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MEL — ROSE — GLEN
FEBRUARY ISSUE
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 Beulah Rice
Inspecting Daisy Ring
Looping One Nell Cathhart
Looping Two Mae Beane
Boarding Two Wm. A. Burney
Finishing Two Margaret Cain
Finishing One Sarah Hooper
Boarding One - Jack Underwood
Miscellaneous Agnes Butler
Knitting Two Thelma Edwards
Knitting Three Agnes Carter
Boarding Two — — M. J. Setzer
Looping Two Irene Bryant
Knitting One Mary Johnson
GLENN PLANT
Knitting One Helen Dailey
Knitting Two - Edith Rand?
Looping - Jennie Hauser
Finishing Gladys Dawson
FULL FASHIONED PLANT
Looping, Seaming and
Inspecting _ Mildred Hyde
Knitting One Mildred Hyde
Finishing Altah Wilson
Knitting Two Hoyle Morgan
Knittirg Three John Kimball
HOW TO PRAY
The proper way for a man to pray,
Said Deacon Lemuel Keyc,
The only proper attitude,
Is down upon your Vnfes.
No' T chnnlH to pray,
Said Reverend i^v-or Wise,
Is standing straight with out
stretched arms
And rapturous upturned eyes.
It seems to me his hands should be
Devoutly clasped in front,
With both thumbs pointing toward
the ground.
Said Reverend Doctor Blunt.
Last year I fell in Hodkin’s well.
Head first, said Cyrus Brown,
With both my heels a-stickin’ up.
My head a-p’intin’ down.
Sam Brand
says —
u
SOME of the boys were havin’ a
bull session the other day and
somebody asked how old our brand
name was. Bein’ an old-timer here,
I gave ’em the answer right off the
bat. A:;d then they got to talkin’
about what was the oldest brand
nan^e still bein’ used. When I told
them .here were four I knew of that
v.e e more than 200 years old, they
lo^, jd at me bug-eyed.
So I said. “What you fellows don’t
re lize is that a company with a brand
n, ne that’; got a fine reputation is
always in usiness. Fires and floods
cnn wipe out the plants and ruin the
n.achinery, but as long as people re
member a brand name they’ve al
ways trusted, you’ve got loyal cus
tomers ready to buy again whenever
vou start up.”
FOR OUR SELFISH INTEREST
It is the additional little margin that counts. Applied to
our work and our job this means that the extra care, special
thoughtfulness, added attention to each job and each lot of
merchandise gives Melrose a margin at the point where it
counts.
We can imagine that a buyer MAY look at an order of
SOX purchased from our mill and reason that it is “good
enough” NOT to complain about. In these days we MUST have
more than that response.
There is no way of KNOWJNG how much repeat business
we SHOULD get, but may not get at this point. It may be that
a buyer is not dissatisfied, but at the same time is not
PLEASED enough to re-order. Let’s make it our ambition to
give MELROSE JALITY just the added touch that will call
attention to ou) consistent effort to please.
Generali’ speaking, all Melrose workers “get by,” “per
form up to standard.” But barely performing passable work
is not enouf a in these days. Each job—no matter how routine
and how trivial—^must be brought up to the “extra care” level.
In all departments in Melrose there are operators of ex
cellent skills, both in quantity and quality of goods. We prob
ably ran a higher percentage of top grade workers than most
mills (at least, we like to think this is true and everyone in
supervision has been working to that end for a long time). We
are learning to especially appreciate this unusual block of
employees.
Melrose is proud of ALL of the workers. But, it does need
to be urged upon each employee to do HIS best. It is not a
matter of fault finding, but of sheer economic necessity. The
ONLY way the mill can get REPEAT orders in a market that
is HIGHLY competitive, is for each worker in the organization
to give EXTRA thought, effort and attention to every detail
of every hour’s work done in the departments.
THINK. Ask yoursell ; Is this my best effort? Find oat
new ways of doing the old job BETTER.
It is the additional little margin that counts.
Low Cost, High Protein Dish
%
Wr.
Keeping the family’s nuti’itional requirements up to par is
easy and economical when low cost, high protein foods are combined
in flavorful main dishes such as Kidney Bean Rabbit. In this attrac
tive, appetizing dish, there is some protein in the beans, some in the
bread, and lots of high quality protein in the cheese—plus the milk
minerals and milk vitamins and food energy in cheese.
You can count on a half pound of cheddar cheese to give you
about as much protein as a whole pound of meat with a moderate
amount of bone and fat, according to the United States Department
of Agriculture, Office' for Food and Feed Conservation. And a half
pound of cheese provides the suggested 2 ounces of protein for a
main dish when feeding four.
You’ll find Kidney Bean Rabbit one of your easiest main dishes
—you just make a rabbit of the ingredients, and serve hot on crisp
toast. Try it today.
Kidney Bean Rabbit
2 tablespoons chopped onion 1-2 teaspoon Worcestershire
1 green pepper, chopped sauce
2 tablespoons butter or mar- Salt, pepper, cayenne
garine 1-2 lb. American Pasteurized
2 cups cooked kidney beans Process Cheese, sliced
2 tablespoons catsup Toast
Saute the chopped onion and green pepper in the butter or mar
garine in the top of a double boiler.\ Place over hot water. Add the
well drained beans, catsup, Worcestershire sauce, seasonings and
cheese. Cook slowly until the cheese melts. Serve hot on crisp toast.
VX-;
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CLEVELAND, O H I O—M a n y
car owners put antifreeze in the
radiator, lighter grease in the
transmission, thinner oil in the
crankcase and think their car is
winterized. Not so, say the techni
cal and service experts of Willard
Battery. The equally vital electri
cal system, often overlooked, needs
winterizing also.
Motorists should take these six
steps in preparing the electrical
system for cold weather, the Wil
lard experts advise: Test battery
and recharge if necessary, clean
battery terminals, tighten battery
hold-downs, check voltage regula
tor, tighten all electrical connec
tions and adjust generator belt.
Unless a battery is fully charged,
it will face an almost insurmount
able task when required to start an
engine in zero weather. At zero a
fully charged battery has only 40
per cent of the cranking power it
hap at 80 degrees.
A battery can be ruined by
freezing in cold weather unless it
is kept fuliy charged. ISio liquid
other than pure water should ever
be added to the battery.
SOMEONE ONCE SAID
“No man ever got to first base
alone.” —Author Unknown
BE CAREFUL
In speaking of a person’s faults.
Pray don’t forget your own;
Remember, those in homes of glass
Should never throw a stone.
If we have nothing else to do
But talk of those who sin,
’Tis better we commence at home,
And from that point begin.
We have no right to .judge a man
Until he’s fairly tried;
Should we not like his company
We know the world is wide.
Some may have faults, and who
have not?
The old as well as young;
Perhaps we may, for all we know.
Have fifty to their one.
I’ll tell you of a better plan,
And find it works full well;
To try our own defects to cure.
Before of others tell.
And though I sometimes hope
to be
Not worse than some I know,
Mv own shortcomings bid me let
The faults of others go.
Then let us all, when we commence
To slander friend or foe.
Think of the harm one word
may be
To those who little know.
Rernember, curses frequently,
Like chickens, roost at home;
Don’t speak of others’ faults until
You’ve tried to see your own.
—Unknown.
SWIFT LAMBS
On a western ranch, a new sheen
herder came panting toward his
farmer boss. He ren'.arked that
he had to do quite a bit of running
to catch the lambs. The farmer
took one look at them and ex
claimed: “Those r 14 little ones
aren’t lambs. They’re jack rab
bits.”