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^ DEPARTMENTAL NEWS ^
Carbon Plant Notes
Mr. Charles Moritz, Superintendent
for all of the Company’s plants, was a
visitor during October.
Mr. Moritz says by next summer he
hopes to have swinging doors on each
side of the furnace room, to permit the
circulation of air thru the plant. The
arrangement will be similar to that now
in use in the pot-rooms, and will make
the Carbon Plant a considerably cooler
place to work in.
Mr. Charlie Bertina has returned from
the Maryville Plant. He is a native of
Sunny Italy, and a natural-born brick
mason. Charlie came to Badin when
trees were standing where the Carbon
Plant is now located. Charlie says he
likes Maryville, “but—”
Mr. L. Woodward, who has charge of
the Packing Material Plant on the night
shift, has returned from a two weeks’
vacation spent with relatives and friends
at St. Louis, Mo.
Mr. R. H. Lowery and J. V. Nance,
operators on Gas Producer and Furnaces
respectively, are confined to their beds
with that recent but now famous dis
ease called the “flu.”
Our new Draught System has at last
been put into operation. It is a remark
able improvement over the old temporary
system we have been using.
Mr. B. T. Horsfield has arrived from
the Maryville Plant. Mr. Horsfield is
to be operator on the calciner at Mary
ville.
The many friends of Mr. W. R. Young
will regret to learn that he Is not recov
ering as rapidly as was hoped.
Mr. B. S. Liles has recovered from his
recent illness, and is now on the job
again.
Mr. R. M. King is spending a two
weeks’ vacation in Texas.
Falls News
Work at the Falls is one dam thing
after another. Dam Scott has his hands
full now looking after the power-house
machinery installations, and at the same
time helping take care of the Badin
“flu” troubles.
Mrs. J. B. Ray and Mrs. A. A. Simon-
ton are away on extended visits. Mrs.
Ray is visiting at her former home, in
Birmingham. Mrs. Simonton is visiting
her parents, in Chicago.
Mr. B. D. Glenn, who has been con
nected with the engineering force here,
has returned to his home in Greensboro
to spend a few days before entering the
Naval Aviation department of the army.
Mr. Clyde Nash has just returned
from a visit to Palmerville. He says
everything is on the boom in that sec
tion of the country. Mr. Nash’s itinerary
included yachting up Beaver Dam Creek.
Mr. M. D. Bracy, one of the younger
of the old bunch of the Narrows F'alls
development, has resigned, and has re
turned to his home at Rowland, N. C.,
in anticipation of entering the army in
the near future.
One of the colored men of the con
struction force, who is now newly enlist
ed in the army, sends word as follows:
“It suttinly is fine and nice when Uncle
Sam is yo’ Uncle, but it sho is hell when
he is yo’ daddy.”
Mr. Robert Price, who was on con
struction work at the Falls during the
past summer, has completed a course at
the Plattsburg Training Camp, and is
now a second lieutenant in infantry,
and is stationed at Durham, N. H.
John Ray and Art Simonton are get
ting to be regular “cut-ups” lately. It
is altogether due to unsettled surround
ings that no worse can be said of them.
Mr. V. R. McLain has accepted a posi
tion at the Falls as force accountant
and assistant checker of material.
Electrical Department
Mr. Howell, formerly of Maryville, and
three other men from Alcoa and vicinity,
arrived to note the operation of machin
ery in our Yadkin Narrows power-house.
Mr. Howell will have change of operation
of the machinery in the new power-hou.se
nearing completion in Cheoah.
A new telephone cable has been re
ceived, and will be installed between the
Tallassee Power Company exchange and
town of Badin. This should relieve the
congested condition of the telephone lines
in Badin.
Our old friend Farmer Scott has the
"flu,” but they couldn’t keep him in
bed. The old saying is you can’t keep a
good man down.
Mr. E. T. Russell, Rotary Stati
operator, has returned to his duti
after several weeks of illness wi
sciatica.
Mr. W. L. McCall, Rotary Stati
operator, has been ill for some time.
Another large transformer has be
shipped from Pittsfield, Mass. Tl
transformer will be installed in Rota
Station No. 35.
Bob Crump says, in giving his teas'
for wanting more light in front of ^
cafe in negro town, “When all those ni
gers crowd around out here, it is
dark you just can’t see nothin’.”
New steps have been placed from
of the dam to the railroad track on t*
hill. These steps will be of great assi«
ance to the men going to and from **
power-house.
The turbine test is still in the exp*'
mental stage. It seems as tho on so
jobs everything goes wrong. Just
all the mechanical and other difficulty
have been overcome, and it is thouP
that a beginning can be made, the ch«^
ist has to get the “flu,” and it’s all ^
again.
Laboratory Notes
We are fortunate and glad to say
the influenza germ has not yet vis'"'
the Laboratory with serious intenti'’*
It may be that he has a nose, and ^
his nose knows the danger of acid
—even if Kirk’s nose doesn’t.
Mrs. E. E. Mueser has been doing
a lot of research work of late in
department. She has also added
to the life and spirit of the work!
general.
Miss Ruby Grandy is taking the
of Miss L. N. Nichols, who has res'l^
We were fortunate in finding • ’
Grandy. and sorry to Iom Miss N'i'-'*'’’*
Our best wishes go with her.
Ever>'body feels better when
hears from home. He's from the
where apples, chestnuU. and (as
says) all good things grow. M»>
hear again •con.
V
The day of miracle* is not over.
know of that time at the weddinK v
when wat«r was turned into win-
that doesn’t explain the tumin#
Pabst’s Extract into water—Mk C***'