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May, 1947 THE ECHO PAGE SEATBN Skilful Wood-Carving By Our Sign Painter job for an amateur is the expert wood carving shown above. Our sign painter, Richard Pace, whose colorful signs you’ve seen around the plant, carved the^ above pistols from pictures in maga- ^es. The larger one at the top is an accurate model of an, old 1825 German pistol while the smaller one below is a replica of an old Spanish firelarm. Band And Entertainers Give Concerts At Mills River, Etowah And Fassifern "Button, Button, Who's GotThe Buttons” Miss "Pat" Hodson-Over 10,000 OPem • Play At Camp Sapphire Sunday Afternoon At Five O’clock Reaching the climax of a busy spring schedule which took them to several schools in the section, the ^-custa band and entertainers pre sented programs at Mills River high school, Etowah high school, and *assifern School for Girls during the month of May. On May 2, the group gave a Concert at Mills River for the bene- of the Service Guild Youth A large crowd attended and ‘Ollowing the program, members the Guild held a reception for band and entertainers. Delici- refreshments were served. A similar concert was held at ^towah on May 16, sponsored by ^towah School Lunch Room Fund. the following night, the group •itertained a large audience at the assifern School near Henderson- ''ille. The baind will give the first of ®veral Camp Sapphire concerts unday^ June 1, at 5 p. m. in con- ection with Family Day activities. ^10 A Line—Not Bad Ernest Burch, fire inspector, re- ently picked up a neat $10 check the writing of the last line in hinerick contest sponsored by the agazine. The Industrial Super- visor. Ke added the last line to this 'itnerick: ■^ust like a March wind. Win dy blows ^bout what he does, what he knows, But now it’s not easy p f'or him to be breezy; “rgot Safety, got hurt were it shows, but entries tied for first place, Of entry was the earliest three and he was awarded ® first prize of $10. eagle-eyed English teacher out a student in the front *'°Uns”^ barked’ “ Name two pro- *''^ho, me?” National City Bank Group Stops Here; On Unique Tour Making one of their three stops in North Carolina, a group of ten men from the National City Bank of New York visited the plant Monday, May 19th and were guests of the company for lunch at the Cafeteria. The men were liberal in their praise of our companies and were particularly impressed with our Cafeteriar’s southern cooking. The group came here from Enka, having previously visited Kannapolis where they toured the Cannon Mills. The Blue Diamond Mine near Knoxville was next on itinerary. In the second week of a six-weeks trip when they were here, the men will visit concerns in 14 states and Canada before re turning to New York, June 21. The tour, which has been resumed after wartime interruption, is de signed to acquaint the men more thoroughly with America’s in dustries by a personal inspection. Traveling in a specially-equipped truck, the group camps out at night, as the truck can easily be converted into suitable sleeping quarters. The men spent the week end of May 17-18 at the White Pine camping area in the Pisgah National Forest. Among other conveniences on the truck was a gas cooking stove and a 60 gallon water tank. The men wore army khaki, a very appropriate attire for their type of excursion. The men in the contingent and their addresses were as follows: Thomas P. Smith, Forest Hills, N. Y.; E. S. Chapin, Jr., New York City; H. K. Bleckner, Bronx, N. Y.; R. H. Broughton, Lodi, N. J.; Charles W. Seibert, Woodhaven, L. I.; Walter J. Riether, Paterson, N. J.; Alfred J. Fricke, Cranford, N. J.; W. J. Anderson, Roslyn Heighs; P. Strasbourg, Eltingville, Staten Island; and J. W. Stevens, Woodsie, Long Island. Woman in traffic court: “I was; driving down Main street with my husband at the wheel ...” I Local Lady Has Varied And Valuable Collection Insured. Third Most Popular Hobby By VIVIAN SUMMEY Miss “Pat” Hodson of the Main Office and a member of Ecusta’s Five Year Service Club, has a very unique collection of buttons. Many i Ecustans know Miss Hodson as “The Bond Lady” as she handles all War Bonds bought on the payroll sav ings plan. Miss Hodson came to Ecusta from Sarasota, Fla., where she started her button collection on Thanksgiving Day of 1941. She was inspired by a friend’s collection and at that time started collecting buttons as a hobby. Her buttons are in hundreds of different sizes, shapes, and colors and totalling between 10,000 and 12,000, and she has them insured for $50, but they’re worth far more than that to her. In Miss Hodson’s collection are black jets of various sizes and shapes; pearls in clear, smoked, and inlaid design; metal buttons of copper, brass, and pewter; buttons of jewels—rubies, sapphires, etc.; paper weight buttons patterned after paper weights; irridescent buttons whose colors seemingly change; glass buttons; cloisonne buttons with baked-in enamel dec oration; enamel buttons made of china decorated with enamel; and of course, cloth covered buttons. Oldest Button Miss Hodson has a button from the wedding dress of an aunt whose wedding took place in 1880. Her oldest button, perhaps, was made in 1849 since that date is stamped oa the back of it. By trading with other collectors Miss Hodson obtained most of her buttons and, also, many of them were from interested friends. She has attractive buttons from al most every state in the United States and also from France and Germany. “Pat” finds button collecting very interesting and also inform ative. Many buttons have an unus ual and historical background and others have interesting stories con nected with them. The age of a button is determined by the shank, which is the piece that is sewed di rectly to the material. Many old buttons are called “picks” because in the process of making them th« buttons had to be removed from their molds by a pick. The shape and design of a lot of buttons are patterned for animals, plants, no bility, and various other well- known sources. Button collecting is the third biggest hobby in the United States, being surpassed only by coin and —Turn To Page Ten Lost A Button? Bet Miss 'Pat’ Hodson Has It One of the largest and most varie,d collections of any of our hobbyists belongs to Miss “Pat” Hodson who has rounded up more than 10,000 buttons since 1941 whcm she first began her collec tion. She has buttons almost 100 years old. Items in her collection come from almost etvery states and many foreign countries.
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