THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 33
Eden, N. C., September 9, 1974
No. 4
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The North Carolina American
Legion has announced that
North Carolina Finishing
Company is the winner of the
1974 award as “Employer of the
Year for Hiring the Handicap
ped.”
NCF was chosen from all
North Carolina industries by the
state American Legion on the
basis of the number of
handicapped employees at the
plant, and on its long-standing
employment policy of employing
the handicapped where possible.
The award will be presented to
NCF, a division of Fieldcrest
Mills, Inc., by Samuel L. Shaver,
commander of the state
American Legion at a banquet at
the Harold B. Jarrett Post in
Salisbury Tuesday, September
17. A national American Legion
Certificate of Appreciation will
also be presented by Robert
Tart, a member of the national
executive committee.
Guests from NCF and
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., will be
present at the banquet to receive
the award. In addition, special
- invited guests from local and
state government will be on
hand.
The principal speaker for the
evening will be David T.
Flaherty, Secretary of the
Department of Human
i Resources for the State of North
f Carolina.
James H. Gallimore,
Fieldcrest’s newest 50-year
employee, was honored by the
management of the company at
a luncheon Friday, August 30, at
Meadow Greens Country Club.
Present for the luncheon were
other members of the 50-Year
Club, company officers and
officials from the bedspread
manufacturing operation and
the Industrial Relations
Department.
Arthur L. Jackson, senior vice
president-manufacturing, pre
sented Mr. Gallimore with the
Fieldcrest diamond-and-gold 50-
year service pin, a gift and other
remembrances. Mr. Jackson
read a telegram from President
William C. Battle in which Mr.
Battle expressed regret that he
had to be out of town and could
not attend the luncheon.
In brief remarks Mr. Jackson
recalled his early acquaintance
with Mr. Gallimore when the
latter was working in the
Mechanical Development
Department. He congratulated
Mr. Gallimore and expressed
the company’s appreciation for
his long record of valuable
service.
W. Giles Hunnings, division
vice president-bed fashions
manufacturing, spoke briefly
and recalled his early
association with Mr. Gallimore.
He said the 50-year employee
had a part in the training he
At luncheon honoring James H. Gallimore, new 50-year employee, service pin and other
awards are presented by Arthur L. Jackson, right. W. Giles Hunnings is shown at left.
received at the Bedspread Mill
when he first joined the com
pany. Mr. Hunnings praised the
work of Mr. Gallimore in
training and in mechanical
development.
In a brief response, Mr.
Gallimore said “I’ve enjoyed my
50 years at Fieldcrest Mills. I’ve
seen a lot of improvements in
machinery and in working
conditions.” He said that
where mills are air conditioned
now, in the old days if one
wanted air he had to open a
window.
“The greatest change I have
seen, though, is in the attitude of
the management toward the
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Smithfield Plant Aids Artrain
’}. Through the cooperation of
" Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., the
Artrain will be stationed on the
railroad siding at the Automatic
_ Blanket Plant during the travel-
H ing art gallery’s visit to
Smithfield September 13-17. The
management and personnel of
the Automatic Blanket Plant are
assisting the project in various
other ways.
In addition to the presentation
Fieldale 25-Yr. Club Picnic Set
The annual picnic for 25-Year
Club members at the Fieldale
Towel Mill has been scheduled
for 4 p.m. Saturday, September
^ 14, in the picnic area at the
'Fieldale Baseball Park.
The main speaker will be
^Francis X. Larkin, former
divisional vice president and
merchandise manager of towels
and bath fashions who was
recently promoted to the newly-
created position of executive
vice president of the Karastan
ist^and Laurelcrest marketing
ent divisions.
Entertainment at the picnic
E ■'■^will be furnished by The
ci^Fieldcresters, gospel-singing
vli'^quartet of Eden.
ivei
St
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FRANCIS X. LARKIN
.. To Speak at Fieldale ...
of its exhibits, the Artrain will
sponsor an arts festival fea
turing visual and performing
arts throughout the day and
early evening on the grassy lawn
on the mill property. Fieldcrest
will have an exhibit of art and
design used in the company’s
fabrics.
The visit by the Artrain to
Smithfield was arranged by the
Johnston County Arts Council. A
large number of citizens and
clubs and organizations are
helping with the project. The
local community chairman for
the Artrain is Rebecca Stewart.
The Artrain is currently on a
tour of the Southeastern United
States, through a grant from the
National Endowment for the
Arts to the Southern Growth
Council. Its four stops in North
Carolina — at Marion,
Albemarle, Smithfield and
Washington — were made
possible by the North Carolina
Arts Council, a division of the
North Carolina Department of
Cultural Resources, with
Gallimore, 50-Year Man,
Has Outstanding Record
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James H. Gallimore, head
loom fixer at the Bedspread Mill
who completed 50 years of con
tinuous service September 1,
was never off the payroll except
when he was sick and never had
a lost-time accident. He worked
virtually the entire half-century
in the Bedspread Mill Weave
Room.
He was born in Carroll County,
Va., and moved to Eden when he
was 10 years old. His father was
a painter and his mother worked
in the Karastan Burling
Department. Of the nine
children in the family, eight of
them at one time or another
worked at the Karastan Rug Mill
and James worked at the
Bedspread Mill.
James Gallimore went to work
shortly after his 14th birthday
and was in the Inspecting
Department for a short time
before transferring to the Weave
Room. He worked as a filling
and quill hauler, weaver, and
JAMES H. GALLIMORE
loom fixer. He has been head
loom fixer since 1958.
He has taught classes in
weaving and loom fixing both at
the mill and at the Vocational
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