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THE ECHO
THE SECRETARY
- A SECRETARY is a person,
usually female, whom the boss
often tells everybody but her
he couldn’t do without. If the
boss is a young bachelor, he
has to be on his guard; if he is
an old married man, she has to
be on her guard.
Where the boss and callers
are concerned, a secretary acts
either as a go-between, or a
stay-between.
A secretary must know how
to translate the boss’ rambling
dictation into statements which
are crisp and straightforward
and yet leave plenty of loop
holes and side exits, so that he
is pretty proud of himself when
he reads what he thinks he
If the boss doesn’t know
something, he asks his secre
tary; if she doesn’t know, she
is dumb. The boss is not dumb
for not knowing, on account of
what has he got a secretary
for?
No man is a hero to his valet,
and no boss is a hero to his Sec
retary. When a secretary real
izes that her boss wouldn t be
worth fitten dollars a week
without her, she has to console
herself with the fact that she
wouldn’t be getting her fifty-
five per without him.
If secretaries didn’t need
their jobs, half the bosses m
the country would be washed
up. If secretaries published
their bosses’ memos, the other
half would be locked up.
A secretary must know where
her boss is every minute, so she
can tell the right people the
wrong place.
A secretary must know how
to keep the boss’ wife secure in
the feeling that she not onljj
wears the pants in the boss
family but the skirts also.
Otherwise, the secretary inust
know how to hunt another .lob.
The secretary who takes her
work seriously and shows an
honest interest in the business
and really makes a career of her
job is the Secretary who, twen
ty-five years later, is still a sec
retary, only with dyed hair and
typewriter spread.
An office boy starts at the
bottom and works up. A secre
tary starts as a secretary,—and
works. ^ ^ , ,,
—Scott Corbett
(Published in Saturday Even
ing Post, issue of June 21,1941)
REFINING “D” DATA
We are glad to make known
the fact that the latest drive
for funds for the Community
Hospital went over one hund
red per cent for shift “D’ of
the Refining Room. This news
was announced on October IT
by our Foreman, Mr. Patton.
Two newcomers this month.
Burgin Kilpatrick is the
father of an adorable baby
girl, and Clifford Gillespie has
THANKSGIVING DANCE AT COUNTRY CLUB
The Brevard Chapter of Bundles for Britain will give a dance
at the Country Club on Thanksgiving Eve, November^ 19. Miss
Roberta Bryant is in charge of the arrangements with^ many
people from Ecusta assisting her. We are very fortunate in that
Joe Hunter was able to engage the Jungaleers from Clemson, a
fine fifteen-piece orchestra, to play for the dance. Since R.
F. Bennett turned out to be such an excellent Master of Cere
monies at the Superintendents’ Convention, we have asked him
to do the same for the dance and he has consented much to
everyone’s delight. Roberta promises us a grand floor show dur
ing the evening. Tickets are $1.50 a couple and $1.00 stag.
There will be a limited number of tables seating six to ten peo
ple which may be reserved for $1.50 per table. Ice will be
furnished and cold drinks will be sojd. Plan your parties now
and phone your reservation to Mrs. Denton Anderson at 230 or
Mrs Fred Holt at 132 so that you may be sure of having a table.
Reservations will be filled in the order they are received.
Bob Bolt has agreed to help Mrs. Holt and Mrs. Anderson
with the decorating of the Club House with the following Ecusta
people assisting them: Ruel Hunt, Carl Stratus, P^ill Dailey,
Justine Williams, Fred Williams, and Bill Silvers, Mrs. I^^^
Mrs. Anderson are donating a large reproduction of the Bundles
for Britain Emblem which Herbert, the sign painter, was pod
enough to paint at cost. It will be hung above the f^e place.
Bundles for Britain is very grateful to Bob Bolt for ottering to
help them. We certainly could not find a better person after the
fine work that he and Tony Rhodes did at the Club House a
couple of weeks ago. , . , *
A number of people have tickets for sale. Among them are
Charlie Matthews, Justine Williams, Roberta Bryant, and Ed
Williams.
at
the finest baby boy in the world,
so he says. Ye scribe wont
agree with Gillespie all the way
:here, because he knows he has
seen one boy and one girl that
surpassed all others. Anyway,
our heartiest congratulations to
these proud fathers, and thanks
again for the cigars which were
plentiful.
