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II 8/Sgt. Charles H. Pierce, son of Mr. aad Mrs. Charles Pierce of Coo leemee, is now with the Combat En gineers * somewhere in Germany. '' Patch'' is well known here and has from time to time worked at Mill No. 3. Cooieemee American Legion Sponsors Clothing Drive Daring the month of April the American Legion Poet 54 of Coo ieemee sponsored and supervised the collection of. approximately 3,500 pounds of clothing in Cooiee mee. The big drive was conducted Sunday, April 15, with the Boy Scouts helping the Legionaires han dle the job. From April 15 to April 30 an additional amount has been left in the boxes at the school, at the J. N. Ledford Company in Cooieemee and at Everhardt's and Foster's stores in North Cooieemee. Mr. Tatum, chairman of the drive, is well pleased with the re sults and expresses his thanks to the Legion for its splendid coopera tion, to the Boy Scouts for their assistance, to the Lions Club for helping with advertising the drive and to the people of Cooieemee £or their wholehearted support. Cooieemee Lions Club Holds "Charter Night"; Wives Are Guests The Cooleemee Lions held their Charter Night on Thursday, April 26th. Many out-of-town Lions with their wives from Salisbury, High Point, Winston-Salem, Concord, and Kannapolis were present to gether with the Cooleemee Lions and their wives and guests. The meeting was called to order by the Club President, Lion G. R. Madison, and opened with every body singing "America," led by Lion Okeh Allison of Winston- Salon. Lion G. L. Royster pro nounced the invocation after which dinner was served by the ladies of the Methodist Church. The toastmaster, Lion C. N. Spry, called upon Lion E. C. Tatum for the address of welcome. Lion Glenn Ketner of Salisbury gave the re sponse after which the toastmaster introduced the guests. The Cooleemee High School Glee Club gave as entertainment a Gay Nineties Revue which everybody enjoyed. The charter was presented by Diatriet Governor J. H. of High Point to President G. R. Mad ison, who aoeepted it for the local dub. lion J. H. Kalte introduced the speaker for the evening, lion Judge G. H. Hasting oi Winston- Salem. He gave a very stirring speech, emphasising the need of cooperation in Lionism for the bet terment of the community, thus making this a better nation to live in. Fajer* ware awarded the ladies presaA dflfii which everyone sang "Gcfcxfoigfel |*diea" to bring to an and a MMjdhp&nt evening. The fiHflpe Lions Club is the this district to re ceive ft,4Hß|Ftlun the last year spedmff by the Salisbury SXXPPHTG - Lawrence Williams hu ncitlj boqght a farm in Rowan County. It w reported that Levi Mill** broke some teeth recently while eat ing an oatmeal cookie. The other day Lonnie Peebles asked Lonnie Pruitt to help him kill a goat. In the proeess Pruitt eame near to being the goat. One of our boys went to the Shop recently looking for a sawdust pump. He didn't find one. The second shift boys are all An* exeept J. B. Duck seems to be hav ing some difficulty in finding the right kind of watch. John "L. Brown told Duck to "straighten up and fly right." Alexanders' Have Five Sons in Armed Services The following five servicemen are brothers and are sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Alexander of Cooleemee. Mr. Alexander is overseer of the Spinning Boom at Mill No. 3: 8/Sgt. Charles E. Alexander, be fore entering serviee, was overseer of the Warehouse. He entered serviee in April, 1942, and has just recently returned from S3 months in Aus tralia, New Guinea and the Philip pines. He is with the Army Postal Serviee. S/Sgt. James B. Alexander was formerly employed in the Spinning Boom at Mill No. 3. He entered service in February, 1942, and since has been an instructor *ith the Sig nal Corps at Fort Monmouth, N. J. Pvt. Theodore Alexander, a former Warp Boom employee, entered service in February, 1945. He is now sta-* tioned at Gamp Blanding, Fla. Boy Alexander, GM 3/C, left, and Sinclair Alexander, MO MM 1/C, right, are both in the U. S. Navy in the Pacific. Both entered service in September, 1942. The above picture was made at their first meeting in more than 18 months in the Pacific area, t H fIH • • fIH Roy and Sinclair Alexander Theodore Alexander James Alexander diaries I. Aimlsr TBB 4 r ' Wm. Tayier Kmhw Bronxe pi Silver Stan f^^Hrawiir HHPBIi mHH H Pfe. William B. Taylor, now in the Philippines, has been awarded the Bronze Star, the Silver Star and an Oak Leaf (fluster for meritorious service in action. William entered service in April, 1942, and has been overseas since early 1944. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Taylor. SPINNING Mr. John A. Reynolds is back at work after being out several weeks recently due to sickness. Guy Foster was walking through the Spinning Room on May Ist and found a dime. On May 2nd, he was out. "How long would you stay out if you found a dollar, Guyf" While in the Cooleemee Market Lee Trexler ordered a cup of coffee. He used some sugar and Pepsi-Cola in place of cream. Lee, don't you know Pepsi-Cola from cream f We are all very glad to have Mr. McCall back with us after being out for a throat operation. Mrs. Annie Miller is back at work after being out for several weeks due to the serious illness o£| her husband. 