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Vol. XV
Spray, N. C., Monday, February 18, 1957
NUMBER 16
Hoit Named President
Of Worth Street, Inc.
Frederic W. Hoit, vice-president in
charge of domestics sales, has been
elected president of Worth Street Inc.,
association of textile companies, to
*6rve during the coming year.
Elected to serve with Mr. Hoit are:
vice-presidents, T. Scott Avary, presi-
dent, Wellington Sears Company, Inc.;
^addon S. Kirk, vice-president, Chat
ham Manufacturing Company; -Ridley
Watts, executive vice-president, Spar-
tan Mills, inc.; treasurer, George H.
^anier, Jr., president, Turner Halsey
Company, Inc.; and secretary, Kenneth
Durham, vice-president. Chemical
Corn Exchange.
„ In assuming office Mr. Hoit said,
The number and enthusiasm of cus
tomers coming to our newly mod-
®^nized showroom and sales office
Convinces me, beyond doubt, that Worth
street is the best possible location for
‘he textile industry.”
Speaking for the new officers, Mr.
^oit also said, “We expect greatly to
®,^Pand and strengthen the Associa
tion’s 1957 activities for developing
Jhe important Worth Street Textile
Center.”
The accompanying picture shows the
officers and directors. Haddon S.
and Ridley Watts, vice presidents,
Joseph W. Brady, Marvin R. Cross,
*iobert Jenkins, John M. Reeves, di-
•'ectors, were absent for photo.
^'cture at right
j Seated, left to right — George H.
anier, Jr., Turner Halsey Co., treas-
W. J. Holman, Jr., Chicopee
outgoing president; F. W. Hoit,
^^eldcrest Mills, new president; T.
^pott Avary, Wellington Sears Co.,
Ice president; Kenneth A. Durham,
hemical Corn Exchange, secretary.
Standing, left to right—Stanley Phil-
Cannon Mills, director; J. Morton
Curran, Jr., Morton Curran Co., direc-
Floyd W. Jefferson, Sr., Iselin-
efferson Co., director; A. P. McAuley,
J- P. McAuley Co., director; Stuart
^cCampbell, McCampbell & Co., di-
®ctor; Alonzo F. Bonsai, Joshua L.
®ily Co., director; H. G. Bernard,
^^ystal Springs Bleachery, director;
^illiam T. ketcham, Catlin Farish Co.,
HODGES INAUGURATED FOR 2nd TERM
Former Fieldcrest Executive
Succeeds Self As Governor
Of North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges, former Fieldcrest
official, was inaugurated February 7
for his second term as Governor of
North Carolina. He was the first North
Carolina governor in over 50 years to
succeed himself in office. Formerly
lieutenant governor, he became gov
ernor under the constitutional succes
sion November 9, 1954, following the
death of Gov. William B. Umstead. He
was re-elected in the November, 1956,
election.
A large delegation of local people
including friends, relatives and former
associates at Fieldcrest Mills went to
Raleigh for the inaugural ceremonies,
described as the most impressive and
colorful in the State’s history.
Governor Hodges was associated with
Fieldcrest for 31 years and was vice-
president of Marshall Field & Com
pany and general manager of Fieldcrest
Mills when he took early retirement in
1950 to become Chief of the Industry
Division of the ECA in Western Ger
many.
His continuous service with the
Company dated from 1919 when, just
after his graduation from the Univer
sity of North Carolina, he became pri
vate secretary to the late L. W. Clark,
GOV. LUTHER H. HODGES
... As he took oath of Office ...
at that time general manager of the
mills. Mr. Hodges worked through the
various departments of the mills to gain
a knowledge of technical operations.
He advanced rapidly and in 1935 was
made production manager of the Manu-
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^^rector; Henry R. Sutphen, Ameri-
Irving Savings Bank, director.
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WORTH STREET, INC., NEW OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS