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VOL. XXI
Spray, N. C., June 10, 1963
NO. 24
Bloodmobile Collects
118 Pints At Draper;
Small Deficit Remains
A total of 118 pints of blood were do
nated Wednesday, June 5, when the
Bloodmobile made its first visit to Dra
per in 1963.
Lester N. Brown, formerly a Field-
crest employee, gave his 56th pint of
blood and qualified for the “Seven Gal
lon Club.” He is to be given a pin and
certificate in recognition of his dona
tions to the Red Cross Blood Program.
Willie B. Powell and Stokes Wilson,
Jr., both of the Blanket Mill, and Cal
vin Gover, husband of Nancy Gover, of
the Blanket Mill Wool Spinning Depart-
nient, were recipients of the $25.00 cash
prizes donated by the Tri-City Mer
chants Association.
Bloodmobile officials said the local
Blood Program is still in arrears. Count
ing the 118 pints donated at Draper and
based on the current rate of usage of
blood for local patients, the program
Will have a deficit of approximately 28
pints by the end of June.
Pension Checks Presented 34 New Retirees
Ceremonies honoring 34 employees re
tiring under the Fieldcrest Pension Plan,
effective June 1, were held in the vari
ous mill managers’ offices Friday morn
ing, May 31. The first monthly pension
checks were presented at the meetings.
The newest group of retirees includes
employees from 10 different mills and
the General Offices and makes a total
of 822 retired Fieldcrest employees who
are now drawing pension checks.
At the meetings, mill officials con
gratulated the retirees upon having
reached retirement age when they can
enjoy greater leisure with a monthly
pension for life paid from the Field
crest Mills Pension Trust.
The mill managers and members of
the Industrial Relations Department
staff explained the various benefits
available to the company’s retired em
ployees, and pointed out that retirees are
still considered members of the “Field
crest Family.”
Among those retiring, Paul P. Flem
ing, of the Bleachery, had 47 years to
Jackson Heads Blanket and Sheeting Mills
Suttenfield, Baker And Young
Receive Promotions In Other
June 1 Organization Changes
Arthur L. Jackson, assistant to the
vice president-manufacturing since De
cember, 1959, has been appointed man
ager of the Blanket and Sheeting Mills
to replace J. H. Ripple, manager of
those mills, who retired under the Pen
sion Plan effective June 1.
Mr. Jackson, a graduate of North
Carolina State College with a B.S. de
gree in textiles, has served in several
managerial positions since he first join
ed the company in 1948 as a quality con
trol engineer.
He was superintendent and later
manager of the Synthetic Fabrics Mill
and was assistant manager of the Towel
Mill. He was technical assistant to the
manager of the Blanket and Sheeting
Mills before going to St. Marys, Ohio, to
manage the St. Marys Woolen Manufac
turing Company, a subsidiary of Field
crest Mills, Inc.
He was returned to the company’s
headquarters in Spray when the St.
Marys operations were transferred to
the Blanket Mill in Draper and the
Finishing Mill in Spray.
Mr. Jackson, a native of Kings Moun-
ARTHUR L. JACKSON
tain, served with the Naval Air Corps
in World War II. He studied industrial
administration at Yale University and
Westminster College under the Navy’s
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lead the group in length of continuous
service. Next were Robert N. Brown,
Sheet Finishing Mill, and Howard Bar
ton, of the General Offices, who each
had 45 years of unbroken service.
R. D. Hundley, Towel Mill, and H.
Levi Robertson, Finishing Mill, each
had 44 years of continuous service.
Charlie L. Hodges, Blanket Mill, had 43
years; and Clarence C. Voss, Finishing
Mill, had 42 years.
Jettie R. DeHart, Bedspread Finishing
Mill, Minnie E. Shockley, Central Ware
house, and J. H. Ripple, Blanket and
Sheeting Mills, each had 41 years; and
William L. Nichols, Towel Mill, had 40
years of uninterrupted service.
—SEE PICTURES ON PAGE FIVE—
Others retiring, several of whom had
from 30 to 40 years of continuous
service, were: Blanket Mill, Charlie H.
Aheron, Tyler B. Broadnax, Walter M.
Chambers, Maggie H. Nelson, Raymond
Robertson, Sam M. Sawyers, and Ola
L. Stultz; Bedspread Mill, Kate P.
Blackburn, Emma Bryant, and Clyde
T. Merriman;
Sheeting Mill, Earlie B. Ball, Emery
M. Hanks, Elizabeth J. Webster and
Helen F. Sweeney; Bleachery, James
Edgar Harris; Finishing Mih, W. Rufus
Hylton; Karastan Mill, Thelma B. Crad
dock and Charles R. Galloway; Towel
Mill, Sarrah S. Ashburn, Fitzhugh L.
Perdue, Elbert J. Smith and C. P. Wil
son; General Offices, Earle L. Brown.
Directors Of Muscogee
Vote To Sell Capital
Stock To Fieldcrest
The directors of Muscogee Manufac
turing: Company, Columbus, Ga„ at their
meeting May 28, voted, subject to ap
proval of their stockholders, to accept
a proposal to sell their entire capital
stock to Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Announcement of Fiel^.crest’s plans to
acquire the Muscogee company was
made at Spray by Robert A. Harris,
vice president-manufacturing.
The Muscogee Manufacturing Com
pany was founded in 1867 and produces
terry towels, toweling and some mattress
ticking. A large percentage of the pro
duction is sold to the large chain stores
and mattress manufacturers.
All of the operations are housed at
one plant location. Muscogee operates
1,045 looms and 34,252 spindles. The
plant employs about 1,350 people.