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THE MILL WHISTLE
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Eden, N. C. February 6,1978
No. 14
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t E. Jeffries, filter operator
filter Plant, achieved 50
continuous service on Jan-
is the newest member
‘cldcrest 50-Year Club,
to work for Fieldcrest in
? IlT n the old Nantuc-
’ worked briefly at the
Rug Mill as a learner and
"^i*^der at the old Nan-
in 1930. He went to the
JljO '^‘thetic Fabrics Mill in March,
a warper there in 1935,
t P’’®'
V Assistant foreman in 1946.
he old Synthetic Fabrics Mill
tiej, in 1957, he went to the
k ^hnt as an apprentice opera-
V a filter operator
V , t2 children, his parents
)6(;lji[l^*oally from Virginia. All of
Ai{j '^^on Were born and raised in
''I'kMf County and all have
k ‘Or Fieldcrest at some time.
Karastan Introduces
Commemorative Rug
“Fifty Fashionable
its founding in 1928,
PAYTON JEFFRIES
Celebrating
Years” since its founding m
Karastan has introduced a Mame
luke design as its 50th Anniversary
Commemorative Rug. A rarity
among Oriental style rugs, the
Mameluke design was chosen as the
Anniversary Rug for “both is beauty
and unique history,” according to
Robert V. Dale, vice-president of
styling and design for the Karastan
Carpet and Rug Marketing Division.
In Karastan’s Mameluke design
rug, a progression of geometric
forms establish the complex, but
visually fascinating pattern. A large
ather
the late J. H. Jeffries.
Retired employee of the
Rug Mill. Two brothers
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I.D. Photographs To Be Taken
At Eden Area Plants Feb. 20-24
Employees at the Eden, Fieldale and Stokesdale plants should note that
Stone’s Personnel Services, will take identification photographs during the
Week of February 20. All employees who do not have a permanent I.D.
card must have their pictures made during that week. Ask supervisors for
the proper information regarding the date, place and exact time of appoint
ments.
octagon central medallion is imbed
ded in an eight-point star surround
ed by smaller octagons and geo
metries. These motifs are filled with
interlacing motifs of rosettes, car-
touches, stars, rolled papyrus
leaves, palms and cypress trees.
The jewel-like colors give the ap
pearance of precisely placed pieces
of turquoise and jade inset on a
warm antique red ground.
Dale reported that the rarity of
Mameluke rugs was the result of its
relatively short history. He explain
ed, “The. original for this new
Karastan rug was created in Cairo
in the late 15th or early 16th century
by weavers for the Mameluke sulta
nate. This was a warrior class which
ruled an empire based in Egypt
from about 1250 to 1517. However,
because they were conquered by the
Ottoman Turks in 1517, the Mame
luke style ended abruptly.
“Gradually the Turkish influence
took over in the designs, and with the-
forced shipment of the Cairo wea-
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