VOL. XVI Spray, N. C., Monday, May 26, 1958 NUMBER 23 Beautiful New Merchandise Unveiled 29 Persons To Retire Under Pension Plan All mills except the Automatic Blank et Mill and Central Warehouse are rep resented in the 29 employees who will retire with pension effective June 1. It will be one of the largest groups to retire at one time since the Company started the Pension Plan in 1943. The retirees will be honored by the management at a meeting in the con ference room at the new General Offices at 10 a.m. Friday, May 30. Those to retire are: Blanket Mill, John Artis, Lillie L. Hodges, William W. Mangrum, Ernest G. Powell, Luther V. Reece and Cora H. Rickman; Towel Mill, Eliza J. Burnette, Jesse Ben Hair ston and Luther G. Hazelwood; Bed spread Mill, Arthur R. Chandler, James W. Long, Ernest C. Tiller, Martha S. Jones and Tima R. Collins; Finishing Mill, William R. (Boss) Chaney, Nan- (Continued on page eight) Mills To Be Closed For Vacation June 28-July 6 All mills and offices will close for va cation at the end of the second shift Friday, June 27 and will resume oper- a'ions Monday morning, July 7, at 7:00 а.m. except the third shift which will begin operations Sunday evening, July б, at 11:00 p.m. If there are any excep tions to this schedule, employees affect ed will be notified by the mill manage ment. Vacation pay will be issued on the regular pay day during the week be ginning June 23. Pay checks for the week ending June 29 will be distributed to all employees in the regular manner on Monday morning, July 7, 1958. Group insurance premiums will be waived for the weeks ending July 6 and July 13. The directors of your Mutual Aid Associalion have likewise waived payment of Mutual Aid dues for the week ending July 6. The Personnel Office will be open on a limited basis during the vacation. Fall Selling Goals Set At Fieldcrest Sales Meeting In N. Y. The Fieldcrest semi-annual sales meeting was held at the Worth Street Showroom the week-end of May 3. Dis trict managers, mill managers and New York sales representatives attended. The Saturday meeting was opened by Arthur S. Thompson, vice president in charge of sales, who set the tone for and outlined the two-day program. F. W. Hoit followed with a review of Spring 1958 and announced the goals for Fall of 1958. The new merchandise for fall was brought together in a Fieldcrest “Al manac of Fall Fashions” theme. The showroom had been redecorated to pic- torially present ideas from the pages of a giant 8-foot almanac, each page representing a special promotion for a fall month. Then the dramatic show room displays were revealed one by one as each promotion was introduced. During the day presentations of the (Continued on page five) Karastan Shipping Employees Work 24 Years Without Lost-Time Injury Employees of the Shipping Depart ment at Karastan, shown above with mill officials, have completed 24 years with a perfect safety record. There has been no lost time due to injury in the de partment since May, 1934. Left to right, are Roy Pratt, Louis Clark, Larry Cheek, Harry Meeks, And rew Powell, and Bobby Shropshire; standing, J. M. Norman, mill manager; Virgil Hall, assistant to assistant mill manager; F. W. Klein, assistant mill manager; John Ray Taylor, L. M. Oak ley, foreman; Carl Keaton, Jesse Smith, Sylvia Vaughn, Bill Barton, Ozella Lane, Dock Burroughs, Winona Smith, John Mar tin, Gordon Overby, Melvin Clark, Frank Overby, Brooks Collins, Herbert Branch, Charles Ward, Bob Wilson and J. G. Cunningham, mill superintendent.

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