The
MILL
Issued Every Two Weeks By
and For the Employees
Volume One
Pfc. John H. Mize sent us this picture
showing how the boys are living in
camp. He says: “If you look close you
can see a beer bottle, but don’t be de
ceived. That bottle saw its good days
months ago.” The picture was taken
in New Guinea and shows, left to right:
S/Sgt. Robert D. McCombs, Johnnie
Mize, Cpl. Casiemer Kiemnec, and in
front, Cpi. Robert M. Richardson. Or if
you want to be informed they are Mac,
Johnnie, Cas and Rich. Luck to you,
fellows. It takes courage to “take it
standing up and smiling.”
V . . . —
“Whenever I’m in the dumps, I get
myself another hat.”
T wondered where you got them.”
WHISTLE
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY. INC.
Manufacturing Division, Sprav North Carolina
Monday, June 7, 1943
Number 24
Telegram From
General Eisenhower
To the Men and Women of
Marshall Field & Co.,
Manufacturing- Division,
Spray, N. C.
This message from the Comman
der in Chief of the Allied Forces
in Africa is relayed by the War
Department. Our fighting men
standing shoulder to shoulder with
our gallant Allies, the British and
the French, have driven the enemy
cut of North Africa. In this vic
tory the munitions made by Amer
ican industry, labor, and manage
ment played a very Important role.
There is glory for us all in this
achievement.
EISENHOWER,
General Commander in Chief of all
Allied Forces in Africa.
V . . . —
^ MARSHALL FIELD & CO. ^
FAMILIES
Are you one of a large family,
most of whom work for the com
pany? Write and tell us about it;
how many in the family, etc. And
do you know any other large fami
lies? We plan a series on our large
families and would appreciate your
help.
TO CHICAGO
NEW REPORTER
J. C. Spickler
News has just been received that J.
C. Spickler, of the Wage Bureau, is
being transferred to the Chicago Retail
Store. “Spick” as he is affectionately
known, will be greatly missed, but his
hundreds of friends rejoice that he is
being promoted to “The Big Store.”
It is something like going back home
lor Spick, for he started with the com
pany at Chicago. With the Manufac
turing Division he was warehouse man
ager for all of Marshall Field Mills,
subsequently manager of the general
office in Spray, going from there to
the Wage Bureau. His host of friends,
in mills and offices, wish him the best
of luck.
V . . . —
Hall the shadows in life come from
standing in your own sunshine.
Miss Gertrude Minter, an employee
of the Hosiery Mill, whose picture ap
pears above, has accepted the responsi
bility of reporting the news for “The
Mill Whistle” from the Hosiery Mill.
Gertrude is going about this business
of reporting in her usual efficient man
ner, and you readers of “The Mill
Whistle” can expect to have the news
field well covered by her interesting
letters, the first cf which appeared in
the May 24th issue.
V . . . —
LUTHER HODGES HOLDS
TWO TOWN HALL OFFICES
At the recent meeting of the Board
of Town Hall, 123 West 43rd street.
New York City, Luther H. Hodges was
elected a trustee and treasurer of the
organization. Mr. Hodges, a vice-pres
ident of Marshall Field & Co., and gen
eral manager of the Manufacturing
Division, was recently elected a direc
tor of the New York Rotary club.
V . . . —
“You say this woman shot her hus
band with this pistol, and at close
range?” asked the coroner of the col
ored eye-witness to the tragedy.
“Yassuh,”
“Were there powder marks on his
face?”
“Yassuh. Dat’s why she shot him.”