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Four THE MILL WHISTLE February 18, 1946 MILL WHISTLE Issued Every Two Weeks By and For the Employees of MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY MANUFACTUBING DIVISION SPRAY, NORTH CAROLINA J. U. NEViTMAN JR., Editor EDITORIAL “They Had What It Takes” Two round's before the finish it was quite apparent that James J. Braddock was an old man of the ring as cham pions go. He was hitting Joe Louis with everything he had but what he had wasn’t nearly enough. Louis took his .time but Braddock held out to the last in the hope that he might deliver that one important blow that would result in his retention of the championship. Before that Jack Dempsey faced the same problem one rainy night in Phil adelphia when he took everything that Tunney had to give ... yet came back each time for more. And what of Bob Fitzsimmons who years before found himself stacked up against Jeffries. To ward the end of the fight Fitzsimmons made a last ditch stand. His fists were beginning to crack and every punch he delivered gave him acute pain. When he went down finally, there wasn’t a Jeffries’ rooter that didn’t admire his pluck and stamina. And then there was Marine Sergeant John Basilone who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery in the Pacific theater. While touring war plants in this country he was told that he had done his part and that he could stay in this country and train others. But Basilone said he’d go back and finish the fight with his bud dies and today in Rahway, N. J., they are building a memorial to him because he had what it takes. Champions who can take it are not confined to the ring and the battlefields. There are many in other walks of life who have fought game battles for a principle and won ... or if they lost, went down slugging . . . giving just es much as they had to take. There’s an old saying that the whole world loves a winner, but Americans with their sense of sportsmanship and fair play are always in there rooting for the “man who has what it takes.’’ “One For All” The same spirit of unity so well de picted by Alexander Dumas in his ad venturous story, “The Three Musket eers,” is needed if the 1946 Red Cross . Fund Drive is to be as succe.ssful as those conducted during the war years. Today the Red Cross faces a difficult but exciting period of transition during which it must continue many of its vital programs for the men and women in uniform while it throws renewed emphasis on its health and welfare pro grams. At home the Red Cross must heal wounds of both the body and spirit while abroad it must work with those serving in the army of occupation and others who have felt both hunger and disease. It should be a privilege to give gen erously this year if we but recall the sacrifices made by those the Red Cross is now aiding. During the w^ar years we fought and worked on the theory of “one for ail, all for one.” Now that the war is over none of us should forget. The Legend of Dogwood A legend states that the Dogwood, because of the hardness of its wood, was chosen for use in the cross at the crucifixion of Christ. The Dogwood was much distressed at being chosen for this terrible purpose, and the Savior, sens ing this feeling, made the tree this promise: “Never again shall the Dog wood tree grow large enough to be used for a cross; henceforth it shall be slen der, and bent, and twisted—and its blossoms shall be in the form of a cross; two long, and two short petals—and in the center of the outer edge of each petal, there shall be nail prints and the center of the flower will be a crown of thorns. All those .who see it, will re member it was on the dogwood that I was crucified—and this tree shall not be mutilated or destroyed—but cherish ed and protected as a reminder of my agony and death upon the cross.” Editorial Note: This is a beautiful way of explaining the peculiarities of the Dogwood. History does not bear out the assumption that the cross was made from the wood of the Dogwood, but that does not take away from the beauty of the legend. Visitors To The Mills And Offices From other sections of the Company: Luther H. Hodges, New York; A. S. Thompson, New York; H. W. Grunau, New York; H. K. Lane, Chicago; and II. G. Jasper, Zion. From other Firms: Mr. Earle, Mr. Munnheimer, Kinard & Co. Reflection When you get what you want in your struggle for self; And the wbrld makes you king for a day; Then go to the mirror and look at your- ^ self And see what that guy has to say. For it isn’t your father or mother or wife Who judgment upon you must pass; The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life, Is the guy staring back from the glass. He’s the man you must please, never mind all the rest. For he’s with you clear up to the end. And you’ve passed your most difficult, dangerous test, ir the man in the glass is your friend. You may be like Jack Horner and “chisel” a plum, And think you’re a wonderful guy; But the man in the gla.ss says you’re only a bum, If you can’t look him straight in the eye. You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years, And can get pats on the back as you pass, But your final reward will be heart aches and tears. If you’ve cheated the guy in the glass. Irish Humor For St. Patrick’s Day Pat had opened his first bank account and had taken to paying most of his bills by check. One day the bank sent him a statement together with a packet of cancelled checks. Of the statement Pat made neither head nor tail but the returned checks pleased him greatlv. “Mike,” he said to a friend. “It’s a smart bank T am doing business with now. Oi paid all me bills wid checks and be jabbers if the bank wasn’t slick enough to get every check back for me.” An Irishman out of work went to a ship captain for a job. In an effort to give him an impossible task, the cap tain said the Irishman would be given vmrk if he could find four ends to a piece of rone. The Irishman took bold of the rone and he'd up one end. “There’s one end,” he said. “That’s right.” He took hold of the other end and held it out. “And that’s two ends,” he saif^. “Exactly,” replied the captain. “And one end and two ends make ends. Captain?” The captain laughed. “But I said four.” And with that, with a wide sweep of bis arm the Irishman threw the rope into the harbor water. “There’s an end to the whole rope, sir . . . and three ends and one m.ore end make four.”
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