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D. M. TRACY
H. M. BERGEN, JR.
O. G. GRUBBS
J. P. ROBERTSON
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fector of merchandising, joined the
•eldcrest sales organization in 1958.
® Was promoted to district manager
"d then assistant manager of the
dtornatic blanket departm,ent.
m October, 1967, he was named man-
jSer of fhg blanket department and in
®cerniber, 1969, appointed division vice
"Resident. He was named merchandise
^anager in July, 1970. In June, 1971,
f. Bergen was appointed director of
®rchandising, in which capacity he
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‘dent.
Mr.
continue as a corporate vice pres-
Grubbs, vice president and di-
cr of sales, joined the company as
“ecti
Assistant to the’ manager of the sheet
,^ies department in January, 1950, and
1952 was named assistant to the
^anager of the towel department. He
appointed district manager of the
j^dlpany’s Philadelphia territory in 1954.
1956, he was transferred to the New
York office as manager of the blan
ket department.
He was appointed division vice pres-
idnt in 1960 and, in 1967, was named
manager of the company’s St. Marys di
vision. He was named general sales
manager in July, 1970, and in June,
1971, was appointed director of sales,
the position he now holds as a corporate
vice president.
Mr. Robertson, vice president and di
rector of advertising and sales pro
motion, joined Fieldcrest in 1958 as as
sistant manager of the automatic blan
ket sales department. He was named
manager of that department in 1963 and
in January, 1966, was appointed divi
sion vice president and manager of the
towel sales department.
In September, 1966, he was appoint
ed assistant sales manager and promot
ed to sales manager in January, 1967.
Mr. Robertson was named director of
advertising and sales promotion in Sep-
Man Is Named Asst. Security Director
Howard E. Richarcison joined Field-
crest Mills, Inc., effective February 7
as assistant director of security. He will
report to Rufus R. Beaver, director of
security, in all areas of the security pro
gram being developed by the Company.
Mr. Richardson completed almost 30
years of service with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation. His most recent as
signment was as special agent super
visor at FBI headquarters in Washing
ton, D. C. He previously served a tour
of duty as a special agent in Greens
boro, where his territory included Eden
and Rockingham County.
He is married and has two sons who
are students at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has already
moved his residence to Eden.
Howard e. richardson
Radio Time Changed
The Fieldcrest radio program over
Station WLOE, Eden, previously heard
at 3 p.m. on Sundays, is now being
broadcast at 5 p.m. each Sunday.
tember, 1969. He now continues in this
capacity as a corporate vice president
of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Messrs. Bergen, Grubbs and Robert
son will continue to report to Mr. Tracy.
Dyeing Supt.
fM
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Artis C. Carter has been promoted
from shift foreman in the Piece Dyeing
Department at the Blanket Finishing
Mill to superintendent of that depart
ment. He replaces Eugene Purcell who
retired under the Pension Plan.
Mr. Carter, a native of Eden, was first
em Toyed at the Karastan Rug Mill in
1941 but left in 1943 for service in the
Navy during World War II. He returned
to his former job at Karastan after the
war but resigned in 1947 to go to col
lege, later receiving his B. S. degree
from Western Carolina University.
He was re-employed at the Karastan
Mill in 1952 as a dyestuff weigher in
the Dyeing Department. He subsequent
ly was promoted to second hand and
then to shift foreman. He was trans
ferred to the Blanket Finishing Mill
Piece Dyeing Department as shift fore
man in July, 1971.
'^NDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1972