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MILt.
At Automatic Blanket Mill, T. R.
Ray, superintendent, (center) ex
plains wire stripping- operation to
Mr. Deleze. At left is Naomi Ed
monds, wire stripper. In picture at
right, Margaret Hutchison, press op
erator, tells Mr. Deleze how she con
nects the wires to thermostats.
Mexico City Native Is Visitor At Fieldcrest
Fieldcrest had a visitor from “south
of the border” recently in the person
of Gustavo Deleze, of Mexico City. Mr.
Deleze is buyer of all domestics lines
lor the 28 stores operated by Sears,
Roebuck & Co., in various cities in
Mexico.
He said Fieldcrest was chosen as an
example of a modern progressive tex
tile organization and he spent two days
here observing the operations in our
manufacture of domestics. He visited
all of our domestics mills.
He was particularly impressed with
our quality testing programs and the
facilities and methods used in our re
search and quality control laboratories.
He also was impressed by Fieldcrest
people. “I certainly appreciate the fine
treatment I received here and enjoyed
meeting some of the people on the ,iobs.
All of the employees seemed very
Towel Mill Men Take
Office In Lions Club;
Turner Is President
R. H. Turner, foreman of the Towel
Mill weave room, is the new president
of the Fieldale Lions club. He and these
other officers were installed at a dinner
meeting last Tuesday:
E. L. Merriman, first vice-president;
R. A. Youngman, second vice-president;
R. D. Hundley, third vice-president;
Ralph Stone, secretary; Ralph Pickup,
treasurer; John Hager, Lion tamer; and
Howard Joyce, tail twister.
Directors include: Rev. Raleigh Mann,
Raymond Martin, and James Wade.
The club voted to sponsor two pro
jects in the fall: A minstrel show for
the Collinsville Methodist church, and
a dancing class at Fieldale to be taught
by Miss Geraldine Fox, of Roanoke.
Installation ceremonies were con
ducted by Sam Goller, of Martinsville.
He is a Lions club zone secretary.
friendly and pleasant,” he said.
Mr. Deleze is of French descent and
is a native of Mexico City. He has nev
er lived in the United States except
for about a year and a half, in Califor
nia, when he was in training with
Sears. However, he attends staff meet-
irgs in Chicago once a year and more
frequently is in the southwest portion
of the United States at various confer
ences conducted by his company.
Sears started in Mexico about 10
years ago, he said, and has expanded
rapidly in that country. All of the 28
stores are modern department stores,
he said, and one of them is among the
best in Sears’ far-flung organization.
Top Weavers, Fixers
Named At Towel Mill
The Tov/el Mill’s top weavers and
loomfixers for the most recent periods
of record are listed below.
The “Weavers of the Week” are
those with the lowest per cent of sec
onds with respect to the standards for
the various loom groups.
The top loomfixers are determined
through a combination of low seconds
and high loom efficiency.
Weavers—^W/E June 23
Dobby Terry, Calie Hall.
Jacquard Terry, Dudley Martin
Draper & Cam Terry, James Graham
Fixers—W/E June 23
Dobby Terry, Melvin Rakes
Jacquard Terry, Simmons Adkins
Draper & Cam Terry, James Turner
Weavers—^W/E June 16
Dobby Terry, Calie Hall
Jacquard Terry, Moir Padgett
Draper & Cam Terry, James Graham
Fixers—W/E June IG
Dobby Terry, Melvin Rakes
Jacquard Terry, Wendell Walker
Draper & Cam Terry, James Turner
Issued Every Other Monday For Employ***
and Friends of Fieldcrest Mill*/ •i’®"
Spray, N. C.
Copyright. 1957, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
OTIS MARLOWE
editor
Member, American Association of
Industrial Editors
advisory board
J. O. Thomas, Chairman
Howard Barton j. m. Rimmer
C. A. Davis J. T. White
REPORTING STAFF
Automatic Blanket Barbara SchacM
Bedspread Ada Jonw
Blanket Mill ■.■."“ZZTKaifherlne TurnJJ
Central Warehouse Geraldine P*'',K*!2
Draper Offices Mamie LlJj
General Office Hilda OroSJJj
Karastan Mill ®'??iJne”Me*W
Nl»et°tes"z;;:.z
New Barton, Katherine Manl”
Offices Jane CorD'f!
Sheeting Mill Dnfh Talben
Towel Mill Fav WafrenrFannie Hun^
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Vol. XVI, Monday, July 15, 1957,
^^VERSE-
BibU
Get thee behind me, Satan: for it
written, Thou shalt worship the Lori
thy God, and Him only shalt tho'^
serve.—St. Luke 4:8.
'Service- I',’
Anniversaries
Forty Years
Bradley C. Murray—Bedspread
John L. Murray—Karastan
Brular M. Wilson—Blanket
E. Onis Martin—Finishing
Thirty Years
Annie D. Rodgers—Finishing
Lala F. Stultz—^Blanket
H. Curtis Washburn—Finishing
Dana J. Heffinger—Blanket
I rank M. Williams—Central Warehouse
Twenty Years
Carl H. Barton—Karastan
J. M^vin Eggleston—Finishing
Ciiarlie H. Madison—Finishing
William G. Ziglar—Filter Plant
Buren T. Via—Towel
Fifteen Years
Johnnie R. Barber—Blanket
Malvene F. Evans—Central Warehouse
Office
Vergie H. Powell—Blanket
Charles B. Guilliams—Towel
William L. Lawless—Towel
Ten Years
Pauline D. Litaker—Engineering
James E. Gardner—Industrial Relations
Esther G. Saunders—Blanket
William F. Turner—Karastan
Horace D. Penn—Research and Quality
Control
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