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Sales Meeting (Continued from Page One) Whitcomb reviewed the progress of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., to date and told of some of the company’s future plans. Robert A. Harris, vice president, man ufacturing, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. re ported on production operations and new developments and progress at the mills. He reviewed some of the major improvements in buildings and ma chinery and other advances in the man ufacturing end of the business. The meeting was conducted by G. W. Moore, president of the Fieldcrest mar keting division. After an introduction by F. W. Green, vice president, merchan dising, the product managers presented the new items in their respective lines. Mr. Green then discussed the mer chandising program and K. G. Agnew, Jr., director of advertising and sales promotion, outlined advertising plans for 1965 and gave a preview of four- color magazine ads and promotional ma terial for stores. A. S. Thompson, vice president, sales, presided at the second day’s meeting. He reviewed the results in 1964 and presented the sales program for 1965. This was followed by a discussion of the sales program by D. M. Tracy, Eastern sales manager; W. I. Krohn, Western sales manager; and G. W. Chapin, St. Marys sales manager. The two-day main meeting was fol lowed by smaller meetings with indi vidual groups of district managers and salesmen to permit more detailed dis cussions and questions and answers. The meeting ended on a note of strong optimism and full confidence on the part of everyone that the goals for 1965 will be met. Roberson Children Janice Naomi, six, and William An thony, five, are children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Roberson of Route 1, Leaksville. Mr. Roberson is a slasher operator at the Bedspread Mill. Grand father, Frank W. Roberson, is a me chanic at the Karastan Rug Mill. SWINGING ON A STAR — Fieldcrest Mills’ entry in the Tri-City Merchants Asso ciation Christmas parade, a large professionally-built float called “Swinging: on » Star” carries, from left, Anne Mclver, Karastan Designing; Leticia Hunter, Centra Warehouse Office; Elizabeth Puckett, Data Processing Department; and Breno Noles, Blanket Mill Inspecting Department. Fieldcrest Men Enjoy ‘Unbelievable’ Fishing Groseclose And Powell Catch 25 Sailfish In Spectacular Run Off Palm Beach, Fla. Two Fieldcrest men enjoyed “unbe lievable” fishing when they experienced a spectacular sailfish run off Palm Beach, Florida. Staying over for a day of vacation following the Fieldcrest sales meeting held at HoUywood Beach, Florida, J. P. Powell, manager of sheet operations and W. P. Groseclose, manager of the Field crest Store, caught 25 sailfish in five hours of fishing. Prior to going to Flori da for the sales meeting, neither had ever hooked a sailfish before. Their catch of 25 was the top during the day. There was no mate aboard the boat but when the two fishermen hook ed three sails at once they managed to whip all three. They ran out of bait and had to use two small fish coughed up by a dolphin they had caught. “We caught two sails on one bait,” Mr. Powell said. “The first fish we caught on the bait did not tear it up badly so we used it again and got an other sail.” Almost A Ton Of Fish Mr. Groseclose estimated that they caught almost a ton of fish since most of the 25 sails weighed from 60 to 70 pounds. The longest measured about eight feet, with the average being about seven feet. The record-breaking catch by the Fieldcrest men received wide publicity in the Florida newspapers and Mr. Powell and Mr. Groseclose were inter viewed for radio and television. The unusual sailfish run was termed by one of the local gamefish guides as “the best in eight years”. It was trig' gered by a cool northwester which schools of small migratory fish streain' ing into the waters off Palm Beach. of the boat skippers described the ar® between the Seminole Gk)lf Course an Jupiter Inlet as “alive with fish.” Victor Gammons The accompanying picture shows Victor Gill Gammons, four months old when the picture was made. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Gam mons of West Wash ing Street, Leaksville, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Gammons, both of whom are employed at the Blanket Mill in Draper ■ Walton East, Jr. ^ Walton East, Jr- ' son of Mr. and Walton East Leaksville and son of Mr. and C. E. BlackweU of Mrs. J. S. East, of Draper. Mr. well is a retired ployee of the Mill Wool Department and 3^ jj Blackwell (GracieJ , Blanket Mill employed Spinning. the THE MILL WHiStt'
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