Issued every Two Weeks by and for
the Employees of Fieldcrest Mills,
Division of Marshall Field & Company,
Inc., Spray, North Carolina.
VOLUME FIVE
NUMBER FIFTEEN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1947
Company Officials Attend General Sales Meeting In New York
Scene of Fieldcrest Mills general sales meeting at the
Plaza Hotel in New York January 17th. Salesmen represendng
Fieldcrest Mills, our selling agents, executives, and officers of
Marshall Field & Company met for an all-day session. Speak
ers incJuaed Hughston M. McBain, president of the Company;
Luther H. Hodges, H. W. Whitcomb, P. E. Smith, as well
as outside speakers from retail, wholesale, and economic
fields.
Review And Forecast
Mark Council Program;
Hodges Addresses Group
Luther H. Hodges, vice-president and
general manager of Fieldcrest Mills, was
the principal speaker at the regular
monthly meeting of the Carolina Co
operative Council Friday evening, Jan
uary 31. John M. Geer, Council presi
dent, presided. H. W. Whitcomb, assist
ant general manager, presented Mr.
Hodges. As is the custom at January
meetings of the Council, the program
was devoted to a review of the accom
plishments in the mills during the year
just closed and a forecast and discussion
of the progressive steps outlined for
the business in the coming year.
Mr. Hodges gave a rather full report
on the many developments of the mills
during the year 1946. In addition, he
made some references to Marshall Field
& Company as a whole and to a recent
Board of Directors-Management dinner
which he attended in Chicago last Mon
day night.
The sales meeting of Fieldcrest Mills,
which was held in New York during the
week of January 13, was covered in
some detail, particular reference being
made to the recent promotions of
Messrs. Ivie and Thompson in the sales
management of the mills.
Mr. Hodges spoke glowingly of the
new products which have recently been
introduced; namely, the Fieldcrest lace
cloths from the mill at Zion, Illinois;
the embroidered bedspreads made at
Spray; and the thermostatic (or elec
trically heated) blanket which created a
sensation when it was shown dui’ing
that week and since.
He again reviewed the background on
the change to the Fieldcrest name and
how it had been received by customers,
our competitors, and the public in gen
eral. He asked the cooperation of the
Council members and of all employees
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