Students touring" General Offices stop in Cotton Classing Department where
George Brandon, cotton classer, explains operation. Betty Tate, guide, is at right.
Tunstall Students Are Given Tour Of Offices
Nineteen members of the Business
Club at Tunstall High School in Pitt
sylvania County, Va., toured the Field-
crest General Offices at Eden recently.
The students were led by Mrs. Shirley
Holiness, a sponsor of the Business Club.
The visitors were divided intO' small
groups and given guided tours of the
building. The guides described in gen
eral terms the operations being per
formed in the various departments.
At the conclusion of the tour, the
students assembled in the Conference
Room and heard a talk on “What Makes
A Good Clerical Employee,” by Lou
Stophel, secretary to Dr. L. H. Hance,
vice president-research and engineer
ing. Betty Tate, of the Employment Of
fice, showed a film on Fieldcrest fash
ions.
Guides for the tour, in addition to
Mrs. Tate, were Frances Paschal, Tem
ple Land, Lou Johnson, Juanita Stew
art and Mickey Overby.
Pollution Control
FOR CLEAN AIR — Huge above-ground oil tank stores No. 2 fuel oil as standby
fuel for Draper boiler plant. Large boiler at Draper was converted to gas. Two smalt
coal boilers were kept for emergency use in case of shortage of both gas and oil.
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Hearing Program
Receives Support
(Continued from Page Five)
at all. “Recently I was outside the
Weave Room doing something and or
dinarily ni take them out when I
where it is quiet,” he said. “When
started back in toward the main P®’'
of the building I commenced to look for
them. I discovered I had them in
ears. They don’t bother me a bit.”
John Lewis of the Bleachery at CO
lumbus Towel Mill reports that he “likes
the ear plugs fine!”
Eddie Short, a cloth doffer in th®
Columbus Towel Mill Weave Depa^
ment, is unusual in that he prefers ea
muffs over the ear canal caps. j
are more comfortable,” he said, “aiao
don’t perspire .as much.”
Diane Kiser, a weaver at Fields^
said “They (ear canal caps) were dUn
comfortable from the start. I didn’t ha''^
any trouble.” She praised hearing
tective devices because “They help ke^
out dangerous noises. I feel like fke
will protect my hearing.”
Edna Hopper, a draw-in hand m ^
Draw, Tie, Pattern Department at t
Bedspread Mill, helped make the
caps for Bedspread employees.
program is working out very well,” ®
said. “The ear plugs are very effech
and I can tell a difference in my he®
ing since I’ve been wearing them.
The Medical, Safety and Engineeri^^
Departments will continue to work
gether to insure that employees are P*
tected from the hazard of exposure
high noise levels. The hearing
vation program is a long-range one a
is constantly evaluated and implemen
Dr. Springer said, “From my P°!^
of view, it is very gratifying to ke
the Company at this point in its
and to know that never again
any person lose hearing because of
work environment at Fieldcrest.”
Towel Mill Honors
Top Weavers, Fixers
The Fieldale Towel Mill’s top 'vea^^.
ers and loom fixers are listed beloW
the most recent periods of record.
Weavers—W/E April 16 y
Dobby Terry Mattie Eac^.^
Jacquard Terry Lauren
Fixers—W/E April 16 gj
Dobby Terry Homer Koo» y
Jacquard Terry Roney
Weavers—W/E April 9
Dobby Terry Virgil
Jacquard Terry Harvie E®
Fixers—W/E April
Dobby Terry Clifford
Jacquard Terry Larry
THE MILL WHIST