Hundreds Attend 25-Year Picnic Music, Stunts, Prizes, Food ®nd Fellowship Mark 13th Annual Meeting of Club; McAlister Is Speaker Membership reaches sss Several hundred long -service em- P°yees of Fieldcrest Mills attended the ^'venty-Five Year Club picnic in More- stadium, Saturday afternoon, sptember 10, to hear an address by 6 Key jj Dwight McAlister, pastor g the First Baptist Church in Cheraw, ■ C. and to enjoy a bountiful picnic prepared by the ladies of the ®'riniony Grange of Stoneville. Guests Are Re?ognized William McGchee, was master of ®remonies. After the invocation by j^ubert Z. Smith of the Towel Mill, j *'■ McGehee called on several per- Jis in the audience to stand for recog- y *01^: A. D. 'Weaver of the Synthe- ed just complet- 550 years of continuous service with Sef *“°^Pany; W. B. Lucas, legal coun- and assistant secretary of the Com- f'y; Edward, J. Hoechst, newly ap- inted director of industrial relations; a special ^^®teorologist in . er Department of Commerce weath- “Ureau at Greensboro. given a- round of hav and presented a gift “for predicted and delivered per- ''leather for the Twenty-Five Year guest, J. P. Molen, charge of the United Club picnics for the past several years.” President Harold W. Whitcomb made a brief talk in which he expressed the Company’s appreciation for the faith fulness of it’s long-service employees. He stated that much of the Company’s success in the past has been due to the contributions “in know-how and dependability” of the members of the Twenty-Five Year Club. Pension Plan Is Finest He discussed briefly our Pension Plan which he described as “the best in the industry”. He pointed out that the com pany’s ability to pay for pensions and other employee benefits it provides is made possible only by successful opera tion of the Mills. Mr. Whitcomb dis cussed briefly some of the current pro jects under way at the mills and some of the Company’s plans for the future. Mr. McAlister, whose address in cluded some rules for successful liv ing, spoke in a humorous vein at first, recounting amusing experiences in his life as a minister. He grew serious, how ever, in pointing to certain pitfalls that must be avoided and some positive principles that must be employed “if we are to become happy, useful citi zens in wholesome, progressive com munities in a just and peaceful world.” Stunts and games under the direc tion of Winfred Hoover and other mem- . bers of the staff at Consolidated Cen tral Y.M.C.A., a concert by the Tri- City Band under the direction of Jesse W. Griggs, and a guessing contest con ducted by members of the Industrial Relations Department preceded the speaking part of the program. Attendance prizes were won by John Eggleston of Central Warehouse, Troy Priddy of Karastan and Marshall Wil liams of Blanket Mill. Each received one of our new Acrilan blankets. A special prize, a mahogany checker board with inlaid blocks of walnut giv en by M. W. Hayden, foreman of the Plant Service Department at the Fin ishing Mill was won by Lessie H. Walk er of the Blanket Mill. Duplicate Prizes Given In the guessing game, each member was asked to examine a jar of new pen nies and to guess the number of pen nies in the jar. The jar contained 858 pennies representing the number of members in the Twenty-Five Year Club. Although nobody guessed 858, there were three persons to guess 850 and prizes of $8.58 each were awarded to Lottie Frith of the Karastan Office, Eva Hall of the Blanket Mill, and H. C. Wade of the Towel Mill. NEW TELEPHONES NOS. In your Fieldcrest telephone direc tory, please make revisions as follows: On page 6, change Lonnie Hankins’ number from 7304 to 730G. Also on page 6, J. B. Lamar’s number is now 7316 ONLY. Oil page 5, Allen Bobbitt’s number is now 7304 ONLY. mm I f— Blue Carpet By Karastan Used In Ohio Church by carpet by Karastan (Lake Blue No. 391) was used the Company of Mansfield, Ohio, in an installa- ^ at the Christian Apostolic Church in Mansfield, til did an interesting decorating job in keeping '’^terloi simple and using an unusual color scheme. The re- *>6c contemporary in feeling with no loss in the dignity ®ssary in .i church structure. '^NDay, SEPTEMBER 2 6, 1 9 5 5 The walls were painted blue to match the carpet. The wood trim is Colonial white and the pews and furniture are blondo wood. The only decoration beyond color, is the archi tectural detail and the three carpet-covered steps (left) form ing an interesting curved line leading to the altar. The light fresh feeling of the blue carpet is a change from the usual deep led or green in Church carpets.