Smithfield Plant To
Celebrate 10th Year
Principals in orgranization changes at Blanket Mill are, from left, W. Fred Robert
son, John W. Cassell, W. Russell Cobb and Boyce B. Barbee.
Organization Changes Announced
A full program of festivities for e®'
ployees and their families will cel®'
brate the 10th anniversary of the
tomatic Blanket Plant at Smithfi®* ^
Saturday, June 13—10 years to the da)
from the date the plant began opera'
tions.
The celebration will get under
with a picnic for employees and the’
families on the front lawn of the i®* ’
The picnic will be followed by
tours of the mill for employees af*
their families.
During the tours, about 40 of ^
mili’s 500 employees will be at the*
work stations to describe their jobs a”
to explain how automatic blankets a
made. The employees chosen for thcs
assignments will be senior employ^®
on the operations.
A fashion show presenting crea'
tions
W. Fred Robertson has been appoint
ed assistant superintendent of the Bian-
ket Mill with responsibility for the cot
ton system, slashing, weaving, inspect
ing, and shipping and receiving. He re
ports to William F. Crumley, superin
tendent of the Blanket Mill.
Mr. Robertson formerly was with
Beaunit Textiles as cost accountant,
production planning manager, depart
ment head of winding, and superintend
ent of weaving at the Rockingham plant.
Immediately prior to joining Field-
crest he was superintendent of spinning
at Beaunit’s Clinton plant. He is a na
tive of Halifax County and received his
B. S. degree with a major in mathe
matics from East Carolina University.
In other organization changes at the
Blanket Mill, John W. Cassell, section
foreman in Wool Picking, was named
foreman of Shipping and Receiving to
replace M. Booker Newman who will
retire July 1; W. Russell Cobb, assist
ant foreman in Wool Spinning, was ap
pointed section foreman, Wool Picking,
replacing Mr. Cassell; Boyce B. Barbee,
Bedspread Mill section foreman in
weaving, was transferred to the Blanket
Mill as section foreman in weaving,
replacing Wilford J. Overby, who re
signed.
Mr. Cassell, an Eden native, was first
employed at the Blanket Mill in 1950
and worked in the Wool Carding De
partment and in the Weave Room. He
was dispatcher of finished goods at the
Blanket Finishing Mill for several years
and in 1960 became a clerk in the Wool
Picking Department at the Blanket
Mill. He was appointed an assistant
foreman in 1962 and became a section
foreman in 1969.
from Fieldcrest products will folio'"'
in
the Wiring Department in the
of the mill. Pat Donovan, of the ^1®'
crest Marketing Division in New
will be the commentator for the
ion show. Models will be 12 employ®
of the plant.
A product display arranged by
Jot)!’
Mr. Cobb joined Fieldcrest as a sup
ervisory trainee in 1966 and was ap
pointed assistant foreman in the Weav
ing and Slashing Department in 1967.
He became an assistant foreman in the
Wool Spinning Department in July,
1968 and continued in that position un
til his latest appoinment.
Mr. Barbee, previously a weave room
supervisor with Pacific Mills in Colum
bia, S. C. for 12 years, joined the Bed
spread Mill as an assistant foreman in
the Weave Room in 1965. He was fore
man of the Weave Room for a time and
later was section foreman.
Buckner of the Fieldcrest Store at Ed
will be on view in the Supply Dep®’
ment. Names of 60 present employ®g5
who have continuous service since IJ
will be listed in a brochure to be d’
tributed in connection with the oe
bration.
Dividend Declared
Directors of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
25 declared a quarterly dividend
$.35 per share, payable June 26 to he ,
ers of record June 12. This divid®
is the same amount as was pa’d
each quarter of 1969.
Miller New Chairman Of ATMI Finance Group
Buy... Sell... Swap
FOR SALE; Three 9-week-old Sia
mese kittens. One maie Blue Point. Two
Seai Point, one male and one female.
$15 each. Contact Joe Poteat, Alexander
Sheeting Mill. Telephone 287-5550.
WANTED TO BUY: Used spinet piano
with full keyboard. Call 623-2863 after
5:30 p.m.
FOR SALE: Cub tractor with all equip
ment including mowing machine. Call
635-5643 after 3 p.m.
George F. Miller, operations
for the Fieldcrest Marketing Divis’^j^^
has been appointed chairman
Financial Group of the American d
tile Manufacturers Institute.
I*
He has been a member of the
at*
nancial Group for the past three y^.j,
and has served on numerous coma
tees during this period. The
meets once a month to discuss 0°.^)
mon industry, marketing and finaa
matters. ,,
A native of Brooklyn, N.
Miller was graduated from St.
University in 1962. In April,
joined the Fieldcrest Marketing
pi"*'
sion in New York as assistant oP'
et®'
tions manager. He was appointed
erations manager in 1968
oP'
Mr. Miller and his wife, Josepa^^,^ |
have four children, two sons and
daughters, ages 14, 12, 11 and
GEORGE F. MILLER
and live in Massapequa Park,
Island, N. Y.
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THE MILL WHIS