CASTING
By Jim Stribling
"B“ SHIFT CASTING
By Thomas Hooper
Since there has been no re
port from Casting Day Crew
in previous months for The
Echo, we are attempting a
column in this month’s issue
and hope to continue in order
to inform our friends and fel-
low-workers of the news of
interest in our department.
Recently two new members have joined our
crew; and we welcome them. They are Ray Gro
gan and Bill Talley, both having worked in the
Paper Division before transferring to our depart
ment. Both fellows seem to be enjoying their
work with us.
Vacationing at present are Ed Warren and
Luther Shipman. Reports from them assure us
that they are taking good advantage of their time
off. Consequently, they both decided to go fish
ing at the same time, and Ed thought he had a
big one, but surprisingly enough, it wasn’t a fish,
but Luther on the hook. A good suggestion is:
If you’re going to take a vacation, leave the coun
try.
Cool days and nightly frosts are worrying early
gardeners. Most all the early corn and beans were
badly damaged; however. Shorty Davis has enough
to supply the dept. How about it. Shorty?
We are happy to have all the sick ones back.
James Wyatt has just recuperated from an infect
ed eye and throat which prevented his presence
for about three weeks. Luther will be back soon
for his job.
Arthur Moore was called home last week be
cause of sickness. We are glad his children are
better and out of the hospital. We really miss
Arthur when he isn’t around. It makes things dif
ficult, even to the mixing; however, Ralph Cook
does a grand job, but he is replacing Ed.
Our softballers really have enthusiasm. We have
won our first game and are trying for the Champs.
We’ll let you know next month about our wins.
April showers are supposed
to bring May flowers but this
time it has brought cold
weather and frost.
For Earl Garren it brought
a fine 6 lb. 10 oz. boy. So
our heartiest congratulations
to him and his wife. Earl
said it didn’t matter whether it was a boy or a
girl, but I don’t believe his chest would have been
out quite so much if it had been a girl.
The month of May might not have brought
Dick Landreth flowers, but it brought him a new
V-8 Dodge. We are all hoping now that he will
take us for a ride.
For John Thomas, it brought a trip to Chatta
nooga on his 5 days off. We understand he had
a nice trip.
Cecil Smith says that May might bring flowers
for some, but for him it brings tall grass which
he, unfortunately, has to mow every few days.
For Carl Watson, it brought a white-faced calf
and additional work for him to do on his barn.
He says it’s nice to have the calf but bad to have
to work so hard on the barn for it.
Bill Murray wants to know how late you have
to wait to plant your garden. May frosts brought
disaster to his garden, I think. Better luck next
time. Bill.
For Clyde Galloway, it brought softball and an
injured foot. He seems to be much better but
I bet he’ll not run so fast next time.
Fred McCall had much better luck with May.
I hear he is getting a new TV set. Hope he’ll in
vite us out to watch it.
Guess that’s all for this month, but we’ll be
back with more news for you next month. Here’s
hoping we all have a safe and happy time till then.
Here are some of the unusual names for towns
that you will find on the North Carolina map;
Gold Point, Granite Quarry, Iron, Mineral Springs,
Silverdale, Brasstown, Bricks, Coalville, Glass, Kao
lin, Talc Mountain and Terra Cotta.
"C" SHIFT CASTING
By Charles Warren
News is hard to get from the "C” Shift boys in
Casting. They just won’t tell us what they do at
all. Maybe some of their wives would like to send
some news in for The Echo. If so, we sure would
like to have it.
We would like to welcome Curtis Banther to
our shift. He has transferred to Casting from the
Chemical Building.
Well, seems like everyone is fishing these days.
Some trout fishing, some lake fishing and some
even deep-sea fishing. Wish someone would bring
in some pictures of the fish they catch for The
Echo. Bring pictures of the smaller ones. Those
big fish stories are hard to believe anyway.
Bob Foster spent last week-end in Florida, deep-
sea fishing with some of the boys in the Chem
ical Building, or did they say fishing?
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