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MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY. INC.
Manufacturing Division, Spray North Carolina
Volume Two
Monday, October 25, 1943
Number 8
Marshall Field & Company Announces Retirement Plan
Thousands Of Workers In Man
ufacturing Division Will Be
Affected; Retirement Income
After 65 Years of Age.
A retirement program under which
more than 15,000 employees ot Mar
shall Field & Co. will be eligible to re
ceive a retirement income after they
reach the age of 65 with five or more
years of continuous service with the
company was announced Friday, Octo
ber 22 by Hughston M. McBain, Pres
ident. The announcement was of par
ticular interest to approximately 5,000
employees of the company’s Manufac
turing Division, which consists of tex
tile mills located at Fieldale, Va., Leaks-
ville, Spray and Draper, N. C., and Zion,
Illinoi-3.
Mr. McBain’s announcement of the
plan was read and explained to all
workers in the southern plants by
Luther H. Hodges, vice-president of the
company and general manager of the
Manufacturing Division, at a series of
meetings held in the various mills on
Friday. Mr. Hodges al-3o made the
same announcement by means of a tele
phone hookup to the New York em
ployees of the Division’s Sales and
General Offices. President McBain’s
announcement was received with con
siderable enthusiasm and satisfaction by
employees of the various plants because
it is felt here that the plan is extreme
ly generous in its treatment of all em
ployees of every rank and income level.
The plan, approved by the Directors
but still needing formal acceptance bj
Marshall Field & Co. shareholders, is
designed to go into effect December 1
of this year subject to approval by the
United States Treasury Department. It
would apply to all full time employees
in the company’s Retail, Manufacturing
and Real Estate Divisions. Retirement
income under the plan would be based
mainly on each employee’s length of
service and pre-retirement income with
the company. McBain said it is ex
pected the program will cost the com
pany $1,950,000 per year for the first
eleven years after which the annual
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Mrs. Leslie F. Flynn, who before her
marriage with Pfc. Flynn in St. Augus
tine, Fla., on September 15, was Miss
Geneva Rebecca Swiney, daughter of
Mrs. R. L. Swiney, Leaksville. She is
a native of Leaksville and received her
education in the city schools. Pfc. Flynn,
son of Mrs. Garnet Flynn and the late
Mr. Flynn, is now stationed at Bush-
nell, Florida. He was also educated in
Leaksville city schools. Mrs. Flynn is
making her home with her mother for
the present. Their many friends wish
them a long and happy married life.
Ou’r Third Gold Star
Pvt. Lloyd C. Dillon, previously
reported missing in action, is our
third former employee killed in ac
tion. He was killed on August 1st
while serving with the Fifth Army,
presumably in Sicily.
Pvt. Dillon was employed at the
Rayon Mill. Sincerest sympathy of
the company and community goes
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. P.
Dillon, of Woolwine, Va., and to his
wife, the former Miss Geneva Light,
and little son, Lloyd, Jr.
V
“Let Your Heart Decide”
Our United War Fund Drive will be
put on the last week in October. The
Nation is asking for $125,000,000.
The quota for the Tri-Cities is $11,500.
This is equivalent to one-half day’s
work for every wage earner in the Tri-
Cities.
This fund will be used for the U. S.
O., United Seaman’s Service, War
Prisoners Aid, Russian Relief, United
China Relief, Greek War Relief, and
many other worthwhile charities.
We should consider it a privilege to
help the ones in our armed forces, as
well as our allies. Our boys and girls
are giving up not only their families
and jobs but their lives so that we may
continue our American way of life in
a land of liberty and freedom.
Every wage' earner is being asked to
contribute one-half day’s earnings.
This is a small sacrifice to make com
pared to the sacrifices being made for
us. There are many who will want to
give a full day’s work, or more, and it
is hoped that no one will be satisfied
with giving less than one-half day’s
work.
The solicitors would prefer that these
contributions be paid in cash but if it
is more convenient deductions may be
made through the pay rolls the second
week in November.
A group picture will be made of the
department in any mill which is the
first to go over the top with 100% con
tributions. You would like for the
boys in service to see that you are be
hind them.
J. F. Wilson, Chairman,
Tri-Cities United War Fund Drive.
V . . . —
How About Your Pipes?
Winter is just around the corner, and
winter means frozen water pipes. It
is going to be mighty hard to get new
pipes if your’s freeze up and burst. In
fact, it may be impossible. So it would
seem a good idea to drain the pipes
every night, regardless of whether you
think it will freeze or not. An ounce
of prevention, of course, is worth all
the bursted water pipes on earth.