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VOL. XX
Spray, N. C., Monday, April 2, 1962
NO. 19
VISITORS TO FIELDCREST STORE totaled close to 6,000 during open house
events and store’s first week of operation. This picture was made during open house
Sunday afternoon preceding opening March 19. See pictures on pages 4 and 5.
Fieldcrest Store Has
Substantial Employee Discount
Available In Fieldcrest Shop
The new Fieldcrest Store attracted
close to 6,000 visitors during the open
house preceding the official opening
March 19 and the store’s first week of
operation.
A review of the registration cards
showed that open house visitors and
customers during the first week came
from a large number of towns and cities
in North Carolina and from several
other states.
William P. Groseclose, store manager,
said, “We feel that the response has
been quite favorable and we expect that
the store’s sales will steadily increase
as we expand our advertising activities
and as more people learn of the store
through various means.”
The Fieldcrest Store, considered the
niost beautiful and modern facility of
its kind in the country, includes a com
plete Fieldcrest Shop which sells all
lines of domestics products manufac
tured by the company.
In addition, there is a genuine bargain
department called the Thrift Shop
which sells seconds, thirds, experimental
Successful Opening
items, discontinued styles, etc., at very
attractive prices. The Thrift Shop of
fers many such items that were former
ly disposed of by other means.
Mr. Groseclose invited employees to
make purchases in the Fieldcrest Shop
where they may buy first quality mer
chandise at a substantial employee dis
count by showing their store identifica
tion card.
He also urged Fieldcrest employees
to take advantage of the exceptional
bargains sold in the Thrift Shop.
Although employees may buy at a
discount in the Fieldcrest Shop, Mr.
Groseclose emphasized that the Field
crest Store is a full-fledged retail store
open to the public.
Merchandise in the Fieldcrest Shop
is sold to the general public at regular
retail prices. Merchandise in the Thrift
Shop is sold to employees and the pub
lic at the same low price.
The drawing for 50 door prizes among
those who registered during open house
or during the store’s first week of sales
was conducted Monday, March 26.
Names of the winners are listed on page
4 of this issue.
Credit Union Open To
Greenville, Smithf ield
Membership in the Fieldcrest Mills
Credit Union was opened to employees
of the Karastan Spinning Division at
Greenville and the Automatic Blanket
Plant at Smithfield, effective April 1.
Extension of the self-supporting, all
employee activity to the new locations
followed many requests for the Credit
Union by employees there.
Chartered at Spray in June, 1958, the
Credit Union now has approximately
3,000 members and assets in excess of
$400,000. The Credit Union has paid a
4% per annum dividend on savings each
six months since it was organized.
The purpose of the Credit Union is to
encourage systematic savings; to make
low-cost loans to members; and to help
its members handle their finances in a
more adequate manner.
In order to make Credit Union trans
actions as convenient as possible, the
company cooperates by permitting both
savings and loan repayments to be
handled through payroll deductions.
An employee may join by paying a
25c fee and signing a card authorizing
the company to deduct a specified
amount of savings from each paycheck.
Greenville and Smithfield employees
wishing to join should contact their fore
man or the Personnel Department.
Three Mills Given
Safety Barbecues
See pictures on page six
Good teamwork in the prevention of
accidents earned a barbecue dinner
March 21 for employees of the Bleach-
ery. Sheet Finishing Mill and Central
Warehouse. Each of the three units op
erated the entire year of 1961 without
any lost time due to injury.
The Central Warehouse has one of
the top safety records at Fieldcrest
Mills, having operated since September,
1960, without a disabling injury. This
is an average of 2,460 accident-free
hours for each employee in the plant.
The Bleachery has operated since De
cember, 1960, without a lost-time acci
dent. There has been no lost-time injury
at the Sheet Finishing Mill since it was
established as a new unit.