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Plants of'Draper^ Greenville, LeaksYiHe, Movnt HoJIy, SmithfieW and Spray, N. C
Spray, N. C., May 11, 1964
NO. 22
250 Donors Needed For Blood Program
^^ALLON donors — Blood donors Leonard Cochran, of the Beck Dye Depart-
^ at the Finishing Mill (center), and Jimmy Huffman, of the Purchasing Depart-
are presented certificates and pins signifying membership in the “Gallon
Making the presentation is Norman Young, Blood Program co-chairman.
^ive Scholarships Awarded By Foundations
a ^mes of the recipients of four $2,400
,> ^l^rships given by the Fieldcrest
Sfp^dation have been announced by
'Sident Harold W. Whitcomb,
j hese latest grants make a total of
Scholarships that have been given
the Fieldcrest Foundation in the
four school years,
addition, Mr. Whitcomb announced
•'ecipient of a fifth scholarship in
^me amount, given by the Musco-
^^oundation.
lij ® winners of the Fieldcrest Scholar-
chosen by the Scholarship Com-
®*jctures and additional information
''ih scholarship recipients and their
\vill be carried in the next issue of
, Mill Whistle.
were Rickie Lawrence Manuel,
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sanders
If Donald Francis Rhodes, son of
and Mrs. Sam Buck Rhodes, Jr.;
Brenda Gayle Stowe, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Stowe; and Robert
Wade Myrick, son of Mrs. Juanita Byrd.
Rickie Manuel's mother, Mrs. Annie
Mae Manuel, is a weaver at the Sheet
ing Mill in Draper, and Robert Myrick’s
mother, Juanita S. Byrd, is an office
clerk at the Automatic Blanket Plant,
Smithfield. Donald Rhodes’ father is a
laboratory technician in the Research
and Quality Control Department, Spray,
and Miss Stowe’s father is a napper op
erator at the Finishing Mill, Spray.
The recipient of the Muscogee
Foundation Scholarship, chosen from
among eight applicants, was Charlie A.
(Andy) Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
William Evans.
Both of Andy Evans' parents are em
ployed in the Spinning Department at
Muscogee Mills in Columbus, Ga. His
father is a doffer Emd his mother (Mol-
lie Carter Evans) is a spinner.
Recipients are selected on the basis of
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Tri-City Program Is In Jeopardy
Unless Long-Standing Deficit Is
Eliminated by ‘Operation Rescue’
On Tuesday, Fieldcresters will join
with other Tri-City citizens in support
of “Operation Rescue,” an all-out ef
fort to save the Tri-City Blood Pro
gram and insure its continuance for the
benefit of local people.
At least 250 blood donors are needed
when the Bloodmobile comes here for
a special visit to allow the community
an opportunity to make-up a long
standing deficit in the local Blood Pro
gram. The Bloodmobile will be at the
Rescue Squad building on the Spray-
Draper road from 11 a. m. until 5 p. m.
The Tri-City Blood Program is in
jeopardy because of a long-standing def
icit in blood collections in relation to
the amount of blood used for the bene
fit of local people. The community has
been officially notified that emergency
measures must be taken to increase the
blood donations if the program is to
continue to function locally.
For a long time, the usage of blood
for local patients has exceeded the
amount of blood donated in the Tri-
Cities. Blood is being used at an aver
age rate of 90 pints per month while
only about an average of 65 pints per
month are being donated. The current
deficit, representing the shortage only
in the fiscal year that began last July
1, stands at 224 pints.
Haven Newton, co-chairman of the
Blood Program, said a minimum of 250
pints must be donated at “Operation
Rescue’ in order to eliminate the defi
cit and to give the program a new start.
“If more of our people realized just
what the loss of the Blood Program
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Smithfield Plant
Makes Own Wire
As part of Fieldcrest’s continuing im
provements for the purpose of making
top quality products at the lowest pos
sible cost, a new wire making section
has been set up at the Automatic Blan
ket Plant in Smithfield. See details of
this new operation in picture-story on
pages four and five.