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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.
Copyrig;ht, 1947, Marshall Field & Company
VOLUME SIX
NUMBER TEN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1947
Welcome Home!
LUTHER H. HODGES
.... Moves back to Spray.
Woman’s College Group
Enjoys Tour Of Mills
Twenty-six art and home economics
students from Woman’s College,
Greensboro, toured the plants of Field-
crest Mills Wednesday, November 19.
The group was headed by Miss Noma
Hardin, of the Art Department and in
cluded Misses Agnes Coxe, Gene Shel-
den, and Charlotte Beaman, of the home
economics faculty.
The students visited the Research and
Quality Control Department, Finishing
Mill, Bleachery, and Central Warehouse
and Woolen Mill during the morning
and were guests of the mills for lunch
eon at the Y. M. C. A. Fieldcrest cafe
teria, During the afternoon they saw
the Karastan and Bedspread Mills.
The event was in the nature of a field
trip for juniors and seniors majoring in
art and home economics. They were
chiefly interested in textile designing,
fabric testing and types of looms.
Luther H. Hodges,
General Manager,
Returns To Spray
Transfers Headquarters Here
Effective Today Following
Several Years Spent At
New York Sales Office
Luther H. Hodges, vice-president of
Marshall Field & Company and general
manager of Fieldcrest Mills effective
today transferred his headquarters to
the mills at Spray. The family is sche
duled to move into their former home
in the Highlands today.
First announcement that Mr. Hodges
would return to Spray was made some
time ago by Hughston M. McBain, pres
ident of the Company.
“Mr. Hedges requested the Company
in late 1942 to transfer him to our New
York sales office to do an organization
and merchandising job,” said Mr. Mc
Bain. “He has completed the larger
phases of this work in New York, but
will continue to give a great deal of
time to general supervision of our mer
chandise and sales problems by fre
quent trips to New York City. Mr. Hod
ges for several years has worked close
ly with the sales department in devel
oping the Fieldcrest program on a na
tional basis.
“Mr. Hodges is desirous of living in
the South again and will make his home
in Spray, North Carolina. He plans to
devote more of his time to public rela
tions at the mills, which employ 6,000
workers.
“Mr. H. W. Whitcomb, divisional
vice-president of Marshall Field &
Company and assistant general mana
ger of Fieldcrest Mills, will continue in
direct charge of the mills in-North Car
olina and Virginia, and Mr. E. W. Med-
bery of the mills in Zion, Illinois,” said
Mr. McBain.
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Thanksgiving Holiday
The mills and offices will be closed
for Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, No
vember 27, resuming operations Friday.
The third shift will stop at the end of
the shift Wednesday morning and re
sume operations Thursday night.
J. E. HAHN
J. Elmer Hahn Joins
Fieldcrest Mills Sales
Will Be Sales Manager
For Fieldcrest Piece Goods
Under New Set-up
The appointment of J. Elmer Hahn as
manager of piece goods sales at 51 Mad
ison Avenue, New York, has been an
nounced by Luther H. Hodges, general
manager. Mr. Hahn will serve on a
part-time basis until January 1, 1948
after which he will devote full time to
the position. He will report directly to
G. Lawson Ivie, general sales manager.
In his announcement, Mr. Hodges
pointed out that Fieldcrest Mills took
over the selling of piece goods from our
previous agent, Kinard & Company on
November 1, and the personnel of
Kinard & Company (except Mr. Kin
ard) became employees of Fieldcrest
Mills as of that date.
Mr. Hahn, the new sales manager, has
had wide experience in merchandising,
selling, and manufacturing. He is a
graduate of the Philadelphia Textile
School of 1914. He sold wool for many
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