THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 31
Eden, N. C., June 11, 1973
No. 23
GLENN H. SIMPSON
ALLIE M. HOUCHINS
Two Will Complete 50-Year Records
Two Fieldcrest employees are to com
plete 50-year records of continuous ser-
'^ice within the next week or so. Glenn
H. Simpson will observe his 50th work
anniversary June 14 and Allie M.
Houchins will attain 50 years of con
tinuous service June 20.
Both of the new 50-year employees
tvill be honored by the management of
Fieldcrest Mills at a luncheon at Mead
ow Greens Country Club Thursday,
June 14. Other members of the Field-
crest 50-Year Club will attend.
Mr. Simpson has continuous service
since June 14, 1923. He was first em
ployed in the Spinning Department at
the Bedspread Mill but was soon trans
ferred to the Cutting and Sewing De
partment as a bedspread cutter. After
about five years as a cutter he became
a shipping clerk in the Storage and Ship
ping Department.
He was soon promoted to foreman
and was a supervisor for several years
in the bedspread storage and shipping,
stock and packaging operations. He be
came foreman of the Sheet Cutting and
Sewing Department at the old Bleachery
in 1944 and served for 17 years.
He was appointed night general fore-
man at the Blanket Finishing Mill in
1961 and continues in that classification.
He most recently has worked in the
Blanket Finishing Mill Supply Room.
Active in community affairs, he was
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M^ill Whistls To Hove New Formcit
Following several months of planning.
The Mill Whistle will be changed to a
hew tabloid format produced by the
offset method. The publication will be
Printed on standard newsprint on The
Eden News’ modern Goss 16-page off
set newspaper press.
The changeover will become effective
With the July 16 issue which will mark
the beginning of the 32nd year of con
tinuous publication of The Mill Whistle
for Fieldcrest employees.
Substantial economies in time and
money wil be mad"! possible by the off
set method of printing. The greater
speed of the press (15,000 impressions
an hour), the use of newsprint instead
of coated paper and the elimination of
photoengraving expenses will signifi
cantly reduce the overall cost.
Tne improved format and the new
method of printing are in keeping with
modern trends in employee publications
and will make possible a number of in
novations that will improve the em
ployees’ paper.
Technical Center Site
Preparation Started
Site preparation is under way for
Fieldcrest’s new Technical Center at
Eden. The footings are to be poured
about July 1 with completion of the
building scheduled for May 1, 1974.
As the grading and dirt-moving goes
forward, efforts are being made to get
the main parking lot as nearly complete
as possible in order to avoid the prob
lems of dust, mud, etc. during the con
struction.
The new technical facility, estimat
ed to cost about one-and-a half million
dollars, is to be built on a 12-acre tract
on the corner of Pierce Street and
Stadium Drive, adjacent to the Field
crest General Offices. It will encom
pass 25,000 square feet on the upper
level and 22,000 square feet on the
lower level.
'The new building will house Field-
crest’s Technical Services Department,
which includes Research, Domestics
Product Development, and Domestics
Quality Control. The new facility has
been designed to accomodate approxi
mately sixty to eighty persons.
The upper level of the building will
house the Technical Services Depart
ment, a technical library, conference
room and laboratories. The lower level
will include development laboratories,
storage areas and space for expansion.
The present headquarters of the
Technical Services Department is com
pletely inadequate and the Company
has had plans for expanding and up
dating the Research and Development
facilities for several years.
PHILLIP DICKERSON RUDOLPH DALTON
Which Is Superdoffer?
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