October, 1946
HMBI & M
Pvt. William J. Wilson, son of
Mrs. Lois Spry Wilson, Cloth
Boom employee, entered service
February 20, 1946, and is now at
Lowry Field, Colorado, awaiting
a new assignment
You could spend the rest of
your life studying the subject of
inflation, and still not know all
there is to find out about it.
But the basic cause of inflation
is easy enough to understand. It's
simply that when there is too
much money in circulation, and
too little goods available for pur
chase, prices go up.
For example, you have $5OO to
spend for a used car, and you
succeed in finding a man who is
willing to sell you his car for that
price. But, suppose, before you
close the deal, another man
rushes up with $7OO. Immediate
ly you're out of the picture.
Then suppose a third person
appears waving $l,OOO. To whom
will the car owner sell. To the
Ihfrd man, for sure, And a used
car that's worth only $5OO at
most finds a customer for $l,OO0 —
twice what it's actually worth.
The reason? Used cars are scarce
—money is plentiful; cars go to
the highest bidder.
Of course, if the man who was
selling the car was inflation-con
scious himself (if he had a con
science) then everything would
be O. K. Prices wouldn't go up.
But being individualists and hu
man nature being what it is, most
of us would take the higher price
and then gripe about someone
else pulling the same trick on us.
When that happens to every
thing you buy—that is, when ev
erything is scarce because pro
duction is down—it's called infla
tion. Too much money in circu
lation, because people spend fool
ishly when there is so little to
buy and that of poor quality, is
the cause of inflation prices. The
way to beat the game is to hold
on to your money until produc
ton is victorious over inflation.
It is your business—it is a battle
that you must help to fight.
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A GENTLEMAN
Is a man who is clean inside
and out, who neither looks up to
the rich nor down on the poor,
who can lose without squealing,
who can win without bragging,
who is considerate of women,
children and old people, who is
too brave to lie, too generous to
cheat, and who takes only his
share of the world's goods, and
lets the other fellow have his.
BLEACHERY &
VAT DYE
Reporting:
SARAH BOWLES
FRED TUTTEROW
WILLIE BROWN
RUBY ALEXANDER
MARGARET BAILEY
JANICE EATON
Frank Foster made a business
trip to Tennessee recently.
We are pleased to note that
Virginia Snider has returned to
work with us after being out for
quite a while.
We wish to welcome one new
comer to our department—Quen
tin Steele.
We are sorry to report the loss
of two of our band to the Vat
Dye department—Edna E. Eaton
and Grimes Livengood.
We are sorry to report Edith
Miller in the hospital at this writ
ing and wish for a speedy re
covery.
We are glad to see Felix Cart
ner back at work after being out
for several weeks.
Bessie Older recently spent the
week with her sister, Mrs. G. N.
Miller, at Beaufort, N. C.
We wish to welcome Robert
Wall and John Correll to our
shift.
Felix, how about your trip to
Tennessee? Was it business or
pleasure???
Why does Arthur Whitaker
bring his dog along to work —is
he hunting or trading?
CARDING
Reporting:
CLAUDIE BOGER
"SAM" BOGER
Sherman Shoaf and Baxter
Creason have started cutting
wood. Old Man Winter must be
upon us.
Johnnie Creason looks awfully
sad these days. Wonder if it's
some lady friend or because base
ball season is over.
We are glad to have Lotta Ad
ams with us from the second shift.
I noticed Tom Plummer walk
ing the other day. I guess the old
Ford wore out before the new
one got here.
We noticed Lefty Lankford has
purchased an A-Model * Ford. It
must be requiring quite a bit
of overhauling since he has been
out most of the week.
We had quite a few extra em
ployees one day recently but they
didn't seem to raise our produc
tion any.
Obe Martin spent a recent week
in Colorado visiting his brother
who has been ill.
Luke Foster has been out sick
for a few days. Wonder what Dr.
Walt Shoaf will have to say
about liis condition this time.
We are sorry to lose one of our
second shift employees and re
porter, Edith Wopten, who has
gone to Statesville to take a new
job. We wish her all the luck.
We welcome back Mrs. Vermeil
Cranfield, one of our former Card
Room employees, and hope she
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has a long and pleasant stay with
us.
Mr. Plott would like to buy a
shot gun so he can help the meat
shortage by shooting rabbits.
Plott says meat is meat.
The second shift drawing hands
have been doing a lot of trading
lately but all of them still have
the same thing with which they
started.
We are always glad to welcome
a new face to our shift, so we
take this opportunity to welcome
Ralph Wood.
Attention: If you want some
good dry wood Earnest Capel
says to see Dan Williams.
