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THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 32
Eden, N. C., September 24, 1973
No. 6
/leaner Water
rd Be Result
But Loses Overall Round
)f Additions
The $l-million improvements
I the waste water treatment
ants at the Bedspread and
leet Finishing Mills at Eden
nd the Luarelcrest Carpet
lantat Laurel Hill are expected
) be completed by the end of
173.
The improvements in the two
jwage treatment plants are
eing made in order to meet the
lost recent water quality
equirements set by the federal
Invironmental Protection
agency.
The Bedspread and Sheet
'inishing Mills are Fieldcrest’s
nly Eden mills which are
icated outside the city limits
nd whose waste water does not
p through the municipal
reatment plants. The
^aurelcrest Carpet Plant is also
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T
U.
Eden United Fund Campaign
Sets Under Way October 1
The United Fund campaign in
le Eden plants and offices will
pen Monday, October 1,
imultaneously with the com-
lunity-wide campaign which
as as its goal $151,700 for the
upport of the 11 health, welfare,
ecreational, and character-
building youth services included
n the fund.
Raymond 0. Endicott,
lanager of industrial
ngineering services, will serve
s chairman of this year’s
ampaign at Fieldcrest Mills,
nc., in Eden. Thomas P.
Vebster, Jr., manager of
general accounting, will be the
vice chairman. Ted L. Spencer,
manager-office systems, will be
in charge of all record-keeping,
will tabulate the results and
issue reports.
Division vice presidents of
Fieldcrest are chairmen for
their respective divisions with
the plant managers and the
major staff department heads
serving as co-chairmen.
Each employee in the
Fieldcrest plants and offices will
be contacted and invited to
pledge a contribution in the
campaign which will open on
Color TV Set
To Be Prize
HOWARD W. MIZELL
... General Chairman ...
RAYMOND O. ENDICOTT
... Fieldcrest Chairman ...
Dickerson Wins
Monday, October 1, and continue
throughout the week.
The gifts by Fieldcrest em
ployees and the company are
again expected to be an im
portant factor in insuring the
success of the overall campaign.
Fieldcresters, along with the
employees of other firms in
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The Fieldcrest employee who
wins the grand prize in the
drawing among those who
pledge a “Fair Share” to the
Eden United Fund will receive a
23-inch screen Zenith color
television set.
Other valuable prizes will be
awarded among the “Fair
Share” contributors, including a
large number of $15 gift cer
tificates good for the purchase of
company merchandise.
Drawings will be conducted
among those who pledge a “Fair
Share” in each mill division and
in the staff departments. Several
gift certificates will be awarded
in each mill division.
In addition, the names of all
employees, mill and staff, who
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Home Doff-Off
Phillip Dickerson, Fieldcrest’s
fastest warp doffer, defeated
Monnie Wilkie, Burlington In
dustries’ doffing champion, in
the “home” round of the doff-off
at the Bedspread Mill.
Phillip Dickerson, left, Fieldcrest’s fastest warp doffer,
and Monnie Wilkie, Burlington Industries’ champion, are
shown prior to their final round of competition.
But, despite his valiant efforts,
he was unable to overcome the
large lead gained by Mr. Wilkie
in the “away” part of the doff-off
at Burlington’s Caroleen plant
one week earlier.
Under the rules of the National
Superdoffer Tournament, each
company champion was
required to doff three frames at
his opponent’s mill and three
frames in his home plant. The
total times for the six frames
determined the winner.
With few exceptions, the
doffers lost when competing
away from home and won when
doffing on their home frames. In
the Fieldcrest-Burlington
contest, Mr. Dickerson beat Mr.
Wilkie by about three minutes at
Eden, reducing Mr. Wilkie’s
margin to approximately 6.5
minutes for the combined six
frames, home and away.
Mr. Dickerson was eliminated
from further competition in the
National Superdoffer Tour
nament. Mr. Wilkie, by virtue of
his victory here will go on to
compete against Earl Pearson of
Highland Cotton Mills, Inc.,
High Point, in the third round of
the eliminations.
If he wins at High Point he will
be another step closer to the
national title which carries a
cash prize of $1,600 for first place
and $800 for the runner-up.
Similar prizes will be awarded in
the filling competition. The
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GIRLWATCHERS DELIGHT — Everybody loves to watch
pretty girls and Fieldcrest has its share of both pretty
girls and avid girlwatchers. These two attractive subjects
were photographed at the recent safety barbecue held for
employees at the Karastan Rug Mill.