M1L.L WHISTLE
Karastan Finishing Depl. Has Perfect Safety Record For 14 Years
ms
th above shows employees uj.
ta® finishing Department at the Karas-
® nearing comple-
SafM ^ perfect
'lent The last lost time acci-
^iu occur—a comparatively minor
'^y—.'was in February, 1939.
Cu^®®ling left to right: John Jones,
Burroughs, Eugene Patterson,
t>aii Montgomery, John Hylton, Edd
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u^ll ^’Auiiigoinery, ouiiii xi.jii.viA)
tion^^ Leonard Hopper, Edward Ver-
’^Uck ® Snead, Harry Martin, Claude
Everett Roberts.
(as,; left to right: John Willis
— ®tant foreman), Oliver Duni-
vant, J. M. Norman (manager of the
Karastan Mill), Elton Hall, Virgil Hall
(superintendent of the Karastan),
Thurman Hall, Morris Turner (fore
man of the Finishing Department),
Carl Horton, Leon Ingram, Ruby More-
field, Mabel Kiser, Susie Grogan, Janie
McCulloch, James Hopkins, Winnie
Scott, George Hutcherson, Tyre Parks,
Raymond Talbert, Jackson Roberts,
James Warf, Clinton Adkins, James
Hazelwood, Harvey Walker, Earl Cook,
and Delos Cardwell. WilUam Brown,
was not present when picture was made.
New Fire Chief
Glenn H. Simpson,
foreman of the
Bleachery Sheet
Sewing Dept, has
been elected Leaks-
ville’s fire chief
succeeding Harry
Davis, and will as
sume his duties
December 1 for a
one-year term.
Simpson has
^ *'^ember of the fire department
than 10 years and last year
Th assistant chief.
•'ey, pj^^P^rtment now has 26 men. The
1^6 chosen through a vote of
at their business meeting
Santa Claus Parade
At Fieldale Tonight
The largest crowd in the history of
Fieldale is expected Monday evening,
December 1, to greet the arrival of
Santa Claus. The street in front the
YMCA will be roped off and the Mar
tinsville high school band will ^ve a
concert under the direction of Ralph
Shank. The plans call for Santa to land
at the Martinsville airport and be pick
ed up there by the Fieldale fire truck in
time to arrive in Fieldale at 7 p. m.
Santa Claus will have treats for all
of the children and will turn on the
Christmas lights at Fieldale. A parade
through the town wUl follow the con
cert.
After leaving Fieldale, Santa Claus
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AFL Union Loses
Fieldale Election
Employees of the Hosiery Mill
at Fieldale rejected the American
Federation of Hosiery Workers,
AFL, in an election conducted
November 25 by the National
Labor Relations Board. With 181
employees eligible to vote, a total
of 168 ballots were cast, with 94
opposing the union and 70 voting
in favor of representation. Four
votes were challenged.
The results were announced by
Henry L. Segal, NLRB represen
tative from the Baltimore regional
office, who supervised the election.
It was the American Federation
of Hosiery Workers’ second defeat
at the Fieldale mill. The Fieldcrest
workers similarly rejected the un
ion in an election held two years
ago.
The election November 25 fol
lowed a petition filed by the union
with the NLRB, requesting certi
fication as the bargaining agent
for the Hosiery mill. The Company
agreed to a consent election to
allow employees an opportunity
to vote as to whether or not they
desired representation by the
union.