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GEORGE M. COHAN Cohan is Appointed Divisional Vice-Pres. The appointment of George M. Cohan divisional vice president of sales for North Carolina Finishing Company division at Salisbury has been an nounced by Morton D. Rochelle, presi- and general manager of North srolina Finishing Company division. Mr. Cohan served in the U. S. Navy a fighter pilot with the rank of lieu- ®hant commander and has been associ- 3ted with several well known textile irms in sales and merchandising ca- nn®ities. He joined the sales force of ''orth Carolina Finishing Company in °58 and was promoted to sales man ager in March, 1967. A native of New York City, Mr. Cohan '"eceived his bachelor’s degree in com- T'firce and finance from Bucknell Uni- ''ersity. New Responsibilities Effective January 1, J. Melvin Moore appointed general superintendent of Karastan Spinning and Winchester spinning Mills. Luby M. Skinner, assistant superin- ®Pdent of the Karastan Spinning Mill, 3hd William G. Newell, superintendent * the Winchester Spinning Mill, report 0 Mr. Moore and Mr. Moore continues ® report to Henry F. Morris, manager of P® Karastan Spinning operation. ^ ^ addition to his duties as manager, accounting—towels, R. M. Fuller, *'■> Was appointed manager, greige mill ^®counting—bedspreads, effective Jan- >iary 1, C- W. Gallaher, Jr., supervisor, greige ^*11 accounting—bedspreads, reports to ur. Puller and Mr. Fuller continues to ^®Port to J. E. Williams, Jr., manager, t^dgets and mill accounting. Monday, January s, i96s Two Are Honored For 50 Years’ Service (Continued from Page One) L. Golden, retired from the Banking and Payrolls Department; Fletcher W. Hopper, retired from the Blanket Mill; and Mary Manuel, employed at the Blanket Mill. Oscar F. Ferguson, retired from the Sheeting Mill; Mollie B. Lea, retired from the Synthetic Fabrics Mill; Annie V. Lea, retired from the Synthetic Fab rics Mill; and Bradley C. Murray, re tired from the Bedspread Mill, were ab sent. Mrs. Royster was born in Franklin County, Va., and came to Spray as a young girl and lived with a sister, Mrs. G. W. Mangrum, now of High Point. Mrs. Royster was given a job in Jan uary, 1918, by J. V. Orrell, the foreman of the Packing Department at the old American Warehouse (now Finishing Mill). She first worked in the Print Shop where she had to stand on a box Joins Fieldcrest J. G. Harvey Geitner, formerly proc ess engineer at the rayon filament plant of American Enka Corp. at Lowland, Tenn., has joined Fieldcrest as labora tory supervisor at the Blanket Mill. With American Enka since 1960, he first was a technical assistant in charge of the dye laboratory and later was supervisor of the Lowland Textile Labo ratory. He was promoted to process en gineer in 1966. A native of Hickory, he studied busi ness administration at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and re ceived his B. S. degree in textile en gineering from North Carolina State University in June 1956. As a reserve officer in the Air Force, he served three years of active duty in the fields of navigation, radar control and ground controlled intercepts. He is married and has two children. The family has moved to 1105 Harris Street, Leaksville. in order to reach high enough to set type by hand for blanket tickets. She worked briefly as a checker in Mr. OrrelTs office and then became a blank et wrapper. She has worked in blanket packaging and packing operations dur ing her entire 50 years with the Com pany. Mrs. Royster said there have been tremendous improvements both in the mills and in the community, since she came to work 50 years ago. She pointed to the modern machinery and methods used by the Company today and to the great improvements that have been made in working conditions, wages and benefits. A widow, Mrs. Royster sold her home after her husband died several years ago and she has since lived in an apart ment on the Ridgeway Road near the Leaksville City Limits. In addition to her sister in High Point, she has a sis ter in Florida and a brother who lives in Roanoke, Virginia. Miss Taylor, a native of Spray, has worked as a whipstitch sewer in the Blanket Cutting and Sewing Depart ment at the Finishing Mill for the past 50 years. She has never changed jobs and has never been off of the payroll for any reason since she was employed in January, 1918. She has an outstand ing attendance record and has just com pleted a new three-year record during which she never missed a scheduled day of work. Miss Taylor recalls that her first foreman was F. C. Cowan, who gave her a job at the request of her mother, who was already working in the Blanket Cutting and Sewing Department. Other members of the family work or have worked at Fieldcrest. One of Miss Tay lor’s brothers, Earl Taylor, works at the Sheeting Mill; and another, Sanford Taylor, is retired from the Bedspread Mill. A third brother lives in Greens boro. Greenville Supervisor On Honor Roll At ECU Norman C. Hopkins, second shift as sistant foreman in the Twisting, Reeling and Winding Department at the Kara stan Spinning Mill, Greenville, achieved honor roll status at East Carolina Uni versity for the fall quarter of 1967. In order to qualify, Mr. Hopkins was required to be a full-time student and rriaintain at least a three-point average out of a possible four. He is majoring in business law, data processing and economics and at pres ent is a junior. He plans to work to ward a B. S. degree in business man agement. Mr. Hopkins, who joined the company as a supervisory trainee in February, 1966, was formerly an assistant fore man in the Wool Carding Department at the Blanket Mill, Draper. He was transferred to his present position at Greenville in July, 1967.
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