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Page 2 MEL — ROSE — GLEN OCTOBER ISSUE MEL-ROSE-GLEN Voice of Melrose and Glenn Mills Published Monthly by Melrose Hosiery Mills, Inc., High Point, N. C. A Co-operative Endeavor Sponsored by Personnel Department in Participation with Employees of Melrose (Seamless and Full Fashioned) and Glenn Plants. JOSEPH DAVID BOYD, Director. EVA VENABLE, Secretary REPORTERS AND CONTRIBUTORS (Selected by workers to represent various departments). SEAMLESS PLANT: Office Mary Moore Knitting, No. 1, 1st Knitting, No. 2, 1st Helen Sheffield Knitting, No. 1, 2nd Thelma Edwards Knitting No. 1, 3rd .... Almedia Denniis Looping Room No. 1, Lois Harrison Looping No.- 2, 1st Nona Sechrest Looping No. 2, Belle Poole Fin. Room 1-lst Ethel Leatherman Finishitig Rm. No. 2, Lillian Anderson Betty Easter Boarding No. 1, 1st Boarding No. 1, 2nd Edith 'Whitaker Boarding No. 2, 1st .... Virginia Bizzell Boarding No. 2, 2nd, J. D. Crose Sewing No. 2, 1st, Ethel Millikan Sewing No. 2, 2nd, Miscellaneous Agnes Butler GLENN PLANT Knitting, 1st, Odessa Ingle Knitting, 2nd, Millie Land Looping — - Jennie Hauser Finishing Room Gladys Dawson FULL FASHIONED PLANT Looping, Inspecting and Seaming Depts. Maxine Hobby Finishing, 1st, Altah Wilson Knitting, 1st, Hoyle Morgan Knitting, 2nd, Kathryn Snow Knitting, 3rd Hoyle Morgan PEOPLE MAKE OWN RECORD In the months that the credit union has been in operation there is a considerable pile of notes amounting to several thousands of dollars which have been paid off as agreed. This indicates a good spirit of integrity and cooperation on the part of employees. These people have written a good credit record. There is a percentage of people who have not repaid as they fully intended, but have not avoided the committee and have made fair and reasonable adjustment of their loans The above groups are far and away the majority. There is a minority who have not paid and have not done every thing that they could have done. It is the hope of the board of the credit union that all workers will prize the organization and cooper ate 100 per cent. The credit union is a workers’ cooperative affair. Borrowers feel that the money is “sacred” be cause it is advanced to meet tiheir need from the savings of fellow- workers. If all workers, understood and realized the value of a credit union, they would not make pri vate loans from individuals or agencies where they pay high fees, but as a matter of protection and principle would do everything in their power to keep a good credit union active in their place of em ployment. Endorsers should know the full moral responsibility when they sign a note to assist in collection or regular payments and guaran tee the return of the borrowed funds to the credit union. It usual ly means that the loan would not have been made Without the en dorser’s approval and that makes the endorser doubly responsible. He says in effect, “if the borrower does not pay, I will.” Borrowers should realize that when they keep the money longer than the term agreed upon they may pre vent other worthy persons from making loans. The theory of the credit union is to keep the money working and helping as many people as possi ble. For thQ 14 montlhs ending Aug. 24, 1948, your credit union has col lected on notes and shares approx imately $40,000.00. You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. “ SEAMLESS PUNT SEAMLESS KNITTING SECOND SHIFT Mr. Cates wishes to thank everyone who contributed to his birthday present, and wants them to know that he certainly did ap preciate it. The marriage of Billie Fronter- house was a surprise to all of us. Congratulations, Billie. We wish for you both many happy years together. We welcome James Sisk to se cond shift. Hope he enjoys work ing with us. When Mr. Blalock went to have his picture made the lady in the studio straightened his tie and coat. He got so excited the picture wasn’t any good! Keep your eyes open next time, Mr. Blalock. Mr. Cates says those are his brothers in the picture with him, but he is younger than both of them. FINISHING ROOM NO. 2 Howdy, folks. The wedding bells will soon ring for Mabel Huff and Jack Bratton. Mabel, we wish you and Jack all the happiness that the future can hold. Mrs. Cook and her family have returned home after a visit with her son in Virginia. We extend our sympathy to Essie Wrenn, whose brother passed away. Lots of luck to Janie Brown’s daughter who’s just entered nur se’s training in Newport News, Va. We are glad to have Faye Ken nedy back. She has been out sick. We are very sorry to hear of Mrs. Robbins’ son, who is ill at the Naval Hospital in Norfolk, Va. Hope he will soon recover. If there’s anyone who doesn’t understand all the plays in a foot ball game, just ask Mrs. Campbell. She knows all of them. FINISHING ROOM NO. 1 1. We are sure sorry that Joyce Hedrick is quitting us Friday after being with us so long. 2. Clara Strayhorn spent the week end in Washington, D. C. We hope she had a nice time. 3. Ometa just got back from Iowa. She liked it so well she is going to move out there. Maybe she has a boy friend there. 4. Maw Guyer worked on silk mostly one day. She says she pre fers canning apples, than putting up silk. 5. Ralph Black seems to be mighty quiet and good since his brother-in-law came to work here. 6. We are glad to have Hubert Hemric to work with us. 7. Horace was out on Monday. Wonder why? We sure would like to know. 8. Guess Carl Culler will be glad when the election is over, so he will know just where he stands. 