March, 1947
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News From Our Departments
New Editor
MAfeSE GRANT, native of
l^gh Point, and for the past
‘oree and one-half years as-
^stant personnel director at
*>reistone Textiles, Inc., in Gas-
has been appointed new
®*«tor of The Echo, relieving
John Eversman who will now be
®ole to- deivote full time to rec-
'■eation.
NEWS TOLD BRIEFLY
Short Items Picked Up In
Plant Rounds
The Personnel department es-
,‘•>13(163 that it assisted employees
‘•I filing about 500 income tax re-
... Coy Fisher of the Ma
rine room is now back home af-
a period of confinement in the
'Itmore hospital in Asheville. He
l^an now have company . . . Char-
Russell and Bob Bolt have been
amed members of the Brevard
3rk commission . . . Sarah Avery
nd Willie Prince, members of the
"‘•■Is’ basketball team, were named
all-tournament team of the
our-States Tournament in Ashe-
. . . Increased attendance at
1^6 Weekly movie programs has
noted recently. On Thursday
.‘Sht, MaPcli 13, before a packed
"Ouse, “Tfie World Series of 1946”
“It ;f>ays To Know How,” a
plor movie of flax growing prac-
Were on the program in addi-
to the rojular feature, “Char-
® Chan’s Murder Cruise” . . .
Charlie Glass and Doc Caster-
*'> memJi)^-s of the recreation-
.^'*sic staff, attended a band clin-
enri*'- ^‘iiston-Salem the first week
in March ... The Brevard high
j, roll, released recently by
Bob Kimzey, listed the
of, niany children of our
br . . . Howard Wolfe,
‘^other of Rose Wolfe Tetzlaff of
g ® Mill Office, received the Star
award at a recent Boy Scout
tv Hpnor. He is also a coun-
Mit in 4-H. club work . . .
*teth 1 forward on the bas-
sta j. was selected the out-
Qo?, "8 Pl^er, in the Canton Y
tea ^^^^i.’tovirnament among the
jj eliminated in the first round,
an also .^elected on the third
cei^' ^wrriainertt team. Mitch re-
^onor for both
Gleanings is not in
ant}, ®^ho..this- month as its
is oh vacation ,. . . Pete
keth',1®’ of, the boys’ bas-
vie^ * team,'played with, the Fair-
To^rn in,,, the Four-States
a bi„ , in Asheville and was
the , in Fairview’s winning
"Mept championship . . .
Hip, North Carolina”, a film
«ho\vn already been widely
show ”*'oughout the state, will be
conjunction with our
Refining News
By EARL GRAY
At this writing, “A” shift is
ahead With weight length score and
nere’s hoping wnen ihe tinal cheCK
up comes, our sniit will lead. 1 be-
-leve this is the desire of every
man on our shift. As we look at
.ne end of each shift to see how
i.ne board sianas, you can otcen
aear thtse remarks: “Well, boys,
i.ow did we ao?" Or, “Did we come
ouc on top?” If the answer is “we
rfent down yesterday”, the talk
L-nanges to, “we have to do better
-oday.” Let’s all strive to do our
oest. If the odds are against us,
we can say that everyone did his
very best. With this determination,
it will be hard to lose.
Markley says there is no danger
of getting them too long because
someone slipped in the other day
and ran a very high score. He
promised not to let it happen
again and Enno put the gun away
—we hope for keeps.
Lost or Strayed: a sick coon. If
seen loafing about, please notify
Oscar H.
Edgar Smith has made some good
trades lately but this is the best
one: He swapped a real mule for
a 1939 V-8 with a little boot. I
didn’t understand whether he gave
or received boot, but he did say
it was a real live mule.
Thad Newman informed me that
Emerson had a new brand raccoon
and opossum dog. This dog, at
one time, would jump in the water
and catch fish. Now, he is a good
hunting dog. If you get hungry and
there is a stream nearby with fish
in it, send Guy’s dog out to get
some fish for supper. Then, when
you go hunting you will be ready
for some big game. All this infor-
maition came from Thad Newman
^nd Burgin K. Burgin at one time
owned this dog.
Office Bits
By TED REECE and
FELICIA E. WALDEN
John: The first one I saw this
year was a few Sundays ago, as my
wife and I were returning from
Greenville. We were both rather
tired and it was a gloomy day
anyway, so neither of us had much
to say. Diana, my wife, noticed it
first. “Oh, John, look!” she said.
The way she said it, I expected to
see at least a bear or a deer or
something. I said “Where?” “Ov
er there at the end of that sage
field on the last post.” Gads, what
eyes that woman has got. I peered
down over the rims of my bifocals,
just wear ’em when I’m driving
you know, rests my eyes; and lo
and behold, there he sat, big as
Pete. Just seeing him made us
both feel a lot better and we knew
it couldn’t be far away.
Jim: Well, I reckon the first one
I saw was the other morning. I
had just finished breakfast and
went out to see if that dad-burned
dog of ours had left anything be
sides the woman’s page, for a
change. Always chewing up some
thing, just so long as it doesn’t be
long to the wife. He knows who
feeds him. Anyway, as I started to
say, there he was hopping around
on my front lawn just as pretty as
you please—walk, stop, cock his
head and listen—on and on around
the lawn. I walked back into the
weekly movie program on April 24.
The film shows the industrial, tour
ist, and agricultural advantages
available in the old North State.
house, forgetting all about the re
mains of the morning paper and
said to my wife, “Lucille, it can’t
be long now!”
