Eden’s United Fund Drive Begins Today
Each employee in the Fieldcrest plants
3nd offices in Eden is to bp canvassed
9nd invited to pledge a contribution to
■t>he Eden United Fund campaign. The
drive opens today (Monday) and con
tinues throughout the week.
The gifts by Fieldcrest employees and
the company are again expected to be
stt important factor in insuring the suc-
cess of the overall campaign.
The budget-goal in the communifcy-
t'^ide effort is $146,000, the amount need
ed for the continuance of the 11 health,
welfare and recreational services includ
ed in the campaign.
The goal is less than last year’s $150,-
000 goal but more than the $130,503
raised a year ago. Employees of Field
crest Mills contributed $90,011 in the
campaign in 1971 and the Company
through the Fieldcrest Foundation gave
an additional $9,000.
William D. Hicks, supervisor of qual
ity control at the Karastan Rug Mill, is
Karastan Rug Tops Prizes In Campaign
A 9 X 12 Karastan rug, the pattern
be the winner’s choice, will be given
a grand prize in the drawings among
“Fair Share” contributors to the
Eden United Fund campaign.
Other valuable prizes will be award
ed
among the “Fair Share” contribu-
including a large number of $15
gift certificates good for any purchase
the Fieldcrest Store.
Drawings will be conducted among
mose who pledge a ’’Fair Share” in
each mill division and in the staff de
partments. Several gift certificates will
be awarded in each mill division.
In addition, the names of all employ
ees, mill and staff, who pledge a “Fair
Share” will be included in the draw
ing for the grand prize, the Karastan
rug.
The President’s Plaque is to be given
by William C. Battle, president of Field
crest Mills, Inc., to the mill which has
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New 50-YEAR employee W. Dexter Wood receives congratulations on his out-
^hding record from Robert A. Harris. See story and more pictures on page three.
chairman of this year’s United Fund
campaign at Fieldcrest. Raymond O.
Endicott, manager of industrial engin
eering services, is vice chairman.
Division vice presidents of Fieldcrest
are chairmen for their respective di
visions with the plant managers and
the major staff department heads serv
ing as co-chairmen.
Fieldcresters, along with the em
ployees of other firms in Eden, will be
asked to pledge on the “Fair Share”
basis.
For the convenience of employees and
upon their authorization, the company
will make payroll deductions over a 12-
month period to collect the pledges.
Payroll deductions authorized by em
ployees will not begin until the first pay
period in January, 1973. If an employee
has no work during a particular week,
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Collections Featured
In High Fashion Ads
Millions of readers will see the high
fashion promotion of Fieldcrest’s three
new collections, Marimekko, Living
Free and Yves Saint Laurent, now be
ing featured in full-color ads in such
publications as New Yorker, House and
Garden, The New York Times Maga
zine, Redbook, House Beautiful and
Sunset.
The Marimekko collection will ap
pear in the October 14 issue of New
Yorker, on sale October 11; the Octo
ber issue of House and Garden, which
went on sale September 20; the No
vember issue of House Beautiful, on
sale October 20; and the October 29
issue of The New York Times Magazine.
The Living Free collection appears
in the September issue of Redbook
which went on sale August 20; and the
September issue of Sunset, on sale since
August 25.
The Yves Saint Laurent designs will
appear in the New York Times Maga
zine on October 1; the November issue
of House and Garden, on sale October
20; and the November 11 issue of New
Yorker, on sale November 8.