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February, 1947 THE ECHO PAGE THREE Gossip From Our Various Departments Champagne Cardinals Place Second In W. N. C. Tourney The Champagne Cardinals of the Ecusta Inter departmental League bowled a fine total of 2937 pins to place second in the recent Western North Carolina tournament held in Asheville. Left to right are Conrad McClure, Buck Albert, Chris Rogers, Walter Straus and Captain Lewis Meece. Every bowl er entered from our companies placed in the tournament. Clyde Galloway, Ralph Morris, and Tom Conley took the first three places in the tournament in the order named and “Speedy” Jones had the second highest score the first week end of play. He teamed up with Bill Henson to roll a fine score of 1,151, in the doubles division. News And Canteen-Cafeteria Chatter By ANNE KITCHEN Now that we can clearly see that “Ole Man Winter” hasn’t for- Sotten us, let’s check up on a few 'iings that have been happening ®Dout the Cafeteria and Canteen •hese zero days. Everyone seems to be wearing ear muffs and red ®oses. Even Ralph’s old jalopy ^on’t start. The milkman saves the ^ay for Bessie—Ethel’s glad she doesn’t have to wait on the bus— Joe Corbett has fresh pork at his house—Helen says it’s cold up at Kosman—Elaine says the same ^bout Greenville, S. C.—Banther ®tays home to keep from freezing —Dills whistles becauses it is so fold at “Onion Hill” and Taylor says J''alklng to work these cold morn- bites the nose and freezes the loes—Goldie even comes to work JJi all kinds of weather without a hat. As for Leon, he is not con- ^®rned about the cold weather as going to Florida for his vaca- uon. We are happy to welcome Mr. •^anther back after an extended ill- Henry says he surely misses you when it comes to dishes. We are sorry Mr. and Mrs. Kitch- cn Were called out of town because a death in Mr. Kitchen’s family. “Ust imagine one day in the Cafe- ®^>a without Perkins and his cabins. We are happy to report that Joe Duckworth has recov- ®red from a brief illness. Mr. and Mrs. Hal Keener and amily recently spent a week-end Sylva. Divola and Bill spent the week •••Id in Blacksburg, S. C., visiting and Mrs. Paul Gaston. Bessie visited her sister in Co- Umbia, S. C.. who is seriously ill; we hope she’ll be better soon. Finishingr Touches By BETTY ANN ORR And MILDRED ALLISON With everyone trying to get Rich- to open the door, he finally got JSEtusted and opened it much too 'oe this month. We hope we will ^®cide to close it if it means . ® will have some warm weather "Sain. Colwell enjoyed a nice ''acation in Florida, in P.’ instead of the old say- ' ^ "beware of does”, you must a new one which would of be, ‘“beware of bridees.” that you have recovered from , at broken rib and arc able to be at work. in Charles McGraw act- ra+her strangely, don’t get armed. He is very excited about nis wedding which will take place V ?"• He says a wife is the nicest ^ntine one could possibly have. We are g]q(j fo ijpar that Ron- is better; also that . tty Stewart’s father is recover- ^ >^icelv from pneumonia. «irls, if vou ever eet a piece of in the zipper of your f'pt-hook and can’t nossiblv eet ^ '”^^2stened, don’t mind calling {j’ '■pv Guice. He is getting to an pxnert in that kind of work, aji Smith is recovering from in the Franklin sq Here’s honing he win at h and able to be back '^ork. lo fti hou.^e now ' "‘Chard can clow tJie door— Pilot Plant New* By HARRY S. KOLMAN We hope that by the time this goes to press, “Ole Man Jack Frost” will have let up a bit and we will be thinking of gardening and fish ing again. By the way—if you want to learn the fine points of fishing, see Ed Hill. We have another “Bill” in the Pilot Plant now—Bill C. Morris; this makes one for each shift. An other newcomer is John Baumgar- ner. We are glad to have you both with us. Everyone enjoyed the cigars U. R. (“Bill”) Bell passed around in honor of the new arrival—little ’3renda Jones Bell, bom February 8, 1947. Congratulations and lots of luck, “Bill”. We were sorry to lose Sam Nich olson who opened up a tea room near Hendersonville, called “The Mountain Home Tea Room.” We wish him the best of luck in his new venture, and hone to be able ^0 try out some of his good food Some day soon. ■ Ray Burch Brown savs he would father work “gravevard” than take a vacation. OH YEAH! Maintenance Dept. Bv EMMETT CLARK Richard open that door, so I 'vill come again this month with a wittle pronaganda. Bruce Revnolds moved to a ^*rm. so I sunnose he will keep in howling. practice with a plow and a hoe. Cooper eniovs a fresh plass of ielly o(>casionally; says it’s very wnetizing. Joe Summey has- come from the hospital after an appendix operation. Big Babbit was doing a plumb-' ing job recently and he got so absorbed in his work that he cut the handles out of his pipe dies, and installed them in the plumb ing for pieces of pipe. Huggins and Pace are in their second childhood; saw them ad miring a couple of very fancy calendars hanging back in the corner of the shop. Ed McCall and Little Rabbit are the proud papas of two fine baby boys.—Thanks for the cigars. E. Vassey and Carl Hamby spent two weeks in Florida, and from the post cards that were received, they surely had a grand time. Blaine Emory and family also apent a week at the same time. Wonder if it was a Big Three meeting? The Machine shop has just been repainted, which makes it look much lighter, and it looks clean and new once more. The carpenter shoD is being painted also. Bill Heaton is now spending a 'veek in Florida with his sister. I know he is enjoying himself, by Ihe postcards we received. I ain’t mentioning any names for my health’s sake, and can’t draw pictures very well, so you will just have to guess his name, but anyway, there is a certain fel low in the carpenter’s shop, that has started smoking cigars. Won der where he gets them? Here’s A Worthwhile Tip To Each Of You “When you glance up at me from time to time, and I do see a lot of faces daily, remember that I’m still running because I’m using my protective equipment — that you will stay in much better phy sical condition and be able to en- ioy lifes pleasures much longer, if you will use the personal pro tective equipment that manage ment furnishes for you,” Power Dept. News By CROCKETT MATTHEWS Well, the “dead line” has almost gotten Us again and no news in yet. For some of the happenings of the past 30 days in the Power Department . . . It seems that Carl Cantrell is going to be a water dog yet. Carl, how’s swimming? Morris Dorn spent his last five days off in sunny South Carolina and left us here to shiver and shake these cold mornings . . . Silver Lining! Spring is just around the corner! Which corner? Shut the door, Richard!!! J. R. Nash has lost some time from the Boiler House due to ill ness. Here’s hoping your recovery is permanent, Mr. Nash. Everyone interested in flying contact Mr. Sherman Hunter. Who is your instructor, Sherman? B. Lowery has been in the live stock business. Bill, when are you going to slaughter that hog? Bar- B-Q? Um! Crockett made a low-flying trip to Chattanooga, Tenn., to account ror part of his past five days off. Don’t fly too low, C. L. W. Kay is doing very strenuous work these days. Between the Turbine Room and Boiler Room he has muscled down to 206 pounds. Trying to get fat and pretty like , well, never mind Walter. Maybe it’s the end of meat ra tioning. Woodrow Allen is now making his bi-monthly trip to Charlotte to visit wife and kids. Sam Kent is now one of our prominent merchants of Brevard, with his sporting goods shop. Good luck, Sam, hope you can get some guaranteed fish hooks. A good appetite never fincji bread hard.
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