the colors. With stops at Maxwell Field, Alabama,
and Camp Sherman, California, he will report for
assignment to Headquarters 5th A. F., APO 710,
c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, California. We
hope it is a short tour of duty and that you and
the rest of the boys will be back ere too long.
A couple of weeks ago, just at quiting time,
the main office staff were somewhat surprised to
see a venerable old goat peeking down into J. O.
Wells’ office. The old gal had the right idea about
where to go to get on the payroll. The question
now being asked is, "Did or did not Mr. Wells
put her on the payroll?” Of course the angle crops
up whether it is cheaper to cut lawns with a gas
oline power mower or to let the goat crop it, with
an extra bundle of hay for wages. When the
question is decided, we shall let you know.
A couple of weeks ago, Norman Ponder was
once again handing out the cigars for the third
time. It was a little girl and her name is Susan
Norma. Congratulations to both Mr. and Mrs.
Ponder.
One fair, sunny day, Barbara Johnson, Mary
Armfield, Nancy Osborne were weighing them
selves on the trailer truck platform scales. What’s
wrong? Have you girls gotten past the last weigh
ing point on the bath room scales? If it is any con
solation—those truck scales weigh up to about
30,000 pounds.
We were sorry to learn that Harry Dryer and
members of his family were involved in a collision
which damaged Harry’s car to quite an extent.
Fortunately though, no one was injured too se
verely it appears.
During the memorable ice and sleet storm
earlier in the month, Eunice Waldrop was really
convinced that the roads were slippery. She was
idling along around 20 miles an hour when zip—
she landed in a ditch. She was not the only one.
The roads were cluttered with unlucky drivers for
whom the roads were too much to cope with. Ah!
Spring! When will you arrive?
CLINTON HIGHLIGHTS
By Conley McKinnish
We are glad to have join
us this month all the new
people from Ecusta and Bre
vard. Everyone is being more
careful since they have seen
a few collisions on the ice.
There has been a lot of car
pushing lately, including a
1950 Pontiac owned by Baker. Carl Watson has
owned two cars while here, and still has to bor
row a car when he w^ants to go some place. He
hopes to get his Plymouth started by April 15 th.
Sims Blanton and Ed Conley have purchased cars
here. Buddy Hooper was asked how the new Olds
was running. He said, "You will have to ask
Tommy, he uses it all the time.— (Ladies Man.)
Paul Ledbetter bought himself a nice pair of
pants. Paid cash for them too. After sliding across
the street on the seat of them, he was crying on
Hubert Batson’s shoulder.
Clanny McGaha should be a Safety Shoe Sales
man, since he let a can on the 3rd floor of the
Chemical Building fall on the toe of his Safety
Shoe.
Harold Fouts has changed shifts and is all
smiles because he gets to go home two weeks
earlier.
D. S. Winchester has the Clinton County farm
ers puzzled on how he grows plenty of corn and
potatoes too, on a three acre farm. The Iowa
farmers need 500 acres before they can grow any
thing.
Elmer Baker has his wife and daughter here
now. He only gets out to play shuffleboard with
the boys by special call from Mr. Bennett. I am
planning to bring my wife out here but I’m not
going to let her stay until she gets bossy, just a
short trip.
Ray Winchester enjoyed his last five days off,
visiting Army friends in South Bend, Indiana.
Bob Foster is not only getting training at
duPont’s but he has met a very interesting school
teacher. He says, "You can’t beat education”.
Troy Bryan says he likes the Illinois side of the
Mississippi best. Especially Rock Island and Ful
ton.
Fulton Holliday and family enjoyed a trip to
Chicago, also a quart of water from Fodder Stack
Mt., N. C.
Bill Henson said air currents treated J. T. Reid
pretty rough on a recent plane trip over the
Smoky Mountains. J. T. says he’ll keep his seat
belt fastened hereafter.
Pete Dockens was on the sick list a couple of
days with the flu, but he is back on the job feel
ing fine now.
John Sorrells says the Medical attention you get
at duPont’s is tops and that they wouldn’t let you
groundhog came out, looked around, stood on his
get sick if you wanted to.
Lawrence Tipton claims to be the fastest man
on his feet, in the whole Clinton plant. Just as he
was pushing a button to start a motor in the Bath
Mix House a light bulb overhead burned out with
a big flash. He said they wouldn’t have caught
him if he hadn’t skidded on the ice as he turned
into the road—in front of the plant—headed
South.
The wives of Elmer Baker and Garnett Buck
ner got a good introduction to Iowa. On the morn
ing of their arrival it was 20 below zero and it
started snowing (again) that night.
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