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Generous Support Given To Community Fund Drive (Continued from Page One) ing Departm,ent, second and third shifts; Weave Room #2 (old Hosiery Mill), third shift; Warehouse Office; and Pro duction Control. Drawings were held in each of these departments for prizes of Fieldcrest towel sets. Winners of the Fieldcrest towel sets in each department were Kathleen Gus- ler, Warehouse Office; Wanda Scott, Production Control; John Eggleston, Carding Department, third shift; Jerry Wyatt, Carding Department, second shift; and Bennie Lawson, Weave Room #2 (old Hosiery Mill), third shift. The Community Fund Committee, which allocates the money to a num ber of health, welfare and recreational agencies serving the Fieldale area, is composed of employees representing various departments of the Fieldale Towel Mill. Members of this year’s committee are: John Spencer, Yarn Preparation; Spotwood Taylor, Beam Dye; Ronald Spencer, Bleachery; Joel Dalton, Pack and Stock; Muscoe Draper, Shipping; Frank Hundley, Cloth; Jean Rorrer, Warehouse Office; Mae Perry, Data Pro cessing; Vera Warrick, Cost Depart ment; Reuben Edwards, Spinning; El- via Fretwell, Sewing; Roger Moore, Weave Room #2 (old Hosiery Mill)! and Dot Davis, Production Control. Top Weavers, Fixers Weavers—W/E November 5 Dobby Terry Lee Hubbard Jacquard Terry Robert Ferguson Fixers—W/E November 5 Dobby Terry Melvin Clark Jacquard Terry Jesse Davis Weavers—W/E October 29 Dobby Terry Lemie Wright Jacquard Terry Bobby Stegall Fixers—W/E October 29 Dobby Terry Clay Merriman Jacquard Terry George Lynch Dennis Walker, a twister tender in the Yarn Preparation Department, was grand prize winner in the drawing among Fair Share givers. Fieldale Retiree Develops An Unusual Hobby; Carves Decorative Wooden Items For Friends Thomas A. Plastor, a retiree from the Fieldale Towel Mill, has developed an unusual hobby since his retirement in 1969. Thomas Plaster With Carvings Mr. Plaster carves wooden belts, chains, necklaces and decorative pieces. Each item is carved from a single piece of wood, either sourwood, white pine or cedar. Using a pocket knife as his only tool, Mr. Plaster has carved about 50 chains in the past two years. He says he can do 22 links in one evening while watch ing television. He uses no ruler, only his eyes to judge the size of the links After completion, each item is dipped in shellac to preserve the wood. “Just Started Piddling’’ He has had no instruction in wood carving. He says he “just started piddl ing one night about two years ago.” “I saw a carved chain in a museum years ago and I figured if whoever did that one could do it, so could I,” he said. Now he carves almost every evening “to keep from eating too much pop corn,” he said. In addition to belts and chains, Mr. Plaster has carved a duck house for his yard which now houses a family of ducks, a series of likenesses of his rents, brothers, and sisters, and several curved staffs for friends. He has al®'’ carved a marble headstone for his wifa ® grave. For his next project, he plans carve a wooden clock with all woodet parts. Mr. Plaster refuses to sell any of items he carves, although he has bee^ offered mioney for them by gift shop^ in the area as well as by individual' He gives most of the items to relative® and friends. “I would rather give tha*’ receive,” he said. 3S Years Of Service A native of Patrick County, Va., Plaster achieved 36 years of continuoU® seivice at the Fieldale Towel Mill. began employment in June of 1933 as ® beam roller. In April of 1935 he becaih® a slasher tender, remaining in that cla®' sification until retirement. He now r®' sides on Route 1, Fieldale. Discussing his retirement, he said, lot of people think that when a persot retires he can do nothing but sit around' That’s not true. I get lots of exercis® and with my fishing and carving, I’P* as busy now as before I retired.” THE MILL WHISTL^'
The Fieldcrest Mill Whistle (Spray, N.C.)
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