THE MILL WHISTLE
35
Eden, N. C., September 20, 1976
No. 5
Halston To Design
l^rpet Collections
the internationally-
American-born design-
'cfjgj couture fashions, will
series of new carpet
I ^ ctions for Karastan.
Uk whose fame started
Jcc Jackie Kennedy pill-
WmK today is a
Jig|, of the Coty Award
Wn 'a Ralston has
the ii the press as
^ n influential designer
in this country,
I world.”
Ws p ^ he is noted both for
l;elgi;®yture designs for such
L. ijties as Betty Ford, Prin-
^th T h'tza Minelli, Eliza-
htid f ®ytor, Lauren Bacall
‘c*" his Seventh Avenue
^tions for well-dressed
'’ftien
^ntio
^fpet
Anp“ ^'^crywhere.
''cuncement
of the
adp'• f^csign project
.Jnintly by Ralston
X. Larkin,
Marketing
new
was
and
tv, X. Larkin, president
j’c Karastan
Division, following the formal
signing of the contract at
Karastan’s headquarters in
the Carpet Center building in
New York.
Mr. Larkin stated; “This is a
very important and exciting
step for Karastan, one which
reaffirms our position as a
leader in carpet and rug
fashions covering half a cen
tury.
“We welcome the opportu
nity to work with Ralston, a
man who made his mark in the
fashion world creating designs
with a classic, enduring qual
ity.”
Commenting on the new
venture, Ralston said: “Though
I have undertaken design pro
jects in other fields in recent
years, this is the first time I
have been asked to create
fashions for a key component
of interior design, and I am
very elated by the challenge.”
Famous couture designer Ralston, at right, dis
cusses design concepts with Francis X. Larkin,
Ralston branched out into
menswear design in 1975 and
this past Spring created a col
lection of bed and bath fashions
for Fieldcrest.
“I am especially pleased to
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^S-Year Club Meetings Set
center, and Robert V. Dale. Ralston will create
both broadloom and rug designs for Karastan.
United Fund Campaign
To Be October 11-15
's greeted by W. F. Crumley. Mr. Weaver started
Hip® at the mills in 1905 and had 51V2 years of continuous
t>«f * when he retired in 1957. See story and pictures of Sheet
Jon 25-Year meeting on page five.
Dates have been announced
for the 25-Year Club meetings
for members in the Blanket
Operation and at the Columbus
Towel Mill and the Phenix City
Plant.
The Blanket Operation club
will have its annual luncheon
at 11 a. m. Saturday, October
9, in the Draper Elementary
School cafeteria.
The Columbus Towel Mill
and the Phenix City Plant
members will have their an
nual supper at the Fieldcrest
Mills Lake at 6 p. m. Saturday,
October 16.
Members of the 25-Year Club
at the Fieldale Towel Mill
were to have had their annual
picnic at the Fieldale Ball
Park at 4 p. m. Saturday, Sep
tember 18.
The Fieldale club has 387
members, of whom 209 are ac
tive employees and 178 are
retired. New members becom
ing eligible for the club this
year were: Eugene R. Al
dridge, Esther S. Gilley, John
G. Rager, Richard T. Hager,
Donald G. Trantham and
Leonard R. Wright.
The Blanket Operation has
615 25-Year Club members,
262 of whom are active em
ployees and 353 who are re-
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The annual finance campaign
on behalf of the Eden United
Fund will be held in the mills and
offices October 11-15. The goal is
a Fair Share from each em
ployee.
Jim Stutts, manager of bed
fashions information services, is
chairman of the campaign at
Fieldcrest with Steve Robinson,
general superintendent of the
Bedspread Finishing Mill, as
vice chairman.
The division vice presidents of
Fieldcrest are the chairmen for
their respective divisions with
the plant managers and major
staff department heads serving
as co-chairmen.
Fieldcresters, along with em
ployees of other businesses in
Eden, will be asked to pledge on
the Fair Share basis.
Contributions will be
requested from business firms
and professional groups
throughout the community.
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., through
the Fieldcrest Foundation, is
expected to make a substantial
contribution to the United Fund
in addition to the employees’
gifts.
For the convenience of em
ployees and upon their
authorization, the company will
make payroll deductions over a
12-month period to collect the
pledges.
Employees who are signed up
for United Fund deductions on
a continuing basis of course will
not be solicited again in the cam
paign. Large numbers of em
ployees make pledges on a
continuing basis and others are
urged to take advantage of this
arrangement.
At Mill Whistle press time, this
year’s United Fund goal had not
yet been finalized. One new
agency, the Big Brothers and
Sisters of Rockingham County,
has been added and two others.
Project Help and a nutrition
program for the county’s
elderly, are under consideration.
Big Brothers and Sisters
provides supervision of volun
teers to befriend children from
broken homes. Project Help is a
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JIM STUTTS