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Spray, N. C., October
Community Fund Solicitations To Begin
Canvass In Tri-City Mills And
“^es Will Be Conducted
•curing Week Of October 2.4
beh"i" at Fieldcrest Mills in
. of the Tri-City Community Fund
,,PP6n Monday, October 24, and will
"tinue through Friday, October 28.
Mri^^ budget goal in the community-
the ^ ':®*’apaign is $85,500, representing
P^inimum amount needed for the
hnuance of the 10 health, welfare,
recreational services included in
campaign.
Cit board of directors of the Tri-
Community Fund approved the
^®'all budget of $78,545 recommended
the
by the budget and admissions commit
tee. An additional $6,955 was included
in the goal as a contingency item, prin
cipally to take care of uncollected
pledges and as a small reserve for the
future.
Fieldcresters, along with employees
of all other firms in the Tri-Cities, will
be asked to pledge a minimum of a
day’s pay. The campaign in the com
munity will begin October 17 and
continue until the end of the month.
Link Barton, assistant manager of Rock
ingham Block & Ready Mix Co., is
general chairman of the community
wide campaign.
For the convenience of employees and
Many Employees Buy Safety Shoes
ted f persons were sized and fit-
®^fcty shoes at safety shoe clinics
Week at the mills in the Tri-City
Of
safety
this number, 530 purchased
y, . ®boes. For the others, a size card
fr,„®.^tlled out and will be kept on file
g future use.
belri fbe shoe clinics have been
®af t shift. However, the
shoes will be offered to second
shift employees as soon as
K. R. Baggett, Fieldcrest safety di
rector, said, “To obtain the desired re
sults, that is, to properly size and fit all
Fieldcrest Mills employees, a great deal
of time is involved. Personnel are being
trained on all shifts, and second and
third shift employees will be sized and
fitted as time permits complete fitting
schedules.”
He said the program will be conduct
ed on a continuing basis and will be ex-
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upon their authorization, Fieldcrest will
make payroll deductions over a 12-
month period to collect the pledges.
Hurdle H. Lea, director of raw ma
terial purchasing, is general chairman of
the drive at Fieldcrest Mills. The man
ager of each mill will serve as chair
man for the solicitation in his mill, with
the assistant managers and superintend
ents as co-chairmen. Heads of major
staff departments will be in charge of
the campaign in their respective de
partments.
Payroll deductions authorized by em
ployees will not begin until the first pay
period in January, 1967. If an employee
has no work during a particular week,
he will not be required to make up the
missed deduction.
Employees who signed up last year
for Community Fund deductions on a
continuing basis, of course, will not be
solicited in the campaign. To reduce the
work involved in an annual campaign
employees in recent years have been
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At the safety shoe clinic at the Bedspread Mill, K. R. Baggett, safety
director, fits shoes on Walter Woods. In foreground is Albert Craddock.
Harris Is Speaker At
25-Year Club Meeting
The company has spent over $60 mil
lion since 1953 on expansions and im
provements of various kinds, Robert A.
Harris, vice president—manufacturing,
told members of the 25-Year Club in
the Draper-Spray area at their annual
meeting Saturday, October 1.
He said that a considerable portion of
the expenditures were for the improve
ment of working conditions such as air
conditioning, modern employee conveni
ences, good parking facilities and other
improvements to make working condi
tions more comfortable and desirable.
The improvements were possible be
cause the company’s owners were will
ing to spend money for improved quali
ty and for better conditions for em
ployees, Mr. Harris said. He told of new
buildings that have been built and of a
number of locations where air condi
tioning has been installed or is in the
process of being installed. He predicted
further improvements in working con
ditions in the future.
He stressed the importance of style,
quality and service in the success of the
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