MILL WHISTLE
University Group Makes Tour Of Fieldcrest Mills
Apprentice teachers from the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
ivho for several weeks are observing
tad practicing teaching methods in the
t-eaksville township public schools,
i'isited Fieldcrest plants in Leaksville,
^pray, and Draper April 1. The group
s shown in front of the Draper Per-
'Onnel Department preceding their tour
>f the Draper plants.
E*"BI Special Agent
to Address Council
rhursday, April 17
The Carolina Cooperative Council
''ill hear an address by G. D. Frierson,
Pecial agent of the FBI and resident
igent, Greensboro, at the monthly coun-
>1 meeting at Central Y.M.C.A. Thurs
day evening, April 17 at 7:30 o’clock. Be-
ause of a special program planned for
^ay, the election of officers for the
‘6w Council year will be held at the
Meeting this week.
Mr. Frierson will be guest of honor
t a dinner at Meadow Greens pre-
eding the meeting. In addition to
■ompany officials and Council officers
®cal law enforcement leaders have
6en invited as guests. Those to attend
*'e; Police chiefs Tom Meeks of Lcaks-
ille, Carl Axom of Draper and James
Adkins of Spray; Rockingham county
tieriff Leon W. Worsham and S. L.
■arter, special investigator, sheriff’s
epartment.
Left to right. Miss Pearl McBee, sup
ervisor of elementary education in the
local schools; Joe Davis, Ben Hackney,
Rosalind Isom, Joe Foster of the Blan
ket Mill who served as a guide; Fred
Thompson, Dolores York, Mary Gesler,
Sue Lindsey, H. J. Vernon, Draper per
sonnel manager; Carolyn Gaines, Wil
liam Lloyd and Jane Lyons.
Hosiery Man Winner
In Checker Tourney
J. D. Conners, of the Hosiery Mill,
won the Fieldale checker championship
by defeating Glen Smith, insurance man,
in a checker tournament at Fieldale
Y.M.C.A. The week-long tournament in
which the finals were held Saturday,
April 5 drew large crowds of spectators,
especially during the final matches
when there was “standing room only”
in the game room at the Y.M.C.A.
Sponsored by the “Y”, the tournament
was open to all Y.M.C.A. members and
Fieldcrest employees at Fieldale. In
addition to Mr. Conners and Mr. Smith
the players were J. Leonard Tilley, Paul
Dean Nichols, William Moore, Roy
Joyce, John Ebb Joyce, Larkin Ratliffe,
Clarence Joyce, James Carrico, Howard
Arnold, Raymond Wade, Stanley Nelson
and Bill Hilton.
Many of the matches were played dur
ing lunch hour. Plans are under way to
make the checker tournament an annual
event at Fieldale “Y”.
More Winners Listed
In Safety Rule Contest
Thirty-eight more Fieldcrest men and
women received awards in the safety
rules contest in the period from March
22 through April 4. Cash prizes of one
dollar each already have been given to
31 employees in contest which began
March 3 and continues through June.
There was wide interest as the con
test entered its seventh week. Some em
ployees were able to recite the safety
and health rules together with the pen
alties for violations and were wait
ing to be given an opportunity to win
one of the prizes. Indications were that
many employees were memorizing the
rules and penalties which are posted in
each department and which were print
ed in the last issue of the Mill Whistle.
In the contest, there is a daily visit to
each plant by a designated person—in
most cases the mill manager or super
intendent — who asks an employee a
question concerning one of the safety
and health rules. It is not required that
the employee state the rule and penalty
word-for-word but he or she must
know the essential meaning. Those an
swering correctly get dollar bills.
Winners through Friday, April 4, not
previously reported, were;
Finishing and Bleachery—Ernest R.
Woodlief, Sadie Y. Brooks, Janie Bry
ant, Carper S. Stanley, B. E. Moretz,
Bishop Shough, Sadie W. Cox.
Electric Blanket—Myrtle Glasgow,
Gertrude Young, Charles Irving.
Rayon—W. R. Gover, W. R. Pratt,
J. M. Church.
Karastan—Pauline Stultz; Bedspread
—Buster Matthews, Clarice Edwards.
Towel—Cloyd Fretwell, Eunice Wig-
gington, Dorice T. Nolen, Emma Hylton,
Edgar Swinney, Jesse Patterson, Willie
Turner.
Hosiery—Henry Stultz, Inez Chaney,
Melvin Spencer, Bernard Haynes, Clar
ice Lawson, Margaret Vernon, Willie
Dove, Mildred Cannaday, Ardelle Gra
ham, James Fulcher, Dallas Everett,
Alpha Harbour, Demris W. Holt.
Central Warehouse—Roy Burcham,
George Harris.