Just Whose Job
Is Most Vital?
Have you ever discovered whether
the grass actually is greener on the
other side of the fence? And did you
ever get into a hot discussion with a
fellow worker as to whose job was
more important around the plant? . . .
Well, it seems that the Captain and the
Chief Engineer of a ship got into such
an argument, and they decided that the
only way to settle it would be to ex
change jobs for a spell.
So, the skipper went down into the
hold to supervise the steam boilers, and
the engineroom chief went up to the
bridge to navigate the vessel. The Cap
tain fiddled around with the steam
valves and gauges, getting hotter and
Sweatier and sootier with each hour—
but to no good. Finally he gave up in
disgust, and started up the iron stairs
for the open decks.
Half way up he met the Chief Engi
neer, coming down.
“Take over your engineroom, matey,”
Said the skipper. “I just don’t seem to
be able to get up enough steam for
those boilers, and keep it up.”
The Chief Engineer grinned.
“Well, it doesn’t matter anyway,
skipper,” he said. “We’ve been aground
for two hours!”
So each went back to the job he did
and did well, knowing at last that it
takes a lot of men doing well the jobs
they can do best—and convinced that
every job in the whole outfit is import
ant to the whole operation if it is done
tvell—to keep the operation running
Smoothly and for the benefit of all
hands.—Textile Review.
Hunting Safety Film
The public is invited to the regular
hieeting of the Leaksville Township
Chapter of the Rockingham County
Wildlife Club Tuesday evening, Novem
ber 14 at 7:30 o’clock in the Spray
Municipal Building. A hunting safety
film, “Trigger Happy Harry” will be
shown.
Younger Set
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Upper left, Shelia Ruth Adeline Mills,
daughter of Marie Mills. Shelia was one
year old October 2nd. Her grandfather
A. E. (Dick) Mills is employed in Sheet
ing Weave Room. Upper right, Johnny
Ray Barrett, was one year old Septem
ber 13. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lestsr Barrett. Father works in Bed
spread Winding; mother, the former
Coleen “Peggy” Taylor, works in Bed
spread Cloth Room.
Lower left, Jerene Grogan, ten years
old, daughter of Nomie Grogan of the
Bleachery Piece Dyeing Department
and Irene Grogan of the Blanket Sew
ing Department at the Finishing Mill.
Lower right, Brenda Sue Harris, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Harris of
the Blanket Mill. Brenda Sue is 2 years
old.
Harden At Great Lakes
The picture shows Jack K. Harden,
®On of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Harden of
Draper. Jack entered
military service Aug
ust 30, 1950. He was
formerly employed in
the Blanket Card
Room. His father,
Homer Harden, is an
employee of the
Blanket Weave
Room.
Jack would like to
, have his friends write
•Jack K. Harden address
shown below:
Jack K. Harden, S.R.U.
S.N. T.C. Company 293
Great Lakes, Illinois.
Monday, November is, 19
Soldier: “Is your ice cream pure?”
Salesgirl: “As pure as the girl of your
dreams.”
Soldier; “Give me a ham sandwich.”
Absentee Meter
Two-week periods ending
October 15 and October 29
Per Cent
MILL 10-15 10-29
Central Warehouse .... 4.0 2.9
Finishing 2.7 3.2
Electric Blanket 4.2 3.4
Towel 4.2 3.5
Hosiery 4.6 3.6
Karastan 5.1 5.2
Rayon 6.3 5.4
Bedspread 5.5 5.7
Bleachery 4.4 6.0
Blanket 7.1 6.2
Sheeting 9.8 8.8
TOTAL 5.7 5.3
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Service Anniversaries
Fieldcrest Mills extends^ congratula
tions and sincere appreciation to the
following employees who recently have
observed notable anniversaries of con
tinuous service:
40 Years
Barnard A. Jefferson Blanket
30 Years
James A. Webb Bedspread
15 Years
Sam B. Rhodes General Office
Mrs. Anna Sooy N. Y. Sales Office
Cecil W. Carter Karastan
George B. Johnson Blanket
Thelma McAlexander Towel
William Oliver Dunivant .. . Karastan
Gillie Scales Blanket
10 Years
Etheline C. Jones Towel
MTllie F. Bailey Rayon
Sherman E. Jones Karastan
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Our Homes Are
Our Strength
During last April alone a total of
126,000 new housing units were started
in this country—a million new homes
will be built this year, the estimates
show; 5,000,000 new television sets will
be manufactured, as will 4,000,000 new
refrigerators and 3,000,000 washing ma
chines. Record-breaking figures, these.
New homes, better living, more chil
dren—and the bulk of all these, the
surveys show, in America’s industrial
areas where the nation’s working men
and women enjoy the fruits of democ
racy and the American way of doing
things.
This is becoming the “era of the strong
home,” the return of the fajnily to its
own hearth and four walls after the
“era of the automobile” had made us a
nation of tourists. Television, by the
way, with the million'-j. of new ones in
use and the millions of new ones soon
to be on sale and in use, is credited with
bringing us back to home and its
pleasures, some researchers think.
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Stationed In Japan
Cpl. Jack R. Cooke,
formerly of the
Sheeting Mill, is now
stationed in Japan.
^ ^ He would like to
hear from old friends
back heme. He is the
son of Mrs. Ethel
Livengood, who is
now living in Greens
boro.
Jack R. Cooke His address is giv
en below:
Cpl. Jack R. Cooke
R. A. 14281857
Air Transportability Training Center
A.P.O. 75
C/o P.M. San Francisco, Calif.
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