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THE ECHO
OCTOBER, 1943
News^And Gossip From Our Various Departments
Cafeteria Chatter Endless CHatter
We are glad to welcome Mrs.
Louise Kay of Brevard to our gang.
Ethel S. is much more cheerful
of late. Reason: A cable and
several letters from a certain ser
geant in North Africa. Doris is
walking on air lately, too. Yes,
you guessed it. Roy is expected
home soon on furlough.
Hazel is also very joyous for she
is expecting her brother, Virgil,
home soon on a visit from the navy.
Neither Roy nor Virgil worked in
the canteen or cafeteria but once
we did see a lot of each of them.
We are very sorry to lose one
of our Ethels to Endless Belt. She
comes to see us daily but that is
not like having her around all the
time. We are glad to have Wil
ma back on the job after another
illness. Poor Dicola must have
had quite a time with two sick
roommates.
My, such a collection of pennies,
nickels, dimes and quarters. Look
ed like the Sunday school collec
tion. No it was for Donnie’s new
bond, Bessie says.
Now Divola is sending Bill can
dy. It is amazing to see how she
carries on without him. Of course,
we all miss him but not like Di
vola and John T.
Homer has finally got settled by
moving back to his own home on
Little River. Wonder if he hasn’t
decided “A rolling stone gathers
no moss.” He and Hal have fin
ished remodeling their homes.
We should not have a single bad
cold in the house this winter judg
ing by the sore arms resulting
from cold shots.
Roberta spent a pleasant week
end at High Hampton Inn, Cash
iers, N. C., lately.
Mac has a smile for everybody
here of late and we don’t blame
him because Mrs. MacDaniel and
Mary have just returned from a
visit with Mrs. MacDaniel’s moth
er in Detroit.
Doris Meyers is leaving us and
we will miss her a lot. She is mov
ing with her family to New York
City.
Among the new faces to be seen
in Endless these days are Lucille
Merrill, Edith Allison, Glyda Gal-
jloway, Beulah Alexander, Ethel
Dalton, Callie Talley, Opal Whit
mire, Dorothy Thomas, Frances
Seckinger and Macey Robinson.
We hope you girls feel at home
[with us.
Anne Roberts has just returned
from a visit of several weeks with
her soldier husband in New York
City. She reports a wonderful
time in the big “burg.” Mildred
Albert has extended her stay with
her husband in Pullman, Wash.
From where we sit it looks as if
the girls’ bowling teams will be
evenly matched this year, but of
course there might be a lot of
new bowlers we haven't seen. We
anticipate a most enjoyable season
and we hear the trophies are to
be especially nice.
We are surely glad to have An
nie Mae McCall and Belle Carter
back after a long absence. Oberia
Revis is our latest blushing bride.
The lucky man is Cpl. Glen Thomp
son, who is stationed at Virginia
Beach. Pat Dyer is all smiles.
George, her hubby, is due home on
his first naval leave the latter
part of this month.
Gossie Goings says she can’t re
collect a bigger golden harvest
moon in the Carolinas or anywhere
else. And Farmer Brown says it
is time to gather any remaining
vegetables that Jack Frost has just
been making reconnaisance tours
so far and it is past time for his
official visits.
ECHO’S MUSICAL
INTRODUCTIONS
Machine Room New*
The girls say the new white
paint job is such an improvement
in Endless that it is like moving
into a new house. Here’s a vote of
thanks for the library wagon. We
just had no time to get books be
fore. We are sorry Lulu Ballenger
has to leave us, but home duties
claim her time.
October’s “bright blue” weather
is doing honor to all the eulogies
of the poets. What about a wiener
roast or a hike before it is gone,
Recreation Dept?
Office Bits
Here it is October again and we
salute our “bride of the month.”
Ruth Orr leaves us to take over
with the Marines. Could those two
have been excited at the wedding?
Something happened anyway; they
couldn’t talk.
Congratulations, Carl! He is the
proud father oi a 6V2 pound girl.
Little Muriel has decided to
leave us for the city of New York.
We wonder what the attraction
there could be. Welcome back
“Kitty Kat.” We missed you but
wonder how Pfc. Anderson is
holding up since you left? Why
was Ruby Brookshire and Virginia
Pryor so happy the other day?
Someone said they talked to their
husbands.
Pat Grimshawe seems to be liv-
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early, if possible.
ing in a world all of her own. May
be someday soon—all these people
will settle down. Rose Alice re
turns to us after a week’s vacation.
There’s a new romance in full
bloom. For full details see Bob
Johnson. We are very glad to have
George Bell back with us again.
To our office force comes Margaret
Collier as assistant switchboard op
erator; Mary Snow in Main Office,
Jonnie Jackson in the personnel
office, Virginia Pryor in the Cost
Accounting Dept, and Pauline Har
ney in the Accounting Dept.
Gracerose Zieverink leaves us to
join her family back in Charlotte,
N. C. “Lil” Burch returns, report
ing a wonderful two weeks’ trip to
New York. A certain young lady
seems to be ‘in the money’—all
donations are kindly appreciated,
but let’s not be losing six dollars
at a time. “Dot” Hunter breezed
through town on her way to Flori
da to a wedding; stopping long
enough to call up and let all her
friends know she was having a
wonderful time. Hurry back,
“Dottie”, we miss you. Jack Dris
coll returns from vacation in New
Jersey as an engaged man. Con
gratulations, Jack! We learn from
the Brevard paper that “Buddy”
Neill, former Ecusta office boy, is
now in North Africa.
