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PAGE TWO BLOCKING GAB By Lucille Heffner I wonder why: —Baynard doesn’t change her name? —Reba swoons when a red Ford with black wheels is mentioned? Shh! Eula flirts so openly with her dark-eyed Romeo? —Lula knows about Texas? Or is it Texas? —Donavi talks too much? —Myrtle goes so frequently to “Jenny’s.” —-Dot M. never gets to work oif Mondays? Now, who’ll sing, “Mur der He Says”? Gladys’ eyes brighten to strains of “Anchors Aweigh”? —Margaret smiles when day dreaming? —Helen appears so innocent when? Well, we know she isn’t! —Donis prefers one sailor, when she could have all of us? —Irene McG.’s main interest is the Field Artillery? —Mary and Willie were so alarmed one certain day? —Lucille D. is lucky enough to receive hand-made gifts? —The new gents got so quickly into the ruts—opps, groave? —Santa can’t decide whether our Superman needs roller skates or a governor? —Ruby always haunts the “Sky Club” and why Mable giggles so expertly? I guess “practice makes perfect.” —Shepherd never gives us the low-down on Camp Croft? —Alma H. pulls a fast one? Con gratulations, the two of you! THE ECHO DECEMBER, 1943 Just For Fim LIKE EGGS ™ES« AilD New, YOU BETl DEAR ADVICE TO THE LOVE LORN EDITOR ECHO’S MUSICAL INTRODUCTIONS A congressman has been telling the one about the fellow who fell in love with a gal, particularly be cause he admired her beautiful teeth. This perturbed the young lady, because her teeth were ac tually false. She wrote a letter to the Advice to the Love-lorn Edi- tor, explaining her situation and asking whether she should tell her intended husband, thus taking a chance of losing him, or wait till after the wedding before advis ing him of her phony molars. The sound reply she got was. Get married and keep your mouth shut. —Kreolite News. I WANT THE WAITER Patron: “Say, how long have you been employed, here?” Waiter: “About six weeks, sir ” Patron: “Oh, it isn’t you then that took our order.” PROVIDER Daughter: “Just think—the silk in this dress came from an insig nificant little worm.” Mother: “That’s no way to talk about your father.” NOT SO BAD Today’s girls are not as bad as they are painted.” ^ P^®^ty badly painted.” SUBSTITUTE Motorist: “I have killed your cat but have come to replace it ” Old Lady: “Thank you very much, but I am afraid that you cannot catch mice.” Cafeteria Chatter We welcome Miss Jo Henson to our gang. She is on Fred Amette’s shift. We don’t think any other girl will have much of a chance now with two pretty girls on Fred’s shift. Divola has returned from her visit to Bill N. of Ft. McClellan, Ala. She reports a wonderful time and says maybe she will go on her next five days off. She must be fond of Bill, Lucky Bill! Mrs. Nicholson reports that Bill may be able to come home for Christ mas. We hope so. Roberta was shopping in Ashe ville last week. Sounds like Christ mas, doesn’t it? Virginia and sev eral others report visiting Ashe ville, also. Ethel S. has added two new members to her family, Divola and Lillian . . . Reece was called for jury duty this week. . . Hazel had as her visitor her brother, Virgil Barrit. We are all glad to see Virgil looking so well as a sailor. ... We are aU very glad to have Red Chapman, also a sail or, visit us. Also, Jack Huggins, a soldier. John J. was called to Asheville this week because of his father’s Ulness, though now he reports his father improved. . , . We were honored with a visit from Mr. Hart, health inspector, Tuesday of this week. We are proud of our A and mean to keep it. No matter how much work it takes. . . We are still laughing about the stor ies the men tell about going hunt ing over on Little River. We’d like to hear Clyde Orr tell his side of it all. . . . Virginia is' visiting the home folks in Sylva. Her brother from the army is also visiting the home. . . . Wilma and Jo have moved to the home of Mrs. John Morris. Here’s wishing every member of every department the merriest of Merry Christmases and happiest of New Years. WILLING Would you like to see a model home? Glad to, what time does she quit work? OUCH! Farmer’s Wife: “I’ll never go anywhere with you again ” Farmer: “Why? What did I do wrong?” Wife. You asked Mrs. Smith how her husband was standing the heat and he has been dead for two months!” TRICKS Four young men, visiting in the Orient before the war, delighted in playing all sorts of pranks on a servant. With no trace of resent ment in his attitude, he brought in their coffee, day after day. Finally they decided to play no more tricks on such a good fellow and told him so. “No more nail shoes to floor’” “No.” “No more put sand in bed?” “No.” ‘Okray; no more put dishwater in coffee.” ABSENT-MINDEDNESS Dinner Guest: “Will you