Textile Opportunities To Be Highlighted Named Asst. Foreman
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., will join with
other mills in the area and throughout
the South in a month-long campaign
aimed at attracting new workers to the
textile industry.
Called “Operation FUTURE”, the
campaign is scheduled for April, 1970,
and will be sponsored jointly by local
textile companies and the American
Textile Manufacturers Institute (AT-
MI). The industry - wide campaign
slogan will be, “Get a Real Job ... in
Textiles.”
The ATMI estimates that there are
some 40,000 job openings each year in
textile manufacturing and points out
that there are a good many jobs avail
able at the present time. Textiles alone
in some communities provide virtually
all of the manufacturing jobs.
Operation FUTURE stands for First
United Textile Recruiting Effort. Many
of the activities will be aimed at fa
miliarizing the general public with
some of the opportunities available in
textile plants. Although scheduled for
a month, it is hoped the effects will be
long lasting, and while recruitment of
new workers is the broad aim, no spe
cific goals are being set for the num
ber of new people to be hired.
“The idea is to achieve through uni
ted, simultaneous action a kind of mas
sive exposure which will make every
body aware of the industry and the ex
cellent job opportunities it provides,”
according to ATMI.
John Hamrick, chairman of the
ATMI public relations committee, who
with education committee chairman C.
P. Eldred is co-chairman of the promo
tion, said, “We don’t expect that Oper
ation FUTURE will immediately result
in long lines of job candidates at per
sonnel offices. We do expect that it will
alert people, particularly young peo
ple, the underemployed and the unem
ployed to the fact that textiles offer
steady jobs, the kinds of satisfaction
that result from doing worthwhile work,
and opportunities for advancement.”
The campaign wiil be aimed at per
sons of all working ages, but the
heaviest concentration of activity will
probably be targeted at young people
in the process of choosing a vocation.
Although the industry has openings
and opportunities for people with or
without previous training, every effort
is to be made to encourage youngsters
to complete high school training before
seeking full-time employment.
Has 10th Birthday
Payroll Savings Plan
Has Greater Advantage
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turity of the Series E Bond has been
shortened from 7 years to 5 years and
10 months; H Bonds will continue to
mature in 10 years.
The Treasury Department also an
nounced that “Freedom Shares” (U. S.
Savings Notes), sold in combination
with E Bonds since May, 1967, will be
removed from sale effective June 30,
1970.
Employees should advise the Payroll
Department to change the withholding
for “Freedom Shares” to the regular
Bonds.
Buy-Sell - Swap
Mary Jane Bishop, who was 10 years
old on January 15, is the daughter of
the Rev. and Mrs. Clarence Bishop, of
Virgilina, Va., where Mr. Bishop is pas
tor of two churches, the Fiorence Ave
nue Baptist Church and the High View
Baptist Church in Person County, N. C.,
four miles from Virgilina.
Mrs. Bishop (Milcie) was employed
by Fieldcrest Mills at Fieldale, Va. for
29 years and Mr. Bishop was empioyed
there for 18 or 19 years before leaving
the Company to enter the full-time
ministry.
(NOTE: The MILL WHISTLE welcomes notices
concerning the sale or purchase of appropri
ate smaii, misceilaneous articles and the ads
are printed without charge. Advertisements
of used cars or of real estate cannot be
published in the "Buy . . . Sell . . . Swap"
column since such ads would more properly
be carried in a general newspaper.)
FOR SALE; AKC registered white toy
poodles. Females. Call 623-2994 after
4 p.m.
FOR SALE: Baby bed and book of
S & H Green Stamps. Also will baby
sit for parents who work first or sec
ond shift. Can furnish references. Call
627-7120.
FOR SALE: Reupholstered recliner
chair, sofa bed, bedroom chair. Call
Irvin Denny at 623-8781.
SWEATER: A garment a child wears
when his mother feels chilly.
WOOD FOR SALE: For fireplace or
heater. Charles Moore, Rt. 1, Eden.
Call 623-8694 after 3 p.m.
Roy O. Jones, a second hand in |
Piece Dyeing Department at the Blanfc' J
et Finishing Mill, was appointed
assistant foreman in the same depart'
ment effective January 12. He is assiifi' ?
ed to the third shift and replac®® ,
Raymond A. Hoskins who is beia® ■
transferred to another department. j,
Mr. Jones first joined the Compaa^ ,
in 1941 and worked on production jo'^® ^
in the Bedspread Weave Room and tb®
Karastan Weave Room. He was
military service during 1942-1943.
He was employed as a jig operator
ja
the Piece Dyeing Department at tb
Blanket Finishing Mill in August, 19^^^
and shortly thereafter became a dy®'
stuff weigher. He continued on tb®
job until he became a second hand >
1964.
Waste Reduction
Scoreboard
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KARASTAN SPINNING
Rate of Waste Reducti'’’’
Goal By W/E ,,
Dec. 31 1/25 To D**
Dyeing 6% 24% it
Picking 17% 24%
Carding 3% 8V2 1%.
Spinning 10% 20%
Twist-Wind-Reel 10% 16%
TOTAL 10% 2 2%
WINCHESTER SPINNING
Rate of Waste Reduct*"''
Goal By W/E «
Dec. 31 1/25 To P®
Carding 29% 32%
Spinning 10% —% a
Twist-Reel 18% —%
TOTAL 16% —%
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