SHUTS • TOWIIS • ItDSPKiAOS • IIANKIIS • [IICT«IC llANKITS • KAKASTAN «UO-J • $»NTMiTIC fAHICS MILL WHISTLE Published by Fieldcrest Hills, Inc. • Plants located in Spraj, Draper and leakSYille. H. C. and Fieldale, Vs. ^OL. NO. XIV Spray, N. C., Monday, December 5, 1955 Number 11 Set For Fieldcrest Children Council Sponsors Christmas Party For Kiddies Dec. 17; Boys Choir To Entertain A gigantic Christmas party for the children of Fieldcrest employ ees will be held in the Leaksville- Spray junior high school audi torium Saturday afternoon, De cember 17 at 2:30 o’clock. The Carolina Cooperative Council is sponsor of the “king size” event to which the children of Field- cresters are invited. No tickets are needed. Entertainment for the children will be provided by the famed Charlotte Boys Choir, which is not only a choir but a versatile and talented musical organization which has thrilled audi ences in many states with outstanding variety entertainment. Santa Claus will be on hand at the party and will have a treat for each and every child. A committee headed by Howard Barton will prepare the sacte filled with fruits and goodies. Cecil Squires, president of the Caro lina Cooperative Council said: “We wish to invite all children of Fieldcrest em- (Continued on Page Four) SO-YEAR PIN-John J. Dodson, of the Blanket Mill, has his diamond-and-gold '“-year emblem pinned on him by President Harold W. Whitcomb Mr. Dodson was J'onored at a luncheon November 18 upon his completion of a half-century of co ^*«Uous service at Fieldcrest Mills. In addition to the pm, he was presented with gifts and remembrances. (More pictures on page three) t^irectors Will Visit Mills This Week Elects Guinan Carpet Institute President Harold W. Whitcomb has an?Sa? fJj,^®ctors of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. will vi^sit ^he mi . i ^^day, December 9 and 10. While here, the board wiH hold ^ regular ^onthly meeting, at which Wilham B. Snow, Boston banker and cha r of the Fieldcrest board of directors, will preside. The visitors will tour the plants and attend a luncheon with our Manage- ®ht group Friday at Meadow Greens , o^ntry Club. The board meeting will held at the Fieldcrest Lodge at Fiel- Virginia, late Friday afternoon, addition to Mr. Whitcomb and Mr. js the board is composed of F. C. j ’•'maine, Jr., Boston, treasurer and of the Amoskeag Company; fir R. Gilman, member of the law of Edwards and Angell, Provid- gRhode Island; Albert B. Hunt, ^ esjdent, Rivett Lathe & Grinder, Inc., j^^ghlon, Massachusetts; E. Stanley Sr., vice president of J. P- fj ^Suire & Company, Inc., New York; J. / Maguire, president of J. P. Maguire ^ Comr - ■ - ' ■ G. Stone, Boston financier. Messrs. Hunt, Snow and Stone also are officers and trustees of Amoskeag Company, the principal stockholder of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. Several other board members of the Amoskeag Company will ac company the Fieldcrest group on the mill visit. Walter B. Guinan, vice president of Fieldcrest Mills, in charge of rug sales, has been elected to the board of trust ees of the Carpet Institute. Charles A Karagheusian was re-elected chairman of the board at a recent meeting of the trustees in the In stitute’s offices at 350 Fifth Avenue, New York. Other leaders in fipany, Inc., New York, and Robert Calling All Children! Every child who has a parent em ployed at Fieldcrest is invited to the children’s Christmas party Saturday, December 17, sponsored by the Carolina Cooperative Council. Cecil Squires, Council president, em phasized that the children of all Field- crest workers are invited. the rug industry, in addition to Mr. Guin an, serving the board of trustees are: Michael F. Brennan, President, Beattie Mfg. Co.; Fred R. Westcott, Chairman of the Board, Cabin Crafts-Needletuft, Inc.; George T. Downs, Jr., President, Downs Carpet Co., Inc.; Hugh W. Logan, (Continued on Page Four) W. B. GUINAN

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