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Volume VII
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, AUGUST, 1955
No. 33
MESSAGE
PROM THE
PRESIDENT
TO MY FELLOW WORKERS:
It is Rood to welcome the arrival
of August with our annual picnic
as the event-of-the-month.
While we realize that all of us
are members of one industrial
family, many of us meet only at
this annual “reunion.” In our work
and purposes we are neighbors. Yet
daily responsibilities prevent the
neighborliness which adds so much
sparkle to life.
As normal human beings we al
ways have the inclination for
friendliness and fellowship. But
the haste and pressure of modern
days limit our opportunities for
companionship. It reminds me of
a television program some time
ago.
“Say the secret word,” said the
master of ceremonies, “and you
will receive $100. It is a common
word — something you always
have with you.” And it turned out
that the word was “smile.”
“Something you always have
with you.” True, isn’t it? All of
us carry it around throughout our
waking hours. All we need do is
turn it on. And you have always
noticed that a smile for the other
fellow brings you one in return.
Yet in the seriousness of our work
and in concentration on doing a
job well, that smile is too often
unused.
But with work forgotten and
seriousness set aside, in the good
cheer and fellowship of picnic time
we can “turn it on.” My sincere
«'ish is that it may be an event
of such enjoyment that its memory
will linger with you pleasantly for
many a day to come.
Cordially yours.
Annual Picnic Today; 1600 Expected
This afternoon Anvil Brand em- ^ employee’s guests may include hus-
ployees will converge on High
Point Municipal Lake for the com
pany’s annual plant-wide picnic,
and advance reports indicate a lot
of fun is in store. Colored employ
ees will be entertained simultane
ously at a picnic at Washington
Terrace Park.
In Case of Rain
The weatherman says this af
ternoon should be sunny and
very warm. But just in case the
weather decides to pull some
of its well-known tricks and
brings showers. Anvil Brand’s
picnic will be transferred to the
cafeteria of Senior High School
for the white employees and to
the basement of Mt. Vernon
Methodist Church for the Colored
workers.
The recreation committee com
posed of Clayton Holmes, chair
man, and Aline Carter, Helen
Hughes and Earnest McCall, has
worked toward presenting an event
which will provide every person
attending with good food and good
fun.
Last week each employee was in
vited to list the number of persons
to attend from his family. Each
band or wife and unmarried chil
dren. Final returns from this list
indicate some 1600 in Anvil Brand
“families” will attend.
The plants will close this after
noon at 3:45 p.m. and buses will be
at each of the plants at four and
five p.m. to take persons who de-
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CITY LAKE — Shown above is
the swimming pool at High Point
Municipal Lake where Anvil Brand-
ers will swim this afternoon.
Know as the “finest in the South,”
the pool will be open free of charge
to the some 1,600 employees who
are expected for Anvil Brand’s
annual picnic.
Labor Day Summer's Last Holiday
Labor Day — the final day of
the vacation season, is just around
the corner — Monday, September
5. Anvil Brand, as customary, will
close down completely for the holi
day.
Many Anvil Branders probably
will attempt one last trip to the
mountains or beaches during this
weekend; others will take advant
age of a day off to get in a little
extra rest.
To Sew It Seams Labor Day
always brings just a twinge of
sadness. If you’re at the beach
usually the sky seems bluer than
ever, the sea more refreshing and
the beach more 'beautiful under
the “Indian Summer” sun.
In the mountains Fall already
is in the air and faint color is ap
pearing in the leaves as Autumn
begins her inevitable Fall painting.
Here in the city life seems to be
taking one last, deep breath of
Summer, before plunging into the
stepped-up activity of Fall and
Winter.
But once Labor Day is past the
new season seems to beckon with
intriguing vigor; we cast off Sum
mer’s slowness and find our pace
quickening to the beat of the new
Season. And of course that faint
touch of sadness that creeps in
during this last holiday is just an
other emotion we don’t attempt to
explain — reluctance to relinquish
that which has been enjoyable and
beautiful even though we know the
future holds more of enjoyment
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