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WOODFORD R BOEBINGER the standard printing CO. first ST. AT JEFFERSON LOUISVILLE 2,KY. Trousseau^ (Luxun^ ij s mm jUNZrj3 1^'.;^ :02 : pg METER 156274 MILLr WHISTLE Volume xi Spray, N. C., Monday, June 22, 1953 Number 23 SAFETY AWARDS—Left to right, Louis Outland, foreman. Bedspread Cutting ®*id Sewing Dept., Central Warehouse; Virgil Hall, superintendent, Karastan Rug Jesse Griggs, foreman. Weaving Dept., Synthetic Fabrics Mill; Glenn Simpson, foreman, Bleachery Sheet Sewing Dept.; T. R. Ray, general foreman. Electric blanket Mill; and H. E. Williams, safety director, F:.eldcrest Mills. Safety Awards Given 5 Plants Five Fieldcrest plants have been honored by the National Safety Council outstanding safety achievement. The ^arastan Rug Mill and the Synthetic fabrics Mill were given awards of ^6fit for exceptional performance and ^Wards of commendation were given 'he Bleachery, Central Warehouse and the Electric Blanket Mill for having Operated the entire year of 1952 without ^ lost time injury. The awards were presented at the '3rd annual North Carolina Industrial ^afety Conference at the Hotel Robert Lee in Winston-Salem. Fieldcrest ^ills received five of the 16 awards *'^ade to North Carolina industrial Plants. The Karastan Rug Mill has enjoyed Jhe best safety record in the carpet Industry for over four years. The mill maintained an outstanding record ^*th a steady decline in the accident frequency rate. Employees of the Syn thetic Fabrics Mill have worked since January 1950, without a single loss- ‘ifne injury. Their achievement is more *'®markable inasmuch as during the t>eriod mentioned, all of the mill’s piachinery was moved to a new build ing. Mill Vacations Set For June 28—July 5 All mills will close for vacation at the end of the third shift Saturday, June 27, and will resume operations on regular schedule Monday, July 6. If any ex ceptions are necessary in certain mills and departments, the employees af fected will be notified by mill manage ment. Pay for work performed during week ending June 28 will be available at the cashier’s office for each mill Friday, July 3 from 10 a.m. to 12:00 noon for the Blanket, Sheeting, Bedspread and Karastan mills; and at each mill’s superintendent office on the same day and hour for Bleachery, Finishing, Cen tral Warehouse, Electric Blanket and Synthetic Fabrics mills. Pay for work performed during week ending June 28 for Towel and Hosiery mills will be available at the cashier’s office in Fieldale Thursday July 2, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Identification of employees by Social Security card or check stub from some prior week’s pay will be necessary as the cashiers must be sure that checks are delivered to the employee to whom they are payable. Be sure to bring means of identification with you to pre sent to the cashier when calling for j’our check. All Personnel Offices in the North (Continued on page five) Fieldcrest To Make Millionth Electric Blanket This Week The millionth electric blanket manu factured by Fieldcrest Mills is expected to come off of the production line Wednesday June 24. In celebration of the event, a brief program is planned for employees of the Electric Bleinket Mill around noon on that date. The blanket will have a special gold- sprayed control and will be packed in a handsome mahoghany case made es pecially for the millionth blanket. Fol lowing the program the blanket will be taken to Chicago and presented to Chairman Hughston M. McBain at the headquarters of Marshall Field & Com pany. The blanket will be taken to Chicago by Mrs. Ethel Gilley and Mr. and Mrs. Will Patterson, who are being given all 6Xjjenst.-pc#ld txip. ' Mrs. Gilley was a member of the^ Electric Blanket Mill when it began operation and also will work on the millionth blanket. Mr. Patterson, of the Blanket Mill, has 50 years of con tinuous service and is the oldest em ployee of Fieldcrest Mills in point of service. Mrs. Gilley and Mr. and Mrs. Patter son will leave from Roanoke by puU- man Wednesday evening, June 24, ar riving in Chicago shortly after noon on Thursday. They will be met at the train and escorted to the Company’s head quarters where they will present the blanket to Chairman McBain. They will see the ice show Thursday night and will be given a special tour of the Retail Store Friday morning. They will go sight-seeing Friday after noon and will see a radio broadcast or telecast Friday night. They will leave Saturday on the return trip, getting home around noon Sunday. ★ Vacation Photos Wherever you go on your vacation, it is likely you will take some pictures to be enjoyed after you return home. The MILL WHISTLE would like to print a page or more of vacation snapshots by employees in an early issue. So take your camera along, snap in teresting pictures and send them to the MILL WHISTLE. Your friends will enjoy seeing your prints in the paper as you will enjoy theirs.
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