OFFICE BITS
By Howard Schmidt
Larry Bryant and his wife are making a trip to
Maine to visit his folks and to eat Maine Lob
ster. Mattie and Pearl Hamlin and Virginia Stepp
went to Myrtle Beach to get that good ole sun
burn. Hicks Scruggs spent a few days in Mor-
ganton, and she informs us that she didn’t have
any difficulty in leaving there after her visit. Isa
bella Palais spent her vacation in New York City,
visiting friends and relatives. Walker Millner and
his wife spent a week in Martinsville, Va., visiting
relatives. Harry Byers spent a week at home with
his family. Clyde Orr did a little bit of everything
on his week off. The Lehman Kapps had a fine
time vacationing in Canada. Harry Dreyer and
his girls visited in New York and Connecticut. L.
F. Dixon and his wife visited in Canada and
several Northern States. Pete and Lucy Eberle
are celebrating their Silver Wedding Anniversary
by a trip to Niagara Falls and New York City.
George Heyman couldn’t resist the call of the
big city. He and his family are taking in the shows
and dining in the best eating places in New York
City. John Burwell recently served a tour of
duty with the U. S. Navy. Buck Best and Charlie
Russell came back from a fishing trip with tall
tales about the big ones that got away. Lib and
Spud Carpenter spent a week at home, enter
taining some of Spud’s Army friends. The Shep
herd sisters, Ruth and Louise, plan to spend their
vacation at home instead of traveling to the far
corners of the World like they have been doing.
Lloyd Tuck and his family are planning a visit to
his old home in the Lone Star State. Edith Sum-
mey reports a nice time on her vacation. Mr. and
Mrs. T. N. Word are vacationing in Hawaii.
Bob Johnson is back at his desk after his opera
tion. George Huskamp flew to New York to be
present at the christening of his two new grand
sons, George and Bill, and drove back with Mrs.
Huskamp. By the way, your reporter stated in the
last issue of The Echo that George’s last grandson
was Eddie instead of Bill. Katherine Kirk is all
smiles when she talks about the new home she
and Bill are building in Brevard.
PULP MILL NEWS
By Evelyn Smith
Those celebrating birthdays in the Pulp Mill
during the month of June are as follows; A. P.
Lance, D. S. Winchester and Hardy Kilpatrick.
Happy Birthday and many happy returns.
We extend our best wishes to Clyde Galloway
who is undergoing treatment in Mission Hospital
in Asheville and LeRoy Waldrop who is under
going treatment in Transylvania Community Hos
pital.
The following were on vacation during the
month of June; Fred Barton, Wade Scroggs,
Many of us at Ecusta like to hear Jean Whit
mire, of the Main Office, tell stories, since we
have been accustomed to the Southern drawl for
so many years. Jean, with her crisp English ac
cent, can relate many good stories, especially
about the war, while most of us are getting started.
She is the former Miss Jean Waugh of Epsom
Downs, England, and was married to Tommy
Whitmire, of Brevard, while he was stationed
there during World War IL She experienced
many air raids during the Blitz, and was certainly
among those who were happy to see V-E Day.
She gets homesick occasionally, since her family
has only been able to visit her one time during
the three years that she has been with us, but
Jean says that she likes her adopted country very
much.
MAINTENANCE GREASE SPOTS
By Bruce Cassell
The weather has been very dry lately, so the
fishing hasn’t been so good. However, Bub
Thompson and Bill Lyday have been doing quite
well. Bill has Bub "skinned” a little since Bill
uses a casting rod to catch his fish and Bub
has only a hawk that catches the fish and drops
them at his feet. There has been several of our
boys on vacations lately—all report having a
wonderful time, but no fish.
Harry Laughter, James Dalton, Clarence Ramer,
R. V. Allison and Gordon Hollingsworth.