FOTOFAX
BREVARD PLANT
PHOTO PRODUCTS DEPARTMENT
FOCUS:
In a speech made several
months before his retirement,
former Chairman irving Shapiro
stated that an ancient Chinese
curse was “May you iive in in
teresting times.”
“These are interesting times,”
Mr. Shapiro added.
Since then, the times have be
come more “interesting”.
DuPont’s present Chairman,
Edward Jefferson, has stated it
this way:
“These are times of excep
tional chailenge. Yet, every gene
ration has faced an impressive
iist of chalienges.” Mr. Jefferson
went on to state his beiief that
the traditionai American
strengths of courage and seif-
reliance can make us more than
equal to today’s challenges.
He also asked why our nation,
superbly equipped in ali respects
to compete in the world industrial
scene, isn’t doing better in
the market, and called attention
to the fact that realities have
changed.
Considering his question, I
look back to our world of 20 to 25
years ago. There was less com
petition. Japanese television
sets and motorcycles were in
less demand, Japanese cars al
most unknown. Even the popular
Volkswagen Beetle scarcely
made a dent in the overall auto
market.
“Made in America’’ was
enough to sell our goods; infla
Interesting
Times
tion was at a low level. We were
ahead of the pack.
Now, we face stiff competition
from across both the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans. The new realities
of today demand that we “Go For
It” if we are to get our share of
the world market.
These realities may seem
harsh.
A few weeks ago, I visited the
landing site of the Pilgrims, the
Mayflower II and Plymouth Vil
lage. I was struck by the severity
of their lives.
These Pilgrims were real peo
ple, in hard and perilous times,
not like the image we had of them
in our school days. They had very
little in the way of worldly goods
at the beginning. But they were
committed to hard work, and ded
icated to building a better way
of life.
They certainly spent little time
in feasting!
Working together with courage
and determination, they estab
lished a tradition that built a
great nation.
If we, having so much more to
work with, can learn to put our
differences aside and work to
gether to meet the needs we have
in common, we can build, as the
pilgrims did, a new and better
society out of the perils and
harsh realities of these “interest
ing times” in which we find our
selves. . i >
United Way Leaders
Praise Givers, Solicitors
by Dot Osborne, UW Secretary
Brevard plant employees have
completed a successful United
Way campaign, contributing sev
en percent more than the $53,800
goal.
Actual pledges totaled
$57,539.75 with 76.7 percent of
employees participating.
Of that amount, $28,200 was
pledged to Transylvania County
and $25,781 to Henderson Coun
ty. The remaining $3,558 was
pledged to Buncombe and Jack-
son Counties in North Carolina
and Greenville and Pickens
Counties in South Carolina.
“This performance shows how
we feel about our plant and our
communities—that is, we care,”
Gerald Levi, co-chairman, said.
The pledges, which were out
standing in the face of a poor
economy, will provide the United
Way Agencies with funds to con
tinue their work during 1983.
Jim Hendrix, co-chairman with
Levi, had praise for the 84 solici
tors who canvassed the 1362 em
ployees, and for all those who
saw the need and gave. “That is
what made it successful,” he
said.
VOL. 15, NO. 6
OCT.-NOV.,1982
Over The Top!
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$53,800
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$57,540
YOUR PLEDGE
BY COUNTY
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THANK YOU!
“People seemed willing to do more this year, ” said Gerald Levi, as he
posted final results of the United Way Campaign. “I think it’s just fan
tastic, getting this kind of response in difficult times like these. ”
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