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JIMMY D. HUFFMAN JACK W. BATES Huffman And Bates Get New Assignments Appointment of Jimmy D. Huffman, purchasing agent-expense supplies, as assistant director of supply purchasing has been announced effective Septem ber 29. Mr. Huffman reports to John M. Geer, director of supply purchasing, and all persons who previously report ed to Mr. Geer report to Mr. Huffman. In another appointment effective the same date. Jack W. Bates, purchasing trainee, was named assistant purchas ing agent, raw materials purchasing, reporting to Willim E. Bond, Jr., pur chasing agent. Mr. Huffman, a native of Marion, re ceived his B. S. degree from East Ten nessee State in 1962 and joined Field- crest immediately after his graduation. He first was assistant packaging coordi nator in the Packaging Department and in 1964 was transferred to the Pur chasing Department as assistant pur chasing agent. He was named purchas ing agent-expense supplies in Decem ber, 1968. Mr. Bates, born in Columbus, Ga., studied business administration at the University of Georgia and received IBM accounting machine training in Memphis, Tenn. He joined the Colum bus Towel Mill in the superintendent’s office in November, 1963 and later worked as a control tester in the Stan dards Department at Columbus. He resigned in 1964 and was reem ployed in April, 1968, as supervisor- customer service at the Sheet Finish ing Mill, Eden. He became a purchas ing trainee in the Raw Materials Pur chasing Department in February, 1969. ATMI President Discusses Industry’s Future Charles F. Myers Jr., president of the American Textile Manufacturers In stitute, told the Northern Textile As sociation that the 1970s promise “un precedented opportunities” for the in dustry. But he cautioned that the Vietnam war “cannot continue indefinitely with out serious long-term damage to all aspects of our economic, social and po litical institutions.” And on a matter of primary concern to the industry—competition of import ed textiles in the domestic market—Mr. Myers said “Congressional action is es sential if Japan and others will not co operate in voluntary agreement. “The vast markets of the ’70s will re quire a tremendous output of textiles and related products,” Mr. Myers said. “Real personal income will increase well over 50 percent in the course of the ’70s. “Per capita consumption will jump 40 per cent by 1980, the population of young adults will grow twice as fast as the total population, and the col lege trained group will be 50 per cent greater. “According to the National Industrial Conference Board, our economy will grow at an annual rate of 4.4 per cent in the ’70s, against a 4 per cent average rate since World War II. By 1980 this will add up to a total output of goods and services of $1.5 trillion or a real increase of 55 per cent in gross nation al product. “We can anticipate an acceleration in the rate of family formations as more of our young people head for the altar. There will be 55 million husband-wife families by 1980—10 million more than at the beginning of the decade. “Household formation will grow 20 per cent, to a household population of 75 million by 1980. “The opportunities for serving this expanding new generation of consumers are evident but we must adapt to changing markets more quickly than ever,” Mr. Myers said. Eden Fund Drive Wi Begin October 13 (Continued From Page One) of employees giving a day’s pay. plaque will be held for a year by that mill and will rotate to next year’s wto' ner. The staff department having highest percentage of “day’s pay givers will receive a similar plaque. Certificates of Merit will be present® te(J by the Eden United Fund to each department and staff unit in which al employees pledge a day’s pay. Further details of the Fieldcrest caiH' paign and information about the priz®® to be awarded will be announced employees shortly. , The Eden United Fund agencies the amount allotted to each for the 19" budget year are as follows: Boys Club, $12,777.12; Boy Scou^ $13,561.00; Central YMCA, $20,545.0»' Draper YMCA, $13,468.00; Girl ScoutS' $4,800.00; Henry Street YMCA, 224.00; Red Cross, $10,300.00; Resc«® Squad, $5,450.00; Retarded Children' $2,500.00; Salvation Army, $7,169.00^ Carolinas United, $7,006.56; Contingen' cies, $4,199.32. John E. Grogan, of Gate City ings and Loan Association, is preside^ of the Eden United Fund. William Atkinson, of Leaksville Bank and TrU® Company, is chairman of the comm^' nity-wide campaign. Lyman Collins, ® Southern National Bank, is chairma** of the budget and admissions com®*'' tee. Bride And Groom Both From Smithfield Plant 3"^ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edwards pictured above in the church where ... js were married recently. Mrs. Edwards the former Geneva V. Jones. ice* Both work at the Automatic Blah ^ Plant in Smithfield. Mrs. Edwards circuit inspector in the Wiring Depa’ ment, and Mr. Edwards the Wiring Department. server Gifts were presented to the codP, by their fellow employees in the Department. THE MILL WHISTI’
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