Maymie Reynolds is one of our
Ecusta Band clarinetists. She start
ed to work as an operator in the
Champagne Machine Booklet De
partment in August of 1941. In
March of 1943, Maymie was made
a mechanic and last August, just
two years after she started to work
for Champagne, she was promoted
to the position of floor lady of
Machine Booklet.
Maymie has always been inter
ested in music and about a year
ago she decided she would like to
be a part of the Ecusta band. She
began studying the clarinet and is
now one of our very dependable
members.
She is a graduate of Marshall
high school, Marshall, N. C.; she
also has taken nurse’s training at
the Mission hospital, Asheville, K
C. She is married and has a daugh
ter. Her husband, Bruce, is also
employed at Ecusta as a welder in
the Machine Shop.
Maymie’s favorite hobby is
bowling. In 1941 she was captain
of her bowling team and last year
she won the third highest medal
for individual high average in the
Women’s Duck Pin league. She 'is
also a member of the Civil Air
Patrol. Good luck, Maymie, and
“keep ’em flying!”
Coy Fisher, Back Tender on No,
2 machine, has returned to work
after an operation for appendicitis.
Well, Stanley Taylor’s number
is finally caught up with him. He
leaves to join Uncle Sam’s Great
Sea Fleet he tells me. It’s nice to
know that Ecusta and Transylvania
county are behind him and the rest
of the boys as proved by the Third'
War Loan Drive.
Shot Gun Brewer came in the
plant recently with what we
thought a Saxaphone in his mouth
and wondered why no music, but
later we found out it was only 3
new brier pipe he was breaking in.
The squirrel season is really
here with a ‘bang.’ Robert Head,
Harry Myers, and Queen went to
the hills for meat. I heard that
they were peddling them from
house to house “20 cents and 7
points, please.”
We welcome Teague and Sum-
mey to the Machine Room. After
some Commando training, they will
begin their new duties.
Well Jimmie Poteet and his
mighty warriors invaded the Bowl
ing Alley and took his first defeat
of the season, but the season is
young. Remember the tortoise
and the hare.
Hoyle Gregory, Back-tender, No.
2, Machine, underwent an op*
eration at Spartanburg general
hospital. We all hope for his
speedy recovery and back on the
job again.
Robert N. Davis, formerly Back-
tender of Machine No, 5, is home
on leave after eight weeks boot
training at Bainbridge, Md. With
that Bronze look you would have
thought he came from an Indian
Reservation.
In The Physical Lab.
Barley production last year was
estimated at more than 426 mil
lion bushels.
Hand Booklet News
We have several new girls in
our Department. We want to wel
come all of them.
We are sorry to lose Betty Bar
ger, who is taking a rest at home
for a while. Glad to see Marie
back at work after a two weeks
vacation. No wonder she’s all
smiles. She brought Willie back
with her. Helen Dunne is up and
around again after a few days ill.
ness.
We hear that Laura Pharr is
thinking of changing her politics
since she received a certain letter
from Gastonia.
Vi Wilber seems to like Greens
boro awfully well lately. Or may
be it is a certain Private who is
stationed there.
If you should meet Carolyn Wat
ers driving a car, get out of the
way. She’s getting mightly reck
less.
Glad to see the bowling season
started off with Champagne win
ning over Office and Control.
Come on Champagne, we’re root
ing for you!
Since the last edition of the
Echo, there has been some shift
ing among the Lab. personnel-
Annie Lou Hamlin and Edna
Earle Nanney have changed to
“P” shift and Ruby Wolfe and
Lillian Houston are on “A” shift-
We are glad to welcome a new
comer to the Physical Lab, Mary
Shytle, who comes to us from the
Chem. Lab. Mary is on “D” shift-
We are sorry to lose Betty Davis.
Grover Suttles is the proud fa*
ther of an 8 lb. baby boy, William
Carroll, bom September 22. Con
gratulations Grover.
Naomi Ashe has a special smil®
for everybody these days. It could
be because-Raleigh Waldrop was
home a few days ago. He is sta
tioned at Goldsboro now, which is
much nearer to Brevard than Cal
ifornia.
The Lab. bowling team started
out with a good’ score for the op
ening game, winning over the B®'
fining Room by a score of 3 to 0-
The team is composed of Bob Mat
thews, Grover Suttles, Doyle Wells»
Robert Head and Lloyd Harris.
hope the Lab. girls will be in there
bowling, too.
And from the boys in the ser
vice: Comes a letter from Troy
Bryan, who is with the navy some
where in the Pacific. Ed Hill is
making quite a record for himself
as a pilot. Ed is still in the states-
Earl Fullbright is now in England-
Rupert Cliff is Sgt. Cliff now. 'W'e
are always glad to hear from the
Lab. boys in the service.
Edna Earle Nanney,
Physical Lab. Reporter-
The 1942 accident toll in the
United States amounted to 93,000 j
deaths, 9,300,000 injuries.
The Catholic population of the
U. S., Alaska, and the Hawaii^
Islands numbers 23»0)0.000.