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VOL. XXVI
Spray, N. C., October 23, 1967
NO. 8
Give A Fair Share To Community Fund
Smithfield Concludes
Successful Campaign
In their highly successful United
Fund campaign, 84% of the employees
oI the Automatic Blanket Plant at
Smithfield made contributions. Of the
446 employees solicited, 275 pledged do
nations in some amount.
A total of 265 persons pledged the
‘Fair Share” amount, representing
11% of those who gave and 59% of the
total number of employees contacted.
Robert F. Sambleson, plant manager,
and John J. Beck, area personnel man
ager, expressed appreciation to the em
ployees for their fine support of the
campaign.
Winners in the drawing held among
those who contributed a “Fair Share” or
more were Linda F. Miller, of the Con
trol Assembly Department, who won an
A-irspun cellular blanket: Archie Artis,
of the Shipping Department, who wen
3 towel set; and Eugene A. Flinter, of
Hata Processing, who won a sheet and
Pillow case set.
Moore Is Speaker At
25-Yr. Club Meeting
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Fieldcrest Mills is closer to the con
sumer than the average company be
cause such a large part of our produc
tion is in finished goods ready for the
*'etail counters. Therefore, satisfying the
Consumer is of the utmost importance,
William Moore, president of Field-
crest Mills, Inc., told 25-Year Club
members from the Bedspread and Bed
spread Finishing Mills at their annual
luncheon.
For a company to succeed, it must
Please the customer and that means
Providing top styling, quality and serv-
*ce. Each of these key factors is largely
dependent on the knowledge, skills and
attitudes of people, he said.
Mr. Moore reviewed the progress and
Srowth of the company and cited the
tremendous expenditures made by
Fieldcrest for modernization of exist-
mg mills and acquisition of other plants.
Me said we are fortunate in having a
Moard of Directors that believes in put-
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Solicitations Begin In Annual
Campaign; Prizes Will Be Given
Solicitations in the Tri-City Com
munity Fund campaign in Fieldcrest
plants and offices were to begin Monday
and were expected to be completed by
the' end of this week.
Each employee is to be contacted and
invited to pledge a contribution in sup
port of the 11 community-service agen
cies included in the Fund. It was ex
pected that the Fieldcrest contributions
would again be a major factor in meet
ing the community-wide goal of $90,000.
Graham Phillips, assistant to the di
rector of standards, is chairman of the
Fieldcrest campaign. The manager oi;
each mill is chairman for his mill,
with the assistant managers and super
intendents as co-chairmen. Heads of
major staff departments are in charge of
the campaign in their respective depart
ments.
Employees who pledge a “Fair Share”
and departments in which 100 per cent
of employees give a “Fair Share” in
the Tri-City Community Fund campaign
will be eligible for valuable prizes.
In addition, plaques, certificates and
other honors will be given departments
with 100 per cent participation on a
“Fair Share” basis.
The President’s Plaque is to be given
by President G. William Moore to the
mill which has the highest percentage
of employees giving a “Fair Share”. The
plaque will be held for a year by that
mill and will rotate to next year’s win
ner. The staff department having the
highest percent of “Fair Share givers”
will receive a similar plaque.
Certificates of Merit will be presented
by the Tri-City Community Fund to
each mill department and staff unit in
which all employees give “Fair Share”.
Employee contributions may be in
the form of a pledge which can be paid
in small installments through payroll
deductions over a 12-month period. A
large number of employees are already
signed up for continuing deductions on
a “Fair Share” basis.
Each employee who pledges a “Fail-
Share” will be eligible to have his name
in his mill’s drawing for a $15 gift cer
tificate good for any purchase at the
Fieldcrest Store.
In addition, the names of all em
ployees who pledge a “Fair Share”
will be included in the drawing for a
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Guinan Heads Carpet Institute Board
Walter B. Guinan, a vice president of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., and president of
the Karastan Marketing Division, has
been elected chairman of the board of
trustees of the American Carpet Insti
tute, Inc.
His election was announced at the
Institute’s recent 40th annual meeting.
He succeeds Horace C. Jones, president
of Lees Carpets, a division of Burling
ton Industries, Inc., who has served as
chairman of the ACI Board of Trustees
for the past two years.
Mr. Guinan became a vice president
of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., in 1954 and
president of the Karastan Marketing
Division in 1957. He was given the addi
tional responsibility for all marketing
functions of Laurelcrest Carpets, a di
vision of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., when
the Company purchased the former
Morgan Carpet Mills in December, 1966,
Prior to his tenure with Fieldcrest
Mills, Mr. Guinan spent 24 years at
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WALTER B. GUINAN