MILL
Issued Every Two Weeks By
and For the Employees
WHISTLE
MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY, INC,
Manufacturing Division, Spray,'North Carolina
Volume Two
Red Cross Drive
We are asked to contribute $13,800
to the National Red Cross during the
week of March 6 tO' 11th. We are not
“urged” or “begged” or anything like
that. We are simply asked. There isn’t
any doubt in the world that we will
give the amount asked, and perhaps
more. We’ve never failed the Red
Cross or any other worthy cause.
There may be some among us who
don’t feel they can afford to give any
thing just now—with income taxes just
around the corner. To anyone who
may feel that way it is purely a matter
for his conscience. The quota must
and will be met. If a person refuses
to subscribe, that means that his neigh
bors and friends will have to give
more in order to make up for his de
ficiency.
All of us know the type of work the
Red Cross is doing. With the invasion
of Europe approaching the Red Cross
will need millions to carry on its great
work. We are asked for only $13,800
of these millions. None of us want our
friends and fellow workers to carry
our part of the load. We’ve been in this
war from the first day and we’ll be in
it until the last shot is fired. We’ve
never asked anyone to help us do our
part. If we can’t give a full day’s pay
we’ll give what we can, and gladly. We
have a reputation for over-subscribing
to wO'rthy causes and that reputation
must, and will be, upheld.
Below is quota for each mill in the
Tri-Cities;
Mill Quota
Central Office $ 250.00
Finishing Mill ....■ 750.00
Filter, C. Supply & Salvage 50.00
Bleachery 325.00
Central Warehouse 225.00
Rayon Mill 550.00
Woolen Mill 850.00
Karastan Mill 900.00
Eng., Per. & W. B 125.00
Bedspread Mill 700.00
Blanket Mill 1,900.00
Sheeting Mill 925.00
Spray Cotton Mill 650.00
Leaksville Woolen 375.00
Morehead Mill 325.00
Monday, February 28, 1944
Number 17
$8,900.00
The remainder, $4,900 to be donated
by local business houses and individ
uals.
Pfc. Leonard Odell, son of Mrs.
George Odell and the late Mr. Odell,
of Caleb street. Spray. Through some
misunderstanding the name of Leonard
Odell has been listed as a draft de
linquent. The fact is that Pfc. Odell
entered service on October 4, 1942 and
since June 1, 1943 has been serving
overseas, in Italy, Sicily and North
A'frica. It is regretted that the soldier
is listed as a delinquent and we are
glad to correct the error by printing
his picture as positive proof that the
Leonard Odell who is listed as a de
linquent is not Pfc. Leonard Odell, of
Caleb street. Spray.
V . . . —
WHAT ARE WE
COMPLAINING ABOUT?
Next time you feel like grumbling
about gasoline, butter, meat, or other
shortages, just paste these figures on
your mirror and try looking yourself
in the eye.
More than 44,000 civilians in Great
Britain have been killed and more than
50,000 others injured by bombings. One
home out of every five in Britain has
been damaged or destroyed by air
raids.
No one in Britain can buy more than
25 cents’ worth of meat in a week, or
more than two eggs a month — when
they are available. Sheets, towels, soap.
Standing under the propeller of their
B.24 Liberator this group of air fight
ers was taken shortly before news was
received by Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Cham
bers, of Draper, that their son, Lieut.
Walter M. Chambers, Jr., had been kill
ed in action on February 6, 1944. Lieut.
Chambers, shown in center with both
hands on his cap, was the navigator.
One member of the crew was absent
when the picture was taken. It is not
known as yet whether the ship and
crew were lost. The picture, taken
somewhere in England, was received
at the Mill 'Whistle office just before
news of Lt. Chambers’ death was an
nounced. No finer young man ever
lived in Draper than Walter Chambers
and news of his death was a shock to
the entire town.
V . . . —
Garland Cook and “Blue” Pulliam—
they’re at the some base—wrote us re
cently. Garland came by our office
during his recent furlough but to our
regret we happened to be out. Blue
states that he hasn’t seen a white wo
man for 22 months. Boy, we’re gonna
put a high wire fence around our Tri-
City gals when you do get a furlough!
clothing and many other things have
been rationed and are almost unob
tainable.
Two out of every three persons be
tween 14 and 65 work full time in the
armed forces, civilian defense, or war
industries. Seven of every ten boys
and girls between 14 and 17 are doing
war work.
Now what was it you were going to
complain about, brother?
—Boston Sunday Post (In National
Safety Council News Letter.