MILL WHISTLE
sgj, 7 ear pins—A highlight of the 25-Year Club picnic was the presentation of
g ®™t>lems to 61 new members. In picture above Harold W. Whitcomb, assistant
in "manager, presents pin to Paul Sanford Taylor of the Bedspread Mill. Next
is Lee Allen Baliles of the Sheeting Mill.
^Sl^Year Club Has 673 Members
I’ood
order
fellowship and fun were the
Of the day Saturday September
when members of the Fieldcrest
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25-Year Club attended the 10th
ip„ meeting honoring the long-serv-
SToup.
crowd gathered for the out-
Hiu ^ri'City baseball park and heard
by Jim Eanes and his Town and
Boys, from station WBTM,
Va., the Fieldcrest Quartet and
®Ve t band. A number of recreational
of 'vere held during the early part
® afternoon. A sumptuous picnic
Was served at 5 o’clock by mem-
the the Matrimony Grange, under
direction of Mrs. Fred Davis.
ness conditions briefly and asked the
continued loyalty and understanding
of the long-service employees. Follow
ing the talk Mr. Whitcomb presented
25-Year emblems to 61 employees com
ing into the club this j'ear.
Membership in the club, including the
new members, is 673. Oscar F. Fergu
son who recently retired, is the long-
service champion with 50 1/2 years of
continuous service. Among the veteran
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the informal program pre-
ce^;;«ng
to presentation of service emblems
Sav members, S. G. Strader
the invocation and E. W. Med-
. y niade
a brief address of welcome.
were given by Levi Robert-
’ ^oy Martin and Thomas Scales.
gToj^’^^^d W. Whitcomb
Prepj®’,. expressing the
^®ar p faithful service of 25-
Club members. He discussed busi
spoke to
company’s
the
ap-
Birthday Calendars
Leaksville-Spray Y’s Men’s club will
canvass the communities this week to
secure names for their community
birthday calendars, a project under
taken to raise funds for new lighted
tennis courts at Spray Recreation Park.
J. M. Burton, of Central Warehouse,
chairman of the project, urges those in
terested in having their names placed
on the calendars to contact any mem
ber of the club or call 112-M. Sixteen
free gifts will be available on the birth
days Of those listed on the calendar.
The deadline for sales is September 27.
Fieldcrest Has Good
Safety Year In 1951
Fieldcrest Mills had an outstanding
safety record in 1951 as compared with
the national average of the textile in
dustry. Statistics just publishd by the
National Safety Council show that the
frequency for the entire textile industry
was 6.90; whereas the overall accident
frequency for aU Fieldcrest Mills was
2.65. This means that our mills ex
perienced only about one third as many
lost time accidents per milUon man-
hours as the average textile plant in
the United States.
The Bleachery, Hosiery, Karastan, and
Rayon Mills ranked in first place in
their respective classifications. The
Finishing Mill was in third place in its
size group among dyeing and finishing
plants. The Electric Blanket Mill was
also in third place in its group,
although the mill operated the entire
year without a lost-time accident. The
mills in first and second place also had
perfect records for 1951 and ranked
higher by virtue of more man-hours
operated.
The Bedspread and Towel Mills made
commendable showings for the year
and other Fieldcrest plants ranked
about average or above. Whereas our
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Johnston Visits Home
After Korean Service
Cpl. Henry Johnston, formerly of the
Finishing Mill Supply Room, is spend
ing a 30-day furlough at home and was
a visitor at the Finishing mill last
week. Henry has just returned from
Korea where he served for lOi/^
months as a member of an infantry
combat team. When his leave is up he
reports to Fort Jackson, S. C., for re
assignment. He expects to get out of
the Army in December when he will
have been in 21 months.
Henry is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry W. Johnston of the Draper road.
His mother, Katherine, is employed in
the Jack Spinning Dept, at the Blanket
Mill. All three of the Johnstons’ sons
are now in service and all three are
former Fieldcrest employees. Derwood,
formerly of the Jack Spinning Dept, is
in the Marines stationed at Parris Is
land; Mac, formerly of the Sheeting
Mill is in the Air Force stationed at
Biloxi, Mississippi.