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Issued Every Two Weeks By
and For the Employees
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MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY. INC.
Manufacturing Division, Spray North Carolina
Volume One
Monday, December 7, 1942
Number 11
Safety First
On August 18, 1941, President Roose
velt issued a nationwide proclamation
in which he stated that “at the present ,
rate the deaths from accidents will to
tal 100,000 per year . . . Therefore I
call upon the officers and directors of
the National Safety Council ... to call
upon every citizen ... to do his part in
preventing wastage of human and ma
terial resources of the Nation through
accidents.”
The National Safety Council accept
ed the challenge. Already there is evi
dence of their great work, and it is just
beginning.
Marshall Field & Co. has “for years
been devoting much thought and at
tention to safety”, Mr. Wilson says in
his message to 'employees. “In keep
ing with the President’s appeal we have
prepared a pocket-sized booklet en
titled, “I Make My Own Record.” This
booklet will enable you to keep, week
by week, your safety experience.”
When an employee has worked 2,000
hours without a lost time accident that
employee is presented with a Certifi
cate of Merit. Above is shown the
first Marshall Field & Co. employees
to receive this coveted Certificate of
Merit, a reproduction of which is shown
above.
In the picture,. sitting, left to right: .
John Sims, Jesse Taylor, Percy J.
Hailey, Posey Kirks.
Standing: Tommy Roberson, E. J.
Mansfield, T. Rufus Ray, C. B. Rake- .
straw, Lester Cochrane, and J. Fxank
Wilson, who presented the certificates.
Is Or Was
Of all the creatures that tread the globe
I’d rather be an IS;
And help to weave the warp of life.
And hear the shuttles whiz.
Then next in line I would prefer,
A useful WAS to be;
And look with pride o’er victories won.
On life’s uncertain sea.
But Heaven forbid that I should be.
An ISN’T of useless mien;
’T were better far to be a was.
Then never to plan and dream.
—O.L.V. From Rotarian.
V . . . —
Few men are as lucky as they seem,
or as unlucky as they think they are.