LETTERS FROM OUR SERVICEMEN I
Draper Soldiers Have
Reunion In Korea
l^ear Mr. Thomas:
I thank you for my military bonus. I
yould like to teU you how much I en
joyed working for Fieldcrest... I hope I
"'111 be able to be back some day... I
'vould like to thank you again for all of
help.
Pvt. Elwpod Walker
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9th Engr. Co. ERTC
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
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^ar Mr. Thomas:
This is to let you know that I appre-
the military bonus which I receiv
ed this last week. I also appreciate the
{WILL WHISTLE and I look forward to
Jt each time. I am also looking forward
to the day when I will return and work
^ith my friends in the Sheeting Mill.
r.A. Ira Stultz
497-44-52
USS Abbot (DD-629) F.P.O.
New York, New York
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I'ear Mr. Thomas:
Just a word to say “hello” and to
you the APO number in my address
been changed to APO 973.
How are the mills working now? Fine,
J hope. I would like very much to be
here at work. I get my discharge April
1954^ so I have 12 more months in
*^6 Army. Then I will be back at work
you. I am still receiving the MILL
j'^lSTLE and appreciate it very much.
. ®^joy reading them and knowing what
I® going on back home and knowing
what is going on in the mill.
Yours truly,
Pvt. J. B. Wilson
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863rd T Port Co.
APO 973, c/o P.M.
San Francisco, California
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ear Mr. Thonias:
I enjoyed getting the Mill Whistle
J^hen j jjj camp. I was always
forward to it because it told of
*igs that were going on in the mills.
'ooking
thi:
ow I would like very much to get the
Paper while I am in the hospital and
ould like to hear from my. friends
the Blanket Cutting and Sewing Dept.
Frank Hopkins
S.A. 497-48-06
Ward 5-1 U.S. Naval Hospital
San Diego 34, Calif
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ear Mr. Thomas:
the
I want to thank you for sending me
mill WHISTLE. I appreciate it
much. Also, I would like to give
ou my new address.
Samuel E. Chilton F.A.
4974692 Division-E
USS Basilone DDE-824
F.P.O. New York, N. Y.
Dear Mr. Thomas:
I wish to inform you of a recent
change in my address where future is
sues of the MILL WHISTLE may be
forwarded. Also, to Fieldcrest Mills, the
editor, and reporters of the MILL
WHISTLE, I extend my appreciation
for making it possible that servicemen
as myself are able to keep up with the
everyday events of our commimity.
A/lc Clarence H. Mayes
A. F. 14389635
670th AC & W Sqdn.
San Pedro, California
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Dear Mr. Thomas:
I have been receiving the MILL
WHISTLE ever since I have been in the
service and enjoy reading it very much.
I am sending you my change in address
so that the paper will reach me more
quickly.
Tell all my friends in the Karastan
Weave Room hello and to drop me a few
lines.
My new address is as follows:
A/2c Coy V. Hudgins
AF 14-455-172
525th Materiel Squadron
Supply Flight
New Castle County Airport
Wilmington, Delaware
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Dear Mr. Rimmer:
Just a few lines to say “hello” and
give you my address. I would like to
get the MILL WHISTLE as soon as I
can. I sure do wish I was back there
in the mill. . . .
Pvt. Richard G. Hall
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Co. “I”, 155 Inf. Regt.
31st Div.
Camp Atterbury, Indiana
Sherman Ellington
Graduates From Air
Transport School
A2/c Sherman R. ElUngton, who grad
uated from Military Air Transport
school, March 10 at Palm Beach Inter
nationa 1 Air Base, Florida, recently
spent a 21-day furlough with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Elling
ton, Leaksville, en route to his present
base. Sherman is a former employee
of the Synthetic Fabrics Mill. His father
works in the Karastan Mill and his
mother (Lillie) works for Dr. John S.
Stone. For friends who may wish to
write, his address is A/2c Sherman R.
Ellington, AF 14454975, 340th A.R.S.
Box 50, Castle Air Force Base, Calif.
The average American workman uses
6 horsepower as compared with two
horsepower only 35 years ago.
These Draper soldiers recently had
a reunion in Korea. At left is Billy Har
vey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harvey,
and Kenneth Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Emmett Hall.
Soldier Wants Mail
Picture at right shows Frank An
drews, youngest son of Mrs. Callie An
drews of the Bed
spread Spinning De
partment and the
late Mr. Manuel W.
Andrews. Frank
would like to have
some mail from his
friends back home.
His address is: Frank
Andrews AA497-42-
62, BKS South 5-117,
NATCC Sec. 4, Memphis, 15, Tennessee.
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At Great Lakes
Picture at left shows Thomas H.
Wade, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wade,
of Draper. His father
is employed in the
Blanket Mill. Thom
as is serving in the
Navy stationed a t
Great Lakes, Illinois.
He would like to
have letters from
friends back home.
For those who wish
to write, his address
is as follows: Thomas H. Wade, SR 497-
48-89, Co. 52, Ret Tmg Comm., U. S.
Naval Trng. Center, Great Lakes. Illi
nois.
ONDAY, APRIL 2 7, 1 9 5 3
Nearly 16,000,000 people earn their
living in manufacturing jobs.