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(center), of England, is shown during tour of Karastan Mill. At left is 'of McConnell, industrial chaplain who accompanied the visitor on tour I. ® *nill. Seated is Elizabeth Carter, of the Designing Department. ^haw, Retiree, Donates Time To Community service to the community is eiiiQpgreat satisfaction to a retired woyee of the Towel Mill. I'ti Shaw, who retired as a weaver d u donates his full time to the job t ^^'^Seant for the Fieldale Fire A real volunteer, he re- l^or Psy, not even compensation 1 or laundering. fiBij', haw is extremely well liked by !5dale' the citizens and has received praise ^ important 'service he is render- Wgjj firemen and townspeople are ^ith his good work and are tig . ^or his services. the job at the fire station ery Of fJe and stays until after 11p.m. I'Ji (ij,^''ers all fire calls, notes the type location and the best route it. He turns on the siren on the bulletin board the in- LEROY SHAW ^^rves Fieldale Community formation needed by the firemen as they arrive. While the Fieldale firemen are battling a fire, Mr. Shaw keeps in touch with the fire truck by radio. He arranges for help from other fire departments in Henry County and Martinsville, if need ed. An associate member of the Fieldale Fire Department, he is not a frontline firefighter due to health reasons. Mr. Shaw has lived alone at the Vir ginia Home in Fieldale since his wife died a few years ago. His only child, a daughter, lives in South Carolina. Fol lowing his retirement under the Field- crest Pension Plan, he took a few trips but soon found that he had time on his hands. Wanted To Be Of Service He volunteered for the fire depart ment job because he wanted to perform a useful service for the community. Also, he was acquainted with most of the members of the Fire Department and liked them. His work as desk ser geant gives him an opportunity to asso ciate with these friends practically every day. There are firemen on all three shifts at the Towel Mill and they usually stop by the fire station after they leave vhe mill. Mr. Shaw makes it a practice to have coffee ready for them when they drop in at the station or return from fighting a fire. He takes pride in the Fieldale Fire Department and its fine record. “I think we’ve got the best fire department in the country and I’m proud to be a part of it,” he said. Mr. Shaw worked at the Towel Mill for many years before his retirement, although all of his service was not con tinuous. He was a real pioneer at John Clegg, English Architect, Visits Mills Y’s Men’s Official, On Visit To Tri-Cities, Is Conducted On Tour Of Fieldcrest Plant The Karastan Mill had an interesting visitor last week in the person of John Clegg, of Weston-Super-Mare, Somer set, England. Mr. Clegg, an architect, was in this country as a delegate to the 39th Inter national Y’s Men’s Convention held in Buffalo, N. Y. August 4-8. He was in vited to spend a week in North Caro lina before returning to England. He visited Y’s Men’s Clubs in Char lotte, Kannapolis, High Point and in the Tri-City area. He was guest of honor and speaker at a joint dinner meeting of the Draper, and Leaksville-Spray, Y’s Men’s Clubs Tuesday evening, Aug ust 13 at the Mar-Gre Restaurant. The following morning he was given a tour of the Karastan Mill. Accom panied by the Rev. J. K. McConnell, in dustrial chaplain, he visited the Design ing Department and all of the manu facturing department. As an architect, he was quite interested in the Design ing Department. Invited By Y’s Men Mr. Clegg made the Tri-City visit at the invitation of Charles Fair, presi dent of the Leaksville-Spray Y’s Men’s Club and Melvin Pruitt, of the Blanket Mill Inspecting Department who is president of the Draper Y’s Men’s Club. Mr. Fair and Mr. Pruitt attended the convention in Buffalo. In England, Mr. Clegg is the senior architect at the Weston-Super-Mare office of a London firm of architects engaged in building projects throughout the British Isles. He is youth leader at the Weston- Super-Mare YMCA, a past president of the Y’s Men’s Club there and has been extremely active in organizing Y’s Men’s Clubs in England. He is an official of a number of other community organi zations in Weston-Super-Mare. Fieldale, having helped to install ma chinery at the Towel Mill even before the roof of the mill was completed. He earlier worked at the Blanket Mill in Draper during summers while going to school. In addition to his interest in the Fire Department, he is interested in Civil Defense and some time ago completed a civil defense course. He is interested in all sports, particularly baseball and goes to Washington or Baltimore at least once each year to see a major league game. He also enjoys photography as a hobby. But none of these activities gives him as much genuine satisfaction as his service to his friends and fellow-citizens as desk sergeant at the Fire Dapart- ment. Like many other retired Field- cresters, he has found that keeping busy at something he likes and which is of service to others is the key to happy retirement years. A-Y, august 2 6, 1 9 63
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