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Fieldcrest Yard Zm Acres Of Grounds su.it J> __ ipspiiiii ttiiiiiiiii :v'- c ^ ■- ■ V.f F’ieldcrest’s Yard Maintenance Crew, ^•ght, front row, David Yoder, Charles Ja hies Dillon, Posey Snead, Roy Self, Eden, includes, left to Martin, Gary Stratton, Ronald Harris, Janies ^0 you think it’s a big job to keep fiat patch of lawn in front of your house ^°pking nice — with all the mowing, '^ihiming, edging and so on that must be uone? The Yard Maintenance crew of Field- also has all this mowing, trimming, ^aging and so on to do. But their “patch lawn” totals 150 acres which must be a'^ntained — regularly and attractively. They do have one advantage over the Wage homeowner, however. Fourteen j ®h (three of them truck drivers) are the crew and they have all the neces- *’y equipment to do the job properly «.*• - « ~»t. ' '•.aiMfc.V ,, •»».*..1,A „ Hodges, Jerry Dunn and Bethel King; back row, John Pinkard, Jack Harris, assistant foreman; Jim Robertson, supervisor of ground maintenance; Billy Sawyers, trucking; and Irvin Mabe. r'* ^ ♦ s 4:»: ll atid easily as possible. The 150 acres covers all Eden area Off?*, Fieldcrest Store and General ^ lices. The Yard Maintenance Crew °Wes under the Engineering Depart- ®ht and is headed by Jim Robertson, j^Pervisor of ground maintenance. Jack ^*■18 is the assistant foreman. Each location in the Eden area re- *yes attention once a week. A schedule 6a so that each morning and afternoon, Monday through Friday, ® crew has a particular place to work, tf- 3idition to the normal mowing and ^^^Wrning operations, the crew has num- other jobs to perform in maintain- the yards. One of these is to cut trees when necessary. This might Sir ^ dying, or when con- ^^t:tion is planned, the crew takes any trees that would be in the If an area needs flowers or trees , ^hted, the yard maintenance crew also "^Pdles this. the winter months, snow and ice .j^oval becomes the job of this group. Pa w clear off sidewalks and all q tking lots. Most important of all is the Jjj^^ting of loading ramps at the mills, snow removal, two-way radios in tee trucks and two jeeps are invalu- mm On grounds at Sheet Finishing Mill, Irvin Mabe is using 6-ft. rotary mower. ^bli *I>U: iVt ® in keeping the men in close com- Pication with one another so that E>ND A Y, JULY 28, they know where they are needed next. And there is still MORE that this crew does. Ground Maintenance also is in charge of the Dempster Dumpsters, the special ly-built trucks that regularly pick up trash at the mills. There are two trucks, one being in use at all times, the other for back-up. The truck picks up trash at all mills, the Store and General Of fices. In addition, as a community ser vice, they pick up trash at Morehead Memorial Hospital. Cleaning parking lots and painting the zone lines for parking is another job for this group. Painting of zone lines is done every year during the mills’ vacation while the lots are empty. This requires six full days to do, with nearly 60 acres of parking lots. All of these jobs are just the “routine work”. There are calls every day for some assistance that someone, some where needs. This can range from a mill having something which needs hauling away to a cat up a tree that needs help getting down. Each man in the Yard Maintenance crew has a specific job to do — some run the riding mowers, some handle the other mowers, some do the edging. While each is very proficient in his job, few come with experience in this type work. Most of the men are trained on the job. All of the men have a great deal of pride in the work they do and in the appearance of the grounds, but their safety record is also cause for much pride. The equipment they work with is considered about as dangerous as any that is used, but there has never been a serious injury on this job. No one has ever been disabled; the only injuries have been minor cuts. Quietly and without fanfare the Yard Maintenance crew is responsible for Fieldcrest’s outward appearance and a beautiful, well-landscaped greeting to visitors. 19 6 9
The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle (Spray, N.C.)
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