The
MILL
Ist’Ued Every Two Weeks By
«nd For the Employees
WHISTLE
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY. INC.
Manufacturing Division, Spray North Carolina
Volume Two
Monday, September 27, 1943
Number 6
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Shown above are part of the huge Labor Day parade here on September 6th. It was viewed by crowds that lined both
sides of the streets and overflowed from buildings. In the picture on left is seen the Air Raid Wardens and on the right is
a detachment of the State Guards.—Pictures by Walter Gardner, Staff Photographer.
Bill Clarke Promoted
We are in receipt of a letter from
Lt. M. E. Hyler, Public Relations Of
ficer at U. S. Naval Air Station, Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla., informing us that
William Edwin Clarke, of Draper, was
recently promoted to Radioman Third
Class, at that Air Station. Bill, as
many of our readers will recall, receiv
ed a $25 War Bond last summer for
submitting what was considered the
beat name for our paper, “The Mill
Whistle”. This name was also sub
mitted by Hal Leavitt, of the Woolen
Mill, and both men were awarded a
Bond.
Bill enlisted in September, 1942, and
is now attached to the Communica
tions Department at the Ft. Lauder
dale Air Station. He is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Clarke, of Draper, and
graduated from Draper graded and
Leaksville high school. At the time
of hi-3 enlistment he was employed in
the Blanket Mill.
V . . . —
Save MORE money, LIVES, and the
NATION! Prevent INFLATION. An
EXTRA $100 Bond will do it!
Contributors—Note!
From time to time we receive con
tributions from persons other than our
regular correspondents. These contri
butions are often timely bits of news
that we really want. But please re
member that we have a deadline which
must be observed. Like many other
firms the one that publishes our paper
is short of help and The Mill Whistle
material must be in the publisher’s of
fice by noon on the Wednesday before
publication. Pictures must be in that
office by noon of the Monday before
publication.
For instance, this paper comes out
cn Monday, September 27th. The pic
tures in these pages were delivered to
the publisher at 10 o’clock Monday,
September 20th; the printed material
at noon on Wednesday, September 22.
Anything received later than that is
carried over until the next issue, Oc
tober 11th.
While it is possible to make a few
changes as late as Thursday afternoon
before publication it means a good
deal of work on the part of both editor
and publisher. We would greatly ap-
Write That Boy!
For the eleventeenth time we’re re
minding you to write your men and
women in the service, and when you
write them tell them everything that
is going on back home. And above
all, tell them the addresses of their
former pals. If you don’t know the
address perhaps we can furnish it for
you.
For example, Corp. F. H. Hayden,
better known to most of us as “Doody”,
wrote all the way from Africa to get
the address of his old friend, Jesse
Burcham. While it is not possible for
any of us to know just which of their
old friends the boys and girls in ser
vice would like to contact, it might be
helpful to send them an address or
two every time we write them. The
Mill Whistle is always glad to furnish
you any address we have on file.
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We’ve got the Axis on the run. . .
let’s catch ’em and whip ’em wiV
more War Bonds!
predate it if our contributors will bear
this in mind when sending in articles
and pictures.