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SHEtTS • Towns . •EDSI>llt*D$ • IIAHKITS • iHCrtlC HANKiTS • KAKASTAN »Ua-S t SYNTHETIC f AI«IC$ mill WHISTLE ’^OL. NO. XIV Published by Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. • Plants located in Spray, Draper and leakSYille. N. C. and fieldale, Va. ^a.y, N. C., Monday, October 24, 1955 Number 8 — ^EAVE room training- a training program ^ operations and the need for rapid development ‘n progress at the Towel Mill for several weeks. The trai § ^ shown in- recently placed on the job. Raymond Martm, !.‘ructing ClauL Austin Jr., a weaver who was formerly a knitter at the Hosiery HoiTA^jpears In LIFE Magazine Life Magazine has paid Fieldcrest distinct honor by selecting Frederic Hoit, domestics sales manager, as W uomesucs saies jnaiiaa'-*, ““ business people featured in E’s October 24 issue (on news- ®tand Ir Wee Is since October . 20). connection with an article on of- furniture, Mr. Hoit was photo wife team of architect and fashion con sultant in a suite set up for husband and wife working in their home and a department head from Birdseye Cor poration in an office set up for the Junior Executive. The pictures of Mr. Hoit appear on page 99 in LIFE’S current issue. f^'aphed in an exhibit of office furni- , re held at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel in ^ ®w York. He was pictured in the suite >-ip for an Important Executive. was interviewed about his likes 3'* dislikes on office arrangement, ^rniture, etc. Additional photographs ®re taken of Mr. Hoit in his office V/orth Street . and he is shown in ® "Magazine in both settings, f .Life also photographed for the story, ; ^ Dache, the women’s hat designer, j, a setting created for the Woman ^^cutive; an important husband and Eye-Catching Ads Eye-catching, full-color advertise ments of Fieldcrest products this Fall are concentrating attention on the Fieldcrest label as the hallmark of quality and fashion. See pages four and five for_ the story of our fall series—the thinking and planning that is behind this campaign to increase sales and keep the mills running at full capacity. Fieldcresters Give To Fund Campaign The Tri-City Community Fund drive at Fieldcrest was in full swing as the Mill Whistle went to press Friday. Beginning last Monday, Edward J. Hoechst and Jones Norman, Fieldcrest chairman and vice-chairman, met with the managers, superintendents and fore men of each mill. Mr. Hoechst gave information about the Community fund and asked for cooperation in making the campaign a success. Mr. Norman explained how the Fieldcrest phase of the campaign would be handled and distributed pledge cards, campaign buttons and other materials to be used. Campaign officials said that the re sults would be announced, when known, through the Leaksville News and the Mill Whistle. Captains for the various mills were as follows: S. T. Anderson, Bedspread; C. A. Davis, Blanket; F. T. Suttenfield, Bleachery and Finishing; John Eggle ston, Central Warehouse; T. R. Ray, Electric Blanket; Virgil Hall, Karastan; Ralph Going, Sheeting; and A. L. Jack son, Synthetic Fabrics. Department heads are in charge in the various offices. Danhoff Appointed Towel Night Supt. Vice-president E. w. Medbery has announced the appointment of Walter Danhoff as night superintendent of the Towel Mill, a new position necessitat ed by increased operations. Mr. Dan hoff assumed his duties at Fieldale Monday, October 24. Mr. Danhoff for the past four years was superintendent of Caledonia Mills in Lumberton, N. C. and previously was superintendent of Lydia Cotton Mills, Clinton, South Carolina and served in a supervisory capacity with various tex tile companies in South Carolina. He is a native of Texas and gradu ated from Texas A & M with a B. S. degree in Textile Engineering. After receiving his textile engineering degree he completed courses in Business Ad ministration through the Alexander Hamilton Institute and courses in fore- manship training through La Salle Ex tension University.
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