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XXIII
Spray, N. C., May 17, 1965
NO. 22
Expansion Is Announced At Forest City
$3,700,000 modernization and ex-
^•ision program for the Alexander
^^eeting Mill at Forest City has been
^tiounced by Harold W. Whitcomb,
*^®sident of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Mr. Whitcomb gave details of the im-
/ovement program to approximately 35
“^siness leaders of Forest City and
^'Jtherford County Tuesday, May 11, at
Jl^cheon in Forest City.
^ The new project will completely mod-
^^nize the spinning and weaving and in-
®^se production by 70 per cent.
^ Contract has been signed with Rob -
Company, of Sanford, for 92 new
^'^ning frames consisting of 30,912
JOHN MILES KEEFE
Maguire Vice-Pres.
election of John Miles Keefe as a
of John P. Maguire &
(j, ■> Inc., a factoring subsidiary of Field-
p''-' president
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j,®st Mills, Inc., has been announced by
®nk E. Beane, Maguire president.
Vj^r. Keefe, who recently resigned as
president and secretary of Textile
Cq king Co., joins Maguire as an ac-
executive. He is a graduate of
^^ftrnouth College and Yale Law School
5^ served in World War II as a de-
*^yer officer.
is married and resides in Rye,
V with his wife and four children.
Keefe is a director of Ward Leonard
fctric Co., Yonkers, N. Y., and is ac-
spindles, replacing all present frames.
The present weave room will be con
verted to a spinning department with
latest type refrigerated air conditioning.
Grading has begun for construction
of a new completely modem weave
room of 104,000 square feet. Additional
looms will be installed bringing the total
to 698 from the present 408.
Employment and payrolls will in
crease a substantial amount, although
not in direct proportion to the increase
in production, due to higher speeds and
greater productivity per employee.
Completion of the project is expect
ed by the end of this year. Cloth from
the plant will be finished at the North
Carolina Finishing Company, Salisbury,
and cut, sewn, packaged and shipped
from the Sheet Finishing Mill at Spray.
Fieldcrest acquired the Forest City
plant, the North Carolina Finishing
Company, and another sheeting mill at
Worthville, from Erlanger Mills Cor
poration June 30, 1964. Since that date,
$400,000 has been spent to convert the
Alexander mill’s product from carded
muslin to combed percale sheeting.
The company’s largest sheeting mill,
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Fieldcresters Elected
Town Commissioners
Six employees of Fieldcrest Mills in
the Tri-Cities were elected to town
boards in the municipal elections in
Draper, Leaksville and Spray Tuesday,
May 4.
Broadus Burgess, foreman of the Plant
Service Department at the Draper mills,
was the top vote-getter in the commis
sioners race at Draper as he was re
elected for a fifth term. Also returned
for a fifth term was Paul Shropshire,
instructor-fixer in the Blanket Weave
Room. Dan Squires, assistant foreman
in the Sheeting Spinning Department,
was elected to the board for the first
time.
Jones W. Norman, industrial relations
representative at the Bedspread and
Karastan mills, and C. B. Rakestraw, re
tired head quality man in the Researc h
and Quality Control Department, were
elected to their fifth terms as Leaksville
commissioners.
W. Jim Robertson, who is grounds
supervisor at Fieldcrest Mills in the Tri-
Cities, led the ticket in the Spray elec
tion as he was returned for a third term
on the board of commissioners.
H
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>iv,
in civic affairs.
AT WORTHVILLE, N. C.—This new sign has been erected on the Worthville
Sheeting Mill. Fieldcrest acquired the Worthville plant, the North Carolina Finish
ing Company, Salisbury, N. C., and the Alexander Sheeting Mill, Forest City, N. C.,
from Erlanger Mills Corporation June 30, 1964. Watch for a double page picture-
story on the Worthville operation in the May 31 issue of The Mill Whistle.