THE MILL WHISTLE
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PwMtsHed by Fieidcres*' Mills, Inc. * Hants located in Spray, Droper and leSsviiierFrferSn^ Va.
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^XIX
Spray, N. C., Monday, May 15, 1961
NO. 22
tloodmobile To Visit Draper May 24
1
-ARELL STEAGALXi GLENDA OVERBY GALE RHODES
•••Recipients Of Sciiolarsliips Given Tlirough Fieldcrest Foundation...
kree Scholarships Awarded By Foundation
Department Employee,
. °*'®l*ead Seniors Are
^ *^>ents Of Grants
\[‘Pients of three $2,000 Fieldcrest
rships awarded through the Field-
were announced May
Resident Harold W. Whitcomb,
j 1 '’dinners, chosen by the Scholar-
^^’^fnittee from among the 24 ap-
V 'vere Darrell C. Steagall, son of
^ Mrs. James J. Steagall; Miss
I^ale Overby, daughter of Mr.
‘>da
^ W _ ^ , ^
>1^ John H. Overby; and William
'.K^hodes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
tied for the highest scholastic standing in
the 1961 class at Morehead High School.
She will enroll at Woman’s College,
Greensboro. She will major in mathe
matics and plans to become a teacher.
Mr. Rhodes plans to attend North Car
olina State College and will major in
electrical engineering.
The scholarships, each worth a total
of $2,000, will be continued for four
years of college attendance conditioned
upon the recipient’s maintenance of an
acceptable record.
These latest grants make a total of
five scholarships that have been given
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Steagall’s father is a weaver
.bedspread Mill; Miss Overby’s
^ ^ shearing machine operator at
l^er ■^‘■ead Mill; and Gale Rhodes’
assistant designer in the
Designing Department.
Hi V, ^^®agall graduated from Tri-
School in 1955 and is present-
«tit *|^oyed in the Standards Depart-
f.fotl Karastan Rug Mill. His wife,
5s Patricia Cochran, is cmploy-
{lU ®®'^*’ctary at Karastan. Mr. Stea-
attend North Carolina State
major in textile manage-
n
^vorby and Mr. Rhodes were
Guinan, Hoit To Give
Program For Council
Walter B. Guinan, president of the
Karastan sales division, and Frederic W.
Hoit, president of the Fieldcrest sales
division, are scheduled to address the
Carolina Cooperative Council at its final
meeting of the Council year Thursday
evening. May 25, at 7:30 p. m. at the
Consolidated Central Y.M.C.A.
Mr. Guinan and Mr. Hoit are to show
some of our newest products and to dis
cuss the activities of the Company’s sales
organizations.
Employees Of Blanket, Sheeting
Mills To Have Prominent Part;
Quota Is 142 Pints
The Bloodmobile will be stationed at
the First Methodist Church in Draper
from 11:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m. Wed
nesday, May 24, as the unit makes its
third visit to the Tri-Cities since the
local area began participation in the
Piedmont Carolinas’ Blood Program.
Although donors are expected from
Leaksville, Spray, and the outlying areas
as well as Draper, the unit will be sta
tioned in Draper for the convenience of
those who live or work in Draper.
Solicitors are working throughout the
community to recruit donors for the
Bloodmobile visit. Assisting in the Dra
per area are members of the Methodist
Men’s organization at the Draper church.
The quota has been set at a minimum
of 142 pints. This is in line with the Tri-
City area’s yearly quota of 850 pints,
an amount considered adequate for the
needs of local people at the Morehead
Memorial Hospital.
The community-wide program was
undertaken at the request of the medi
cal staff of the Morehead Memorial
Hospital in order that there might be
a ready supply of life-saving blood and
its derivatives to enable the hospital to
serve its patients better.
Under the plan, the hospital is sup
plied blood through the official Red
Cross Program, and all patients from the
Tri-City area receive their total blood
needs at the local hospital, without
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Vacation Schedule
The Company has announced the
following schedule for the annual
shut-down of the mills for sum
mer vacation:
All mills will close at the end
of the second shift Friday, June 30
and will resume operations with
the start of the third shift at 11
p. m. Sunday, July 9.
Where there are exceptions to
this schedule on certain operations
and in certain departments, the in
dividuals concerned will be noti
fied by the mill management.