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Fieldale Community Fund Gives Heart Fund $3^254 The Fieldale Community Fund has ^®fiated $3,254 to the Martinsville-Hen- afi Heart Fund as one of its “cations to deserving agencies. Do- 'ons were made earlier to the Can- Vil) March of Dimes, Martins- “e-Henry County United Fund, Field- t-® ^®scue Squad and Fieldale Volun- Fire Department. Heart Fund check was presented tin Swezey, president of the Mar- ^ svilie.jjenry County Heart Fund, in (> ®^®®ony attended by members of the Fund Committee. Ann Min- ^ representative from the Sewing Psrtment, made the presentation,- the Fieldale plan, only one is made each year at the Mill. An employee may, at that ® Paid through payroll deductions. be .Plshge a single contribution to "Th aseri ^°i“ey raised in that campaign is , for the Fieldale Community Fund other authorized fund drives. As Heart Fund check was presented at Fieldale Towel Mill, from left are Ann Minter, John Swezey, Jesse Hopkins, Weave Room; Matt Redd, Carding Department. Members of Fieldale Rescue Squad are shown with their ambulances. Rescue Squad Gets Second Ambulance Some of the members of the Fieldale Rescue Squad are shown with their two ambulances. The white vehicle at the left was purchased recently. Squad members at left are Jerry Gil bert, of the Fieldale Towel Mill Weave Room; Mike Purcell, summer employee in Packing and Stock; and Jerry Bro-wn, temporary employee in Yarn Prepara tion; Foster Copeland, Plant Service; Mike Wyatt and Jimmy Nester. In picture at right are Frank Creasy; Elmer East, Yarn Preparation; Don Vaughn, Yarn Preparation; Leonard Rorrer, Paul Dean Nichols and Bill Gor don. Test Yourself On This Textile 'h, “low z are 10 questions with multiple tigU'"' answers. See if you can pick the ang-^^gj, each of them. If you get StQj “^^ght, you’re a know-it-all; 7-8, a 9 n. 'aleck; 5-6, a wise guy; below 5, kiiQ "hat textile manufacturer became bfg . P as the Father of American Man- (a) Richard Arkwright (b) Cabot Lowell (c) Samuel A. 2, 'Tn II93 P® invention of what machine in Soi,*,’^P'^olutionized the economy of the and the textile industry? (a) slot (b) Spinning Jenny (c) power 3 (d) cotton gin bijj -f^foer experimenting with many 'als, Thomas A. Edison finally ''“lb filament for his first light ‘On burning a (a) cigar (b) cotton thread (c) pair of nylons (d) silk yarn 4. Textiles were the only known sub stance light enough, strong enough, and pliable enough to be used in man’s first trip (a) across the Atlantic Ocean (b) into the air (c) up the Oregon Trail (d) to the 1966 New York World’s Fair 5. At the turn of the 19th Century what Frenchman devised a loom which became the forerunner of today’s mod ern computers? (a) Joseph-Marie Jac quard (b) Napoleon Bonaparte (c) Count Hilaire de Chardonnet (d) Charles de Gaulle 6. According to the latest figures the United States textile industry employs approximately how many people? (a) 95.000 (b) 221,000 (c) 475,000 (d) 989.000 7. In how many of the 50 states can textile mills be found? (a) 8 (b) 42 (c) 36 (d) 17 8. Approximately how many dozen pairs of hosiery did United States textile manufacturers produce in 1967? (a) 165.000 (b) 21 million (c) 230 million (d) None. Hosiery is produced by the rubber industry. 9. How many pounds of fiber does the textile industry use in a year? (a) 18 million (b) three tons (c) more than 9 billion (d) no one knows 10. The nearly 7,000 textile plants in the United States produce cloth at the rate of (a) a foot a second (b) a mile a minute (c) 900 miles an hour (d) 10.000 yards a day. ANSWERS 1. (c); 2. (b); 3. (b); 4. (b); 5. (a); 6. (d); 7. (b); 8: (c); 9. (c); 10. (c). Hay, JULY 27, 1970
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