THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 31
Eden, N. C. October 23, 1972
No. 8
Employee' Gifts To Fund Total $90,79S
Giving strong support to the Eden
United Fund Campaign, employees in
Pieldcrest plants and offices gave or
pledged a total of $90,798 to the United
Fund.
In addition to the employees’ gifts, the
Company through the Fieldcrest Found
ation gave $9,000 for a combined contri-
Apprecation To
Fieldcrest Employees
As a member of the Fieldcrest
organization, I feel a special pride
in the outstanding response of
Fieldcrest employees in the Eden
United Fund campaign. It is an
honor to be associated with you
in this fine achievement.
Each of you can take satisfac
tion in knowing that you have
done your share in a most worth
while cause. You have provided
an example and inspiration by
your unselfish spirit in being will
ing to help others in such a gen
erous way.
I want to thank you most sin
cerely for your strong support
and to congratulate you on your
splendid accomplishment.
ROBERT L. MOORE
General Campaign Chairman
Eden United Fund
button of $99,798 by employees and the
Company.
William, D. Hicks, supervisor of qual
ity control at the Karastan Rug Mill
and chairman of the campaign at Field
crest, expressed appreciation to all who
contributed and to those who solicited
and in other ways assisted with the cam
paign.
“Fieldcrest employees have again
been outstandingly generous in their re
sponse. The wide support from Field
crest employees has accounted for a
large part of the community-wide goal
of $146,000 and helps to assure that this
goal will be reached,” Mr. Hicks said.
Of the 4,722 employees on the pay
roll, 3,366 or 71.3% gave or pledged a
Fair Share. A total of 3,639 employees
or 77.1% participated in the campaign
by contributing in some amount.
Employees in the Blanket Operation
for the fourth consecutive year won the
President’s Plaque given by President
Willliam C. Battle to the mill division
in which the highest percentage of em
ployees pledged a Fair Share.
In this year’s campaign, 80.4% of the
Blanket Operation employees pledged
on the Fair Share basis.
The percentages of Fair Share con
tributors in other mill divisions were:
Sheeting Operation, 75.9%; Bedspread .
Operation, 65.4%; Karastan Rug Mill
(including Karastan Service Center),
52.3%.
In the staff departments, 84.3% of
Foundation Announces 6 Grants-ln-Aid
The number of recipients of educa-
®Ohal grants-in-aid from the Fieldcrest
Foundation has increased to 21 follow-
the awarding of six additional
Si’ants last week.
In addition to the 21 children of em
ployees attending colleges or technical
Schools with help from the Fieldcrest
Foundation, there arc 33 children of
®nipioyees enrolled in colleges or uni-
^orsities with Fieldcrest Scholarships,
also given by the Foundation.
Educational grants-in-aid are distinct
^J'Onr the Fieldcrest Scholarships in that
^*^0 grants are designed to assist chil-
nren of employees primarily in line
with their financial need rather than
being on a scholastically competitive
basis as well as an need basis, as in the
case of Fieldcrest Scholarships.
Newest recipients of grants-in-aid,
ranging up to $1,000 per year, are:
Deborah Kay Davidson, William Reg
gie Hundley, Sara Lou Murphy, Deb
orah Anne Robertson, Susan F. Stevens
and Robert Lee Willis.
The new educational grants program,
started in April of this year, recognizes
that many individuals may more prof
itably attend technical institutes or
take trade courses rather than attend
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the employees pledged on the Fair-
Share basis.
For the fifth consecutive year the In
dustrial Engineering Department, with
100%, won the President’s Plaque as
the staff department having the high
est percentage of employees contrib
uting a Fair Share.
In addition to the plaques, a large
number of units and sub-units are to
receive Certificates of Merit from the
Eden United Fund for having 100% of
the employees pledge a Fair Share.
A drawing among Fair Share con
tributors was scheduled to be held Fri
day for the grand prize, a 9 x 12 Kar
astan rug, the pattern to be the win
ner’s choice, and also for a number of
$15 gift certificates good for any pur
chase at the Fieldcrest Store.
Karastan 25-Yr. Club
Meet Set For Oct. 28
The 25-Year Club members at the
Karastan Rug Mill will have their an
nual luncheon meeting at 11 a.m. Sat
urday, October 28, at the Burton Grove
Elementary School.
The chief speaker will be Walter B.
Guinan, a senior vice president of Field
crest Mills, Inc., and president of the
Karastan Marketing Division. Karastan
mlanufacturing officials will report on
mill operations.
Following the program in the audi
torium, the group will be served a lunch
eon in the school cafeteria.
The Karastan Rug Mill has 272 mem
bers of the 25-Year Club. Of this num
ber, 187 are active employees and 85
are retired under the Pension Plan.
A total of 21 new members will be
welcomed into the club at Karastan
this year. They are: William E. Balser,
James W. Brown, William, Lee Brown,
Dewey Lee Corum, Nomie L. Grogan,
Lorene A. Hale, Ralph W. Hicks, Delsie
L. Hopkins and Margaret Hutcherson.
Also, Lois W. Joyce, Posie J. Joyce,
Nancy W. King, William H. Marshall,
Elwin C. Martin, Jesse T. Newman,
Charlie A. Terry, William F. Turner,
Edward Vernon, Bertha M. Via, Pauline
C. Wall and Charlie A. Ward.