IN MEMORIAM
All Ecustans were saddened by the news
on Saturday, June 3, of the passing of
George A. Arbogast after an illness of fif
teen months. He was traveling representative
for Ecusta since his retirement from Uni
versal Leaf Tobacco Company in 1947.
Many Ecustans, who had known him for
many years, will always remember his cheer
ful smile and hearty welcome. All of us
who had the privilege of knowing Mr. Arbo
gast have indeed lost a friend.
Mr. Arbogast started his business career
in Brooklyn, N. Y., with the American Ma
chinery and Foundry Company, and later be
came president of the Universal Leaf To
bacco Company of China in Shanghai.
He spent 28 years in the Far East, prin
cipally in China, and traveled extensively in
Europe, Central America and South Ameri
ca.
Survivors include Mrs. Arbogast of Mi
ami, Florida, his mother, Mrs. George A. Ar
bogast of Staten Island, N. Y.; two daugh
ters, Mrs. John Creedon of Flushing, N. Y.,
and Mrs. James Pote-Hunt of Hong Kong,
China; two sons, Thomas C. Britton of Mi
ami and Burnett Britton of San Francisco,
Calif.; one sister, Mrs. William Leseman of
Green Cove Springs, Fla.; two brothers, Carl
Arbogast of Staten Island and Valentine
Arbogast of Southhampton, N. Y., and two
grandchildren.
WOULD YOU HIRE YOURSELF?
It’s a mighty good idea to size yourself up now
and then from the other fellow’s viewpoint. You
should know your good points better than any
one else. Can you find enough of them to qualify
you to hold down your job? Ask yourself these
questions:
If you were the boss and needed a man for your
job are you the you’d pick to fill it?
Are you delivering a big day’s work, or average,
or just enough to get by?
Have you reason to be proud of the accuracy
and quality of your work or do you often offer
alibis?
Are you helping your company’s public rela
tions campaign by the manner in which you treat
outsiders?
Do you do your work conscientiously and well
regardless of whether or not you are being
watched?
Do you need a lot of supervision or do you
study your job and deliver maximum service of
your own accord?
Are you a booster for your company and do you
offer encouragement to those around you?
Are you easier on yourself than you would be
on the other fellow if you were the boss?
Check yourself on these points and see how
you would measure up. If you can honestly say
that you do then you can feel encouraged and pro
ceed with the confident knowledge that you will
be a success in your job—if not then there is still
an opportunity to improve your methods.
Perhaps we forget that today’s brainstorm is
tomorrow’s accepted success—that all good ideas
are crazy at birth. Imagine that foolish Galileo
thinking that he could bring the stars closer!
Fancy that silly young sea captain saying the
world is round! Can you beat it?
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