SEPTEMBER, 1943
THE ECHO
PAGE ELEVEN
’ Employees In Service Pay Us A Visit
sp E. Holcombe, an
, gunner in a bomb squadron
^outh Dakota, visited the plant
J/igust 25 with Alene Wallin, of
? ysville, N. C. He was on an
furlough. Sgt. Holcombe
il in the Inspection depart-
he entered the serv-
■ * . October of 1942. After en-
the army, he has been in 10
' j,^Ps in 10 months, Miami Beach,
A Lowry Field, Colo., Tyndall
’ Fla., and Myrtle Beach, S.
„ ^ member of the Army Air
Cpl. William Lyday, had his
St furlough and visited the plant
7th. Cpl. Lyday, who
Of>f u ^ here as meter man, left
ober of 1942. He is now sta
ged at Roswell Field, N. M. He
his basic training in Miami
ill A graduated April 27, 1943,
^^^arillo, Texas; from there he
to school in Seattle, Wash.,
he graduated June 4th and
tg appointed aerial gunner. Af-
^ being stationed at Cheyenne,
to ^ Lyday was sent
^ew Mexico, where he is sta-
‘°^ed now.
in? w ®®P^6i^her 8th, the Finish-
Due ^P^i’tment had a visit from
of * their former employees,
Edward Gillespie, who left
L the Coast Artillery Decem-
o. 1942. After taking his basic
at Fort Tilden, N. Y., he
sent to Fort Totten, N. Y.,
he is stationed at present.
^ 10-day furlough was his first.
MiUender M. (Sam)
ijj'Wiews was formerly employed
Uie Filter Plant as a foreman,
}j Was commissioned September
sij’^^2. He was home on only a
leave on September 15. He
ih. °een aboard ship for six
Lt. Matthews took his
at Harvard University.
he was home on a 15-day
Vj^.'^Ugh, Sgt. George O. Taylor
the plant on September 17.
going into the service in
lHg^6d in the Gumming Depart-
Wi Champagne. He took his
7 training at Camp Grant, ni.
now stationed at Camp But-
C. S^. Taylor has been
iij “^oned in eight different camps,
different states. He says
cJ he still likes Western North
best after he has seen 38
n- r ■ - ■ ™.T ■ nr ■ 1 r
i{j Warren R. Alexander came
a visit September 9. Before
*®g the service, Pfc. Alexan-
l^orked in the Pulp Mill. Af-
Id^g^^aying here in December,
was sent to Camp .Howze,
where he is stationed now.
furlough was for six days.
he was home on a 15-day
%?'^gh, Sgt. James A. Whitmire
the plant on September 10.
S n another of the Inspec-
^6 t~®Partment’s boys in service.
C^^as been stationed in North
South Carolina, Georgia,
^^oma and California. Sgt.
has been in the army
^ February of 1942. He was
'^g to get overseas orders.
Sam Gordon visited the
September 14. He is in
K.^^el work at the College
detachment at the Uni-
of Tennessee, Knoxville.
V ® entering the service in
'i'OfK^her of last year, CpL Gordon
in the Pilot plant as sec-
^ to Dr. Bryant.
of the boys who was for-
V employed in the FUter
They Also Serve
Each night from my house I
can see three girls seated around
a dining table writing letters to
their soldier husbands. Regard
less of how tired they are, or how
trying the day may have been this
is a nightly occurrence.
Into these letters these girls
pour all their love, all their
yearning, and all their devotion.
They write of a post-war future—
not quite clear to them. But with
a certainty that there will be
one. Theirs is a faith that is doubt-
proof.
Though their hearts are heavy,
though their lives are lonely,
when they sit down to write they
lay aside their personal cares and
write words of cheer and laughter,
words of encouragement and in
spiration—^words that will streng
then the morale of their men.
They write gaily and entertaining
ly of the happenings here at home.
They write of incidents that will
bring laughter.
These three girls are symbolic
of women of their kind, aU over
the world today. They are our un
cheered heroes. They are soldiers
without uniforms—soldiers without
the glories of war. Stripped of
their security, perplexed by the
sudden change that has taken
place in their ways of living—^yet
they carry on with an indomitable
will and will continue to carry on
until their soldiers “come back
home.”
We read and hear of the men
Plant, Hassie W. McCrary, First
Class Seaman, visited on Septem
ber 11. He was on a 72-hour lib
erty and reports back to Bain-
bridge, Md., where he took his
boot training and is now stationed.
Seaman McCrary has been in the
Navy since April and reports that
he likes it fine.
DIDN’T EVEN GET OFF WHEN
DAUGHTER WAS BORN
Aviation Cadet Ernest V. Rector
writes from Maxwell Field, Ala.:
“I’m getting used to this place
now. It isn’t so very hot — usually
the temperature is around 90 to
95 degrees, but the humidity
makes it seem much hotter. It is
especially noticeable during the
rugged physical training periods
. . . My academic average at the
College Training detachment was
among the seven highest. I was
lucky in getting here a month be
fore I was scheduled to be trans
ferred I’ve got two 100s
and one 95 so far in my classes
here. I hope my luck still holds
when I start flying. ... I have
been receiving the Echo regularly
and I do enjoy it immensely. . . .
I haven’t any idea where I will
be sent for Primary flight train
ing, but it is my hope that I will
be stationed at Camden, S. C.
From there I should be able to
make it to W. N. C. some weekend.
Furloughs are just a legend to
us cadets. I didn’t even get off
when our daughter was born five
months ago. . . . Things like that
make it hard, but when we look at
the job in front of us it isn’t too
hard to realize that the most we
can do is the least we can afford
to do if we are to get this war
over as soon as possible.”
behind the guns. But were we to
observe more closely we would
see these courageous women be
hind their men, and were we to
peer into these faces we would see
the anxiety that is there.
With the so able words of Mil
ton—to you women of great cour
age I say “They also serve who
only stand and wait.”
Until 1913 the robin was con
sidered a game bird in some
Southern states.
Musings In Shift
D, Of Inspection
Just sitting here thinking how
things might look ten years from
today. My thoughts are as follows:
Bob—being an old man
Stella—^watching Pauline
Kenneth—drawing old age pen
sion
Ethel—^being Mrs. A Shook
Sadie—married to a preacher
Oscar—having a grown daughter
Irene—an old woman trying to
keep house
Worth — walking around on
crutches
Pauline—^living in Ohio
Whitmire—^in his castle
Ruby—gone to the studios in
Hollywood
Frances—eating five hot meals
daily
Hugh—^being a Catholic priest
Mae — owning a convertible
coupe
Clyde and Lucy—singing a duet
Donna Ruth — being red-headed
instead of grey
Vernon — sitting in the white
house
Lillian—owning a jewelry store
Ada—wearing false teeth
Fred—being a “grandpa”
Willa Mae—^renting a ranch in
Texas
Jean—sitting at home refusing
to work
Mary D.—being a beautician
Marie—being an old maid
Mary P. — traveling with her
Major-General
Buvee—still sitting on the re
winders
Now that my thoughts have
passed by, I’ll be saying, “So long,
folks!”
The mouth of the bird known
as chuck-wiU’s-widow is so large
it can swallow humming birds and
sparrows whole.