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THE MILL WHISTLE
FlaMcmt Mill*, Inc
■dMi, N. C. 272M
ItuMd Every Other Mondey For Employee*
end Friend* of FioMcroot Mill*, Inc
Appointments Made At Karastan
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OTIS AAARLOWB
EDITOR
CAMILLE F. PERKINS
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Member, Intemetlonsi A**ocl*tl*n
of Eueinee* Communicetor*
REPORTING STAFF
Alexander Sheeting Mill
Edna Bright
Automatic Blanket Plant
Janice Ennis
Bedspread Finishing Mill
Ann Midkiff
Bedspread Mill
Edna Hopper
Blanket Finishing Mill
Roslyn Henry
Blanket Greige Mill
Dovie Gilbert
Blanket Warehouse
Geraldine Perkins
Columbus Towel Mill
Mildred Newsome
Dallas Service Center
Barbara Aldriege
Draper Sheeting Mill
Ruth Minter
Fieldale Towel Mill
Faye Warren
General Offices
Gladys Holland
Katherine Manley
Karastan Rug Mill
Irene Meeks
Karastan Service Center
Mary Stephens
Karastan Spinning-Worsted
Nicki Glover
Laurelcrest Carpets
Carolyn Beasley
Los Angeles Service Center
Juanita Atkins
Midwest Service Center
Judy Gluth
Mount Holly Spinning Mill
Barbara Herrin
Non-Woven Mill
Doris Shockley
Northeast Service Center
Mary Kulpak
North Carolina Finishing
Phyllis Partee
Scottsboro Rug Mill
Hilda Thomas
Sheet Finishing Mill
Brenda May
Winchester Spinning Mill
Ann Wilson
ADVISORY BOARD
r.f.bell
J. L. CRABTREE
W. F. CRUMLEY
S. R. CULLIGAN
A. H. JUSTICE
J.M. MOORE
0. L. RAINES
M.L.RYAN
In organization changes at the
Karastan Rug Mill, Donald R.
Hairston has been appointed a
shift foreman in the Finishing
Department and Herbert L.
McNeal, Sr., has been named a
shift foreman in the Weave
Room.
Mr. Hairston first joined the
company in 1964 and worked on
various jobs in the Weave Room
at the Draper Sheeting Mill and
in the Napping Department at
the Blanket Finishing Mill.
He went into military service
in 1965 and rejoined the Com
pany in 1968 as a tub tender in
the Karastan Dyeing
Department. He left in 1970 and
was re-employed as a shift
foreman April 1, 1974. Mr.
Hairston is a graduate of
Douglass High School and
attended Rockingham Com
munity College.
Fieldcrest
eniployejj
retirees in the Eden area*
be aware of the foi.
DONALD R. HAIRSTON
HERBERT L. McNEAL. SR.
degree
served
Mr. McNeal is a graduate of
Saint Paul’s College,
Lawrenceville, Va., with a B.S.
in education. He has
in the U.S. Army,
attaining the rank of captain.
Before entering the Army, he
was employed by the Social
Security Administration, Wash
ington, D.C., as a service
representative. He
joined
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., April 16,
1974, as a shift foreman in the
Karastan Weave Room.
Both Mr. Hairston and Mr.
McNeal will be going through a
standard supervisory training
program during the next several
months.
Product Safety Commissi
also by the Food ani
Administration.
The U.S. Consumer p«
Safety Commission has
consumer warning
products that may can
shock. The “Rainbow!
and “Mini-Shadow Hi
manufactured by Gr«
Studios Co., a subsidm
Downe Communicatii
may kill a person
to turn it off while
metal object, accorfc
CPSC. The lamps
advertised in Ladies
Journal, TV Guide and
other national majai!
Greenland Studios
voluntarily agreed
refund, including
persons who bought the I®
is also notifying
customers about thehazaii
offers to repurchase the l£
In another warning
warns consumers whomai
Q. I bought a pocket calcula
tor for $150 to use in figuring
out my taxes and in connection
with my investment activities.
Do I deduct the cost of the
calculator or do I have to capi
talize it?
file an income tax return?
