They Put Finish On Our Colonial Bedspreads
The experience and skill of the laundry operators at the
Bedspread Finishing Mill have much to do with the luxurious
appearance of Fieldcrest colonial bedspreads such as the one
shown on the bed in pictures at right.
The whiteness and luxurious texture
of Fieldcrest colonial bedspreads are due
in a large part to the skill and good
work of the laundry operators at the
Bedspread Finishing Mill.
The picture above shows the first
shift operators, Payton Blackstock, Jr.
(left) and Henry B. Roberts. The mill
has two additional laundry operators
on the second shift and another on the
third shift.
By following formulas carefully and
by using proper procedures in handling
and in the operation of the machines,
the laundry operators contribute consid
erably to one of Fieldcrest Mills’ most
beautiful products.
The bedspreads are cut from rolls and
are hemmed. They are brought to the
laundry where they are bleached, ex
tracted, and tumble dried. The bed
spreads are then ready for fringing, fin
al inspection, and boxing for the custo
mer.
Henry Roberts has been a laundry
operator for about 10 years and earlis^
worked in the Cloth Finishing Depart
ment at the Bleachery. He has over 35
years of continuous service with the
Company.
Payton Blackstock has been a laundry
operator for the past seven years
formerly worked in the Washing I>®'
partment at the Karastan Rug Mill. H®
has been with the Company continuous'
ly for about 15 years.
Retirement Happy Time For MalachI Galloway
One of the happiest retired employees
of Fieldcrest Mills is Malachi Galloway,
who retired as a press tender at the
Finishing Mill in 1957 after 36 years of
continuous service.
He enjoys apparent good health, has
no trouble keeping busy, and doesn’t
worry. He says, “The telephone almost
rings off” sometimes with calls from
people who want him to do various
jobs. He takes on as many of the pro
jects as he wishes, but no more.
At his home on Loftus Street in
Leaksville, he has put up two poles
holding 42 aluminum-painted gourds as
homes for martins, which have been
MALACHI galloway
Retiree Enjoys Helping Birds
coming to his yard for several years.
The martins come each year during the
second week in March, and are never
late.
They raise their young in the gourds
Malachi has prepared for them. The
young birds stay in the gourds until
they are as large as their parents, and
then the mother birds push them out.
Has “Biggest Crop” This Year
Malachi loves the birds, feeds them,
and watches them by the hour. He said
the martins this year were “the biggest
crop I’ve ever had; so I fixed them the
biggest place. He plans to put up more
gourds for next year.
Asked how he was getting along in
retirement, Malachi said, “i feel good
sleep good, eat good, do a stout day’s
work and a lot of fishing.”
He likes to catch catfish, and some
times goes to Kinston to catch the big
ones in the Neuse River, “i like to catch
them”, Malachi said, “but my brother
Charlie, is the catfish eater.” Brother
Charlie is Charles R. Galloway, a lon-^
service employee of the Karastan Dveins
Department.
Malachi says that he is following in
retirement the same rules he has follow
ed all of his life: “Be of service. Do
things right and do all you are supposed
to do. Don’t worry, but trust in the Lord
to open up the way.”
Aluminum-painted gourds
homes for Malachi Galloway’s mar*'
the MILL