The
MILL
Issued Every Two Weeks Bv
and For the Employees
WHISTLE
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY, INC.
Manufacturing Division, Spray Nortli Carolina
Volume One
Monday, November 23, 1942
Number Ten
I Marshall Field & Co. First!
No use smiling, sister, for not even
your most dazzling smile will get you
past the gates guarded by these men
unless the smile is accompanied by your
mill identification card.
In line with other firms producing
goods for Uncle Sam, Marshall Field
& Co. have hand-picked armed guards
at all mill gates to see that only em
ployees enter the plants. Employees
are furnished with identification card
on which appear their name and pic
ture. Without these cards it is hope
less to try to get past the armed guards.
Immediately after this picture was
made the guards gathered at the old
employment office to hear a talk on
preparedness by Lt. Col. France, of
Fort Bragg.
All the guards carry the rank of mil
itary civihan police and have been
trained to serve under strict military
regulations.
In the picture reading from left to
right are: Front Row—Col. France,
Rosser B. Hairfield, W. Mack Martin,
George Stultz, Qucell Scott, T. A.
Kapps, G. A. Wood, Jesse W. Saunders,
' Strawdy E. Boulding, Dock C. Burris.
Second Row—Ernest E. Thomasson,
C. E. Edwards, P. T. Haizlip, Morgan
Turner, Clifford L. Rorrer, Walter T.
Hopper, Ira Craddock, Arthur W. Mer
ritt, W. L. Vernon.
Spray Woolen Gets
Coveted Pennant
We are proud, and a little bit envi
ous, of the employees at Spray Woolen
who are destined to be the first of the
North Carolina group of Marshall
Field mills - to win the highly coveted
Treasury Flag. Ninety per cent of the
employees must be buying War Bonds
in order to win the flag and it will be
interesting to see which of our tnills
will be next to win this prized flag.
Pictures, with an account of the flag
raising ceremonies, will appear in The
Mill Whistle at an early date.
V . . . —
Averett President
Addresses Jr. Council
Curtis Bishop, president of Averett
College, Danville, gave a most informa
tive and interesting talk about the war
as it concerns the whole world at the
November meeting of the Junior Caro
lina , Council last Tuesday night. His
topic was “The Hope and The Hope
less.” I
Floyd Strader, president, opened the
meeting. ■ Hazel Powell gave the in
vocation. Louise Sweeney led in sing
ing. Ray Warner was named rep
resentative on the new Civic Council
for the Tri-City. The Council voted
to meet with the Senior Council in
January. The Christmas banquet on
December 19th will take the place of
the December meeting.
An Invitation
To Service Men
Visiting Chicago
The Whistle is in receipt of a nice
letter from H. W. Whitcomb, formerly
with the Manufacturing Division, and
now with the Chicago office. “Whit”,
as he is known to many of us here,
writes:
“I have been very much interested
in reading the copies of ‘The Mill Whis- ‘ ,
tie’ which have been sent to me. Both '
Mrs. Whitcomb and I have been very
much interested in references to em
ployes whom we know in the Manu
facturing Division. We got a particu
lar kick out of pictures of several
Draper boys who formerly were cad
dies at the Meadow Greens Country
club, looking very grown-up and heroic
in their service uniforms.
“The thought occurred to me that
some of the former employes of the
Manufacturing Division may be sta
tioned in or around Chicago at various
times in some of our large army or
naval training stations. If so, and if
any of them are ever in the city dur
ing store hours, I would' like very
much to see them and will offer any
service which I can to make their visit
pleasant and more interesting. My of
fice is located on the tenth floor. Mid
dle Wabash, telephone extension 2655.”
V . . . —
Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps.