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“fth SPEAKER—Col. Robert J. Putnam, speaker at the November meeting J. Q ® 'Carolina Council is shown (extreme left) with J. B. Lamar, Council president; ■ ^ommins, of the program committee; and E. W. Medbery, production manager. W. . Hero Is Speaker Council Meeting ‘ero Robert J. Putnam, of Asheville, *^uadacanal during World War 'he y "^ho at the age of 31 became ^S®st full colonel in the Ma- the principal speaker at the ® of the Carolina Cooperative '9, ato Thursday evening, November ^01, p® Consolidated Central Y.M.C.A. declared that foreign '*'to J?®® have made serious inroads '^Ileri i -^^erican way of life and he ^Sers a greater awakening of the y to what he termed very real Col ' Communism-Socialism. 1*5(1 ' ^tnam’s address here was a ‘ch V, 18-months speaking tour '{'ill tat recently begun and which ® him to all parts of the nation, of the community relations jibtg of the Champion Paper and Q*?^Pany at Canton, he took a ly absence from his job and fam- to conduct an extensive ''Pie t awaken the American to the dangers of Communism.” b r^tnam, ^ J. Your Products” presentation V: A Taylors Receive Xmas Greetings From Italy Mr. and Mrs. Theodore (Buster) Tay lor have received an unusual Christmas card from their son, Staff Sgt. Aubrey M. Taylor, of the U. S. Marines. Mailed from Italy, the card shows a manger scene with the haloes and other lights trimmed in bright gold. Staff Sgt. Taylor has been in the Marines for several years and served 12 months in Korea. He is currently on an around-the-world good-will tour aboard the U.S.S. Fremont. He writes his parents that he will spend Christ mas in France. The Taylors have another son in service, Lonzie D. Taylor, of the Air Force who recently went overseas to Japan. The young airman was married New President (From Page 1) company. “Except for minor details this transfer and payment received therefor complete the transaction,” Mr. McBain said . Joined Marshall Field Mills in 1936 Mr. Whitcomb, Fieldcrest’s new presi dent, was born in Concord, N. H., and graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B. S. degree in econ omics and business administration. He was associated with Sulloway Hosiery Mills, Franklin, N. H., in various capa cities before joining Marshall Field & Company in 1936 as manager of the Lumb Knitting Co., Pawtucket, R. I. He moved in 1937 to the Spray head quarters of the manufacturing division of Marshall Field & Company. He was elected divisional vice presi dent of Marshall Field & Company in 1946 and on October 1, 1953, upon sale of the mills by Marshall Field & Com pany, was elected vice president of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. Mr. Whitcomb is a director of the American Cotton Manufacturers Insti tute and chairman of the ACMI educa tion committee. He is a director of the North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association; a trustee of the Institute of Textile Technology, Charlottesville, Va.; president of the Tri-City Hospital, Inc., and a director of the Medical Founda tion of North Carolina. to the former Miss Marie Clark, of Martinsville, Va., during his recent fur lough at home. Mr. Taylor is employed at Synthetic Fabrics Mill and Mrs. Tay lor (Carrie) is an employee of Bleach- ery Sewing. Indian prayer: Grant that I may not criticize my neighbor until I have walk ed a mile in his moccasins. '0| manager and per ‘H. the Towel Mill showed the j., line of towels manufactured Mills and the attractive ® Used in the merchandising of ®Hsembles. '5ci, ->,^amar. Council president, pre- he invocation was given by the Atlij, ®''vin Martin, pastor of the *“hurch. Col. Putnam was in- j by J. G. Commins of the pro- ti*’'t)e!tu°^™*ttee. In the attendance \ "tion, the Fieldale area wa$ at ,^ith 93 per cent. J. W. Norris, ‘•'ce were awarded the atten- It. ^''izes. Mill, and George D. Brymer, TOWEL MILL DISPLAY—J. D. Moore, manager of the Towel Mill, is shown as he addressed the Carolina Cooperative Council November 19 during the “Know Your Products” presentation, a new feature of the Council programs this year. In background is the large exhibit of Fieldcrest towels which were shown at the Council meeting. Ay, DECEMBER 7, 1953
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