Vol. XVI Spray, N. C., Monday, January 6, 1958 NUMBER 13
Children’s Parties Are Big Success
Mutual Aid Chooses
Committees For 1958
Unit committees of the United Mu
tual Aid Association which provides
hospital-surgical insurance for Field-
crest’s North Carolina employees and
their dependents have been elected and
•^fganization of the committees has been
announced.
The chairmen of the various unit
committees comprise the board of di-
f'ectors of the association. Organiza
tion of the new board of directors will
he completed at the board’s January
Meeting.
Unit committees are as follows:
Automatic Blanket Mill, M. D.
Stearns, chairman; Ray Warner, vice
^^hairman; Margaret Webster, secre-
^ry; Alberlene Manley and Katie
Hankins.
Blanket Mill—Robert Adkins, chair-
^an; Leonard Hodges, vice chairman;
"aul Shropshire, secretary; Willie Pow
ell and Floyd Strader.
Bedspread Mill — F. Wade Younts,
chairman; Perry Harris, vice chairman;
Willard Fulton, secretary; Billy McCul-
*ouch and Audrey Purdy.
Bleachery—Glenn Simpson, chair
man; Charlie Luther, vice chairman;
Wilda Saunders, secretary; Eugene
^rcell and C. S. Stanley.
Central Warehouse—Maurice Raw-
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Clarl( New Contract
Sales Mgr., Fieldcrest
Appointment of John D. Clark, Jr.,
contract sales manager for our domes-
products has been announced by
Frederic W. Hoit, president of Field-
'^^est. Division of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Mr. Clark has been with Chatham
. Manufacturing Company for the past 10
! ^ears. Prior to that, his versatile back-
^ound included various capacities with
^ Walter Johnson Candy Company,
^he Endicott Johnson Shoe Company,
j^he Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago,
Montgomery Ward, and United Air
^ines.
Mr. Clark is a native of Chicago, and
attended Northwestern University. He
^ married and has two daughters and
son.
See pictures on pages 6 and 7
Hundreds of Fieldcrest youngsters en
joyed Christmas parties sponsored by
the Carolina Cooperative Council De
cember 14 for the children of employ
ees. Parties were held at Spray and
at Fieldale.
A crowd that virtually filled the
bleachers in the Morehead High School
gymnasium attended the Spray party at
10:30 a.m. W. B. Lucas, of the Council
program committee, was master of
ceremonies. The invocation was given
by the Rev. J. K. McConnell.
Robert A. Harris, vice president of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., and president of
the Council, spoke briefly to extend the
Company’s and the Council’s best
wishes to the children for a happy holi
day season. An inspirational Christ
mas message was brought by the Rev.
Harry D. Wood, pastor of First Baptist
Church, Leaksville.
Christmas selections were played on
the Hammond organ by John Mickey
of Winston-Salem. The Fieldcresters, a
quartet comprised of Dan Squires, Har
old Squires, James Marlowe, all of
Fieldcrest, and Clyde Presley, principal
of t he Leaksville-Spray junior high
school, entertained with songs.
Mamie Link, of Fieldcrest, was ac
companist for the quartet and, with
Mr. Mickey, provided the accompani
ment for group singing led by Harold
Squires. Abner Harrington, of Sanford,
presented a dog act.
JOHN D. CLARK, JR.
In the drawing for attendance prizes,
winners were as follows: Mason Mur
phy and Walter Griffith, both of the
Sheeting Mill, automatic toasters; Mr.
McConnell, and George H. Chatham,
Bedspread Mill, “Romance Is Forever”
blankets; T. R. Ray, Automatic Blanket
Mill, and Jesse Burton, Central Ware
house Office, dressed turkeys.
At the close of the program Santa
Claus and his helpers distributed at
tractive treats to every child.
The Fieldale party, held in the Field-
(Continued on page four)
Sales Plans For 1958
Outlined At Meetings
Officials from the mills, the Field
crest and Karastan sales offices in New
York, and our sales representatives
from all over the nation attended the
domestics sales meeting Friday and
Saturday, January 3 and 4 and the rugs
sales meeting Saturday, January 4.
The Fieldcrest sales meeting was
held in our domestics showrooms at 88
Worth Street, New York City, and the
rugs sales meeting was held in the
Karastan showrooms in the Merchan
dise Mart, in Chicago. The Karastan
meeting preceded the opening of the
Chicago Home Furnishings Market to
day (Monday) and a number of Com
pany representatives remained for the
market opening.
At the two sales meetings, new items
added to our lines were introduced.
Sales activities in 1957 were reviewed
and the goals of our selling programs
in 1958 were outlined and discussed.
MUTUAL AID BOOKLET
New booklets containing the
up-to-date constitution and by
laws of the United Mutual Aid
Association and the revised sche
dules of benefits are being sent
to all members this week.
The new schedules incorporate
increases in benefits which became
effective August 1, 1957. At that
time it was announced that, ef
fective January 1, 1958, the dues
would be increased from 75c to
$1.00 a week. The first deduction
of the new amount will be made
from pay checks for the week
ending January 5.
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