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ELMER R. AKERS
PAUL M. WALKER SANFORD L. HOPKINS
Towel Mill Employees Who Retired June 1
Pictured above are three employees
of the Towel MiU at Fieldale, Va., who
retired under the Fieldcrest Pension
Plan effective June 1. Sanford L. Hop
kins of the Twisting Department had
21 years of continuous service. Elmer R.
‘Miss Tri-City’ To Go
To NC Pageant July 7
Dorothy Ellen Jones, “Miss Tri-City,
1964” will represent Leaksville-Spray-
Draper in the Miss North Carolina beau
ty pageant to be held in the Memorial
Auditorium in Raleigh July 8-11.
Miss Jones, a receptionist-secretary
at the Karastan Office, Leaksville, won
over six other contestants in the Miss
Tri-City contest here May 1. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jones,
of Ruffin, but resides at Leaksville.
The state pageant will be the largest
in the history of Miss America elimina
tions anywhere in the United States.
Akers of the Weave Room had 20 years,
and Paul M. Walker of the Spinning
Department had 17 years. Another June
1 retiree at the Towel Mill was Mar
vin E. Myers of the Spinning Depart
ment, who is not shown.
Hill Children
Randy Lynn, 2Vz years old, and Ken
neth Todd, six months old, are sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hill. Mother,
Ethel, is employed at the Sheet Finish
ing Mill in Spray.
Jamie Harris
Jamie Harris,
shown in the accom
panying picture, was
two years old on
June 7. His father,
Everette Harris, is
employed in the
Print Shop at Cen
tral Warehouse, and
grandfather, Robert
J. Harris, works in
the Central W a r e-
house Shipping De
partment. Jamie’s mother (Bonnie) is
a former employee of the Burling De
partment at the Karastan Mill.
Get ‘Safety Bucks’
Winners of silver dollars in the “Safe
ty Bucks” contest for the month of May
at the Bedspread Finishing Mill were;
Frances Washburn, Luther F. Smith,
Virginia C. Smith, and Helen Thomp
son, all of Cutting and Sewing.
Participating in the drawing were
Jewel Smith, of Packing, and Ruby Les
ter, of Cutting and Sewing.
Congratulations To
College Graduates
Large Number Of Fieldcrest S
And Daughters Get Colleg®
University Degrees
Pictured on the opposite
summer 1964 college and gjiterS
graduates who are sons and da
of Fieldcrest employees. Thes
graduates are in addition to six
whose pictures were carried in
ceding issue of The Mil Whistle.
Sara Ann Williams, daughter o
and Mrs. H. E. WiUiams, receive
A.B. degree in education from t
versity of North Carolina at g Jlef
where she majored in rn^^hema i
father is safety director at Fi
Mills. j fro!*’
Priscilla Joyce Savage graduat
Appalachian State Teachers g^tet
with a B.S. degree. She is the d
of Mr. and Mrs. John Savage-
age is employed in the Cloth
Department at the Bleachery.
Samuel J. Robertson received his
degree in business from East
College. He is the son of Mr.
Otis Robertson. His father is Jiis
in the Sheeting Weave ^ jcar®'
mother, Fairie Robertson, in the
Stan Setting Department.
Vivian Stone Longenecker
her A.B. degree from Bridgewa
lege. She is the daughter of "
Mrs. Harry Longenecker. Her i pe-
a cutter in the Towel Mill SeWi
partment, and her mother, ■fo'''
Longenecker, is a weaver at the
Mill. , ito^
Walter K. Williams graduateo
,„1 R.S.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs
Williams. His father is senior eie
It
,jai>
Auburn University with a
in the Maintenance Department
cogee Mills, Columbus, Ga. aii“
Robert Lee Whitt, Jr., son of p.g.
Mrs. Robert Lee Whitt, received n ^
degree in education with a
mathematics from Appalachia^
Teachers College. His mother, -ta’’
T. Whitt, is employed in the K-
Setting Department. gg
Ledon Lingo received his
textile technology from the So is
Technical Institute, Marietta,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. ^gd
His mother, Ida Lingo, is em^
the Finishing Department at
Mills.
Willard Alvin Holton, Jr. was
uated from Georgia Institute ° ..gg,
nology with a B.S. degree in texti jj Qi
is the son of W. A. Holton, .cco^'
the Finishing Department at ^
Mills, and Mrs. Holton. , j li®*
Vivian Ray Blackwell receiv ,jggfil
A.B. degree from Greensboro
with a major in elementary pi\0
She is the dauighter of Mrs. S- tf*
Ray and the late. Dr. Ray,
wife of Ronald L. Blackwell of
Processing Department at the ^
Offices. , 
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