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THE MILL WHISTLE
March 4, 1946
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teust carry on I
Red Cross Drive
Begins Today
The annual Red Cross drive begins
March 4, and the quota for the Tri-
Cities this year is $7,300.00. The quotas
for the industrial plants in the com
munity are as follows:
Mill Quota
General Office $200.00
Finishing Mill 300.00
Bleachery 110.00
Central Warehouse 110.00
Rayon Mill 240.00
Woolen Mill 410.00
Karastan Mill 530.00
Eng., Per., Filter & Wage Bureau 100.00
Bedspread Mill 310.00
Blanket Mill 800.00
Sheeting Mill 380.00
Spray Cotton Mill 300.00
Leaksville Woolen Mill 185.00
Morehead Cotton Mill 150.00
Total $4,125.00
J. Frank Wilson is chairman of the
Industrial Section. He urges all employ
ees of the mills and offices to give the
same fine support to the Red Cross this
year that has been characteristic of
them in the past years.
Reasons for support of the drive are
set forth in the following statement
from Basil O’Connor, Chairman of the
American National Red Cross:
“The war is not over for the Ameri
can Red Cross. There remains for us
a continuing- responsibility in the
great tasks of maintaining morale
among the men in the occupation
forces, service to hospitalized troops
and help and counsel to veterans
whose normal pattern of life has been
disrupted by the war’s impact. More
over, the peacetime role of our 3,754
chapters is an expanding one, involv
ing a wide range of humanitarian and
educational services pointed toward
a better America.
“It is to these great objectives that
the Red Cross is dedicated—for them,
the Red Cross must carry on.”
I expect to pass through this world
but once. Any good things, therefore,
that I can do, or any kindness I can
show to any fellow human being, let me
do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect
it, for I shall not pass this way again.
■—Grellet.
Acquaintance: A person whom we
know well enough to borrow from but
not well enough to lend to.
Glances which over cocktails seem so
sweet
May not be so charming over shredded
wheat.
Smart Fellow!
Our newspaper gives us the follow
ing account of how one man (or super
man) managed to get around some of
the red tape that apparently holds
everything in its grasp these days.
For years—the story goes—the Phoe
nix, Arizona, Little Theater group gave
away a cup of coffee with each pur
chase of a 5-cent doughnut, selling be
tween acts. Not long ago the group
asked the OPA for sugar for the coffee.
The request was rejected on the grounds
that the coffee was not sold.
Refusing to be licked, the Little
Theater managers put their heads to
gether and came up with the correct
solution. Now they sell the coffee for
5 cents and give away the doughnuts.
Sort of “six of one and half a dozen
of the other” thing, eh!
More Headlines
It’s none of our business, of course
(which makes it all the more interest
ing to us!) but doesn’t it seem that the
Tri-City Merchants went to a lot of
trouble and pain to get their annual
banquet in big headlines on the front
page of the Greensboro Daily News for
February 28th?
Being business men, and good ones,
they realize the value of advertising,
but off-hand we can think of a lot of
less painful ways of advertising.
About Your Ration Book
From the office of OPA comes the
warning that the Number 4 Ration
Book should not be thrown away, even
though most people have already used
their 39 stamp for sugar. There is, ac
cording to the OPA oftice, a possibility
that some of the spare stamps in the
No. 4 Book will from, time to time be
used for sugar.
Sailor—“There’s an important ques
tion I’ve been wanting to ask you for
days and days.”
Girl—“Go ahead. I’ve had the answer
ready for months and months.”
Buy . . . Sell . . . Swap
FOR SALE—Cement blocks. Sizes 4",
6" and 16" by 6. See L. C. Sumner,
Draper.
LOST—One 1937 Plymouth hub cap. If
found, please notify Nomie Grogan,
Woolen Mill.
FOR SALE—Two good building lots
about 500 feet from the Draper Mill
on Oak St. Lights and city water
convenient; also, rough feed for sale.
See J. H. Wade, Cascade Ave., or call
2005-W.