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THE ECHO
JULY, 1944
News_And Gossip From Our Various Departments
Machine Room News Corporal Russell Has Not F orgotten Ecusta Personalities
By John H. Goolsby
July 4th is one day of this month
which folks at Ecusta, as well as
folks everywhere, believe in ob
serving in memory of our fore
fathers, their trust in Almighty
God for deliverance. They gave
their lives and their fortunes that
we might be free and independent
people. Today, 168 years later, we
have sons and near relatives from
every home defending that same
freedom. To you boys, we humbly
ask God to be with you in this
cause and return you safely home.
We had a wonderful picnic,
young and old. There were games
of all sorts; boxing, which was
good, and speeches that made you
stop and think and thank God you
were an American, and of course
we had a softball game for girls,
which was swell. Well, here goes
the latest—
They tell this on Tom Stroup,
and I have no reason not to believe
it. You know he lives about a
mile above Rbsman in a wooded
section. One evening about dark
a logging truck stopped in front of
his house with a load of logs. One
of the fellows got out and knocked
at the door. When Tom opened
the door, the fellow said, MSorey to
bother you, Tom, but we just found
a dead man over there in the hol
low, and we kinda thought it was
you,”
“That so,” said Tom, “what kind
of shirt did he have on?”
“He had on a white shirt,” said
the man.
“What kind of shoes did he
have?” asked Tom.
“Black shoes,” said the man.
Tom said, after scratching his
head fully five minutes and study
ing very hard, “Well, I don’t reckon
that could have been me—I got a
blue shirt on and tan shoes.”
Men have less courage than wo
men. Imagine a man trying on
seven suits of clothes with 15 cents
in his pockets.
A tourist came by Park Ave.
Filling Station the other day when
Earl Rickman was having his tire
■ examined. She rushed up to him
and asked him if he had seen a dog
go by weighing about a pound or
a- pound and a half or two pounds.
Earl thought a minute and told her
that he did see one go by with
white spots on him the size of a
dollar, dollar and half or twp
dollars, could that have been hers?
Our baseball team is stepping
out ahead since Rickman Orr and
Coy Fisher got used to wearing
those new shoes. The first time
they wore them they looked
“plumb pitiful.” Grover Suttles
and Albert Payne, our pitchers,
are carrying that “fire ball mail.”
Every man on the team is really
playing ball this year. Come on
out, folks, and if you don’t enjoy
the game, you should see your doc
tor.
One of the boys was telling me
this and asked me not to use his
name. He and his wife had to
drive to town to go to the grocery
store, and it seems they had a little
argument before they left the
house and she was not speaking
to him (all of us get that way). So
going along, a mule brayed long
and loud over in a nearby field.
He thought, “Now is the time to
make up.” So he said, “Some of
your relatives?”
Her quick reply was, “Yes, by
marriage.”
I read this several years ago and
think of it often, so I would love
A/or
to pass it on. Here goes: “I shall
pass through this world but once,
any good thing that I can do,^r
any kindness I can show to any
human being, let me do it now, for
I shall not pass by this way again.”
(Anon.)
Another bundle from heaven has
landed in the home of Hoyt Hamp
ton; the name, Douglas Preston.
Mother and baby getting along
fine. Congratulations!
I hear James Fisher, third hand,
was walking along the road up
near his home with a large empty
pail on his back, a chicken under
his arm, a cane in one hand, and
leading a calf with the other. In
his company was a nice young lady.
They came to a dark lane, and the
lady said, “I am afraid-to walk here
with you. You might try to kiss
me.”
James said, “How could I, with
all these things I am carrying?”
“Well,” wittily replied the girl.
You might stick the cane in the
ground and tie the calf to it, and
put the chicken under the bucket.”
James does not deny this one.
When you get into a tight place
and everything goes against you,
until you think you can not hold
out another minute, never give up
then, for that is just the place and
time the tide will turn.”—Harriet
Beecher Stowe.
John Kimsey got word about
11:00 o’clock he was about to be
come a proud papa. Of course he
was on duty when he received the
message. At 12:00 o’clock, he left
the plant on foot, forgetting he had
his car parked in the lot. When
the Hendersonville bus caught him,
he had gotten his second wind and
was within five miles of Hender
sonville. He claims if he had had
good wind all the way, he would
have been there 20 minutes ahead
of the bus.
