FOTOFAX JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 1980
EDITORIAL:
MORE ABOUT SILVER
WELCOME. NEW EMPLOYEES!
Although I've been involved in elec
trical work for 20 years and in the pho
tographic business since it started here, I
never really gave much thought to silver
as part of either industry. The metal
was just there, somewhere, and it was
the same stuff used for coins, jewelry,
and an increasing part of my teeth.
The January 11 New York Times
gave me a different outlook.* Here are
some of the major industrial uses of sil
ver for 1978, as taken from the Times
Business Day Section:
2 million ounces were used for medi
cal and dental work.
2.7 million ounces were made into
coins and medallions.
6.8 million ounces went into jewelry.
7.2 million ounces were used in elec
troplating.
36.7 million ounces went into electri
cal products.
64.3 million ounces were used for
photography.
Total consumption of silver was 159
million ounces.
About 17 million ounces of the silver
used in photography were purchased by
DuPont. We use more silver than is used
for coinage, jewelry and electroplating
combined. Over 17 million ounces were
used for sterling in 1978. We put almost
as much on film as went into all the
tableware, tea sets, trays and candelabra.
Look at the current price of silver'in
the financial section of your morning
paper. Multiply that dollar figure by 17
million — or more; then consider the
other costs of doing business.
You begin to understand the silver in
the manager's hair.
- Hale
DERA
/Sweetheart Dance
February 23
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E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO
BREVARD! north CAROLINA 28712
Bob Hale, Editor
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
M/F
JAY ALEXANDER
Service
Mileposts
30 Years
Richard S. Burket
20 Years
Jerry L. Chapman
Everette W. Johnson
Jerry C. Pierson
Mark A. Sanders
15 Y6ars
Ralph M. Johnson
10 Years
Ronald G. Burgess
Richard M. Conner
Gary B. Freeman
James E. Garland
Larry R. Gordon
Ben H. Hallback
Ashok K. Kudva
Gordon L. Lowe
Jerry B. Rich
Larry B. Stiles
Grady A. Woodring
5 Years
Keith M. Killen
Would you have men speak well of
you? Speak well of them. And when
you have learned to speak good of others,
try then to do good to them.
In return for this, others will speak
well of you.
-Epictetus,
a Greek Slave
DEAN FURR
JERRY VIOLETTE
VIOLETTE TRANSFERS
Effective March 1, Technical Superin
tendent Jerry Violette has accepted a
new position with Berg Electronic Divi
sion of the Photo Products Department.
He will become site manager of a new
facility to be built at Besanpon, France.
"This is full circle, in a way," said
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DANA JAMESON
Jerry. "The Violette family has been
traced back to a 15 year old boy who
came across by boat, from France to
Nova Scotia, many years ago.
My family were among many French
people who fled to the wilderness when
the British defeated the French in Can
ada and started deporting everyone to
Louisiana.
"The French language and culture
survive to this day in many parts of
Maine. I grew up speaking French, and
I m surprised how easily the language is
coming back to me. I'm looking forward
to using it again.
This will be returning home for Du
Pont, also. France was our founder's
ancestral home, and although we have a
sizeable rnarketing organization in France,
this will be the primary manufacturing
facility on french soil.
It isn't easy to leave North Carolina.
We were happy to be back here, and
planning to stay for a while. But this
will be an exciting and challenging task.
There s nothing there now but the land:
much has to be done — basic data to
write, architects to engage, bids to issue
and contractors to be selected; equip
ment to be ordered and people to hire.
I'm looking forward to the job!"
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SIGN FOR THE TIMES:
Button Shelton; art is by C. B. Branson.
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