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The MILL lMH«d Every Two Weeks By and For tke Employees WHISTLE MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY, INC, Manufacturing Division, Spray, North Caroiim Volume Three Monday, April 9, 1945 Number Twenty BIGGEST WAR BOND DRIVE NOW ON The Back Yard We have all heard a good deal about “the HOME of the future”, “the RADIO of the future”, “the CAR of the future”, etc.—but what about that most import ant factor in our civilization, the MAN of the future? Are we going to develop a better race of men and women with the vision and courage to build a healthy world — a world of peace? If not. I’m afraid our great material progress will come to naught. Our clean and comfortable cities will be demolished—our homes full of super-gadgets will be wrecked— our streamlined automobiles will seek shelter in streamlined ditches—and our plastic bath tubs will be recast into bazooka tubes. But need all this be? Because our fathers and our fathers’ fathers before them accepted the idea that wars among nations were inevitable, need we and our sons do the same? Certainly our ideas of transportation, of chemistry, of radio, have undergone revolutionary changes in only one short generation. Why are not equal, or greater, improvements possible in the human race itself? Why not a “man of the future” who will live at peace with his neighbors—and who will seek his own welfare and reward through lift ing the lot of all. God grant that such a race of men may live! (Paul Talbot in United Business Service V . . . — CARD OF THANKS I wish to express my deep apprecia tion to friends of Spray Bleachery for the nice gift received, and kindness shown by everyone during my hus band’s illness. DELLA PERGERSON. V . . . — A young couple asked the parson to marry them immediately following the Sunday morning service. When the time came, the minister arose to say: “Will those who wish to be united in holy bonds of matrimony please come forward?” There was a great stir as 13 women and one man approched the altar. Shown here are four generations. At left is C. J. Vest, of Draper. In center is Mrs. W. G. Cochran, daughter of Mr. Vest. She is employed in the Sheet ing Mill. At right is Mrs. Reuben Min- ter, daughter of Mrs. Cochran. Wayne Minter, son of Sgt. and Mrs. Minter is shown in his grandfather’s arms. V . . . — A Word To The Boys Over There A lot of you fellows write us asking that we print your name and address so your friends can write you. We would like to do it but Uncle Sam does not permit us to link the name of any service man with his outfit or ship. In fact, we had a letter from Washington some months ago warning us against doing that. We know how you’d like to hear from your old friends, so if you will write and tell us which ones you particularly wish to contact we’ll see to it that they have your address and you have their’s. Six times since the war began our government has called on us to buy War Bonds, and six times the men and women of Marshall Field & Company have responded whole-heartedly. Now our government is calling on us again; this time for more than we have ever subscribed before. The United States Treasury has established the highest goals for sales to individuals of any War Loan Drive to date, because it is absolutely necessary to secure this money to carry the war to a successful close. In this drive each of our mills will direct its own campaign, and each de partment in every mill will be given a poster showing the quota for the de partment. This poster will show pro gress made from week to week and should be the means of keen competi tion between the various mills and departments. Every employee of the company will be given an opportunity to participate in this drive, which begins on April 9th and ends on July 7th. Within the next few days full details of the cam paign will be furnished each employee by the mill in which he or she is em ployed. Our company has a goal to reach, and we must reach it. All purchases of Bonds during the dates of April 9th— July 7th—either through pay roll sav ings plan or cash—will apply toward the goal for our company. One reason why our goal is high is because there will be only two War Bond Drives in 1945, whereas there were three in 1944. The total amount employees are asked to purchase is no greater than that of last year. And remember, your money will be returned to you with interest. You are simply lending it for the purpose of bringing the war to a close much sooner, thus helping to bring home the men who are fighting it. The Drive is on right now. Give it some serious thought and determine just how much you can possibly sub scribe.
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