THE MILL
VOL. XV
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Publbhed by Fi.idcres, MlilM^,^ Plonts locored in Spray, Proper
Spray, N. C., Monday, May 27, 1957
Vacation Set First Week In Julv
The vacation schedule for all Field- r
NUMBER 23
The vacation schedule for all Field-
crest plants has been posted as follows:
All mills will close for vacation t
the end of the third shift Saturday
morning, June 29, and will resume op
erations Monday, July 8 at 7 a.m. If
there are any exceptions to this sched
ule, employees affected will be notified
by the mill management.
Vacation pay will be issued on the
last day of work preceding the Vaca
tion shut-down, and income taxes,
social security taxes and other autho
rized deductions will be made. Pay
checks for the week ending June 30
Will be distributed to all employees in
the regular manner Monday morning,
July 8.
Group insurance premiums have
been waived and will not be deducted
from your pay for the weeks ending
^ly 7 and July 14. Directors of your
Mutual Aid association have waived
Sheet Remnants
Sheet remnants are available to
Fieldcrest employees through the
Employees Store at Spray and
Fieldale. The material is pack
aged in three-pound bundles.
White sheeting sells for $2.15
per bundle and colored for $2.30.
Special prices on first quality
sheets and pillow cases and bar
gains in other items are noted
in the Employees Store adver
tisement appearing on page seven.
payment of Mutual Aid dues for the
week ending July 7.
The Personnel Office will be open
on a hmited basis during the week of
vacation to take applications and to
handle miscellaneous problems which
may arise.
23 Years^ Safe Work For Shipping Employees
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Employees of the Karastan Shipping
fpt. have completed their 23rd year
, ith a perfect safety record. There
3s been no injury causing lost time
**^ce May, 1934. L. M. Oakley, fore-
says the personal interest in safe-
^ and cooperation of the employees
®de possible the outstanding record.
the picture, left to right, are J. M.
Orman, mill manager; F. W. Klein, as-
®tant mill manager; Virgil Hall, su-
Ward, Wayne Galhmore, Jack Snead,
Jesse Smith, Herbert Branch, Frank
Overby Louis Clark, Andrew Powell,
Wayne Light, Ozella Lane, Eddie Bowl
crs, Winona Smith, James Talley, Harry
Meeks, Brooks Collins, Larry Cheek
John Martin, Bobby Shropshire, Bill
Earton Gordon Overby, Carl Keaton.
John Taylor and Edwin Fuller were
not present for photograph
2S Persons To Retire
Under Pension Plan
All mills except Automatic Blanket
and Bedspread are represented in the
28 employees who will retire with pen
sion effective June 1. It will be one of
the largest groups to retire at one time
since the Company started the Pension
Plan in 1943.
The retirees will be honored by the
management at a meeting in the Nan
tucket conference room at 10 a. m. Fri
day, May 31. They will receive their
first monthly pension checks at this
time. Approximately 50 persons will
attend the meeting, including the re
tirees, officers of the Company, mem
bers of the Retirement Committee, rep
resentatives of mill management and
of the Industrial Relations department
Those to retire are: Blanket, Maybud
M. Fulcher, Wallace W. Cochran W
Frank Howard, Will L. Kennon, Dora
J. Wells; Bleachery, Nannie T. Aaron,
(Continued on Page Eight)
Election At Towel Mill
Scheduled For June 5
For the fourth time in recent years
an election will be conducted by the
National Labor Relations Board at the
Towel Mill in Fieldale, Va., to determ-
ine whether the employees of the Towel
Mill wish to be represented by the
America,
^ 1 J- ’ whether they desire to
deal directly with the management of
Company. The election has been
officially set by the NLRB for Wednes-
day, June 5. Schedules will be posted in
the Towel Mill listing the polhng loca
tions and the voting hours for the var
ious departments and shifts.
The employees of the Towel Mill
• against union representation
in three previous elections, the TWUA
having lost elections there in 1945, 1950
and in 1953.
The Company has mailed to the em
ployees a series of letters stating the
Cornpanys position in the matter and
urpng that every eligible employee
vote so that the outcome of the elec-
tion will indicate the wishes of a major
ity of the employees in the mill.