XIX
Spray, N. C., Monday, August 1, 1960
NO. 2
Company Purchases Greenville Mills
!®y Scout Fair Is Set
Saturday, August 13
Of to the Fair!’’
will be the call
Boy Scouts of the Tri-Cities as
a special program for the
tUb'ii ®‘®Se
at Morehead Stadium from 5
»n.
All
*^0 8 p. m. Saturday, August 13.
J^'‘.^ocal units of the Boy Scouts of
* He f 3re expected to participate in
arranged as a con-
iVe activity for the Scouts as well
lou?'" exhibiting
The
the
various phases of
and campcraft for parents
community-at-large.
M Boy Scout Fair is being sponsor-
the Dan River District commit-
of
Which R. R. Roberts, treasurer
p^^crest Mills, Inc., is chairman,
frtj Committee includes Mr. Rob-
Ii][ *3eorge Aheron, of the Finishing
Jtg’ Robert Boone, Boy Scout field
Mgi Otis Marlowe, of the Indus-
11/ g Relations Department; and Sam
a fund-raising affair. The
is cordially invited. A token ad-
X-iij fee of 10 cents (yes, 10 cents!)
f® charged. Tickets will be avail-
latj the Scouts and on sale at the
of Leaksville.
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., has purchased the woolen spinning plant
owned and operated by Greenville Mills, Inc., at Greenville, North
Carolina for the manufacture of wool and synthetic carpet yarns on the
wo'olen system, according- to an announcement by Harold W. Whit
comb, president of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Greenville Mills is a subsidiary of
the Artloom Industries, Inc., of Phila
delphia. Fieldcrest Mills acquired title
to all machinery and equipment Thurs
day, July 28, and the plant, which has
been closed for a two weeks vacation
period, will reopen August 1 under the
ownership and management of Field
crest Mills, Inc.
The principal machinery in the plant
consists of 14 sets of Whitin woolen
cards, 2560 spindles Whitin E frames
spinning, 900 spindles Whitin Model K
trap twisters and other necessary ac
cessory equipment.
It has a raw stock dye plant with all
stainless steel equipment capable of
dyeing approximately 100,000 pounds of
raw stock per week. The spinning plant
can manufacture approximately 150,-
000 pounds of carpet yarns per week.
Scholarship Deadline
If you or some member of your
family are planning to apply for
one of the Fieldcrest Scholarships,
the application must be completed
and submitted to the Fieldcrest
Scholarship Committee prior to
August 6, 1960.
An employee must have been in
the employment of the Company
for at least a year to be consid
ered for a scholarship. The chil
dren of an employee are eligible
for consideration for a scholarship
if the parent has been employed
by Fieldcrest for a year or more.
Application forms may be ob
tained from the industrial rela
tions supervisors in the various
mill areas, from the Employment
Offices at Spray and Fieldale, Va.,
or from Dr. William McGehee, di
rector of personnel research and
training. Spray.
^^port Shows Progress In Safety
of the mills’ safety ex-
Ce during the first six months of
disabling in-
throughout Fieldcrest
that only six
illj- Occurred
'^Uring the first half of the year.
'h,
'Compares with nine lost-time in-
•i(i the same period a year ago,
the mills an accident fre-
V rate of 1.03, an all-time low
^^ieldcrest Mills.
•e ^sfety report was presented to
®*^tral Safety Committee at its
meeting July 27 by H. E. Wil-
Safety director.
^ took note of the fact
■d j O'lost time injuries have occur-
month of July. One of these
otK Karastan Rug Mill and
- a mashed finger at the Sheet-
'Miii
The Sheeting Mill injury broke
the mill’s 2Vt million man-hour record
of accident-free operation.
“Our record so far this year is better
than 1959 and the first six months were
outstanding,” Mr. Williams said. “Em
ployees and supervisors at all mills are
to be congratulated for helping estab
lish such a low record. A record like
that in our first six months can be
maintained only when there is every
day interest and efforts to prevent acci
dents.
“Records of the North Carolina textile
industry show that accidents usually
reach a peak in August. For several
years it has been our aim at Fieldcrest
to operate the entire month without in
juries.
“We are hoping for an accident-free
month of August this year.”
Employs About 400 People
The building, containing about 100,-
000 square feet, is leased from a private
owner. The plant employs about 400
people when operating on a three shift
schedule. The mill was set up by Art
loom in 1950 with all equipment pur
chased new at that time.
Fieldcrest acquired this plant in order
to manufacture the woolen spun pile
yam for its Karastan Rug Mill all of
which has previously been purchased
from various outside yarn manufactur
ers. The capacity of the Greenville mill
just about equals the current consump
tion of the Karastan plant.
The new plant will be known as
“Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., Karastan Spin
ning Division, Greenville, N. C.,” Henry
F. Morris, former manager of the Frank
S. Nelson & Co., Inc., of Philadelphia,
a large supplier of Karastan’s woolen
yarn for many years, has resigned from
that company and will join Fieldcrest
September 1 as manager of the Karas
tan Spinning Division.
Mr. Morris will live at Greenville and
will be in charge of all manufacturing
operations, reporting to Robert A. Har
ris, vice president, manufacturing. In
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