Newspapers / The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle … / Feb. 21, 1955, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle (Spray, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
SMEfTS • TOWilS • IIDS^RIADS • tlANKfTS • llECTtlC ILANKITS • HOSURY • KARASTAn SU«S t SYNTHITIC FAIRiCS iSmj&O, MILL WHISTLE Published by Fieldcresf Mills. Inc. • Plants touted in Spray. Draper and leaksville, N. C. aail Fleldate, Va. ^OL. XIII Spray, N. C., Monday, February 21, 1955 NUMBER 16 J^OREIVIEN visit This group of weave room foremen is shown at Bedspread Mill one of a series of inter-plant visits arranged by the Training Dept. Left to •■ight . - c. A. Davis, Blanket; R. D. Hundley, Towel; J. W. Griggs, Synthetic Fabrics; Squires, assistant superintendent. Bedspread Mill, F. W. Younts, Be sprea , T. B. Hamrick, Sheeting Mill. , .x (See g,ages four and five for picture-story on foremen at Fieldcrest) Pieldcrest Men Visit European Mills IVli John T. Maclsaac, manager of the ^ ®chanical Development Department at ^^®ldcrest Mills, Inc., and I. O. Mo- '^®'^®lopment engineer, left Febru- Qj 14 for a three-week inspection tour Pai textile installations. The mills and textile ma- plants in England, France, Switzerland, Sweden, and leaving Danville airport “Tg afternoon, Mr. Maclsaac said: Prop ® manufacturing is a universal Therefore, competition is at p- '"'*de. If vvo are to stay ahead we must know what im- are being made in pro- OWf, ^ machinery, not only in our beifi '^°untry, but what new things are vvof]^ '^'^veloped elsewhere in the tufQ ■ There are indications that the ahea^^^*^® in some instances are far 3(1^ , us in the development of new *^tter manufacturing equipment, rtiiiij^ plan to inspect as many textile tiQssibf'^’^ textile machinery plants as 'iate • ^ may have up-to- •nformation at Fieldcrest on the advancements in both processes and machinery, which are being made in Europe at the present time.” Visit Textile Center Traveling by air, the Fieldcrest men arrived in London last Wednes day morning and spent Thursday and Friday in Manchester, center of the textxile industry in England, and in (Continued on page three) Late Registration Set For Evening Classes Final registrations for adult classes at Tri-City high school will be taken Tuesday, February 22 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Fieldcrest employees in terested in taking some of the even ing courses may telephone H. M. Tomberlin, principal of Tri-City high school, for further information or may enroll by registering at the schol be tween the specified hours Tuesday. The classes will begin Thursday, February 24 and will last for 10 weeks. Courses are available in filing, clerical payroll procedure, elementary typing and advanced typing. Foremen Study Similar Depts. A program designed to give sup ervisors of Fieldcrest Mills a wider range of knowledge in Company opera tions through observation of current processes and techniques in similar manufacturing departments was begun February 2 with the weave room fore man. The project was recommended by the Training Advisory Council and is being coordinated by the Training Dept. The weaving foremen have visited Bed spread, Blanket and Sheeting weave rooms and will visit the Synthetic Fab rics Mill this week and the Towel Mill March 2. The foremen meet each Wednesday morning at the host mill and spend two hours in a briefing session before going to the weave room for observations. The group then holds another session to review what they have seen and to ask questions. A similar program for carding and spinning foremen is planned for March. It is contemplated that when the fore men’s tours have been completed, as sistant foremen will particpate in such a program. In commenting on the project, D. A. Purcell, chairman of the Training Ad visory Council said: “We feel that by pooling the accumulated years of ex- (Continued on page eight) Dumaine, Co. Director, Spends Week At Mills Mr. F. C. Dumaine, Jr. a member ol the board of directors of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., spent most of last week at the mills where, accompanied by local mill officials, he visited all of the plants in the Tri-Cities and Fieldale, Va., and several of the staff departments at Spray. Mr. Dumaine spoke informally to members of the management group at a luncheon at Meadow Greens Country club Thursday. At the meeting of the Carolina Cooperative Council Thursday evening Mr. Dumaine addressed the group briefly describing his impressions during the visit and expressing confid ence in the future of the mills. Mrs. Dumaine accompaned her hus band on the trip here. She attended the Council meeting with him and was with him a part of the time during his tour of the plants.
The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle (Spray, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Feb. 21, 1955, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75