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Copyright 1953, Marshall Field & Company
Issued Every Two Weeks By and For
the Employees of Fieldcrest Mills, Divi
sion of Marshall Field & Company, Inc.,
Spray, North Carolina
OTIS MARLOWE Editor
Vol. XI Monday, July 20, 1953 No. 24
Hosiery Mill News
BY LEE HUNDLEY
Mr. and Mrs. Brice Coleman, Mrs.
Phyllis Bralton and daughter, Coleen
spent last week in Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Vernon and son,
Douglas, spent their vacation at Myrtle
Beach, S. C.
Mrs. Lucille Matthews and children,
Laura and Jenifer, also Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Stovall and children of Leaksville
visited in Edgewood, Md. and Wash
ington, D. C., last week.
Sgt. Johnnie Matthews has notified
his family that he is on his way home
from Korea.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Morris and Eva
Mae visited Mrs. Morrisons’ relatives at
Oak Hill West Va. last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ferguson spent
last week at Va. Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Few and Ferrell
spent last week at Va. Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stovall, also Mrs.
Vance Stovall visited Pvt. Vance Sto
vall who is stationed at Camp Atter-
bury, Ind., last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Turner and Miss
Ruth Johnson spent last week-end in
Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. James Collins spent
last week at Myrtle Beach.
Mrs. Frank Setliff and son Frankie
Pete, visited in Newport News last
week.
Miss Myrtle Clarke, Miss Louise Aus
tin, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haynes, Miss
Barbara Martin, and Miss Connie Mar
tin were among those from Fieldale
who spent last week at Virginia Beach.
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Nantucket Vacations
BY FREDA SUIT
At Myrtle Beach—Dot and Weldon
Reynolds, Jane and Berkley Reynolds,
daughters, Lucy Jane and Martha, Joy
and Carl Brame, Betty and Joe Robert
son.
At Ocean Drive—^Velma and Garland
Newman, N. D. and Jeanette Redmon
and Susan. Becky Comer and Lucile
Ziglar.
At Washington, D. C.—Les and Doris
Brown.
Pauline and Mac Litaker and Pau
line’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. De
Hart, Sr. spent their vacation at Day
tona Beach, Florida. They also visited
St. Augustine and Silver Springs.
Fieldcrest Becomes Leader In Fast
Developing Electric Blanket Field
Fieldcrest Mills, which manufactured
its one millionth electric blanket June
24, has become a big producer in a fast
developing market.
The electric blanket is considered
one of the most advancing fields in the
electric industry. Trade surveys reveal
there is a potential market for 45,000,-
000 blankets. As yet, only 4,000,000
blankets have been made by all manu
facturers.
Fieldcrest Mills, with 40 years of
blanket experience, began the produc
tion of electric blankets in 1947, mark
ing the first venture of a manufacturer
of fine blankets into the electric blanket
field.
Fieldcrest has become the world’s
largest producer of wired blankets and
the largest producer of woven shells.
Production of the Electric Blanket mill
is 800 per cent greater than in 1948.
The modern Electric Blanket
Mill produces more than one-third of
all the electric blankets made in the
United States and sells wired blankets
or the woven shells to all of the major
electrical and textile outlets. Fieldcrest
is the only organization in the world
that does the complete operation of
weaving, wiring and marketing the
finished electric blanket.
The Electric Blanket mill began as
a part of the Finishing mill in Spray,
but moved to the Nantucket building
and became a separate mill unit
1950. The plant employs 100 women
25 men and provides work for * ^
more persons in contributing millS) “
ing responsible for a payroll ^
community of about $1,000,000 a y®
In addition to its contribution to tb®
economy of the Tri-Cities the mill a®
nually uses 65,000,000 feet of wire
mad®
in North Carolina, as well as trerri'
end'
ous quantities of plastic tubing ®
ifld
packaging materials from the state.
All
in all, 70 per cent of the dollar val
of material used is from within Nor
Carolina. . g
Basis for the rapid progress of
mill has been the constant developing
in textile quality and design and i
provements in the manufacturing Pj
cess. Fieldcrest Mills has applied I
certain basic patents to protect th®
developments.
Testing, too, has played a big P®
in the success of the mill. Every ^
chine used is tested every morninS^
every blanket is tested five times
ing manufacture; and 14 additional tes
are conducted on parts and finish
blankets.
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Cotton flannelette silver wraps
impregnated with a compound of
to keep silverware bright without P°
ishing by drawing the tarnishing agen
to the cloth.
Electric Blanket Mill
BY LOUISE NOWLIN
Belated congratulations to Katie
Hankins who celebrated her birthday
June 26. Edna Howe brought a beauti
ful cake for Katie which her immediate
co-workers enjoyed with her at “re
freshment time’’.
Mildred Macy has left the Electric
Blanket Mill to make her home in Flint,
Michigan, where her husband is em
ployed.
Welcome to Max Ward, quality in
spector, replacing Calvin Gillie who
joined the Navy during vacation week.
We’re glad to have Thelma Cassell
back on the job after her illness.
Among the vacationists:
Odell Thurman’s children spent the
week with relatives in Roanoke, Vir
ginia. Odell says they are now back
home keeping house for her!
Mr. and Mrs. Alton (Vivian) Shough
spent a few days at Elizabeth City
visiting Vivian’s sister, Mrs. Geraldine
Hundley and family.
Elsie Mullis and children visited rel
atives in High Point.
Janie Wall spent a day at Fairystone
Park.
Barbara Cassell spent the week-end
at Ocean View, Va. i
Millie Jean Robertson attended
Roberts’ “Healing Waters Meeting” ^
Roanoke.
Lena Turner visited her daughter
Washington, D. C.
Helen Craddock spent a day of h®''
vacation seeing Fontana Dam.
Hester Corum and Lallaice
motored to Roanoke, Va., July 10
hear Oral Roberts.
“Boots” and Ollie Pruitt vacations
at Virginia Beach. ^
Margaret, Bruce and Becky PoW®
spent the week-end at Natural Bridg®’
Va. t
Mary Morgan and children j
their vacation at Virginia Beach
saw “Miss Virginia Beach” crowne '
Mary said they reaUy enjoyed the San
Festival Parade. ,
Margaret and Desmond Reeves
son, Donnie, spent their vacation ®
Wrightsville Beach.
Pauline Patterson visited friends
Delaware, went sight-seeing in Was»'
ington, D. C., spent two days in Atlan'
tic City, New Jersey—and really sUl'
fered from sunburn!!
Nancy and Amy Fulcher went W
train to Catonsville, Maryland, to visi
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