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THE MILL WHISTLE
FKIdcrnl Mills. Inc.
Edan, N. C. 27288
Issued Every Other Monday For Employees
And Friends of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
Camille Perkins
Editor
Robin Denny
Associate Editor
Member, Carollnas Association
of Business Communicators
REPORTING STAFF
Alexander Sheeting Mill
Edna Bright
Automatic Blanket Plant
Janice Ennis
Bedspread Finishing Mill
Ann Midkiff
Bedspread Mill
Edna Hopper
Blanket Finishing Mill
Roslyn Henry
Blanket Greige Mill
Dovie Gilbert
Blanket Warehouse
Geraldine Perkins
Columbus Towel Mill
Janice Bailey, Joan Morgan
ti Sue Sellers
Dallas Service Center
Barbara Aldriege
Draper Sheeting Mill
Ruth Minter
Fieldale Towel Mill
Faye Warren
General Office
Katherine Manley
Karastan Rug Mill
Irene Meeks
Karastan Service Center
Mary Stephens
Laurel Hill Carpet Plant
Stan Bartell & Betty Phelps
Laurel Hill Service Center
Charles L. Moore
Laurel Hill Yam Mill
Pat Bush
Los Angeles Service Center
Fran Crowder
Midwest Service Center
Judy Gluth
Mt. Holly Spinning Mill
Delores Tate
Non-Woven Mill
Doris Shockley
Northeast Service Center
Mary Kulpak
North Carolina Finishing
Phyllis Partee
Phenix City
Diane Hovey
Scottsboro Rug Mill
Hilda Thomas
Sheet Finishing
Brenda May
Swift Spinning Mill
Betty Wright
Scholarships
March 1 is the deadline for sub
mitting an application for a Field-
crest Scholarship.
The applications being accepted
now are only for scholarships
leading to a undergraduate degree
at a four-year college or university.
Each scholarship is worth $4,800
over the four years of college atten
dance.
Applications may be obtained
from area personnel managers,
Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. Employment
Office in the General Offices
building, Eden, or by writing M. B.
Franklin, Industrial Relations
Department, Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.,
Eden.
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Top Weavers And Fixers
GEORGE KEMP
Kemp Joins
Fieldcrest
COLUMBUS TOWEL MILL
Weavers W/E February 5
Jacquard Mary Deweese
Plain and Dobby Ronald Powell
Fixers W/E February 5
Jacquard Waylon Seawell
Plain and Dobby Howard Perry
Weavers W/E January 29
Jacquard Mary Deweese
Plain and Dobby Ronald Powell
Fixers W/E January 29
Jacquard Jeff Thompson
Plain and Dobby James Paulk
Hollis Daniel
Weavers W/E January 22
Jacquard Sharon Brown
Plain and Dobby Ronald Powell
Fixers W/E January 22
Jacquard Roy Trouti^
Plain and Dobby Hollis
FIELDALE TOWEL
George F. Kemp recently joined
the company to become superinten
dent of Plant Services at the Laurel
Hill Carpet Mill.
Prior to coming to Fieldcrest,
Kemp was with Falk Fibers and
Fabrics in Fuquay, N. C.
Weavers W/E February 5
Dobby Terry Kyle
Jacquard Terry Laure"
Fixers W/E February 5 .
Dobby Terry Richard!^
Jacquard Terry Randolph^
Weavers W/E January 29 .
Dobby Terry Patsy
Jacquard Terry Laur^®
George’*
Fixers W/E January 29 „
Dobby Terry Gifford W'
Jacquard Terry Randolph^'
Dodson Is
Supervisor
Gale A. Dodson has been
promoted to supervisor of Data Pro
cessing at Fieldale Towel Mill.
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He joined Fieldcrest in 1972 as a
computer operator trainee and later
became a computer operator.
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Prior to his recent promotion, he
was senior computer operator at
Fieldale.
Eleven Have Perfect Attendance
'Jt.W
At Smitbfield Plant For 1977
JUDY GORDON has been pro
moted to supervisory trainee in the
Winding Department at Karastan
Rug Mill. She came to work at
Fieldcrest in 1968 and worked at
the Sheet Finishing Mill before
transferring to Karastan,
Eleven employees at the Automatic Blanket Plant in Smithfield,
finished a year of work in 1977 with a record of perfect attend^"^
Three of those employees had perfect attendance for the pas*
years.
TWO YEARS—Willie Evans, Wiiiiam Starling and Eimer Wiliiams.
ONE YEAR—Linwood Aiien, Eigie Caputo* Joe Grisanti, Weidon
son, Jean Journigan, Biily Lynch, Annie Mediin and Eddie Wood
Service Anniversaries
Forty-Five Years
Lillie Roberts Draper Sheeting
Frank M. Adkins Blanket Greige
Thirty-Five Years
Veda E. Hamilton Columbus
Robert B. Wilkerson N.C. Finishing
Calbert Richardson Bedspread
C. Arthur Brown Karastan
William R. Davis N.C. Finishing
Thirty Years
Clarice M. Gilley Karastan-Mill Acet.
David M. Tracy Fieldcrest Sales
Mae M, Walker Draper Sheeting
Twenty-Five Years
Charles Johnson, Sr Laurel Hill
Twenty Years
Jack M. Giglio Columbus
Edward J. C. Molitor ; Fieldcrest Sales
Mary L. Brown Karastan Spinning
Fifteen Years
Richard A. Roebuck Karastan Spinni’’^
Ten Years
A. Clayton Moran Field®'
Bully Terrell Colunnd®’
Erma J. Alexander Phenix Ci'
Isiah Dillard Field®'
Carol D. Kozak Karastan Sa'®
Louise L. Corum Blanket
Brandon Richards Colunnd®
Ruby H, Scott Sheet Finish'®^
Betty L. Smart Sheet Finishi®’
Ruby W. Meeks Swift Spin®'®®
Betty N. Lynch Mt. Ho"'
Lizetta S. Meadows Bedspread Finish'®®
Carolyn Underwood Automatic Bla®!^
Mary L. Torane Phenix
THE MILL WHIS