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The gift packages of
Fieldcrest towels have
been receiving a lot of
orchids the past few
years. One of the lat
est honors was this
advertisement by the
Container Corporation
of America—and the
entire advertisement is
devoted to Fieldcrest
towel boxes. This large
coast - to - coast box-
maker produced the
boxes for us, and was
so pleased with the re
sult, the concern want
ed to tell the world
about it.
This full-page ad
vertisement in four
colors will have ap
peared in the Ameri
can Wool and Cotton
Reporter and in Lin
ens and Domestics six
times each by the end
of 1951.
For these honors be
stowed upon our tow
els we extend our ap
preciation.
Carpet Institute Group Visits Karastan
Members of the Carpet Institute’s
style and color sub-committee are
shown above with Fieldcrest Mills’
officials during the rug experts’ visit to
Karastan Wednesday, May 9-
Left to right are: Harold V. Dayton,
James Lees & Sons, Inc.; Walter Guinan,
Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company; Al
len Wildgust, Hardwick & McGee; G. T.
McGimsey, A & M Karagheusian, Inc.;
Adolph Klein, James Lees & Sons, Inc.:
George Marshall, Roxbury Carpet Com
pany; Frank Groat (Sub-committee
chairman), Magee Carpet Company;
MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1951
J. M. Norman, Jr., manager, Karastan
F.ug Mill; Felix Staedeli, Alexander
Sii ith Carpet Company; King Hoag-
land. Carpet Institute; Charles Gentsch,
Eigelow-Sanford Carpet Company; J.
B. Reynolds, staff assistant to Karastan
Mill manager; R. H. Tuttle, director of
research and quality control, Fieldcrest
Mills; David Colville, Roxbury Carpet
Company; Hamilton Haig, colorist-de
signer, Karastan, New York; Elwood
Sedell, head designer, Karastan Mill;
and Elliott Johnston, Artloom Corpo
ration.
President of Council
Jones W. Norman, personnel direct
or, was elected president of the Caro
lina Cooperative Council at the Coun
cil meeting May 17. Otis Marlowe, edi
tor of the Mill Whistle, was named
vice-president. J. K. McConnell, indus
trial chaplain, was re-elected secretary
and H. E. Williams, safety director, was
chosen for assistant secretary. Cecil
J. Squires, of the Bedspread Mill, was
elected a member of the program com
mittee.
Committee chairmen were named as
follows: Attendance — Sam R. Thomas,
Towel Mill; Refreshment — Rufus Ray,
Electric Blanket; Constitution — Tay
lor Ingram, Hosiery Mill.
Folks You Know
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The picture above shows two well-
known employees of Karastan Finish
ing. Claude Tucker, (left) shearer op
erator, will complete 27 years of ser
vice in August. He has worked in the
Finishing Department during all of his
years with the Company, and has op-
erdted a shearer for 26 years. He has
a brother, Paul Tucker, who operates a
shearer in the weave room. Mr. Tuck
er owns his home on West avenue in
Leaksville. He is a baseball and soft-
ball fan and sees nearly all of the
games played on the Leaksville Y.M.
C.A. field located near his home. He is
married to the former Miss Gladys
Capps, who at one time worked at the
Bedspread Mill.
At right is Thurman Hall, an in
spector at Karastan. He has been with
the rug mill for approximately five
years and formerly was employed for
several years in the Sheeting card
room at Draper. He is meurried to the
former Miss Mattie Hodgson who
works in Bedspread Spinning. They
own their home on Fieldcrest Road in
Draper. Mr. Hall’s brother, Curtis Hall,
is a weaver at the Blanket Mill.