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Vol. 32
Eden, N. C., March 11, 1974
No. 16
$37-Million Paid In Eden Fieldcrest Marketing Div.
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Fieldcrest Mills’ operations
added over $37 million to the
economy of Eden and
Rockingham county in 1973. A
total of $37,568,763 was paid in
Eden and the county for payrolls
and taxes alone, Company
records show.
The largest contribution to the
prosperity of Eden was the
Fieldcrest payrolls of
Textile industry
Leads All Others
In Philanthropy
America’s textile industry
leads all other industries in
giving to philanthropic causes,
according to a recent survey by
the Conference Board in New
York.
Ten representative textile
firms were asked to list their
contributions in a survey of 433
firms of various sizes and
industrial classifications.
Results showed that the textile
companies gave a total of
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$34,668,737, paid to the 4,761
employees in the area.
Property taxes paid in
Rockingham county totaled
$801,173, of which $459,575 was
paid to the county and $341,958
paid to the City of Eden.
Fieldcrest in 1973 also paid
$2,098,853 in Social Security
taxes and for unemployment
insurance on its Eden
employees. This was what the
Company paid in addition to the
employees’ share of the Social
Security taxes.
By law, the Company pays
half and the employee half of the
taxes to finance Social Security
benefits for employees; but the
Company pays 100 percent of the
taxes to provide the state-
administered compensation for
eligible employees when out of
work.
In addition to the more than
$37-million pumped into the
economy by direct payments,
large sums were distributed in
the form of benefits for the 4,761,
active employees and their
dependents and for pensions to
the Company’s 1,710 retired
employees. A majority of the
retired employees live in the
Eden area.
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John Page To Complete
50 Years Of Service
John W. (Bill) Page, of the
Weave Room at the Draper
Sheeting Mill, is to complete 50
years of continuous service with
the Company on March 17.
He will be honored by the
management of Fieldcrest Mills,
Inc., at a luncheon at Meadow
Greens Country club Tuesday,
March 19. Other members of the
50-year club will attend.
Mr. Page has been a loom
fixer for 32 years and previously
was a weaver for several years.
Both of his parents, the late John
S. Page and Mrs. Lou Page,
were employed at the Blanket
Greige Mill.
Four sisters of Mr. Page like-
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JOHN W. PAGE
Energy Conservation Continues
with the advent of March with
its warmer temperatures, the
temporary cessation of the
rains, and the beginings of feeble
hopes for shorter gasoline lines,
it’s very easy to think that
perhaps the worst of the energy
crisis is past and everyone can
return to “normal” living again.
Not so, says J. G. Farrell,
Receives Vanguard Award
D. M. Tracy ia presented Vanguard Award by Mrs. June M. Thursh.
Fieldcrest energy conservation
coordinator.
“The energy shortage will be
with us for a long time yet, and
individuals as well as industries
are going to have to continue to
cope with it,” he said.
“The measures which the
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The New York-based Field
crest Marketing Division of
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., has been
selected by the National Retail
Merchants Association as the
1973 grand winner of the
association’s prestigious
Vanguard Award.
The Vanguard Award is made
annually by the board of di
rectors of the Sales Promotion
Division of NRMA for out
standing performance in
assisting retail stores to
increase their sales and profits.
Mrs. June M. Thursh, vice
chairman of the board of
directors of the sales promotion
division of the NRMA and
catalogue creative planning
manager, J. C. Penney Co., Inc.,
presented the award to D. M.
Tracy, president of the
Fieldcrest Marketing Division,
at a luncheon held on Monday,
February 25, in conjunction with
the NRMA’s retail orientation
workshop.
In her remarks, Mrs. Thursh
congratulated Fieldcrest for its
contribution to the development
of fashion in the domestics
department through the well-
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Mr. Tracy addresses NRMA group at luncheon.
Car Pool Lists Being Distributed
The computer-matched lists
for Fieldcrest employees
interested in joining a car pool
have now been returned to all
locations and distribution to
individual employees should be
nearing completion.
Response in some locations
was excellent. Overall, 37
percent of the company’s
employees expressed a desire to
car pool.
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