Newspapers / The Echo (Pisgah Forest, … / Oct. 1, 1947, edition 1 / Page 6
Part of The Echo (Pisgah Forest, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
PAGE SIX THE ECHO OCTOBER, 1947 Names Mean A Lot In Endless Belt! a E551E MARIE FAY OPAL Whitmire seems to be a popular name in this section of the state, and especially is it popular on the first shift at Endless Belt where no less than four of the clan work. : i 'XM: «s!Sf¥S?S Ruby P'GDON — pUBVWlNCHESTER - AND RuBV VVkHlTE ■ If the girls are musically-inclined, all they need now is a good pianist. Of course, the pianist’s name would have to be Whitmire. No other name would do! Ruby — Ruby Waldrop—-Ruby Heaton It probably wouldn’t happen again in a hun dred years, but when Endless Belt added a second shift this summer, six Rubys were employed to fill jobs on that shift. A glance into the dictionary to trace the ori gin of the word ruby brings this statement: “The most beautiful rubies come from Ceyjon, India, and China,” We disagree; A CALL FOR RUBY GETS 6 ANSWERS IN ENDLESS BELT Four Whitmires Will Answer In Departnien Where Name Means A L® What’s in a name? Plenty, cia'ly if the name is Ruby ®,, is on second shift in Endless or if it’s Whitmire on the fi*'® shift in the same department. A call for Ruby would bring s responses—Waldrop, Heaton, Kin ■ White, Winchester, and ' while the Whitmires are Faye, sie, Marie, and Opal. It’s a H unusual for so many folks m same department on the same s to have names alike, so we asK ^ the girls to give out with best smile for an Echo Opal has been here longer tii any of the Whitmire group, sin October 10, 1943. Faye, who is wife of Henry in the Cafe^ ’ came April 10, 1944 while ESS‘ and Marie came in 1946, Aug 12 and March 25, respectively. All of the Rubys came in ® summer of this year when second shift at Endless Belt added. Interesting Facts Are Given About Davidson Riv®*^ By ANDREW HARRELL Since many of you probably ticed the low rate of flow of vidson River during the weeks fore the rains came, these facts ilyl 1,11^ L OllXd VdlllCy . and figures should be of intere ^ The level of the river from less than half a foot to maximum of 11.9 feet. Our water shed is entirely . the Pisgah National Forest, be joined by Ecusta property, ® inating all possibility of contam^j^^ inating all possibility - tion or pollution of its waters. water shed covers an area of square miles and for each j. rainfall a total of 700 millionjj.^, Ions of water is collected . The run-off is about 56% a 35% absorption to the vegetation and springs and ers to the river. jgL. The greatest rainfall reco^'^^j here for any year since 79.91 inches in 1936. The gj.3 rainfall for 13 years has been estaWiSfil :d id inches. Since Ecusta was here the greatest yearly ra> was 74.48 inches in 1942. lowest was 44.34 in 1941. greatest rainfall measured hour was 2.64 inches. The gi'® g jl 24 hour measurement was .^[i inches. The greatest measured was 14 inches fell on March 2, 1941. gpi* Where do these records from? Did you ever notice^ small house just above the o ? and below Mr. Bennett’s That is the gauging statioi'^jjjs the river’s depth and flo"'- is checked daily by the Filt®’^ personnel. Also at the Filter is a sub-weather bureau ch® station. Here we record fall and snowfall, tempe''*jj(,ii5' relative humidity, wind dir® and other pertinent weatb® ^ John Smithers was eXP^^ udf why he always got up nfiv®, standing in a bus. Said he^ o since I was a kid I’ve had respect for a woman witJ* in her hand,”
The Echo (Pisgah Forest, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 1, 1947, edition 1
6
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75