Robert l. Hamilton
Hamilton And Plyler
The appointment of Robert L. Hamil-
as assistant foreman in the Bed-
wead Mill Carding and Spinning De-
to be assigned to the third
and that of Clyde W. Plyler as a
Pervisory trainee in the Bedspread
Weave Room has been announced,
g Hamilton was born at Greenville,
r and was a supervisor at Darling-
'''lanufacturing Co., Darlington, S.C.,
Personnel Man
^9-kes Visit To Snrav
SQjj°*®nian W. Grubb, Sr. (right), per-
pj manager at the North Carolina
Division, Salisbury, is shown
Jack T. Carter of the Industrial
Department during a visit to
Tri-cj^igg plants and offices.
W T- Grubb spent two days here in
qjj the mills, becoming better ac-
t’igj^ted with other members of the
the . organization, and studying
by ^dustrial relations procedures used
^ '•he company.
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^NDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 19
Bedspread Mill Wins
President’s Plaque
The Bedspread Mill (including Bed
spread Finishing), for the sixth consecu
tive year, won the President’s Plaque
given by President Harold W. Whitcomb
to the Mill in which the highest per
centage of employees pledged a day’s
pay in the Tri-City Community Fund
campaign.
A tabulation of the results showed
that 75,6 per cent of the employees in
the bedspread operations contributed on
the day’s pay basis. The runner-up for
the President’s Plaque was the Sheeting
Mill (including Sheet Finishing) with
69.1 per cent.
At the Karastan Mill (including Kar-
astan Service Center), 63.6 per cent of
the employees gave a day’s pay and in
the blanket operations, including the
Blanket Mill, Bleachery, Finishing Mill
and Central Warehouse, 59.6 of the em
ployees pledged a day’s pay.
The Industrial Relations Department
won the President’s Plaque given among
the staff departments. The following
staff departments had 100 per cent par
ticipation on a day’s pay basis: Indus
trial Relations, Enginering, Technical
Services, Standards, Fieldcrest Store.
The Industrial Relations Department
became the winner by having the high
est percentage of contributions in excess
of a day’s pay for the entire department.
The Industrial Relations Department
includes the Canteen Service; and the
Technical Services Department includes
Product Development, Research and
Quality Control and Mechanical Devel
opment Departments. The Engineering
Department includes the central staff.
Central Filter Plant, and Specials De
partment (Scrubbing and Window
Washing, Office Janitors, and Yard
Cleaning).
Blanket Names Make Amusing Story
Those familiar with Fieldcrest’s blanket lines will find amusing the following
“story” composed by O. D. Petty, manager of our Los Angeles Service Center. All
of the words printed in capital letters are names of Fieldcrest blankets in the current
lines.
Mr. Petty is known to many in the Spray area due to his having been head
accountant and office manager during the period 1936-1946.
The “story” follows:
THE FIELDCREST BLANKET STORY
On an ACRYWARM, TROPIC NIGHT in EARLY AUTUMN, COURTNEY and
ALICE strolled by the LAGUNA in CAPISTRANO in the CARIBBEAN BREEZE.
ALICE was wearing an EMPIRE styled VENETIAN LACE gown with FLORAL
MEDALLIONS. They strolled through the GARDENIAS and DAHLIAS under the
MIDNIGHT SUN, as they talked about the ROSE FAIR, the VINEYARD GARDEN
and the SEAVIEW.
They were also remembering the wonderful days they spent in TOYLAND, and
the circus under the BIG TENT; later the vacations in BATON ROUGE, DEVON
SHIRE and LEXINGTON; the NEW SOUTHWIND that created a SHOWER OF
FLOWERS in the SUMMER BREEZE; that night in AUGUSTA when FATIMA
danced the FLIRTATION ROSE and the AIRSPUN around her.
ALICE was SPELLBOUND by COURTNEY’S NOBILITY, TENDERNESS and
AFFECTION when they later rode to the CHATEAU on his PINTO. THREE
CHEERS!
CLYDE W. PLYLER
Join Bedspread Mill
before entering military service in
World War II. He was in the army for
four years and served in the Pacific
Theatre.
After the war he was associated with
several North Carolina mills in a super
visory capacity and came here from
Royal Cotton Mills at Wake Forest.
Mr. Plyler is a native of Charlotte
and attended King’s Business College in
Charlotte, where he studied business
administration. He also studied loom-
fixing and designing and mill mainte
nance at the North Carolina Vocational
Textile School at Belmont.
He served in the Navy from October
1948 until March 1950 and was a loom-
fixer at Leaksville Woolen Mills at
Charlotte for approximately 12 years
before he came to Fieldcrest.