We regret very much to hear
that the brother of Ed White has
paid the supreme price on the bat
tle front in Burma. He was attach
ed to the American Army Engi
neers. Ed is a machine tender here
at Ecusta.
Jimmy Poteet tells me this one:
His small son went to Rosman with
friend on a truck, and on his way
saw a crane. Not knowing what
that bird was, he came back and
told his father he saw a stork fly
ing toward Brevard. (I got this
straight). But Jimmy didn’t say
STITCHING GAB
To see Sgt. Ernest English in the
Stitching once again certainly
brought back old memories to all.
In the Army for 21/2 years, Ernest
spent part of that time as a prison
er of war. He was en route to
Miami, Fla., where he will receive
a new assignment.
The owner of a very good looking
tan, Frances Webb, is back with
us after two weeks of visiting her
husband in Ft. Pierce, Fla.
This Depot doesn’t seem the
same without Alma Owen keeping
something going on. Alma left us
to keep house for her husband in
their lovely new home.
Kate S. received a surprise visit
this week from her husband. Pvt
L. C. Sanders, who is stationed at
Camp Davis, N. C.
Margaret Ponder is taking her
vacation this, week in Highlands
• . . . Hazel Owen spent the holi
days visiting her brother in Ft.
McClellan, Ala Thelma Sny
der received the surprise of her
life this week when her uncle, of
the U. S. Army, paid them a visit
for the first time since his induc
tion in the Army two years ago.
Dot Gray and Wilma deserve to
be crowned “queens of the peanut
packers,” after all of those they
he sat all night on his porch with
the shot gun loaded both barrels,
Donald Earwood was telling me
he had quite a few strawberries this
year. An efficiency expert on
farming came out and figured a
boy could pick seven quarts an
hour and a girl could pick five
quarts in the same time. But Don
ald said he did not pay it much
mind, because any farmer knows
that two of them together would
not pick any berries.
A meek little man was walking
home from the funeral of his
rather large wife when suddenly
a brick fell off and hit him on the
head.
“Gosh,” he said, “the old lady
sure made good time!”
“My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But, ah, my foes, and, oh, my
friends—
It gives a lovely light.”
—Edna St. Vincent Millay
Physical Laboratory
We in the Physical Laboratory
express our appreciation to
ouf
president, Mr. Straus, for
it possible for us to again
the annual July 4th picnic, and^
all the people who helped to
it a success.
We are glad to welcome
Seay and Sue Allen to the
Stella is on D shift and Sue is ^
C shift. ,
Earl Hall is the proud father ^
a baby boy. Congratulations,
Myrtle Mae S. tells us she sp®®
her vacation visiting her
What about the other visit y®
made at that time. Myrtle?
H. has just returned from his
tion. We are glad to see you
Jake. ,
Gladyce Teague
doesn’t like evening shifts.
should be a reason but there '
Ensign William “Bill”
who has just returned from ^
South Pacific, visited the
few days ago. We hope he will ^
able to visit us again soon. -y.
Recent letters tell us—nj
day is in England, Major
Ramsey is in Italy and Cpl* ^ ■
dall Lankford is in France,
of luck to you, boys!
packed for the Ecusta picnic.
Almost all-of the membe)^ ^
the Stitching attended the
with the exception of John
who turned carpenter
days. Mr. Erwin visited in
man and Gloucester. It
take a secret service man to ^
up with the activities of BiU ^ j,e
ter . . , , As" for Betsy Allison»
has returned from a two jj-
vacation with a sun tan we
vy. 1^,
Josie C. sat up until 2:00
waiting on a telephone call
her husband. After receiving .jjjt
call, she was so excited she
stayed up the rest of the nite- jjo-
Just received by “Slick” ^ jjj
way from her husband who
Honolulu: one skirt! ....
ne' to the conclusion
„*ombers of the armed
aren’t the only ones who ^
als for wounds received in K
Evelyn Taylor was present®
Purple Heart for wounds
in action on July 4. (Incid^
the wound was the result of .
ing bat during a softball
the picnic.)
So long, folks.