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whistle William A. Blackburn Honored For 50 Years ’ Continuous Servk^ William A. Blackburn of the Syn thetic Fabrics Mill completed 50 years of continuous service January 1 to es tablish one of the longest records of unbroken service in the company’s his tory. His record is exceptional in that he has never been off the payroll since joining the company 50 years ago, and has worked the entire time in the same mill and department. Mr. Blackburn was honored at a luncheon at Meadow Greens Country Club, Thursday, December 31. Harold W- Whitcomb, president, after express ing the management’s appreciation for the loyalty and cooperation shown by Mr. Blackburn through the years, pre sented the veteran employee with the Fieldcrest diamond and gold 50-year service pin together with other gifts from the company. Officials Pay Tribute Macon P. Miller was toastmaster and he presented Mr. Whitcomb and sev eral other members of management and supervision, who paid tribute to Mr. Blackburn for his long record of faithful service. Department, Chester Roberson, ^ ^ ant foreman, and Howard Barton Engineering Department and superintendent of the Synthetic rics Mill who was closely with Mr. Blackburn for almost 40 y Visits Starting Place ^ During the afternoon followii’^ ^ luncheon, Mr. Blackburn was esc by Mr. Barton on a visit through ^ eral Fieldcrest plants including Lily Mill building where Mr. ; began his career with the cornP^ half century ago. Mr. Blackburn was honored j Fieldcrest radio program, Janu^ ^ and other honors are planned by the members of the Carolina cil which holds its next meeting uary 21. Mr. Blackburn is a member of the Council organize** A native of Forsyth Countyi ^ Blackburn went to work as a boy ] jjp weave room at the old Lily MiH year of 1904. He continued in that same department for 50 J jj; most of the time as a loomfix®^' Issued Every Two Weeks By and For the Employees of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. Spray, North Carolina Copyright, 1954, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc OTIS MARLOWE Editor Vol. XII Monday, Jan. 11, 1954 No. 12 Company Will Provide Help To Employees On Income Tax Returns As in past years, the Company will again provide help to employees in pre paring their income tax returns. There is no charge for the service. Members of the Industrial and Public Relations Department and other qualified volun teers will give individual assistance to Fieldcrest employees in filling out the tax forms. The schedule is to be an nounced shortly. The annual withholding statements (form W-2) are being prepared in the Payroll Department and will be dis tributed during the latter part of Jan uary. Each employee will receive two of the withholding statements this time, one from Marshall Field & Company covering the first nine months of the year and another from Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., for the months in 1953 following the purchase of the mills. All, of course, are being prepared at Spray and the two forms will be attached to each other when distributed to em ployees. ★ New U. S. Tax Rates Are Now In Effect Changes in Social Security and fed eral income taxes became effective with pay checks received in the week beginning January 3. The Social Se curity tax went up from IV2 per cent to 2 per cent with the Company’s con tribution for Social Security increasing in the same manner. The tax applies to earnings up to $3600 within a year. A decrease of approximately 10 per cent was made in the withholding rate for federal income taxes. The with holding rate during 1954 is 18 per cent whereas it was 20 per cent last year. The new rates apply to all earnings paid on and after January 1, 1954, even though the wages may actually have been earned in 1953. Any question concerning pay roll de ductions for Social Security or federal income taxes should be taken up with your departmental supervisor or the Personnel Department. 2 Brief talks were made by J. G. Halsey, manager of the Synthetic Fabrics Mill, A. L. Jackson, mill superintendent, and Jesse Griggs, Foreman of the Weaving has fixed on looms running jf silk, rayon and nylon and othtf thetic fibers. He started up automatic looms at the Lily MiU ^ i years ago and in fact started J- Stoots Made Sergeant Sergeant James H. Stoots now in Korea, was recently promoted to his present rank. Pictures above show the young soldier, his wife and the five- months-old daughter which the soldier has never seen. His wife was the for mer Miss Betty Barrow of Mayodan. She is holding little Connie Lynn Stoots who was born August 15. Sergeant Stoots entered service in July 1951, and has been in Korea for about twelve months. He expects to be able to return to the states in March. Proud grandparents of Connie Lynn are L. J. Stoots of the Karastan Weave Room and Dicie Stoots who is employed in the Bedspread Winding Department. FI the looms in the present mill ^ M the S-6 models which were in 1948. An Expert Loomfixer An expert loomfixer, he enjoys ing on machinery and can fiX/tJ* tically anything, particularily electrical line. He has a moderl' in the basement of his home does many different kinds of or repair work. He is said to hav® , jf the first earphone type radio the Tri-Cities. ^ Mr. Blackburn is a member ® Episcopal Church and in the .jeJ' active in the Y.M.C.A. He is a y movie fan and at one time i the movie projector at the Centf® fjii M.C.A. He has owned his home Oakland Heights section of Lea'^® ^ for many years, and is married ),{( former Miss Lillie Sykes, whose the late W. H. Sykes, Sr., was superintendent of the Nantucket , S‘ Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn have ^ and a daughter, both married. W. A. Blackburn, Jr. is associated £ an electrical firm in Washington The daughter, Hazel, formerly ployed in the Engineering She is now Mrs. Ernest Hopki^ J' lives in Winston-Salem. The burns have one grandchild, Billy ^ kins, three years old. ^ LDCREST MILL WHlS'^^
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