THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 33
Eden, N. C., June 23, 1975
No. 23
CAMIEAU is a subtle self-toned pattern.
THE AGRA PATTERN features exquisite geometric motifs originating in India.
Earfhtones Featured In Karasian's Fall Lines
Karastan will introduce a
totally new and “revolutionary”
collection of wool rugs this fall
featuring antique Oriental
designs, but rendered in rich
earthtones whch are today’s
most important home fashion
colors.
Called “Oriental Reflections,”
this new group of rugs
represents “The Beginning of a
New Tradition” for Karastan,
according to Robert V. Dale,
division vice president-products
of the Fieldcrest Carpet
Division.
Also highlighting Karastan s
fall carpet fashions will be two
new super-soft broadloorn
carpets with an opulent “silken
look and touch, which join a
special group of textures called
“The Intimates”.
As he unveiled Karastan s
broadloorn fashions for Fall,
1975, Mr. Dale noted that the two
grades, called “Allureau” and
“Lumineau” feature extra-fine
nylon yarns that provide a
“warm and very intimate
feeling”. Therefore, he said,
Karastan has decided to put
these broadlooms along with its
“Paramour” carpet, introduced
last spring, in a group named
“The Intimates”.
Mr. Dale also reported that
Karastan will restore the
famous “American Eagle” rug
security Department — What Does It Do?
rm, T.- . . r. " . Tnr Restricting or eliminating the Wackenhut Corporation of
The Fieldcrest Security
)epartment - What is it? What sSd secudty
loes it do? Why do we need it? ®®"^hich is designed and
Exposure to loss exists within as a means of
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>nd, certainly, iithin ^he ^'’-Ternt to any
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^Closing Schedules
The Employee Outlet Store in
le Draper section of Eden will
c closed during the mills’
acation period. The store will
lose at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June
1, and will reopen at 10:30 a.m.
londay, July 7.
The Karastan Employee Cash
ales Showroom in the AMP
luilding, Eden, will also be
losed for vacation and
aventory. The showroom will
lose at 5 p.m. Friday, June 27,
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well-conceived and imple
mented program must involve
all employees.
Under the general supervision
of Rufus R. Beaver, special
assistant to the president of the
company, the Security
Department is responsible tor
the protection of Fieldcrest
property and of Fieldcrest
employees while they are on the
job, according to Howard E.
Richardson, director of security
for Fieldcrest.
“Fieldcrest’s security guard
services have been provided by
the Wackenhut Corporation of
Coral Gables, Florida, since
March of 1972. Approximately
172 security guards, both full
time and part-time, are utilized
in the protection of company
property and company
employees at all locations
except the Greenville plants.
Eighty-five of these are
employed in the Eden area,”
Mr. Richardson said.
“Fieldcrest, like any other
manufacturer or business, must
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in honor of the nation’s Bicen
tennial. This rug had been made
as a small accent rug or wall
hanging for many years.
New Oriental Designs
In discussing the new col
lection of wool rugs featuring
antique Oriental designs, Mr.
Dale explained that the phrase
“New Tradition” applies to the
Oriental Reflections group
“because there is much that is
traditional yet so much that is
completely new about the
collection.”
On the traditional side, there
are the “legendary” Oriental
designs from Persia, India,
Turkey and the Caucasus, all
executed in a dense pile of pure
wool, the traditional face fiber
for these styles.
“But new and revolutionary,”
Mr. Dale said, “is the fact that
the rugs are nroduced by the
most modern technology in
carpet manufacturing today.
This process, which is exclusive
to Karastan, utilizes computers
in reproducing the intricate
designs from “dyed-in-the-wool”
yarns providing a depth of color
and definition of pattern seen up
to now only in the best woven
carpets.”
“Also,” he said, “our new
process concentrates all the
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Fieldcrest To Pay $1,829,200 In
Vacation Pay At Southern Plants
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. will pay
a total of $1,829,200 in vacation
pay to employees in its southern
plants.
In the Eden area $753,500 will
be paid to 3,079 employees. The
vacation pay, combined with the
Eden employees’ regular weekly
paychecks and the monthly
paychecks of salaried em
ployees will amount to
$2,091,000, to be disbursed by the
company on Thursday, Friday
and Monday, June 26, 27 and 30.
P'ieldale employees will
receive $622,900, including
vacation pay, regular pay for
hourly employees and regular
monthly pay for salaried em
ployees.
Employees with 15 or more
years of continuous service,
representing 33 percent of the
total in the Eden area, will
receive six percent of their past
year’s earnings, the equivalent
of about three weeks of vacation
pay-
Four percent of their past
year’s earninings, or about two
weeks of extra pay, will go to
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