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MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY, INC,
Manufacturing Division, Spray, North Carofim
Volume Three
Monday, April 23, 1945
Number Twenty-One
This picture made nearly 20 years ago shows a group of workers in the Bedspread
Mill Weave room. Of the 13 men in the group all except four are still working at
the Bedspread Mill and all are still in the Weave room with the exception of Clyde
Buckner, who is now foreman of the Cloth room. Seated in front is Ruck Frazier;
others, left to right, are: Hobson Talbert, Mark McCullouch, Louis Fuller, Troy
Smith, Clyde Buckner, Lonnie Litaker, W. L. Edwards, Clint Moss, Robert Harris,
Drew Watkins, Bradley -Murray and Grady Matthews. McClouch, Fuller, Litaker
and Moss are no longer at the Bedspread Mill.
you’ll know how much more you need
to beat him.
Whatever you do, don’t cash in that
Bond! Budget your salary, set aside a
certain amount each week or month for
War Bonds. All you can spare, but not
more than you can afford. That will
insure against being forced to cash
them. For whenever a Bond is cashed
it means more work for everybody,
more fighting for the boys at the front.
Watch the chart. See which mills are
conscious of their obligations to their
country and themselves and which ones
are not.
Good Reports From
War Bond Drive
Early reports reveal that much in
terest is being manifested in the
Seventh War Bond Drive. Cash sales
are the largest of any previous cam
paign and pay roll deductions are on
the increase. However, that isn’t
enough. Since there will be only two
Bond drives this year we must really
get out and push!
Beginning in the next issue of the
Mill Whistle a chart in the form of a
box score will be published. This chart
will show progress of the drive and
will appear in each issue during the
campaign. It will show the progress of
each mill, week by week.
Study the chart. See where your mill
stands. Certainly you don’t want the
other fellow to beat you. Well, by
studying these charts you will see
whether he is beating you or not;
A political boss wished to show his
appreciation of the services of a colored
man who possessed considerable influ
ence. He suggested to the darky for a
Christmas present the choice between a
ton of coal and a jug of whiskey.
The colored man spoke to the point:
“Ah burns wood.’’
Headquarters, AAF Engineer Com
mand in Italy — John T. Lathem was
recently promoted to lieutenant colonel
in the Corp of Engineers in Italy.
Recently transferred into the Head
quarters of the AAF Engineer Com
mand, the organization that heads all
aviation engineer units in the Mediter
ranean Theatre of Operations, Col.
Lathem holds the responsibility of
handling all aviation engineer supplies,
which makes possible the construction
and maintenance of airfields to base
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces.
Col. Lathem was graduated from
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, class of
’35. Prior to entering the service as a
second lieutenant in June 1941, he was
a textile engineer for Marshall Field &
Company in Spray. He went overseas
in June 1942, and except for a short
leave to the States last summer, he saw
continuous service in England, North
Africa and Italy.
V . . . —
Man: “Why do you weep over the
sorrows of people in whom you have
no interest when you go to the
theatre?”
Wife: “I don’t know. Why do you
cheer loudly when a man v/iih whom
you are not acquainted slides safely
into second base?”