XXIII
Spray, N. C„ May 31, 1965
NO. 23
Scholarship Recipients Are Announced
Names of the recipients of four $2,400
Scholarships given by the Fieldcrest
Foundation have been announced by
President Harold W. Whitcomb.
These latest grants make a total of
■ ^9 scholarships that have been given
*^hrough the Fieldcrest Foundation in the
^ Past five school years.
I In addition, Mr. Whitcomb announced
I ‘he recipients of two scholarshii>s in the
1 ®anie amount given by the Muscogee
; foundation at Muscogee Mills, Colum-
‘ “US, Ga.
Winners of the Fieldcrest Scholar-
• ®hips^ chosen by the Scholarship Com-
; ^ittee, were:
' Barry Trevis Byrd, son of Mr. and
^rs, Wilbur Trevis Byrd, Rt. 1, Lin-
"'Ood; Larry Irvin Denny, son of Mr.
; ®nd Mrs. George Irvin Denny, Spray;
^vita Dawn Flynn, daughter of Mr. and
Leslie F. Flynn, Leaksville; and
The appointment of Haven H. Newton
, director of industrial relations, ef-
i .®ctive May 18, was announced by Pres-
; dent Harold W. Whitcomb.
I Mr. Newton had been acting director
p industrial relations since December
^ 1964. He is a native of Burlington,
®rmont, and joined Fieldcrest in Sep
tember, 1957.
He was the industrial relations rep-
®sentative at the Blanket and Sheet-
; Mills until April, 1960, when he was
' jJ.^'^sferred to the Automatic Blanket
^ant at Smithfield as personnel mana-
for the Smithfield plant and the
l^arastan Spinning Division at Green-
ille. He was returned to Spray in
ecember, 1961, and was manager of
iftployee relations until his appointment
® acting director of industrial relations.
Brown University Graduate
K^e received his A. B. degree from
j ^own University, Providence, Rhode
^®*and, and his master’s degree in per-
w^nel administration from George
j^a^ington University in Washington,
, Following his graduation at Brown,
jj® enlisted in the army at about the time
j,® Korean hostilities were beginning,
attended Infantry Officers Candi-
School at Fort Banning, Georgia,
finished second in his class. He was
to Korea where he served as a first
Ronald Lewis Martin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude L. Martin, Rt. 3, Martin.s-
ville, Va.
Barry Byrd’s father is a continuous
dye machine operator at the North Caro
lina Finishing Company Division, Salis
bury; Larry Denny’s father is a loom-
fixer at the Sheeting Mill, Draper; Jo-
vita Flynn’s father is a refrigeration
maintenance inspector in the Engineer
ing Department, Spray; and Ronald
Martin’s father is a dye machine tender
at the Towel Mill, Fieldale, Va.
The Muscogee Foundation Scholar
ships were awarded to Larry Austin,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry N. Austin, of
Phenix City, Ala.; and to Lorene
Thrasher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Thrasher, of Columbus, Ga.
Larry Austin’s father is a section man
in the Spinning Department and his
mother (Madeleine) is a spinner at
HAVEN H. NEWTON
lieutenant with the 25th Division.
He joined the Hecht Company in 1954,
starting in the employment office of the
F-Street store in Washington, D. C. He
was promoted shortly afterwards to
personnel manager of the Parkington
store and served in that capacity imtil
he resigned to join Fieldcrest Mills.
Muscogee Mills. Lorene Thrasher’s fa
ther is a mail delivery and office boy
at the Columbus plant.
Scholarship recipients are selected
on the basis of their academic aptitude,
good citizenship and leadership and the
need for financial assistance in obtain
ing a college education.
The Fieldcrest Scholarship Commit
tee is composed of Dr. William Mc-
Gehee, director of personnel research
Pictures and additional information
on the scholarship recipients and their
plans will be carried in the next issue
of The Mill Whistle.
and training, chairman; Dr. L. H. Hance,
division vice president for research and
engineering; John M. Hough, superin
tendent of Leaksville Township Schools;
and R. H. Tuttle, director of technical
services.
A total of 46 applications were re
ceived for Fieldcrest Scholarships.
Twenty-six were from the Tri-Cities;
five from Fieldale, nine from Salisbury;
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Schedules Are Posted
For Vacation Period
Fieldcrest Mills generally will be
closed the week beginning July 5 for
employee vacations, except that the Au
tomatic Blanket Plant at Smithfield will
be closed for two weeks beginning
July 5.
Plants at all locations except Smith
field will close at the end of the second
shift Friday, July 2, and will resume
operations with the beginning of the
third shift Sunday evening, July 11.
Notices announcing the vacation periods
have been posted in the mills and em
ployees should see the notice giving the
schedule for their particular mill.
Vacation pay will be issued on the
regular pay day the week beginning
June 28. Pay checks for the week end
ing July 4 will be distributed to all
employees in the regular manner on
Monday, July 12.
Group life and accident and health
insurance premiums will be waived for
the week ending July 11. The directors
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Newton Named Head Of Industrial Relations