Issued every Two Weeks by and for the Em
ployees of Fieldcrest Mills, Division of Marshall
Field & Company, Inc., Spray, North Carolina.
VOLUME SIX
NUMBER FOUR
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Fieldcrest Thermostatic Blanket Goes On Sale Across Nation
Cur Mills, With 40 Years Of
Blanket Experience, Develop
A Better Electric Blanket,
With Fool-Proof Control
The newest addition to the Fieldcrest
family of textiles, the Fieldcrest Therm
ostatic Blanket is being introduced at
leading department stores throughout
the country. Extensive advertising in
Life and other magazines and depart
ment store promotion of the Fieldcrest
blanket will break September 7. The
Thermostatic Blanket will be sold only
through regular department store ac
counts featuring Fieldcrest merchandise
from coast to coast.
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Hodges To Transfer
Headquarters To Spray;
Will Make Home Here
Effective around the middle of No
vember Luther H. Hodges, Vice-Presi
dent of Marshall Field & Company and
General Manager of Fieldcrest Mills,
will transfer his headquarters to our
mills at Spray, North Carolina. He will
live in Spray.
Mr. Hodges requested the Company in
late 1940 to transfer him to our New
York Sales Office to do an organization
and merchandising job. He has complet
ed the larger phases of this work in
New York but will continue to give a
great deal of his time in general super
vision of our merchandise and sales
problems by frequent trips to New York
City.
When he was in North Carolina Mr.
Hodges was closely identified with pub
lic service throughout the State and is
desirous of living in the South again.
Mr. H. W. Whitcomb, Divisional Vice-
President of Marshall Field & Company
and Assistant General Manager of
Fieldcrest Mills, will continue in direct
charge of the mills in North Carolina
and Virginia. As usual in the absence of
the General Manager, Mr. Whitcomb
will be in charge of the Fieldcrest Mills
Division.
One of the interesting features of the new Fieldcrest Thermostatic Blanket is its
packaging. For the first time, the consumer package on an electric blanket is both
attractive and useful. The white gift-type box is sturdily constructed for use as a
summer storage unit.
In addition, the informative material on the inside lid makes the opened pack
age a highly effective store display. The control unit is prominently displayed in a
special compartment, instead of being hidden under the blanket.
See Proof of Life Magazine Ad Attached