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MEL — ROSE — GLEN
NOVEMBER ISSUE
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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 Dennis
Loopihg Room No. 1, Lois Harrison
Looping No. 2, 1st — Nona Sechrest
Looping No. 2, Belle Poole
Fin. Room 1-lst .... Ethel Leatherman
Finishing Rm. No. 2, Lillian Anderson
Betty Easter
Boarding No. 1, 1st
Boarding No. 1, 2nd Edith Whitaker
Boarding No. Z, 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
SOCIAL SECURITY IN REVIEW
The Old-Age and Survivirs In
surance program is part of the
Federal system of social insurance
established under the Social Se-
rity Act. This is the program
ich most of us call “Social Se-
the employee and his em-
are in financin;? the pro-
that we mean the worker
s one per cent of his wages
to the system and his employer
pays an equal amount.
The purpose of Social Security
is to provide a measure of finan
cial security to the aged worker,
or to the family of the worker
when he dies regardless of his age.
The number of people benefited
by social security has increased
steadily and rapidly. From a mo
dest beginning in January 1940,
which was the first time that
monthly benefits were paid under
the system, the number of men,
women, and children on the social
security rolls had increased to 2
million for the entire country.
The increase in the number of
people receiving social security
benefits has also improved the lot
of many persons in our area.
GLENN PLANT
TOP SEWERS
Here we are again, with one
missing. Mary Stout has left us.
Hope she will be back soon.
Frances Lawson is home after
undergoing an operation. We’re
wishing her a speedy recovery.
We- certainly do welcome the top
sewers who came back to work
Monday.
Announcing a great event! “Ma”
Culler has acquired a new grand
daughter.
We hear Sadie and Ann took in
the Greensboro Fair. What about
it, gals?
Hoyt Price and Mr. Smith are
all smiles since it is hunting sea
son again.
This is all, folks, for this time.
See you next month.
GLENN LOOPING
We miss Jewel while she is out.
J. C. is home on leave from the
Navy and we wish them a happy
reunion.
Don’t be surprised if Mr. Price
comes to your door peddling. He’s
getting to be a No. 1 Salesman—
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY
“Popular elections express the will of the people, but back
of that will must be the true democratic spirit which alone can
save us from the excesses of rule of force. Liberty cannot be
conserved by majority rule unless the majority hold sacred
basic individual rights regardless of race or creed so that,
along with our differences of view, political and religious, we
have a deep and abiding sense of human dignity and worth . . .
Rancor and bigotry, racial animosities and intolerance, are
wholly incompatible with that cooperation. They are the dead
ly enemies of true democracy, more dangerous than any exter
nal force because they undermine the very foundations of
democratic effort.”—Former Chief Justice Hughes.
sells anything from baby sleepers,
sweaters, to Watkins’ products.
Lois’ mother, who lives in Hud
son, N. C., is visiting her and Bill.
Lewis Hedgecock is a brand-
new papa! He has a little son
named Sanford Lewis Hedgecock,
born at 6:30 A. M. on Oct. 22nd.
It weighs 6 lbs., and 4 oz.
GLENN INSPECTORS NEWS
Let’s all gather around and have
another chat. All seem well and
happy. In fact, we felt so good one
day last week, we decided to draw
names for Christmas, and all
seemed very much satisfied.
Bealie Boles tells us she has lost
a daughter and gained a son. Her
daughter, Josephine, was married
Oct. 23 at home.
Fannie Nicholson drove to El
kin, N. C. last week end to visit
home folks. She talks as if they
have plenty to eat in Elkin.
Lydia Gilmore was so enthusias
tic over something one day last
week that she let some of the in
spectors pull a trick on her in Ho-
iiig a colored lot, and the girls
want to extend hearty congratula
tions to her in being a real pal.
All we ask—just bring on some
more cake.
Wonder how come Carrie to cut
her hair and keeps it fixed so
pretty? You reckon she is plan
ning on going to the beach again?
Sadie is not bothered with dogs
following her in the morning when
she is coming to work any more.
She got tired of it, as she tried
several plans to drive them away,
and failed. So she decided to bark
at them. That worked!
that Blizzard’s car should break
down the day after you ride in it.
Too much unaccustomed weight.
I guess all you girls have shaken
the moths out of your winter
clothes and put up your stoves. If
not, you had better not delay.
We hear that Hoyt went deer
hunting the other day, and ended
up fishing.
Gossip heard in the dressing
room: We hear that Herbert Hoo
ver is Dewey’s right hand man.
Remember the “Good old Hoover
Days?” Do you want them again?
Huh???
GLENN KNITTING ROOM
From the sound of things in the
knitting room, you would think
“Ole Saint Nick” was just a town
or two away. Everyone is asking,
“Do you know who has my name?
If so, tell them I want this or
that.” From what little I’ve heard
of the “I Wants,” some of them
are: Nora and Hoyt, a new car;
Blizzard, a nice little pint, and he
says any kind will do.
