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VOL. XXVI
Spray, N. C., December 4, 1967
NO. 11
Employees’ Gifts To Fund Total $91,008
A iSpecial Message
FROM OUR BOARD CHAIRMAN
It is a privilege and pleasure for me to thank each Fieldcrest
employee who participated in the Rockingham Community Col
lege Student Center Fund Drive. You again demonstrated your
sincere interest in and support of the county in which you live and
Work. With such support as this, we can continue to make Rock
ingham County a better place in which to reside and educate our
children. Fieldcrest employees’ contribution is noteworthy because
of the amount in relation to the total county donations. Your
generosity and community spirit are certainly to be commended.
In my opinion, Rockingham Community College will continue
to grow and make an outstanding contribution to the prosperity
and development of our entire county. Your generous contribu
tions to the Student Center fund was the decisive factor in the
success of the project. I believe that your help will be a great
source of satisfaction to all of you as the years go by.
Chairman of the Board
Winners Of Prizes, Awards Announced
in the drawings for prizes among all
’"'ho contributed to the fund drive, the
pinner of the grand prize, a 9 x 12
^arastan rug, was Samuel Jamison, Jr.,
the Bedspread Mill Carding Deparc-
'»ent.
'Winners of $15 gift certificates good
any purchase at the Fieldcrest Store,
^Warded in drawings in mill depart-
^’''onts and staff units where 100% of the
®®ipioyees donated, were:
Burns Guards, Jesse Smith; Canteen,
kobert Powell; Draper Mill Account-
Lorine Pruitt; Engineering, Central
®taff, Robert Kennedy; Employee Bene-
hts and Services, Joyce Pierce; Floor
finishing and General Offices janitors,
Poland Smith.
Also, Film Bag Department, Malcolm
^3shburn: Standards, central staff,
graham Phillips; Leaksville Standards,
"William DeLapp; Sheet Finishing Sup
erintendent’s Office; Vicki Patterson;
Product Development and Pilot Plan:;,
Norris E. Ellington.
In addition to the individual prizes,
(Continued on Page Eight)
Percent Participation
Percent
MUl Participation
Non-Woven Blkt. Mill 100%
Bedspread Mill 71.7%
Sheet Finishing 69.8%
Staff Departments 61.2%
Finishing Mill 61.0%
Central Warehouse 59.9%
Bedspread Mill 58.9%
Karastan Mill 55.1%
Bleachery 53.2%
Sheeting Mill 51.8%
Kar. Service Center 47.2%
Blanket Mill 43.6%
Avg.
Pledge
$29.58
26.30
23.07
34 23
28 68
24.12
26.30
23.99
23 68
27.02
24.19
27.74
In a magnificent response, employees
of Fieldcrest Mills contributed $91,008
to the building fund campaign for the
new Student Center at Rockingham
Community College. Their generous and
unselfish support demonstrated once
again their interest in the welfare and
betterment of the Eden area and Rock
ingham county.
Charles R. Brown, chairman of the
campaign at Fieldcrest, said 57% of all
employees pledged contributions, with
an average gift of $31.28. The Non-
Woven Blanket Mill set a record when
100% of the employees pledged contri
butions to the campaign.
The percent participation and the
average pledge per contributor at each
mill are shown elsewhere on this page.
The trustees of the college reported
that the county-wide goal of $250,000
had been reached, thus matching the
challenge gift of $250,000 made by
county industries, and assuring that the
$500,000 Student Center will be built.
Gave 36% Of Total
Contributions by Fieldcrest employe
es amounted to 36% of the amount
raised in the over-all fund drive. The
Company had earlier donated $100,000
as part of the challenge gift, making a
total contribution by the employees and
the company of $191,008,
Plans for the new Student Center are
to be drawn early in January. Construc
tion is to begin by summer and it is ex
pected that the building will be ready
for use starting in the fall of 1969.
Harold W. Whitcomb, chairman of the
board, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., who is a
trustee of Rockingham Community Col
lege, wrote a special message for “The
Mill Whistle”, in which he commended
the employees for their outstanding sup
port of the building fund campaign.
Dr. Gerald P. James, president of
Rockingham Community College, had
high praise of Fieldcrest employees,
commenting as follows:
“On behalf of the trustees, the faculty,
students and administration of Rock
ingham Community College, I wish to
express to the employees of Fieldcrest
sincere appreciation for their interest,
enthusiasm and contributions toward
the proposed student center building.
“The support from the Fieldcrest em
ployees has been unbelievably good and
I’m sure that it is support of this kind
that made the campaign a success.”