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EDWARD WAYNE GREENE Wayne Greene Promoted To Assistant Foreman The promotion of Edward Wayne Greene to assistant foreman of the Wool Blending Department at the Karastan Spinning Division in Greenville has been announced effective August 1. Mr. Greene is a native of Buchanan, Va., and was employed at Greenville in 1961. He first worked as a mechanic’s helper and humidifier controls man in the Plant Service Department and later was transferred to the Quality Control Section as a laboratory technician. He continued in the laboratory until his re cent promotion. Catches Record Bream Katie Whitten, of the Karastan De signing Department, shows an ex ceptionally large bream which she caught last week in a nearby lake. The bream weighed one pound and nine ounces. Local fishermen say this is the largest specimen of bream they have ever heard of. Katie was using a spinner with a glass rod and was fishing on the bottom with a night crawler. The bream shown was one of several bream and bass which she caught on the same day. 6 MY GRANDFATHER; A. D. WEAVER “My grandfather is not a great man, in the sense of being nationally famous, but to me, he has always seemed great. Grandpa has, as long as I have been around, had a green thumb. One year he raised sixty-two gallons of straw berries in his backyard, which is not very big. The next year he grew a to bacco plant which was ten and one-half feet tall and each leaf was thirty-six inches long. “About thirty years ago while my Grandfather was a fixer in a textile mill, he got metal particles in his hand and almost died from blood poisoning. His mechanical ability still shows up in his car. On the motor of the car there never is a grease spot. “My Granddad has always been very kind and generous to my two brothers and myself. All the time we are up there he is doing and buying things for us. In my opinion, there is not a grand er person on this earth, except for my other grandparents.” A. D. Weaver, 50-year employ** shown with grandson, Billy Keetef' Grandson Writes Tribute To 50-Year Maf The essay above was wo-itten by Billy Keeter, 14, a grandson of A. D. Weaver, one of Fieldcrest’s 50-year employees! Billy wrote the theme in school, on an assignment to describe one of his favorite grandparents. Mr. Weaver, the subject of the tribute, had 52 years of continuous service with the company when he retired under the Pension Plan. Since his retirement in 1957, Mr. Weaver has remained a most active per son, participating in the program of the Golden Age Club, gardening, visiting and engaging in other activities in which he is interested. Loomfixer For 40 Years A native of Patrick County, Va., Mr. Weaver was a loomfixer for over 40 years. Most of his years of service were at the old Rhode Island Mill and the Synthetic Fabrics Mill. He recalled recently that, when he first came to Spray, he owned a horse. He used the horse and a drag pan to help excavate for the foundation for an addition to the Rhode Island Mill (now the Bedspread Finishing Mill). His first mill job was as a doffer in the spinning room but he soon moved to the weave room and learned to fix looms. Mr. Weaver has owned his home on In Appreciation I wish to thank my fellow-employees and the supervisors of Karastan Spin ning Division for their wonderful gener osity in helping to make possible my trip to France to visit with my relatives whom I had not seen for 16 years. This was a touching experience for me and my heart is filled with a deep gratitude to all the fine people I have been working with for many years and the wonderful supervisors of the Field- crest organization. With deep and sincere thanks, from ROSE MARIE TRIPP AND FAMILY Washburn Avenue in Spray for to 50 years. He attends the North Christian Church and was one charter members of the Carolina erative Council, an organization o* men at the mills. i He married the former Dorothy ,)i Vernon who has been employed at ^ man’s Store for the past 32 years, only child, Alda, is a graduate of an’s College and formerly was a ber of the Leaksville High School' ty. Alda is married to William who is supervisor of traffic and portation at the Savannah River Pv at Aiken, S. C. In addition to Bil^' " TVIiks ^ have two more sons, Larry, nine years old. % Pride & Joy Dept - Pictured Janet Lynn ^ who was 19 old when the Pj, was taken Lynn is the d® of Mr. and vin H y 11 0 O; mother, Mae, ' j. ployed in the ^ •"''j. Department f 'v —^ Towel Mill. Virginia. Shown in the ac- companing picture is Bobby Kirby Bullins, who was 11 months old when the picture was taken. Bobby is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Monroe Bullins of the Ridge way Road, Leaksville. His father is employ ed in the Winding Department at the Bedspread Mill. THE MILL
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