pass I the nuts, professor?” Professor: (Absent-mindedly) ‘Yes, I suppose so, but I really should flunk them.” NATURALLY Prosecutor: “Now, tell the court how you came to take the car.” Defendant: “Well, the car was standing in front of the cemetery and I naturally thought the owner was dead.” OBEDIENCE “Where have you been, John nie?” “Playing ball. Mother.” “I told you to clean the rug, didn’t I?” “No, ma’m, you told me to hang it on the line and then beat it.” ADVICE Blonde: “I am going on a picnic with a young sailor. What do you think I should take?” Friend: “Care.” NO EXPERIENCE Moss: “I had to fire my new stenographer.” Clerk: “Didn’t she have any ex perience?” Boss: “None at all. I told her to sit down and she started look ing around for a chair.” SO DO WE Hitler, inspecting his troops, ask ed one soldier: “What would be your last wish if a Russian bomb fell near you?” The soldier replied: “I would wish that my beloved Fuehrer could be at my side.” LEARNING The rifle fell from his unaccus tomed hand; the drill sergeant ap proached with a'steely eye. “How long have you been in the Army?” asked the sergeant. “Er- all d-day, Sir.” Yours, The Knot jEIole Gang. CONCLUSION Doris, a six - year - old child from London’s East End, was evacuated to the country. The farmer’s wife took , Doris for a tour around the place. She showed her the garden, the chickens, the stables, and finally they arrived at the pigpen where an enormous sow reclined in the sun. “Big, isn’t she, Doris?” said the farmer’s wife. “And no wonder,” Doris replied, “I saw her yesterday and she had little pTies bJow|n’ her up.” SUSPICION Jack: “It’s a great world.” Jill: “Let me smell your breath.’ Gumming News I have been scratching my head, pulling my hair and walking the floor and I haven’t found any thing interesting to write about, I’m telling ya’ they just ain’t noth in’ doin’ around here, I think it is about time someone did something so I would have a little news for all the folks. I see a familiar face on Chris Rogers’ shift. Also Cecil “Abner” Camp. We have a new operator on No. I Repse machine, Elmer Galloway. Psssst, girls! He isn’t married. Christine and Wylma are very happy this week. They just re ceived word their old boy-friends from Moore General Hospital are coming down this week-end for a visit. We wish to express our deepest sympathy to Nell Justus for the loss of her mother. I haye just been wondering if “Pistol Packin’ Mama” has really laid her gun down! Since we have been on “grave yard shift, we have changed our theme song to “Oh, What A Beautiful Morning”. Will Santa be here this year, or has he been drafted, too? There’s one thing we must re member: Our boys in the service at Christmas time. That is another' rewpu we ?re figijting, 50 there GOODE LOFTIS Trombonist Goode Loftis has played with Ecusta’& Band ever since it was organized early in 1942. He was one of the group of Ecustans who helped make plans for the organization of a band. Goode is a native of Transyl vania, having lived here all of his life and is a graduate of Brevard high school. He became interested in the trombone while he was attending school and was a member of the Brevard band. Goode started to work in Cham pagne in 1939. He is married and has two children. He and his family have their home in Brevard. His hobbies are music, fishing and bowling. BAND NOTES Time marches on and once again the spirit of Christmas seems to be everywhere. For the past few Monday nights, the Band pd Chorus have been holding joint rehearsals in the cafeteria in preparation for the program to be presented in keeping with the holiday season. We have been working diligently on arrangements of the customary Christmas Carols which have com^ to be a symbol of what Christmas means to Americans. This year, in the absence of “peace on earth,” we are brought face to face with the fact that it is left up to us to keep shining the Christmas Star that is our symbol of love and freedom. The band extends to you hearti est wishes for the comiiig year and reminds you to keep buying bonds and stamps so there will al ways be a Christmas. will always be Christmases. So re member our boys just as they are remembering us. On Dec. 2nd, Frank and Hel en Duckworth made a trip to JacksonvUle, Fla., to attend the • graduation exercise of Robert ' Duckworth, who finished a special 21 weeks’ course in Airplane Me chanics. Before he entered the ser vice, Robert was a beaterman in the Pulp Mill. I’m going to be like a radio an nouncer now and sign off. So I will say “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,” to all. Invest your CHBIST1)IAS J savings in Uncle Sam'» ^ WAR BONDS. Keep oU Backing the Attack,
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