^heryl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Junior
arter, makes friends. Mrs. Carter
'Sarah) works at Bedspread Finishing.
Ann Midkiff, Bedspread Finishing employee, is shown with some of the approxi
mately 340 stuffed frogs she made in the last 21/2 years. approxi
sfcuiicu iiugs sHc matte itt tUc last years.
Employee’s Trog’Hobby Makes Profit For Charity
a years Ann nearly 350 of them.” cnuishv anri
In the last two and a half years Ann
"lidkiff, an office clerk in the Bed
Pread Finishing Mill, has bought ap-
'’oximately 500 pounds of bird seed
■ . for her frogs.
it to stuff toy frogs,” she said.
^ *nce I started making them, I’ve
^^n, stuffed and sold or given away
Educational Aid
(Continued from Preceding Page)
^®^*tude, citizenship, and financial need
6rn granted to the children of
(, Ployees who are attending an ac-
editad college or university pursuing
Pdies towards a recognized academic
'■egree.
^ I-ach scholarship is worth $1,000 per
^ear for four years, or a total of $4,000.
f^^^^°l3rship recipients can apply also
ter
tin
grant in aid to the limit of $500
year above the scholarship if their
ancial need justifies a grant.
Aid To Employees And Children
above programs there is aid
jjj a to employees and children of em-
°y®6s to attend college. This could
^ interpreted that Fieldcrest values
degree above all other train-
crf ®^Pnrience. This is not so. Field-
at is concerned primarily with what
^5 J^'^t'^Idual can do, not what degrees
5j. “as. However, in the complex mod-
Ij^ World, training and education are
^orne increasingly important,
tear t-'°™Pany’s newly expanded ed-
aid program recognizes that
'he *^!“al and occupational training is
t|j ^ight thing for many people and
5Ciri extremely important for them
lor businesses like Fieldcrest. The
nearly 350 of them.”
The nicest thing about Mrs. Midkiffs
frogs is that they have been responsi
ble for numerous charitable donations.
All of the profit she makes goes to
charity and community projects, most
ly through the Women’s Fellowship and
the Iva Neal Circle of the Leaksville
Moravian Church of which she is a
member.
Mrs. Midkiff first became interested
in making the frogs when her sister,
Peggy Ayers of East St. Louis, Mo.’
brought all of her nieces and her nep
hew a stuffed frog when she visited
them in 1969.
“I got my sister to talk to the lady
from whom she bought the frogs and
tell her that I was interested in mak
ing some. I thought they would make
an ideal church project for our bazaar.
The lady sent me the pattern cut from
a brown paper bag.
“At first I used corduroy and poly
ester fabrics. Then I started using flock
ed blanket remnants, purchased from
the Blanket Sewing Department. This
was an ideal material since it is avail
able in so m.any colors and makes the
frogs feel soft and cuddly.”
The comjbination of the texture that
the bird seed gives the frogs and the
soft touch of the flocked blanket ma
terial makes them an ideal toy for chil
dren.
As one young owner of a Midkiff frog
(named Fred) said, “He’s soft and
squishy and heavy and he’s got a friend
ly face. You can make him sit up or
lie down and if he comes apart you can
give the bird seeds to the birds.”
Mrs. Midkiff’s frogs have gone as
far as Texas and Illinois and South
Carolina and all over Virginia and
North Carolina. Her busiest season
starts just before Thanksgiving when
people are getting ready for Christmas.
Her church bazaar is the first of De
cember and her frogs are among the
most popular items at the bazaar.
Mrs. Midkiff is a plant reporter for
The Mill Whistle. Her husband, Harley,
is employed in Fieldcrest’s Quality Con
trol Department. They have one son,
Michael, 15V2. Her father, Robert Rod
gers, is a retired employee of the Kar-
astan Rug Mill.
When she is not busy making frogs,
Mrs. Midkiff crochets and knits. She
also enjoys camping and is secretary
of the Eden Camping Club.
She is an active member of the
Leaksville Moravian Church and teach
es the primary class. She is secretary
and treasurer of the Women’s Fellow
ship and the Iva Neal Circle.
I^Panded
Company’s
educational aid program is
step towards opening
to all Fieldcrest employees.
CNday, may 2 9, 1 97 2
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at
your
1972 Capital Program
To Total $14 Million
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sions represent the initial phases of a
long range program to expand produc
tion to meet sales forecasts.
The 1972 program also includes sub
stantial allocation for sewage treatment
facilities in line with Company policy
to meet or exceed all state or federal
regulations governing sewage treatment
and disposal.
It is anticipated that the increased
level of capital expenditures will,con
tinue for the next several years.