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ADDRESS CORRECTION
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Permit No. 15
Eden, N. C.
^0^01
XXVI
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Vacation Pay Will Exceed $l-Million
Extl*a PoxT A aJ 'T'_ d*P^y» y^r\r\ r> ■rt w wt m _
Amounting To $516,600 For Eden Employees And
3,600 For Fieldale Workers To Be Distributed This Week
production, employ-
arf Fieldcrest’s southern plants will
th $1,113,000, a tabulation by
tra Department shows. The ex-
^ Pay will be distributed tO' employees
■Week their regular paychecks' this
th^ breakdown of the figures shows
3 „7c.^®t6,600 in vacation pay will go to
$']«•?£! ®™Ptoyees in Eden and j that
trih ♦ ^ ip vacation pay will be dis-
uted to' 1,028 employees of the Field-
Towel Mill.
gj^be vacation pay, combined with the
Pa regular pay and the monthly
- ^5®®cksi of salaried employees, to be
to K ■will amount to $1,458,800
.j, e disbursed by Fieldcrest in Eden on
^rsday and Friday of this week.
^ Fieldale, the combined vacation
Store Schedule
Q 'j'he Fieldcrest Stores at Eden and
lumbus, Ga., will remain open on
g schedule during the mills’ va-
b period, except that the stores will
closed Thursday, July 4, for the In-
^ependence Day Holiday. Store hours
Eden are from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
^ Ohday through Saturday. Store hours
Columbus are 9:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
pay, employees’ regular pay, and the
salaried employees’ pay will total
$393,100 to be paid this week.
The vacation pay for a majority of
the employees, those with five or more
years of continuous service, will be
four percent of their past year’s earn
ings. This is the equivalent of about
two weeks of extra pay.
Two percent of their past year’s earn
ings or about one week of vacation pay
wil be paid to employee.^ who have
worked as much as one year but less
than five years.
Fieldcrest was one of the first textile
companies to provide paid vacations for
employees. Vacation pay has been is
sued each summer for over 25 years.
During World War II when the'milis
ran continuously during the summer, the
vacation pay was paid as a bonus in’ ad
dition to the employees’ full-time earn
ings.
This year, Fieldcrest plants generally
will close for vacation at the end of
the second shift Friday, June 28, and
resume operations Sunday evening, July
7, at 11 p.m. If there are any exceptions
to this schedule, the employees affected
will be notified by their mill manage
ment.
Paychecks for the week ending June
30 will be distributed to all employee's
in the regular manner Monday, July 8.
Group life, hospital, surgical and ac-
citot and health insurance premiums
wi 1 be waived for the weeks ending
July 7, 14, 21 and 28.
The Credit Union office will close at
the end of business' Friday, June 28, and
will re-open Monday, July 8 The Per
sonnel Office at Eden will be' open on a
Imit^ basis during the week of vaca
tion to handle any miscellaneous prob
lems which may arise.
Credit Union Will Pay
Dividend Of 5 Percent
Fieldcrest Mills
Credit Union m all locations will re
ceive a 5% ner annum dividend fir-
and average monthly balances
and credited to each member’s share
account as of June 30, 1968. The divi
dend was authorized by the Credit
Union s board of directors at their regu
lar monthly meeting Thursday, June 20.
pJrd of
t ^ members was increased
w 5% effective January 1, iges. The
^edit Union has never paid less than
^0 Since Its organization 10 years ago.
rate was increased to 4M% in 1965
and^ raised again to 41/2% January 1,
JVine Plants Receive Awards For Safety
(Picture on Page Eight) having operated 1.116.343 TP flD—Vii-n ir*c- t-v . . .
(Picture on Page Eight)
Fieldcrest plants and the Gener-
j Offices have received safety awards
, Ohi the National Safety Council and
bo® ^orth Carolina Department of La-
j^o^fificates recognizing outstanding
performance were presented at
docent quarterly meeting of the Cen-
Oo Safety Committee and were ac-
by mill officials on behalf of the
oiployees at the respective plants.
The General Offices received an
of Honor from the National
j, f®ty Council for having achieved a
Cord of 3,970,000 safe man-hours
^’^ough December 31, 1967.
g The Automatic Blanket Plant at
fJ^thfield received an Award of Merit
the National Safety Council for
having operated 1,116,343 man-hours
without a disabling injury. The plant
also received a Sixth Year Award from
the North Carolina Department of La
bor.
The Sheet Finishing Mill was award
ed a Certificate of Commendation from
the National Safety Council for having
operated 1,215,458 man-hours without a
lost-time injury. The Sheet Finishing
Mill also received a Third Year Award
from the North Carolina Department of
Labor.
The Bleachery, which has operated
427,498 man-hours without a disabling
injury, was awarded a Certficate of
Commendation from the National Safe
ty Council and a Third Year Award
from the North Carolina Department of
Labor.
The North Carolina Finishing Com
pany Division and the Alexander Sheet
ing Mill each received a First Year
Award from the North Carolina Depart
ment of Labor for having reduced their
accident frequency more than 40 per
cent as compared with the previous
year.
The Bedspread Mill received a Second
Year Award from the North CaroUna
Department of Labor for having reduced
its accident frequency more than 40 per
cent below that of the previous year.
The Bedspread Finishing Mill, the
Karastan Rug Mill and the Karastan
Spinning Mill each received a Second
Year Award from the North Carolina
Department of Labor for achieving an
accident frequency rate more than 65
percent below that of the textile indus
try in North CarO'lina.