THE
WHISTLE
Issued every Two Weeks by and for the ILj72ployees of
Marshall Field G? Cotnpany, Inc.,
Manufacturing Division, Spray, North Carolina
Volume Five
Monday, October 14, 1946
Number Seven
Karastan Rug Film Featured On New York Television Show
Pictured above are the Wanamaker Studios of the Dumont
Television Laboratories (Station WABD), New York, from
which the first television broadcast of Karastan Rugs was
transmitted to the cities of New York, Philadelphia, and Wash
ington on September 18. Appearing just before the Louis-
Mauriello fight, it is estimated that approximately 30,000 per
sons saw the Karastan show.
The program featured the excellent Karastan Rug film,
“Home Is What You Make It,” and caused wide-spread inter
est among the owners of home television sets in the three cities.
To Form Community
Safety Council Here
Representatives from business firms,
clubs and other organizations throughout
the community will meet at Central
Y. M. C. A. Friday evening, October 18,
at 7:30 o’clock for the purpose of forming
a community safety council and elect
ing officers for the organization.
W. B. Weaver, of Marshall Field and
Company Manufacturing Division and a
member of the executive committee,
textile section. National Safety Council,
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