Hoit And Guinan
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years with the General Electric Com-
l>any. Mr. Hoit is President of Worth
Street, Inc., and a Director of the Mer
chants Club.
Mr. Guinan joined Fieldcrest Mills,
Inc., as Sales Manager in charge of the
Karastan sales department in May, 1954,
and was made a Vice-President in Sep
tember, 1954. Mr. Guinan had a long
i.-areer with the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet
Company in various sales and merchan
dising positions, is a Trustee of the Car-
li^t Institute, and a member of a number
of marketing committees.
Employee’s Son Hits
Song-Writing Bigtime
O. B. Gilley, a former Fieldcrester,
may become a national celebrity in
the song-writing field. His chances de
pend a great deal on whether his com
position, “My Wonderful Lover,” makes
the grade.
; Under the name, Oscar Gilley, he
Ls author-composer of the song, which
has been recorded for EPIC by Dolores
Hawkins and on a Jubilee label, by
the Storm Trio, a feminine vocal group.
In the jargon of the trade, the song
is what is called a “sleeper” which
means that O. B. has got his foot in
the door of the song-writing business.
Even better, he has a B.M.I. contract.
■ 6. B. who formerly worked in the
Blanket Stock Department at Central
Warehouse, is the son of Mrs. Ethel
W. Gilley, of the Automatic Blanket
Mill. He finishes at Western Carolina
Teachers College in January. He plans
to teach history and English unless
opportunity really comes in the song-
writing field.
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Following Lions Club meeting, J. T. Maclsaac (center) discusses satellites with
J. E. Williams, Jr. (left), of Fieldcrest, and Bill Robertson, Lions President.
Fieldcrest Man Explains ‘Sputnik^
In a talk before the Leaksville-Spray
Lions club last week, J. T. Maclsaac,
head of the Mechanical Development
Department at Fieldcrest, described the
“Sputnik” and explained the natural
laws that make it work.
Mr. Maclsaac used a globe with a hoop
to indicate the orbit, a weight on a fine
thread to demonstrate the forces of mat
ter in motion, and a weight fastened to
a spring to show the action of centrifu
gal force.
He pointed out that satellites are
“simple in theory but the engineering
application is a very complicated thing.’
The greatest practical value of the
“Sputnik” at present is to help us learn
more about outer space, he said.
Mr. Maclsaac said it is reasonable to
believe that, in the future, satellites may
be used to photograph large areas of the
earth, providing information that would
be of tremendous value. Such photo
graphs transmitted back to the earth by
the satellite might be Man’s first step
toward some control of weather, Mr.
Maclsaac said.
Customer Expresses
Appreciation To Mills
Appreciation to Fieldcrest for top
quality products and consistently de
pendable service was expressed by E.
A. Reilly, buyer of linens and domestics,
the Outlet Company, Providence, R. I.
here last week. Mr. Reilly and Alfred
E. Darby, president of the Outlet Com-
t>any visited the mills November 4-5.
Mr. Reilly addressed a meeting of
managers, superintendents, schedule
men and office managers. He said the
Outlet Company and its salespeople are
“sold on Fieldcrest” and that the Field
crest name has won confidence in his
section of the country.
■ R. A. Harris, vice president, manufac
turing, presided at the meeting. F. W.
Hoit, vice president, domestics sales,
introduced Mr. Relily. Preceding Mr.
Reilly’s talk, Mr. Hoit told of the estab
lishment of our first Fieldcrest Shop in
the Outlet Company store and described
the outstanding results during the past
two years.
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K. A. Reilly, buyer for the Outlet Company, addresses mill group at Spray.
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