ALBA WALDENSIAN INC
SC 13D/A, 1998-08-06
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                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                      Washington, D.C.  20549

             Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                           SCHEDULE 13D/A

                  NORMANDY INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
                       SUNSTATES CORPORATION
                 INDIANA FINANCIAL INVESTORS, INC.
                    HICKORY FURNITURE COMPANY,
                    TELCO CAPITAL CORPORATION,
                       RDIS CORPORATION AND
                          CLYDE WM. ENGLE
                (Name of person(s) filing Statement)




              ALBA-WALDENSIAN, INC.
                         (Name of Issuer)



              Common Stock, $2.50 par value per share
                  (Title of class of securities)



                             012041109
                           (CUSIP Number)




                          Clyde Wm. Engle
                      4433 West Touhy Avenue
              Lincolnwood, Illinois 60646   (847) 565-9246
     (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices
and communications)



                           May 28, 1998
      (Date of event which requires filing of this Statement)

 1.   Name of Reporting Person
      S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person

          NORMANDY INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.

 2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group     (a) []
                                                           (b) []


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 3.   SEC Use Only

 4.   Source of Funds

          N/A

 5.    Check Box if  Disclosure  of Legal  Proceedings  is Required  Pursuant to
       Items 2(d) or 2(e) []

 6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization

          ILLINOIS

 7.   Sole Voting Power

          0 Common Shares

 8.   Shared Voting Power

          N/A

 9.   Sole Dispositive Power

          0 Common Shares

 10.  Shared Dispositive Power

          N/A

 11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person
          0 Common Shares

 12.  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) excludes
       Certain Shares           []

 13.  Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row (11)

          0%

 14.  Type of Reporting Person

          CO

 1.   Name of Reporting Person
      S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person

          SUNSTATES CORPORATION

 2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group      (a) []
                                                            (b) []
 3.   SEC Use Only

 4.   Source of Funds

          N/A


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 5.    Check Box if  Disclosure  of Legal  Proceedings  is Required  Pursuant to
       Items 2(d) or 2(e) []

 6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization

          DELAWARE

 7.   Sole Voting Power

          0 Common Shares

 8.   Shared Voting Power

          N/A

 9.   Sole Dispositive Power

          0 Common Shares

 10.  Shared Dispositive Power

 11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person

          0 Common Shares

 12.  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row  (11) excludes
       Certain Shares    []

 13.  Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row (11)

          0%

 14.  Type of Reporting Person

          CO


 1.   Name of Reporting Person
      S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person

          HICKORY FURNITURE COMPANY

 2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group      (a) []
                                                            (b) []

 3.   SEC Use Only

 4.   Source of Funds

          N/A

 5.    Check Box if  Disclosure  of Legal  Proceedings  is Required  Pursuant to
       Items 2(d) or 2(e) []



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 6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization

          DELAWARE

 7.   Sole Voting Power

          0 Common Shares

 8.   Shared Voting Power

          N/A

 9.   Sole Dispositive Power

          0 Common Shares

10.     Shared Dispositive Power
          N/A
11.     Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person
          0 Common Shares
 12. Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) excludes

       Certain Shares   []

 13.  Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row (11)

          0%

 14.  Type of Reporting Person

          CO

 1.   Name of Reporting Person
      S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person

          TELCO CAPITAL CORPORATION

 2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group      (a) []
                                                            (b) []

 3.   SEC Use Only

 4.   Source of Funds

          N/A

 5.    Check Box if  Disclosure  of Legal  Proceedings  is Required  Pursuant to
       Items 2(d) or 2(e) []


 6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization

          DELAWARE

 7.   Sole Voting Power


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          0 Common Shares

  80     Shared Voting Power

          N/A

 9.   Sole Dispositive Power

          0 Common Shares

 10.  Shared Dispositive Power

          N/A

 11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person

          0 Common Shares

 12.  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row  (11) excludes
       Certain Shares                                             []

 13.  Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row (11)

