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FIRST OF A SERIES
Main Office
Misses Doris McCready and Jerry Barton, both of the Payroll
Department; Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Huskins, and Steve and Karen
Huskins spent a week end in March with relatives in Danville, Va.
Bill McSwain and Mrs. McSwain attended Ladies’ Night for
the Rambling Rebs Drum and Bugle Corps at the Eagles Club re
cently.
Robert Jenkins, Shop, and Anne Jenkins, Main Office, along
with their daughter, Toni, spent two days in March at Cocoa, Fla.
Shop
Carpenter George Foy and Mrs. Foy, along with Mr. and Mrs.
Luice Boyd, spent a vacation during March in Clearwater, Home
stead, Key West and Miami, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morris and children spent March 16 and 17
in Gakiesville, Ga. There, they visited Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Morris,
parents of Jack Morris; and Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Crowe, parents of
Mrs. Morris.
Jerry Howie, benchman, Mrs. Howie and their two children
have moved into their new home just off the Wilkinson boulevard,
near Belmont. Mrs. Howie is the former Mary Lou Moore.
Harold Robinson, shipping clerk, Mrs. Robinson and their son
spent a week end in March visiting in Draper, N. C.
Ernest Harris, truck operator, had a week-long vacation in mid-
March.
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Clemmer were recent guests of Albert
Meeks, truck operator, and Mrs. Meeks.
Arthur Gordon, laborer, underwent surgery at a local hospital
in March. - - -
Mrs. Amanda Rogers, quiller tender, had as recent week-end
guests, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Hanna of Chester, S. C. Mrs. Hanna is
a sister of Mrs. Rogers.
Mrs. Ophelia Massey, battery hand, and Mr. and Mrs. B. F.
Massey visited relatives in Lula, Ga., March 9 and 10.
Fallacies And Facts Of Economic Principles
The economic facts of life are often presented in textbooks or other
publications in a confusing, hard-to-read manner. This is one situation that
helps account for many misguided and incorrect beliefs on the subject of
economics in American life. The American Economic Foundation has listed
some of these basic principles in an easy-to-understand plan.
Fallacies . . .
1. That Government has something to give the
people which it does not first have to take away
from the people.
2. That any benefits or aid whatsoever, foreign
or domestic, can come from anywhere except out
of the production of the people.
3. That job security can be guaranteed by in
dustry’s management.
GEORGE HIGH of the Rayon Twisting De
partment knows that his job and all other jobs
are made possible by the consumer. He under
stands that in our modern exchange economy, all
employment and all payroll come from cus
tomers—that the only real job security is cus
tomer security. With no customers, there are no
jobs and no payroll.
4. That people can measure the value of their
savings and their standard of living in dollars
when there is no control over inflation.
5. That the workers can improve their welfare
by increasing their pay without increasing their
production.
6. That any system, other than a free produc-
tion-and-exchange, can provide the greatest good
for the greatest number.
And Facts . . .
1. Government is never a source of goods.
Everything produced is produced by the people,
and everything that Government gives the people
it must first take from the people. Government
benefits are raised through taxes, and, as Frank
lin D. Roosevelt said, “Taxes are paid in the
sweat of every man who labors.”
2. There are only two principal ways to earn
money, (a) Getting paid for the use of human
energy (wages and salaries) and (b) Getting paid
for the use of property (interest, dividends, rent,
etc.).
3. In our modern exchange economy, all pay
roll and employment come from customers, and
the only worthwhile job security is customer
security. If there are no customers, there can be
no payroll and no jobs.
4. The purchasing power of money, when ad
ministered without the restriction placed on gov
ernment by the gold standard, is at the mercy of
those who control the money supply.
5. Because wages are the principal cost of
everything, wage increases (without correspond
ing increases in production) simply increases the
cost of goods and do not improve the welfare of
the worker.
6. The greatest good for the greatest number
means, in its material sense, the greatest goods
for the greatest number which, in turn, means
the greatest productivity per worker.
—American Economic Foundation.
Make Humus For Good Soil Dressing
Bertha Dettmar, warper tender, recently spent a week of va
cation in Winter Haven, Fla., and other points in the “Sunshine
State.”
On a week end in March, Roy Palmer, yarn hauler, visited his
grandmother, Mrs. Hattie Johnson in Asheville, N. C.
