Vol. 31
Eden, N. C., November 20, 1972
No. 10
Children's Christmas
Parties Scheduled
Sunday afternoon, Decemjber 17, will
^6 the date of the annual children’s
Christmas parties sponsored by Field-
crest Mills, Inc., at Fieldale Va., and
Eden.
, The Fieldale party will be at 2 p.m.
in the gymnasium of the Fieldale-Col-
hnsville High School. The Eden party
^hl follow at 4 p.m. in the Morehead
®gh School auditorium.
A special Christmas program is being
developed by the Pendulum Players of
Rockingham County, with features
adapted to the age groups involved.
This program is expected to be unique
®nd outstanding among the various
"ypes of entertainment that have been
featured at the parties.
Santa Claus will be present to greet
fne children and to hand out Christmas
®fockings filled with candy bars. Mill
officials will assist Santa Claus in dis
tributing the treats.
Children’s Christmas parties also are
Jo be held at the Company’s other mill
locations. The times and places for the
Parties will be announced locally when
arrangements have been completed.
Fieldale Employees
Support Fund Drive
Employees at the Fieldale Towel Mill
again demonstrated outstanding support
Of the Fieldale Community Fund by
Pledging $22,000 during the campaign
iyhich recently ended.
An additional $3,000 to be contribut-
by the Company through the Field-
crest Foundation will make a total of
J’25,000 given by the employees and
b® Company.
,, Einal reports showed that 58% of
no Fieldale employees pledged a Fair
bare or more and that 62% partici
pated in the campaign by contributing
some amount.
The grand prize in the drawing among
®fr Share givers, an 18-inch portable
Color television set, was won by Den-
his Walker, Yarn Preparation.
E*opartments in which all employees
Contributed a Fair Share were: Card-
(Continued on Page Eight)
Insurance Department employees Vicki Strong, Barbara Janney and Frances
Paschal, left to right, prepare new insurance certificates which will be distributed
this week to all plan members in Fieldcrest’s southern mills. The new certificates
reflect major improvements in the group insurance plan.
New Insurance Certificates Are Ready
New insurance certificates reflecting
the major improvements made in the
group insurance plan in July are to be
distributed this week to all plan mem
bers in Fieldcrest’s southern mills.
Additional certificates are to be re
ceived later for distribution to employ
ees elsewhere in the country.
The certificates replace the present
certificates which are out of date due
to the extension of Major Medical in
surance to all employees and other im
provements. The company’s Major Med
ical insurance was updated, improved
and made effective throughout the com
pany July 1, 1972.
(Major Medical is an additional form
of protection, coming into operation af
ter benefits under the Base Hospital
Plan have been exhausted).
Basic Plan Unchanged
The basic hospital plan was not
changed and it continues to cover the
initial expenses and the average hospit
alization. The base plan for the past
several years has covered 75% to 85%
of the average charges of all hospitali
zation for employees and their depend
ents.
However, the average costs of being
sick and admitted to the hospital con
tinue to increase, due to general infla
tion, more sophisticated methods of
treatment, expensive drugs, etc.
It was found that there was an in
creasing need on the part of all Field-
crest employees for additional cover-
(Continued on Page Five)
Winchester Employees
Set Record Of Giving
For the fourth consecutive year, 100%
of the employees at the Winchester
Spinning Mill at Asheville have con
tributed on the Fair Share basis to the
Buncombe County United Fund.
Winchester Spinning Mill was the
only textile mill in Buncombe County
to achieve this outstanding record of
giving.
In this year’s campaign, the employ
ees contributed a total of $4,014. An
additional $500 will be contributed by
the Company through the Fieldcrest
Foundation, bringing the total contribu
tions to $4,514 from the employees and
the Company.