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Forty Years ^
Burbee M. Haynes Fielii®
Thirty-Five Years
Dennis L. Jenkins Bedsp^®
Thirty Years
William H. Newman Colui»J'
Ruby C. Murray Bedspr®
Ralph Pickup, as superintendent ot
cutting and sewing at the Fieldale
Towel Mill, has responsibility for the
cutting, sewing, inspecting and pack
aging of all towels manufactured at
Fieldale. He has served in his present
capacity for approximately 14 years.
He was born in Philadelphia but has
lived at Fieldale since he was an in
fant. He worked on various production
jobs throughout the Fieldale Towel Mill
during the summers while attending
high school and college. He graduated
from Martinsville High School and re
ceived his B. S. degree in industrial
engineering from Virginia Polytechnic
Institute.
A reserve officer, he entered the
Army immediately after graduation
and served 41/2 years with the Corps
of Engineers. For 3V2 years he was with
General Mark Clark’s Fifth Army in
Africa and Italy. Mr. Pickup returned
from military service in 1946 with the
rank of captain.
Twenty-Five Years
Rivers L. Bowling Sheet Finis^
General Off!'!,
Charlotte T. McBride .... „
Elwanda C. Grant
John R. Stellner Fieldcrest =
Copyright, 1970, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Eden, N. C. 27288
Issued Every Other Monday For Employees
and Friends of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
^ OTIS MARLOWE
^ EOITOR
rinPirinn^ auce warmer
LJ'JUL1UV|[7 associate editor
Member, International Association
of Business Communicators
REPORTING STAFF
Alexander Sheeting Mill Edna Bright
Automatic Bianket Piant Jarvice Ennis
Bedspread Finishing Mill Ann Midkiff
Bedspread Mill Edna Hopper
Blanket Mill Katherine Turner
Bianket Warehouse Geraldine Perkins
Cleveland Service Center Martha Murray
Columbus Tovyel Miil Mildred Newsome
Dallas Service Center Barbara Aldriege
Fieldale Towel Mill Faye Warren
General Offices Hilda Grogan
Gladys Holland, Katherine Manley
Karastan Mill Irene Meeks
Karastan Service Center Mary Stephens
Karastan Spiitning Mill Evelyn Beasley
Laurelcrest Carpets Carolyn Branch
Midwest Service Center Yvonne Neisler
Mount Holly Barbara Herrin
Northeast Service Center Mary Kulpak
Sheet Finishing Mill Brenda May
Sheeting Mill Ruth Minter
Winchester Spinning Mill Ann Wilson
Vol. 29 Monday, Dec. 14, 1970 No. 12
RALPH PICKUP
He rejoined Fieldcrest on a perman
ent basis in 1946 as an industrial en
gineer, first dt the Blanket and Sheeting
Mills and then at the Fieldale Towel
Mill. He was appointed a shift foreman
in the Cutting and Sewing Department
in 1952 and was promoted to superin
tendent in 1956.
He married the former Lorene Bry
ant, a Fieldale native who for several
years was employed in the Fieldale
Towel Mill Accounting Department.
They have one daughter and two
granddaughters.
Mr. Pickup is a member and a past
president of the Lions Club. He and his
wife are members of Fieldale Baptist
Church. The Pickups live on Merriman
Road at Fieldale.
Twenty Years
F. Guerrant Norman .... General Otf,
J. Culas Hundley Fie j
Leonard R. Wright Fie
Fifteen Years
Jasper J. Tilley Sheet Finis^j,.
Beverly A. Barnes
Betty G. Flinchum General OP
Thomas G. Rice
ColP'*’
Bobby H. Barbee
Melvin J. Fuller ■‘’■“Lhif
Hazel P. Brown Sheet FiiP^
Ten Years
Alfred H. Peel Karastan Spi®
Verna B. Riddle
Lawrence H. Robbins
Irene K. Dewese Mt- ' j
Nancy T. Patterson Mt.
Callie C. Jones
Worth C. Brown .. .. Automatic
Fred S. Church
Float Has ‘Cinderella ’ Them^
The Fieldcrest Mills float, featuring a
Cinderella theme, attracted favorable
attention in the annual Christmas pa
rade at Eden, sponsored by the Jaycees.
Shown riding the float, left to right, are
Linda DeHart, Bedspread
Office; Marie Yeatts, Sheetih®
Physical Testing Laboratory;
erly Roberts, of the Business iP*
tion Department at Karastan.
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