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FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1990
We are winning.
i'AMERICAN
SOCIETY
CANCER.
I
n the late 1930s, when
the Ford Rotunda was
still in existence, my
grandfather worked for the
Ford plant. One day he was
cleaning up in the theater
and he came across a wallet
with $5,000 in it. He took the
wallet to his supervisor and
asked him for a receipt for the
money. He told him to give it
to its rightful owner. Soon
after, my grandpa was sum-
moned to the Ford World
Headquarters, then located
on Schaefer Road, directly
across from the Rotunda
building. When he arrived, he
was directed to Henry Ford's
office. My grandfather stood
in front of Henry Ford and
another man next to him. Mr.
Ford asked him, "Are you the
one who found the wallet?"
"Yes, sir, I am," my grand-
father said.
"Were you aware of how
much money was in it?"
"Yes, sir. I have a receipt for
$5,000."
"You realize that you could
have kept the money and
nobody would have known,
don't you?" Mr. Ford asked.
"Sir, that money wasn't
mine," my grandpa said.
Mr. Ford turned to the man
next to him and asked "Do
you have employees like
this?" The man just smiled.
Henry Ford looked at my
grandfather and asked, "Do
you know who this man is?"
He was the owner of the
wallet.
"No I don't, sir," he said.
"This is Harvey Firestone.
He makes the tires on all the
cars we build." Mr. Firestone
offered my grandfather $500
for returning the wallet.
"Five hundred dollars is a
lot of mney, and my family
could really use it, but, no
thank you. I just found a
wallet and returned it. I don't
want the money."
Tera Shamey of Canton is a
senior at Plymouth-Salem
High School.
but that of all people. What it
means to be an American of
Jewish descent for me — is to
help create a world of peace.
Where you can go anywhere
in the world that you want to
go to and embrace another
human being. And that per-
son will like you and respect
you for who you are. This will
be a world with a greater
understanding of all people,
for their hopes, wishes and
dreams. ❑
Henry Ford once again
turned to Mr. Firestone and
asked, "Do you have
employees like this?" Mr.
Ford called in his secretary
and instructed her to make a
file stating that as long as the
Ford Motor Company exists
he will always have a job.
With $500 and the act of
honesty, my grandfather
bought himself a secure
lifetime job and the respect of
Henry Ford and the entire
company. When my uncle
picked him up from work,
even some 20 years later, he
watched the workers walk out
with their lunch pails open
for inspection, my grand-
father would bid a good night
to the security and walk out,
When my
grandfather
refused that $500
it showed how
honesty and pride
are more
important than
anything else.
closed lunchpail in hand with
his head held high. When I
answer the question of what
it means to me to be
American of Arabic descent
this story is the answer to
that question.
My ancestors come from
Lebanon and I am very proud
of my Arabic descent. When
my grandfather refused that
$500 it showed how honesty
and pride are more important
than anything else.
I have a philosophy that
unless you're proud of who
you are and what you stand
for, you can't amount to much
of anything. My big goal in
life is to make a difference in
the community. Not
necessarily the Arab com-
munity, although that is also
important to me, but making
a difference somewhere is my
number one goal. With
relatives like I have, it's a
hard act to follow. When I last
spoke to my uncle, I asked