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Design Students Visit Karastan ^15-Million Capital ^ (Continued from Page One) ^itional large boiler costing a half- ^lon dollars. New racks, bins and paling equipment in the Spray ware- ^es will cost over $100,000. spinning frames in the Sheeting L ^ at Draper are being replaced with j, latest type of spinning at a cost of j|! 50,000. New looms at the Blanket in Draper are being installed at a of $150,000. .new $1,000,000 warehouse for the J^tan Service Center will be built year, probably in the Central Area. C service center, formerly Synthetic Fabrics Mill and before the Woolen Mill in Spray, will be ^ as a blanket warehouse. 5y*ans are being studied for substan- k expansion of the Sheeting and Draper at an estimated w of $4,500,000. These projects will ■te started until late 1964 or early ^6 necessary to complete V j Ashing Mill projects first in or- finish the additional production ^ the Draper plants. Confidence In Community W. Whitcomb, president of (jj^^crest Mills, Inc., stated that these V °'^s projects, which will expand the of the local mills, will result in iijg^onal local employment and conse- larger payrolls and higher local t^ounty taxes. He also commented ?(j pfhese large expenditures on the Uy^^ty plants confirm the company’s ^Pl in the local area and its f. ^ieldcrest directors arrived at Sunday, February 16. On Mon- ^ Plane trip to Greenville, Smith- >11^, and Mount Holly, North Carolina, the board to inspect the com- Jjy s three plants in those cities. Tues- lijj 'J'as spent in visiting the local mills l^the Towel Mill at Fieldale. Wed- niorning was devoted to the Vif Meeting and the directors left for 'various homes that afternoon and SilQ^bers of the board are William B. > chairman; Frederic C. Dumaine, Edward Brooking, Jr.; Robert G. IQ® and Albert B. Hunt, all of Boston, l(^chusetts; E. Stanley Klein and P. Maguire, New York City; John t^ilman, Barrington, Rhode Island; Wheeler, Jr., Jaffrey, New V Pshire; and Harold W. Whitcomb, ^aksville. . . . Sell . . . Swap V- • Girl’s cap, small size, blue and dL '^^ed in fur. Finder please tele- K MEadow 5-4783. tig SALE: Hampshire-Poland China Seven weeks old. Call MAin 3- S Q ^LE: Bedroom suite with Lane ’^'^hest. Like new. May be seen at South Avenue, Draper. Call JiJo’^as Hall, MEadow 5-8321 after ni. 0 \ ^E)AY, march 2, 1964 A group of students from the Uni versity of North Carolina at Greensboro, accompanied by Miss Noma Hardin, as sociate professor in the Art Department, were recent visitors at the Karastan Rug Mill. The group was comprised of juniors and seniors who are studying textile de sign. J. G. Farrell, Jr., of the Engineering Department, has been elected president of the master mechanics and engineers organization at Fieldcrest. J. A. Thomas, of the Bedspread-Karastan Plant Serv ice Department, was elected vice presi dent and C. E. Martin, of the Engineer ing Department, was re-elected secre tary. The purpose of the organization is to bring the master mechsmics and engi neers into a closer working relation ship, to provide for an exchange of ideas and the discussion of common problems. The 22-member group meets on Fri day mornings every other month. Meet ings usually are held in the Conference Room at the General Offices. Occasional meetings are held at mill locations, fol lowed by tours of the mills in the re in the Karastan Designing Department, where they asked questions and took notes in discussions with Archie Millar, chief designer, and Robert Dale, of New York, Karastan stylist, who happened to be at the mill on the day of the students’ visit. The visitors are shown in the show room in the Designing Department. Professor Hardin is at far left. spective areas. Members of the organization, in addi tion to those already named are: D. S. Archer, Finishing Mill; Tom Baker, Foremost Screen Print, Inc., Stokesdale; Broadus Burgess, Draper mills; Lester Fulcher, Leaksville mills; J. E. Gardner, training manager; R. A. Harden, T. R. Ray, John Self, A. G. Singleton, R. I. Wilkerson, H. E. Wil liams and George Zeigler, all of Engi neering Department: Curtis Law, Auto matic Blanket Plant, Smithfield; J. T. Maclsaac Jr., Charles Sumpter and Carl Wortham, all of Mechanical Develop ment Department; Ray McGlohon, Kar astan Spinning Division, Greenville; J. A. Smith, Jr., Karastan Mechanical Development Department; and Dwight Wilkinson, Towel Mill; Fieldale, Va. 3 The visitors spent much of their time Engineers And Shop Men Elect New Officers J. G. FARRELL, JR. j. A. THOMAS C. E. MARTIN
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