1 We are wondering who is going to have the best report card on warp now. We want to welcome five newcom ers from the third shift: Grace Pierce, Edith Painter, Bessie My ers, Gladys Frye and Thomas Warren. Mrs. Eaton is back with us after being out with her sister who has been serionsly ill. Mrs. Hester Ball is ont sick at this writing. Here's hoping she will soon be better.' You know, it is bad enough these days to go visiting and have a fiat tire, but to go and have a blow-out and no extra tire and be forced to come in on the rim, that's awful. How about it, Leotaf OOOLEEMEE LEGION POST BECEIVEB DISTINGUISHED f SERVICE CITATION ! The American Legioa j National Headquarteft j February 16, 1945 ' Office of The NATIONAL ADJUTANT Indianapolis 6, Indiana R. S. May berry, Adjutant American Legion Post No. 54 , Cooleemee, North Carolina • i , Dear Adjutant: >.. During these busy days of World War 11, when many demands come ttjs way of officers of Posts of The American Legion, the matter of attaining early membership goals is an outstanding achievement for the officers «f such Posts. It is a privilege for me to extend to you, as Adjutant of your Post, thi sincere congratulations of the National Organisation of The American Legiea as a result of your Post being awarded the 1045 Most Distinguished Serviw Citation, resulting from the Post having exceeded its entire 1943-44 member ship by its enrollment for 1944-45, as of November 11. The Post of which you are Adjutant has played a responsible role ia permitting the National Organisation to be proud of a record this early in the 1945 membership year, whereby we are now bettn than 200,000 memberships ahead of the same date a year ago, and whfct presages a final 1945 membership of 1,800,000 or more for the new year. The responsibilities of The Amerieiui Legion are many these days. 9ha power of a greater membership is needed to carry out these obligations. It is a privilege for us to salute your Post for its part in making the influence felt in building a better America to which our fighting men a«g women will be returning one of these days. Sincerely yours, DONALD a. GLASCOFF, National Adjutant WEAVWO The interact in oar safety pro gram continues to grow. Let's all work together to make our plant the safest plant. We most win! Jessie Graves is improving and hopes to return to his job soon. We are glad to have George Miller back with us. Effie Snyder is able to be baek on her job after a long rest. Alice Glass attended the funeral of her father in Birmingham, Ala bama, recently. We are indeed proud of our New Safety Committee—James Hellard, Harold Durham and Fred Wilson. The first shift is fortunate to have these young men represent it. Our people are fn * tr ' n c a fin* start with their Victory gardens. All seem to realise that food will, help to win the war and prepare the evening for peaee. Meat is not so scaree if some of the fish stories are true. SYMPATHY We extend our deepest sympathy to Walter Coueh and family for the loss of their son. Pvt. Floyd Soots, who was wounded, is now spending a fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Soots. We would like to welcome Eunice Daniels and Helen McDaniel back to work after being out for some time. C. W. Jacobs, Jr., son of Charlie Jacobs, is spending thirty days with his wife and parents. Cpl. Robert Gullet is now at home after being a prisoner of war in Germany for eighty-one days. He has a sixty-day furlough. Rob ert is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gullet. We wonder if any fisherman found a stray reed hookf One of our weavers lost one. mnRHB • ■ L*wrene« Miller OhariM jfWhi Lawrence 0. Miller, Sk I/O, far mer Mill No. 3 employee, ie BOW VITB the U. 8. Nary in t be Adminlfy lelande. Hie wife ie the toruv Franeee Carter of Cooleemee. T/Bgt. Charlea E. Miller, aleo a former mill employee, ie now ete tioned at Yuma, Arizona. Sgt. Miller went oversea* in March, 1944, fim iehed hie required number of mfe ■ione and returned is August, IMA. (Charlee and Lawrence an the aona of Mr. and Mrs. TL 8. Miller.) CLOTH & NAPPING Why is it some men won't take the paper home for their wives to read? We would like to know if "Pearl Harbor" is a place or a person. What did "Pearl Harbor" have to do with a fellow who got his wind shield broken while parked by the side of the road one nightf Where was "Pearl Harbor" thent Where is "Pearl Harbor" nowf We don't believe that "hair tonic" and "Pearl Harbor" ean both be by one man at the same time. We don't like red, and we don't want red. We don't like accidents, and we don't want accidents. BUT, we would like to a change at a pair of overalls sometime. We are all glad to see Gilbert Tutterow able to work more after losing so much time because of his foot. Too bad peace rumors got out early and caused Cleatus to lose two day's work celebrating ahead of time. Who was it that got in a ditch near his home, and what did his wife do about itf Fine grass season—someone was peen mowing grass in the street with a lawn mower. Who was it from the Napper Room who was riding around over town recently, borrowed a dog took it for a ride in the country, with hunting season closed and gas rationed? We are all glad to have Dad Kimmer back to work after being out quite some time on account of sickness. We are glad to have Walter Phelps back on his Napper job after quitting Saturday, resting Sunday and back to work on Monday. Ernest Rice, former Cloth Room employee, has been promoted to Sergeant. Ernest entered service in December, 1942, took his basic training at Fort Bragg and was stationed in Washington, D. C., un til he went overseas in November, 1§44. He is now with the Third Army in Germany. Mr. J6BB Myers, a Shade Room employee, wishes to thank all em ployees of Plant No. 3 for their ■ice contribution recently. THK EBWIN CHATTKB is proud to honor the employees of Mill No. 3 tor their expression of help and brotherhood. mmmA mm nil mm, mmmrnmrnmn » Page 7
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