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^eaksville-Spray Junior High School students showTi at Bedspread Mill are, from Dorothy Strader, Ann Lester, Hope Wooten. Spinner is Alberta Wray. In back- ^found is R. L. Hildreth, Dyeing Department foreman, guide for the group. Student Groups Visit Fieldcrest , Groups of students from Draper Jun- High School and Leaksville-Spray 'Jnior High School toured some of the 'leldcrest plants in the Tri-Cities re- 6titly as part of a new ninth grade pUrse entitled “Introduction to Voca- ttOtls.” gThe Draper students visited the , ®Uket and Sheeting Mills and the ^^ksville-Spray group toured the Bed- ^fead Mill and the Karastan Rug Mill, each mill the students assembled Were given information about that P^fticular mill. They were then divided smaller groups for the mill tours. *^ides were assigned to conduct them through the mill and to answer their questions. Approximately 85 students are partic ipating in the course, 70 at Leaksville- Spray Junior High School and 15 at the Draper Junior High School. Preceding the visits, J. E. Gardner, training manager at Fieldcrest, spoke to the one class at Draper and the four classes at Leaksville-Spray to give ad vance information that would make the visits more meaningful for the stu dents. He discussed the nature of the jobs in the textile industry and the edu cational and aptitude requirements for placement on these jobs. Fieldcrest Scholar Makes Dean’s List Glenda Overby, a Fieldcrest Scholar ship recipient, has been named to the Dean’s List at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her grades were all A’s for the past semester. Glenda is a senior and is majoring in mathematics. She plans to become a high school teacher. A Morehead High School graduate, she was one of the three young people—children of em ployes—who were awarded Fieldcrest Scholarships in the fall of 1961 and one of the 15 who have received scholar ships since the program began. In addi tion, the first Muscogee Foundation, awarded its first scholarship in 1964. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Overby of 208 Lawrence Street, Spray. Her father is a shearing machine operator at the Bedspread Mill. Glenda was employed in the Industrial Rela tions Department in the summer of 1964. Nine Supervisors Get Training In First Aid Certificates have been presented to nine Blanket Mill men who have com pleted a standard Red Cross first aid course taught by Swanson Via, a mem ber of the Tri-City Rescue Squad and a qualified Red Cross instructor. Completing the course were: Cecil Ball, assistant foreman. Wool Spinning; John W. Cassell, assistant foreman, Wool Picking; Calvin Cochran, second hand. Inspecting; Jesse W. Griggs, assistant foreman, Weaving; Edward Gillie, as sistant foreman. Yarn Preparation; Gene Inman, special assistant to the su perintendent; Paul E. Jones, assistant foreman. Wool Carding; C. W. Johnson, assistant foreman. Plant Service; and J'. Richard Ramsey, clerk. Wool Picking. Any Fieldcrester interested in taking a standard or advanced Red Cross first aid course is requested to telephone Grief Jones, chairman of first aid for the Leaksville-Spray Red Cross chapter, or telephone the Red Cross office. 7 ik K ^^oup from Draper Junior High School is shown at Blanket Mill. At far right is J®** Redwine, teacher. The inspector shown is Ruby Barrow. At far left is Fred training coordinator at Blanket Mill, who was guide for the tour. ONdaY, APRIL 5, 1965
The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle (Spray, N.C.)
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