WHISTLE
J Dress styles from 1852 until the present are shown
j^bove modeled by High School girls of Leaksville and Draper.
_t)resses were shov/n at the Centennial programs held at Leaks-
yville High School Auditorium, Wednesday and Thursday
Evenings, May 14 and 15. Left to right are: Patsy Price
JVEerchandise Publicity
^Manager Visits The Mills
Miss Gertrude Dale was appointed
Merchandise Publicity Manager for
tf’ieldcrest Mills, April 2, with head-
tfluarters in our Sales Offices at 88
nfrorth Street, New York. She will re-
Dort to the General Sales Promotion
jVtanager, Paul H. Howard.
e Miss Dale visited the mills during
elast week to meet the people here and to
ifbserve production processes. She
sHsited the Quality Control Laboratories
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wearing 1852 fashions; Rose Tiller, 1863; Kay Shelton, 1871;
Gloria Harris, 1882; Sallie McCullouch, 1900; Merita Hop
kins, 1911; Iva Robers, 1918; Sue Seay, 1925; Patsy Hancock,
1930; and Jo Ann Webster, 1952 gown imported from Paris.
are: Patsy Pricc
Centennial Draws Big A ttendance
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&ERTRUDE DALE, J. G. COMMINS
. . . Writer Visits Mills . . .
Approximately 1500 persons attended
the special Centennial Program in re
cognition of the 100th Anniversary of
Marshall Field & Company in the Leaks
ville High School auditorium, Wednes
day and Thursday evenings May 14 and
15. Fieldcrest employees and members
of their families, members of civic clubs,
and teachers from Leaksville Township
schools attended the program on Wed
nesday night. A second performance
was given Thursday evening for mem
bers of the Carolina Cooperative Coun
cil, The Junior Carolina Council, re
tired Fieldcrest employees, ministers of
the Tri-Cities and other guests.
Lawrence B. Sizer, vice president of
Marshall Field & Company, and director
of Public Relations for the corporation,
described highlights in the history of
the company and told the story of the
Company’s progress through the years
and announced future plans of the Com
pany.
As a feature of the program, girls
from the Leaksville and Draper high
schools modeled dresses showing styles
since 1852 when the Company was
founded. The dresses had been especi
ally made up for the Centennial cele
bration. They were exact replicas of
the dresses of the years which they
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FIELDCREST QUARTET
. . . Songs of a Century . . .
represented. Dresses which were
shown in Leaksville have been shown
in the store windows at the Retail Store
in Chicago and appeared in newspapers
and magazines worn by professional
models. Plans for their next use will be
a Centennial Program at Frederick &
Nelson in Seattle, Washington.
Prior to the showing of the dresses in
the Leaksville program, the Fieldcrest
Quartet appeared as a barber shop
quartet and sang songs reminiscent of
periods in the past century.