GUMMING REPSE REAMING
By Grady Wilkie
Activities are at a minimum
in‘our department since some
of us iiave been helping out
in various other departments.
Leroy McCall and Babe Nor
ton had a two-weeks’ workout
—"" in the printing department.
Thurman Rogers and Donald
McCall had a two weeks tour in Finishing.
Howard Page recently suffered a broken leg.
We hope he will be back with us soon.
Chris Rogers, Nellie Justus and Robert Lyday
are on the list for vacations for the month of
December.
Thus we come to the close of the year 1952.
A year we will always remember as the year of
elections, conventions, etc. The year the Yankees
beat the Dodgers, the year the Republicans beat
the Democrats and the year Chris Rogers beat new
trails into Pisgah Forest and, as yet, hasn’t scored
in the deer hunts.
With Thanksgiving over and Christmas once
again here, here’s hoping the visit from Santa
Claus will please all of you and that the year
1953 will be a prosperous one.
When you complain that your young wife
spends more than you do for clothes, probably
you’re right. Statistics show that dressing costs
young matrons 10 to 20 per cent n-iore than it
costs husbands. But all you have to do is wait 30
or 40 years. The same statistics show that when
a couple reaches 60, the average husband gets to
spend as much for clothes as his wife does, and
perhaps more!
Above are Charles L., age 9, and Keitha Faye,
14, the son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
M. Cox of Penrose. Charles is in the fourth
grade at Penrose and Keitha Pay is a sophomore
at Brevard High School. Their father is employed
in the Finishing Department {Paper Division).
BOOK CORNER
By Lucille Heffner
PANTA CLAUS is coming
^ to town—and has already
visited Ecusta’s Library! Was
he generous with good gifts?
ihe very finest—worlds of
imagination and entertain
ment. Lend an ear, while we
tell of our visit from St. Nick.
First, we have two copies of THE BIRD’S
CHRISTMAS CAROL, many times read and en
joyed by thousands. Have you read it to your chil
dren.? Kate Douglas Wiggins wrote this beautiful
story.
For reading of the season we have THE OTHER
WISE MAN, Henry Van Dyke; CHRISTMAS IN
DICKENS, Charles Dickens; Clement C. Moore’s
poem, A VISIT FROM ST. NICK; THE LITTLE
MATCH GIRL, Hans Christian Andersen, THE
CHRISTMAS WHALE, Roger Duvosin; THE
DRUM GOES DEAD, Bessie Streeter Aldrich,
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS, Florida R. Glover and
WHILE THE ANGELS SING, Gladys H. Carroll.
Christmas belongs to everyone and in THE
FIRESIDE BOOK OF CHRISTMAS STORIES,
we find stories and legends reminding us what
Christmas means to us and how people of many
lands have celebrated it. The first part is devoted
to the birth and infancy of the Christ child, with
these famous writers contributing; Henry Van
Dyke, Elizabeth Hart and Frances Hodgson Bur
nett. Selections by Dickens, Walter de la Mare,
Daphne du Maurier, Christopher Morley and Lou
isa Mae Alcott complete this volume that makes
entertaining and inspirational reading for the
holidays.
Four new and outstanding volumes were recent
ly added to our Ecusta Library. We have a "wait
ing list” on each but assure you that they are
worth waiting for.
The are:
QUEEN’S GIFT, Inglis Fletcher
STEAMBOAT GOTHIC, Francis Parkinson
Keyes
COMANCHEROS, Paul Wellman
SHAPE OF SUNDAY, Lloyd C. Douglas.
A good example is the best sermon. Unless we
live up to what we say, we cannot have a lasting
influence on those who look to us for guidance.
The world needs less advice and more worthy
examples'.
Sincerity always carries the most weight in our
relationship to others. There is something com
pelling and genuine which radiates from a sincere
person. The principal obstacles to influencing
others are insincerity and inconsistency.
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