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PRIVATE HORACE D. SMITH,
formerly a third hand in the Ma
chine Room, left Ecusta April II,
1941, and is now serving with a
Bomber Squadron at Mitchell Field,
Long Island, New York. It would
be nice to hear from you, Horace,
®nd to know that you receive your
Copy of the Echo.
BAND NOTES
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Time marches on, and once again
Jhanksgiving leads the annual holi-
- flay parade. ’Tis again the time to
father around a traditionally groan
ing board and contemplate all our
blessings; past, present, and future,
Perhaps it requires a strenuous
“Wretch of the imagination to leap
I fom Pilgrims to piccolos, turkeys
trumpets, cranberries to clarinets,
1 Messing to drums, or sauce to sax-
j I jPhones. But while we are contem-
2 I bating blessings, now is the time for
3 especially grateful thought to
g 11 Straus and all concerned who
g IJave helped in making our Ecusta
, ®and possible.
. Mr. Eversman reports that his new
eginners are showing fine progress
45^ we are eagerly awaiting them
; join our ranks. We are always
jjg s^ad to hear of a new member^ es-
-A Pecially now that so many of our
Regulars” have gone into service.
Jo if you are interested in joining
' ]i ^ ^and, please don’t hide your
I §ht under a bushel. We need you.
292 L Wilber is leaving us soon for
Army and genial Jack will cer-
.iH t>e missed on the percussions,
‘ now have a brand new rythym
^ on the drums consisting of
I ^argaret McKinney, Ann Howell
! Ji^eda Marona, Phil Riddle, and Sang
^yda. We are counting them to pick
the beat where Jack left off—
prepare yourselves for plenty of
! taradiddle.”
, Of especial interest to band mem-
?rs was the visit payed us Tuesday
ite by Cpl Charles Glass, our for-
1st chair clarinetist. We were
J^rticularly sorry that Hazel McKin-
®y, one of Charlie’s former pupils,
3s undergoing a tonsillectomy in
^ Asheville hospital at the time,
was not present to demonstrate
prowess. However, her merits
not go unsung and I’m sure Char-
® would be justly proud of her pro-
Sfess.
p Charlie, who is now stationed at
,^JHp Rucker, Alabama, brought
^jijng his “slapstick” (clarinet) and
himself proud as well as greatly
ssisting the band. We also heard his
jjg;sion of Army life. Ostensibly and
/ticially, he is 1st clarinetist in the
J^^my post band which has to play
5? hour every morning for drills,
Ih in the evening for retreat.
Iji.^^dition to this Charlie has a few
L ® extra duties such as: switch-
iHp ^ operator, radio operator, string-
§ telephone wires, compiling weath-
tjj oureau data, and active duty in
® outpost guard during actual com-
Ij There’s nothing like an active
C • • • • no wonder he fits his uni-
f so well. Charlie, we think you
another furlough soon, and are
^«ing forward to your next visit.
So you haven’t been hearing much
about, or (to save our ego) from Re
search? Well, judging from the ex
pressions on the faces of some of our
members when they tho’t the dead
line for ECHO contributions had been
missed, they weren’t exactly happy
either. Or were they? Anyhoo, let’;
see what’s been going on down here.
. . . Well, tho’ it’s ancient history by
now, we had company! And she
was cute! Olan Hall was showing us
(or was it she?) off, and really seem
ed to be doing it right, too . . . But
no amount of company can make up
for the loss of Sam Gordon and his
heckling. Yep, the army got him,
and ‘Sammy doesn’t work here any
more”. . . Anybody want to know
what a “snuggle-puppy” is? Pete
Muffet knows—and gives illustrated
lectures on same with very little
provocation, too. In fact, Pete’s „
very learned man; it must be his tur
tles. At any rate, twenty turtles
should have some effect on a fellow
. . . Did you know dept: It takes five
whole minutes to walk from the “TT”
building to the gatehouse. (And we
don’t know what “TT” means, eith
er). At the risk of being unpatriotic,
we’d certainly like to place an ad for
a trolly line. Anybody got one?
Just an old, worn-out one will do
nicely. Anything to save the wear
and tear on our nerves at the tho’t
of missing the bus. (Never at the
tho’t of not getting to work on time).
... In fact, Kurt had to hitch-hike
all the way to Asheville t’other day.
Time was, when hitch-hiking was re
served for coUege boys, but Kurt said
he did all right. Only took him a
couple of hours. . . Have you met the
Air Corps’ latest gift to Ecusta? Or,
maybe it’s a joint ownership, any
how underneath the wings (not na
tural, tho’), it’s Ruth. We’re celebrat
ing today, ’cause it’s Monday morn
ing and she’s here! ... Dr. Hunter
and “Dr.” Schlosser must lead very
exemplary lives—we couldn’t find a
single INTERESTING FACT about
them. But this pretty well covers the
news, so—“Keep ’Em Flying, Folks”.
