BERTHA P. GRIFFIN
JOHN T. TOLBERT
CABELL S. GRAHAM
MOIR C. PADGETT
Four Complete 45- Year Records
January 1, 1S64, marked the 45th an
niversary of continuous service for two
employees each from the Bedspread
and Towel Mills.
Completing 45-year records were
Bertha P. Griffin and John T. Tolbert,
of the Bedspread Mill, and Moir C.
Padgett and Cabell S. Graham, of the
Towel Mill.
Each of the veteran employees was
presented the Fieldcrest 45-year service
pin, a gift and a letter of commendation
from President Harold W. Whitcomb.
Mrs. Griffin was born in Patrick
County, Virginia and was first employed
by the company January 1, 1919. She
has worked in the same department at
the same mill throughout her many
years of service and has been a winder
or spooler hand for most of her 45
years.
Mr. Tolbert was born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., and likewise was first em
ployed January 1, 1919. He has worked
in the Bedspread Spinning Department
for the entire time and has worked
as a doffer during ail of the 45 years
He has never been off of the payroll
for any reason since he came to work.
Mr. Graham, a native of Patrick
County, Va., has worked at the Towel
Mill continuously since January 1 1919
He worked for a short while as a doffer
in the Spinning Department but for
almost 40 years was a warp twister
Since 1960 he has worked as a frame-
oiler-tape man.
Mr. Padgett was born in Stokes Coun
ty and was employed at the Towel Mill
January 1, 1919. He worked as a quill
hauler for a time but was a weaver
during most of his 45 years of service
He continues to work as a weaver at
the present time.
Both Mr. Graham and Mr. Padgett
have worked 45 years without being of'
of the payroll for any reason. Also both
of them had a part in the construcUon
of the Towel Mill building. Mr. Padgett
worked as a water boy during the con
struction and Mr. Graham as a bellows
operator in the blacksmith shop.
Issued Every Other Monday For Enip
and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills# ■'
Copyright, 1964, Fieldcrest MillS/ '
Spray, N. C. ^
OTIS MARLOWE
EDITOR
Member, South Atl®"*'
Council Of Industrie
Editors
ADVISORY BOARD
D. F. Carson J. M. Moore
C. A. Davis J. M. Rimtner
J. S. Eggleston J. T. Wtiite^
REPORTING STAFF
Automatic Blanket Plant SWirtey
Bedspread Mill Edna
Bedspread Finishing Mill Ann /
Blanltet Mill Katherine '0
Central Warehouse Geraldine L k#
Draper Offices Mamie
Karastan Mill Irene
General Offices Hilda
Gladys Holland, Katherine^
Karastan Service Center Mary
Karastan Spinning Div Eveiyf r
Nev» York Offices
Betty '■‘ J
Sheeting Mill Ruth ' j#
Tovifel Mill Fay Warren, Fannie
Vol. XXII Monday, Jan. 6, 1964,
'MS£J?V/CE
Forty-Five Years
Cabell S. Graham
Bertha P. Griffin BedsLi|
Moir C. Padgett •
John T. Tolbert BeoS*^
Forty Years . .-ijiit
David E. Alley .. Bedspread
Ernest W. Arnold • .jjet
James R. Hampton
Robert Lee Minter ^
Thirty-Five Years
Roy G. Whitten
Giles H. Angle • ■
Vester Griffin
Elmer N. Nichols
T. Rufus Ray General
William C. Soots • f,,/
T. Noel Tilley •
Thirty Years
Frances T. Strutton
Witcher M. Hundley • ^
Twenty-Five Years
Emma P. Joyce
Beadie L. Wright y
TSventy Years
Nathan Edwards nff’j
L. Christine Perdue ... General
Larry Stultz
Edgar Gamer
Lela E. Moran ■'
Helen A. Plasters • • ’ -jo'',
Raymond L. Williams ■ jjur**
Pauline R. Ratliff
Fifteen Years , .rof
Dora P. Adams ,
Ten Years
Tommie L. Halstead
Desbie Stanford ^
SERVICE PIN FOUNP^^:
found at Draper Junior Higf'
Fieldcrest 25-Year Service pi^’
may recover at school office. ,;
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