A. If the calculator has a
useful life of more than one
year, its cost is usually re
covered through depreciation
deductions over its useful
life. If the calculator has a
useful life of one year or less,
you may deduct the entire
amount as an income-produc
ing expense or as an expense
paid in connection with the
determination of tax.
Q. Is it possible after April 15
to get an extension of time to
Joins Fieldcrest
A. In the typical case, the
taxpayer must have taken
some action on or before
April 15 to qualify for an ex
tension. To obtain an auto
matic two-month extension, a
taxpayer must file on or be
fore April 15 a Form 4868
along with an estimated tax
payment. Hardship exten
sions, filed for on Form 2688,
should also be requested on or
before April 15.
However, U.S. citizens not
in the U.S. or Puerto Rico on
April 15 and military person
nel similarly situated are al
lowed a two-month extension
of time for filing without any
action on their part. All they
have to do is attach a state
ment to their return showing
that they were outside the
U.S. and Puerto Rico on April
held from the taxable portion
of pensions and annuities paid
over a period of more than
one year by filling out a Form
W-4P and submitting it to
the payer. The amount to be
withheld must be at least $5
per month and the net annu
ity payment received may not
be less than $10. Forms W-4P
are available at IRS offices.
purchased after Decetnte!
“Kelsey-Stuart, Inc.” a I
battery charger model M
immediately discontinue
the device. According to
They contain a possible 1
which could result in a
electric shock. The
manufactured by Dii
Company of Chicago,
distributed nationwide, Ft
owning one of the cki
should contact the Dii
Company, 1659
Chicago, Illinois.
Recent Seivice '
Thirty-Five Years
Alice M. Williams Bedspread Finifi
Thomas H. Jenkins
Q. I know the IRS allows for
business transportation ex
penses 12 cents a mile for the
first 15,000 miles of business
travel and 9 cents for each
additional mile. I think I’m
spending more than that for
such expenses. Can I deduct my
.actual business transportation
expenses?
Timothy E. Richardson has
^med the Fieldcrest Medical
Department as a medical
technician.
IS a graduate
of Morehead High School, and
mrmerly was employed by the
Rockingham County Ambulance
Service as a driver
attendant.
A. Yes. You can deduct the
actual cost of business travel
(gas, oil, etc.) plus deprecia
tion on your car to the extent
used for business purposes in
stead of using the IRS stand
ard mileage rates. Of course
you must keep records to sup
port your deductions.
For more details, see IRS
Publication 463, “Travel, En
tertainment and Gift Ex
penses.” It’s available
from your IRS office.
free
Q. Can I have tax withheld
luy pension?
on
and
A. Yes.
may
If you want to
have income
tax
you
with-
Thirty Years ,
Frances M. Nance Bedspread Finis*
Beulah H. Yarbrough Bedspi®
Essie L. Vickers Col®^
Geneva S. Reynolds Karastan Service Ce«
Twenty-Five Years
Bessie S. Janey Fie®
Mabel F. Overby Blanket GiS
Leona T. Spencer BlanketGrt
Dovie C. Gilbert Blanket GrS
^ Twenty Years ..,
Milton B. Merriman Fiel^^
.FielJ)
Racine J. Craig
Joseph Hixon Oak^ZZZZZZZ'ZZZZZZ
James E. Williams, Jr Finance and Acco®*
John A. Voelkle Karastan
„ Fifteen Years «
Henry R. Hardy
Mack L. Ratliff
Cebert L. Stone
Vivian H. Joyce Sheet Finis’^
Dorothy B. Jarrell . Blanket G^
Peter F. Rumph i.'.".'";
Alma S. Lamar Blanket ,!*
Alverta M. Hairston ."
Frances S. Rakes . Draper Sb®*®
Rusher Satterfield
Mavis Clyde Jenkins
Emma J. Cannon Karastan*®’
Hazel J. Jarrell Draper
Robert Allen McEntee Fieldcre®**^^
James U. Garrett .j
Charles H. Overby
Fred T. Hand
Margaret W. McFarling Blanket®
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