Home Demonstration Ladies Visit Karastan
A group of approximately 100 Home Demonstration Club
ladies from Stokes County, led by Mrs. Ann H. Meadows of
Danbury, Stokes Home Demonstration Agent, were recent visit
ors at the Karastan Mill and the Fieldcrest Store.
The visit to Fieldcrest Mills was designed to help the ladies
in the selection and care of linens and floor coverings for
beauty and long wear. Their observations here will be used as
a basis for study and discussion at club meetings.
The visitors are shown in front of the Karastan Mill prior to
their tour of the plant.
Performance Award
Goes To Rug Loom 21
The Karastan Weave Room award for
above - standard performance during
April went to weavers and fixers on
loom 21.
The Karastan Mill awards certificates
each month on looms where above
standard performance is achieved in the
five areas of loom efficiency, seconds,
burling costs, housekeeping and yield.
Each of these factors represents a crucial
area involving quality and costs.
Loom No. 21
Weavers Fixers
Irene Meeks Wayne Griffin
J. C. Ragan Robert Rodgers
George Whitten A. G. Smith
Buy . . . Sell . . . Swap
FOR SALE: Size 13 Fruman coal stoker.
Cheap. See Morris Turner at 1112 W.
Washington St., Leaksville, telephone
MAin 3-3276.
FOR SALE: Boy’s bicycle, 20” with
training wheels. Call MAin 3-3680.
FOR SALE: Matched ponies, red sor-
rells. Call MAin 3-8954.
Greenville Leaders
High production award winners
at the Karastan Spinning Division
in Greenville for the month of
May were:
Carding Edward Moore
Spinning Willa Morris
Dorothy Bowen
Twisting Joyce Wilson
Reeling Rose Tripp
WILLIAM H. RICHARDSON, JR.
THOMAS E. BOYCE
Richardson, Boyce Promoted At Towel
In organization changes at the Towel
Mill effective June 1, William H. Rich
ardson, Jr., office manager, was pro
moted to superintendent of warehous
ing, shipping and customer service, and
Thomas E. Boyce, management trainee,
was promoted to general night foreman
of the Towel Mill.
Mr. Richardson replaces C. P- Wilson,
superintendent of scheduling, warehous
ing and shipping, who retired under the
Fieldcrest Pension Plan. Mr. Boyce re
places R. D. Hundley, night superintend
ent, another June 1 retiree.
A native of Roanoke who joined the
company in 1937, Mr. Richardson work
ed on production jobs in several of the
mills before he was transferred to the
Standards Department in 1943. He was
in the Navy over two years during
World War II and after his return be
came head of the Karastan Standards
Department. He later was an assistant
foreman in the Setting Department at
the Karastan Mill.
He became supervisor of the Labor-
meter-Wastemeter in 1950 and two
years later was transferred to the Towel
Mill as head of the Standards Depart
ment for the Towel and Hosiery Mills-
He was appointed head of production
scheduling and customer service at the
Towel Mill in October, 1955 and soon
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