llet IS all work to improve pialty ur seconds last wk. 7% i Columbus Towel Mill 7.5% Seconds * 91.3% Efficiency “This is an achievement unequaled by any towel manufacturing operation I’ve been able to find”—Harold Auman, plant manager and initiator of the “9-90” pro- gram, shown in inset at left. (More On Pages 4 and 5) THE MILL WHISTLE Voi. 36 Eden, N. C. October 10, 1977 No. 7 Up Drive Begins Today 7he 9'ns t finance campaign on behalf of the Eden United Fund be- crejj,^®y. October 10, and will continue through October 14, in Field- Cii ^ and offices. ®''^'”an of this year’s campaign at Fieldcrest is Steve Robinson, superintendent of the Bedspread Finishing Mill. Vice chairman Div^ !'^^*heson, generai superintendent of the Karastan Rug Mill. Witii ''ice presidents are chairmen for their respective divisions ttig^ managers and major department heads serving as co-chair- fhe r Pofj j °nimunity-wide goal for this year’s drive is $207,900 for the sup- ^2 health and welfare agencies, according to Robinson. i'ieldc Stjgj, '■'Merest employees have always been a most important part of the cf the Eden United United Fund drive and I am sure that once *he( ''''ill respond generously and help to put the 1978 drive “over to Mills, Inc., through the Fieldcrest Foundation, is expected Plo '*'^1^^ a substantial contribution to the drive in addition to the em- 'Vees> gifts. i^Or th me convenience of employees and on their authorization, the ^0f|^ - —liwiiww -Xfw mpim w.« u «>. .w. v ...w will make payroll deductions over a 12-month period to collect E,J'®'lges. tinii^'cyees who are signed up for United Fund deductions on a con- larq- ® i^asis of course will not be solicited again in the campaign. A of employees make pledges on a continuing basis and Thu urged to take advantage of this arrangement. agencies supported by the Eden United Fund are: Rocking- Sroju ^hty Retarded Citizens, Boy Scouts, YMCA, Rescue Squad, Big Crojj Sisters, Girl Scouts, Eden Chapter of The American Red Clqjj ’^'H County Council, Eden Child Development Centers, Inc., Boys’ ii6s’,u^*''ation Army, and Carolinas United. In addition to these agen- is also a contingency fund set aside for unexpected needs Fieldcrest 50-Year Club Meets ‘‘iPp’®''9encies. I 'Vo I iirn^ aach Fieldcrest employee to consider that these 12 agencies averyone in the community, and to give accordingly,’’ Robinson Hrri^ aan teil another how much to give for charitable causes, but bft Fifty-Year Club members attending the September 27 meeting included (front row to back row, left to right): Bunyan Thompson, Glenn Simpson, Hugh Lee, Kermit Thompson, Lonnie Hankins, John Tolbert, Thomas Patter son, Allie Houchins, John Page, Earl Bondurant, A. D. Weaver, Betty Rat liff, Josie Taylor and Jesse Griggs. (See Page Three)

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