VOL. XV
Spray, N. C., Monday, May 13, 1957
NUMBER 22
Jackson Made Towel
Mill Asst. Manager
Arthur L. Jackson has been named
assistant manager of the Towel Mill
and is expected to assume his duties at
Keldale around June 15. The appoint
ment was announced here May 1 by
Robert A. Harris, vice president, manu
facturing.
Mr. Jackson has
been with Fieldcrest
here since he grad
uated from North
Carolina State Col
lege in June, 1948,
with a B. S. degree
in textiles. He work
ed as a quality con
trol engineer until
he was transferred
to the Synthetic Fab
rics Mill as a student
trainee in Decem
ber, 1949.
He became assistant superintendent in
l^ay, 1952. He was promoted to super
intendent in January, 1953, and was
advanced to manager in September,
1955. The company has announced that
manufacturing is being discontinued at
^he Synthetic Fabrics Mill because the
Operation has been unprofitable for the
Past five years.
Mr. Jackson is a native of Kings
"lountain, N. C. and served in the Na
val Air Corps during World War II.
In May, 1954, he graduated from the
Business Executive course at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, designed
for persons already carrying major ex
ecutive responsibility.
He married the former Miss Doro
thy Dodd of Danville, Va. They have
one child, a daughter, 19 months old.
A. L. Jackson
f"rank Barron Named
bedspread Asst. Supt.
Appointment of Frank E. Barron as
assistant superintendent of the Bed
spread Mill, effective Monday, May 13,
been announced by R. A. Harris,
Vice president, manufacturing.
Mr. Barron, formerly a member of
°ur Engineering Department, returns
‘O Pieldcrest from Cheraw Cotton Mills,
Cheraw, S. C., where he was
Plant superintendent.
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153 YEARS AT FIELDCREST—These three employees, each with 51 years of con-
Unuous service, were among the 14 persons who retired May 1 under the Fieldcrest
Pension Plan. Left to right are Annie V. Lea, A. D. Weaver and W. Riley Cover
all of the Synthetic Fabrics Mill. ’
Fieldcrest Retirees Reach Total Of 629
Mamagement Honors Group
Retiring Effective May 1
Under Pension Plan
Fourteen Fieldcrest employees re
tired under the Pension Plan effective
May 1 to make a total of 629 persons
who have retired with a monthly pen
sion for life paid for by the company
since our Pension Plan was established
in 1943.
The new retirees were honored in
ceremonies in the Nantucket Building
Conference Room Tuesday morning,
April 30. Officers of the company and
members of the retirement committee
were on hand to extend their good
wishes to the veteran employees.
Included in the group were three
employees with 51 years of continuous
service with the Company. These were-
A. D. Weaver, W. R. Cover, Annie Lea'.
The next longest record, 39 years, be
longed to J. Gordon Turner who, like
the 51-year employees, retired from
the Synthetic Fabrics Mill.
Jesse B. Biggs, of the Sheeting Mill,
had 38 years of continuous service.
George A. Bateman and Claude E. Dil
lon, both of the Synthetic Fabrics Mill,
had 37 and 35 years, respectively.
Others retiring were: Susie K. Gil
ley, George W. Martin, Burl Bradford,
Maude Parker, Mary R. Patterson,
George A. Stultz, and James Frank
Allen.
C. J. Frank, Jr., director of industrial
relations, presided. He presented Pres
ident Harold W. Whitcomb, who spoke
informally to the retirees. Taking note
of the fact that the group included sev
eral men and women with exceptional
ly long records of service, Mr. Whit
comb said that the skill and faithful
ness of its long-service people are the
company’s most valuable asset. He pre
dicted that the retirees would find re
tirement a happy time as they were
able to devote more of their time to
hobbies, their families, their churches,
and to community service.
R. A. Harris, vice president, manu
facturing, made a brief talk to the re
tiring group.
A. D. Weaver, an employee with over
51 years of continuous service, respond
ed with a brief address. He thanked the
management for the consideration
shown to him and expressed gratitude
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