Employees Donate $65,249 In Campaign
In generous and unselfish support of Engineering Department includes the
'T'y.-j O'j. ^^i -m i -i
, Tri-City Community Fund, em-
oyees of Fieldcrest Mills in Leaks-
j^®'Spray-Draper contributed $65,249
recent campaign.
„'■n addition to the employees’ gifts,
p ® company through the Fieldcrest
O'Undation donated $6,500 to the fund,
combined gifts of the employees
the company amounted to $71,749,
Presenting a high percentage of the
amount raised in the campaign.
3 4,670 employes on the payroll,
t’, ® or 73% pledged a day’s pay. A
^^al of 2,506, or 53.7%, signed up for a
* ® Pay on a continuing basis. A grand
of 3,868, or 82.8%, participated in
® campaign by making pledges in
amount.
(Shi
Employees in the Sheeting operations
‘nesting Mill and Sheet Finishing
p.dl) with 76.6% won the President’s
.^que given by President Harold W.
ggj foomb to the mill in which the high-
(jg ,Percentage of employes pledged a
] y s pay. They also won the plaque
year.
p The Standards Department won the
p^^dent’s Plaque among the staff de-
Standards employees con-
^^outed an amount equal to* 102% of a
Pay for all employees in the de-
Engineering Department includes the
central staff. Central Filter Plant, and
Specials Department (Scrubbing, Office
Janitors and Yard Cleaning).
Drawings, by mills, for the prizes
given by the company among those who
contributed a day’s pay or more were
held at the Fieldcrest Store.
James E. Woods, of the Karastan Mill
won the grand prize, a 9 x 12 Karastan
oriental design rug. His name was
drawn from among the names of all
employees, mill and staff, who contrib
uted a day’s pay.
Seventeen other winners received
their choice of a bedspread, a blanket,
a Happiness rug or a sheet and pillow
case set.
Winners in the Bedspread division
(Bedspread and Bedspread Finishing
Mills) were Ronnie Horsley, Patricia IV.
(Continued on Page Eight)
Appreciation To
Fieldcrest Employees
1 want to express my heartfelt
thanks for your generous support
of the Tri-City Community Fund
campaign. Once again your fine
cooperation has provided an exam
ple for the Tri-City community.
You can be proud that you have
accepted your share of the respon
sibility and that you are part of
the Fieldcrest organization which
is recognized for its support of all
that is good for the community.
May I say again most sincerely:
Congratulations and Thank You.
LINK BARTON
General Chairman
Tri-City Community
Fund Campaign
Rochelle Named NCF President
Part:
hient.
Other staff departments in which
of the employes gave a day’s pay
100%
^^dustrial Relations, Engineering,
^Idcrest Store, General Management,
if, Industrial Relations Department
.^ludes the Canteen Service, and the
Union To Pay
dividend Of 41/2%
The appointment of Morton D.
Rochelle as president and general man
ager of the North Carolina Finishing
Company division at Salisbury, effec
tive November 22, has been announced
by Robert A. Harris, vice president—
manufacturing of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
it ^,®*nbers of the Fieldcrest Mills Cred-
Per cent per annum dividend, fig-
in all locations will receive a
Pi-ed
acc:
on their average monthly balances
credited to each member’s share
-^ht as of December 31, 1966.
Cj. dividend was authorized by the
Of .it Union’s Board of Directors at
last regular monthly meeting.
^ Credit Union, which has never
Saw than 4 per cent per annum on
i^ *hgs, increased the per annum div-
rate from 4 per cent to 414 per
i„ * effective January 1, 1965. It was
jf. *^®ased to 414 per cent for the six
hths ending June 30, 1966.
MORTON D. ROCHELLE
Mr. Rochelle, who has been serving
as assistant general manager of the
plant, succeeds James H. Riddle, who
died November 20.
A native of Clifton, N. J., and a grad
uate of Rutgers University, Mr. Rochelle
joined the North Carolina Finishing
Company in 1947 as assistant to the
president. He later served as superin
tendent of services and assistant general
manager.
Mr. Rochelle served five years in the
army and was discharged in 1946 as a
lieutenant colonel. He served in Aus
tralia, New Guinea, the Philippines,
Ja an and Korea. A graduate of the
Command and General Staff School at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., he is a colonel
in the inactive reserves.
He is a leader in civic and religious
affairs and has been active in the Salis
bury Industrial Management Club. He
served as instructor for several courses
sponsored by the club and as a result
of this activity was selected as Rowan
County’s “Industrial Man of the Year’’
in 1963.
He is a member of the Salisbury
Chamber of Commerce, the American
Management Association and the Ameri
can Association of Textile Chemists and
Colorists.