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Receive Promotions Principals in recent promotions at the Fieldale mills are shown above. William H. Richardson, Jr., (left) was appointed senior engineer for the Towel and Hosiery Mills in the Standards Depart ment. Sam R. Thomas, (right), was ap pointed foreman of the Towel Mill Sew ing Department. Mr. Richardson, before his most re cent promotion, had been supervisor of the Labormeter and Wastemeter section of the Standards Department with head quarters at Spray. He first joined the Company as a sweeper at the Sheeting Weave Room in 1937. He worked on various production jobs at the Draper mills and at the Finishing Mill in Spray before joining the Wage Bureau as a checker in 1943. In 1948, he was ap pointed assistant foreman in the Setting Department at the Karastan but in Feb ruary of 1949, he was transferred to the Standards Department working in the Labormeter and Wastemeter section. Later he was placed in charge of that section. He has completed several Com pany-sponsored training courses and at tended a summer management course at the University of Iowa. Mr. Thomas, before his transfer to the Sewing Department, had been in charge of the Standards Department at the Towel and Hosiery Mills since February 1948. He earlier had worked as a time study engineer, checker, and as a napper operator at the Finishing Mill, where he was first employed in 1936. Mr. Thomas likewise has completed a number of management courses. Both men are Navy veterans of World War II. Safety Golden Rules For School Children 1. Look both ways before crossing the street. 2. Cross only at intersections. 3. Cross when the policeman gives you the signal. 4. Obey your school patrol. 5. Cross on the green light—never the red or yellow. It pays to look your best before crossing the street. Finalists In Voice Of Democracy Contest Participants in the finals of the “Voice of Democracy” contest, sponsor ed by station WLOE and the Tri-City Junior Chamber of Commerce are shown above. Bobby Edwards, (extreme left), son of W. L. Edwards, of the Bedspread Weave Room was winner in the finals, which were broadcast from the Draper junior high school auditorium November 25. A recording of Bobby’s speech was sent to the Voice of Democracy State Headquarters in Hickory and he was presented a life-time pen and pencil set by the Jaycees and a certificate award ing first place on the local level by the national Voice of Democracy head quarters. Others in the picture left to right, are James Fair, president of the Jaycees; Barbara Lamar, D. L. Craddock, owner- manager of WLOE, Lee Norman, How ard Blake, principal of Draper School, Jimmy Smith, Henry Richards, English teacher at Tri-City High School who coached the speakers; and Jo Ann Webster. FI Service , Anniversaries Fifty Years J. Will Patterson Blanket Thirty-Five Tears Hilda Austin Bleachery Louise Burnett Central Warehouse Andrew N. Collins Bedspread Charlie Meldon Hale Sheeting Buster Matthews Bedspread Jesse N. Nelson Bedspread Belle H. Royster ... Central Warehouse G. Josephine Taylor Finishing Thirty Years Jordon Broadnax Blanket A. Burdette McPeters Bedspread Lena H. Vest Designing Charlie W. CaudeU Towel Zellie G. Land Rayon Jessie W. Thomas To we* Twenty-five Years Myrtle Dove Eason Bedspread Franklin R. Fulcher ToweJ James H. Hairston Blanket Vada Patterson ToweJ Edna M. Byrd ToweJ Luther H. Hundley Blanket Twenty Years Junior M. Morgan Finishing J. Clayton Murphy Blanke- Ten Years M. Landon Willis Sheeting Joseph M. Thompson Blank®* Lois Simpson Hosier^ Gladys A. Schmidt ... New York Offi'^® if Auto Mishaps Are Chief Cause Of Fatal Injuries Accidents will claim about 95,000 li^eS in the United States during 1952, accord' ing to Metropolitan Life Insurace Com' pany statisticians. The year is the secoo in a row to show an increase, and th total represents a rise of approximately 1,000 deaths over the 1951 figure. The 1952 toll from total mishaps be the highest for any year since 19'* ' Fatalities in motor vehicle acciden^ are about on a par with, or possibly little above, the total of 37,300 in the highest number in a decade. mishaps continue to be by far the ^ ing cause of fatal injury, accounting about two fifths of all deaths from dents. Public accidents other than nio^^ vehicle took a somewhat larger nun\ ber of lives than in the year precedii'^ the statisticians report. Mishaps in about the home were also responsi^ for more deaths than in 1951, when ' number killed came to 28,000 person®- The statisticians note that the nunjl^ of fatal injuries arising out of emp’°^ ment was held to little or no over the 16,000 fatalities of the year, despite a continued high level industrial activity. KLDCREST MILL VTHlSTt'*'
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