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THE MILL WHISTLE
August 17, 1942
MENTION AROUND THE MILLS
Correspondents
Blanket: Mrs. I^therine Turner.
Sheeting: Warren Hubbard
Bedspread: Morell Connor.
Finishing: Mrs. Lois Hill.
Central Warehouse: Mrs. Maybud
Stanley.
Rayon: Kay Warner.
Bleachery: Miss Georgia Thomas.
Office: Howard Sheffield.
Woolen: Mrs. Maggie M. Harris.
Towel: Mrs. Virginia Witt Williams.
' Hosiery: C. D. Looney.
Karastan: Miss Dorothy Manley.
bedspread Mill
1 received a very nice letter the other
day from Randolph “Blue” Pulliam,
who is “Somewhere in the War Zone.”
He says he is getting along fine and
liking where he is very well, and hav
ing a little fun once in a while, but it’s
not anything like the old Tri-Cities.
He asked me to tell all his friends
“hello” for him, and I know of no bet
ter way to do this than to put it in our
paper.
Here is part of his letter just as I
received it: “1 goi. the first issue of the
unnaiueu nun p^pcr. Since you are
one of the correspondents and one of my
old friends, 1 will tell you how I ap
preciate it and how much good it did
me. I got the biggest kick out of the
article about the promotions the fel
lows had gotten, from filling carrier to
weaver, from yarn carrier to space
doffer,. etc. All the fellows here got
a big kick out of the paper. A lot of
them used to be textile workers, too.
Everybody got a big laugh out of it
and I hope I continue to get the paper.
I am interested in what goes on in the .
mills and especially the Bedspread.”
Folks, he wants to hear from you,
it will cheer him up and keep him in
formed on the happenings in the Tri-
Cities; not only him, but lots of other
boys. They’re doing their “big bit”,
so let us do our “little bit” and write
them once in a while.
For anyone who would like to write
to “Blue”, here is his address;
• Pvt. Thomas R. Pulliam,
Battery D, 252nd C. A.
A.S.N. 34175018, A.P.O. No. 808,
Care Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
(Be sure to send it via Air Mail.)
Pvts. Thomas and Rodger Crowder,
of the U. S. Army, spent the weekend
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Crowder. Both boys are former em
ployees of the Bedspread Mill.
John Henry Stevens, Jr., with a few
friends, spent last weekend at Fairy-
stone Park. And the boys seem to have
a special talent at dish washing, at
least that’s what the manager thought.
It seems they ate dinner there and
when the bill was presented them, they
discovered they had locked their waN
lets in the automobile and the boy
with the keys could not be found. So
you know the story. They did find
him, however, but not until most all
the dinner dishes were sparkling.
Finishing Mill
Mr. Truslowe has returned from the
hospital and is getting' along nicely.
Everyone hopes for his speedy recov
ery.
Mrs. Howard Flynn spent Friday
and Saturday with her husband in
Durham.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Hankins and
daughter and Mrs. Howard Flynn spent
Sunday at Fairystone Park.
Mrs. Fred Cook is spending a week
with her parents, 'Mr. and Mrs. Jessie
Harmon, TToyd, Va.
• Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hankins and son
and Miss Georgia Roberts, Miss June
Winn and Dauglas Turner spent Sun
day at Fairystone Park.
Mrs. Edna Hoover is on the sick list
this^ week.
Rayon Mill
Miss Margaret Siierwood recently
spent a lew days visiting Miss Lena
Banner, at Burnsville, IN. C.
Mrs. In. M. Ballard recently visited
her daughter and soii-in-iaw, Mr. and
Mrs. j. F. Vause, Jr., at Newport News.
Mrs. Harry Hudgens and two cnii-
dren. Coy and Frances, and Miss Inez
Burgess, are visiting relatives in Phil
adelphia, Pa.
J. G. Halsey, manager of the Rayon
Mill, and family are on their vacation,
visiting relatives and friends in Penn
sylvania.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Norris spent
last week at Newport News, Va., visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Sherwood, for
merly employed at the Rayon Mill.
Thomas Jenkins and William Rob
ertson recently spent a few days’ va-
■ cation at Ocean View, Va.
Corp. Jack Woodlief has been trans
ferred by his request from Fort Bragg
to the Quartermaster Corps at Fort
Meade, Md.
Mrs. Charlie Hunter, Jr., and daugh
ter, Barbara Ann, spent last week with
husband and father at Newport News,
Va., where he is employed at the ship
yards. '
Herman Hopkins left the Rayon Mill
last week to join the U. S. Navy.
Amos Hurst of Newport News, Va.,
spent the past week with his wife in
Spray.
Mrs. Bill Hubbard, of the Rayon
Mill, is on her vacation.
Mrs. Mozelle Luther recently spent
a week with her parents in Graham.
Miss Betty Jean Hooker is spending
the week with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. F. Hooker, in Spray.
Mrs. Morris Wright, of the Rayon
Mill office, and son Milton, are visit
ing relatives in West Virginia, this
week.
Miss Sara Anderson is filling the va
cancy in the Rayon Mill office during
the vacation period, after which she
will leave Leaksville to accept a posi
tion in the commercial department of
the High Point high school.
Woolen Mill
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Roberts and
daughter, Bernell, Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Williams, Misses Lillie Grey and Oneva
Meadows motored to Ridgeway and
, Martinsville, Va., Sunday afternoon. On
their return home they enjoyed water
melon- at Wade Spring.
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Meadows and
family visited Mr. and Mrs. Bud
McMellon, near Greensboro, Sunday.
Dewey Terry of Greensboro spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and ivlrs.
Joe Terry.
Jessie Taylor, forman of the spinning
department, returned to his work Au
gust 3, after a two weeks’ vacation,
during which time he visited at Staces-
ville, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Brice Atkins of Mar
tinsville, Va., spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Earles, of Spray.
Mr. and .Mrs. Robert Wilmoth of
Reidsville visited Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Earles, Sunday.
Leroy Grogan of Spray left for the
army August 3. His many friends wish
him good luck.
Rooert Moore of Burlington leaves
August 18th to be inducted into the
army. Mr. Moore is a frequent visitor
to Leaksville-Spray, where he has a
number of friends who wish him the
besr of luck.
Evangelist Danial Boone of Raleigh
is conducting a two weeks’ revival m
the tent near Thomasson Service Sta
tion at Spray. The public is invited
to attend the meetings each -evening
at 7;45.
Aubrey Hammock and W. D. Harris
of Portsmouth, Va., spent the weekend
at their homes in North Spray.
Charlie Walker of Newport News
spent the weekend at North Spray
with his family.
Henry Trotter is spending his vaca
tion at the beach with his family.
Robert G. Hundley, known through
out the Woolen Mill as “The Lone
Ranger,” is expecting to be transferred
in the near future from slat filler to
mule spinner. By a stroke of good
luck he has purchased from Gustave
Thacker a. second-hand packing knife
that, was used during the last World
War.
Bleachery _
Mrs. E. C. Flynn has returned after
a week’s visit in the hcftne of Mr. and
Mrs. B. D. Brooks at High Point.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Fulcher and