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Hie, 1942
THE ECHO
Page 7
hand booklet
hear that Janette H. is going to
We wish her the best of luck
• We are so glad to have Helen
1^‘ither back at work . . . Hazel Mc-
'“'iiey and Dora Tanner are all smiles
they heard that those boys from
^ksonville are coming soon . . . We
‘^nder what it is about Americus that
, ttia Birimham likes so well? ...
wish that the cafeteria would get
fUe new records for the ones they
make us very sad since all the
ifi's are away . . . Have you noticed
little flower pot that Helen Dunne
fars on her uniform? . . . Marie
f^all certainly looks happy these
... It seems as if all the girls
having their pictures made. It
be to send to the boys who are
:? away. Unless I miss my guess
McKinney’s will go to Arkan-
^ but I wonder where Inez Summey’s
! ‘§o , . . Drama Gibb’s husband has
here. I guess that accounts for
^ Hew expression ... I. Summey is
Ending her vacation visiting her
^''ther, Lewis, who is in training at
J>npa, Fla. . . . We are glad to wel-
the new girls that have recently
‘•led our dept. They are Edna Bell,
''a Gosnell, Madge Brown, Annie
Banning, Ruth Baynard, Vinnie
,®^ley and Betty Compton. We are
happy to have a few of the Ma-
Booklet girls with us tempor-
. . The Hand Booklet Dept, is
in the buying of War Savings
The one who has not signed
requested to help us make it
. . . Uncle Sam has had little
on Dan Cupid’s marksmanship.
ats fee Duvall, Maxine Michael, Pauline
Yerton and Sylvia Hug
'S® • . . Mr. and Mrs. T. Schepskow-
’Returned from a two week’s vaca-
one of which was spent in N.
How did she like the big town,
'J’ip • . . Rosalie’s favorite song these
vP “Georgia On My Mind.” Won-
J if the soldier from Jersey City has
A^^hing to do with it. . . We all won-
why Teddy went out and put
last victims are Ruth Merrill,
white shirt and tie the other
We soon learned that he was
Acting some very special company
L. C. Wilson accidentally took a
at his foot a few days ago. Glad
that he is able to be back with
ijj^gain . , , Laura Pharr should be
^ Expert at selling newspapers if she
decides to leave us . . . Johnnie
«^id has been caught casting sly
ij^*|ces in the Stitching Dept... . Flos-
Tipton shouldn’t tease Ruth Mer-
J Clayton so much for her turn will
soon ... If anyone should need
of the service boys you’ll find
over talking to Jean K. or Kath-
5^ Me . . . WANTED: Someone to
^ water for Mary Bennett and
«ra Pharr . . . Velma Huff is spend-
two weeks visiting her husband in
v^iia . . , Bonnie McLean has re-
after a two week’s visit in
jJ^^ore, Md. . . . Harleston Mcln-
Dji^ is back with us again and is hap-
r located in the Stitching Dept. . . ,
. ^der what that typewritten paper
,|jj that Helen gave to Jimmie . . .
to Whitmire made a flying trip
V ore over the week-end but
^lidn’t fly back quite so fast . . .
' Siniard and Thelma Daniels are
if^^^ing two weeks visiting H. Sini-
k jyho is stationed in Chicago ... If
ied life should effect the girls
''^ay it is effecting Maxine Michael,
stay single . . . Ina Mae, Ina
ig ’ Please don’t -cry. He’ll be com-
'k “ack bye and bye . . . Why did
McCall have that special
W^oiie meet her at the gate with-
Vi.iuniform? Was she afraid he
attract too much attention? . . .
^ did Ruth Merrill get so mad
i^ay she found a little present
of her trays? That’s what you
doing things behind our backs
^'^nder why “Red T.” has quit look-
j the window? Is it because the
^ ^^ilding has been completed? .. .
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CHIEF PETTY OFHCERS IN NAVAL RESEVE
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Pictured above in the “ice cream suits” are Jack Alexander and Spencer
Macfie, two former Ecusta employees who are now serving in the Naval
Reserve, stationed at Norfolk. Jack is snapped as he congratulates
Spencer on his recent promotion to Chief Petty Officer. Spencer, who
was the first married man from Transylvania County to enlist, is an
aviation mechanic and is certainly doing his part to keep ’em flying.
Champagne’s New Trophy Display
Champagne’s new trophy display is a source of great pride and joy.
We understand that this department has walked away with enough honors
in Ecusta athletic events to necessitate construction of a separate show case
from which to display their laurels.
ECHO LETTERS HOME CONT.
Dear Mr. Straus, June 15, 1942
Please accept my apologies for not writing you sooner. I have waited
to write in order to be in a position to tell you something about our program.
