BADIN BULLETIN
^ DEPARTMENTAL NEWS
The Electrical Department
The summer, thunder-storm period,
and fireworks in the power house and
substations will soon be over. Are we
glad? Ask Rhea and Gomo.
The transmission line from Badin to
Yadkin Falls is nearly finished. Farmer
Scott says that the hills and rocks along
the line would be fine for raising goats.
Ask Graham how tp turn a machine,
ten feet long, around in a building only
seven feet wide.
Mr. J. R. Ivey, formerly telephone
engineer with the Coast Line Railroad,
arrived t>n September 10, to take up tele
phone and lighting work in Badin.
The negro town will soon have the
streets lighted the same as in the white
town. The negroes complained that they
could not find the pot rooms at night,
and consequently could not get to work.
The lake is now nearly at maximum
elevation, and we are ready for a long
period of dry weather.
Mr. R. F. Giersch writes that he is
having plenty of exercise, learning to dig
trenches, in Camp Hancock.
Mr. McNeely DuBose is hardening his
muscles and making fit by taking long
hikes in the hot sun around Washington,
carrying full machine-gun equipment (a
load of fifty or sixty pounds).
Pot Room Notes
F. L. Greenlee has returned to Badin,
and is now holding down the lid on the
>^ight shift in the pot rooms. We are all
glad to see Lee back again.
The new scales have now been placed
in the metal room, and metal will be
hauled from pot rooms by motor trucks.
Mr. R. D. Smith is visiting his family
in Troy, for a few days.
Mr. Marshall Davis has been employed
as assistant Weighmaster in metal de
partment.
The Unloading Department is doing
some good work. We have nothing on
demurrage.
Many are the ups and downs of the
inventor. Ask Mr. F. K. Hawkins, if
you don’t believe it.
Mr. T. S. Maynard has joined Mr.
Brooks’ forces in the main office. We
are all sorry to see Maynard leave, and
wish him the best of success in his new
position. Hereafter, Mr. J. C. Ellis will
take the “kicks” from all comers, and
buy the lunches for the doublers.
The carbon rodding department ex
pects to have some women on its payroll
soon. Let’s all help to make their work
a success.
Mr. D. T. Swaggerty has taken over
the position of General Pot Room Fore
man. Dave’s slogan seems to be “Now
let’s all get together.” Let’s make it
our slogan, too!
Five potrooms in operation! That
fifth room may make the aluminum for
the airplane that gets the Kaiser.
Here’s hoping!
The Works Office
We are pleased to welcome among us
Miss Lois Welborn, High Point, N. C.;
Miss Gladys Mason, Troy, N. C.; Mrs.
N. N. McClellan, Jackson, Miss.; Mr.
T. S. Maynard, transferred from Pot
Room Office.
At the Time Office, we have the fol
lowing additions to our staff: Mr. J. A.
Liddell, Cedartown, Ga.; Mr. J. A. John
son, Asheville, N. C.; Mr. J. R. Gardner,
Warrenton, N. C.; Mr. W. P. Harris,
Waxhaw, N. C.; Mr. J. S. Massey, Ashe
ville, N. C.
Among those who took vacation trips
during the month were Mr. J. H. Brooks,
Mr. J. W. Tilley, and Miss Gladys Alls-
brook.
We were sorry to lose Miss Gladys
Emerson, Miss Margaret Strange, Miss
Grace White, Miss Mary E. Glass, who
Tiave accepted positions elsewhere; and
Miss Juanita Arnette, who has resumed
her studies at Meredith College, Raleigh,
N. C.
Mr. J. H. Leonard and Mr. J. A.
Dennis have gone back to College.
Mr. W. B. Pannill has accepted a posi
tion with The Badin Supply Company.
Mr. C. H. Jones is another Badinite to
join the colors. He is located at Camp
Greene, Charlotte, N. C.
Miss Bobbie Lee Fulton and Mr. E.
Gordon Hayes are receiving congratula
tions from their friends on their
marriage, which was performed at the
Presbyterian Manse, Albemarle, N. C.,
on Monday evening, September 8. They
are at home to their friends at No. 8
Tallassee Avenue.
Mr. W. T. Kinsey, of the Employment
Department, has returned from a two
weeks’ vacation among relatives and
friends in Roanoke, Va.
Fall News
Progress on the Falls Dam is being
made )iot far behind -schedule. The
absence of the usual summer flood to
delay, together with prospects of no
future delays, promises a speedy comple
tion of the concrete work on the Dam
and Power House.
Mr. F. E. Callahan, of Pittsburg, has
been placed in charge of the Cement
Laboratory and miscellaneous engineer
ing work connected therewith. He suc
ceeds Mr. B. R. Fuller, who has been
transferred to work in Badin.
Mr. A. B. Waddell, who has been on
office and field work with the engineer
ing force at the Falls, has returned to
Raleigh to re-enter the North Carolina
State College.
Mr. and Mrs. K. Sloan have returned
from a vacation trip to Statesville.
Mr. L. E. Davis, who has been
stationed at Hamlet, in charge of sand
shipments for the Falls Development,
has returned, and is leaving the Com
pany to re-enter college.
- Mr. J.. W. Rickey, of Pittsburg, accom
panied by Mr. J. E. S. Thorpe, visited
the Falls on the twelfth, going over the
work with Mr. Justin.
Machine Shop Items
Mr. S. M. McAnulty, shop foreman for
the last year or more, left recently for
Texas, to take a position as Electrical
Engineer for a large cotton mill. The
men in this department presented Mr.
McAnulty with a very handsome gold
watch-chain and charm, as a token of
their friendship.
Mr. E. D. Finck, of Atlanta, Ga., was
expected to arrive here Monday, to suc
ceed Mr. McAnulty; but has been delayed
on account of the illness of his father.
Mr. F. M. Sterling, our popular tool
boy, left Saturday afternoon for Knox
ville, Tenn., to enter military service.
We are sure that the Badin girls will
miss Mr. Sterling, for he is a great