N. Y. Office Honors Miss Mathilda Smith Upon Retirement ^ Miss Mathilda Smith of our 88 Worth Street office, New took early retirement effective December 31, 1952 under ® Marshall Field & Company Pension Plan after having been Av( with the Company since June 24, 1909. Miss Smith started in the old Wholesale Office at 87 Fifth ®nue, in New York. During her entire career, she worked p in the Credit Department, first under supervision of E. C. fillips and then W. A. Hoch. farewell party was given in her honor on Tuesday, Dec ember 30, at which A. Inra, personnel manager, presided. Milton C. Mumford, general manager, G. Lawson Ivie, general sales manager and J. C. Walsh, assistant to the general man ager, expressed the Company’s appreciation for Miss Smith’s long and faithful service. In picture at left Mr. Mumford is shown presenting the first retirement check to Miss Smith. Mr. Hoch, credit man ager, looks on at left. Picture at right shows Miss Smith cutting cake at farewell party given her by co-workers. Y.M.C.A. Ping-Pong And Checker Champions /Championship awards in Y.M.C.A. Wp ^'P°ng and checker tournaments presented at Central Y.M.C.A. 3 during the half at the Central i^^'^Pont basketball game. Approxi- ^ 64 boys participated in the tour- a part of the Y.M.C.A.’s fall 'Winter game room activities, j'gj^king the presentations is George lyWcett, physical director at Central awards left to right are ft Tlirn^sT* innin-r nViamntnn. Spray k Turner, junior checker champion, Johnny Pulliam, senior ping- *^NDAY, JANUARY 19, 19 pong, Spray; Pete Martin, senior check ers, Spray; Tommy Turner, senior checkers, Leaksville; Donny Matthews, junior checkers and ping-pong, Leaks ville. Seniors champions received medals and junior champions were given sweater emblems. Matthew Chaney, junior ping-pong champion, of Spray and Carvel Nichols, senior ping-pong champion, Leaksville, were not present for the photograph. Volunteers May Keep National Guard Rank Under a new Army policy, members of the National Guard whose selective service induction is imminent may ap ply for active duty and go into military service with their National Guard rank. The period of voluntary service is the same as for the draft—24 months. An nouncement of the new ruling was made locally by Capt. B. F. Dunton, com manding officer of Heavy Mortar Com pany, 120th Infantry. The new policy means that a man of draft age can enlist in the National Guard and if he at a later date receives his draft call, can enter the regular Army with the same rank he holds in the National Guard at the time of re ceiving his notice. Capt. Dunton said the local Guard unit still has vacancies for qualified men. Further information may be obtained by visiting the armory any Monday night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. It’s Grandma Now Mr. and Mrs. Wallace R. Love, High Point, announce the birth of a daughter, Barbara Denise, November 26 at Memorial Hospital in High Point. The mother was formerly Miss Albertina Jones of Spray. Grandmother (and for the first time) is Ada Jones, Bedspread Mill reporter for the MILL WHISTLE, 53