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Vol. 31
DAVID M. TRACY ’
Tracy To Head ATMI
Consumer Committee
David M. Tracy, president of the
^ ieldcrest Marketing Division and a sen
ior vice president of Fieldcrest Mills,
has been selected chairman of
■^TMI’s Consumer Affairs Committee.
Since its formation in March 1970,
importance of the committee and
Work in all areas of consumer af-
legislation, and liaison with gov
ernment agencies has increased mark-
with the rising tide of consumer-
ism and its impact on textiles.
Mr. Tracy, who is also an active
Member of ATMI’s Market Committee,
succeeds William B. Allen, last year’s
chairman of the Consumer Affairs Com-
TTiittise.
Eden, N. C., August 14, 1972
No. 3
N.Y. Showroom Displays Fall 72 Lines
So spectacular are the Fall ’72 Field-
crest collections that an entirely new
setting was created in the New York
showroom to communicate the visual
excitement of these new designs. The
interior space was completely rede
signed to play varied textures and ma
terials in neutral, natural tones as a
backdrop for the Marimekko, Yves
Saint Laurent, Living Free and Temp
tation design groups.
Fieldcrest product colors form a
striking contrast to the natural wood
tones, white and copper walls, and the
white ceramic tiles and Karastan shag
carpet. Plants add an additional green
hue as does an area of Karastan grass-
green shag carpet.
The new Marimekko line is framed
in polished white oak, with a Finnish
sauna of oak floors angled to become
a fixture and window display. Simple
rough plaster frames and columns
swathed in gleaming copper provide
a beautiful background for the Yves
Saint Laurent collection, with the Liv
ing Free juvenile group treated as a
wood, canvas and rope boutique with
a safari feeling.
While the fixturlng seems to be built
in, it is actually a series of portable
modules. These modules could be easi
ly copied and adapted to fit retail do
mestics department.
The all-new look at Fieldcrest came
off the drawing board of Robert Young
Associates, Inc., Dallas-based retail
planning and architectural firm. The
whole mood is one of elegance and
freshness that perfectly reflects the
Fieldcrest image.
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Foundation Makes More Educational Grants
The Fieldcrest Foundation has made
seven additional grants under the new
educational grants program for the
children of Fieldcrest employees.
The new program is designed to as
sist the children of employees primarily
in line with their financial need rather
than being on a scholastically competi
tive basis as well as a financial need
basis as in the case of Fieldcrest Schol
arships, also given by the Foundation.
The educational grants are open to
the children of all employees for tech
nical training, college work and other
forms of education beyond high school.
The latest grants, ranging from $500
to $1,000 per year, went to: Gehrig
Charles Ferguson, Bonnie Y. Gravely,
Johnny Gray Greene, Danny G. Hig-
Proposal Made For ‘National Textile Week’
A resolution calling lor a Presidential
P^'oclamation of “National Textile
'^eek’’ the first week in April of each
^®ar has been introduced by Congress-
Tan Nick Galifianakis.
The resolution notes that “The con-
“''Ued strength and growth of the tex-
“le industry in the United States is
''^tal to the economic stability of this
'^'^Untry.”
The resolution introduced by Con
gressman Galifianakis further notes
that “several million workers in the
United States are employed by the
textile industry” and that “textile man
ufacturing historically has been one of
the basic industries of the United States
and for decades has contributed sub
stantially to the economic strength of
the nation.”
gins, Richard Glenn Nester, Ernest W.
Pharis and Carol Jane Swicegood.
Gehrig Ferguson is a 1972 graduate
of John D. Bassett High School and
will enter Virginia Polytechnic Insti
tute and State University to study for
estry and wildlife. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Elba A. Ferguson, of Bas
sett, Va. His father is employed at the
Fieldaie Towel Mill.
Bonnie Gravely, a 1972 Morehead
High School graduate, plans to attend
the Danville School of Nursing. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Gravely of Eden. Mr. Gravely is em
ployed at the Bedspread Finishing Mill
and Mrs. Gravely (Mae) works at the
Sheet Finishing Mill.
Johnny Greene attends the Univer
sity of North Carolina in Charlotte
where he is majoring in chemistry. He
plans to attend the School of Dentistry
at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill after graduating at UNC-C.
He is a 1969 graduate of West David
son High School and attended Davidson
Community College for two years. His
parents are Mr. and Mrs. James Ken
neth Greene of Spencer. His father is
employed at the North Carolina Fin
ishing Company division in Salisbury.
Danny Higgins first attended Wake
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