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SH[[T FINISHING MILL TOP .SAFETY RECmD AT FIElDCRtST MIllS' Displaying banner calling attention to outstanding safety •■^cord are these Sheet Finishing Mill employees, left to right, Arbedella Campbell, Ethel Pruitt, Harold Cohen, Lillie Powell, Ruby Wray, Kemp Newnam, Margie Wilson and Elsie Mock. Sheet Finishing Has ISest Safety Record ErrmlniTQttC- +V.y^ Ot,y^y,4. 171^ i ... L. „ y- 1\ /T i 11 • _1 _ „ J. O -1 . y. - y. y. » ... Employees of the Sheet Finishing Mill hrrently have the best safety record at j ^®idcrest Mills. They have accumu- ^ted over IV2 million man-hours of accident-free work, averaging 6,186 safe hours per employee. In recognition of their fine record, the Sheet Finishing employees were R. BAKER M. E. WALKER Baker And Walker Appointed To New Posts th ^he following organization changes in ® Blanket Operation have been an- .^hced, effective December 15: iftt "E- Suttenfield, general super- ifi of the Bleachery and Finish- , § Mills, was assigned special projects, i *lSuttenfield’s normal retirement date ^ Eebruary 1, 1969. ®ok R. Baker, superintendent, Cen- int^ ^ai'ehouse, was appointed super- ®hdent. Blanket Finishing Mill (for- Bleachery and Finishing Mills). ^ ^ Persons formerly reporting to Mr. ^onfield will report to Mr. Baker. E. Walker was appointed Perintendent, Central Warehouse. All Hi persons formerly reporting to Mr. Ba ker will report to Mr. Walker. Mr. Suttenfield, Mr. Baker and Mr. Walker will report to N. F. Young, man ager, Blanket Mill. Mr. Baker, a native of Virginia and a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic In stitute, joined Fieldcrest Mills in 1950 as a management trainee. He subse quently worked as foreman of the Nap ping Department, on production sched uling and control in the production manager’s office, and as assistant super intendent of the Finishing Mill. He had been superintendent of the Central (Continued on Page Eight) treated to a Kentucky Fried Chicken dinner, served right in the mill, to all of the employees on all shifts. The Sheet Finishing plant is one of the first mills to earn a third consecu tive safety award dinner in the safety contest. Under this program, the Com pany gives a dinner to the employees of any mill which operates for an average of 2,000 hours per employee without a disabling injury. There has been no disabling injury at the Sheet Finishing Mill since Jan uary 26, 1966. Through November 1, 1968, the Sheet Finishing Mill had op erated 1,527,862 man-hours without any lost time due to injury. The employees are continuing their accident-free rec ord to date. W. Giles Hunnings, manager of the Sheeting Operation, and William A. Galloway, superintendent of the Sheet Finishing Mill, congratulated the em ployees on their outstanding safety record and thanked them for their co operation in the prevention of accidents. In commenting on the top safety rec ord, Kenneth R. Baggett, Fieldcrest safety director, said: “This is an outstanding achievement of which the entire company can be proud. I commend the Sheet Finishing employees and urge them to continue their excellent record into the future.” ONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1968 Quarteriy Dividend Declared By Fieldcrest Directors of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. have declared a quarterly dividend of $.35 per share, payable December 20 to holders of record December 6. This dividend is the same amount as was paid for the third quarter of 1968. It represents a $.05 per share increase over the amount paid in each of the four quarters of 1967 and the first two quarters of 1968.
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