Greenville Production Leaders For 1962 Fieldcrest Nurse Is
Named To State Post
Melvin Moore (extreme right), superintendent of the Karastan Spinning Divi
sion, congratulates production leaders (from left) Margaret Brady, Spinning; Hazel
Lockamy, Spinning; Joyce Wilson, Twisting; William Whaley, Carding; and Mary
Lou Brown, Reeling. Rose Tripp, Reeling, was not present for picture.
Rroduction award winners at the Kar-
3stan Spinning Division in Greenville
^those operators who had the highest
Production records for the niost months
out of the year in 1962—recently were
Siven special recognition in an infor-
*^al meeting in the office of J. M. Moore,
Plant superintendent.
Mr. Moore congratulated the employ-
on their outstanding performance
and presented awards to members of
the group. He made a brief talk in
Shop, Engineering
Group Elects Officers
In the recent election of officers of
the Fieldcrest master mechanics and
engineers organization, D. A. Wilkinson,
of the Towel Mill, formerly vice presi-
lient, was named president, succeeding
A. Smith, Jr., of the Karastan Me
chanical Development Department.
J. T. Maclsaac, Jr., of the Mechanical
^development Department at Spray, was
elected vice president; and J. L. West,
^gineering Department, was elected
^cretary, succeeding M. A. Bell, Jr.,
Purchasing Department.
The purpose of the organization is to
oring the master mechanics and the en-
Sineers into a closer working relation-
to provide for an exchange of
''leas, and the dicussion of common
Problems.
The 22-member group meets on Fri
day afternoon every two months. Most
of the meetings are held in the Confer
ence' Room at the General Offices, al
though occasional meetings are held in
^arious mill areas, followed by tours of
^e mills in the respective areas.
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which he emphasized the necessity of
top quality and high production in the
successful operation of the mill.
The production leaders were William
Whaley, Carding Department; Margaret
Brady and Hazel Lockamy, who work
together as a team in the Spinning De
partment; Joyce Wilson, Twisting De
partment; and Mary Lou Brown and
Rose Tripp, who tied for the highest
1962 production records in the Reeling
Department.
Jane G. Reynolds, registered nurse
in the Fieldcrest Medical Department,
has been elected chairman of the occu
pational health section of the North
Carolina State Nurses’ Association and
in this capacity will serve on the associ
ation’s board of directors.
In addition to presiding at meetings
of the occupational health section, its
advisory forum and its executive com
mittee, Mrs. Reynolds will be an ex
officio member of all section committees
and in other ways will furnish leader
ship for this important group of nurses
in North Carolina.
In a letter to Dr. J. A. Sanford, Field
crest Medical Director, Mary E. Cope
land, president of the State Nurses’ As
sociation said, in part:
Position Of Leadership
“We are pleased that Mrs. Reynolds
has accepted this position of leadership
demonstrating an interest and aware
ness in professional responsibility which,
I am sure, is reflected in her professional
growth and performance. Since the ulti
mate purpose of this organization is
better nursing care for all citizens, we
believe your organization and the peo
ple they serve also will benefit from
Mrs. Reynolds’ contribution to the pro
gram of work of the professional nurses’
organization.”
Mrs. Reynolds has been a member of
our Medical Department since 1942 and
earlier was on the staff of the Leaks-
ville General Hospital. She is a native of
Stuart, Virginia, and a graduate of the
Leaksville Hospital School of Nursing.
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D. A. WILKINSON
. . . President . . .
J. T. MacIS.'VAC, JR.
. . . Vice President . . .
J. L. WEST
. . . Secretary . ,
Recent programs have included dis
cussions on maintenance in the mills,
sprinkler systems and modern methods
in materials handling.
The membership includes, in addition
to the above: master mechanics, Derrek
Archer, Finishing Mill; Broadus Burgess,
Blanket and Sheeting mills; Lester O.
Fulcher, Bedspread and Karastan mills;
Curtis Law, Smithfield Automatic
Blanket Plant; R. B. McGlohon, Karastan
Spinning Division, Greenville; Engi
neering Department, Howard Barton;
Joe Farrell; R. A. Harden; C. E. Martin;
John Self; A. G. Singleton; R. I. Wilker-
son; H. E. Williams and T. R. Ray;
Training Department, J. E. Gardner;
Mechanical Development Department,
Spray, C. B. Sumpter, Jr.; and Carl
Wortham.
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