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CHATHAM BLANKETEER
November 18, 1940
I AROUND THE MILL |
“Get Your Favor Here”
Lexa Cummings gives Maurice Gordan, Versa Whitlock and Bob
Lankford, a souvenir of the party
“OFFICE CHATTER”
My chief worry used to be: find
some news — now since I have
been attending MR. HYSLUP’S
English class I am afraid to con
centrate on news for fear I will
split an infinitive—or else my
noun will not agree with its an
tecedent—but nevertheless it is
fun and I am going to write
something—He can’t scare me
into neglecting my Chatter —
Come to think of it did you ever
know a woman you could scare
out of talking! ... It is lunch
time and I have been out in the
reception room putting a nickel
in the gambling machine—Honest
Injun! I wasn’t gambling I was
only watching the lights jump
around the numbers and it al
ways stopping on the wrong one
. . . Anyway that’s all I got out
of it . . .EARL CONRAD was
lucky and unlucky too, he got a
couple of five dollar pieces out of
the machine and put them back
thinking they were slugs—tough
luck! . . . Were any of you over
at the Rendezvous the other
night when SAM ATKINSON
made his hurried exit? . . . LU
CILLE OGBURN and DOT
JACKSON came in Monday look
ing sleepy . . . They had a right
to. Lucile spent the week-end in
N. Y. and rode all night Sunday
night, getting into Winston
around seven a.m. and DOT spent
the week-end in S. C. and had
breakfast there Monday a.m.,
driving here before eight o’clock
—they both say it was worth it.
. . . I believe all of us were in
Winston Saturday before last—
every corner I turned I would run
into one of the gang—if it had
been the next Saturday we
would have thought the parade
was being given in our honor, but
Monday being Armistice Day in
Winston, they celebrated both
Saturday and Monday. Imagine
having a holiday on Monday.
Eleanor’s mother and two of her
sisters were up visiting Monday
. . . Mr. Wyman Poor of the N. Y.
Office came in for a day . . . Mr.
R. C. Getsinger from Detroit is
here today and George Dick, the
I. B. M. man, came in about ten
minutes ago . . . Mr. Chatham
has returned from Currituck
where he has been duck hunting.
He didn’t say how many he kill
ed. But evidently he left some as
ALEX, DICK CHATHAM, AL
BERT, JR., SAM NEAVES and
SAM ATKINSON are going down
next week-end to try their luck
. . . Some of the HIGH lights of
the Banquet ended up at the
Rendezvous—Saturday they look
ed like they had had a good time
—CHARLIE DIXON and MIL
TON COOPER had a very good
time! . . . The main topic of con
versation today is the Duke-
Carolina game—and the weather.
If it is a pretty day Saturday will
find a lot of us headed down the
Chapel Hill way, but as to the
prediction of the weather and the
winner I will not say ... I have
my own idea, though, about the
winner . . . The ones I have heard
say they were are: CHARLIE and
ANNIE ROE DIXON, WALTER
METZ, HUBERT PARKER, BOB
LANKFORD, EARL and HELEN
CONRAD, DOT JACKSON,
ROXIE BOWEN and I. Several
of the others have tickets but
they are undecided about going.
We .are glad BABE is able to be
back with us—She had a cold for
a couple of days, but she cured it
in time to make her Wednesday
night trip to Winston. I’m glad
because Wednesday night
wouldn’t be right for BABE un
less she were able to make that
trip . . . BEE BURCHAM was
transferred over to our depart
ment this week . . . We are very
glad to have BEE . . . MR. GRA
HAM is still out sick, but he is
improving fast and we hope by
the time the next issue is out we
will be able to tell you that he is
back with us again. So long for
now.
BINDING
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Duncan
and daughter, Shirley, Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Davis and son, Harvey,
of Winston-Salem, were recent
Sunday night supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sparks.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Myers had
as their guests the past week-end,
Mrs. Buster Atkinson, of Win
ston-Salem.
We wonder if Mr. Skippy is go
ing to buy him a ranch with the
money he has won on the ball
pools.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mcllwee
and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lineback
enjoyed a duck supper at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Car
roll on Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Lane at
tended the football game at Hick
ory last Friday night, along with
Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly and
others.
The sparkles you have been
seeing flying around in this de
partment are from the diamond
Mary Day is wearing.
Louella and Mae certainly like
to go to North Wilkesboro when
they are unexpected.
There is one girl working on
the “Armies” that needs a rest.
She doesn’t have enough time off.
Of course you all know it is
“Stormy.’
Mr. and Mrs. H. Badgett spent
the past week-end at Winston-
Salem visiting friends and rela
tives.
Now that basketball has start
ed, do your part, support your
team by attending all the home
games.
It won’t be long before Fred
Swartzel will move into his new
home on the Boonville road. Con
gratulations, Fred.
Ann, Vi, Stormy, Maurice and
Sister attended the boys’ basket
ball game in Asheboro Wednes
day night.
CLOTH DEPT.
A Shift
Since Ed Flynt is out sick with
tonsillitis and Joe Ambrose re
fuses to dish out any more dirt
on Roy Kane, this column will
have to hibernate for a while.
Oh, well, the news he would spill
would probably be censored any
way, so that takes us back to
where we started.
Lucille Vestal had her tonsils
and adenoids removed last week,
but I think the “doc” must have
installed a “buzzer system” in her
nostrils, judging from the way
she talks like Rudy Vallee. Her
boy friend gave her a “scrump-
tuous’ box of candy, which, as
she puts it, is very unusual for
this time of the year.
Margaret says she would be
glad to carry on a conversation
with Gilmer, but simply doesn’t
speak the same language.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shore an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Mozelle, to Paul Pin-
nix, Nov. 9th, at Mountain City,
Tenn.
Maggie went to Virginia last
week—Sez she—“I went for plea
sure”—“The right one wasn’t
along to go on business.”
What next? Mordell is going
opossum hunting this week-end.
Child, this is a cruel world, so be
sure you’re not being taken on a
.snipe hunt.
Josie Long is back with us fol
lowing an illness of several
months.
The question at stake now is,
“Please, Santa Claus, bring us a
larger dressing room?” The space
is so small at changing time that
Jettie Petree put lipstick on Hat
tie’s eyebrows. Poor Hattie. No
joking, we are in dire need of
more space.
Mattie Davis l^as gone as all
true politicians do. Election day
she cast her vote for Roosevelt
and the very next day was seen
wearing a Willkie button. (On
her back.)
Weddings in this department
are happening now faster than
we can prophesy, but look out—
if Dame Rumor has it right
there’l be more happening around
Christmas.
JOIN THE RED CROSS! LET’S
MAKE IT 100 PER CENT!