(Any resemblance between that last
remark and any preceding remarks is
purely coincidental).
Ecusta employees, their wives and
husbands enjoyed a social evening at
the bridge party held in the cafe
teria Friday, the 27th. The band
played a few numbers at the start of
this event. In addition, the newly
formed Women’s Chorus supplied the
lyrics to a band medley of popular
patriotic songs.
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Machine Shop
SWEEPINGS
Ernie Kaltenbach is back from his
vacation and is looking very well
rested. Where is that bear cub you
were going to bring back with you
Ernie? Or did you say you were go
ing to bring a beer mug? . . . With
Leo McGee leaving us for the Navy
it leaves the shop sort of gloomy
these days. Nothing to argue about
anymore. Sorry to see you go. Mac,
and the best of luck to you but for
the love of Pete don’t ever argue
with the boss when you’re in the
Navy. The brig is such an undigni
fied place . . . Had a letter from Har
old R. Hogsed and Joe Perry recent
ly. Joe has finally made that avia
tion mechs rating and Harold is go
ing places with that Typewriter of
his. Last we heard he was acting
Corporal and may be Vice President
in Charge of Second Lieutenants by
the time this article gets to press.
All kidding aside tho’, all of us wish
you both the very best that the Army
has to offer you. Hard work always
gets you places if you give it a
chance . . . Hap Collins is back on
the job again and despite all the rib
bing he gets from the boys, they are
glad to have him around . . . Wel
come to our gang, Luther Thompson.
Hope you like us and stay with us a
long time . . . Get Ector Capps to
tell you what happened in front of
the show over at Hendersonville on
Wednesday night. It’s the funniest
one we have heard in a long time . . .
What draft board meets at what place
and who is the present director? . . .
And who uses the word, “see” more
than any six guys in the world? . . .
Hey Buddy, can you give me a hun
dred bucks for a cup of coffee? . . .
Porky Erwin has also left us to con
tribute his bit to defense work for
Uncle Sam. Sorry to see you go.
Porky, It was swell working with
you. Come back and see us . . . Our
thanks to Justine Williams and Lil
Clarke for the swell job they have
accomplished in building up that se
lection of books in the library
We would like to hear more about
that trained mouse that Uncle Sol and
Luke Harrison use to carry wire
through the conduit when they wire
a job so fast . . . Last we heard was
that Uncle Sol had to put the mouse
on a diet of currents because he had
bit into a hot line one day and the
jolt sort of left him with a nervous
breakdown! . . . Please pass the tur
key!
Is At Camp Cf^son
PRIVATE JERRY D. MANN is
now stationed at Camp Carson, Colo
rado. He was formerly employed at
Ecusta in the Refining Department.
He left on July 17th of this year.
Let us hear from you sometime,
Jerry.
Women’s Duck Pin
League Schedule
Dates
Alleys: 1—2 3—4 5—6
1—2 3—4 5—6
5—4 1—6 2—3
3—1 2—5 6—4
2—6 4—1 3—5
1—5 6—3 4—2
And did you ever try to pour
noodle soup into a thermos bottle?
FINISHING VS INSPECTION-LABS
Thu. Nov. 12
Thu. Nov, 19
Thu. Dec, 3
Thu. Dec. 10
Thu. Dec. 17
Thu. Jan. 7 .
Thu. Jan. 14
Thu, Jan. 21
Thu. Jan. 28
Thu. Feb, 4 .
Thu. Feb. 11
Thu, Feb. 18 .
Thu, Feb. 25 .
Thu. Mar. 4 .
Thu. Mar. 11 .
Thu, Mar. 18 ,
Thu, Mar. 25 .
Thu. Apr. 1 .
Thu. Apr. 8 .
Thu, Apr, 15 .
TEAM CODE
1, Endless Belt.
2, Office, Cafeteria, First Aid.
3, Champagne “Champs”.
4, Champagne “Amateurs”.
5, Inspection, Labs.
6, Finishing.
3-^2
5—6
1—4
6—3
2—5
4-3
6—1
5-2
1—4
3—6
5—4 1—6
1—2 3—4
5—3 6——2
2—4 5—1
3—1 4—6
6—5 2—1
3—2 4—5
4—6 1—3
5—3 6—2
2-4 5—1
5—4 6—1 2—3
2—1 4—3 6—5
3—5 2—6 4—1
4^2 1—5 3—6
1—3 6—4 5—2
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Left to right front row: Gladys Teague, Anna MeixeU, Lucy Clarke, Eleanor Spain, Grace Nor-
RhodeT^^^^ Galloway. Back row: Ruby Wolfe, Helen Russell, Dot Singletary, Dot SeUers, Attress