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THE MILL WHISTLE
^Ol. 36
Eden, N.C., July 18, 1977
No. 1
*amborg, Kohimeier Are
^■vision Vice Presidents
E. Gamborg, senior
3nt f nianager. Automatic
Eiepartment, and Irvin G.
'na P'”®duct manager. Sheet
have been named
Vice President. Northeast
f Manager, and Division
, . ^^esident. North Central
■^gional Manager, respectively.
, .^^J'ouncement was made by
la M. Tracy, president of the
crest Marketing Division,
amborg joined the Fieldcrest
® staff in I960 after graduating
1 S a State University with
;. degree in industrial and pro-
Management. He was a
representative in Fieldcrest’s
^ngeles, Dallas and Washington
cs, before returning to New
in 1972 when he was named
"^ger National Accounts. In 1974
3s appointed senior product
3ger of the Automatic Blanket
■Partment.
Now a resident of New
Providence, N.J., he and his wife,
Linda, have two children,
Christopher, six years old, and Erik,
two years old.
Kohimeier joined Fieldcrest in
1968. In 1969 he was appointed
department assistant, Fieldale
Towel Department. Later that year
he became an assistant in towel
seconds and promotions.
In 1970 he moved to San Francisco
to become a sales representative for
that area. He returned to New York
in 1975 as product manager. Blanket
Division. He remained there until
1976 when he was promoted to
product manager. Sheet Depart
ment.
He was graduated from American
University in 1963 where he received
a B.A. degree in public relations. He
resides in Westport, Conn., with his
wife, Ruth, and their two children,
Lynn and Laura.
'J
Jettie
Greetings From The President
^ ® T. Fulcher, a Fieldcrest retiree from the Burling Department at Kara
ts shows the birthday card she received from President and
Carter last month. She was 91 years old on June 8.
• Fulcher is an outstanding member of a Fieldcrest family. Her late
Fulcher, was a retiree from the Shipping Department at
5nt daughter, Mrs. Mary Hale, now works in the Burling Depart-
^ M Karastan. Two other daughters are Mrs. Margaret Sutliff, a retiree
i^arastan Design Department, and Mrs. Virginia Tuttle, a former em-
L 'a the Setting Department at Karastan.
I ’’ ^Ohs are J. E. Fulcher of Eden and J. Clyde Fulcher of Martinsville.
RICHARD GAMBORG
IRVIN KOHIMEIER
Fieldcrest Pays $2,362,786.26
In Vacation Pay To Employees
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. paid a total
of $2,362,786.26 in vacation pay to
employees in its southern plants.
In the Eden area, $958,652.22 was
paid to 3,015 employees. The
vacation pay, combined with the
Eden employees’ regular weekly
paychecks and the monthly
paychecks of salaried employees,
amounted to $2,817,864.94 disbursed
by the company on Thursday and
Friday, June 30 and July 1.
Fieldale employees received
$851,756.93 including vacation pay,
regular pay for hourly employees
and regular monthly pay for
salaried employees.
Employees with 15 or more years
of continuous service, representing
25 percent of the total in the Eden
area, received six percent of their
past year’s earnings, the equivalent
of about three weeks of vacation
pay.
Four percent of their past year’s
earnings, or about two. weeks of
extra pay, went to employees with
from five to 15 years of service.
Those with from one to five years of
service received two percent of their
past year’s earnings, or about one
week vacation pay.
The company has issued vacation
pay each summer for more than 30
years. During World War II when
production demands caused the
mills to run continuously all
summer, the vacation pay was paid
as a bonus in addition to the
employees’ full-time earnings.
Savings Bonds
Drive Successfui
The final report has not been completed, but indications are that
Fieldcrest’s company-wide U.S. Savings Bonds campaign has been
successful. The campaign was held in all locations June 20 through
June 24.
Haven H. Newton, vice president-industrial Relations, chairman
of the campaign, expressed appreciation to those who signed up to
purchase the bonds and also to those who assisted with the cam
paign.
“The Payroll Savings Plan for U.S. Savings Bonds provides a
simple, effective way to increase financial security.
“In addition. Savings Bonds represent an investment in our
country’s future and every person who purchases the bonds can
have the satisfaction of knowing that they are helping not only
themselves, but the country as well.”