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ls»u*d Evary Other Monday For Employao*
and Frlands of Fialdcraat Mills, Inc
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OTIS MARLOWE
EDITOR
CAMILLE F. PERKINS
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Mambar, intarnatkuMl Assooiatlon
of Businass Communicators
ADVISORY BOARD
R. F. BELL
W. F. CRUMLEY
S. R. CULLIGAN
A. H. JUSTICE
J. M. MOORE
0. L. RAINES
R. E. REECE
W. F. ROBERTSON
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
Dallas Service Center
Barbara Aldriege
Draper Sheeting Mill
Ruth Minter
Fieldale Towel Mill
Faye Warren
General Offices
Katherine Manley
Karastan Rug Mill
Irene Meeks
Karastan Service Center
Mary Stephens
Karastan Spinning-Worsted
Debra Whaley
Laurelcrest Carpet Plant
Stan Bartell
Betty Phelps
Laurelcrest Service Center
Charles L. Moore
Laurelcrest Yam Mill
Pat Bush
Los Angeles Service Center
Fran Crowder
Midwest Service Center
Judy Gluth
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
3 Honored
For Long
Service
Two Fieldcrest employees
have recently completed
outstanding records of 45 years
of continuous service with the
company.
They are Walter Joyce, a shift
foreman in the Cut and Sew
Department at the Sheet
Finishing Mill, and Jones W.
Norman, area personnel
manager for the Karastan Rug
Mill and the Bedspread Mill.
Matthews
Receives i
Promotioi
WALTER JOYCE
JONES W. NORMAN
Another employee, Buford
Bateman, has recently com
pleted 40 years of continuous
service. He is a Jacquard
weaver at the Blanket Greige
Mill.
Each long-service employee
has received the appropriate
Fieldcrest service emblem, a
gift certificate for company
merchandise equal in dollar
amounts to the years of service,
and a letter of commendation
from William C. Battle, presi
dent of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Walter Joyce, who has worked
for all of his 45 years in the
Sewing Department at the Sheet
Finishing Mill, began continuous
service as a mangle operator on
September 28, 1931. He later
worked as a pillow case tearer
before being named an assistant
foreman in 1946. He became a
shift foreman in 1970.
Card Of Thanks
Jones Norman began continu
ous service on October 2.1931, as
a shipper at the Karastan Rug
Mill. He became a filter plant
operator at Karastan in 1935. In
1946 he went to the Industrial
Relations Department as an
employment manager. He was
named a staff assistant in 1949
and personnel director in 1950.
The family of Jack Ward and
Catherine Berry of the Karastan
Design Department wish to
express deepest gratitude for the
flowers, gifts, and cards sent
during the recent illness and
death of their beloved Dolores
Ward.
In 1958 he became a supervisor
in the Industrial Relations
Department and was named
personnel manager for the
Karastan Rug Mill and the
Bedspread Mill in 1966. He
continues in that capacity.
Buford Bateman who has
worked in the Weave Room at
BUFORD BATEMAN
Robert L. Matthews has ^
appointed superintendent*
weaving at the Draper Shee'j
Mill, replacing Vernon
Garner who resigned.
A native of Reidsville,
Matthews, has been '*!
Fieldcrest for 12 years ana I
been in the Weave Room at.
Bedspread Mill during all a* ^
I
service. He worked as a
doffer, overhauler and
the Blanket Greige Mill for all of
his 40 years with the company,
began continuous service on
September 21, 1936, as a quill
collector. He later worked as a
tie-in helper before becoming a
jacquard weaver, his present
classification, in 1948.
fixer before entering the sU^
visory training program in ^
After serving as a super^^j
trainee in the Bedspread
Room he was appointed a sur
visor and worked in v
capacity until his
promotion.
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7 J Complete Service Anniversaries
Forty-Five Years
•Walter Joyce Sheet Finishing
Jones W. Norman Karastan
Forty Years
Buford Bateman Blanket Greige
Thirty-Five Years
Bethel M. Price Alexander
Lewis D. Porter Columbus
Johnson Automatic
Virginia B. joiinsuii Auiumauc a--.i
Claude E. Carter Fi®
Robert G. Craig Fieldale
Charles D. Jefferson BedsP,
Thirty Years
George Bowers, Jr Draper Sheeting
Emma K. Murphy Bedspread
Otis E. Hall Bedspread
Charlie J. Ethridge Blanket Finishing
Benjamin C. Gregory Fieldale
RuthG. Long Columbus
Twenty-Five Years
Willie L; Thomas Columbus
Bonnie J. Barefoot Columbus
Shirley S. Jones Sheet Finj^
Reubena W. Lindsey Sheet Fio'^
Mildred C. Pistilli Fieldcrest Store, ^
Martha M. Battle Blanket v
Edna M. Walker Blanket G,
Tommie L. Drakes CoK*';
Betty A. Joyce Beds)
Elmo T. Bailey CoW
Laura M. Benton Automatic
Joyce K. Ray .... .Fi^
Janet M. Williams Automatic h* .
Osborne L. Raines, Jr General j
Ceylon M. Thornton Blanket Ware'
Louis D. Wall Fof®,
Twenty Years
LorineL. Lee Phenix City
Ruby E. Lester Bedspread Finishing
Elizabeth Watkins Columbus
Ernestine C. Crowell Columbus
Bessie E. Hall Bespread
Melvin L. Morgan Blanket Finishing
Eva S. Stanley Karastan
L. Webb Weadon Blanket Greige
Syble S. Easom Columbus
Vuanner E. Pleasant General Offices
Florene H. Williams Draper
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Fifteen Years
Louise Allen Phenix City
Willie P. Chilton Pilot Plant
Bobby J. Slaughter, Sr Fieldale
Christine B. Stewart Automatic Blanket
Homer L. Hodges Fieldale
Sara M. Williams Columbus
Edward Lee Columbus
Ten Years
Paul Everson Moore Alexander
James L. Cassell
Ada C. Martin .
Carolyn B. Pruitt Sheet Fin*,
Earl B. Adair Ale
Charles W. Gallaher III Karastan Information Se'
Mary E. Russell
Viola K. Allen Fa j
Mary H. Patterson Sheet Fia
James D. Shirah Col
Bill J. Blankenbaker Fa ,
Linda W. Guilliams
Rosa 0. Black Blanket Fia’
Hilda M. Curry BedSK
Nannie P. Higgins Blanket Fia
Jerry W. Pruitt Sheet Fid'
Betty G. Manns... BeJ
Ada M. Wilson Bedsi
Bessie Y. Hart Fo
Linda G. Stanley Automatic h*
E. Leroy Smart Blanket
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