All smiles is Miss Judy Karen Ashe, J> months old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burlas Ashe. Burlas is
employed in the Inspection Department and Mrs.
Ashe is a former employee of the Finishing Dept.
the other many humorous items of The Echo.
During the hunting season, which I understand
has just ended, I have listened to a few of the arts
of the great sport. Now I’ve heard some tell that
their success was due to a particular type of gun
used and it seems that in most cases they agree on
the Pumps and Semi-automatic type of weapons
as best suited for rabbit hunting. Well, I was just
ready to up and purchase one of these fine
weapons, but then one of the fellows in our ma
chine shop told me of his exploits with a Stevens
single shot, 12 guage shotgun. It has quite a
range, and the recoil isn’t too bad. Its advantages
are far more superior to other popular makes of
guns. Now he says, "Take the Old Stevens shot
gun, you can prod through the brush and briars
with its long barrel and even into a hole to jump
your rabbit. And if you get one up, you don’t have
to be so careful about a little bit of dirt or mud
being in the barrel, just fire away. Of course, if
you’re not certain you got your quarry with that
one shot, you can stalk him and if you find your
shot merely injured him, well go ahead, beat the
rabbit to death with your Stevens”. Now don’t
take this advise from me, I can only suggest you
contact a certain machinist in our shop, he says
he got two rabbits in one evening.
Looking through the pages of the "Ring Mag
azine” one night, I was amazed at the great num
ber of Boxers who had climbed up the ladder of
fistic success with a "One Punch Knock-out” to
gain recognition among the greats. Anyway, it
appears that one of the Fore-ladies also looked at
this magazine, and decided to ring up one for the
fairer sex. I see she had her right in a brace and
The above photo of Doris Ann Walker was made
when she was six weeks old. Born Oct. 2, 1932,
she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Walk
er of Pisgah Forest. Bill is in Paper Finishing.
all bandaged. Cne question Smitty, did you knock
him out or merely knock a hole through the wall
of your home? After this I’m going to be extra
careful picking up the maintenance cards. Gee,
I’ve got a glass jaw.
Not too long ago, we were visited by our Echo
Editor to take a few photos of the department’s
operation. Now as you know the first thing in
photography is to choose a good subject and the
Editor proceeded to do so. Well after the camera
had caught the image of one of our operators and
the possibilities of fame in her eyes, yours truly
offered to become her business manager. The Big
Lights, Stars and Actresses. Oh well, it could have
been Hollywood "F. B.” Anyway it was a swell
picture of you slitting paper for soda straw wraps.
You can sure tell most of the fellows in the de
partment that saw military service during World
War II. Well, it so happened a section of the
concrete floor was in need of repair and the
Maintenance crew was called in. Now I remember
about troop deployment in the service that were
handled with the utmost efficiency, but this morn
ing was a sight to behold here in Finishing. You
would think all these maneuvers in service had
become forgotten. But when those massive Pneu
matic Hammers bellowed forth their stuttering, in
breaking through the concrete floor, it was noticed
several of our guys had all but dived into one of
the core barrels placed throughout the floor, along
with yours truly, in nothing flat. Well now, I
don’t know about the rest of you fellows, but it
seemed like a good "Fox-hole” to me.
So until another battle and another "Memo
from Finishing” next month, “Hasta la Vista”.
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