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Published by Beidcrest Inc. •. Plants iocated in Spray, Draper and Leaksville, N. C. and FieWale, Va.
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Vol. XV
Spray, N. C., Monday, April 15, 1957
NUMBER 20
CHARLES E. CULLEN
• . . vvill discuss human relations
in today’s world
I^lants And Offices Will
Observe Easter Holiday
All plants and offices of Fieldcrest
Mills will be closed on Monday, April
^2, because of the Easter holiday.
In mills or departments on a five-day
^eek schedule and in which there is a
‘hird shift, the third shift will not work
Monday night, but employees will re
port at the usual time Tuesday night,
■'^pril 23. In mills on a six-day week
Schedule, the third shift will start up
Monday night, April 22, at 11:00
P-rn.
Payroll checks for the week ending
^Pril 21 will be distributed in all mills
''ti Friday, April 26.
Easter Thought
As we approach the holiday,
Fieldcrest Chaplain J. K. Mc
Connell calls our attention to the
following scripture passage as an
appropriate reminder of the
Easter message:
“Jesus said unto her, I am the
resurrection and the life; he that
believeth in me, though he were
dead, yet shall he live.”
—John 11:25.
Council Closes Program Year With
Charles Cullen As Guest Speaker
Junior Council Elects
M. Brame Presid^t
Martha Brame of the Tabulating
Department was elected president of
the Junior Carolina Council at a meet
ing of that organization in the Central
YMCA last week.
Other officers elected for the new
year were Hilda Grogan, vice president;
Betty Webster, secretary - treasurer;
Margaret Crane, assistant secretary-
treasurer; Lois Gillie, sergeant at arms;
Lois Norman, assistant sergeant at
arms; Betty Dyer, song leader; and
Marvel Shockley, pianist.
The new committee chairmen are:
Nellie Gallaher, program; Geneva
Lawson attendance; Ollie Willis, re
freshment and entertainment; Helen
Robertson, constitution.
Irene Squires was the winner of the
prize, $50 bond, in a drawing of names
from among the Council members with
perfect attendance.
A musical program was presented by
Mamie Link and Harold Squires.
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Charles E. Cullen, of Charlotte, will
be the speaker at the Carolina Co
operative Council’s final meeting of
the program year. The meeting will be
at the Consolidated Central Y.M.C.A.
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25.
Mr. Cullen is rated one of the best
speakers in America. As head of an
organization of business consultants
specializing in sales and leadership
training, he has trained thousands of
men and women in the past few years.
His topic here will be “Eternal Fury”
which will be concerned with the ad
justing of human relations to today’s
fast pace.
He comes to the Council highly rec
ommended as a man who offers “in
spirational and humorous enthusiasm
at its best” and who can provide “fun
with a definite purpose.” He is in
great demand as a speaker for con
ventions, banquets, ladies night pro
grams, etc. During the past seven years
he has spoken to over 500 regional,
state and national conventions. He is
a member of the speakers bureau for
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Little Cars Make A Big Hobbg
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BIG MEN, LITTLE RACERS—Sanford Hyler, left, and James Wade, Blanket Mill
loomfixers, built these small race cars which they race on Sunday afternoons at
a track near Draper. See page eight for more pictures of micro midget racing.