The
MILL
Issued Every Two Weeks By
and For the Employees
WHISTLE
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY, INC,
Manufacturing Division, Spray, North Carolina
Volume Two
Monday, June 5, 1944
Number 24
WINNER IN FIELDALE
BEAUTY CONTEST
Miss Lillian Skeen.—Lillian recently
won the beauty conte-ot held at the
Fieldale school building during the an
nual beauty pageant. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Skeen
and is very popular in local society
circles. She is a graduate of Fieldale
high school and has been employed in
the hosiery mill for the past year.
Service Men,
Attention!
We’re grateful to you for sending us
your change of address, but we’re get
ting back an awful lot of papers, due
to the fact that you’ve been transferred
to another post. In order to keep our
files up to date and speed your paper
on its way, won’t you send us your
change of address as soon as possible?
Your commanding officer will give you
a card printed for that purpose. The
best of luck, fellows.
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I am an A-1 planter, the biggest in
the state, said the undertaker to the
draft board—seeking deferment.
Draft Board; But nothing you plant
ever comes up—you’re in 1-A.
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Help pave the road to Berlin with
bombs—Buy Bonds Now!
Welcome, Scholars!
Since the close of school in our com
munities a good many students have
found employment with the company.
To these fine young boys and girls we
extend a hearty welcome for it is you
youngsters, today, who will be our
leader-j tomorrow.
Many of you, we know, will be with
us only during the summer months.
Many others will have finished scholas
tic work and settled down to a career
To the former we repeat that we’re
glad to have you. You can’t work for
Marshall Field & Co. for even three
months without absorbing some of the
traditions of our company; traditions
that you will carry with you into
schools and colleges all over the coun
try. You will be a sort of “unofficial
ambassador” for our company; you’ll
tell others of the work we are doing
and after working a few months with
us we know that you’ll be a good am
bassador.
Just what the Marshall Field & Co.
tradition is would be hard to explain,
if not impossible. But it’s there. To
those of us who have been employed
for several years the answer is still
impossible but perhaps this comes
close to it: Not many years ago Marsh
all Field & Co. was just another man
ufacturing firm. Today it is near the
top. And we have gone along with it.
We feel that r ir small efforts have
helped to make he company what it is
today. Our pride in our company is
somewhat personal, but we feel that
our own individual efforts have con
tributed in a small way towards mak
ing Marshall Field & Co. known around
the world.
You youngsters have, for several
years, been deeply imbued with what
is known as “the school spirit”. You
boys have been ready and willing to
suffer physical pain on the athletic
fields for the sake and honor of your
school. You girls have been equally
willins; to “go down the line” for the
dear old school. That, in a way, is how
we feel about our company; that, brief
ly, is what the Marshall Field & Co.
tradition is. You attended your school
for years, your thoughts were nearly
always connected with the school, your
actions as well. In short, your personal
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M. F. & Co. Man Elected
To Important Office
H. E. Latham, Employment Manager,
Marshall Field & Co., Manufacturing
Division, Spray, N. C., has been elect
ed vice-president of the Credit Union
National Association representing the
twelve Southern States. By virtue of
this office, Latham automatically be
comes a member of the Executive Com
mittee of the Board of Directors of the
Credit Union National Association.
Latham has had several years ex
perience in credit union work, having
served three terms as president of the
North Carolina Credit Union League,
and five years as member of the Board
of Directors of the National Associa
tion.
Still True
Husband: If a man steals, no matter
what, he will live to regret it.
Wife (coyly): You used to steal kisses
from me before we were married.
Husband: Well, you heard what I
said.
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Let’s Bomb the Bums with Bonds!
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