— Give A Pint Of Blood When Bloodmobile Visits Draper December 4—
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Vol. XXI
Spray, N. C., Monday, December 3, 1962
NO. 11
Children’s Parties Set For Dec. 15-16
CHRISTMAS COMES TO FIELDCREST STORE — Christmas decorations at the
^ieldcrest Store have received much favorable comment from customers. Picture
above shows the Yule decorations in a section of the Fieldcrest Shop. The store will
•■cniain open until 9 p. m. each Friday until Christmas. An employee Christmas
charge plan has been instituted. See details in ad on page five.
Blood Donors Are Urgently Needed Deo. 4
Bloodmobile Coming To Draper;
^Pecial Efforts Being Made To
^®tch Up With Area Quota
The Bloodmobile will be stationed at
^irst Methodist Church in Draper from
a. m. until 4:30 p. m. Tuesday, De-
^srnber 4.
Officials of the local blood program
^*“6 appealing for a large number of
'honors to make up a deficit in the com-
•’^Unity’s quota.
From July 1, 1962, through October
1962, Tri-City people used 260 pints
blood. During the same period only
^3.pints were collected.
. Considering the additional blood used
November, the collection of blood
the Tri-Cities is currently approxi
mately 100 pints behind the actual usage
local people.
F. Dunton, Bloodmobile chairman,
pointed out that, since the blood pro
gram was started in the Tri-Cities in
January, 1961, a total of more than
1,300 pints of blood have been used.
“Not one penny has been charged for
the blood itself,” Mr. Dunton said. “A
few people still think they pay for the
blood they receive. That is not true.
“The charge is made for the admin
istration of the blood. The blood itself
is free, but only because our people do
nate it free of charge.
“We have a good number of volun
teers who give freely of their time, and
donate blood as often as possible. It is
these people who make it possible to
keep the blood program in operation.
“Many people who have been helped
by the blood program have donated
blood or have had someone donate in
their name. Unfortunately, however,
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Company To Sponsor Christmas
Parties At Spray, Fieldale,
Smithfield and Greenville
Fieldcrest Mills will sponsor Christ
mas parties for the children of employ
ees on Saturday and Sunday, December
15 and 16. The children of employees
in the various locations are invited to
attend the party in their area.
The first party will be at 10 a. m.
Saturday in the Fieldale High School
auditorium for the children of Towel
Mill employees.
This will be followed by a party at 2
p. m. Saturday in the new auditorium
at Morehead High School for the chil
dren of all employees of plants and
offices in the Tri-Cities.
On Sunday at 2:30 p. m., a party will
be held in McGinnis Auditorium at East
Carolina College for the children of
employees of the Karastan Spinning
Division at Greenville.
At 7:30 p. m. Sunday, children of em
ployees of the Automatic Blanket Plant
at Smithfield will attend a party in the
Smithfield High School auditorium.
For entertainment, the company has
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Christmas Pay Will Be
Issued Before Holiday
A change in the company’s Christmas
Pay policy for all of the hourly paid and
piecework employees in the North Caro
lina and Virginia mills was announced in
notices posted in the mills last week.
The previous provision for a day’s
pay on Christmas Day has been replaced
with a payment to be made before
Christmas. Eligibility requirements also
have been revised.
Under the new plan, all employees
on the active payroll December 15,
who have continuous service beginning
before September 16 of this year, will
receive straight time pay for eight
hours.
This payment will be in addition to
their regular pay. It will be paid in
a separate check to be distributed with
the regular paychecks for the week in
which December 15 falls.