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THE MILL WHISTLE
May 7, 1945
The
MILL WHISTLE
Issued Every Two Weeks By and For the Employees of
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY
MANUFACTURING DIVISION
SPRAY, NORTH CAROLINA J. U- NEWMAN, JR., Editor
WHAT DO YOU KNOW about the goods that you help to pro
duce? That question, asked of a man or woman who had been working
in the mills for many years, will doubtless bring the retort: “I know
all about them. I make them myself, with my own hands and brains. ’
We wouldn’t dare argue with men and women who know their
business as well as they do. But we venture a guess that a lot of em
ployees will be surprised when they visit our Exhibit, which opens to
the public on May 11th.
This will be the first opportunity the public has ever had to view
the products that Marshall Field & Company is making for the armed
forces. It will also be the first opportunity that most of us in the com
pany have had to see the finished products of our hands- Many of these
goods leave our mills in an unfinished state, consequently, the men and
women who helped to manufacture the raw product have never seen
them after they have been transformed irln units of warfare.
No attempt will be made here to list the numerous products which
have not been so highly glamorized in newspapers and reports as have
the spectular .ieeps, guns, shells, ships and airplanes. Yet men whose
task it is to see that our armed forces have the best of everything the"?
need are fully aware that our products in their respective categories,
have been, and are, just as essential as other types of products.
Some of the fabrics produced by Marshall Field & Company have
played, and are now playing, a prominent part in battle, while othei
products have contributed to the comfort and welfare of those in hos
pitals and camps.
If you work for the company, or if you live in the community, you
cannot afford to miss this Exhibit. You’ll see things you didn’t know
existed—insofar as their being produced here is concerned. You’ll see
the types of goods that your fighting men and women are daily using.
If an employee works in the Woolen Mill, for instance, we can
assume he knows all about the woolen goods produced there. He pro
bably has seen all of his goods in their finished state, and is mighty
proud of them. But has he ever seen finished goods from the other
mills? Have the employees of the Blanket Mill ever seen the fine ham
mocks, suiting, overcoats, etc, that are produced here? Have the em-
nloyees of Bedspread seen the finished products of the Rayon Mill,
Towel Mill, Sheeting Mill, and vice verse?
It will be a wonderful chance for us all to see and know what we
are making and what part our goods are playing in this great struggle,
’me writer has seen only a small portion of the goods to be exhibited,
yet his pride in his company has more than ledoubled.
And that, we are sure, will apply to every employee who views the
Exhibit.
This realization should be a source of pride to everyone in the
community and should cause us to redouble our efforts to produce the
finest quality of goods we are capable of until the final victory.
TOOTS
From the General Office
By L. H. Sheffield
We simply can’t let the Whistle go to
press without telling Gretchen Becker
that we have missed her very much
since she has been away. She has al
ready been gone three weeks—where
she went and when she will return is
still a mystery— But listen!!
Dear readers your humble corres
pondent is going to let you in on a
secret—Gretchen has been hob-nobbing
with the elite in that wicked city—
New York!! Could it be possible that
she is on missionary mission? I don’t
think so. If you could see a list of the
shows that she is seeing you would
agree with me that she is not.
Grethen has always belonged to the
Right Wing Group—But not anymore
—Due to a certain one armed in
dividual’s fluent speech, dynamic per
sonality, double Martinis and good
food, she has definately become one of
the Left Wing group. When will Gre
then return to work? Davis Petty says,
“That is the Sixty Four Dollar Ques
tion.” I predict—Before she does, she
will need at least a week for a rest
cure.
No kidding Gretchen—we are happy
to know that you are having such a
wonderful vacation. And we will be
waiting with open arms for your re
turn—Left wing or Right wing, we
don’t care.
Hugh Bundy should know better than
to try to do any heavy work. It wasn’t
really Hugh’s idea at all—Elsie, (the
head of the house) decided that golf
wasn’t enough exercise for Hugh. So
she, Elsie, decided that, even if there
is not going to be any Spring Seasn
this year, she was going to do Spring
decorating just the same. And Hugh
was elected!! Seriously—Hugh, v/e are
glad that you are able to be out again.
John Geer is back in his office again,
trying to rest up from that trip that he
has just returned from. When asked
if he had any news for this column,
John said—“You may tell the world
that I will never make another trip
with Dave Purcell”—John would add
very little to this statement. But v/e
gathered that Dave liked to work
rather than to play—you can guess the
rest.
A correction—last week I stated, in
this column that Hilda Grogan, our
new check girl, would tip the scales at
98 pounds. I have been informed this
was wrong. She weighs 95 pounds.
Sorry Hilda, I was not trying to make
you a big girl.
V . . . —
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