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fining “D” doings ■Jjry to j^ive up Jack Wilbur j^TOnas been transferred to jwer shift but after all’s said •^lone, we have McFeaster iwe his place ... Cecil Whit- lis back on his job after his time” in a hospital from an appendec- iTpr ■ “Elevator Quar- ur as had very little practice , Jones got wise to their place” B. Middle- rtffas been quite busy since / “^s opened. It is rumor- ne at he drives a special tt. . ..We welcome J who came to us ippeanother shift. He is now d citinj? the electric truck. . . . } ot^oys on the box crew are as \ing to write Santa Claus of cartonate machine.... jcraf sard Clifford Gillespie anted his brains out” on the think of it, >e#!: why E. King v^as 1 that .lob. . . . By the way, -you heard “Red” Orr tell ,Ti year he played foot- iP Carolina? . . . . Glover tv' u ® recently been pro- ^.y- l to beaterman. . . .Want- to do Fred Jor- ' little favor” Too ^1 Itgazing at lastHarvest Moon.” All the il are wanting the flT* 4-^^' staying romantic af- jo wteen years of married ; ... We on shift D like to have B. Kilpat- ^ftell us how thrilling it is to (jehrough an elevator shaft odj into unending space. . . . __^ji3ad a laugh like W. Simp- gcaf wouldn’t work either. I’d i Hollywood 5 you know Fred Wal ^Walker’;? You should tohw his infant V hours of i‘mP\flhS r?’ i ’ ^ beauti- r»r)iHhinff ^^med Martha, nfhnnn.^ .pounds. We take She him aiiJ wiohlf. ? 4-u" extend •&er ® mother and it THE ECHO A Soldier’s Letter To His Sweetheart (Author of this lettei' is unknown) Page 3 oesie Water You Drink” ®xist me! fooH a minimum of Here fn Ik^^trv” Mof ® Own ' aL’nd^?,t“''® ®“PP>ies us jouant pure water. For the f^TveT,* ai? . he watov breathe, but '®.hflp search, a lif to be found I ^ nf r "'«st be cer- TL^^fbefore con- me^/n V^^e^^ r \ of K in the with be matter . fact, unbeliev- asir^senr^i ^^^^eria may water. 0„%toSS, Dear Honey: I am very enthusiastic about army camp life. We get to lie around in bed every morning until 5 o’clock. This, of course, gives us plenty of time to get washed, shaved, dressed, make our bunks, scrub our floors, etc., by 5:10. By 5:15 we stand out side and shiver until someone blows the bugle. After we are reasonably chilled, we grope our way through the darkness to the mess hall. Here we pause for a moment for a breakfast con sisting of an unidentified liquid and a choice of white or rye crusts. After gorging ourselves upon this delectable repast, we waddle our way back to the barracks. We now have nothing to do until 7:30, so we .just sit around and scrub toilets, empty garbage cans, wash windows and pick up all the cigarette butts, match sticks and old papers within a radius of 200 yards of our b 3# c k s Soon the Sergeant comes in and smilingly says, “Ah,^ my little chums, you must come out in the sunshine and play’ . So we go out to bask in the wonderful sunshine. Of course,^ we stand in six inches of mud. Then to limber up we do a few simple cal isthenics like touching your toes with both feet off the ground and holding yourself out at arm’s length. At 8 o’clock we put on a light pack and start walking off to the mountains. Now, honey, the light pack is not to be con fused with the heavy pack. The light pack includes only a gun, bayonet, canteen, mess kit, coat, cartridge belt, first aid kit, pup tent, stakes, tent pole, rope, rain coat, towel, extra pair of shoes, and a few other negligible items. The heavy pack has a blanket or two in it Carrying my pack I weigh 287 pounds. I weighed only 135 pounds when I came to camp, so you can see how agree able it is to romp and play in the mountains. . An observation car follows us as we climb the mountains and picks up the fellows who faint. The boys who fall out in the mountain climbing are treated very well. They give them six months in the guard-house, but they do not have to face court- martial. The stretch is much more pleasant that way. At 12 o’clock some of us who can, limp to the infirmary. At the in firmary patients are divided into two classes: (1) those who have athlete’s foot and (2) those who have colds. If you have athlete’s foot, you get your feet swabbed with iodine. If you have a cold, you get your throat swabbed with iodine. Anyone who claims he has neither a cold nor athlete s foot is sent to the guard-house for impersonating an officer. I am very popular at the infirmary, honey. I told them I had both a cold and athlete’s foot. What I really have is gastric ulcers and a boil in the back, but i know when to keep my mouth shut. . , , Well, honey, that’s all I have time for tonight. I can hear someone sneaking up on the light switch and it’s almost 8 p.m. The lights should have been out 15 minutes ago. Love and kisses, K. P. Wequently. ‘KEEP ON YOUR TOES’ Sit-down strikers are making the headlines today and we all read our newspapers with the mental attitude of spectators and by-standers—never sus pecting that perhaps we may, in a sense, be “sitting down” on our own .jobs. It is said that the most criti cal time in a worker’s life is af ter he has mastered the facts and the routine of his job. Be fore