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MILL
Issued Every Two Weeks By
and For the Employees
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY. INC.
Manufacturing Division, Spray North Carolina
Volume Two
Monday, August 2, 1943
Number 2
Historian
Shown at left is Miss Elizabeth Jane
Clifton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.
B. Clifton, of Draper. Miss Clifton re
cently won the medal for excellence
in history, given by the Daughters of
the American Revolution. The medal
was presented by Mrs. G. P. Dillard.
Miss Clifton is a senior at Draper high
school.
JULY BRIDE
Mrs. Bailey Pratt, right, who before
her marriage July 3rd was Miss Ruth
Minter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Minter, of North Spray. Mr. Pratt,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pratt, of
Leaksville, holds a position with Mar
shall Field & Co., in Draper. After a
short honeymoon the couple will reside
at Colonade Hotel. Their many friends
wish them every happiness.
SPRAY WOOLEN MILL
GETS ARMY-NAVY “E”
War Department
Office of the Secretary
Washington, D. C.
24 July 1943
To the Men and Women
of the Woolen Mill,
Manufacturing Division,
Marshall Field & Company,
Spray, North Carolina.
This is to inform you that the Army
and Navy are conferring upon you the
Army-Navy Production Award for your
fine achievement in the production of
materials needed by our Armed Forces.
This award consists of a flag to be
flown above your plant and a lapel
pin, significant of major contribution
to victory, for every individual in your
plant.
The high and practical patriotism of
you men and women of the Woolen
Mill is inspiring. Your record will be
difficult to surpass, yet the Army and
Navy have every confidence that it was
made only to be broken.
Sincerely yours,
Robert P. Patterson,
Under Secretary of War.
The award will be made Wednesday,
afternoon, August 18.
BERLIN BOUND, RAY?
Pfc. Ray S. Reynolds at the wheel of one of those astonishing army jeeps. Pvt.
Reynolds was employed at Karastan before entering the service and is a brother
of Berkley Reynolds, of Karastan. We’ll furnish his address, gladly. He writes that
while he likes army life he’ll be glad to get back home.
Police Chief; “What! You mean to
say this fellow choked a woman to
death in a cabaret in front of 200 peo
ple and nobody interfered?”
Cop: “Yes, Cap. Everybody thought
they were dancing.”
V . . , —
Thrift is a praiseworthy virtue in any
one, but particularly admirable in our
ancestors.