MACHINE ROOM NEWS
BY John Goolsby
Here we come again with
some news—and believe me, this
is the place where these words
make sense—"To help and be
helped is the universal law.” In
no field does this hold truer
than in paper-making.
Here we have a crew leader
(machine tender) with a crew
of three operators. All of the
men know one word is the key
to their success—cooperation.
They know what our customers
want and to the machine tend
er and his crew the challenge is
not merely to satisfy, but to
please. That is why around the
clock they are on the alert for
any defect that might show up.
They take pride in keeping this
snow white sheet rolling mile
after mile on its way to satisfied
customers. These boys have that
spirit of team work that is nec
essary to get the most and best
paper possible. Interested in
their jobs? You bet your life
they are!
Here are our machine tend
ers: Charlie McCormick, Willie
Nelson, Ralph Erskine, Ed
White, John Collins, Haskel
Heaton, Bud Neill, Homer Bat
son, Tom Stroup, Luther King,
Bob Pierce, Everett Little, E. C.
Wilson, Paul Simpson, William
Gash, Walter Warren, Win-
borne Gash, Harold Guice,
George Bryson, Richard Rhodes,
Lambert Bagwell, B u r d e r
Teague, Spencer Mull, Spencer
Macfie, Walter Wood, Albert
Lyday, L. E. Callendar, Ike Gil
liam, B. C. Shook, Sherman
Ducker, Wilson Gregory, Glen
Cunningham, Jimmy Jones,
John Kimsey, and Wae Mann.
John Pickelsimer has asked
me to use this space to thank
the men on "B” shift, and his
many other friends for the beau
tiful flowers that were received
in his deepest hour of sorrow.
Yes, his father who had been
sick for sometime, passed to the
Great Beyond. Our sympathy to
John and his family.
Well, here is a good story
about a mule. I think it is pret
ty good, so I’m passing it on.
Furman Lance sold our good
boy, Ralph Case, a mule. This
mule was supposed to be young.
Wesley Ballard got suspicious
when Lance threw in an old-
timey coffee grinder on the deal.
Being an expert on animals, he
went over to Ralph’s house and
proceeded to examine the mule.
His words on opening the mouth
of the mule "It is so old it is
in its second childhood”. He ad
vised Ralph to put the mule on
a diet of mush or he would nev
er get him up in the morning.
Ralph intended to plow some of
the boys’ gardens free of charge
so he went over to Archie
for the mule to get his second
Drake’s place. He had to wait
for second wind before the mule
would turn his head toward
home. In his yard now is this
sign "Young Mule for Sale.”
Well, at least the weather
man has broken up the weather
long enough to get the stork on
his regular schedule once more.
First delivery the old bird made
was at the home of Clarence
White. Yes. It was a bouncing
baby boy. The stork had no
trouble finding his destination—
it was his seventh trip. Clar
ence was out sick during that
time, but am glad to report that
he is back now in ship-shape
condition.
A sweet girl arrived at the
home of Ralph Case on February
17. The name is Sharon Lee and
mother and baby are doing
fine.
About a year ago I wrote in
this column what we thought
was a new discovery to grow
hair. Yes sir, (Doctor) Richard
Nicholson has been giving his
scalp treatment to Willie Nel
son, Conley McKinnish, Ike Gil
liam, and Earl Rickman. These
boys report their hair growing
so fast that the barber has to
thin their hair at least once a
month. Of course, Ike and Earl
say the barber got to talking
Across The Tracks
BY Betty Finck
"SPRING” is the fresh, boun
tiful beauty of nature rushing
forth once more from the dark,
cold cave of winter. Winter had
taken away the warm breezes,
budding trees and flowering
shrubs, croaking of the frogs in
the nearby stream, dazzling
flowers in all their radiant
shades, robins perched in yon
heavily-berried holly tree, and
the entrancing beauty of the
newly plowed fields, inspiring
the artist to endeavor to cap
ture on the canvas the vary
ing, mellow shades of the fer
tile land.
Martha Sellers is thrilled with
the arrival of a few new moths
from Europe.
We all wish to thank our
company for our Job Dividend
bonus.
Dot and David Sams are
mighty busy keeping house in
their new home, while Joe
Schlosser is busy building his
new home.
Joe Hunter has left the Re
search Department to teach at
the University of South Caro
lina, and, also to further his
education. Good luck, Joe.
Lucky Grey Dawn is recover
ing from his recent accident.
May one and all have a glori
ous Easter!
and clipped off too much of
theirs. Others faced with this
problem will no doubt investi
gate this remedy.
Luther King reports a fine va
cation in the warm sun of Flori
da. Grover Suttles reports one
spent just eating and sleeping.
Rick Orr is strutting around
these days. The reason.? He took
Fred Miller for five straight
games of billiards and the Hen
dersonville boys are declaring
Rick champion.
Will close with this thought:
Idle time and material wasted
cannot add up to efficient pro
duction.
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