Issued Every Two Weeks By
and For the Employees
Volume Three
WHISTLE
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY, INC,
Manufacturing Division, Spray, North Carolina
Monday, August 28, 1944
Number 4
Looks like a Mexican don and his
senorita, doesn’t it? But it is really
John S. Cook, C.Ph.M. and Mrs. Cook,
the former Miss Violet Younger, of
Spray. They were married at North
Spray Christian church in January ■ of
this year. The picture was taken on
their recent visit to the border city
of Tiajuana, Mexico. John is now
somewhere in the South Pacific.
V . , . —
Major Patterson Promoted
Word has just been received that Ma
jor George D. Patterson has been pro
moted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colo-
nal. It was interesting to learn that
Lt. Col. Patterson received his silver
leaves in a cow pasture in France.
He is now with a division that is daily
making new and interesting history.
Lt. Col. Patterson is a brother of
Rhuney Patterson, Order and Billing
Department, and is known to the home
folks as Douglas. His father, George
W., was with the company from 1901
until his death in 1933. Lt. Col. Patter
son’s wife is the former Leone Setliff,
daughter of “Ike” Setliff.
Remember That
Christmas Package
It is rather difficult to associate these
hot, sultry days with Christmas, but
it’s got to be done if our men and wo
men in far off places are to receive
their Christmas gifts before sometime
next spring.
Post office authorities have for some
time been urging us to have our gifts
ready to be mailed by September 15.
Relatives and friends who are sending
gifts know, of course, about where
their gifts must go, and those that are
to be sent to far distant places must of
necessity be in the post office on open
ing day, September 15. Any gifts that
are to go to remote parts of the world
that are not in the post office shortly
alter September 15th have little chance
of reaching their destination before
December 25th.
In a letter to postmasters, Frank
Walker, Postmaster General, says in
part: “If the gifts are to be protected
in transit they must be packed in
boxes made of metal, wood, solid fiber-
board, or strong, double-faced corru
gated fiberboard, reinforced with
strong gummed paper tape or tied with
strong twine. If both tape and twine
are used, so much the better. If the
outer wrapper is crushed—and this is
likely to happen—the loss of contents
may be prevented if fiberboard boxes
are wrapped in heavy paper.
“We were unable to deliver many
parcels . . . last year because they
were crushed in transit and the gift
and the outside wrapper became sepa
rated.”
The usual procedure for mailing a
package is to write the name and ad
dress of the person to whom the pack
age is sent on the wrapper, the name
of sender in upper left hand corner.
That, for Christmas packages going a
long distance, is not enough. Write
the name of your service man or wo
man on the box, on the inside wrap
pings and on the outside wrapper.
Thus, even if both inside and outside
wrappers are torn off the box contain
ing the gift it still has a good chance
of reaching its destination.
Postmaster O. H. Hodges, of Spray,
assures us all the staff at the post of
fice will be more than willing to give
any aid or information needed. Before
mailing your box ask them about it.
Mrs. Jim Carter, who before her
marriage to Mr. Carter on July 22nd,
was Miss Josephine Bondurant, only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Bondu
rant, Spray. Mr. Carter is a son of
Mrs. Laura and the late William Car
ter, Stoneville. Both are employed at
the Rayon Mill, and are making their
home near Stoneville. Their many
friends wish them a happy, prosperous
married life.
V . . . —.
W. E. Boone To Washington
W. E. Boone, for the past several
years employment manager at the Dra
per Personnel Office, left last week to
assume his new duties in Washington.
Dan, as he is known to everyone in
the Manufacturing Division, will be full
time consultant with the Cotton Sec
tion of Primary Products Branch, and
will be working in the Washington of
fice of Mr. Hodges, who recently ac
cepted a post with the O P A
V . . . —
“I know how to settle this unemploy
ment problem,” said the club wag. “If
we put all the men of the world on
one island, and the women on another,
we’d have everybody busy in no time.”
“Well, what would they be doing?”
“Why, boat-building.”