July 20, 1942
$25 FOR A NAME
Page Seven
. .. Facts And Fancies From Fieldale . . .
Hosiery Mill
Towel Mill
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Fieldale congratulates Marshall
Field & Company on its earnest
endeavor to give us all the news
at first hand and considers itself
fortunate to belong to such an up-
to-date organization. May we be
at harmony at all times and our
relations with each other always
be congenial is the wish of the
Fieldale employees of Marshall
Field & Company.
Engagement Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy H. Shaw an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
terT”Shirley Alyne, to William Grover
Golightly. The marriage will be sol
emnized in the near future. Miss Shaw
is employed in the Towel Mill office
and Mr. Golightly is connected with
the Martinsville Broadcasting Co.
Stork Shower
The Health League and Fellowship
Club held its regular monthly meeting
last - week at the Fieldale Y.M.C.A.
club room, with Mrs. T. F. Wilson,
hostess. After the business session a
stork shower was presented to Mrs.
George Merriman. Delicious refresh
ments were served by the hostess. Tlie
club plans to hold its annual picnic
Saturday evening, July 18, 7 o’clock
at the Fieldale baseball park.
Freak Plants
Our popular sewing room foreman,
E. Sherrill, reports that he believes he
is just about the best gardener in the
county. He raises a double crop of
vegetables from one planting. Every
one that doubts this may call on Mr.
Sherrill and he will be glad to show
them his Irish potato planting, with a
crop of something resembling tomatoes
growing on the vines and, of course,
he has a crop of potatoes under the
ground.
Conducts Revival
Rev. Z. V. Mason has concluded a
successful revival at Salem church in
Patrick County. The baptismal service
v/as held at George’s Mill, Mayo River,
yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock, witli
eleven candidates for baptism. Mr.
Mason assisted in a revival at the
Methodist church here a few weeks
ago.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hunter, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Hunter and Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmie Robbins attended a family re
union last Sunday at the Fredell farm
about eight miles north of Fieldale.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pickup were
Our community is saddened by the
death of C. Kelly Harrell, which oc
curred last Thursday afternoon while
he was at work in the mill. Mr. Harrell
was a loom-fixer and had been a loyal
employee of the Towel Mill for many
years. He was a good citizen and well
liked by everyone. Survivors include
his wife and two children.
among the visitors at Fairy Stone Park,
Sunday.
Sgt. Hobart Gusler of Camp Pickett,
Blackstone, Va., was called to Fieldale
during the weekend on account of the
illness of his wife. Mrs. Gusler has
been quite ill for several days but her
condition is now somewhat improved.
Mesdames Willie Sawyer, Bill Bar
bour, Lyle McAlexander and Hughes
Martin visited their husbands at Nor
folk, Saturday and Sunday, returning
to Fieldale Sunday evening.
Frederick Stilwell, formerly con
nected with the packing room and now
with the U. S. Navy, has been trans
ferred from Newport, Rhode Island, to
Great Lakes, Illinois. He will attend
a machinist school at that place.
To Messrs. J. H. Pickup, T. C. Wat
son, Pete Ramsey and Posy Ingram
go the honor of having received the
first War Bonds in the Tawell Mill,
under the payroll allotment plan.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Joyce are
spending .dheir vacation at Virginia
^ Corp.’^orfolk.
of the Tcge W. Merriman, formerly
Fieldale ISill office, passed through
Dix, N. J. 'ek on his way to Camp
been statiomeveral months he has
Camp Croft, S. C.
Fight! Worl.
VICTORYI d SAVE . . . for
McFarland to Take
Officers’ Training
Robie B. McFarland, a knitter em
ployed in the Hosiery Mill, is leaving
for officers’ training this week. He
also has the distinctive honor of being
the first employee of the mills in the
Manufacturing Division to obtain and
have delivered to him a United States
War Bond purchased through the pay
roll deduction plan. This action further
exemplifies the loyalty and patriotism
tliat Robie has always shown towards
things pertaining to the successful pro
motion of our war efforts. Such char
acteristics will be of particular value
to him as he develops into a military
officer.
Promoted
Edgar D. Ferguson of the United
States Navy was recently promoted
from water tender, second class, to
water tender, first class.
First to Buy Bond
Messrs. Morris N. Eggleston and
Walter Hale were the fire employees
of the Hosiery Mill to subscribe for
war bonds. Both ■ of these young men
as well as many of their associates
were very anxious to “Slap the Dirty
Little Jap” by putting their savings
into the purchase of war bonds for the
promotion of the war campaign.
Mrs. Evelyn Ferguson of the Hosiery
Mills has just returned from Philadel
phia where she spent a week with her
husband, Edgar D. Ferguson, USN.
Pants or Panties?
Evidently Johnny Doughboy is still
having his fun. From the Dutch set
tlement of Curacao comes a letter to
Julia Cook, of Draper, from a little
Dutch girl. It seems that the Dutch
girl mentioned to Garland Cook, Julia’s
brother, that his “panties” were the
same color as his shirt. All of Gar
land’s efforts to set the girl right were
of no avail. Some doughboy had told
the girl that pants were panties, and
that is all there is to it.
So, to get matters straight, the Dutch
girl wrote Julia ^ for more information
about the panties the doughboys wear.
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Headline in newspapers on Juh' ®’
“F. D. R. Says May Be Necessa
Seize All Tires.” Reaction here
about what could be expected. O'^
voiced the general opinion wl
stated: “It’s okay by me. I like
and it saves a lot of time.
Uncle Sam needs my tires he •.
come to them. If my kid brothe
learn to drill and fight I sun
learn to walk.”