The Monitor (Naples, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 1958 Page: 3 of 8
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The NapJes MONITOR
THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 1953 PAGE 3
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The adv:i7r.d planning for
Interstate Highway 30 in Mor-
ris, Titus and Bowie counties
for 1961-82 has been approved
by the State Highway Commis-
sion.
The program involves the lo-
cation of surveys, preparation
of schematics and determina-
tion of right of way require-
ments on the new federal ex-
pressway to be built north of
Naples and Omaha.
The program includes one
Give
Bloomi
project in Morris county, one
in Titus county and three in
Bowie county.
In Morris county, the proj-
ect includes 5.6 miles from the
Titus county line northeast to
the west end of the Sulphur
River bridge.
Titus county's part in the
program is 6.6 miles from FM
1001 interchange to the Morris
county line.
The three Bowie county
projects are 9.3 miles from 1.2
miles southwest of U.S. 82 in-
terchange southwest to include
FM 561 interchange; 7 miles
from FM 561 interchange
southwest to include state
highway 25 interchange; and
1.8 miles from state highway
KEEP
WELL
GROOMfcD
Flower Mart
Naples Ph. TW7-4101
Tjke Way.
3 See 3t
The Naples
BARBER SHOP
By E. B. GERMANY
For the second time this
year, Lone Star Steel Company
has been forced to curtail pro-
duction of its line pipe and
oilfield tubular goods because
of market conditions. All of us
are familiar with the present
situation in the oil business,
as well as factors which have
reduced pipeline construction.
I hope, as I have for the past
few months, that this situation
will soon change, and tha* Lone
Star can once again operate at
fuH capacity, providing full-
time jobs for the hundreds of
East Texans who depend on
our company for their liveli-
hood. You may be assured that
we are doing everything possi-
ble to find markets for our
products and to sell our share
of the pipe that is being pur-
chased at the present time. Our
efforts have not yet met with
sufficient success to maintain
production.
Many of the people of East
Texas have asked me why Lone
Star has operated in the man-
ner that it has during the past
nine months. Employees, as
well as businessmen of the
plant area, have wanted to
know why we operate at full
capacity for a while, build up
inventories, then shut down
pprtions of the mill, rather
than operate full time at re-
duced capacity.
The reason is simple eco-
nomics. Competition is stiff in
selling the products we make.
Many other companies offer
the same grade of pipe that we
do, and to sell that which we
manufacture we must be able
to sell it at a competitive price.
If we should ever reach the
point that we cannot make pipe
and in line with Prices
askefl !,Mother companies, we
are business and there
w«V/fe no jobs for anyone.
'■ ne way we have operated
during the depressed condi-
tions of the past year is the
only way we have been able to
compete and stay in business.
As always, I have the welfare
of our employees and of plant
area communities foremost in
my mind. I personally feel that
the economy of East Texas is
better served during times
like these by a large number
of employees working most oi
the time than by a few work-
ing all the time.
I have noticed something
during the past three months
which threatens the very life
of our company and the very
existence of the jobs of all of
our employees. Around the
10th of August, production
m man hour worked began to
PC1 ,lltrchased by Lone Star Steel Company for the
(This spa 1, informing the general public about
,«£ £££. views or the Company. "The Way I
See It" will be a weekly feature of this newspaper.)
26 interchange southwest to
the west end of Sulphur River
bridge.
With the authority granted
to District 19 of the State High-
way department, the district
may now go ahead with ad-
vance planning, right of way
acquisition or construction on
the entire length of Interstate
30 through the district, Gilbert
A. Youngs, district engineer at
Atlanta, said.
Authority has been granted
in previous programs to con-
struct Interstate 30 in the area
of Bowie county from Nash to
the Arkansas state line.
fall rapidly and decisively.
High production records of the
months past melted away by as
much as fifty per cent in some
departments.
Apparently there has devel-
oped an attitude among some
employees that layoffs can be
avoided by "slow downs" in
production. A few employees
have taken the position that
cur recent layoffs have been
caused by too high production,
and have systematically set
about to reduce output, feel-
ing that thus it will take longer
to build up inventories and
that they can continue to work.
This is ridiculous. Lone Star
is a small and relatively new
steel company, in competition
with the giants of American
industry. We build up reserves
of money during good times,
to carry us through such pe-
riods as these. But these re-
serves are not unlimited.
We must sell our products
and make a profit on them or
we cannot continue to operate
and pay wages to our em-
ploye 's. We must make these
products economically enough
to compete with other steel
pipe manufacturers or we can-
not sell them. We must have
a high rate of efficient pro-
duction from our employees or
ve cannot compete.
It's as simple as that. "Slow
downs" in production will not
maintain a job in times of re-
duced demand for our prod-
ucts, but such interference
with production will destroy
jobs forever — even in the
best of times.
Lone Star can flourish and
grow over the years ahead,
providing better and better
jobs for more and more East
Texans, or it can be mortally
wounded nov-'j^ the hands of
a few misguiQtSa men.
Every thinking employee
can see that our company must
have the cooperation of its
working force in order to op-
erate. But their jobs can be
destroyed along with all others
if such tactics as "slow downs"
continue.
I have the greatest confi-
dence in the future of Lone
Star Steel Company, and faith
that the fine men and women
of East Texas will work to-
gether in the months ahead to
insure it. We have worked side
by side through good years and
lean years to build our com-
pany into the great institution
which it is today. I know that
we of the Lone Star family will
not let the wrong thinking of
a few wreck something which
we have built together.