Like all young organizations, our training here has been on the ex
perimental basis. However, considering the training period as a whole, we
have accomplished a great deal. It’s a funny thing, but so far our training
has scarcely touched physical fitness. Most of our time is spent in learning
our military bearings; in other words, they have tried to teach us in a few
weeks what usually requires months of the average seaman’s time. Appar
ently, the reason for the change in emphasis in our program is the great de
mand for additional Platoon Instructors or Drill Masters. There is a great
shortage of C. P. O.’s. Also, many of our group are being selected for Gun
nery Officers. Of course, these men will receive additional training. Orders
for our Squad have not, as yet, come through. None of us know what our
duties will be or in what direction we will go. We should know something
at the end of this week.
All in all, Mr. Straus, we have a real group of men assembled here in
training. Every state is represented and almost every nationality. Although
our course in Physical Fitness has been altered, I would venture to say
that 95% of our boys are ready for action any time and any where.
Thelma tells me that everything is going along fine at Ecusta and
I am glad to hear it. My best wishes for continued success.
I would appreciate hearing from you.
Yours truly,
Jack Alexander.
To Be Dedicated To Jack Rhodes
From A Machine Room Foreman
Something at No. 7 and No. 8 has fallen apart.
Jack hears the gong with an awful start
Jack’s sledge hammer rings and his crow bar slips
As 5 helpers watch him with their hands on their hips.
The switch is thrown and the current goes home
The machine takes off with an awful groan.
Mill Office Tid-Bits
. It looks like the Mill Office is going
to take all the honors in the Ping
Pong Tournament at the 4th of July
Picnic as our aces (?) “Bob” Anders
and Karl Straus have convinced them-
selves that they are the favorites . . .
Eula Whitlock left supposedly for a
week’s vacation and returned as Mrs.
Walter Drake after honeymooning in
Florida. Best wishes to “Umpsie”,
and from the way the she brags about
cooking, we are impatiently waiting
or our invitation to dinner .. . Sarah
Jackson should take better care of her
husband as he missed coming to work
on the mid-night shift twice in a row
last week . .. Our old pal and co-work
er Walter Ashworth dropped in and
paid us a visit a few days ago. It sure
ly was good to see him in his Air
Corps uniform after not having seen
him for almost six months.
Welcome to Buck Hunt, the new
addition in the Engineering Office, and
to his new addition, a baby girl, Cam
eron Jean .,. One more week and Dan
Cooke will be working for Uncle Sam,
instead of Mr. Pooser, “Dan, we sure
will miss you.” ... It looks as if
Juanita Cox will soon be in the club
of “Draft Widows” but we’re not
worrying—we know she can take it...
It’s good to have Harry Straus, Jr.,
back in the office again for the re
mainder of the summer . . . “Dreamy-
eyed” Rose Wolfe is really dreaming
these days and we wonder if her
dreams are with Mississippi or Georg
ia, (you never can tell abfeut these
women—especially fickle ones).
REFINING “C”
Congratulations to Harry Clayton
and bride from the entire “C” shift.
They were married in Easley, S. C.,
May 26, 1942 . . . “C” shift’s luck still
runs good for when Ansel Jones went
to the Army we received “Doc” Gilles
pie back , . . Since the carbonate op
erators have to bale their empty bags,
“Two Tone” Leonard says he feels
more at home than he’s ever felt.
Just like baling shucks on the farm
back home. How about it, “Kolor-
bak”? . . . Newell Boyd, a man fast
climbing the ladder to success, is now
beat helper on number two battery.
Mr. Boyd was conveyor operator. His
step up pulled Allen Kmizey up to
conveyor operator. This in turn gave
to Mr. Robert Leathers the job of as
sisting on the conveyor, a worthy job
for a man of Leather’s talent ... Al
vin McCrary, recently transferred from
number two to seven and eight, when
notified of his transfer, manfully
shouldered his paddle and marched
over to number seven and eight. Al
vin, you’re not supposed to stir the
Bertrams with a paddle but have pa
tience, you’ll learn . . . The loss of
Mack “The Kipper” Cathey has left
a very sad and woe-be-gone expres
sion on the faces of the men on “C”
shift but we’ll overcome the loss, we
hope. To show that we are with him
in spirit we wish him all the success
in the world with his Liars’ Club.
Mack, you’re getting along ok from
the reports that are drifting in ... .
The entire “C” shift has been invited
by Mr. Paul Hooper to dine with him
some time in the near future. He tells
us he has a whole bale of poke salad
left from last fall and an entire barrel
of pickled ground hogs’ feet. Ummm,
what eatin’ ! ! ! We feel assured that
“Speedy” will be with us for it is
rumored that he is very fond of pick-
led ground hogs’ feet.
’‘Strawberry”
For every man at work in one of
our large war-production plants,
there are nine others turning out
parts in factories of sub-contractors.
A* man doesn’t have much horse
sense until he can say “nay.”
Mark Twain said that the way to
identify deadly toadstools is to eat
’em. If you die, they were toadstools.