MILL WHISTLE
VoluiHi
le XIII
Spray, N. C., Monday, August 16, 1954
Number 3
Left to right. President Whitcomb, Mrs. Betty Ratliff, E. L. Brown
Ratliff Honored
~pon Completion Of 40
* ears’ Unbroken Service
^rs. Betty H. Ratliff was honored
'^Pon her completion of 40 years of
^ontinuous service August 1. She joined
Company as a young girl in 1914
literally grew up in the mill. She
never been off of the payroll for
reason since she first came to
Work.
^rs. Ratliff was paid a surprise visit
the job by President Harold W.
^hitcomb and Comptroller E. L. Brown
'he afternoon of July 30. Mr. Whitcomb
^''esented her with the Company’s 40-
J^®ar service emblem and other remem-
Drances.
Employed by Cowan
Born in Morgan county, Tenn., Mrs.
Ratliff -was given her job by F. C.
Cowan, now retired. Mr. Cowan was
foreman of the blanket sewing room
®^d sample department and the late
W. Krantz was mill superintendent,
^rs. Ratliff sewed and folded blankets
(Continued on page three)
NEW PRODUCT
Shown at right is one of
the new “Mountain Spun”
metallic tablecloths being
manufactured by Fieldcrest
Mills, Inc. The tablecloths
are made at the Bedspread
Mill and the napkins and
place mats at the Towel Mill
in Fieldale. A wide range of
sizes are made in the four
patterns, gold, silver, blue
and green.
The new product with
ticket showing “Loomed by
Fieldcrest”, is marketed by
Felix Tausend & Sons, who
markets the Cel-O-Sheen
tablecloths made at the Syn
thetic Fabrics Mill. (More
pictures on page five)
Fieldcrest Merchandise
Shown In Ads Appearing
In National Magazines
Fieldcrest Sanforized bedspreads are
featured in a full-page advertisement
in the August issue of House Beautiful.
The large illustration in the full-color
advertisement shows the Keynote
spread; Trellis, Daybreak and Band
box patterns are shown in a smaller
sketch, captioned “At home or at school,
forget shrinkage worries with Fieldcrest
Sanforized bedspreads ”
The copy points out that, “Fieldcrest’s
handsome new heavy cottons positively
won’t shrink more than a tiny one per
cent whether you dunk them in a
washing machine or send them to the
school laundry.”
Emphasizing that our bedspreads are
now Sanforized, the copy continues:
“Only Fieldcrest spreads are guaran
teed not to shrink more than one per
cent. This 110” spread (in illustration)
still measures 109” after washing. Sim
ilar spreads, not Sanforized, may lose
up to 141/^ inches.”
“Deauville” towels and Karastan
(Continued on page two)