Joe Hailey, head supply clerk, keeps a close check on the data processing cards
that are placed at each supply bin. A card must be marked for each transaction.
The key to the success of this system i*"
the card as Calvin Estes is doing.
Supply Room System Is Now Ush
One of the newest applications of
electronic data processing at Fieldcrest
is the recently-developed automated
system for the supply room at the
Blanket and Sheeting Mills. The Draper
set-up is a forerunner of the eventual
installation of such systems in all of
the supply rooms. The Columbus Towel
Mill, Columbus, Ga., already has in
stalled a similar system.
The new method makes a tremendous
savings in paperwork. No longer is it
necessary to keep written lists of all
parts in stock, parts issued each day,
number of parts remaining, etc. With
the use of the computers in the Data
Processing Department at the General
Offices, the supply room now receives
reports each week showing all transac
tions during the previous week, the cur
rent inventory, price changes and a sum
mary of financial expenditures.
The computer system now assists th®
Purchasing Department by showing
when it is time to re-order an item an5
v,7hat is the most economic quantity
buy. It is planned eventually for the
computers to write the purchase orderS'
An additional advantage to the Coh>'
pany is that, once all of the supp'i'
rooms are on this system, it will
possible to obtain a company-wide sUp'
plies inventory. This would make i*
Roy Whitten Completes 40 Years Of Service
Roy G. Whitten of the Karastan Mill
has completed 40 years of continuous
service with the Company. He has been
presented with the Fieldcrest 40-year
■emblem and a letter of commendation
from G. William Moore, president of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Mr. Whitten is a native of Stokes
County and first joined the Karastan
Mill December 29, 1928, as a clamp
hand in the Setting Department. He
became assistant foreman in the Burl
ing Department in 1937 and in 1942 was
promoted to foreman.
He continues to work as foreman of
the Burling Department and has never
been off the payroll for any reason
during his entire 40 years of service.
SS Deductions Rise
With January Checks
Copyright, 1968, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Eden, N. C. 27283
Issued Every Other Monday For Employees
and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
OTIS MARLOWE
EDITOR
SANDRA PENCE
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
ADVISORY BOARD
J. J. Beck S. R. Culllgan
R. F. Bell
P. A. Brodte
J. L. Crabtree
W. F. Crumley
J. S. Eggleston
A. H. Justice
J. M. Moore
J. M. RImmer
Vol. 27, Monday, Jan. 6, 1969, No. 12
ROY G. WHITTEN
Social Security deductions from
checks are up slightly and thus salaried’
beginning this month, are down slightly'
The new rate is 4.8 per cent of earn
ings up to $7,800, and this is an increase
of two cents on each five dollars
earnings. Both the employee and th®
employer pay this additional amounti
which became law in January, 196"’
through amendments to the federal la'*'’
An example of the change is the fol
lowing illustration of an employee earn
ing $100 a week. During 1908, this em
ployee contributed about $4.40,
week, to Social Security. In 1969, ofi
this same amount of salary, the em
ployee will contribute about $4.80.
This increase is the first in a seri®®
of gradual increases built into the la"'
in 1967. The tax rate is scheduled to
up gradually until 1987 when it reached
5.9 per cent.
The protection employees ear**
through Social Security is now greats
than ever due to changes made in
law. Increased by at least 13 per ccn
were monthly cash retirement, survivor®
and disability benefits. The increase '’J
benefits payable to workers and th®'
families in the future will be evs**
greater.
THE MILL WHISTL^