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WHISTLE
Copyright 1953, Marshall Field & Company
I LETTERS FROM OOR SERVICEMEN
Issued Every Two Weeks By and For
the Employees of Fieldcrest Mills, Divi
sion of Marshall Field & Company, Inc.,
Spray, North Carolina
OTIS MARLOWE T Editor
Vol. XI Monday, Jan. 19, 1953 No. 12
Your Safety
Plans For 1953
By C. H. Hudgins, Foreman
Rayon Preparation Dept.
As we enter a new
year, it is natural to
look toward the
future and to wonder
what 1953 holds in
store for us. Among
the things we most
earnestly hope for are
good health and an
opportunity to work
regularly and without
injury in order to
maintain a comfort
able standard of living for our families.
Most of us have little control over the
business conditions that determine
whether or not the mills operate at a
high rate of activity and health matters,
too, are sometime beyond our control.
However, most of us can go about our
daily work in a safe manner, thereby
avoiding injury with its resultant suf
fering and loss of income.
By practicing safe work habits, every
day that we are in the job and above
all, by avoiding the taking of unneces
sary chances, we can make reasonable
sure that 1953 will be accident-free for
us. But like everything else worthwhile,
it requires effort on the part of each of
us. Safety is truly a personal matter and
is dependent on our work habits and the
care that we exercise to protect our
selves and others from injury.
LET’S ALL WORK SAFELY IN 1953.
H. Hodffins
EDITOR’S MAIL
Dear Editor;
I am receiving the Mill Whistle and
enjoying it very much. Would you please
put a note in the next WHISTLE for me
and tell all the folks “hello” for me and
that I’m having a real big time over
here and am working in the Circulation
Dept, of the GREENSBORO DAILY
NEWS-RECORD. They are mighty fine
people to work for and with.
NANCY E. MATLOCK
612 Summit Ave.
Greensboro, N. C.
Dear Mr. Thomas:
I sure was glad to get that check from
the mills. I got a MILL WHISTLE today
and I sure did enjoy reading it. We don’t
have to take but eight weeks of basic
and we go to school eight weeks.
I am sending my address in case any
body would like to write to me. I would
be glad to get all the mail I could.
Sometimes when you are over at the
Karastan Burling Room, tell all “hello.”
Sure would like to be back there work
ing.
Pvt. Russell Roberts
US 53128038
Co. B 1st Tng. Gp.
QMRTC - 4th PI.
Fort Lee, Virginia.
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Dear Editor:
I would like to notify you of the
change in my address and also the
change in my rank (Sergeant instead of
Corporal).
I would also like to say “hello” to
my friends in the Electric Blanket Mill
in Spray. I’ll close for now hoping to
receive the MILL WHISTLE as you have
been sending it in the past.
Sgt. Ernest E. Gravely
66th Inst. Sq.
Shaw Field, South Carolina
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Dear Editor:
. . . Downtown in Omaha I ran across
a window display of some rugs made at
Karastan so I took some pictures of
them. I thought that maybe you would
like to see them. I’m sorry I couldn’t
get the entire display in as it was very
good. But maybe this will give you some
idea of what it looked like.
A/3C Harold Keith Richardson
AF 14460836
30th Communication Squadron
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha, Nebraska.
Picture taken by A-3c Richardson
Editor’s Note: Keith is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Richardson of Leaks-
ville. His mother, Mayme, is employed in
the Bleachery Sewing Dept.
Dear Mr. Thomas: ,. g
I received my military bonus and
Mill Whistle the other day. Sure w
glad to receive news of the things b^P
pening back home. . ,
I believe that Fieldcrest Mills is
best mill there is to work in the SoU^
I am looking forward to the day w
I can come back to work with my
in the Blanket Cutting and Sewing ^
partment. Thanks again for the mihta*
bonus. nfi
Frank Hopkins S. R. 497-48'
Company 428, 10th Regt.
101th Batt. Camp Porter,
U.S.N.T.C., Great Lakes, lU-
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Dear Mr. Thomas: . *1 aS
I haven’t received a Mill xjje
yet. I thank you very much for
check. It came in very handy for m
mas. The army isn’t so bad. I j
get to go home for Christmas, but
hope to go next week. I enjoyed
ing for Fieldcrest Mills more than I
express for there were so many ^
people there.
James W. Trent ^
U. S. 53146590 3rd Platoon*
Co. B 8 Tmg. Btn.
2nd Regiment ,
MRTC Camp Pickett,
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Dear Editor:
I received the Mill Whistle tod
Thanks a million. It helps out to
the news of what’s happening p®.
home. I really enjoyed working at Fie^
crest Mills and I hope to return there
work. „ (
Pvt. Roy J. Cassell, US 52190927,
Btry. 550 AAA Gun Btn., Camp Stewa^^
Georgia.
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Dear Mr. Thomas:
I received the MILL WHISTLE
larly while stationed in Kentucky. I ®
now overseas stationed in Trieste,
I would like to continue to receive t .
MILL WHISTLE. I am looking
to May 1954 when I will return to ^
job and my friends in Fieldcrest
Pvt. Max O. Weddle
U.S. 53118232 .
Co. L. 351st Inf. U. S. Ari«
A. P. O. 209 C/O P. M.
New York City, New
Service Anniversaries
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
John Swinney Harbour Blanl^®
TEN YEARS .
Amon Massey BlanJ^®^
Herman J. Smith Bedspr®®^
Robert O. Watson To\V«
Oscar J. Simmons Karast^
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