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Two THE MILL WHISTLE Dpp.ftmber 6, Mention Around the Mills Chatter Vs. Jabber Central Warehouse Office By Mary Lee Fitz Dear Jesse: Mary Lee said she hated to deprive us of the privilege that she had, so she is going to have “Guest Stars” on her letters to you! Of course, I don’t know any more gossip than she does, but I suppose she thought this was one way of seeing who knows the most. The main events of the last few weeks were highlighted by the birth days of Iva Pendleton, Mamie Burch- am and John Eggleston. Mamie had a birthday party given to her Saturday night and she has been wondering how they knew to put sixteen candles on the cake. Gloria Carter and Margie Newnam went to Greensboro recently. We couldn’t hear a thing about what they bought, but we could hear the words “brown eyes”, “wings”, and “bus driv er.” Of course, we have no idea what they were talking about. Gloria has been very excited today because “Ernest ate.” We were excited too, until we found out that Ernest was the pet turtle that was sent her from Florida. Rebecca Pender went to Durham, and Gloria and Mary Lee to Chape] Hill last week-end. John Eggleston is ill at his home, and we are certainly missing him. We all hope you have a speedy recovery. We are glad to know that Julia Martin is improving and we hope to see her back soon. The wiener roast at Kathryn Atkins’ home was certainly a big happy event. Mamie, how long did you say it was since you “percolated?” Jesse, you should have been there! Everyone was worried about their rationed portion, but everything came out even. Well, all good things must come to an end and also all bad things. I’ll leave it for you to decide which is which. Good luck! Sincerely, GLENNICE. V . . . — “You can never talk to that patient,” said the nurse to the doctor as they left a room on the women’s ward, “without giving her a full recital of her ailments.” “Yes,” said the doctor, “ you might almost call it an organ recital.” Rayon Mill By Ray Warner Misses Treva Thompson, Clydene Hopkins and Elsie Land spent Thanks giving day in Danville. They enjoyed a turkey dinner and attended a show in the afternoon. Miss Margaret Sherwood spent sev eral days in Salisbury visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Honeycutt and Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Steward and family ac companied her home for the week-end. Friends of Pvt. Joe W. Sherwood will be glad to know he has been moved from California and is now stationed at Fort Bragg. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Goad and son, Charles, of Stuart, Va., spent last Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Johnston, of Carolina Heights. We have received a message from Pvt. Coy H. Ferguson that he has been ill in the hospital for the past five weeks. Coy is somewhere in the Southwest Pacific. We wish for him a speedy recovery. Special notice to all you ladies on the third floor; Ladies, if Uncle Sam is taking your husband away from you, I m warning you to leave mine alone. This message comes from a “pistol packin’ mamma.” The past two weeks have been hog killing time down here. About all the news we have heard is how much each one’s hog weighed. King Shropshire holds the championship for having the heaviest hog, weighting 575 pounds. I would like to have his feeding formula. BLASTS From Draper Office By Selma Stone Just to give you an idea of PART of what’s been going on in the office, sup pose we look over the Wage Bureau first. The world seems much brighter to Everlina Riddle now that she’s all dressed up in her new specs; Reubin Garrett and Cody Steagall seem per fectly contented behind a smoke screen, having changed to their pipes for the wmter; and Floyd Strader is making good use of his last few days as a civil ian employee. Now for the rest of the office: June Hundley, having spent a quiet Thanks giving Day at home, spent the week end in Norfolk, Va. Honest, she couldn’t help it if the buses have a bad schedule to get you back home. Speaking of Thanksgiving, quite a few from the office enjoyed the a cue at the club and the dance in ® ville Thursday night. We noticcc ^ very weak eyes around here the to ing morning. Some say it was ^ eating too much barbecue ^ ^ others maybe it was the loss of ® eye”. Mary Gassaway celebrated « going hunting with her husband for her husband. Alice Hill Carr ^ spent the day in Greensboro visitmS girl friend. (BTC No. 10 had nothing to do with it.) Audrey Cochran upset the arrange ment of the office last week by ing out to the blanket weave fice. Looks like Mr. Perry was riS when he looked around the other day and said, “My,.aren’t the girls gettms scarce?” It was a very pleasant surprise all of us when Adeline Wilkes, one ot our former girls, paid us a visit re cently. See what you can do to make those visits more often, Adeline. (Being writer for this column. Miss Stone never gets her name in the ligh^®' You know one never tells on oneself> does one? Action spoke louder than words this time. Selma, if you had told us why the difficulty in walking since the Thanksgiving holiday, we would have sympathized with you and gladly tried to have borrowed you a crutch. So sorry to learn of your fall completely down the flight of stairs at the Carolina theatre in Greensboro. Well Selma, I guess you think now that it is best to look where you are going rather than a uniform.) V . . . _ Nantucket Building By Nellie Kirby This column is being written by the office Kat as Nellie returned from New York too-—too tired, and couldn’t write. The staff photog has been hiding in the dark room since the last issue, and couldn’t be located. Meow! All the girls are so-o-o envious of Margaret Barker. She has just re ceived a group of presents from her husband, King, at present located in (sh-h) North Africa. The presents in cluded Indian hand-wrought bronze service bells, and filigree butterfly pins, Egyptian mother of pearl brace let, and a crucifix also of mother of pearl from Jerusalem. These presents were simply scrumptious, and can be described as the cat’s whiskers. Mr. Humbert is back in the fold from his trip, and he didn’t appear tired. Mary Hundley is learning to be a Nurse’s Aid. Good work, Mary. Speak ing of nurses, Jane Reynolds was in the field taking Stella Jones’ place while the latter was sick. However, Stella is back on the job again, appar ently all mended. Red Byrd says since he has attained a place in the news he (Continued on Page 3)
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