then, he is alert, ambitious, unsatisfied, eager to perfect himself. After that, he is likely to stop trying so hard. Instead of seeking new and greater tasks, visioning wider thresh olds to pass through, he sits down in the groove, perform ing familiar duties like an automaton—and getting no where. This is not in any sense a par ticular frailty of yours; it is a trait of human nature against which we all have to guard. As a clever writer once said, “We climb up to some high perch, fall asleep, then fall off the perch—and that leaves room for the other fellow.” A professional football coach in a tense moment in a big game, pointed to a famous plunger on the opposing team, then in his fifth ,season, who being held for one yard gains. “Look at Brown. He doesn’t like it any more.” If you have any reason to suspect that you are a “sit- downer” on your job, do some thing about it before anyone else has reason to suspect it. Try to get back that freshness of interest that ;^ou had when you were learning the work. Don’t sit down mentally. Keep going ahead to new achieve ments. You haven’t learned all there is to know about your work and about people—and happily, you never will. color or turbidity in water does not, necessarily, mean contami nation ; but a dirty, open stream will, usually, be contaminated. Contamination in water is picked up from the air and ob jects with which it comes into contact such as top soil, decay ed vegetation, animal matter, etc. However, it is possible to destroy this contamination and, thereby, purify the water. _0i the many methods by which this “destruction” may be ac complished, the most widely known is the filtration plant. In a filtration plant the “raw” water is treated by a number of chemicals, it is then “set tled” and, finally, filtered, giv ing an effluent of pure crystal water. Here at Ecusta, every drop of water—other than that used for fire prevention—is purified at the filtration plant 'The quality of this water is checked continuously (as many as three hundred analyses may be made in a single day), and every safeguard of modern science is used to insure absolutely pure water for papermaking and human consumption. The fil tration plant is the most mod ern of its kind to be found and its equipment is not excelled by any other industrial plant. Its personnel is made up of college graduates who specialize in chemistry. No expense has been spared by Mr. Straus in making cer tain of a continual flow of pure water to the end that those who drink this water and the gen eral public who use our prc> ducts are safeguarded. A high standard has been set for this water and he demands that this standard be maintained at all times. In conclusion, let us bear in mind that clarity alone does not mean purity. Thorough analyses over two years show that the water of the Davidson River was safe for drinking without filtration only at three different times. If there is any doubt in your mind as to the purity of the water which you are using for home consumption, consult the State Board of Health at Ra leigh or their representative in your community. It will be your insurance against perhaps seri ous illness for yourself and your family. Also, there are on the market a number of small units for insuring pure water in your home. It is far wiser and more economical to have the water you intend to con sume investigated than to pay a doctor for a diagnosis and undergo treatment to drive out the germs playing havoc with your system. —Sam Matthews. Miss Justine Williams, Women s * Director, will act in the ° librarian and will be on nand from 8:45 A. M., until 5:00 «7’in K 1 books. The books De loaned for a period of one week. However, if the reader re quires more time, books may be re- additional week. We have in our files a request list so in the event that you do not find your reading interests on our shelves we shouid appreciate your suggestions for future book orders. Among the marW famous authors - - — - - no dep. 1 dep. 2 dep. no dep. 1 dep. 2 dep $ 750 $ 0. 1 $ 0. $ 0. $ 0. $1000 $ 0. $ 0. $ 0. $ 0. 800 3. 1 0. 0. 0. 1100 3. 0. 0. 0. 900 IL 1 0. 0. 0. 1200 6. 0. 0. 0. 1000 21. 1 0. 0. 0. 1300 9. 0. 0. 0. 1100 31. i 0. 0. 0. 1400 12. 0. 0. 0. 1200 40. 1 0. 0. 0. 1500 15. 0. 0. 0. 1300 50. 1 0. 0. 0. 1600 18. 0. 0. 0. . 1400 59. 1 0. 0. 0. 1700 21. 0. 0. 0. 1500 69. 1 0. 0. 0. 1800 24. 0. 0. 0. 1600 79. 1 6. 0. 0. 2COO 30. 0. 0. 0. 2000 117. 1 42. 6. 0. 2500 45. 15. 9. 3. 2500 165. i 90. 50. 12. 3000 60. 30. 24. 18. 3000 221. 1 138. 98. 58. 3500 75. 45. 39. 33. 3500 284. 1 186. 146. 106. 4000 90. 60. 54. 48. Mr. A. J. Loeb, better known to Ecustans as “Art” Loeb, recently returned to Brevard. Mr. Loeb is Vjce Pres, of the California Central Fibre Corporation and has been lo cated at El Centro, Calif., for the past year. On Nov. 12, Mr. Loeb was married to the former Miss Kathleen Vachreau of Wausau, Wis. The ceremony look place in Chicago and their honeymoon was spent in Florida. We extend our very best wishes to the bride an- groom and hope that their stf^v here will be an extended one. je. .ole
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