CLOTH, NAPPING
and SHIPPING
Reporting:
WILLIE TURNER
We are sorry to report Roy
Hellard out sick for the past two
weeks and hope him an early re
covery.
Frank M. Tatum, former ship
ping department employee is now
at Fort Bliss, Texas, and will be
there for his basic training.
C-N Dorothy Owens, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Owens,
who is a senior at York County
Hospital, York, South Carolina,
spent a brief visit with her par
ents before going to Baltimore to
resume further studies.
Mrs. Joe Bivins and Mrs. Mary
Daniel attended the Winston-Sa
lem fair, and we understand that
they had enjoyable ride on the
caterpillar.
We are glad to welcome Mabel
Hellard to the first shift.
Beatrice Shaver has been trans
ferred to the Bleachery. Sorry
to lose Bea but hope she likes
her new job.
Miss Nora Call and Mr. Paul
Nelson were married at the Meth
odist Parsonage in Mocksville by
Rev. G. W. Fink on Sept. 28th.
After a short honeymoon in
western North Carolina they are
at home on Mocksville, Route 4.
Mrs. Annice Alsobrooks had
Mrs. Emma Hatley from Con
cord as a recent weekend visitor.
Mrs. Mary Daniel, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Tutterow and family and
Margaret Bivins attended the
Cherokee County Fair recently
and spent the night in Tennessee
end returned Sunday by Blowing
Rock. They report a nice time.
They say Tommie Ridenhour
spends all his spare time in Salis
bury. We don'i know whether it
is business or love.
The Napping Room is proud of
the good citizenship shown by
those contributihg to the recent
Scout Drive. They realize the
need of youth training and show
ed their interest by giving whole
heartedly.
During the food shortage, our
department has been very for
tunate in having a man who is
in the goat business. We under
stand, also, that he has now gone
into the rate business, so we
should be able to get plenty of
meat and milk. Too bad he is
moving to the country.
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WARP ROOM WINNERS —Mr. Giles Sexton, Warp Room
Overseer, proudly presents prizes to Wilson Chappell and Mr.
J. N. Parker for being winners of the Limerick Contest Walter
Brown, also a winner, was not present when this picture was
taken. Mr. Chappell won first prize, Walter Brown second, and
Mr. Parker third.
SHOPS
Reporting:
GRIMES PARKER
ELLEN TISE
The Shop is proud of the im
provement in its safety record
during the past year. All the men
have made studies of accidents
and near-accidents. We have
made a large scrapbook on safety
and all the men have been drilled
in preventing accidents in the
home and at work.
The men in the Shop are tak
ing a great deal of interest in
their work. To be a good ma
chinist or electrician a man must
be willing to read and study
new methods and new inventions.
Several of our men have bought
books or taken correspondence
courses dealing with different
types of work done in machine
shops. Robert Pense has done ex
tra reading on welding; Buck
Keller is taking a course dealing
with electrical work; Effie
Grimes is studying electrical
work and radio ;Ransome Dudley
completed a course on mechanics,
and L. F. Mills has completed a
course in sheet metal and radiator
work.
Vestal Call is proud of his
first grandchild, and Mr. Riden
hour is just as proud of his sixth
one.
W. G. Eaton spent several days
down around Swansboro deep
sea fishing. He went to the coast
thus seeing much of the coastal
section of the State. He spent a
few hours in Raleigh.
Gilmer Overcash drove to
Washington recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Clanard Creason
spent a weekend recently visiting
relatives around Elkin.
Mr. J. J. Hellard is out sick at
this writing. We hope he will soon
be back with us.
W. F. Benson's son has received
his discharge from the Navy.
We all welcome W. W. Pense to
our department. We were sorry
to lose Bill Davis and wish him
much luck at State College.
The hunting season is in and
the men are looking forward to
many happy hours in the fields
and woods.
OFFICE
Reporting:
THIRZA PERRELL
Mr. J. L. James attended the
Duke-Tenn football game at
Durham, October sth. We won
der if his team won!
Jean deWeese has joined our
office force, and we hope that
she is going to enjoy working
with us.
Charlie Hannah attended a
steak supper in Salisbury last
Friday night—hope he enjoyed
the steaks because we are begin
ning to wonder how they taste!
We are all going to miss Thirza
Perrell who has recently resigned
her job to tackle that of keeping
house.
Irene Young is out sick at this
writing, and we all hope that she
will soon be well again and can
come back to work.
Visitors from Durham during
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Judy and Kay Taylor, lour and
five year old daughters of Pauf
Taylor, Spinning Room employee,
enjoyed a birthday party at their
home.
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