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L Purcell, Stone Named To New Positions A. Purcell, general manager- towel ®3nufacturing and manager of the f'eldale Towel Mill, Fieldale, Va., has bei appointed division vice president- towel manufacturing. William O. Stone, Jr., assistant man- of the Fieldale Towel Mill since ^®Ptember, 1966, has been appointed •ftanager of that mill. Purcell had been general man- ^ger-towel manufacturing since Sep- ®hiber, 1966, with responsibility for the 'leldale Towel Mill, the Columbus m / m m To' '^el Mill, and the Mount Holly and ^orthville Spinning Mills. Purcell, a native of Rockingham ■ “unty, N. C., received his B. S. degree j!* textile manufacturing at North Caro- State College where he graduated honors and was elected to Phi ^sppa pjjj^ a national honorary society. was associated with textile com- pnies in various southern states prior ® joining Fieldcrest Mills in 1938. He was superintendent of the Blanket Sheeting Mills at Draper and later given additional responsibility for wishing, warehousing and shipping op- ations. He had been manager of the ^®ldale Towel Mill since 1955. ^ Stone is a native of Newberry, and a graduate of Clemson College a B. S. degree in chemistry. He D. A. PURCELL. ^rolled at the Institute of Textile achnology soon after his graduation Clemson, and received his M. S. de- in textile technology in June, 1957. ^6 joined Fieldcrest immediately as a quality control engineer in the Re search and Quality Control Department at Eden. He left shortly afterwards for six months of service as an officer ii the Army Signal Corps. Soon after his return he became a trainee assigned to the Draper mills. He served as foreman of the Blanket Mill Cotton Spooling, Winding and Warping Department, foreman of the Wool Spinning Department, and as staff assistant to the superintendent. He became assistant superintendent Ed Rader Receives Campus Scholarship Edward R. Rader received a pleasant “Uprise last week when he was inform- that he had been awarded a $1,000 pholarship from the Fieldcrest Founda- tioi to assist him with his education at ''^^fgia Institute of Technology. Rader was employed in June as ®Urnmer management trainee in the ®^hnical Services Department at Kar- ^®tan. He is from Lenoir and is a rising j Pior majoring in textile management. . ® Said he “had no idea” he would be Piinated by his school to receive the "''i’olarship. His Was the second grant to be made ^hder a campus scholarship program L*^jph the Fieldcrest Foundation recent ly established at Clemson University, Carolina State University and ^eorgia Tech. The scholarships are j teth $1,000 per year for both the jun- ^and senior years. Harry Gray Mattox, a rising junior .Clemson, received the first scholar- tep. He is working with Fieldcrest this Pirner in the Mechanical Develop- ®Pt Department. 'Hhe scholarships are awarded on the i,®sis of interest in a textile industry fteer, academic achievement, citizen- EDWARD R. RADER -. campus activities and financial ted. The scholarships also carry an opportunity for summer employment with Fieldcrest. This coming academic year there will be one student at each of the three schools participating in the program. Beginning next year, there will be two students on each campus with a schol arship—a junior and a senior. IM ONDAY, JULY 28, 1 9 6 9 'i... i 1 \ .V AM W. O. STONE at the Towel Mill in October, 1962 and was appointed superintendent of sewing, shipping, warehousing and customer service. January 11, 1965. He served in that capacity until he was promoted to assistant mill manager. To Build New G. W. Moore, president of Fieldcrest Mills, has announced that Fieldcrest will add additional spinning capacity to its Karastan operations. The additional manufacturing facili ties will be constructed on land owned by the Company at Greenville, N. C. Construction is to begin this year and be completed early in 1970. When completed the new plant will furnish employment for approximately 70 additional people. The plant will be built in the Indus trial Development Park on Highways 11 and 13, adjacent to the Empire Brush Company property. The brick and steel one-story building will contain 50,000 square feet and will cost approximately $li/^-million. Nine Vice Presidents Promoted By Company (Continued from Page One) H. Lea, division vice president-raw materials purchasing and traffic; and H. H. Newton, division vice president- industrial relations. F. A. Euforbia, president and man ager of Foremost Screen Print, Inc., will report to A. L. Jackson. Mr. Euforbia previously reported to R. A. Harris, vice president-manufacturing. J. M. Geer, purchasing agent-supplies, who previously reported to R. A. Harris, will report to H. H. Lea, vice president purchasing.
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