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The MILL Issued Every Two Weeks By and For the Employees WHISTLE MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY. INC. Manufacturing Division, Sprav North Carolina Volume One Monday, March 15, 1943 One Of Out Red Cross Booths Pictured at right is .one of the many Red Cross booths that were familiar scenes during the recent drive. Shown are Mrs. Annie Mae Manuel, left, and Miss Ethel Kirks, Red Cross workers and subscribers Mrs. Meeks, I ..eft, and Mrs. Sarah Eg gleston. According to re ports, the Finishing Mill was the first to go “over the top”. Telegram From General Somervell Washington, D. C., March 3. President, Marshall Field & Co., The suitability and performance of equipment produced by American in dustry which I have just seen on a 34,000 mile inspection trip through the Caribbean, South American, North and Central America, Africa, Palestine, Iran, India and Burma is a tribute to the genius of American engineers and to the skill of the workmen who made it. Its adequacy everywhere was a source of great satisfaction to me. You and everyone in your organization should >e proud of your contribution and the Jnportant part you are playing in help ing us to victory. BREHON SOMERVELL, Lt. General Commanding Services of Supply. Death Claims Mrs. T. F. Wilson The entire Marshall Field & Co. organization joins in extend ing sincerest sympathy to W. B. and J. F. Wilson in the death of their mother last Saturday. Mrs. Wilson was 88 years old and un til a few years ago was remark ably active. She lived her entire life in the Madison community, rearing a family of three sons and five daughters. Her three sons, W. B., J. F. and T. S., are among our foremost citizens. Boogy—Who was more patient than Job, wiser than Socrates, braver than Lancelot, more handsome than Apollo? Woogy—Oh, so you knew my wife’s first husband? Number 18 Mr. Wilson Pleased With Response To Roll Call In behalf of the Ntltional Red Cross War Fund we wish to express to all of our employees sincere appreciation for their liberal response to thi-s Roll Call. Almost every employee on the pay rolls of Marshall Field & Co., Spray Cotton Mill, Morehead Cotton Mill, and the Leaksville Woolen Mill, made a contri bution to this worthy cause. Our boys who are now fighting at Guadalcanal, Africa, Australia, and many other points on the globe will be gratified to know that those of us who are at home are rendering all the aid possible to as sure a speedy victory for the Allied Forces. We are glad to give you the dona tions by mills. Marshall Field & Co. Mills; Finishing and Bleachery $ 618.53 Central Warehouse 152.25 Rayon 297.50 Woolen 417.25 Blanket 1469.34 Sheeting ' 550.00 Karastan 513.00 Bedspread 381.00 Central Supply 14.50 General Office 269.00 $4,682.37 Spray Cotton Mill 275.00 Morehead Cotton Mill -... 200.00' Leaksville Woolen Mill 263.00 Marshall Field & Co 1000.00 $6,420.37 V . . . — Women In War Work Thanks to Lt. Col. Bennett Nooe for this one: There’s lipstick on the drinking fount. There’s talcum on the bench; There’s cold cream on the surface plate. Hand lotion on the wrench; And “Evening in Paris” scents the air. That once held lube oil’s smell; I just picked up a bobby pin. Believe me! War is Hell! V . . . — “I would lay the world at your feet,” cried the romantic suitor. “I wouldn’t care for it, in its present mussed up condition,” replied the girl haughtily.
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