          0%

 14.  Type of Reporting Person

          CO

 1.   Name of Reporting Person
      S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person

          RDIS CORPORATION

 2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group      (a) []
                                                            (b) []

 3.   SEC Use Only

 4.   Source of Funds

          N/A

 5.     Check Box if Disclosure  of Legal  Proceedings  is Required  Pursuant to
        Items 2(d) or 2(e) []

 6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization

          DELAWARE

 7.   Sole Voting Power

          0 Common Shares



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  80     Shared Voting Power
          N/A
  90     Sole Dispositive Power
          0 Common Shares
  100    Shared Dispositive Power
          N/A
 11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person

          0 Common Shares

 12.  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row   (11) excludes
       Certain Shares                                      []

 13.  Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row (11)

          0%

 14.  Type of Reporting Person

          CO

 1.   Name of Reporting Person
      S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person

          CLYDE WM. ENGLE

 2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group      (a) []
                                                            (b) []

 3.   SEC Use Only

 4.   Source of Funds

          Funds were provided by borrowing on a personal line of credit with 
LaSalle National Bank, a non-related commercial bank in Chicago, Illinois.
The shares of Alba-Waldensian purchased by Mr. Engle have been pledged to 
secure repayment of all advances under this line of credit.

 5.    Check Box if  Disclosure  of Legal  Proceedings  is Required  Pursuant to
       Items 2(d) or 2(e) []

 6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization

          USA
 7.   Sole Voting Power

          564,800 Common Shares

 8.   Shared Voting Power

          N/A

 9.   Sole Dispositive Power



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          564,800 Common Shares

 10.  Shared Dispositive Power

          N/A

 11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned By Each Reporting Person

          564,800 Common Shares

 12.  Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row  (11) excludes
       Certain Shares                                       []

 13.  Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row (11)

          35.9%

 14.  Type of Reporting Person

          IN

 ITEM 1.   Security and Issuer.

          The title of the class of equity  securities  to which this  statement
relates is the shares of common stock,  $2.50 par value per share.  The name and
address of the issuer of such securities is Alba-Waldensian, Inc. 201 St.
Germain Ave. NW, Valdese, North Carolina 28690.

 ITEM 2.   Identity and Background


 I.  (a)  Normandy Insurance Agency, Inc. ("Normandy"), an Illinois corporation.

                  (b)  The principal  executive  offices of Normandy are located
                       at 4433 West Touhy Avenue, Lincolnwood, Illinois 60646.

                 (c) Normandy  is  engaged  through  its   subsidiaries  in  the
                     manufacture  and sale of automated  textile.  Normandy is a
                     wholly-owned subsidiary of Sunstates Corporation.

            (d)(e)  Normandy has not during the past five years,
                    been  convicted  in a criminal proceeding of any sort
                   (excluding  misdemeanors  similar to traffic  violations)  or
                    been subject to a judgment,  decree or final order enjoining
                    future   violations  or  prohibiting  or  mandating  actions
                    subject to, federal or state  securities laws or finding any
                    violation with respect to such laws.

          The identity and background of the executive officers and directors of
Normandy, all of whom are United States citizens, are as follows:

          Lee N. Mortenson is President and a director of Normandy  (see


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 Section II).

Clyde Wm. Engle is Vice President and a director of Normandy (see Section VI).

           To the best of Normandy's  knowledge,  except as set forth in Item IX
none of the above  individuals has, during the past five years been convicted in
criminal  proceeding  of any sort  (excluding  traffic  violations  and  similar
misdemeanors),  or been subject to a judgment,  decree or final order  enjoining
future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating actions subject to, federal or
state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

           II.   (a)  Sunstates  Corporation  ("Sunstates"),  a  Delaware
                       corporation.

                  (b)  The principal  executive offices of Sunstates are located
                       at 4600 Marriott Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27612.

