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The
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Issued Every Two Weeks By
and For the Employees
WHISTLE
marshall field & COMPANY. INC.
Manufacturing Division, Sprav North Carolina *
Volume One
Monday April 12, 1943
Telegram From Under
secretary Patterson
Washington, D. C., April 4
To the Employees of Marshall
Field & Co., Manufacturing Division,
Spray, N. C.
Army Day will not be celebrated this
year with the usual military ceremonies
and parades. Americans everywhere
are too busy fighting and 'working to
pause, even for a few moments. But
the occasion remains a tribute to the
■soldiers of America. On this Army
Day you who have done your full duty
on the production line share that trib
ute with American fighting men. Our
soldiers are on the offensive over Eu
rope, in North Africa and in the
Pacific. With your continued support
the Army will keep that offensive roll
ing until victory rewards our efforts.
PATTERSON,
Under Secretary of War.
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Girl Scouts To Make
Easter Corsages
Two Girl Scout troops are making
Easter corsages out of War Starnps
for sale at 25e to $1. Corsages will be
trimmed with pink felt flowers and
green leaves.
Help the Girl Scouts and your coun
try at the same time by buying these
corsages. Phone orders to Mrs. James
Uamar at 512, or to Mrs. James Barks
dale at 343-R.
V . . . —
Marshall Field & Co.
Products Are In This War
Of interest to employees of Marshall
Field & Co., is the announcement that
for the months of January and Febru
ary combined, 45 percent of the ship
ments made by the Manufacturing
Division were to the various branches
of the government. This percentage in
cludes the Karastan Rug Mill and full
fashioned hosiery shipments which
were very low im percentage compared
with the other mills. For the last four
or five months we have been shipping
to the Army, Navy, Marine Corp,
Coast Guard, Air Corp, etc., more than
$1,000,000 worth of products per month.
Substantial Contribution
Made To Red Cross
The employees of the Hosiery Mill
made a substantial contribution last
week to the National Red .Cross War
Fund Drive by giving an average gift
in excess of $2 per employee. This gift
far exceeded the average contribution
of any other industrial worker in Henry
County. The 155 employees of the
Hosiery Mill gave a total of $323 to the
Red Cross Drive. This amount was
raised ^entirely by the employees and
excluded any gift that was made
through the Hosiery Mill by the Corp
oration. Emory H. Goode, manager of
the mill, is the War Fund Chairman
for Martinsville and Henry County. He
recently announced that the City of
Martinsville and Henry county had
raised in excess of $19,000 for the
Red Cross. The quota was $12,300.
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Bomb Tojo the Bum with Bonds.
Number 20
NOTICE TO DRAPER
EMPLOYEES
All employees interested in pas
turing cows in the pasture at upper
end of Virginia and Carolina ave
nues will please meet at the pasture
fence on Virginia avenue at 9
o’clock Saturday morning, April 17,
to check fence and make necessary
repairs. Be sure to be there if you
are planning to pasture your cow
there this summer.
J. E. CURRY,
P. G. LAWSON,
For Committee.
Miss Elizabeth (Dunkie) Joyce, of
the Sewing Room, Towel Mill, who is
the latest addition to the Mill Whistle
staff, replacing Mrs. Virginia Warrick,
who has gone to join her soldier hus
band. We think you service men will
get as much pleasure from looking at
Dunkie’-s picture as you will get from
her writings.
A Safe Worker
For 31 Years
Congratulations to Mrs. Hope Merrick
Flinchum on her splendid record; a rec
ord.that with one exception is without
parallel among women in our organiza
tion. Mrs. Flinchum is employed in the
Blanket Inspecting Dept., and has been
on that job for a good many years. Mrs.-
Flinchum has received first aid on
many occasions, which is doubtless one
reason she was able to compile such
, a brilliant record
V . . . _
Buy Bonds to Bomb the Bums.