MIL,!. WHISTLE
^^inan Is Chosen
^ead Of Karastan
^^les Department
S5|^®P°intment of Walter B. Guinan as
of Karastan, rug and
effg ^ivision of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.,
by May 10, has been announced
Whitcomb, president of
the Mr. Guinan has been in
and carpet business for 27
largely with Bigelow-Sanford
Sj w*-°napany, Inc. He was associat-
ij j, the latter company for 15 years
^6oa ^ and design department and
manager of style and design in
he left this post to take a new
tl), as director of sales and mer-
6ig at Karastan but returned to
Sj) ® °'^'Sanford last year as contract
Dfjjj^’^anager. In March of 1954 he was
4ia^ to national accounts sales
■anager.
karastan, Mr. Guinan will direct
merchandising and styling, re-
*^g to Mr. Whitcomb. He replaces
Beauchamp who has resigned.
j Other New Appointments
appointments at Field-
5 it has been announced that Billy
Olive, formerly with Westinghouse
International Company, has
the mills as patent engineer and
'•>1 E. Williams, Jr., formerly of
1(|. Russ and Company, has been ap-
5 - chief cost accountant replacing
Walker who recently resigned,
a new position in the Mechan-
!^liv ^®''6lopment department, Mr.
i(,^ ® Will handle all patent work and
agreements in connection with
tl^®*itions developed by the Mechanical
®lopment department.
Wake County Native
M
Olive is a native of Wake county
H- graduated from Duke university
L, 48 as an electrical engineer. Since
k time he has been with Westing-
Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa.,
K Westinghouse Electric International
^I>any, New York, as project engi-
and assistant supervisor of licens-
new appointments, p. 3)
Spray, N. C., Monday, May 17, 1954
WALTER B. GUINAN
. Rug Sales Manager .
Fieldcrest To Accept
Commission Finishing
To utilize more fully the productive
capacity of the Bleachery and Finishing
Mill and to operate the plants at a high
er rate of activity, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
has announced the availability of the
Bleachery and Finishing mill for com
mission finishing of domestic textiles
and wide and narrow goods. The com
pany has appointed Nelson P. Baker,
with offices in New York City, as com
mission finishing representative.
In recent years Fieldcrest has been
requested by various mills to do part
of their finishing operations. Although
the plants will continue to be primarily
for the finishing of our sheets, blankets
and bedspreads, it is expected that
commission finishing will reach sizable
proportions to take up the mills’ present
excess capacity.
Also, the capacity and activity of the
finishing plant vary considerably from
time to time during each year due to
the type of goods being run and vary
from one year to another due to
product changes.
The plants now bleach, dye and finish
all blankets, sheets and bedspreads for
Fieldcrest Mills and are basically equip-
(See COMMISSION FINISHING, p. 4)
Number 21
Rug Mill To Get
New Clark Looms
(Pictures on Page Five)
Capital expenditures for new equip
ment, approved by the Board of Direc
tors recently, will enable the Karastan
Mill to purchase two additional Clark
rug looms and a new continuous scour
ing unit.
The new looms will be built by the
Crompton & Knowles Loom Works in
Worcester, Mass., with delivery being
made in the late spring of 1955. The
new scouring unit is expected by August
of 1954. Meanwhile building alterations
including revamping the former boiler
room space will be done in order to
make room for the new equipment.
Addition of the new looms will give
the mill a total of four looms of this
type and will practically double the
production of broadloom fabrics for
which there is a good demand. The
Clark loom, which is patented by
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., was developed at
Karastan by E. F. Clark, development
engineer at the rug mill for many years
and now retired under the pension plan.
The original loom is in use at Karastan
now together with a second loom of
this type built for the Company by
Crompton & Knowles and installed in
the fall of 1953.
High-Speed Machines
The Clark looms are high-speed
machines, operating at high efficiency
and producing quality goods more econ
omically than can be done on other types
of rug looms. Running the pile yarn
from huge beams produced on the new
winding and beaming unit recently in
stalled at Karastan, the Clark looms also
make possible a considerable savings in
waste yarn.
The giant looms measure over 44 feet
in length and have a width of over 36
feet, including the needle railing. Be
cause of their tremendous size, some re
arranging of machinery in the depart
ment will be necessary to accomodate
the new looms.
J. M. Norman, mill manager, said of
the proposed equipment: “These im
provements are a part of our expansion
program at Karastan and are in line
with our continuous research to deve
lop new machinery to make the type
of goods for which there is a demand.”