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slants Given Employees of nine Fieldcrest plants ave been honored by awards from the phonal Safety Council and the North ^^rolina Department of Labor for out- safety performance during Award of Merit from the Na- „ •'31 Safety Council was awarded to Bps Finishing Mill and to the ^J^spread Finishing Mill. The Blanket n^fehouse received the Certificate of *^®endation from the National Safe- ^ Council. Ms "^1 NSC awards are based on the improvement in their safety iti by a certain percentage [)j^'^°®Parison with previous years. Of »af Awards of Merit given in the fj this year, two were won by Of p plants. Also, the Certificate ),,^^°®mendation was one of only 26 3rded nationally. ^^®rtificates signifying the awards Of,® Presented at the quarterly meeting C'entral Safety Committee in the II, ''ani Iti ®^nts “•ilia ^ 6ral Offices conference room June 3. awards weie accepted by the plant ®gers on behalf of the employees, addition to the NSC awards, nine Won awards from the North Car- K. R. Baggett (far left), presents safety plaque to T. E. Wallace, Automatic Blanket Plant. Officials from other plants receiving awards are; front, J. G. Cunningham, Karastan; C C Chowning, Blanket Finishing; K. W. Foddrell, Sheet Finishing; L. W. Byrum, Worthviiie- back' L. W. Owen, Laurelcrest; K. M. Vaughn, Bedspread Finishing; J. W. Norman, Leaksville area personnel manager; E. R. Ellis, Spray area personnel manager. ards Department of Labor. These are based on a plant’s accident 5^,^' '^ay being at least 50% below the for the textile industry in North this group was the Automatic Plant which received a Ninth Award. Others honored were: Sheet Finishing Mill, sixth consecutive year; General Offices, fourth consecutive year; Blanket Finishing Mill, Blanket Warehouse, and Karastan Rug Mill, second consecutive year; Bedspread Fin ishing Mill, Laurelcrest Carpet Mill and Worthviiie Spinning Mill, first year awards. In commenting on the awards, K. R. Baggett, safety director, said, “Every employee in these plants is to be con gratulated and can take pride in his or her part in earning this recognition. I urge them to continue their efforts so that their fine safety performance will be continued into the future.” Cum Laude Graduate Rhodes Named Asst. Professor ■^illiam Gale Rhodes, the recipient Pieldcrest Scholarship in 1961, has Soj. appointed as an assistant profes- chemistry at Northeast Missouri tiv„® College, Kirksville, Mo., effec- ’"'ith the 1971-1972 academic year, sist ® ^ postdoctoral research as- 1( 1,5^ in chemistry at the University °rth Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Rhodes is a graduate of Morehead High School and entered North Carolina State University in the fall of 1961. Be fore receiving a bachelor of science de gree with high honors in applied math ematics in 1965, he was honored by in duction into Phi Kappa Phi scholastic honorary fraternity and Pi Mu Epsilon, mathematics honorary fraternity. Upon graduation from North Carolina State University, he entered the gradu ate school of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on an NASA Fellowship. Heads Research Group As he neared completion of the doc torate of philosophy degree, he was offered the opportunity to remain at the University as a postdoctral research as sociate in charge of his research group of eight graduate students and four postdoctoral fellows. It is in this capacity that he is pres ently employed and will remain until his appointment at Northeast Missouri State College becomes effective. He is the son of Carl D. Rhodes, of the Domestics Designing Department, and the late Eugenia Crutchfield Rhodes. Dr. Rhodes is married to the former Pamela Shroeder, of Nanuet, N. Y., and they have one child, Nicholas, age 10 m.onths. Frances Fair Merriman, a Fieldcrest Scholarship recipient, has graduated cum laude from Meredith College where she maintained a 3.38 average. She re ceived a B. A. degree in music. She was a member of the Kappa Nu Sigma and Silver Shield honor socie ties, Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity and was named to “Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities.” Miss Merriman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Derwood Merriman, of Field- ale, Va. Mrs. Merriman (Blanche) is employed in the Warehousing Office at the Fieldale Towel Mill.
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