                  (c)  Sunstates  is engaged  primarily in the  development  and
                       sale of real estate,  and through its subsidiaries in the
                       manufacture  and  sale  of  automated  textile  equipment
                       Sunstates is an affiliate of Hickory Furniture Company.
              (d) (e)  Sunstates  has not  during  the  past  five  years,  been
                       convicted in a criminal proceeding of any sort (excluding
                       misdemeanors similar to traffic violations) or been 
                       subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining 
                       future violations or prohibiting or mandating actions 
                       subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding 
                       any violation with respect to such laws.

          The identity and background of the executive officers and directors of
Sunstates, all of whom are United States citizens, are as follows:

     Clyde Wm. Engle is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive  Officer and a
director of Sunstates (see Section VI).

           Harold  Sampson,  222 East Erie Street,  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  is a
director of Sunstates; and Chairman of the Board of Sampson Enterprises, Inc., a
firm engaged in the development of real estate.

     William D. Schubert,  4600 Marriott Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh,  N.C. 27612,
is a director of Sunstates.

           Lee N. Mortenson, 4433 West Touhy Avenue, Lincolnwood, Illinois
 60646 is President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Alba-
 Waldensian, Inc.; President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of
 Sunstates;  and President and a director of Telco Capital  Corporation.  Howard
Friedman,  130 E. Randolph  Street,  Chicago,  Illinois  60601, is a director of
Sunstates  and an  attorney-at-law  and member of the firm of Schuyler,  Roche &
Zwirner, 130 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601.



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     Glenn Kennedy,  4600 Marriott Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, N.C. 27612, is the
Chief Financial Officer of Sunstates.

           Richard Leonard, 4600 Marriott Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, N.C.
 27612 is Secretary of Sunstates.

          To the best of Sunstate's  knowledge,  except as set forth in Item VII
none of the above  individuals has, during the past five years been convicted in
criminal  proceeding  of any sort  (excluding  traffic  violations  and  similar
misdemeanors),  or been subject to a judgment,  decree or final order  enjoining
future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating actions subject to, federal or
state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.



           III. (a)  Hickory Furniture Company ("Hickory"), a
                     Delaware corporation.

                (b)  The principal  executive  offices of Hickory are located at
                     4433 West Touhy Avenue, Lincolnwood, Illinois 60646.

                (c)  Hickory is engaged primarily, through its subsidiaries,  in
                     the development and sale of real estate, in the manufacture
                     and  sale  of  automated  textile  equipment,  and  in  the
                     manufacture  and sale of  hosiery,  intimates  and  medical
                     products.   Hickory  is  a  subsidiary   of  Telco  Capital
                     Corporation.

          (d)        (e)  Hickory  has not,  during  the past five  years,  been
                     convicted in a criminal proceeding of any sort
                    (excluding  misdemeanors  similar to traffic  violations) or
                     been subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining
                     future  violations  or  prohibiting  or  mandating  actions
                     subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any
                     violation with respect to such laws.


          The identity and background of the executive officers and directors of
Hickory, all of whom are United States citizens, are as follows:

     Clyde Wm. Engle is Chief  Executive  Officer and a director of Hickory (see
Section VI).

          Lee N. Mortenson is a director of Hickory (see Section I).

            To the best of Hickory's knowledge, except as set forth in Item VII,
none of the above  individuals has, during the past five years been convicted in
criminal  proceeding  of any sort  (excluding  traffic  violations  and  similar
misdemeanors),  or been subject to a judgment,  decree or final order  enjoining
future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating actions subject to, federal or
state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

            IV.   (a)  Telco  Capital  Corporation ("Telco"),  a  Delaware
                       corporation.



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                  (b)  The principal  executive  offices of Telco are located at
                       4433 West Touhy Avenue, Lincolnwood, Illinois 60646.

                  (c)  Telco,  through  its  subsidiaries,  is  engaged  in  the
                       development  and sale of real estate,  in the manufacture
                       and  sale  of  automated  textile  machinery  and  in the
                       manufacture  and sale of hosiery,  intimates  and medical
                       products.  Telco  is a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of RDIS
                       Corporation.

