LETTERS ffiOM OUR SERVICE MEN
Cpl. Oliver
Dear Mr. Thomas:
I am very sorry that I didn’t write a
couple of years sooner. I have been
down in the Panama Canal for quite a
while. I thought the Company had for
gotten me but since
I have been back in
the States I have
been receiving every
issue of The Mill
Whistle. I think it’s a
nice little paper to
receive.
There is still some
thing that puzzles me
a little. I don’t know
yet how you people
got my address, so
that goes to show
that I wasn’t forgot
ten. Thanks again
and keep The Mill
Whistle rolling this way because I like
to keep up with what’s going on back
there. I like being in service okay but
I know being back in the Weave Room
in Fieldale, Virginia, would suit me
much better.
If anyone would like to write to me,
I would be more than glad to answer.
Well, as a paratrooper says, “So long
and happy landing to everyone.”
Sincerely,
Cpl. Paul G. Oliver, RA 33966561
82nd Abn. Ren. Co., 82nd Abn. Div.
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Dear Mr. Miller:
I received my military service bonus
this week, and I was real glad to get it.
I cppreciate it more than you will ever
know. I think it is real nice of Field-
crest Mills to give the boys in service a
bonus check.
I am looking forward to the time
When I can again work for you. Thanks
a million.
Sincerely yours,
Edward L. Hall
4277242 USNTC
Camp Dewey
Co. 405, 123 Batt.
12th Regiment
Great Lakes, Illinois.
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Dear Mr. Miller:
I received my bonus check, and I can
not express my appreciation in words.
It certainly helps a lot, and I am sure
the rest of the boys that got one feel the
same as I do. I also receive the Mill
Whistle and enjoy it very much. Thanks
for everything.
As Ever,
Pvt. Gene W. Eggleston
52065834 Co. I
102nd Inf. Reg. 43rd Div.
Camp Pickett, Va.
Monday, july 23, 1951
Dear Mr. Thomas;
I want to thank you for sending me
the Mill Whistle. I enjoy reading about
the people I worked with and knowing
what is going on in the mills. I would
like very much to have one of the fold
ers you are sending to the servicemen.
I have finished school in Texas. I am
now stationed in Florida and want to
thank you again for everything.
Sincerely,
Pfc. Tommie O. McBride, AF 14365961
3628 Maint. Sqdn.
Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
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Dear Mr. Miller:
I want to take this opportunity to
thank you for the bonus check you sent
me. I sent it home so I would have it
when I get a leave. The boys here from
Leaksville who worked for Fieldcrest
Mills got their checks the same day I
did. I have not received a Mill Whistle
yet but hope to get one soon. I thank
you again.
Sincerely yours,
Pvt. James V. Pruitt
US 53059271, Co. “A”
78th Engineering (C) Bn.
Fort Benning, Georgia
Funderburk Serves
On Destroyer Tender
Ernest L. Funderburk, Jr., entered
the Navy March 8, 1951. He trained at
Great Lakes, 111., and is now attached
to the destroyer tender U.S.S. Yellow
stone. His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Funderburk, of Dra
per, visited him re
cently at Newport,
R. I.
Ernest, Jr., gradu
ated from Draper
High School in 1949
and later worked in
the Wool Carding
Dept, at the Blanket
Mill. He was work
ing with Briggs
Body Co. in Detroit, Mich., when he left
to enter service.
The young sailor writes that he en
joys The Mill Whistle and would like
to hear from more friends back home.
His new address is:
Ernest L. Funderburk, Jr.
F.A. 4277080
U.S.S. Yellowstone
A.D. 27, Dix. X
Care Fleet Post Office
New York, N. Y.
Funderburk
Try to be nice to everyone until you
have made your first million. After that
they’ll be nice to you.
Rayon Employees’ Son
Stationed In Oklahoma
Pfc. Malvin P. Leonard, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Leonard, is now station
ed in Oklahoma. He joined the Air
Force March 28, 1951, and received his
basic training at
Sheppard Air Force
Base, Texas. He is
now taking a clerk-
typist course at Cen-
• ; tral State College,
i i Edmond, Okla.
Mai writes that
he is liking the Air
Force fine and
especially likes his
school, as it is a
civilian school and
he has a pretty
teacher. He expects
to come home
around the first of
September, when he
will have a 10-day
delay en route to his next base. Mai’s
dad and mother are employees of the
Rayon Mill. His address follows:
Pfc. Malvin P. Leonard
A.F. 13385500
3466 School Sqdn., Box 234,
Central State College
Edmond, Okla.
Pfc. Leonard
Wiley Fields Now
At Southern Pines
Pvt. Wiley G. Fields, Jr., is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley G. Fields of
Route 2, Leaksville. His father is' em
ployed in the Kar-
astan Weave Room.
Pvt. Fields is sta
tioned at Camp
Rucker, Ala., but
will leave there
July 26 for South
ern Pines. He will
participate in the
Fort Bragg - Camp
Mackall maneuvers
from August 13 un
til September 2.
His new address will be:
Pvt. Wiley G. Fields, Jr.
US 53079249
330th C.M.L. Maint. Co.
Exercises Southern Pines
Fort Bragg, N. C.
FVt. Fields
IN AIR FORCE
Donald May, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. May of Draper, has been in the
Air Force since March, 1951. He is now
stationed at Cal Aero Tech, Calif.i
where he is studying aeronautical engi
neering. His address is:
Pfc. Donald E. May
AF 14-390-519
Flight 17-A
Cal Aero Tech,
Glendale 1, CaUfornia.
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