March 31, 1947 FIELDCREST MILL WHISTLE Seven Community Egg Hunt Set For Easter Monday DOLLARS AND SENSE White T. Reeder is to be general chairman of the annual Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Y.M.C.A. for all the children of the community up to 14 years of age. This year’s hunt will be on Easter Monday, April 7 at the Lakeside graded school, starting at 10 a. m. A short Easter program under the leadership of the Leaksville-Spray min isterial association will precede the hunt. Purpose of the program will be to emphasize the significance of Easter and the Resurrection. Parents of the children are invited to watch the happy event and ministers of the community are urged to attend. First aid on the grounds, if needed, will be under supervision of Mrs. J. B. Rey nolds. In case of rain the hunt will be postponed until the following Saturday at the same hour and same place. J. K. McConnell, general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. expressed appreciation for the fine community spirit shown in the past and for contributions to the Eas ter Fund. Candies for the children each year are purchased through funds raised by a committee of young men, who for several years have undertaken this proj ect. Prominent members of Congress re ceive up to 500 letters a day from their ^constituents. Buy . . . Sell . . . Swap FOR SALE^—Medium size Norge Oil Circulator and 55-gallon drum. Call 668-J. WILL SELL 1930 A-model Radiator or will trade for 1929 model. John At- kins, Bedspread Winding, first shift. ★- s ABSENTEE METER Two-week periods ending March 2 and March 16 Per Cent MILL 3-2 3-16 Finishing .... 5.5 4.0 Rayon .... 7.3 4.4 Bleachery .... 5.3 4.6 Towel .... 7.7 5.1 Central Warehouse ... 4.7 5.3 Hosiery .... 6.2 5.9 Woolen .... 7.7 6.6 Karastan .... 9.3 7.3 Bedspread .... 7.4 7.4 Blanket .. . .14.1 7.5 1 Sheeting 12.9 10.0 Embr. Bedspread . ....13.3 11.3 TOTAL 8.6 6.7 > “What Is Wealth?” People have had more success eating razor blades and swallowing swords than they have in eating money. Altl'.ough money is most generally used as a measure of wealth, its only value is as a convenient means of exclianging the real wealth which is goods and services. All of us who work for a living exchange the product of our labor with other workers. The money we are paid in wages for our work furnishes a convenient medium of making this exchange. Imagine how diffieult it would be for a worker in the Sheeting Mill, for example, to get paid off in sheets, carrying them around to pay his rent, his grocery bill, his light bill, the installment on the car, etc. Money is so useful as a medium of exchange that we sometimes overlook the fact that the real wealth is goods—goods that supply our needs, that give us pleas ure, that are part and parcel of our standard of living. BLASTS From the Draper Office (By Evelyn Lewis) Gladys Martin has returned from Leaksville Hospital, where she was a patient. Seems like old times seeing and hav ing Everlena Cannaday back with us again. Everlena is substituting for Gladys Martin during her absence. Back on the job again is Mrs. Melvin Pruitt, the former Lorene Blackwell. While Lorene was out to get married, Louise Gerringer supplied in her place. Welcome, Louise! These men and their bowling teams! Why don’t we girls get together and form us a team? The men who work all around us are working for a steak sup per. With Ralph Going and Ralph Pick up as captains, it is a question of “who is going to pay for the steaks?’’ At the present. Going’s team is in the lead. What’s this we hear about James Mar lowe sporting a brand new green Nash automobile? Must be wonderful! J. W. Pulliam and family wish to thank you for your kindness and sym pathy at a time when it was deeply appreciated.

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