A birthday dinner honoring Hattie Gibbons, winder tender, was
held at the Oriental in Charlotte one evening in March.
Bob Cloninger, student at Furman University, Greenville, S. C.,
visited his mother, Mrs. Ruth Cloninger in March. Mrs. Cloninger
is a winder tender.
Yarn Hauler Marcus Dellinger and his family have moved into
their new home on the Dallas-Lincolnton highway.
Randall Robinson, first-year student at Appalachian State
Teachers College, Boone, N. C., and Carroll Robinson, senior at
Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, N. C., spent a week end in March
with their mother, Mrs. Ada Robinson.
—More on page 7
A Step Toward Success ...
Someone has wisely said; God grant me the serenity to accept
things I cannot change, the courage to change things I can, and
the wisdom to know the difference.
Human beings are by nature disposed to worry about many
things about which they can do nothing. Ever stop to think of the
wasted time that could be spent in concentrating on things that
ought to be done effectively—one at a time?
Are you able to do one thing at a time with dispatch—while
keeping your mind free from concern over other duties? If so,
your job is well in control and you are on the road to success.
The greatest of men can do but one thing at a time—but they
can do it well. Let past experiences help you to more effective
work today. But do not let the past befuddle your mind. Begin
today to concentrate on just one thing at a time. Do your best to
do it quickly, effectively. Be master of your time, your job, yourself.
Dirt dobbers may profit from a
compost “factory” in an incon
spicuous corner of the garden.
You can build the compost pile
—layer on layer—with a bottom
of rich topsoil, a six-inch layer
of non-woody material such as
grass or leaves, a thin layer of
stable waste, if available, and
fertilizer or composting chemi
cal. If you have no fertilizer or
composting chemical, a sprink
ling of lime between layers of
material will be effective.
Allow the pile to remain bowl
shaped in the center so it can
catch the rain. If made within a
period of little rainfall, water the
pile with hose or bucket. When
the material has been decompos
ing for six weeks or longer, turn
it over. You will have a rich
humus mixture for dressing the
top of the soil, or for digging into
garden beds.
George Washington Carver, whose birth anniversary is April 5,
performed virtual miracles with the common peanut. The famous
Negro scientist said that he once asked God to tell him the mystery
of the Universe.
“But God replied,” said Carver, “that the knowledge of the
Universe is reserved to Him alone.
“Then I asked Him, ‘Lord, tell me the mystery of the peanut.’
And God said, ‘Now George, that is nearly your size. I will reveal
it to you.’ And so God did.”
THINK OF SAFETY
EVERY DAY
Get the habit, take the short
time needed to carefully read
posted notices. Safety rules,
messages and posters are for
you to read, think about, act
upon and remember. Ask your
self honestly if you are follow
ing the safety idea that’s cur
rently featured. By constantly
learning how to work safely,
you are helping yourself to stay
safe.
© AMERICAN MUTUAL LIAB. INS. CO.
f1re$fone Ifsiiws
Volume VI, No. 4
April, 1957
Published by The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Firestone Textiles Division,
Gastonia. North Ccirolina. Department of Industrial Relations
DEPARTMENT REPORTERS
CARDING—Edna Harris, Jessie West
moreland.
SPINNING—Lillie Brown, Mary Turner,
Maude Guffey.
SPOOLING—Nell Bolick, Ophelia WaUace,
Rosalie Burger.
TWISTING—Elease Cole, Corrie Johnson,
Louise Long, Dean Haun, Vera Carswell,
Katie Elkins.
SALES YARN TWISTING—Elmina Brad
shaw.
SYC WEAVING—Lucille Davis.
CORD WEAVING — Irene Odell, Mary
Johnson.
QUALITY CONTROL — Sally Crawford,
Leila Rape, and Louella Queen.
WINDING—Mayzelle Lewis, Elizabeth
Harris, Hazel Nolen.
CLOTH ROOM^Margie Waldrep.
SHOP—Rosie Francum.
PLASTIC DIP—Jennie Bradley.
MAIN OFFICE—Doris McCready.
PERSONNEL—Barbara Abernathy '
WAREHOUSE—Nancy Cloninger, George
Harper, Albert Meeks, Rosevelt Rainey.
Claude Callaway, Editor