Members of the Smithfield Rotary Club are shown as they
arrived for tour of General Offices. Elwood Edwards, purchas
ing agent at Automatic Blanket Plant, who is a member of t**®
club, is shown third from left on front row.
r tour of General Ottices. Jiiwouu - -M/raJW
Smithfield Rotarians Tour Fieldcrest Mills
_ ... . mnrnine. Since to Fieldcrest and gave them b;
Twenty-five members of the Smith
field Rotary Club, representing a cross-
section of civic, business, educationa
and religious leaders of Smithfield and
Johnston County, were guests of Fieid-
crest Mills, Inc. Tuesday, May 4.
Led by Harvey E. Price, the club
president, the Rotarians toured the Gen
eral Offices and the Blanket and Shee.-
ing Mills during the morning. Since
they were here on the regular meedng
day of the Leaksville-Spray Rotary
Club, they met with the local club at
their luncheon at the Meadow Greens
Country Club.
At the meeting, Robert A. Harris, vice
president, manufacturing, made a brief
talk in which he welcomed the visitors
to Fieldcrest and gave them backgroui«^
information about the company,
during the afternoon, the visitors tea
ed the Karastan Mill and visited
Fieldcrest Store. . ,)
The invitation to visit Fieldcrest i
been extended to the Smithfield g
Club by Elwood Edwards, P^rcl^® .
agent at the Automatic Blanket
who is a member of the club. Mr.
wards accompanied the group here.
D. F. Carson, employee relations rn
ager, greeted the visitors upon tn
arrival at the General Offices an
ordinated their guided tours of the (('■
and offices. Mr. Carson formerly ,
personnel manager at Smithfield _
was acquainted with most of the m
bers of the group.
New Safety Committees
Named At Blanket Mi
R. B. Mitchell, superintendent j-
Blanket Mill, has announced the A .
dent Investigation Committees Wx
will serve for the next three montii •
Members of the committee are:
First shift, J. Edward Gillie,
Preparation; Frank Hutson,
Carding; and Robert Barnes,
Spinning.
Second shift, Paul E. Jones,
Carding; Goldie Pruitt, Cloth Room,
Edward Newman, Shop. j,
Third shift, L. Curtis Light, Co
Spinning, Jerry Shropshire, Weav
Paul Blackwell, Yarn Preparation.
= - ■ I” ^ everything possible t
Sheeting Used In Junior-Senior Decorations
OIICCUIIS UOCU III _ nnt.tandins fea- gation Team on each shift to make t
immediate investigation of any
requiring professional medical
Group from“ Sheet Finishing Mill admires
sh^ting from Fieldcrest as background for drawings and for ceiling. From left,
Irving Hodges, Betty Talley, Lucille Alley, Carson Slaughter.
Sheeting made by Fieldcrest Mills,
Inc., had a prominent part in the deco
rations at the annual Junior-Senior
dance at Morehead High School, Spray.
The theme for the event was “The Land
of the Rising Sun.”
Duracale sheeting was used as a back
ground for chalk scenes like the one
shown in the picture. Outstanding
ture of the decorations was the “pink
ceiling fashioned from sheeting draped
at eight-foot intervals. Hanging under
the cloth were Japanese lanterns and
wind chimes. .
James Cherry was the faculty advisor
for the Junior-Senior decorations.
The new system provides a
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procedure for reporting an injuryi
tifying the Accident Investigation
mittee and preparing the comnH
findings regarding the accident. ^
THE MILL WHIST^
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