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Spray, N. C., Monday, August 11, 1958
NUMBER 3
^heeting Mill Getting
**^w, Flattened Roof
MILLS SET NEW RECORD FOR SAFETY
Tk
-acre roof of the Sheeting
is being flattened and insulated as
gtj the extensive modernization pro-
tw '^'^der way at the mill for the past
three years.
bfg ® saw-tooth style roof deck has
lowered and a new, flat, tar and
‘ Pan
'* is being installed. The mod-
cesji'^^'ilated roof will help prevent ex-
^ 'Condensation, preserving the roof
, inside floors and permitting
i 'uniform control of humidity and
: 7®rature.
; the'fi*' Smith & Sons, of Leaksville, did
floofj operation and Gate City
Company, of Greensboro, is in-
%rk ! the new roof and insulation,
be (, started about May 1 and will
Hjgl^Pleted in August.
of our Engineering Depart-
that all over the South mills
Cra^ti rid of saw-tooth roofs and
Mtti rio new mills are being built
® saw-tooth construction. Field-
lowered a section of the
Mill roof over the Carding
'^'ttient.
Praises Fieldcrest For
Close Relationship
With Retailers
TIDE, an authoritative national mag
azine in the fields of sales and advertis
ing, in a recent issue, carries a tran
script of a recorded interview with sev
en National Retail Merchants Associa-
ion officers. This was a group which re
presented a cross section of twenty bil
lion dollars worth of department store
selling power.
During the interview, William Spoor,
publicity director of Loveman, Joseph,
and Loeb, large department store in Bir
mingham, Alabama, in speaking of
Fieldcrest, points out that a close manu-
facturer-retailer relationship can result
in added business.
He explains “Fieldcrest has planned
better in designing, displays, advertis
ing, mail pieces, stock, personnel train
ing, and in every other way. Fieldcrest
will be importantly included in several
of our biggest store promotions for fall.”
Ml * ‘•'e Sheeting Mill, officials discuss the new, flattened roof now being put on.
! '‘Hj j® *'leht are T. B. Hamrick, weaving foreman; R. C. Going, mill superintendent;
Parrell, Jr., of the Engineering Department.
Safety Council Chairman
Urges Continued Effort
To Maintain Record
Fieldcrest Mills’ safety experience so
far in 1958 is the best it has been in re
cent years. To date only seven lost-time
injuries have occurred, as compared with
22 disabling injuries in the first seven
months of 1957.
Employees of the following mills have
worked thus far this year without an in
jury that caused lost time: Automatic
Blanket, Central Warehouse, Finishing,
Sheeting and Towel mills. The Auto
matic Blanket Mill and the Central
Warehouse are continuing their ac
cident-free records established in 1957.
In commenting on the mills’ 1958 sa
fety experience, A. G. Singleton, direc
tor of engineering and chairman of the
Central Safety Committee, said;
“All of us are proud of the safety re
cord that has been achieved so far this
year. If we can continue to have this fine
experience for the remainder of the year,
we can establish a most outstanding re
cord for our mills.
“A good statistical record is of little
importance when compared with the
savings in the cost of accidents to the
individual, to say nothing of his suffer
ing and the inconvenience to the em
ployee and his family when he is dis
abled.
“The most significant fact about our
(Continued on page four)
Towel Mill Employees
Named Legion Officers
Three Fieldcrest men have been in
stalled as officers of Claude Wells Post
168, the American Legion, at Fieldale.
J. Hobert Gusler, of the Towel Mill
Plant Service Department is the new
post commander. Joe Shelton, of the
Towel Mill weave room, is the sergeant-
at-arms and C. D. Looney, retired Field
crest employee, is the service officer.
Mr. Looney, past department vice
commander, was the installing officer.
Other post officers are: Billy J. Web
ster, first vice-commander; James C.
Luther, second vice-commander; John
D. Johnston, adjutant; Ben Shelton, fin
ance officer; Benny Arnold, chaplain;
and Jack Harrison, historian.
The post is currently conducting a
membership campaign.