President Whitcomb Completes 25 Years^ Servic^\
Scholarship Deadline
Applications for Fieldcrest
Scholarships must be submitted to
the Fieldcrest Scholarship Com
mittee prior to April 1, 1961.
The two $2,000 - scholarships,
given through the Fieldcrest
Foundation, are for employees or
children of employees who are en
tering college for the first time.
An employee must have been
in the employment of the Com
pany for at least a year to be con
sidered for a scholarship. The
children of an employee are eligi
ble for consideration if a 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
areas, from the employment of
fices at Spray and Fieldale. Va.,
or from Dr. William McGehes, di
rector of personnel researcn and
training. Spray.
Towel Mill Honors
Top Weavers, Fixers
Top quality weavers and loomfixers
at the Towel Mill for the most recent
periods of record are listed below.
Weavers—^W/E March 5
Dobby Terry Joe Lackey
Jacquard Terry Milton Stultz
Draper & Cam Frank Carter
Fixers—^W/E March 5
Dobby Terry Tommie Joyce
Jacquard Terry Woodman Allen
Draper & Cam James Turner
Weavers—W/E February 26
Dobby Terry Joe Lackey
Jacquard Terry Samuel Fulcher
Draper & Cam Frank Carter
Fixers—^W/E February 26
Dobby Terry Melvin Woodward
Jacquard Terry Eugene Joyce
Draper & Cam Roy Whitlock
Weavers—W/E February 19
Dobby Terry Charlie Ramsey
Jacquard Terry David Riggs
Draper & Cam Frank Carter
Fixers—W/E February 19
Dobby Terry Floyd Bryant
Jacquard Terry Eugene Joyce
Draper & Cam Jess Hopkins
Weavers—W/E February 12
Dobby Terry Charlie Ramsey
Jacquard Terry Milton Stultz
Leonard Tilley
Draper & Cam William Moore
Fixers—^W/E February 12
Dobby Terry Albert Joyce
Jacquard Terry Woodman Allen
Draper & Cam Jess Hopkins
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TURNABOUT President Harold W. Whitcomb, who has presented
service emblems and boxes of candy to hundreds of long-service employees
anniversary dates, was on the receiving end March 16 when he reached
milestone of service. He is shown at extreme right as awards w*ere presented -ijJ
Klein, Sr., a Director of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. Looking on, from left, are
officials F. W. Hoit, A. S. Thompson, R. R. Roberts and G. W. Moore.
Fieldcrest 25-Year Emblem And
Other Awards Are Presented In
Ceremonies At Worth Street
President Harold W. Whitcomb cele
brated the 25th anniversary of the date
of his employment with the Company
on Thursday, March 16. In New York
on business on the anniversary date he
was honored by officials of our Field
crest and Karastan sales divisions with
a luncheon at the Merchants Club.
In ceremonies in the office of F. W.
Hoit, president of the Fieldcrest sales
division, Mr. Whitcomb was presented
his 25-year service emblem and a sil
ver-wrapped box of candy, the tradi
tional gift to Fieldcrest employees when
they complete 25 years of continuous
service with the Company.
The presentations were made by E S
Klein, Sr., a Director of the Company
who read a congratulatory letter to Mr
Whitcomb from R. A. Harris, vice presi
dent, manufacturing, who could not be
present at the ceremonies.
Mr. Whitcomb, who has been presi
dent almost since the mills were pur
chased by Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. in 1953
earlier served in various positions of re
sponsibility and trust with Marshall
Field & Company.
A native of Concord, N. H., he grad
uated from the University of New
Hampshire with a B. S. degree in eco
nomics and business administration He
was associated with Sulloway Hosierv
Mills, Franklin, N. H„ in varioTs cZ
pacities before joming Marshall Fie>d
& Company in 1936 as manager of the
Lumb Knittmg Co., Pawtucket, R I He
moved in 1937 to the Spray headquarters
of the manufacturing d i v i s
Marshall Field & Company.
In 1941 he was transferred to
iof
an
and ()i
tail division of the Company a®
utive of the Chicago stores, ^ ^
came back to the manufactur^^e-
vision as assistant to Luther
then general manager, in the ^ I*.
, 1, 1945.
turned to Spray as assistant
manager and production
sales offices. January 1, 19^^’
the manufacturing division. ^
He was elected divisional t
dent of Marshall Field &
a
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of the mills by Marshall Fiel
pany, was elected vice-pr® ;
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. On
1953, he became President
elected to the Board of Dir^
Mr. Whitcomb is a
American Cotton Manufactu^ '
tute and of the North Caro ^
Manufacturers Association; ol
the Institute of Textile
Charlottesville, Va.; and a
the New York Cotton
a director of the Carolina a
western Railway Company ® yja ^
Board of Managers of 'Vac
- v,P
the board of trustees of * ggtof
Memorial Hospital and a dir ^
Medical Foundation of gf, ^|ii
He was named “Man of
by the Lcaksville-Spr^y
I C
Doara oi .Managers ui *11
and Trust Company, Winsto^'
He is a trustee and pa®*
mcruicdi rounuciiiuli
He was named “Man of
by the Lcaksville-Spray
and was chosen the /
Year, 1955” by the N- C- » n"”
chapter of Phi Psi. nation^ j
textile fratemitv. ,cv
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