On The Job
At Fieldcrest
James Witt is a dobby terry weaver
at the Towel Mill. His record shows that
he can be counted on to be on the job
every day and that he pays close at
tention to his work. Those familiar with
his work describe him as a high-pro-
duction, high-quality weaver.
As a skillful, dependable member of
the Towel Mill organization, he plays a
valuable part in the manufacture of
Fieldcrest towels, which are among the
Company’s most widely known domes
tics products.
Mr. Witt is a native of West Virginia,
and was employed in a furniture plant
at Martinsville, Virginia, before joining
the Towel Mill in March, 1954.
Fieldcresters To Enter
Roses In Show October 1
Buy- Sell - Swap
FOR SALE—Go-Kart with 3-hp. motor
and all balloon tires. Practically new.
Telephone MAin 3-8032 before 3 p. m.
or see Posey Jeffries, Karastan Plant
Service.
FOR SALE—Warm Morning Heater.
Standard size, good condition. $20.00.
See Clyde Howell, Sheeting Weave
Room.
FOR SALE—At sacrifice price, 14-ft.
factory-made fishing boat and trailer.
VVz-hp. Scott-Attwa ter motor. Call
MEadow 5-6221.
FOR SALE—Two cranberry cut glass
lamps; knee-hole type desk or vanity,
with bench; floor lamp, brass with
white bowl; two vanity lamps; ma-
hoghany Freed-Eisemann radio-phono
graph. Mrs. Fred Klein, Tel. MAin 3-
2553.
FOUND—In General Offices parking
lot, key attached to Western Auto
plastic coin holder. Owner should call
at Mill Whistle Office.
WANTED^—Second shift riders between
Owens Store on Price Road and the
Draper mills. Call MAin 3-2044.
FOR SALE—Mixed jonquil bulbs, Ic to
3c each. Mrs. J. B. Lamar, 565 Over
look Avenue, Leaksville.
Fletcher Hopper, a doffer at the
Blanket Mill, is one of a number of
Fieldcrest men who grow roses as a
hobby. He has been growing roses for
many years.
Mr. Hopper is a member of the Tri-
City Rose Society and will participate
in the society’s first rose show Satur
day, October 1. The show will be held
in the gymnasium at Consolidated Cen
tral Y.M.C.A. and will be open to the
public between 1 p. m. and 9 p. m.
No admittance fee or entry fee will
be charged, but an offering will be
taken to defray expenses of the show.
T. B. Hamrick, foreman of the Sheet
ing Weave Room, is general chairman
of the show committee. C. C. Campbell,
retired Fieldcrester, is chairman of the
schedule committee.
Fieldcrest Men On Committees
Other Fieldcresters serving as com
mittee chairmen are H. E. Williams,
property and staging; William Ziglar,
registration; Eugene Purcell, tally; Cal
vin Willard, preparations; and Mr. Ham
rick, judges.
Fieldcrest employees serving on com
mittees include W. O. Highfill, Ralph
Going, and Allen Nelson, registration;
Mr. Hopper, tally; Miss Kittie Mae
Martin, identification; Calvin Willard
and A. D. Weaver (retired), prepara
tions; Euel Clifton, placement; Mr.
Campbell and Mr. Williams, judges com
mittee.
The rose show will be open to all
men and women in the Tri-Cities. In
dividuals and members of all local gar
den clubs are invited to enter their rose
specimens. Arrangements including
roses also may be entered. In such ar
rangements the rose must be predomin
ant.
THE MILL WHI
Issued Every Other Monday For E’’!?
and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills,
Spray, N. C.
Copyright, 190, Fieldcrest Mills^
OTIS MARLOWE
EDITOR
Member, American Association
Industrial Editors ,
ADVISORY BOARD
J. O. Thomas, Chairman j
Howard Barton J. M.
C. A. Davis J. T.
Vol. XIX Monday, Sept. 26,
SERVICE
^ANNIVERSAB\
Fieldcrest Mills extends conS^.
tions to the following' employ®**,
since our last issue, have observ*
able anniversaries of continuous
ice with the company.
Forty Years
Willie L. Burchell
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Thirty-Five Years
Wayne E. Hager
Gaither N. Overby
J. Edward Swinney
Thirty Years
Edith P. Thornton
Madge H. Kirkman
Sam Gauldin
Thelma A. Pruitt
James H. Nelson
Chester T. Robertson
Twenty-Five Years
Annie J. Peters • ■
Albert K. Shropshire ...
Ray E. Warner Aut^
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Sadie F. Meeks
Mary H. Hill
Lessie E. Chilton
W. Matt Hall
Twenty Years
W. Glenn Nester
Grace F. Joyce * ai '
George W. Krantz
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Daisy B. Rodd f
Robert E. Barbour '' 1'
Hazel C. Wade ."j reS^r
Dorothy E. Wilson .... Fields ;
Fifteen Years
Bessie D. Eaton
Ray David Craig ggci-.,
Lonie B. Murray
Charlie G. HaU
Maggie R. Hall
William W. Meadows .
Mayme M. Richardson
Helen M. Thompson .
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Ten Years
Christine M. Spencer . ■ •
Ellen C. Burroughs
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Herbert W. Tranbarger . •
Luther G. Meadows
Napoleon Blackstock
Doris S. Davis .... Bedspr®®
W. Gordon Overby '
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Jessie D. Overby
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