Storeroom News
Lookin’
Through
The
Mill
Men enjoying vacations recently were Monroe
Collins, Robert Foster, Harold Orr, James Wald
rop, Ralph Morris and Gordon Hollingsworth.
Bill Bangs and Wade Scroggs were two of the
lucky men to see the Carolina-Georgia football
game.
Reports are that Sam Passmore, who has been
ill, is improving. Best wishes for a speedy re
covery, Sam.”
The reason "Slim” Bullock is so happy lately
is that he just recently became the proud father
of a daughter, born Sunday, October 3rd. Con
gratulations, Slim.
We’re sorry to hear of Clyde Galloway’s mishap
in burning his hands when his oil heater ex
ploded, but his quick action at the time, in spite
of the injury to himself, possibly prevented a
big fire and property loss.
Refining Room News
Jack Wilber, Fred Wallen and Roy Fisher took
in the North Carolina-Georgia football game at
Athens, Georgia, and returned home well pleased
' with the showing the Tar Heels made. They say
that Carolina’s “Choo Choo” Charlie Justice is one
of the best football players they ever saw on the
gridiron.
Earl Gray attended the car races at Charlotte,
North Carolina, and reported as having enjoyed
it very much.
The reason James Cox is strutting around with
his chest out so far is that he just became a proud
father. "Congratulations, James.”
We are glad to report that Ed Brackett is re
cuperating nicely. Fellows taking vacations in the
last few weeks were Jack Rhodes, Thad New
man, Francis Osteen and James Cox.
The Refining bowling team has turned in
some fine performances recently and are
serving notice they will be rough from now on.
Pulp Mill News
Dick Allen served as a juror in the recent
session of the Henderson County Court.
Butler Bradley worked on his house during
his vacation.
James A. Crisp and E. L. Ponder took their
vacation this month, but we don’t have any re
port at this time as to what they did.
Machine Room News
The man we consider as the luckiest man from
Ecusta this month is none other than "Footsie”
Frank Case. You say why? Well, Footsie was for
tunate enough to attend the three world series
games that were played in Cleveland. Footsie re
ported a wonderful time and for his description
of the series he sums it up this way, "Man, those
guys can really play baseball; they don’t fool
around.” Incidentally we hear John Picklesimer
was a lucky man also who saw part of the series.
We haven’t any report from John, but we know
John, being a great baseball fan, was well pleased
with the games.
Many of the Machine Room men take their
vacations during September and October—some
to travel, others to hunt and fish, work on their
houses, gather their crops, attend some big
football game or just loaf around home and rest.
A list of the late vacationers include L. P. Bag-
well, Frank Case, Sherman Ducker, William Gash,
Billy Haynie, Fred Miller, Milton Pace, Robert
Pierce, John Pickelsimer, Tom Stroupe, Ollie Vail-
encourt, Oscar Barrett, Olin Edney, Wae Mann
and Carl Watson.
Nathan McMinn and Robert Head have been
taking in some of the big football games also,
and having seen Carolina play, they say that
Charlie "Choo Choo” Justice is every bit the
football player the Sportswriters credit him to
be.
For more than an hour the mild-mannered lit
tle man in the witness box had squirmed help
lessly under the cold, hostile questioning of the
opposing counsel.
"You say,” prompted the attorney, "that you
have crossed the Atlantic seven times.”
"Yes, sir,” replied the witness.
"And where were you born?”
"Here in New York.”
"Then, sir,” thundered the lawyer, "if you were
born in New York and have crossed the Atlantic
seven times, how does it happen that you aren’t
on the other side at this moment? Answer me
that!”
"Because, sir,” replied the witness, very quietly,
"on my last trip I came home by way of Siberia
and the Pacific Ocean.”
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