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MILL WHISTLE
Issued every Two Weeks by and for the Em
ployees of Fieldcrest Mills, Division of Marshall
Field & Company, Inc., Spray, North Carolina.
Fieldcrest Cafeteria
To Serve Sunday Dinner
Use Of New Establishment By
Public Is Increasing; Clubs and
Parties Can Be Accommodated
President McBain Tells
Of Europe’s Condition In
Talk Before Civic Clubs
Employees at all mills and the general
public are invited to use the Fieldcrest
cafeteria for the evening meal which is
being served now between the liours of
5:30 and 7:30 p. m. and for Sunday din
ner which the cafeteria will commence
serving a few weeks hence.
Present plans are to start the Sunday
dinners on the first Sunday after the
k mills start up after the vacation period
f which would be July 20. It is thought
now that the most suitable hours would
be from 12:00 until 2:00 p. m. and from
5:00 until 7:00 p. m.
There has been a generally increasing
use of the cafeteria by the public and
Edward Mallicoat, resident manager,
stated that the cafeteria is ready to serve
any part of the public and that small
gatherings, clubs, parties, etc. can be
accommodated. Those persons who are
interested in arranging for group meals
should call Mr. Mallicoat at telephone
No. 714-J.
The manager pointed out that many
families and couples and professional
people from Leaksville and Draper are
using the cafeteria for the evening meal.
Miss Mildred Hearn, supervising die-
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Employees’ Store Offers
Embroidered Bedspreads
Marked Down to S5.50
Employees who have been wanting
one of the experimental embroidered
bedspreads from the Employees’ Store
may get one now for $5.50 following a
^mark-down on a big supply just receiv
ed. These are the same type spreads
that heretofore sold for $7.75.
W. W. Barksdale, store manager, in
announcing this first “special sale”
pointed out that the spreads are experi
mental patterns with quality the same as
-.for first quality embroidered spreads.
HUGHSTON M. McBAIN
About 150 community leaders repre
senting various civic clubs of the Tri-
Cities and Fieldale, Va., were luncheon
guests of Fieldcrest Mills at the new Y.
M. C. A. Fieldcrest cafeteria May 13 and
heard Hughston M. McBain, of Chicago,
president of Marshall Field and Com
pany, give his personal interpretation
of life in Europe.
Mr. McBain returned less than a
month ago after making observations in
England, Sweden, Denmark and France.
In his speech he emphasized that
America is a grand place to live in com
parison to life in other countries of the
world.
From his observations he discovered
that the system of government ration
ing and control of England and other
European countries left no incentive
for individuals to exert their best ef
forts.
England is in a poor economic state,
he asserted, and food, clothing and
VOLUME SIX
NUMBER TWENTY-THREE
MONDAY, MAY 26, 1947
Crosses On Office Lawn
Honor Mills’ War Dead
Friday, May 30, is Memorial Day and
on that day Fieldcrest employees will
join with other citizens of the nation in
paying tribute to the memories of de
ceased defenders of the United States
in its past wars. Special thought will
be given honoring the 34 former em
ployees of the North Carolina and Vir
ginia plants who were killed or died
while in military service during World
War II.
Preceding Poppy Day, which was ob
served Saturday, May 24, the American
Legion Auxiliary arranged a miniature
Flanders Field on the grassy plot in
front of the General Office at Spray.
Each little cross bore the name of one
of the 34 Fieldcrest men who made the
supreme sacrifice in the last war.
On Sunday afternoon, June 1, at the
American Legion building in Leaks
ville, a formal memorial day service
will be held. The public is invited to
this service which will be held at three
o’clock.
Divisional Meeting Of
Southern Textile Ass’n.
Is Set For Central “Y”
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■The Northern North Carolina-Virginia
division of the Southern Textile Asso
ciation will hold its spring meeting in
Central Y. M. C. A. at Spray Saturday,
.lune 7, commencing at 9:45 a. m. Ap
proximately 200 persons are expected to
attend the sessions which will be pre
sided over by J. B. Powell, of Erlanger
Mills, Lexington. 
Principal speakers will be Raymond
Henderson, of Dan River Mills, Danville,
Va., and Dr. William McGehee, director
of personnel research, Fieldcrest Mills.
The main topics will be “Personnel” arid
“Vocational Trainmg for Textile Em
ployees.” Discussion periods will follow
each address.
Fieldcrest men who are officers in the
association include Howard Barton, sec
retary, and D. A. Purcell, executive
committeeman.