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COORDINATED HASHIONS
I OR DFD AND BATH
|!»igley Is Appointed
f® Lanrelcrest Post
Sale.
Sales''*
_ior Laurelcrest. Mr. Ker stated
lof
Quigley
will be responsible
H directing Laurelcrest’s stepped-up
setiriff off.
tia] 'Rising effort aimed at the commer-
“^^s’pet market.
kej have greatly expanded the num-
of
‘'act
qualities and styles in our con-
Mtii" line to provide specifiers
Vcf, ® wide range of well-designed,
!ltf high-performance
is said. “In addition,
Wanning
%rn,^
i- '*hi concentrating
products,”
Laurelcrest
aggressive promotion
on key institu-
and commercial markets.”
Quigley, who joined Laurelcrest
1967
^'act ’ been Eastern division con
ii9 lig^®''*®Ser for the firm. Before that
H executive positions in the cen
tal t), P®^l-™ents of Alexander Smith
■“agelow-Sanford, Inc.
'ipMi report to Mr. Ker at Laurel
IJe
headquarters at 919 Third Av-
*b New York. Mr. Quigley, who
Wed and the father of four chil-
*hakes his home in Ramsey, N. J.
Robert e. quigley
National Contract Manager
Eden, N. C., March 15, 1971
No. 18
Harden Named Director Of Engineering
Rob^^rt A. -Tt* tiroc! *
{.j^,®***'elcrest Carpets, a division of
the Mills, Inc., has announced
Ij appointment of Robert E. Quigley
he new post of national contract
haanager.
announcement was made by
Jr., vice president of
Robert A. Harden, Jr., was appointed
director of engineering effective March
1, replacing A. G. Singleton who has
retired under the Pension Plan. Mr.
Harden reports to Dr. L. H. Hance, vice
president, engineering and research.
J. G. Farrell, Jr., in addition to his
assignment as manager of plant en
gineering, was named assistant to the
director of engineering, reporting to Mr.
Harden.
W. J. Robertson was appointed super
visor of grounds maintenance and also
reports to Mr. Harden.
Mr. Harden had been assistant di
rector of engineering since July 1, 1970,
and previously was a textile engineer.
He has been with Fieldcrest continu
ously since 1953 except for about a year
1958-59 when he was with an archi
tectural and engineering consulting firm
in Atlanta, Ga.
He is a native of Georgia and receiv
ed his B. S. degree in textile engin
eering from Georgia Tech. Prior to
joining Fieldcrest he was employed for
five years in the Technical Department
of Martha Mills in Thomaston, Ga.
His studies at Georgia Tech were in-
Fielderest Listed In
Top 7 N.C. Industries
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc,, is one of the
seven largest companies with head
quarters in North Carolina, based on
1969 sales, as reported in Fortune Mag
azine’s annual directory of the top 500
industrial corporations in the United
States. -
With sales of $209,510,000 and with
12,101 employees, Fieldcrest ranked
sixth in North Carolina. Blue Bell, of
Greensboro, was in the seventh position
with $202,733,000 in sales but with
16.000 employees.
The state s top five firms, ranked in
order of sales, are: Burlington Indus
tries, Greensboro, with $1,764,675,000 in
sales and with 86,000 employees' R J
Reynolds, Winston-Salem, $1,575,088,000
sales and 26,062 employees.
Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, $299 379 -
000 sales and 18,000 employees; Cone
Mills, Greensboro, $278,896,000 sales and
14.000 employees; and American Enka
Enka, $256,787,000 sales and 11 137
employees. ’
K. A. HARDEN
terrupted during World War II when
Mr. Harden enlisted in the Army Air
Corps. He was a navigator on B-29
bombers on duty in the South Pacific
and served for four years, being dis
charged with the rank of captain.
Scholarship Deadline
Applications for Fieldcrest Scholar
ships are coming in “fairly well”, ac
cording to Dr. William McGehee, chair
man of the Scholarship Committee.
Dr. McGehee issued a reminder that
the April 1 deadline for submitting ap
plications for scholarships is nearing
and that the applications need to be
turned in as soon as possible.
Both the Fieldcrest and Muscogee
Foundation Scholarships are worth
$4,000 each over a period of four years
at the rate of $1,000 for each of the
four years of college attendance.
The forms for applying for Fieldcrest
Scholarships can be obtained from the
area personnel managers, the Personnel
Offices, the Employment Office of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., in the General
Offices building in Eden, or by writing
to Dr. William McGehee, director of
personnel research and development,
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., Eden, N. C.
Application forms for Muscogee
Scholarships are available at the Per
sonnel Office at the Columbus Towel
Mill, Columbus, Ga.