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Terrace Bay News, 15 Oct 1964, p. 1

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Vol .7, No.42 CANADA SAVINGS BONDS '64 - NOW ON SALE isted below are the canvassers who will be con- tacting Kimberly-Clark employees beginning October 15th to offer them the opportunity to participate in the payroll savings plan for the purchase of Canada Savings Bonds. WOODHANDLING = Shift #] -H.Landry; Shift #2 - V.Timpano; Shift *3 - C.Koski; Shift #4 - W.Pidluzny. PULP DEPARTMENT - Shift #1 - D.Knight; Shift #2 - P.Chicoine - shift #4 - N.Glad. STEAM PLANT - Shift #1 - E.Kettle; Shift #2 - E. icol; Shift *d - D.Desrosiers; Shift #4 - Norman Bottomley . ENGINEERING - Engineering Office - R. Wallwin; ilers - W.Anderson; Electrical & Instruments - J. Ruzyski; Pipefitters - J.Duncan; Millwrights & Auto Mechanics - A.Fraser; Machine Shop - R.Wills; Carpenters - E. Persson. SERVICE DEPARTMENT - Warehouse - M. Nicol; Service - H.Duggan and F .Eickmeier; Watchmen - A.Almos. TOWNSITE - D.Laporte HOTEL - A. Papousek HOSPITAL - M.Duquette TECHNICAL - A. Berndt- sson ADMINISTRATION OFFICE - N Ross These canvassers are working voluntarily and ask only that they be received courteously. You can | make their job much easier if you decide NOW how many bonds to buy. GET ON THE BOND WAGON - everyone has - something to save for - start NOW. NO RESPONSE AT MINOR HOCKEY MEETINGS Response to the first two Minor Hockey meetings of the year was so bad that both were cancelled. As always, it appears that the majority wait for the old i reliables to do the work. However, this time, even the "old reliables" were absent. Unless we have a better turnout at the next meeting, we may end up | without a Minor Hockey executive. In the meantime, registration forms will be distri- | buted to the schools next week. These should be | filled out, signed by pa rents and returned to the | class teacher IMMEDIATELY. | Then, if we can find coaches, teams and leagues | will be formed for the coming season. LAST CHANCE FOR BALLET TICKETS ickets for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet performance here next Tuesday have been in great demand and the there are very few left. (Continued Page 3) HONEST PEOPLE ALSO UNDER SUSPICION > Comments in United States newspapers indicate that the problem of thievery among employees in industry is getting from many employers more than the usual amount of attention. Most people are honest, but here is a situation where the innocent as well as the guilty come under suspicion. There likely are ninety-nine guiltless to one guilty culprit. To the harassed employer, the loss is just as great if ten people steal only once as it is if one person steals ten times. Losses to business are having an adverse effect on gross profit per dollar of sales. And employers have resorted to the installation of closed-circuit television to find out what is happening to the goods. Shrinkage of inventory through stealing is a cost of doing business. So in the end the con- sumer pays in higher prices. One paint company adopted an electronic means of overseeing its shipping and receiving department, which had been losing about a hundred dollars a week. When the staff was warned that the boss was watching not a single gallon of paint was missing. No one likes to spy, -- but until everyone has been converted to the command- ment that "thou shalt not steal," it will be necessary to have police and watchmen. | © 'Manacers of self-serve stores also have their problems, particularly if the goods are easily concealed-in handbag or pocket. One of the first of the self-serve stores, other than in the food field, was in a district where, probably unjustly, there was a reputation for petty crime. But the owner concluded that the customers could be trusted -- if watched. In at least one Canadian retail store there has been in- stalled a mirror which secretly gives a view of a long, long counter on which are offered for sale various small hand- tools and other metallic goods that can be slipped into a man's pocket or overcoat. It is said that at least six thieves are detected on a busy Saturday and the loss through shop- lifting, or "shrinkage" as it is politely known, has been diminished. The US makers of electronic equipment are doing quite well. One manufacturer of ultrasonic detectors has in- creased sales by two and a half times in twelve months. These devices can be used to set off an alarm or to start a camera snapping photos of a thief. Most companies, says the Wall Street Journal, simply want to prevent theft, so they usually inform employees about their security meas- ures. The man or woman who is likely to be caught finds it easier to resist temptation. : It should be remembered always that most people are honest. The deliberately dishonest are very few indeed. But there is a tendency among all people to justify im- proper action because so many others are doing what they should not do. * * %& * Curiously, it is the opinion in the retail trade, and this probably would apply to all areas of business, that there was rather less dishonesty in the days of the depression when jobs were fewer and wages were lower than in these days of affluence. And, of course, there are dishonest people among the bosses also.

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