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SEW IT SEAMS
OCTOBER ISSUE
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Sewing Up Sales
by Hugh Webster
SEW IT SEAMS
Published Monthly by
ANVIL BRAND
INCORPORATED
High Point, N. C.
COOKIE BROOKS, Editor
(Continued from Page One)
ers. Growth in our list of dealers
has played an important part in
expansion of our organization.
Further growth depends in great
measure on the salesmen’s deter
mination to add more buyers to
their customer list. Nor does this
represent the problem that faced
Anvil Brand salesmen a few years
ago.
Thanks to refinements in styling
and excellence in workmanship,
our brands of casual wear and
specialty garments open entirely
new outlets for Anvil salesmen. No
longer are they confined solely to
the work clothes store or the work
clothes department. So new prod
ucts supplemented by new custom
ers present even broader prospects
for company growth in reputation
and industrial strength.
These are the days, too^ when
public confidence and a strong
company are precious assets. The
market of consumers grows by
leaps and bounds, with forty mil
lion more population today than
twenty-five years ago. All con
sumers steadily seek better things.
And products with respected brand
names get the preference at retail
counters. As the market continues
to increase, a forward-looking
company similarly increases its ef
forts to serve the market, which
demands , proportionate facilities
and high quality of products.
It is a prospect which can well
encourage us all, remembering
that we can always be counted
among the leaders when the suc
cessful efforts of every capable
salesman assure jobs and incomes
for 26 to 33 others in the organi
zation — and when that organiza
tion responds by supplying sales
men with superior products to sell.
Cordially yours.
REMEMBER!
The Life You Save May Be
Your Own !
Halloween
Halloween this year will again
be celebrated in High Point wiith
a street parrty for both Negro and
white citizems. The evenit has beem
scheduled for Saturday, October
30, and will start around 7:30 p. m.
M'ore detailed plans of the street
dances, costume judging, and what
not will be made later by 'the city’s
reci'eation depaintmenit — so be
watdhing the local papers.
Did you know that Halloween is
so called because it precedes All
Sainitis’ Day, November 1, wheai
many deinoiminia.tioin'S continue to
pay hono'r to all those who have
departed this world? The night be
fore AH Saints’ Day to these
church members is known as “All
Hallow Eve.”
The two chief oharacteristics of
ancient Halloween were the light
ing of bonfires, survival of Druid-
ical ceremonies, and the belief that
thiis is the one night in the year
during which gJio&ts and witches
are likely to wander abroad. This
is tihe night upon which superna
tural influences mast prevail. The
spirits of the dead wander abroad,
together with witches, devils, and
mischief making elves — so the
old belief goes.
Gets Face Lifting
A lot of changes are underwaiy
at the Sherrod plant. New rest
rooms and a smoking and cloak
room for the employees are being
consitructed, a new loading plat
form from the warehouse has been
put into use, and the engineering
in the sewimg room has been com
pleted—giving ithe plant a more
orderly flow of work.
GRANDSON — Donnie is the
grandson of Hattie Bray of over-
al and boxer. He was one year old
July 13 and his parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Whitehead.
Two masterpieces — the author
of both of them unknown — came
to my attention the other day. I
knew our Anvil Brand salesmen
would appreciate them and I
thought perhaps other members
of our industrial family might get
a bang from them, also. One is
entitled “The Salesman” and the
other is called “The Order.” Here
they are:
THE SALESMAN
And in those days, behold, there
came through the gates of the
city a salesman from afar off, and
it came to pass as the day went
by he sold plenty.
And in that city were they that
were the order takers and they
that spent their days in adding to
the alibi sheets. Mightily were
they astonished. They said one to
the other, “What the heek; how
does he getteth away with it?”
And it came to pass that many
were gathered in the back office
and a soothsayer came among
them. And he was one wise guy.
And they spoke and questioned
him saying, “How is it that this
stranger accomplished the impos
sible?”
Whereupon the soothsayer made
answer: “He of whom you speak
is one hustler. He ariseth very
early in the morning and goeth
forth full of pep. He complaineth
mot, neither does he know desipair.
He is arrayed in purple and fine
linen, while ye go forth with pants
unpressed.
“While ye gather here and say
one to the other, ‘verily this is a
terrible day to work,’ he is already
abroad. And when the eleventh
hour cometh, he needeth no alibis.
He knoweth his line and they that
would stave him off, they give
him orders. Men say unto him
‘nay’ when he cometh in, yet when
he goeth forth he hath their names
on the line that is dotted.
“He taketh with him the two
angels ‘inspiration’ and ‘perspira
tion’ and worketh to beat all get
out. Verily I say unto you, go and
do likewise.”
THE ORDER
Now it came to pass, a great
prophet once addressed a herd of
donkeys.
“What would a donkey require
for a three-day journey?”
And they answered, “six bundles
of hay and three bags of dates.”
“That soundeth like a fair price,
but I have for only one of you a
three-day journey and I cannot
give six bundles of hay and three
bags of dates. Who will go for
less?”
Behold, all sitood forth.
One would go for six bundles of
hay and two bags of dates, an
other for three bundles and one
bag. Now one especially long-eared
donkey agreed to go for one
bundle of hay.
Whereupon the prophet replied:
“Thou are a disgrace to the herd
and an Ass. Thou cannot live for
three days on one bundle of hay,
miuch less undertake the journey
and profit thereby.”
“True,” replied the Ass, han^
ing his long ears in shame.
wanted to get the order.” ojd
NEW WESTERN SHIRT —
Helen Hugheis, Who is doing the
seasonal sityling for Anvil Brand,
tells Sew It Seams that a new
western sihirt is ready to go into
production. Samples already are
out to salesmen of the new, popu
lar houndstooth suede lot number.
SISTERS — These two cute
little girls are the daughters of
Mary Wolfe of ladies’ dungaree.
Vickie is at left and Margaret at
right. Little Margaret was three
years old September 10.