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MILL
iHued Every Two Weeks By
and For the Employees
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY. INC.
Manufacturing Division, Spray North Carolina
Volume Two
Monday, August 30, 1943
Number 4
Our Second Gold Star
Sgt. Daniel W. Atkins, son of
Mrs. J. A. Atkins and the late Mr.
Atkins, of Draper, was killed in ac
tion within the past few weeks.
Word of his death was received in
Draper on Monday.
Sst. Atkins entered the service
as a member of the local National
Guard and was among- the first
American soldiers to land in Aus
tralia. His picture, with a photo
graph of Beatrice, his wife, appear
ed in a full page spread in one of
the big New York dailies, showing
him as he stepped from the boat.
Before entering the service he
was employed as tying up man in
the Blanket Mill. Both Sgt. Atkins
and his wife have many relatives
in Draper. We extend sincerest
sympathy to them all.
V . . . —
WHO MUST FILE INCOME
AND VICTORY TAX
DECLARATIONS
The Federal Income and Victory Tax
law requires that a declaration of esti
mated income and Victory tax for the
year 1943 be filed on or before Sep
tember 15, 1943, by every resident of
the United States if he comes within
any of the following groups;
1. Single or married person not liv
ing with husband or wife, if he had for
1942 or expects to have for 1943
(a) Gross income of more than $2,700
from wages subject to wihholding; or
(b) Gross income of $500 or more
from all sources if more tlian $100 of
such income is from sources other than
wages subject to withholding.
2. Married persons living with hus
band or wife, if he had for 1942 or ex
pects to have for 1943
(a) Gross income from wages subject
to withholding which, when added to
his wife’s gross income from such wages
exceeds $3,500; or
(b) Gross income from sources other
than wages subject to withholding
which, when added to his wife’s gross
income from such sources, exceeds
$100, if
(1) The gross income of the husband
or wife from all sources exceeds $624
for 1943; or
(2) The aggregate gross income of
the husband and wife from all sources
“THIS IS HOW WE DO IT’
Two men who have seen many years
of service at the Woolen Mill look over
one of the blankets that brought their
mill recognition from the government
in the form of the Army-Navy “E”
award. On the left Larkin Alvis Bel
cher, a Woolen Mill employee for near
ly 35 years, proudly looks at the blanket
as Silas Glenn Nichols points out its
perfection. Both are among those
having the longest service record in
the Woolen Mill. Belcher is now a
watchman, Nichols a loom fixer.
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Good News!
Mrs. Birdie Shelton, of the Finishing
Mill, has received a card from her son,
Sherman Motley, notifying her that he
was safe and well but is interned in a
Japanese prison camp in the Philip
pines. This was the first word received
from him for a long time and his friends
will be glad to know he is safe.
amounts to $1,200 or more for 1942 or
1943.
3. Individuals, regardless of marital
status, who were required to file an
income tax return for 1942 and whose
wages subject to withholding for 1943
are expected to be less than such wages
for 1942.
Spray Woolen Mill
Receives Award
In what was perhaps the most impres
sive ceremony ever witnessed here the
Spray Woolen Mill was on August 18th
presented with the Army-Navy “E”
award for excellence in production.
One would have to be an eye witness
to fully appreciate the spectacle; the
music, the flag-bedecked speaker’s
stand, the somber uniforms of military
and naval men, the gay clothing of wo
men, the air of pride and determination
that showed in the faces of the Woolen
Mill employees. In the speaker’s stand
the Army, Navy, National Guards, visit
ing mill executives and celebrities gave
it just the right touch of solemnity.
Never for a instant was the import
ance of the ceremony overlooked. One
had only to look around at the large
crowd to know which were the Woolen
Mill employees. There was pride in
the faces and bearing of these employees
who by their unceasing efforts and de
votion to their duties have written a
great new page in the history of Mar
shall Field & Co. There i-s no politics,
no playing of favorites in the awarding
of this coveted award. It must be earn
ed, and the men and women of tlie
Spray Woolen Mill have earned it. For
this achievement, for their performance
at a time when a great deal depends on
them, we salute our fellow workers of
the Spray Woolen Mill, knowing that
they will never be content to rest on
their laurels but will put forth every
effort to better this record.
Pictures of the ceremony are shown
on pages 4 and 5.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express to our relatives
and friends our sincere appreciation for
the many expressions of sympathy re
ceived in our recent bereavement. Al
though the loss of our son, Pvt. Earl
T. Eggleston, who made the supreme
sacrifice in the battle of Sicily, leaves
the glorious memory of a son who died
that we might live, yet the loss is no
less poignant. Our friends have help
ed us bear what, without them, would
have seemed unbearable.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Eggleston.