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VOL. XX
Spray, N. C., Monday, July 31, 1961
NO. 2
Early donors line up to register before giving blood on Bloodmobile’s visit to
Leaksville July 18. A large percentage of those who gave blood were employees of
the Bedspread and Karastan mills. More pictures on page five.
Leaksville Employees Aid In Blood Program
Bloodmobile Collects 136 Pints;
Majority Of Donors Are From
Bedspread, Karastan Mills
Employees of the Bedspread and Kar
astan mills had a prominent part in the
successful visit of the Bloodmobile to
Lealcsville July 18, when 136 pints of
blood were donated.
The Bloodmobile was stationed at the
Armory for the convenience of those
who live or work in Leaksville. Al
though donors also came from Spray,
Draper and outlying areas, a majority of
those donating blood were employees
of the Bedspread Mill and the Karastan
Rug Mill.
Fourth Visit This Year
It was the Bloodmobile’s fourth visit
since the Tri-Cities began participation
in the Piedmont Carolinas Blood Pro
gram. This includes two visits to Leaks
ville and one visit each to Spray and
C>raper.
The Bloodmobile is scheduled to make
a return visit to Spray Monday, Sep
tember 11 and to Draper Monday, No
vember 13. The announced quota for
®ach of the forthcoming visits will be
142 pints.
The over-all quota for the six visits
in 1961 is 850 pints, an amount consid
ered adequate for the needs of the peo
ple in the Tri-City area. The program
is running slightly behind its quota to
date but it is expected that the small
deficit will be made up during the re
maining visits.
Ben Dunton, assistant purchasing
agent at Fieldcrest, who is the local
Bloodmobile chairman, expressed his
(Continued on page eight)
Sheeting Mill Running
After Halt Due To Flood
The Sheeting Mill resumed operations
at 11 p. m. last Wednesday after be
ing closed for three days due to water
damage.
Flash floods on Friday and Sunday
caused water to rise in a basement room
containing large electric motors and
control panels for the mill’s air condi
tioning system. The equipment was
completely submerged, necessitating ex
tensive cleaning and drying operations.
No estimate was given of the damage,
although Company officials said the
greatest factor was the loss of produc
tion while the mill was idle. Work was
begun immediately on additions to the
walls of the room to safeguard the
equipment from any recurrence of
flooding in the future.
Plans Are Announced
For Fund Campaign
Preliminary plans for the Tri-City
Community Fund campaign to be held
early in October have been announced
by William B. Lucas, Company attorney,
president of the Community Fund.
Mr. Lucas said participating agencies
will submit their budget requests by
August 14, after which the budget and
admission committee will hold a series
of meetings with representatives of the
various agencies.
The committee will then make a rec
ommendation to the Fluid’s board of di
rectors concerning the amount to be
raised in the drive.
Mr. Lucas announced the appointment
of Richmond R. Roberts, treasurer of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., as chairman of
the budget and admission committee,
and of Robert M. Wall, Leaksville in
surance man, as campaign chairman.
Organizations that benefit from the
Community Fund include the Boys Club,
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Consolidated
Central, Draper, and Henry Street
YMCA’s, Red Cross, Rescue Squad, Re
tarded Children and Salvation Army.
Fifield Is Speaker At
ITT Cotton Seminar
Stiles R. Fifield, vice president, pur
chasing, addressed a seminar at the
Institute of Textile Technology at Char
lottesville, Va., July 19, on the subject,
‘'Economic Changes in Cotton Pur
chasing.”
Mr. Fifield devoted a part of his talk
to a discussion of the government’s in
creased support price for cotton, which
will go into effect August 1. He pointed
out that the net effect of the new sup
port price is to increase the price of
cotton a minimum of 3% cents per
pound for average grade and staple.
He showed that the new export sub
sidy gives a further advantage to foreign
manufacturers who pay wages of from
15c to 20c an hour and who will now
be able to buy U. S. cotton 8V2 cents a
pound cheaper than American mills can
buy the same cotton.
Approximately 70 cotton buyers, cot
ton classers and fiber laboratory tech
nicians from mill companies throughout
the southern states attended the seminar.