June 4, 1945
THE MILL WHISTLE
Page Five
Facts and Fancies from Reldale
II ni»ipi»wi«»e8a
Mrs. Nathan M.
Steg-all and her
two sons, Timothy
It. a n d Garland
M. Their Daddy
Cpl. Nathan Ste-
g a 11, is now
somewhere in
Germany and be
fore entering the
Army was em
ploy e d at the
F i e 1 d a 1 e plant.
Below is Pvt.
Henry II. Ballard,
a brother of Mrs. Stegall. Pvt. Ballard
is at present located at Fort Knox, Ky.,
and was employed in the Fieldale plant
before going into service.
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Hosiery Mill
By Inez Stultz
Judd Mills, Andrew Joyce, and James
Lawless, of the Navy, have returned to
California after spending a 10-day leave
with their families. They have been
serving in the Pacific for 19 months.
Sgt. Frank Setliff recently spent a
10-day furlough with relatives here.
Gilmer Tipton, U.S.N. stationed in
Norfolk spent last week-end with his
wife and son.
Ed Moore, of the Army, spent a brief
furlough with his family here.
Truman Ross, U.S.N. is spending a
10-day leave with his wife and daugh
ter.
Andrew Warren, U.S.N., is enjoying
a leave with friends and relatives.
William Hedgecock, U.S.N., spent the
past week-end with his relatives.
T/4 Sanford Joyce, who has recently
returned from Germany, is spending
his furlough with his family here.
Carl Hopkins, who has been in the
Army since before Pearl Harbor, has
been discharged by the point system.
He is making his home here with his
parents.
Wayne Hopkins, U.S.M.C. is visiting
relatives here.
We wish to express our deepest sym
pathy to Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hopkins
in the loss of their son, Ray, who was
serving with the Navy in the Pacific.
Mr. and Mrs. James Joyce announce
the birth of a son, Jimmy, at the Shack
elford hospital May 25th.
V . . . —
Town and Towel Mill News
By Faye Warren
Dear Service Men and Friends,
Couldn’t get all the news in last is
sue so here is just a little extra. The
most exciting thing to happen since the
last issue, was of course, the German
surrender. Your folks back home here
took that step toward victory very
soberly and prayerfully with the
thought of you boys and V-J Day, a
prayer on their lips and in their hearts.
At the same time thanking God for
having led us so near victory.
Wish, all of you could have attended
the “Womanless Wedding” two weeks
ago. It was sponsored by the P.-T.A.
Honestly fellows, it was really a laugh
riot. Mr. R. V. Long, principal of the
high school, was the bride, a great big
husky bride, dressed in a long white
dress and a train of tulle, or mosquito
netting or something which was carried
by “Shine” Eanes — “Shine” wore the
“cutest” white shorts and skirt. The
groom was beautifully led down the
aisle by none other than Alfred Stegall,
yeah! had to go out and hunt him up—
had him handcuffed. They were mar
ried at the point of a gun you might
say. I was about to forget to tell you,
the groom was Emerson Minter. James
Byrd played the part of the baby,
wearing a white baby dress and cap
with pink ribbons. Coy Campbell was
the baby’s mother. You should have
seen him holding that big overgrown
baby. Carl Hall and Dr. Rucker were
flower girls, wearing short dresses.
Those dresses were above their knees
fellows. Can you imagine that? By the
way Dr. Rucker and Mr. Flythe did
You fellows who lived and worked
in Fieldale will enjoy seeing these
familiar faces, for they are the people
who keep the Fieldale Cafe going full
blast. From left to right you will re
cognize: Velna Cox; Leonard Setliff
(recently given a medical discharge
from the Navy) proprietor; Mrs. Leo
nard Setliff and Violet Hall.
P f c. Joseph D.
Martin, Jr., f o r-
merly of the Fiel
dale mills, who
e n 1 i s ted several
months before the
war, spending 3
years in the Canal
Zone and after a
short visit home is
now located in
France.
V . . . —
Bond Refunds
On Friday Only
For the past several months many of
our employees have requested refunds
of their balances on United States War
Bond Accounts before sufficient funds
are available to purchase a bond. The
purpose of these deductions is to help
our employees purchase bonds on the
installment plan; thereby, saving money
and helping the war effort. The practice
of withdrawing bond balances is becom
ing expensive and causes unnecessary
work on the part of cashiers and pay
roll employees. The Company has found
it necessary, therefore, to set up certain
regulations effective June 1, 1945.
(1) Refunds will be majle on Friday
only of each week, except in an emerg
ency or for an employee leaving the Co.
(2) Refunds will be made only on the
approval of the superintendent of the
mill where the employee works.
away with their mustaches in order to
participate. Others taking part were
Woody Lambeth, Legrand Turner, Gene
Copeland, W. F. Christman, Jack Nor
ris, C. D. Looney, Tom Wilson, Emory
Goode, Jack Whitten. The officiating
minister was J. W. Stone.