              (d)      (e)  Except  as set  forth in Item  VII,  Telco  has not,
                       during the past five years  been  involved  in a criminal
                       proceeding  of any sort or been  subject  to a  judgment,
                       decree or final order enjoining future  violations of, or
                       prohibiting or mandating  activities  subject to, federal
                       or state  securities  laws or finding any violation  with
                       respect to such laws.

          The identity and background of the executive officers and directors of
Telco, all of whom are United States citizens, are as follows:

          Clyde Wm. Engle, 4433 West Touhy Avenue, Lincolnwood,  Illinois
 60646, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Telco (see
 Section VI).

          Lee N. Mortenson is President and a director of Telco (see Section I).

          Amelia S. Fitzgerald,  4433 West Touhy Avenue,  Lincolnwood,  Illinois
 60646, is Vice-President,  Assistant to the Chairman and Secretary of Telco and
 Assistant to the Chairman of Bank of Lincolnwood.

          Gerald M. Tierney, Jr., 4433 West Touhy Avenue, Lincolnwood,  Illinois
 60646 is a Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Telco.

           To the best of  Telco's  knowledge,  except as set forth in Item VII,
none of the above  individuals has, during the past five years been convicted in
criminal  proceeding  of any sort  (excluding  traffic  violations  and  similar
misdemeanors),  or been subject to a judgment,  decree or final order  enjoining
future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating actions subject to, federal or
state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.


          V.         (a)  RDIS  Corporation,  a  Delaware  corporation  ("RDIS")
                     (formerly known as Libco Corporation).

                (b)  The principal executive offices of RDIS are located at 4433
                     West Touhy Avenue, Lincolnwood, Illinois 60646.

                (c)  RDIS's   principal   business  is  conducted   through  its
                     wholly-owned subsidiary, Telco.

            (d)      (e) RDIS has not during the past five years, been convicted
                     in a criminal proceeding of any sort (excluding


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                     misdemeanors similar to traffic violations) or been subject
                     to a  judgment,  decree  or final  order  enjoining  future
                     violations or prohibiting or mandating  actions subject to,
                     federal or state  securities  laws or finding any violation
                     with respect to such laws.

          The identity and background of the executive officers and directors of
RDIS, all of whom are United States citizens, are as follows:

     Clyde Wm.  Engle is Chairman of the Board of  Directors,  and  Treasurer of
RDIS (see Section VI).

          Gerald M. Tierney, Jr. is Secretary of RDIS (see Section IV).

     To the best of RDIS's knowledge,  none of the above individuals has, during
the past five years been convicted in criminal proceeding of any sort (excluding
traffic  violations  and similar  misdemeanors),  or been subject to a judgment,
decree  or final  order  enjoining  future  violations  of,  or  prohibiting  or
mandating  actions  subject to, federal or state  securities laws or finding any
violation with respect to such laws.

          VI. Clyde Wm.  Engle,  4433 West Touhy Avenue,  Lincolnwood,  Illinois
 60646,  is Chairman of the Board of Directors  and Chief  Executive  Officer of
 RDIS, Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer
 of Telco,  Chairman of the Board,  President and Chief Executive Officer of GSC
 Enterprises,  Inc.  and  Chairman  of the  Board  of its  subsidiary,  Bank  of
 Lincolnwood and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive  Officer of Sunstates
 Corporation.

            Except as set forth in Item VII,  Mr.  Engle has not during the past
five  years  been  convicted  in a criminal  proceeding  of any sort  (excluding
traffic  violations  and similar  misdemeanors),  or been subject to a judgment,
decree  or final  order  enjoining  future  violations  of,  or  prohibiting  or
mandating  actions  subject to, federal or state  securities laws or finding any
violation with respect to such laws.

