Left to right, Messrs. McConnell, Reinert, Grimes, Watkins; T. B. Hamrick, fore
man of the Sheeting Mill weave room; and Mr. Creer.
Missionaries Make Tour Of Draper Mills
Interesting visitors at Fieldcrest re
cently were a number of missionaries
from foreign fields, who toured the
Blanket and Sheeting mills. The men
were in Draper as speakers at the 7th
annual missionary conference at Draper
Baptist Church.
The visit to the mills was arranged
by the Rev. John H. Reinert, pastor
of the Draper Baptist Church. The
Rev. J. K. McConnell, Fieldcrest in
dustrial chaplain, accompanied the
group through the mills.
The missionaries, who have been on
furlough in the United States, will soon
return to their respective fields. The
Rev. Raymond Creer, who has been
living at the missionary home at Dra
per maintained by the Draper Baptist
church, will return to Japan August 1.
All of the missionaries are connected
with Baptist Mid-Missions, Cleveland,
Ohio, with which the Draper church
is associated.
Buy . .. Sell .. . Swap
FOR SALE: Two inside doors, 2 ft. 6
inches by 6 ft. 8 inches. Also three
closet doors, 2 ft. by 6 ft. All are
painted and have locks. Bargain for
somebody. Also will sell a set of
coiled bed springs.
Leslie Hall, Blanket Cotton Carding.
Or. Tel. MA 3-7256.
The Lighteif Side
Bank Teller; “You forgot to dot an
‘i’ in your signature.”
Patron: “Would you mind dotting it
ior me?”
Teller: “I’m sorry, but it has to be
in the same handwriting.”
Employer: “We can pay you $70 a
week now, and $75 a week in six
months.
Applicant: “Thank you. I’ll drop
back in six months.”
—Mark Twain.
Doctor Shirtsleeve: “I’ve examined
you thoroughly, but I can’t seem to find
the cause of your trouble. However, it’s
probably due to drinking.”
Patient: “Oh, that’s O. K., Doc. I’ll
come back sometime when you’re
sober.”
10 MONTHS OLD
Robert Wayne McDaniel, 10 months
old when the picture was taken, is the
son of Bobby and Daisy McDaniel.
Grandfather, Clyde McDaniel, works in
the Sheeting Card Room and grand
mother, Estelle McDaniel, is in the Wool
Spinning Department at the Blanket
Mill. Maternal grandmother, Ida Holt,
is employed in the Blanket Cotton Spin
ning Department.
Help prevent accidents.
Fieldale To Get New
Post Office Building
The Post Office Department has ac
cepted a proposal by S. S. Flythe, pres
ident, First National Bank of Martins
ville and Henry County, to erect new
quarters for the Fieldale, Va., post of
fice, postmaster Grover C. Overby has
announced.
The new building will be located on
the northeast corner of Marshall Way
and Mill Street and will be completed
late in 1957. In supporting the project,
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. made the property
available for the site.
Specifications call for the construc
tion of a one-story masonry building
providing 1,683 square feet of floor
space, a loading platform and a paved
driveway and maneuvering area. The
new postal facility will be furnished
with the latest equipment, a modern
bank-type screenline and a separate
lobby which will permit mailing and
access to lock-boxes after the regular
service hours.
Postmaster Overby said the newly
constructed quarters will furnish the
additional floor space needed to meet
the growing postal needs of the expand
ing residential and industrial commun
ity. He stated that the present quarters,
rented by the Department on a month-
to-month basis, furnish only 970 square
feet of floor space for postal operations
and are entirely inadequate.
It is understood that Frith Construc
tion Company will be the contractor.
KING SIZE CUCUMBERS
Dan Aheron, mechanic at the Finish
ing Mill, holds a 17-inch Chinese cu
cumber grown in his garden. On the
table are other king-size specimens.
Mr. Aheron grew these from seeds
obtained from Troy Ellington, an as
sociate in the Finishing Mill Plant Ser
vice Department. Mr. Aheron plans to
use the seeds from the cucumbers
shown in trying for even longer ones.
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