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Spray, N. C., November 2, 1964
NO. 9
Employees Give $50,394 In Fund Drive
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Fieldcrest Mills Credit Union has
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Worthville Employees Join Credit Union
The picture above shows Howard
Slack (right), slasher tender at Worth
ville, who was one of the first em
ployees to join at his mill. He is being
signed up by Sally McCain of the super
intendent’s office. Looking on are W.
J. Burgin (far left), superintendent of
weaving; and Edward Fowler, mill sup
erintendent.
extended to employees at the
tjj®^^def Sheeting Mill, Forest City,
.North Carolina Finishing Company
'''ision, Salisbury, and the Worthville
. ^ting Mill, Worthville. The response
® good at each location with many
(j^^Plo^yees joining the Credit Union
the first week.
Second Stop Polio Sunday Set For Nov. 15
\yjJj^'City employees and their families
share in the effort to banish polio
^Ver from the area when they go out
the
various immunization clinics
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November 15, to receive their
dose of Sabin oral vaccine,
the first Stop Polio Sunday, Sep-
20, more than 13,000 Tri-City
by received the vaccine. They filed
Ii, ®®rving tables and each was given a
Mth* sugar which had been treated
the vaccine. Those who received
j dose termed it “quick and pleasant.”
Urging those who received the first
sure to take the second dose
tifg^'^'ber 15, Dr. L. Gordon Clarke, of
medical director of the Stop
Polio Sunday campaign in Rockingham
County, stressed that everyone over
three months old needs BOTH DOSES
for complete protection.
“Since the Sabin vaccine eliminates
the possibility of carrying the polio
virus in the body, to be passed on to an
unprotected person, everyone needs to
take the final dose,” Dr. Clarke said.
He emphasized the importance of
everyone’s taking the vaccine including
senior citizens, pregnant women, and
diabetics. Persons who have had the
Salk polio shots also need to take the
Sabine vaccine to avoid the possibility
of being a carrier of the dread disease
(Continued on Page Four)
Fieldcrest Organization Gives
Nearly 85 Per Cent Of Goal
In Community-Wide Campaign
In a magnificent response, again dem
onstrating their interest in the welfare
and betterment of their home commu
nities, Fieldcrest employees contributed
$50,394 in the Tri-City Community
Fund campaign.
In addition to the employees’ gifts,
the company, through the Fieldcrest
Foundation, donated $6,500 to the fund.
The combined contributions of the em
ployees and the company, which totaled
$56,894, were nearly 85 per cent of the
community-wide goal of $67,207.
Of the 4,011 employees on the pay
roll, 2,728, or 68 per cent, contributed
a day’s pay or more. In addition, many
more employees signed up for continu
ing deductions.
C. J. Frank, general chairman of the
Community Fund campaign, and Haven
Newton, chairman of the Fieldcrest
campaign, congratulated Fieldcrest em
ployees who they said had done “ a tre
mendous job.” They expressed their
pride in Fieldcrest employees and
thanked them for their “excellent sup
port.”
Following a report meeting October
27, it was announced that the over-all
community campaign had gone “over
the top” with $78,500 contributed to date
for 117 per cent of the goal.
“We are pleased at going over the top
(Continued on Page Five)
Greenville Sets Record
Employees of the Karastan Spinning
Division at Greenville set an all-time
record when 98.5 per cent of all the
employees pledged a contribution in the
United Fund campaign, Moreover, 98
per cent of the employees pledged a
contribution of a day’s pay or more, and
95 per cent of the Greenville employees
are signed up for continuing deductions.
The tabulation shows that of the 268
employees at the plant, 262 pledged a
day’s pay or more, two employees
pledged contributions less than a day’s
pay, and only four employees failed to
make a contribution.
In the following departments 100 per
cent of the employees pledged at least
a day’s pay: Dyeing, Blending, Carding,
Twisting, Winding & Reeling; Superin
tendent’s Office, and Plant Service.