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Vol. 31
Eden, N. C., March 19, 1973
No. 18
NCF To Spend Million
For Pollution Control
The North Carolina Finishing Com
pany division will spend nearly $1 mil
lion in 1973-74 for upgrading its waste
}vater treatment plant and for improv-
smoke abatement facilities.
M. D. Rochelle, president and general
■Manager of the NCF division, said the
Plant is presently operating under a per-
JPit issued by the Environmental Pro
bation Agency and the North Carolina
Office of Water and Air Resources.
Included in the permit is a timetable
‘Or upgrading the present treatment
Plant to meet the new and changing
standards. North Carolina Finishing, a
otvision of Fieldcrest Mills, has made
^ ■'vritten comimitment to be in com
plete compliance with the new water
Inality standards by December 31, 1974.
The estimated cost for adding sec-
opdary treatment to the present ex-
ended aeration system is $750,000. This
■*gure is in addition to the approxi
mately $500,000 spent to build the orig-
Pal plant in 1969.
When the treatment plant was built
Was constructed in accordance with
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Textile Career Month
Froclaimed For April
Persons looking lor a career in tex-
*les will have an opportunity to learn
*Pore about the industry during the
P®kt few weeks.
April has been designated as Textile
Careers Month, a month-long recruit-
P§ effort designed to make the public
*Pore aware that the textile industry is
®areer-oriented and offers job security
®Pd advancement.
. Sponsored by textile manufacturers
P cooperation with the American Tex-
*1® Manufacturers Institute, the cam-
p|gn will feature newspaper adver-
>sing^ radio and TV commercials, bill-
P°ards and the like. These will inform
mospective job applicants that career
Pportunities are available in the tex-
® industry for persons with every
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WALTER B. GUINAN
THOMAS W. GRAVES, JR.
Guinan Is Elected To Fieldcrest Board;
Graves Named Secretary Of Company
Walter B. Guinan was elected to the
board of directors of Fieldcrest Mills,
Inc., at the board’s regular meeting
held in Boston on March 1.
Mr. Guinan is a senior vice president
of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., and is also
president of the Karastan and Laurel-
crest marketing divisions of Fieldcrest.
At its meeting the board approved
a mjotion increasing the number of di
rectors from 12 to 13 and Mr. Guinan
was named to fill the vacancy.
With a career spanning more than
four decades, Mr. Guinan is recognized
as one of the carpet industry’s leading
“statesmen” because of his active role
in representing the interests of the total
industry.
Was CRI Chairman
For the 1971-72 term he served as
chairman of the board of the Carpet
and Rug Institute, the association rep
resenting the $2.7 billion industry. He
continues as a member of the CRI board.
Mr. Guinan joined Fieldcrest Mills as
Karastan sales manager in 1954 and
was elected vice president of that sales
division in the same year. In 1957 he
was elected a corporate vice president
and was named president of the Kara
stan Marketing Division. He assumed
the additional responsibilities as presi
dent of the Laurelcrest Marketing Di
vision when Fieldcrest entered into the
production of tufted carpet in 1967. He
was made a senior vice president of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., in 1969.
The Fieldcrest directors also elected
Thomas W. Graves, Jr., secretary of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. He previously was
assistant secretary and counsel and con
tinues as counsel. Mr. Graves joined
Fieldcrest in 1968 as assistant counsel.
In May, 1971, he was elected assistant
secretary as well as assistant counsel.
He was named assistant secretary and
counsel in July, 1972.
He is a 1962 graduate of Duke Uni
versity and received his law degree in
1965 from Duke Law School. He was
admitted to the North Carolina State
Bar that same year. Before joining
Fieldcrest he was engaged in the prac
tice of law with the firm of Carr and
Gibbons in Wilson for three years.
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from St. Marys” pictured |
on page five i