XVII Spray, N. C., Monday, May 18, 1959 NO. 22 Central Warehouse Wins Safety Awards . 'Virginia Governor J. Lindsay Almond Jr., and the First Lady admire Fieldcrest shown by D. A. Purcell, Towel Mill manager. ^ieldcrest Towels In Wernor’s Mansion Governor’s Mansion in Richmond, fj' 'ises towels made in Fieldale, Va. I fieldcrest Mills, Inc. Bath linens in executive mansion are Fielderest’s j“yal Velvet in white, blue, pink and One specially-made ensemble J'^ists of white towels appliqued and £°roidered with a cardinal, Virginia’s '■s bird, perched on a branch of dog- , the State flower. ^bove, Gov. and Mrs. J. Lindsay Al- jr, admire one of the towels ' by D. A. Purcell, manager of the Mill. The First Lady described V® towels as “the most beautiful I have ‘ J'' seen.” She added that she is well v^ainted with Royal Velvet towels, I used them in her home in Roan- Va., before moving to the Gover- ® Mansion. Vacation Schedule Is Announced For Mills All mills will close for vacation at the end of the second shift Friday, June 26, and will resume operations at 7:00 a. m. Monday, July 6, except the third shift which will begin operations at 11:00 p. m. Sunday, July 5. If there are any exceptions to this schedule, the employees affected will be notified by the mill management. Vacation pay will be issued on the regular pay days during the week be ginning June 22. Pay checks for the week ending June 28 will be distri buted in the regular manner on Mon day morning, July 6. All offices will be closed during the mills’ vacation period except the Per sonnel Office which will remain open on a limited basis. Mill Attains Million Man-Hours; Employees Get Barbecue Dinner For Accident-Free Record In ’58 Employees of the Central Warehouse have worked over a million man-hours without a disabling injury. In recogni tion of their outstanding performance, they won three safety awards which were presented at the mill last week. For having attained a million-man- hour record since the last lost-time accident on September 27, 1956, the Cen tral Warehouse received the National Safety Council’s Award of Merit. The mill was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the North Carolina Industrial Com mission on the basis of its 1958 record and received a second-year ribbon from the North Carolina Department of La bor for having operated the entire year of 1958 without a disabling injury. As an award from the Company for (Continued on page eight) Pictures of Central Warehouse bar becue appear on pages four and five. ‘Miss Junior High’ Brenda Collins was chosen “Miss Dra per Junior High School” in a beauty pageant sponsored by the Draper Lions Club. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Collins. Her father is em ployed at the Blanket Mill.

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