VOL. XIV
Spray, N. C., Monday June 25, 1956
NO. 25
Vacation Pay Totals Nearly Half Million
Contest Winner Visits Our Sales Offices
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Winner of an essay contest by Meyer
Segal & Sons, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
was Miss Sharon McCarney, a Bis
marck, N. D. high school student. Miss
McCarney wrote the best essay on
“Why Manufacturers’ Brand Names
Are Better To Buy.” A. W. Lucas Co^
of Bismarck submitted her essay and
it was judged by the Brand Names
Foundation in New York City.
Miss McCarney visited the Field-
crest Mills sales offices in New York
during Brand Names Week. She is
shown with F. J. Eglies, bedspread
manager, and O. G. Grubbs, blanket
manager for Fieldcrest.
Manager Honored For 33 Years
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J. H. Ripple, manager of the Blanket
and Sheeting mills, was honored June
14 upon his completion of 35 years of
continuous service with Fieldcrest
Mills. His associates in the manage
ment group presented him with a
fishing outfit in an informal ceremony
following a luncheon meeting at Con
solidated Central Y.M.C.A. The pre
sentation was made by J. M. Norman,
manager of the Karastan Rug Mi ,
himself a long-service employee of the
Company.
Speaking for the officers of Field
crest Mills, Inc., E. W. Medbery, vice-
president in charge of manufacturing,
praised the loyalty and intense interest
in the success of the Company display
ed by Mr. Ripple in the 35-year period.
Mr. Ripple was selected as the “Man
of the Week” by the Bassett and Henry
• County J o u r n a 1,
published at Bas
sett, Va., in its issue
appearing on his an
niversary date. The
accompanying arti
cle took note of the
fact that Mr. Rip
ple lived for 28
years at Fieldale. The
_ newspaper p r a i s-
.1. H. Hippie ed Mr. Ripple’s con
tribution to the Fieldale community
through his personal leadership in
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$445,000 To Be Issued
To Employees This Week
Fieldcrest employees will receive ap
proximately $445,000 in vacation pay,
to be issued this week on the regular
mill paydays preceding the vacation
shutdown. Around 4200 persons are eli
gible for vacation checks in the Tri-
Cities and Fieldale, Va.
The total amount of vacation pay is
higher than last year, reflecting greater
employee earnings due to increased ac
tivity of the mills. Most of the em
ployees on the payroll will draw vaca
tion checks. In addition, those persons
out sick and those laid off within the
past 12 months will in most cases re
ceive some vacation pay.
Under the vacation pay plan, em
ployees with continuous service of five
or more years receive 4% and those
with one or more years of service but
less than five receive 2% of their past
year’s earnings. The records show that
the number receiving the larger amount
has been increasing each year, indi-
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All Mills Will Stand
For Vacation July 1-8
As announced in the mill notices,
all mills will close for vacation at the
end of the third shift Saturday morn
ing, June 30, and will resume opera
tions Monday morning, July 9, at 7
a. m. If there are any exceptions to
this schedule, employees affected will
be advised by the mill management.
Vacation pay will be issued on the
regular paydays preceding the vacation,
shut-down. Vacation checks for eligible
employees out sick or laid off will be
sent to the mill where the employee
last worked.
Pay checks for the week endmg July
1 will be distributed in the regular man
ner Monday morning, July 9.
Store Schedule
The Employees Store will be closed
the week of July 1 for vacations and
inventory. The Store will remain open
to the usual closing time at noon on
Saturday, June 30. It will be closed
all of the following week, reopening
on regular schedule Monday, July 9.