Dayton’s In Minneapolis Sells Fieldcrest Textiles
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Copyright 1953, Marshall Field & Company
Issued Every Two Weeks By and For
the Employees of Fieldcrest Mills, Divi
sion of Marshall Field & Company, Inc.,
Spray, North Carolina
OTIS MARLOWE Editor
Vol. XI Monday, May 25, 1953 No. 21
Service Anniversaries
Thirty Years
Kenneth C. Brown, Specials Dept.
L. Wade Shorter Finishing
Charlie W. Agee, Finishing
Twenty-Five Years
Charlie G. Pulliam, . Synthetic Fabrics
Twenty Years
James E. Bondurant, Cost Dept.
Harry D. Howell, Blanket
George W. Shockley, Synthetic
Fabrics
Cassie S. Allen, Blanket
Fred H. Martin Blanket
Russell H. Stewart, Blanket
Joseph W. Dunn ... Synthetic Fabrics
Hugh Dillard, Karastan
Myrtle M. Light, Electric Blanket
W. Gentry Higgins, Blanket
Fifteen Years
Annie Stevens Gover Sheeting
Ten Years
Willie V. Danridge, Towei
Luther E. Hopkins, Towel
John R. Millner Blanket
Spencer Priddy, Karastan
Elizabeth W. Harris Karastan
Joseph G. Patterson, Central
Warehouse
Harry J. Watkins Towel
Nolen B. Powell, Sheeting
Marshall E. Roop, Towel
Editor’s Mailbox
Dear Editor:
We are settled now in Spartanburg
and I am beginning to get the feel of
things working with Lockwood-Greene
Engrs.
My wife and I miss all of our friends
in Leaksville-Spray-Draper. That is
the hard part about leaving a place.
We would like to keep up with every
one there and I believe The Mill
Whistle is the best way. If possible
would you place my name on the mail
ing list. It will certainly be appreciated.
Let me hear from you and say hello
to everyone in the Nantucket Bldg. for
me.
Sincerely,
James A. Gillespie
Spartanburg, S. C.
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It is because the farsighted founder
of the Dayton Company stood on a
Minneapolis street corner and counted
the passing pedestrians 51 years ago
that Dayton’s is today located right in
the center of the shopping district. He
determined at that time that the flow
of traffic was moving South, away fi'Om
the established center of business. And
so, George Draper Dayton built his
store four blocks South of the heart of
the business district in 1902.
At that time Mr. Dayton was 45 years
old, a successful country banker, with
no experience in the retail business. His
keen insight into financing, his high
business principles set The Dayton
Company on a firm foundation early in
its history. His sons and grandsons
have continued to keep the store a fam
ily owned and operated institution.
Today, after 51 years, many practices
which the founder established in the
store are still in effect. Dayton’s growth
has been a history of steady, carefully-
planned expansion . . . sparked with
some adventurous “firsts”.
Dayton’s at present, is, in reality
three stores ... a downstairs low-
priced store; the J.B. Hudson Company,
a fine jewelry store which is owned
and operated by Dayton’s; and the up
stairs store. These are all parts of an
organization whose primary aim has
been to serve the customer’s needs as
completely as possible. Large selections
and a great price range have been part
of its effort to make the customer feel
that she can do all of her shopping in
one stop. Here she can buy a suit for
$400 or a cotton dress for $2; she can
buy her husband a white shirt for $2.19
or $11.95; a ring for $15,000 or for a
Erownie scout for 70(4.
To further serve the men and woifl ^
of Minneapolis and the adjoining areaj
Dayton’s is planning two new _
For the suburban areas near Minn ^
apolis, a complete community • •
large shopping center plus apartmen ’
residential and park areas will open
about two years. A six-story store
Rochester, Minnesota, home of ^
famed Mayo Clinic, is now under con
struction. j,
It is a source of pride to the O'
and women at Fieldcrest that the te
tile products we manufacture are so
ild
Liie lJruuui;w5 wc u*--
through America’s finest stores such »
Dayton’s in Minneapolis.
Good Humor Men
This lunchtime gathering seemed
good humor as the Mill Whistle Ph®*
grapher snapped the picture outside t
Blanket Mill. Left to right are Ter
L. Farmer, Machine Shop; “Bud” Will j
Sheeting Carding; Frank Hutson, Bla”'
ket Carding; Clarence Bowling, BlanK
Carding.
FIELDCREST MILL W H I S T L