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MILL WHISTLE
Fieldcrest Mills Employs Vocational Graduates
The Draper mills em
ployed these members of
last year’s high school
graduating class who at
tended the Vocational
I School.
Left to right, Theodore
Stephens, son of O. R.
Stephens, Blanket Mill;
Pete Overby, son of Geo-
i rge Overby, Blanket
Weave and Lelia Overby,
Sheeting Weave; Russell
Murphy, son of Clayton
Murphy, Blanket Wool
Carding and Georgia,
Sheeting Winding; and
Ernest Walker, son of
May Walker, Sheeting
Weave.
Sales Consultant
Joins Company ^
Harris McLaughlin has joined the
Fieldcrest organization on a temporary
basis as a consultant. The appointment
Was announced, effective August 14, by
c. Mumford, general manager.
Mr. McLaughlin brings to this assign
ment a broad experience in sales and
merchandising, including the positions
Of sales manager of the Spool Cotton
Company, sales manager of Ely, Walker
& Company, general sales manager of
Butler Brothers, president of Chicopee
^ills and most recently vice-president
of the California Bank.
He will serve Fieldcrest as a consult
ant for a period of six to nine months.
In this position he will have no admin
istrative responsibility but will serve
as consultant to Mr. Mumford and G. L.
Ivie, general sales manager, on sales and
merchandising problems.
In his work, Mr. McLaughlin will
spend considerable time in discussion
With sales department managers, miU
managers, salesmen and others. His
headquarters will be in our New York
Sales Offices.
A total of 12 from a graduating class
of 16 who attended the Vocational
School last year have been employed by
Fieldcrest Mills. Of this number seven
were enrolled in the textile school and
five in the machine shop and wood shop.
Members of the group attended the Vo
cational School as a part of their high
school studies.
The mills offered employment to the
entire group but some entered military
service before being actually placed.
The Vocational School, an important
part of Leaksville Township schools,
offers a 2-year course in textiles and a
one-year optional course in machine
shop or wood shop.
Established 14 years ago, the Voca
tional School has been described by an
official of the U. S. Department of Edu
cation as having the most comprehen
sive textile high school program in the
South.
Radio Program
The Fieldcrest Show will be resumed
Sept. 9 over WLOE and WMVA, Mart-
msville, Va.
Luxuray Blanket Ad
Inserted In This Issue
Inserted in this issue of the Mill
Whistle is a full-page four-color ad
vertisement featuring Fieldcrest Lux
uray blankets. It is a reproduction of an
ad that will appear in the September
issue of McCall’s (on sale August 22)
and the November issue of Ladies
Home Journal (on sale October 31.)
Mutual Aid Report
Shows Association
In Sound Position
A
Statement Gives Results
For Six Months Period
Ending June 30
A
The United Mutual Aid Association
paid out a total of $40,344.26 in the six-
months period ending June 30. Receipts
from dues and interest on invested funds
totalled $37,120.56. The association be
gan the period with a reserve of $24,-
829.54 and had a reserve of $21,605.84
when the period ended.
(The United Mutual Aid Association
provides hospitalization insurance for
Fieldcrest employees and their depend
ents in Leaksville-Spray-Draper area.
Fieldale employees have their own as
sociation.)
The balance on hand represents the
reserve that has been built up over a
period of years. Since the association
paid out $3,223.70 more than was re
ceived in the six-months period the re
serve was reduced by this amount. The
Mutual Aid board of directors feels that
this reserve will carry the association
through any epidemic or emergency
within reasonable limits.
Except for the checking account all
funds are invested so as to draw in
terest. The financial statement appears
on page eight of this issue.
★
Date Set For Ninth
25-Year Club Party
Plans have been announced for the
ninth annual meeting of thhe Fieldcrest
Mills 25-Year Club. The long-service
employees will be honored at a barbecue
at Tri-City Baseball Park Saturday
afternoon, October 6.
The barbecue will be prepared by
members of the Greensboro Police Dept,
who prepared the food for the outings
in 1949 and again in 1950. Music, special
entertainment and prizes are planned.
Rev. George D. Heaton, pastor of
Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte,
has accepted an invitation to speak. Dr.
Heaton is an outstanding speaker, well-
known throughout the South. He has
appeared before the Carolina Coopera
tive Council and is remembered here
for his address during Fieldcrest Com
munity Week in 1947.