9. Wonder if Irene Keener 5ias found out yet whether or not she will be her own grandma? We are sorry Melrose Reid has been in the hospital. We are really glad to have her back at work now. We know Mrs. Taylor is really happy. Her son is home from Mu- roc, Calif, on a two weeks fur lough. Her daughter is visiting her also from Mobile, Ala. We are sure glad to have Mrs. Alice Clodfelter back with us. We sure missed her. Gertrude had guests this week end from Richmond, Va., Jier sis ter, Mrs. G. C. Workman, and her husband. Mrs. Wiggs had company also from Va. over the week end. By the way, she has a wonderful new recipe for making cocoanut pies. We are glad to welcome Flora Stratton to work with us. Hope she really likes and stays with us. By the way, do you have an old clock that will not run ? Just see Annie Spencer—she has a new and easy method of fixing them—she just falls off the bed and they start over new again. Some fall, “huh!” There is something awful wrong in Finishing Room No. 1—Ruth Morris fell off the bed also. We also just got a tip that Vi vian Hunt fell off the bed too. Wonder what is wrong? We hope Bill Safewright is never without a girl friend again for we sure appreciate his sweet disposition again. Boy, was he sweet yesterday—he bought all of us a drink from Bill Brady, except Gertrude Coleman—she had to have the nickel. We sure will be glad when the first four weeks of school are over so Violet Rouse can settle down and get to work. Sarah Hooper claims she broke her window light out washing it, but we wonder if that is true or not. GOSSIP TOWN Have you ever heard of Gossip Town, On the shores of Falsehood Bay, Where Old Dame Rumor with rustling gown. Is going the livelong day ? It isn’t far to Gossip Town, For people who want to go— The Idleness Trail will take you down In just an hour or so. The Thoughtless Road is a popu lar route, And most folks start that way. But it’s steep, downgrade; if you don’t watch out You’ll land in Falsehood Bay! You’ll glide through the Alley of Vicious Town, And into the Tunnel of Hate, Then crossing the Add To Bridge, you walk Right into the city gate. The principal street is called “They Say,” and REMEMBER REMEMBER to take an ex tra copy of MELROSE-GLEN to some former employee or worker temporarily out of the shop today. “I’ve Heard” is the public well, And breezes that blow from False hood Bay Are laden with—Don’t you tell! In the midst of the town is Tell tale Park, You’re never quite safe while there, For its owner is Madam Suspicious Remark, Who lives on the street. Don’t Care. Just back of the park is Slander’s Row, ’Twas there that Good Name died. Pierced by a shaft from Jealousy’s bow In the hand of Envious Pride. From Gossip Town, peace long since fled. But trouble and grief and woe And sorrow and care you’ll find instead. If ever you chance to go. Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves—to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterdays by our today, to do our work with more force than ever before. — Stewart B. Johnson. A man is successful when he refuses to slander even his ene mies; when he does not expect to get good pay for his services; when he does not wait until to morrow to do the things that he might do today; when he is loyal to his employer, and not false to the ones with whom he works; when he intelligently cooperates with the other members of the or ganization; when he is studying and preparing himself for a high er position with better pay.—The Silent Partner. Ideas are fujiny things. They won’t work unless you do. BRUSH PILES vs. GROWING TREES A figure used by Wieman in “Me thods of Private Religious Living,” which book interested persons are urged to read. Our lives are made up of petty problems—bread and trespasses and temptations—and a constant danger with men is that they will succumb to trifles. These daily problems for the most part are un related to any purpose in life. They are a heap of odds and ends, a hodgepodge, without any rela tion to one another. They are like a pile of brush, not a growing tree. Many lives consist of miscella neous activities that are never as similated into any comprehensive system of endeavor. That is the reason some lives are so futile and ineffectual. They lack meaning and purpose. If a person put one foot after the other in a meaning less monotony of trivial move ments for days at a time he would literally go mad. The same move ments related to the worthy pur pose of walking to a desired goal might be a happy and enriching experience. The flippant and indifferent at titude of some persons toward the public service of worship reveals their spiritual shallowness and condemns their souls to religious ignorance. Their lives have become heaps o f disconnected fragments e-athered from here and there. They are restless, superficial, con stantly busied about petty things. They are building brush piles, not growing trees. In worship all of us can master the way of dealing with common things, relate the solutions of all the trivial pvoblems of our lives to a worthy life purpose. Number Four in a Series of Ten on the theme “Why Attend Church Services?” PAYROLL SAVING IS SURE SAVING! There are still lots of folks to whom saving money is a “stop-go” proposition—with, unfortunately, more “stop” to it than “go”! Everything seems to be going along at a fine clip until—sudden ly something unforeseen turns up, and saving comes to a dead halt. When it’ll start up again is any body’s guess . . . The way to put your saving on a continuous and uninterrupted basis is, of course, to sign up TODAY to buy Savings Bonds through the payroll savings plan your company maintains. That way, your money’s saved reg ularly for you — and there’s nothing hit-or-miss about it. Every payday from now on you’ll be adding a little something to what you’ve already put by—and everybody knows that’s the only safe, sure way to get ahead. PAYROLL SAVINGS IS SURE SAVING! GREETINGS! A group of boys and girls were on a house party. The girls de cided that as they came into breakfast the following morning, they would use the word “morn ing” for each time they had been kissed the night beforfe. . The first girl entered with a cheery “Good morning.” Anotjher came in with “Good morning this morning.” The next girl greeted them with “Good morning this morning, it’s a nice morning.” Still another said, “Good morn ing this morning, it’s a nice morn ing and I hope tomorrow will be a nice morning.” The last girl appeared with a glum expression and her greeting was “Howdy.” Dissatisfied with food, a cus tomer barked at the waitress: “What’s wrong with these eggs?” “Don’t yell at me,” she an swered, “I only laid the table.” There is always room at the top because so many who get there go to sleep and roll off.
Mel-Rose-Glen (High Point, N.C.)
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