Your reporters: Hold on you
guys. What on earth are you talk
ing about? We’re all confused.
John and Jim: Why, robins and
spring. What else?
Speaking of spring, Leonard
3auer is about the only one we
know of who has already finished
spring cleaning. He really did mop
up the office floor—and with
,vhat spirit!!
It certainly is nice to have Eu-
.lice Waldrop with us again. Wel
come back, Eunice !
Mr. Millner plans to fly down
.0 St. Petersburg, Fla., for his
/acation. We hope he will have a
nice time.
Jack and Thelma have moved
into their new home on Main
Street Extension. All these new
home owners and still no house
warmings!
Sonia Colwell has just returned
from a vacation in Florida.
Mr. Graham and Pearl Hamlin
plan to spend their vacations at
nome.
Captain Lindley of the “B” team
says, “We had a very successful
season, but it does seem a shame
that there aren’t 8 Office “A’'
leams in the league.
Now since all our income tax
reports are in and Mrs. Hush has
been identified, guess everything
will settle back down to normal
again.
At the time this news was writ
ten it was a beautiful spring day;
but when it was typed, it was
snowing like— (everything)!
The Snoopers
Maintenance Dept.
By E. CLARK & M. COOPER
With winter almost gone (we
hope) and spring and the planting
season almost here, we hear that
B. Reynolds has moved to his farm.
We hear that Donald S. has just
purchased an interest in the Bre
vard Fire Department.
J. Wilson and C. Summey made
a business trip to Virginia last
week during that awful snow
storm. Summey was so scared he
would slide off the road that when
he came back, he had shrunk up
till he didn’t fit his clothes.
Shorty Freeman has a standing
leave of absence so when it snows
he can be off to train his rabbit
hounds.
Paul Smith has returned to work
after an operation. Says he feels
fine now.
Gordon Black also has returned
after spending about three weeks
in the Veterans hospital at John
son City, Tenn.
We are sorry to hear of the death
of R. Merrill’s mother-in-law.
We are sorry to hear of the death
of C. King’s father.
Walter Reems and Cecil King
are taking their vacations this
week.
H. Overstreet, Carl Eldridge, W.
Collins, and J. James are out this
week on account of sickness.
Bob Fulton is as tickled with his
new level as a boy with a new bi
cycle.
Little Bunny has moved into his
new house and is getting it all
painted and tidied up.
C. Bryson is almost ready to
move into his new home. Wonder
if we will all be invited out to a
house warming and chicken sup
per?
Jess Gosset is in the market for
a good rabbit hound. Now Pee Wee,
Chemical Lab. News
By THELMA GLAZENER
With March’s lambs and lions
come echoes of “Now when shall
1 take my vacation?”
Marietta Rozier spent her vaca
tion in Lawrence, Massachusetts,
with her sister, Mrs. W. S. Garri
son—and not only that, she greets
Spring with a super new suit.
Ralph Waldrop is taking his
vacation in March, also. He’s go
ing to move into his new house.
Ralph says he still doesn’t believe
it’s ready.
Speaking of moving, Ned Med
ford is going to move into his
house. By-the-way, Ned, do you
want to buy or sell a mule—cheap?
Pearl Mull spent a week end in
Anderson, S. C., and the highlight
of her visit was the purchasing of
a pair of longed—for red shoes.
Bob Matthews went on trip to
Richmond, Reidsville and Dur
ham. Bob, it’s good to hear that
Susan’s up and about.
Howard Wilkie says it’s against
nature to be snowbound in North
Carolina—but it happend to him.
We miss Ted Mull but from re
ports, he likes his work with
Champagne. Luck to you, Ted.
Franklin Kerber is now in the
Analytical laboratory and “a hearty
welcome to ye, lad.” Franklin’s
hobby is airplanes—those motor
jobs—so if you see one coming,
hold your hat.
Lillian Case and Doris Pangle
have been working in the ControL
Laboratory lately—good to have
you both.
Ricie Robinson spent the week
end in Old Fort with her parents.
We hope for Mary Shytle’s fa
ther a speedy recovery. He is now
in St. Joseph’s hospital in Ashe
ville.
Edith Ridenhour spent part of
her five days in Charlotte with
her parents and part of them in
Salisbury with her sister.
Those March echoes are louder
—“My Vacation!” Will tell you
about them in May.
Refining News
By BILL HENSON
Well, Spring is just around the
corner (I hope) and just the kind
of weather that makes us feel like
getting out and doing things.
For example, there were a couple
of warm days the first of March
and Jerry Freeman took a week of
his vacation. He intended to do
some spring plowing but the snow
was too deep.
Glad to see Mr. Earwood back
and feeling better after several,
days illness.
We should soon be seeing some'
chicken bones scattered around
here as Rupert Gordon is going inta
.he poultry business.
Roy Fisher is bringing his drink
ing water from home now. He has
had a new well drilled at his place.
(Something new, you know.)
If I can borrow Eno Camenzind’s
rifle, maybe I can get more news
for next month.
this is a good chance to unload one
of those bread eaters.
Kolorbak hasn’t yet learned to
whistle as keen as he used to.
Crab H. almost lost his passen
ger to Asheville the other day as
I understand he was too slow get
ting ready.
We are sorry to hear of Tom
touch’s father being seriously ill
md we wish for him a speedy re*
covery.