning Monday, July 2, through Sun
day, July 8. All mills will resume
operations on regular schedule Mon
day, July 9. The Rayon Mill will be
closed for a week’s vacation later in the
year while the machinery is being re
located in the former Woolen Mil]
building. If there are other exceptions
in mills or departments, employees
effected will be advised by mill manage
ment.
Vacation pay will be issued on the
regular pay days' during the week be
ginning June 25.
All employees whose emplosrment
occurred on or prior to June 15, 1946,
and who have continuous service to
June 15, 1951, inclusive, will be eligible
for vacation pay in an amount equal
to 4% of his earnings for the period
from the week beginning May 21, 1950,
through week ending May 13, 1951.
All employees whose employment
occurred on or prior to June 15, 1950,
and who have continuous service to
June 15, 1951, inclusive, will be eligible
for vacation pay in an amount equal to
2% of his earnings for the period from
May 21, 1950, through May 13, 1951.
Deductions covering income and
Social Security taxes and Union Dues
for the week ending July 8 wiU be made
from vacation pay.
Group Insurance premiums and
Mutual Aid dues' will be waived for the
week ending July 8.
Pay for work performed during week
ending July 1 will be available for all
mills on Friday, July 6, at each miU’s
cashier's office from 10:00 a. m. to 12:00
noon.
Reminder
Copies of the 1951 revised edition of
the booklet, “Pension Plan for Employ
ees of Marshall Field & Company,” re
main available at the mill Personnel
Offices. The revised edition contains
many changes, including the latest
Social Security Act provisions. You may
obtain your copy simply by asking for
it at your mill’s Personnel Office.
COUNCIL SPEAKER:—Dr. Robert B. House, Chancellor of the University of North
Carolina, addressed members of the Carolina Cooperative Council at their meeting
at Central Y. M. C. A. Thursday evening. May 17. Prior to the meeting, he attended
a dinner with Company officials and Council officers at Meadow Greens Country
Club. In the picture, left to right, are: Chancellor House; Hugh T. Bundy, outgoing
president of the Council; James Wadsworth, Chancellor House’s assistant who
accompanied him from Chapel Hill; and Jones W. Norman, who was ele'lcted presi
dent of the Council at the May meeting.
New Lines Shown At Rug Sales Meeting
A preview of new lines to be put on
the market, presentation of future ad
vertising and sales promotion plans and
discussion of new ideas in the rug
merchandising field featured the semi
annual Karastan Rug Mill sales meet
ing June 6, 7, and 8. With E. K. Beau
champ, Karastan sales manager, in
charge, the meeting was held at the
Karastan Mill in Leaksville on Monday
and Tuesday and at the Fieldcrest
Lodge, at Fieldale, Va., on Wednesday.
The meeting was timed so that it came
just ahead of the opening of rug shows
in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago,
June 18, and in New York, July 2. Rug-
buyers attend these shows and generally
place their fall orders.
The sales group spent Monday and
Tuesday at the mill where they review
ed manufapturing operations and saw
new patterns?'and qualities which are to
be added to our rug lines. J. M. Norman,
Karastan Mill manager, explained the
production processes and discussed con-
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Eleven Retire June 1
Under Pension Plan
Ceremonies in the Nantucket Confer
ence Room at Spray Thursday, May 31,
honored 10 Fieldcrest Mills employees
upon their retirement from active ser-
vi':e under the Marshall Field & Com
pany Pension Plan. Members of the re
tiring group received their first pen
sion checks at the meeting. The checks
were presented by the various mill man
agers after they had read individual
citations concerning the records of the
retiring employees.
Macon P. Miller, director of industrial
and public relations, presided. He; ex
plained the various rights and benefits
to which retired employees arev,pntitled
such as Social Security benefits. Group
Insurance, Mutual Aid, and Employees’
Store privileges. H. W. Whitcomb,
assistant general manager, and E. W.
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