 VII.
     (d)  (e)Hickory,  Telco and Mr. Engle are the subject of a cease and Desist
order dated October 7, 1993,  issued by the Securities  and Exchange  Commission
(the "Commission")  requiring Telco and certain of its affiliates to permanently
cease and desist from committing any further  violations of Section l6(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of l934 as amended and the rules promulgated thereunder,
which requires  monthly and other periodic  reports of  transactions  in certain
securities.  The Commission  found some of the reports of such  transactions  to
have been filed  delinquently  although many of these  transactions were between
affiliated  entities or had been  publicly  reported in other reports filed with
the Commission or had been otherwise publicly announced.

 ITEM 3 Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

         Funds were provided by borrowing on a personal line of credit with 
LaSalle National Bank, a non-related commercial bank in Chicago, Illinois.
The shares of Alba-Waldensian purchased by Mr. Engle have been pledged to 
secure repayment of all advances under this line of credit.


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 ITEM 4.  Purpose of Transaction.

     The purpose of  purchases of  securities  of  Alba-Waldensian,  Inc. by Mr.
Engle is for investment.

         The reporting persons intend to review  continuously  their position in
Alba-Waldensian,   Inc.   and  may,   depending   upon   their   evaluation   of
Alba-Waldensian,   Inc.'s   business  and  prospects  as  well  as  upon  future
developments and upon price, availability of shares and other factors, determine
to increase, decrease or eliminate their position in Alba-Waldensian, Inc.

          The reporting persons are not considering any plans or proposals which
relate to or would result in: (a) an extraordinary  corporate transaction,  such
as a merger, reorganization, or liquidation, involving Alba-Waldensian,  Inc. or
any of its  subsidiaries;  (b) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets
of  Alba-Waldensian,  Inc.  or  any of  its  subsidiaries;  (c)  any  change  in
Alba-Waldensian,  Inc.'s  Board of  Directors  or  management;  (d) any material
change in the  present  capitalization  or dividend  policy of  Alba-Waldensian,
Inc.; (e) any material change in  Alba-Waldensian,  Inc.'s  business,  corporate
structure, charter or by-laws; (f) any change which would impede the acquisition
of control of  Alba-Waldensian,  Inc. by any person; (g) any class of securities
of Alba-Waldensian,  Inc. to be delisted; (h) Alba-Waldensian, Inc. common stock
to be eligible to be deregistered under the Securities  Exchange Act of l934; or
(i) any action similar to those enumerated above.

 ITEM 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

         (a) Mr. Engle owns directly 488,500 shares of common stock of
Alba-Waldensian,  Inc.,  and in addition owns  indirectly  76,300 shares through
affiliated companies.

         (b) On May 15 and May 28, 1998, the secured lender to Coronet Insurance
Company, in liquidation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sunstates Corporation sold
an aggregate of 938,700 shares of Alba-Waldensian,  Inc. pursuant to Section 904
of the Illinois Uniform Commercial Code. On May 15, 1998, Mr. Engle directly and
through an  affiliate,  purchased  an  aggregate of 543,700 of these shares at a
purchase price of $7.50 per share. On May 28, 1998, Mr. Engle  purchased  14,800
of such shares at a purchase price of $7.50 per share.


     ITEM  6.  Contracts,   Arrangements  or  Understandings   with  Respect  to
Securities of the Issuer.

          NONE

 ITEM 7.  Materials to be filed as Exhibits.

     (a) Promissory Note in favor of LaSalle  National Bank,  Chicago,  Illinois
executed by Mr. Engle covering  advances , among other things,  for the purchase
of the shares of  Alba-Waldensian  described in Item 3.(to be filed by amendment
).
                             SIGNATURES



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     After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief,  we
certify that the information  set forth in this Statement is true,  complete and
correct.

 Dated: August 6, 1998


                              NORMANDY INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
                              SUNSTATES   CORPORATION
                              HICKORY   FURNITURE   COMPANY
                              TELCO CAPITAL CORPORATION
                              RDIS CORPORATION

                              By:  /S/ Clyde Wm. Engle
                                    Thereunto duly authorized

                              CLYDE WM. ENGLE

                              /S/ CLYDE WM. ENGLE




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