We regret to state that Paul
Whitmire, from our shift, is in
an Asheville hospital for an op
eration and treatment. We join
in wishing him a speedy re
covery.
Some of the boys from shift
“D” can’t seem to forget that
good chicken supper they had
at “Dutch” Bruner’s last time
they had five days off. Mrs.
Bruner stidl thinks the opossums
are bad in that section.
Fred Bishop who did check
freeness is now helper on No.
8.
“Pat” Poor almost suffered
an attack of lockjaw the other
night while eating some fancy
steak. Serves him right for
bringing steak for lunch when
his “buddy” has to eat corn-
bread and beans.
In answer to the query as to
why Super “Speedy. Jones
face stays so red, we might sug
gest that it could be,the atter-
5low from the burning out ot
the “Flaming Youth.”
The blender helpers have
been having fun playing with
the electric cranes which have
recently been installed.
The Ecusta Quartet, compos
ed of members from our shift in
the Refining Room, has been
making several public appear
ances lately. Wonder if “B”
Middleton will continue to sing
(By Robert Bolt, Landscape Engineer)
Accompanied by Mr. Fred
W. Thode, Landscape Engi
neer for the South Carolina
;iighway Department, I spent
a ve^ enjoyable week-end in
Virginia and Pennsylvania vis
iting well-known, gardens and
lorticultural exhibits.
We left Ecusta on Friday af
ternoon, October 10^ and re-
;urned on the morning of the
13.
Our first stop was in James-
;own, Va., where we saw res-
:oration work of the Colonial
National Park, and the Virginia
(Continued on page eight)
VARIOUS GARDENS
VISITED
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hi
after he moves from Upper
Transylvania.
Notice—Please don’t turn
any water in the beaters on
Number 4. The operator pre
fers to run them dry.
“Shorty” has been spending
all his spare time of late trying
to learn the little rhyme about
the “Hair of my Chinny Chin
Chin.”
“Speedy” was that the lucky
girl with you in the “Grill” the
other Friday night? Maybe we
shouldn’t tell “tales out of
school”, or rather between
shifts, but our curiosity is simi
lar to that of the cat.
Hats Off! to our Presidpt,
Mr. Harry Straus for his splen
did community spirit in helping
us to keep Brevard CoH^g®* To
those of us who live here Per
manently and have youngsters
of our own to educate, tnis gal
lant gesture means more than
words can express.
JVC
NoveinW
WE TAKE A f
TEST
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Frank Whitmire \
now. The only thingje t
nest disclosed was te^rne
“Dynamite” Jones jjjji
vised by the doctor Won-
oil changed! Hey, % b
many miles do you g®‘3se
on? p.s
It was impossibJfi
c octor to get any j
^rnie; instead he has.3 .
chiggers out of
analyzed!
Hap Collins had r-
iron in his blood that: ^
;a truck had to take
up to the hospital.
Sid Beechers’
tough they had
)last to get below
face, and as we
he hasn’t any
ment! What a man!
Lou Longshore •
from his test lookii^J-^a
proud. We found
doctor gave his /e
octane rating. HoW .us
ing our car a transit 0 :
Carl Erickson
such a big fellow Jiipli
has large veins. Tn^ alh
only lost the needle .by
3ut also his wrist^^je r
■;o retrieve the nr^ R
Carl’s arm!
Harold HogseoS
magnetized. . g
why that nice ,little
to him so much!
Dick Landeck
horror stories the
and the doctor j.jg i
blood test with a^te s
SHOP PRAC^'id
:;ontinued from
er person. ^i|
The vocational to
oxxop practice, "'y® 0!+.®
mark the beginni^nru
er field of vocatioijj- (
for employees.
ular time, due to ^
ties, it is not practi^,n
all the subjects
employees are int^^;,
survey is being Vgctout
termine what suOJ
ployees are interesi-.
mg so that we can ^ ^
cation as to wha^ ^
plan for in the f^^%i y
If there is any P^.fimj
ject in which y®'^ rf! m
ed, we would
making your sug^^y
handing it to yo^LpWi
place it in the Su%se
Further inform? .juic
tails of this vocati^^i^
will be posted oH .pot
Boards from time
One pair seinj-2rh(
gold glasses, tin^ th(
tion lense, found ' \v
Testing Laborato^'y >
months ago. Owfl®
call for and obtain*'
laboratory.