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THE MILL WHISTLE
Vol. 36
Eden, N. C., September 26, 1977
No. 6
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Kermit Thompson Attains
Pifty Years Of Service
' Would do it all over again. I’ve always been satisfied with my jobs.”
mat’s what Kermit Thompson says about his 50 years of service with
^'eldcrest.
j^J^°mpson, who achieved 50 years of continuous service today, Septem
ber 27
will be honored by management at a luncheon on Tuesday, Septem-
at Meadow Greens Country Club. Attending, in addition to Thomp-
Club^^'^ various company officials, will be members of Fieldcrest’s 50-Year
.^^hompson came to work for Fieldcrest in 1927 at the old Nantucket Mill
Q Pray. He later worked at the old Rhode Island Mill and also at the Blanket
and Blanket Finishing Mills before going to the Bedspread Mill in
Miii*^ ble is currently an overhauler in the Spinning Room at the Bedspread
|. 'P talking about various jobs he’s had at Fieldcrest, Thompson says he
his present job best.
not as rushed as some of the others I’ve had,” he said. He became an
''®^haulerin 1964.
Pt Kermit Thompson is special to Fieldcrest for six other reasons in ad-
.bition
to his 50 years of service to the company.
ke Thompson family is well on its way to becoming legendary. Six of
Thompson’s brothers and sisters, one of whom is deceased, have a
oined contribution of 250 years of service to the company.
197^^ brother, Bunyan Lee Thompson, achieved 50 years of service in
bad^ retired from the Bedspread Mill in 1976. Another brother, Charlie,
39 years of service when he retired from the Karastan Rug Mill in 1968.
larn Oscar Thompson retired from the Bedspread Mill in 1967 with 27
Ffu service. George Thompson, who had retired from the Karastan
in 1964 with 36 years of service, died in 1973.
Twc
Thompson are retired from the Bedspread Finishing and Blanket Finish-
Irva listers are also retired Fieldcrest employees. Celicia Reynolds and
'a
'^9 Mills
But
respectively.
Son astounding record doesn’t tell the whole story of the Thomp-
I ®PPily and Fieldcrest.
ere \Arere 10 Thompson children who moved to Eden from Franklin,
v^o’ 'P 1921. During a span of almost 60 years, all ten have at some time
for the company.
iJntii achieved 50-year records of service, six have worked
''stirement, and one is still an active employee.
91 record of loyalty is hard to beat.
A Record Of Loyalty Hard To Beat
T. KERMIT THOMPSON