REFINING NEWS "A" SHIFT BY Earl Gray Several men have been on va cations this month. Horace Blythe moved while on his va cation. Roby Street reported that he had been cutting logs. Clarence Crowe has just start ed as this is being written and we don’t know his whereabouts at present. James Canup is getting some plowing done and planting his garden. Francis Osteen is getting ready to leave the conveyor and go to the broke beater. Bunion Wilson is back on his regular job after an operation. Be careful, Bun, don’t hurt your self. There is very little dog news at present, but just wait till the near future. I will tell you about my dog. It is too small yet to be talked about. Here’s hoping the weather has opened up for keeps because the fuel supply is running low for many of us. The shift as a whole is in fair condition with very few having been out sick. There might have been a few weekend he?daches but we will have to grin and bear it because every one is old enough to know bet ter. Goodby for now! FINISHING BITS BY Mattie Fay Walker and Donnie Ballard "C” Shift seems to have al ready caught spring fever. Smit- ty spent her vacation doing some spring house cleaning. Our foreman, Dick Cassida, has left us for two weeks of days with the warehouse crew. We are enjoying working with Charles Colwell who changed shifts with him. Sorry to report that Glenn Kent has had to return to the hospital, but we hope he will be back with us soon. Ernest and "Speedy” say they like graveyard. Even volun teered for it this time! THE CAMERA PORTRAY Often in a plant the size of ours, it’s easy to think of our department or our job as being able to almost stand alone. An overall look, though, shows how jobs in every department fit into the master pattern. From the time the flax enters our warehouse until someone in the office types out a shipping order for the finished paper, many folks have a part in the process. Lower left is Austin Schlosser engaged in a problem in Research. On the right is Eldred Burns of the Finishing Department. It’s almost unbelieveable the amount of "paper I \ I

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