VOL. XV
Spray, N. C., Monday, June 10, 1957
NUMBER 24
Rug Sales Meeting
To Be Held At Mill
fS
TO COMPETE IN ‘MISS TRI-CITY’ BEAUTY PAGEANT
Five of the 15 girls who will compete
in the “Miss Tri-City” beauty pageant
June 15 are shown at Lynrock park.
Left to right, Billy Jarrell, of the Field-
crest Traffic Dept.; Mary Burton, Linda
Kallam, Nancy Spencer and Dale Pas
chal. Walter Schacht (Quality Control)
is publicity chairman for the Jaycee-
sponsored pageant to be held at the
Leaksville-Spray junior high school.
Total Of 658 Have Retired With Pension
New Group Of 28 Employees
Enter Retirement Ranks
A total of 28 employees retired
effective June 1 with a monthly pen
sion for life paid for by Fieldcrest
Mills. This was one of the largest
groups ever to retire at one time since
the Company started the Pension Plan
in 1943. The overall number to retire
from all mills since the plan was begun
now stands at 658.
The Management honored the new
retirees at a meeting in the Nantucket
Conference Room Friday morning. May
31. The retired employees’ first month’s
pension checks and their vacation pay
checks were presented during the pro
gram. Clinton J. Frank, Jr., director of
industrial relations, presided and in
troduced several Company officials
Who spoke briefly to the group.
In an informal talk. President Har
old W. Whitcomb reviewed the history
of our Pension Plan, which he describ
ed as “superior to any I know of in
the textile industry.” He pointed out
that all of us at Fieldcrest are fortu
nate to have such a plan to provide in
come for us after we reach retirement.
On behalf of the Fieldcrest Board of
Directors and his associates in man
agement, Mr. Whitcomb expressed ap
preciation for the loyal service of the
retiring employees and their contribu
tion to the success of the Company. He
predicted that the retirees will rapidly
adapt themselves to their new routine
and will find retirement a time of great
happiness.
R. A. Harris, vice president, manu
facturing, spoke briefly in a similar
vein. He pointed out that the fact
that so many employees stay with
Fieldcrest Milk until retirement indi
cates that they have found it a good
place to work and chose to spend their
entire working lives here.
R. R. Roberts, treasurer, and Paul
D. Emery, assistant to the vice presi
dent, manufacturing, who joined the
Fieldcrest organization in recent
(Continued on page five)
Our semi-annual rug sales meeting
will be held at the mill Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, June 12, 13 and
14. Attending will be Karastan sales
officials and our rug salesmen from
various sections of the country.
Headquarters for the conference will
be the showroom where the sales group
will view the new fabrics that have
been developed and go over the new
linos. The sales personnel will tour the
mill to see new machinery which has
been installed and other improve
ments in production and shipping fa
cilities.
Karastan’s selling program for the
fall and winter will be established dur
ing the three days of planning and dis
cussion. The meeting precedes tha
Chicago Furniture Market which opens
Monday, June 17.
Our new rugs will te introduced at
this international home furnishings
market which attracts upwards of
40,000 exhibitors and buyers. Manage
ment officials and representatives of
the Karastan sales force will attend the
market opening.
Towel Mill Employees
Reject Textile Union
For Fourth Time
Employees of the Towel Mill at
Fieldale rejected the Textile Workers
Union of America, AFL-CIO, in an
election June 5 conducted by the Na
tional Labor Relations Board.
The vote was 636 against repre
sentation by the TWUA and 457 for
representation by the union. Twelve
ballots were challenged and nine were
voided, making a total of 1114 votes
of 1240 eligible employees. The 1240
figure includes a number of employees
on military leave of absence.
Results of the election were an
nounced by Louis Wallerstein, field
examiner from the NLRB regional of
fice in Baltimore, who supervised the
election.
The balloting marked the fourth
time the Towel Mill employees have
voted against the TWUA, the union
having been defeated in elections held
in 1945, 1950 and 1953.