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Names Appear w Towel Quality List Several new names appear on the Mill’s list of outstanding weavers jj, joomfixers, indicating keen com- -J'on for the designation as “top'’ 'erators. "Weavers of the Week” are those the lowest per cent of seconds with !. to the standards for the various ^ groups. “top” fixers are determined j'Jgh a combination of low seconds loom efficiency. Weavers—W/E December 15 L ^ Terry Oscar Snider Terry John Whitlock & Cam Levi Carter ip-y Looms Harry Kennett hosiery Mill building) Fixers—W/E December 15 Jj" ^ Terry William Martin Terry Woodman Allen & Cam .... Claude Austin, Jr. Looms Booker Dalton W Weavers—W/E December 8 Ijj ^ Terry Oscar Snider D^quard Terry .... Douglas Hundley & Cam Ralph Ballard Looms Harry Kennett -oh —^W/E December 8 Terry Melvin Woodward Dj^iard Terry J. D. Handy V p ^ Cam Thurman Watson Looms Booker Dalton Stiles R. Fifield Dies After Illness Promoted 'was promoted to r foreman on the second shift in Packing and Blanket Stock ®nts at Central Warehouse, ef- ^6 “January 1 p -vwo gictuuciit; ux with a B. S. degree ® administration and was Fieldcrest Vice President Was Prominent In Cotton Trade For Over 25 Years. Sadness was felt throughout the Fieldcrest organization when Stiles Rich Fifield, vice president-purchasing, died at his home in Greensboro December 23, after a long illness. Mr. Fifield had been with Fieldcrest since April 1953, when he was appointed director of raw materials purchasing. He was promoted to vice president-pur- chasing in July 1955, in charge of raw materials and supply purchasing, traf fic, and the local Fieldcrest Store. With a background of experience in the textile industry, he was prominent in the cotton trade for over 25 years. He was vice chairman of the cotton committee of the North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association and past chairman of the association’s cotton buyers and classers division. He was an NCTMA delegate to the National Cot ton Council. He was born in Adams, Massachu setts, August 9, 1915, to Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Fifield. He grew up in Welland, Ontario, Canada, and was connected with the Woods Manufacturing Com pany, a textile manufacturer in Well and, for 3% years. From 1937 until 1953 he was associ ated with cotton merchants in Memphis, Tennessee, as cotton classer with Geo. H. McFadden & Bro., as assistant man ager of J. A. Baker & Co., and from 1946 to 1953 as manager of Volkart Brothers, Inc., Memphis operations. During that period he also managed Volkart’s California branch and opened their Mexico buying offices. Mr. Fifield was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Greensboro, and was active in the men’s club of the STILES R. FIFIELD Vice President-Purchasing church. He was a member of the local Meadow Greens Country Club, the Greensboro Country Club and the new North Carolina Country Club, near Pinehurst. The funeral was conducted at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Thursday morning, December 26, by the Rev. Da vid Guthrie, acting rector, and the Rev. Peter Robinson, rector of St. Francis Episcopal Church. Burial was in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Mr. Fifield is survived by his wife, the former Helen Parotte; two daugh ters, Lynn and Guion; two sons. Rich and Barry, all of the home; and his mother, Mrs. Mary Rich Fifield of Wel land, Ontario, Canada. 1963 graduate of Western Car- in em- a trainee at Central Ware- ij 'VhH He is a Draper native tljg ^6d at various Fieldcrest plants ^0 ^'^'^wers between school years. JANUARY 6, 1964 SAFETY SHOE CAMPAIGN — In a campaign emphasizing the use of safety shoes at the Karastan Spinning Division, Greenville, safety shoes were awarded to, from left, Willie Graham, garnett operator; Solomon Williams, blender, and Richard Roe buck of the Wool Carding Department. Presenting shoes at far right is Melvin Moore, plant superintendent.
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