That's the way I see it.
October 3
Mrs. Perry Wallace
Karen Renee Roberts
Troy Miller
October 4
W. N. Callaway
Paula June Patterson
Mrs. T. C. Lyster
Gerald Presley
W. R. Ballard
Martha Ann Lindsey
Mrs. B. P. Jacobs
October 5
Mrs. W. A. Wommack
Sammie Hartgrove
Mrs. Perry Tuck
October 6
Mrs. Dubie Ingram
Tricia Gray
Billie Francis Buchanan
Freddie Dale Jenkins
Mrs. A. J. Davis
Linda Kay Harrison
Sandra Jean Pate
October 8
John H. Ellis
Mrs. W. E. McLain
Carl Talley
Chet Coker
October 9
Sheri Slider
Morris Hampton
Mrs. Ross Wright
Homer Abston
Annette Adams
Ex-employees file
suit againf
Lone Star Steel
Nine former employees of
the Lone Star Steel plant who
accepted jobs last year during
a strike and were later laid off
have filed suit against the com-
pany for damages of $50,000
each.
The suit was filed last Thurs-
day with District Clerk Bill
Shaw of Dallas.
The civil complaint charged
that the company broke oral
contracts made with the nine
workers when they were hired
last year.
In the complaint, the em-
ployees said the company told
them they would have seniority
right over strikers when the
strike ended.
The company later reached
an agreement with the steel-
workers union to re-instate the
strikers and the agreement re-
sulted in the laying off of the
newly hired men.
The nine plaintiffs in the
suit are Chester E. Funder-
burg, W. L. Hall, Joseph H„
Tucker, Cecil T. McCollum,
Frank B. Burns, John W.
Sparks, John L. Smith, Jack
M. Butler and Harvey L. Davis.
All of the plaintiffs were
living elsewhere but moved to
the steel plant area on the
promise of permanent jobs, the
suit claimed.
It was the second suit filed
by new workers following the
strike.
A group asked for and was
denied a temporary injunction
to halt their layoff in a hearing
at Dallas in July.
GLENDA BROWN ENTERS
ETSC ON SCHOLARSHIP
Glenda Jo Brown, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Waco Brown,
is one of two East Texas State
College students to receive the
Ex-Students scholarship for the
1958 fall semester.
Miss Brown is a 1958 gradu-
ate of Paul H. Pewitt high
school and ranked in the upper
ten per cent of her graduating
class.
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CORNETT
Mrs. Hdnpcn hostess for shower
By Miss Daisy Heard
The sermon by the pastor,
the Rev. Walter T. Bowden,
was taken from Psalms 116:-
12-13 and Mark 14:22-24. The
title of the message was "Take,
Do, Show", which fitted in
well for the administration of
the Lord's Supper.
Holy Communion was ob-
served by the church and the
hymn, "Blest Be the Tie," was
sung in closing.
The Rev. Bowden had as his
guest his mother from Hous-
ton. She left immediately after
the service by bus for her
home.
Troyce Hampton of Burk-
burnett spent the week end
with his mother and sister,
Mrs. Minnie Hampton and
Mary Catherine.
Mrs. Lawrence Hampton's
home was the scene for a mis-
cellaneous shower honoring
Mr. and Mrs. Bernice Elmer
Hall Saturday from 2 until 5
p.m. A lovely array of gifts
were opened and delightful re-
freshments served to a large
number of guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Pierce
and children of Atlanta and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert George
Mason of Hughes Springs were
recent visitors with the Ellis
Cornetts.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bobo and
children of Kilgore spent Sat-
urday night with his father,
J. O. Bobo and Mrs. Bobo.
A shower for Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Irvin was held Satur-
day night at the school com-
munity center. Mrs. Irvin is
the former Miss Barbara Gail
Hampton. The couple lives in
Dallas but were recent resi-
dents of this community.
The gifts for the couple
were bountiful and the guests
enjoyed the delightful refresh-
ments served by the hostesses.
Horace McCord of Gladewa-
ter visited with his parents, the
R. L. McCords, Sunday after-
noon.
The H. C. Arnolds went to
Ferrell's Dam Sunday to see
a new home built by J. O. Jor-
dan of Hughes Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Ray Jr.
and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hen-
ry and baby of Atlanta visited
with the Don Betts Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Betts had
lunch Sunday with the Paul
Harbours of Mt. Pleasant, and
visited with his sister, Mrs.
Drake of Caddo Mills, in the
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Penny
of Linden, Troyce Hampton
and Peet Hampton visited the
W. H. Blankenships Sunday.
Bobby Don McCord spent
the week end with homefolks.
He teaches science in Dainger-
field.
Angus are
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Registered Angus cattle are
about as economically priced
now as at any time in history.
OO YOU KNOW?
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advantage of present bargains
in Registered Angus cattle to
build up the quality and per-
formance of their herds are
missing the greatest chance of
a lifetime.
DO YOU KNOW?
There are too many Regis-
tered Angus cows that are
good producers ready to step
in and pull their full load at a
reasonable fee for you to tol-
erate half-hearted performers
in the herd.
DO YOU KNOW?
Now is a good time to put
the yardstick to every cow in
the herd. Weed out the slack-
ers, misfits, and free riders
who eat away reserve feed as
well as profits.
DO YOU KNOW?
The bull especially should
not be overlooked when the
yardstick is applied because it
only takes one renegade to set
a herd-improvement program
back several years.
DO YOU KNOW?
The H-L Ranch has some
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bulls and herd bull prospects
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