THE MILL WHISTLE
1. 35
Eden, N. C., November 15,1976
No. 9
Eden Employees Give $ 128,200 To United Fond
v]mrd^..- -
Employees
Inc of Fieldcrest Mills,
Edenn®^$128,200in the
iiicreac"'*'®'^ Fund campaign, an
yea|.'„ ® 18 percent over last
In ^“'l^^’butions of $108,136.
'Efoueh company
lion „ Fieldcrest Founda-
cotnbin^j® $10,000, making a
gift of $138,200 by the
Tile ff'® company.
contribution
Overall '^0 percent of the
goal of
roll '^p people on the pay-
year ^Pared with 4,291 last
contrih or 81.6 percent
of 3 ® Fair Share. A total
or 88.5 percent,
by giving some
bii^^'Pated
>^nt.'
rp ” &*''***& OVlllC
A ne average gift among
F'>m'na° Participated was $34.30
The n'L'vith $30.83 last year.
>1.4 “Nospread Division with
employees
Hie
top
Hells'll ^°osecutive year for the
_ a Fair Share was
division. It was the
''•Hor
P:
'read Division to win this
die ft] ° isst year’s campaign,
■Ohsepf”. ®t Division for six
iighest years had the
He p, Percentage pledging on
- p-r
laniteflT. Share basis. The
'ivision was the runner-
year’s campaign with
Svieg ^^®nt the employees
' IFair Share.
~ k^iiaic
'®rcl5^®?t Division had 75.2
.'Cent tTl, 0..*
He t Fair Share givers and
erc^frastan Division, 65.0
’^diifa percentage for all
5.8 t>„„'^f*rring employees was
la5®»’cent.
®taff departments, 91.8
“''trih.l 2^ employees
9sis j ®d on the Fair Share
Id s't-,. ® number of the mill
»il5 departments and sub-
00 percent of the em-
TELLING THE WORLD about their department’s response in the
Eden United Fund campaign are these Blanket Greige Mill em
ployees pledged a Fair Share,
many of them on a continuing
basis.
Jim Stutts, manager of bed
fashions information services,
who was chairman of the -
Fieldcrest campaign, expressed
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ployees, from left to right, Frances Compton, Wilbert King, Sheri-
deen Dillard, Margaret Hairston, Clinton Woods and Ruth Spain.
Fund Prize Winners Announced
,Chairman Thanks Employees
j ^ffiLDCREST EMPLOYEES:
fof f° ff’is opportunity to thank each of you
IJhijp? outstanding contribution you have just made to our
Fund (Campaign. Of the many communities I have
fiva^u’ *^00® what you have just accomplished in
j Short weeks.
getig''®"’ there is no organization which can compare to the
tiiig program the Fieldcrest employees have. Like the
8ti(j ^l^hty products of your company which are known far
"'ide, the reputation of the people making these products
Sak ’ repuiauon ot me people maxing
ij,j^ 0 known extensively for their generosity.
Hiatt •^ouiber agencies receiving these gifts have asked
w ClgCllLlCb rCvClVlIlg IIU^C gllLo llctVC doKt^
Cojjj .oppress their appreciation for your efforts. They have
tho'^’Hted themselves to doing the very best possible with
tojii^Ets they are receiving to help make Eden a better place
h [. of you can be very proud of the part you are playing
.j,, ® growth of the best city in North Carolina,
o^uks to you, it’s working,
TOM McELHANNON
Campaign Chairman
Fair Share contributors to the
Eden United Fund were
awarded a total of 42 prizes in
drawings conducted at the
various mills. All winners
received $20 gift certificates
good for purchases at the
Fieldcrest Store.
In a new arrangement this
year, instead of a grand prize a
larger number of gift
certificates were awarded in
each division. Also, the value of
the gift certificates was
increased from $15 to $20.
Five extra prizes, making a
total of 12, were given in the
Bedspread Division which had
the highest percentage (91,4
percent) of employees pledging
a Fair Share.
Winners in all divisions have
been announced as follows:
Bedspread Finishing —
Malina W. Pass, Elnora K.
Rhodes, Mildred L. Rickman,
Hattie A. Pritchett.
Bedspread Greige — Michael
W. Corum, Marie H. Dillon,
Jeanette C. Hawkins, Marvin R.
Millner, Jr., Mary I. Pulliam,
Jimmy W. Shropshire, Billy L
Williams, Alberta S. Wray.
Blanket Warehouse — Floyd
Keen.
Blanket Finishing — Eddie W
Barber and Cecil R. Compton
Non-Woven Mill — Pinkney 0.
Aiken, Jr., Nelson H. Ambum,
E. Ray Meadows.
Blanket Greige — J. Melvin
Chapman, Homer H. Smith, Jr.,
Samuel Willard, Erina M. Wil
son.
Karastan — Michael W.
Emerson, Russell E. Hall, Wil
liam B. Miley, Jr., D. Phillip
Motsinger, Anna L. Strange,
Geneva Walton, Doris W. Wash-
bum, Eloise B. Wilson.
Sheet Finishing — Patricia E.
Brown and Vera S. Dalton.
Draper Sheeting — Frank A.
Chitwood, Mary J. Hardin,
Roger A. Joyce, Joyce B. Lump
kins, Annie W. Manuel.
Staff — Vivian F. Johnson,
Katherine M. Manley, Carolyn
S. Harris, Henry T. Sinclair, Jr.,
Sharon H. Slaughter.
Swine Flu Shots Scheduled
Employees at the Phenix City
Plant, Phenix City, Ala., are to
receive swine flu shots Tuesday,
November 16, administered by
personnel of the Fieldcrest
Medical Department.
Also, the swine flu immuniza
tions will be given at Smithfield
and Laurel Hill on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday,
November 22, 23, and 24. More
detailed announcements will be
posted on the mill bulletin
boards.
Dr. Charles G. Young, cor
porate medical director, said
dates for giving the swine flu
shots at Eden and Fieldale, Va.,
have not been set due to the
uncertainty of the availability of
the vaccine from the public
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