That’s quite a smile Brookbank
flashes since he has grown his
moustache. Someone should grab
him for the “Ipana Smile” ad.
Lois says she “lights up” every
night since we girls gave her a set
of vanity lamps for her birthday.
To anyone who hasn’t heard,
Jeanie Walters has a big girl, the
name is Marsha Lynn.
Eloise thinks she started weav
ing her sweaters just a shade
early, because she gets “power
fully” hot during the day.
“Fuzzy” says “the tears are
rolling down his poor old cheeks,”
because his old flame has caught
herself another man.
Rumors have it that Lee is try
ing to gain 35 more pounds. He
says he’s too slim.
Julia, are you taking the brand
of reducing pills which have done
so much for Nora?
“Al,” is that patch on the side
of your face proof that your wife
is gaining the upper hand ? Better
“duck” the next time!
John, it looks terribly funny
GLENN SECOND SHIFT
Well, here we are afain, folks,
bringing you the latest from all
points.
First we wish to welcome Sally
Lucas to our shift. Hope you enjoy
working with us, Sally.
Next we wish to say that it
seems as if no one loves us on se
cond any more. James went up on
1st about two weeks ago and Gur
ney went back uii third this past
Monday and now Daisy is going up
on 1st. Guess we’ll find out what
it means to be lonesome.
Boy! Mel had a birthday Oct. 8,
REMEMBER
REMEMBER to take an ex
tra copy of MELROSE-GLEN
to some former employee or
worker temporarily out of the
shop today.
and did he get a lot! He got a dia
mond ring from his parents and a
radio from his girl friend and he
also got to bring the Buick to work
on Friday night. By the way, Mel,
the girls sure did enjoy that little
spin you gave them in the Buick
and are hoping to take one again
pretty soon.
Well, Fuzzy’s loss of Tilie seems
to be final for sure now. She got
married this past Saturday night
you know, and already Fuzzy’s
been seen flirting with another wo
man. What are you trying to do,
Fuzzy—fool someone!! ? ?
Say, Ruby was invited out to
dinner just recently, so if anyone
hears her growl, please don’t think
she’s angry, because she won’t be.
It will just be that bear she helped
eat. She says she would rather eat
deer any day. They had both deer
and bear for dinner, and it came
all the way from Florida, where
some friends of hers were hunting.
She sure is a lucky woman.
Well, ’bye, now, and don’t overdo
yourselves on Halloween night. Be
seeing you again soon.
GLENN LOOPING DEPT.
Well, here we are at the begin
ning of another month and we 18
point Loopers hope the new month
will bring us more work than the
last, although we appreciate the
work we did get. We are glad that
Edith Bulla is able to be out again
after having an attack of gall
stones.
We sure do miss Leona Agner
since she has been out sick with
her sick baby. Hope the baby is
soon well enough for her to come
back to work.
Mary and John Daves spent a
day at the Greensboro Fair and en
joyed it, but Mary said she did not
feel as young looping as she did
at the Fair.
Everyone looked at lola’s New
Look ’til it made her face turn red
but that girl sure wears that New
Look!
Mary Lou said she was ready to
get married, now she had finished
her wool Afghan—Mary Lou, don’t
let anyone tell you that is all the
cover you will need.
Genia Hauser spent Friday and
Saturday with her daughter at
Boone, N. C. and reported that she
really saw the jumping off place in
the mountains, but it was so cold
it WTS not encouraging to her.
We 18 point loopers want to
thank Mr. Price for his effort to
arrange the days that we work so
they will be most convenient for
MRS. PRbvuoT-rfJHJ
Mrs. Prevost has moved to Rt.
No. 1, Sophia, N. C. She would like
to hear from anyone in her depart
ment.
MORE ABOUT BRUSH PILES
Quietness, unfortunately, in our
world is too often asociated with
inertia and stupidity. We too fre
quently evaluate success or worth
by efficiency and popularity that
are apparent to the noisy crowd.
Now. if one wants to take the
world by storm, create a commo
tion, make an immediate and pop-
ualr impress, it is possible to make
an imposing display of fragments.
SOMEONEONCESAID
“No man is free who is not mas
ter of himself.’’—Epictetus
He can give himself to building a
brush pile, rather than growing a
tree. This is far easier than the
painstaking endeavor of coordinat
ing all his activities into a growing
unity. And, too, one can make a
brush pile much quicker than he
can grow a tree. The brush pile
may represent a business, wealth,
social prestige, notoriety or any
major activity of life. But the per
son who gives himself to building
a huge pile of unrelated little
things in life, lives unhappily no
matter how high he may pile his
bank account, or pleasures, or
comforts, or prestige or leader-
ship. Life is not made up of a mul
tiplicity of things piled in helter
skelter fashion. Life to be saved
from frustration and futility and
foolishness, must be related to a
worthy purpose. Such a worthy
purpose is to be achieved in wor
ship.
Number Five in'a Series of Ten
on the theme
“Why Attend Church Services?”