The
MILL
Issued Every Two W eeks Bv
and For the Employees
WHISTLE
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY. INC.
Manufacturing Division. Spray North Carolina
Volume Two
Monday, December 6, 1943
Number 11
Mr. McBain Visits Mills
Hughston M. McBain, President of Marshall
Field & Company, was born at Grand Rapids,
Michigan, February 9, 1902. Upon completion of
his academic education in 1922 he came to Marshall
Field & Company as a bill adjuster in the Retail
Division.
From 1924 to 1936 Mr. McBain gained wide ex
perience in the organization, serving successfully
as Secretary to the President, in the real estate and
tax departments, as the first general manager of
the Merchandising Mart, as assistant to the Pres
ident and assistant treasurer, and as general mana
ger of the Manufacturing Division.
Mr. McBain was elected Vice-President on
March 10, 1936, assuming the duties of assistant
general manager of the retail store. He became
First Vice-President in 1937 and a Director of the
Company in 1938. During 1938 and 1939 he was
in charge of the Manufacturing Division. On April
5, 1940, Mr. McBain was appointed general mana
ger of the retail stores in downtown Chicago and in
Evanston, Oak Park, and Lake Forest. He was
elected President of the Company February 2, 1943.
Those of Us in the Manufacturing Division have
always felt we had a real friend in President Mc
Bain. He has been officially connected with the
Manufacturing Division one way or another since
1935, and has often visited the Mills. In his visit
here at the Mill December 7 to 9, he will have a
chance to greet many of his old friends and to
keep up with the developments in this part of the
business.
HUGHSTON M. McBAIN
Retirement Program
Is Approved
The Retirement Program, outlined to
employes of the Manufacturing Divi
sion by Mr. Hodges on October 22, and
fully explained in the booklets pre
pared by Mr. McBain, was approved
by shareholders at a special meeting on
November 15th. The vote was 1,471,743
shares for the Program and 43,825
shares against it.
The Program will go into effect
December 1, 1943, subject to approval
by the United States Treasury Depart
ment.
V . . . —
Buy Bonds for Bombs for Bums'
Remember The Date
. . . December 10th
If you’ve mailed your Christmas
packages you need not read this. But
if you’re still waiting until the last pos
sible minute, that minute is approach
ing fast. There is, of course, the chance
that your package will go through even
if mailed on December 24th, but the
chances are that unless you have your
package in the post office not later
than December 10th it will not reach
its destination until after Christmas.
Don’t take the chance. Get those
packages in the post office today!
25-Year Employes
Receive Recognition
Production Manager J. F. Wilson has
issued invitations to approximately 125
men and women who have been regu
larly employed by Marshall Field &
Company with an unbroken record of
service for a period of 25 years or
longer to attend a dinner meeting at the
Central Y. M. C. A. on Tuesday even
ing, December 7, at 6:30 o’clock. The
purpose of this meeting is to organize
a Twenty-Five Year Club among these
employes. Mr. McBain, President, and
Mr. Hodges, Vice-President of Marshall
Field & Co., will be present and assist
in the organization of this club.