B«l»PREADS*#tANKETS • EUCTHIC SIANKITS • SHUTS . TOWELS »" KAftASTAN RBeS • SYNTHETIC FABRICS
Number 2
Spray, N. C., Monday July 30, 1956
JCNOW your products—^Rosegay sheets and blankets by Fieldcrest offer
utmost in practical luxury. The blanket, an ideal weight for cool summer nights,
^ fine American cotton, bound with acetate satin. Sheets and cases are soft combed
“Uracale. Screen-printed designs in pink, blue or yellow are colorfast, making the
completely launderable.
Smith, Wilkinson
Take Posts Here
Appointment of J. A. Smith, Jr. as
'^fivelopment engineer at Karastan and
Dwight Wilkinson as assistant fore-
of the plant service department
the Finishing Mill has been an-
fioujjced.
^r. Smitn, a native of Mt. Olive,
*'6ceived his B.S. degree in mechanical
®i>gineering at North Carolina State
College in 1950. He worked as a ma
chinist and tool maker for the Newport
Ship Building and Dry Dock
^ornpany at Newport News, Virginia
before entering service in World War
He was in the Navy for 33 months
Serving in the electrical shop aboard
destroyer tender Yosemite in the
South Pacific.
After the war he was with the Rey-
*^olds Mining Company in Arkansas as
foreman in charge of all surface
fining equipment. Immediately before
Coining Fieldcrest he was associated
^ith Engineered Plastics, a Gibsonville
^*■111 making machine parts for the
'®Xtile industry.
He is married to the former Miss
Loraine Guy of Hampton, Virginia.
They have a daughter 8 and a son 2%
years old. They have obtained a house
on Moir street in Leaksville and the
family will move here from Elon Col
lege by August 15.
Mr. Wilkinson, a Charlotte native,
received training in factory manage
ment through the Lincoln Institute,
Cleveland, Ohio, and in practical elec
tricity through Coyne Electrical School
in Chicago. He was with the Highland
Park Manufacturing Company, Char-
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‘Happiness’ Rugs Are
Used On Two TV Shows
Our “Happiness” rugs had two im
portant showings on television the week
of July 23. The rugs were used on the
NBC-TV “HOME” Show Monday, July
23. Pattern Nos. 2605', 2603 and 2601
were shown in an important feature on
children’s rooms. The program was
carried by about 80 stations on the
NBC-TV network.
The “Happiness” rugs were shovm
again, this time in color, on the Pegeen
Fitzgerald show, “WlNDOW”,a WRCA-
TV program to the New York area.
improvements IHade
In Karastan Layout
Departments Are Relocated
For Better Efficiency And
Handling; Other Moves To
Be Made Soon
A major rearrangement of machinery
and processes to prepare the mill for
increased volume is under way at Kar
astan. Greater operating efficiency,
improved materials handling and bet
ter use of space and buildings are ex
pected to result from the moves already
made and those to be made in the im
mediate future.
During the vacation shutdown, the
entire Finishing, Carving and Carpet
Inspection departments were moved to
the first floor and consolidated ad
jacent to the Shipping department. The
former Finishing space will be used
for additional storage of dyed yarns
and for winding operations.
In the mill’s continuing program to
streamline its operations, the next mov
es will involve the Setting and Burl
ing departments. Rearrangement of
these departments and other improve
ments are planned for the next several
months.
New Loading: Platform
To provide more efficient handling
and speedier service to customers, all
broadloom storage has been consoli
dated in the new K-1 warehouse. Build
ing alterations were made, including
the construction of a new loading plat
form to accomodate three additional
trucks.
The extra facilities permit the load
ing of five trucks at a time rather than
two as heretofore. The loading of rail
way cars was not affected.
In connection with the shipping ar
rangements, the street inside the fence
at the mill entrance was widened, re
lieving congestion and greatly facili
tating the movement of trucks.
Approaches to the Karastan Mill
along Harris and Henry streets are be
ing improved with Fieldcrest and the
Town of Leaksville participating in the
cost. The intersection opposite the ttiiU
gate has been widened considerably
and work is under way on widening
a section of Harris street between
Henry and Patrick streets which is ad
jacent to the mill parking lot.