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VOL. XX
Spray, N. C., Monday, April 16, 1962
Three Mills To Get
Safety Certificates
The Automatic Blanket Plant, the
Bleachery and the Bedspread Mill have
qualified for Certificates of Commenda
tion, awarded by the National Safety
Council, for having operated the entire
year of 1961 v^rithout a disabling injury.
The awards will be presented to the
mills when they are received from the
National Safety Council.
In addition to the three plants that
won awards, three other mills—Finish
ing Mill, Karastan Mill and Towel Mill
—had better than their normal safety
records in 1961.
The company has received from the
National Safety Council an evaluation
of the injury rate at the various plants.
Each year, the company sends its safety
records to the Council for evaluation and
comparison with other mills throughout
the country.
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., is a member of
the National Safety Council and dis
tributes NSC information and educa
tional material to the various mills.
Fieldcrest in 1961 had the lowest acci
dent frequency rate in its history. The
rate was 1.34 as compared with the De
partment of Labor’s 6.3 frequency rate
for the textile industry in North Caro
lina.
Only 14 lost-time injuries occurred
|n 1961, as compared with 22 such in
juries the previous year. Through
March, 1962, there were four disabling
injuries, which is the same number that
Occurred in the first three months of
last year.
Draper YMCA Drive
The annual membership cam
paign at the Draper YMCA open
ed April 1 and continues through
the month of April. Robert Stew
art is general chairman.
, Paul Setliff, of the Draper Cost
Department, is captain of the No.
2 team, and Bob Reece is the No.
1 team captain.
Assisting them will be a large
organization of canvassers—in
cluding many Fieldcresters—who
will solicit memberships among
the various community groups in
Drai>er.
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TEXTILE MEN TO HOUHHEEfijj^^
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Fieldcrest Will Be Host To S.T.A,
Division; Whitcomb To Speak
Fieldcrest Mills will be host to the
spring meeting of the Northern North
Carolina-Virginia Division of the South
ern Textile Association which will bring
approximately 250 mill operating offic
ials here for a general meeting and a
number of technical sessions.
The meeting will be held in the new
auditorium at Morehead High School
Saturday, April 28, starting at 10 a. m.
Harold W. Whitcomb, president of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., will be the main
speaker and will be introduced by Rob
ert A. Harris, Fieldcrest vice president
of manufacturing.
Langdon Joslin, of Dan River Mills,
Danville, Va., chairman of the division!
will preside at the general meeting.’
The invocation will be given by the Rev.
Operations Being Moved
To Karastan Service
Center At Spray Mill
The new Karastan Service Center,
designed to facilitate service to custo
mers, is rapidly taking shape in the
former Synthetic Fabrics Mill building
in Spray.
The Sample, Cut Order, Carving,
Warehousing and Shipping Departments
already have been moved and began
operations in the new location Monday,
April 9.
The Billing Department and the Cus
tomer Service Department are scheduled
to be moved during the Easter week
end and holiday.
The move will enable the mill to give
better service to its customers through
the consolidation of all order and ship
ping functions and related operations,
the installation of modern sample and
cut order machines, improved storage
facilities and the rearrangement of op
erations for greater efficiency.
The Spray building for several years
has been used for rug and carpet stor
age.
Space vacated at the Karastan Mill
in Leaksville will be used to alleviate
crowded conditions in some of the exist
ing operations. Certain departments and
operations at the mill will be relocated
and rearranged for greater convenience
and efficiency.
J. K. McConnell, Fieldcrest. industrial
chaplain.
R. C. Going, superintendent of the
Sheeting Mill, is in charge of arrange
ments for the meeting. Mr. Going is on
the board of governors of the Southern
Textile Association and is a director of
the Northern North Carolina-Virginia
Division.
Mr. Going said that all supervisors
and staff men at Fieldcrest are cordially
invited to the meeting and that he
urges a good attendance from the Field
crest organization.
Following the general meeting there
will be group discussions on the general
feeme of “Preventive Maintenance.”
Discussion leaders will be as follows;
Herbert Hayes, Cone Mills Corp.
Opening, Picking and Carding- J p
Ritchie, Washington Mills, Spinning; w!
B. Chambley, Fieldcrest Towel Mill
Spooling and Warping; W. A. Kirk Er
win Mills, Slashing; Fred L. White, Dan
River Mills, Weaving; and R. C Tan
ner, Fieldcrest Mills, Quality Control.
Heads Y’ Campaign
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John G. Cunningham, superintendent
of the Karastan Mill, is general chair
man of the Consolidated Central YMCA
membership campaign which opened
April 9 and continues through April 30
A large number of Fieldcresters are
assisting in the campaign.
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