An Efficient Team People And Machines (See Pages 4 and 5) |®Jfries Marks **'Vear Record THE MILL WHISTLE fw'W/ Eden, N. C. February 6,1978 No. 14 [1 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 tinned On Page Two) 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- (Continued On Page Three)

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