Lines Are Shown At Sales
^fid Distributors Meetings
Distributors And
In ,^®*’sonnel Hold Sessions
** Atlantic City
^®rchandise, styles and colors
Introduced by Fieldcrest in 1954,
liir plans and new store fix-
on display for distributors
tile personnel of Fieldcrest at a
p'^g in Atlantic City last week,
the distributors from all over
'country, and Fieldcrest men from
'''hich attended the meeting
Sales mills and the various
Was held at the Claridge Hotel.
Harold W. Whitcomb ad-
an,j both the Company salesmen
ti. jj ^ ^*®tributors. E. W. Medbery,
On jj.-, S. H. Fifield reported
^1 activities and developments.
t(lei'„^‘ Moore, T. F. Young, E. Stanley
t>Uce’ ^o'^lton and T. H.
fatte^ introduced the new colors and
in blankets, electric blankets,
the sheets and towels. All of
Wgyg items were attractively dis-
tiieBO *n sample rooms throughout the
Kting.
li T
McClinton and W. C. Pank of
ati^ ^®st’s advertising agency, Calkins
Sm.i, ^^den, Carlock. McClinton and
iiry„“> discussed the “Trousseau Lux-
Way advertising campaign, and dis-
!>egj. . advertisements which will ap-
litst national magazines during the
'-^Part of 1954_
Chatter vs Jabber
(Central Warehouse)
By GERALDINE PERKINS
Judy Martin attended the Senior-
Sophomore Christmas party at Cataw
ba College Saturday. December 12.
Our best wishes to Doris Bondurant
and Carlton Powell who were married
December 7. Carlton is in the Navy and
has just returned from Korea. He will
be stationed at May Port, Fla. and Doris
will remain with her parents.
Congratulations to Mary Ann and
Jack Simpson upon the arrival of a son,
John Merriman December 4. Mary Ann
formerly worked in the Billing Dept.
Lucy Connor was in Floyd recently
to see her sister, Mrs. Beluah Kaigas
of New York, who is visiting their
parents Mr. and Mrs. Will Dillon.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hall attended
the State Farm Insurance Co. dinner at
the O’Henry Hotel in Greensboro Friday
night.
The Addressograph Dept, honored
Preston Meeks, a December bride-elect,
at a dinner on Thursday evening. She
was presented china in her pattern.
Helen Dodez left for Shreveport, La.
Friday night. Her husband, Roy, of
Camp Pendleton, Calif, will join her and
they will visit his parents for several
days.
Marie Maness celebrated her 19th
birthday December 16th. We hope she
will have many more.
University Group Visits Karastan Mill
' ^'‘>'8 /*^ty business administration ma-
' h’^3 University of North Car-
Hill—members of the
; ^igma Pi professional fraternity
)jj pictured in the showroom at
^E>AY, DECEMBER 21,
Karastan during their visit to the
rug mill December 9. The group, with
professional chairman Jim Blanchard
as leader, visited Fieldcrest as a part
of their professional activities.
Mills To Observe
Christmas Holiday;
Schedule Announced
All plants of Fieldcrest Mills will
close for the Christmas holidays at the
end of the third shift Thursday, De
cember 24, at 7 a. m.
Mills on a six-day schedule will start
up Sunday, December 27, at 11 p. m.
Mills on a five-day schedule will start
up Monday, December 28, at 7 a. iji.
Payroll checks for week ending De
cember 20 will be distributed at the
mills Wednesday, December 23.
Christinas Day Pay
Straight-time pay for an eight-hour
work day will be paid to each hourly
paid employee for Christmas Day, pro
vided his name appears on the active
payroll for the week including the holi
day and he worked his last scheduled
work day before and his first schedule
work day after the holiday.
Pay for Christmas Day will be in
cluded in the regular pay check for
the week ending January 10, 1954.
For the New Year holiday, all mills
will close at the end of the second
shift Thursday, December 31, at 11
p. m. All mills will start up at the
beginning of the first shift Monday,
January 4, at 7 a.m.
Certain departments in the mills will
close earlier and start up later in order
to complete the taking of inventory.
Employees affected will be notified of
any change in the above schedule. Mills
that are normally paid on Friday will
be paid on Thursday, December 31.
All Fieldcrest offices will be colsed for
the Christmas holidays Thursday and
Friday, December 24 and 25, and for
the New Year holiday Friday, Jan
uary 1.
Premiums Waived
The Company has announced that due
to favorable experience during the in
surance year. Group Insurance pre
miums for the four weeks ending De
cember 13, 20, 27, 1953 and January 3,
1954 will be waived.
The waived premiums for this period,
together with two weeks waived for
the vacation period in July, make a
total of six weeks waived for the in
surance year. These premiums waivers
together make a reduction of 11.7 per
cent in the annual cost of Group Insur
ance to employees.
Store Schedule
The Employees Store at Spray will
remain open Thursday, December 24
(Christmas Eve). The store will be
closed for the Christmas Holidays Fri
day, December 25, Saturday, December
26, and Monday, December 28.
The store will be open until noon on
Tuesday, December 29, but will be
closed for inventory from Tuesday at
noon until Monday, January 4, when
it will reopen on regular schedule.
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