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SEW IT SEAMS
AUGUST ISSUE
SEW IT SEAMS
Published Monthly by
ANVIL BRAND
INCORPORATED
High Point, N. C.
Martha Clontz, Editor
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE—
(Continued from Page One)
television, with freedom of speech
and unlimited resources for in-
foimation, we have every facility
for gaining facts, thinking more
clearly and aiding to establish
sound government and satisfying
living conditions.
In North Carolina we will have
the opportunity to express our
judgments on the Pearsall School
Amendment on September 8th.
How will it affect our school sys
tem? Do we know enough about
it to vote with conviction "yes"
or "no?" Let's be informed in
order to vote intelligently.
Nationally, by radio, television
and innumerable publications we
will be exposed to many opposing
points of view during the next
sixty days. How we separate the
wheat from the chaff, the false
from the true, will determine how
wisely we judge which political
platform and which group of
candidates will best serve the na
tion. And what benefits the na
tion will benefit us individually.
Election time is a period when,
as a French statesman said, "we
must think like men of action and
act like men of thought." Our
fortunes for the next four years
will be shaped importantly by
how you and I and millions of
others vole.
Let's listen, read, think and
compare during this campaign.
Then let us claim our right of
citizenship by voting in Novem
ber for candidates we are con
vinced will be most true to their
trusts and most beneficial to our
American Way of Life.
Sincerely yours.
There’s no such thing as luck.
It’s a fancy name for being on
hand and well equipped when the
opportunity comes.
Ludie Mae Ingrain Speaks On “Foreman’s
Job in a Safety Program” at Safety Meeting
The current Safety Committee -f-
met recently at Sherrod confer
ence room when Ludie Mae Ing
ram, training supervisor, spoke
on “The Foreman’s Job in a Safe
ty Program.”
Reports from inspectors re
veal that last month eight depart
ments received grades of 100 per
cent in the monthly inspection.
They included Overall, Sherrod
Office, Sherrod Cutting Room,
Ladies No. 1, Pants II, Pants I,
Utility and Dungaree.
Ludie Mae’s speech follows;
“The foreman is the key man
in his department. In the eyes of
the workers he represents the
company. Plans and policies of
any sort, regardless of who form
ulates them, are not effective un
less they are carried out whole
heartedly by the foreman, includ
ing the Safety Program. He has
to show by words, acts, confi
dence and enthusiasm, that he
has faith in the program, and that
he is willing to do anything in his
power to protect his men and to
keep them from being injured or
killed.
“The attitude of the worker
will largely reflect the attitude
of the foreman. If he is indiffer
ent, the worker will be indiffer
ent. He must know safety through
the assistance of the Safety Di
rector regarding the best method
and correct procedure. He mus.
believe in accident prevention,
just as he believes in anything
else that prevents waste and in
creases the efficiency in his de
partment. He can convince the
worker of his belief by what he
says and does each day.
Discipline has a place in safety,
but a foreman must lead his men
into safety and not drive them.
To get men interested in the pro
gram, he must keep close to them,
watch their habits for any unsafe
practices, watch them on their
jobs for any unsafe acts and their
work place for any unsafe condi
tions. Accidents do not simply
happen, they are caused and ac
cidents are preventable. This
should be pointed out and the
^ cause eliminated. These causes
can be listed under housekeeping,
■and this is the foreman’s respons
ibility also.
“Disorder and unsanitary con
ditions can icost dollars and cents
in accidents, wasted time, effici
ency and others, but the cost is
greater when poor housekeeping
exists and the lowering of em
ployee morale and quality of
workmanship. He should keep his
workers informed by telling them
why it is necessary to have a
clean work place and how it can
be obtained.
The foreman should keep all
those concerned informed as to
the need of guards, devices, etc.,
and see that they are in order and
used properly and correctly.
“Finally, he should be square
with his men, and must be sin
cerely appreciative of every ef
fort or suggestion they make, and
must show his appreciation. In
other words, he must win his men
to safety.”
He was attending a meeting of
the Henpecked Club. Suddenly
the door opened. His wife sailed
in, grabbed him by the collar,
shook him until his teeth rattled,
and exclaimed, “What do you
mean by attending this club?
You’re not henpecked!”
A man is caller selfish, not for
pursuing his own good but for
neglecting his neighbor’s
If you really need an edge on
your axe, don’t wait for someone
to offer to turn the grindstone.
“There are no ugly women;
there are only women who do not
know how to look pretty.”
Gossip has been well defined as
putting two and two together and
making it five.
We wouldn’t go so far as to say
that all women are back seat
drivers. Some sit up front where
they can grab the wheel if hub
by doesn’t obey orders.
Quite frequently when some
people speak their minds they
have very little to say.
Anyone who thinks chemical
warfare is something new doesn’t
know much about perfume.
There may be two sides to
every argument, but there seems
to be no end to many of them.
Sometimes a man commands
a good salary, and then his wife
does a good job of commandeer
ing.
FLORIDA SALESMAN HERE
—John C. Carpenter is shown at
right with H. T. Short, superin
tendent of Hudson Plant. Carp
enter, beginning this week, will
cover Florida for Tractor Brand
and has had five years experi
ence in selling. He is a graduate
of the University of Tennessee
and served three years with the
Army in World War II. His hob
bies are golf and fishing. He is
single and will live in Tampa.