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■ PAGE TEN THE ECHO MARCH, 18^ News And Gossip From Our Various Departments Machine Room News By JOHN H. GOOLSBY Well, here we again in the month of March. At this time of the year, in my day, my mother would line us up around a table (her little brood of twelve) and give us a spring tonic of sulphur and sorghum molasses. We would open our little mouths (that’s what I said) like young robins while she crammed it down our throats. We knew then it would not be long until we could see flowers blooming, and all nature come to life, for it was spring. A good many of the boys have been back on passes or furloughs recently. John Pickelsimer and Robert Davis were the last ones here. Both boys seem to be climb ing that ladder of success from all reports. The boys from South Carolina are looking forward to spring in a big way. You can see them get together and this has been the topic of conversation for the past week or so: Catfish season open, turnip greens and corn bread and opossum. Jack Sterling and Wilson Gregory are the main ones mostly concerned about spring. Heard this one in the locker room: A few years ago a tourist stopped Nathan McMinn on the street in Brevard and asked him the way to Pisgah Forest. He scratched his head and pointed up to the next comer (there stood Gilbert Coan) and said, “Ask him, he has shoes and has been further out than me.” Baby boy born Feb. 24 at the home of Donald Earwood, eight pounds at birth. (Papa don’t weigh much more than that.) Name is John F. The cigars were swell. Sherman Ducker, formerly of No. 2 Machine, has been reported wounded in action and is now in a naval hospital. He has been awarded the Purple Heart. The boys on “C” shift have gone out for basketball. I understand they are training somewhere near Camp Carolina. They seem to have some real stars. These are the only ones I could get at present: Speed-Demon Will Nelson, Flash Coan (that P-39), Carl Watson and that one and only from Rosman at 140 pounds, Coy Fisher. Well, income taxes are in by now and the treasury has been re-im- bur§ed. This comes from Albert Payne. He hired an expert to fill out his blank and it seems he got stuck on page 2, article 3, section 1, and he called Mr. Morgenthau and asked him to explain it to him. The answer was, he would explain when congress explained it to him. Well, so much for that. The annual bowling contest has come to a close with Machine Room in second place. But remem ber when the great umpire comes to write your scores in the hall of fame, he doesn’t write how many you won or lost, but how you played the game. Remember, you boys in the ser vice, keep on destroying Hitler’s pill boxes, that Dr. Goebbels or dered for him and then he will not have any medicine. Then you have him between the allies, the devil and the deep blue sea and when it’s all over we will all have a grand and glorious time with our freedom and liberty safe once more. So long. Buy U. S. Govermnent Bonds and Stampi regolarlj. Echo Cartoonist Offers Timely Advice Voi>a ou Your s. fife tv THEiB TWO CkUVS Cafeteria Chatter Homer has the distinction of taking the first vacation of 1944. He, with Mrs. Orr and Tommy en joyed an exteiftive trip . . . Sylvia visited her husband at Fort Jack son, Columbia, the past week-end. He has since been transferred to Camp Sibert, Ala. She expects to spend the present week-end visit ing her mother and dad at Tuxedo. She also expects to go shopping Saturday in Greenville, S. C. . . . Spring seems to be just about here judging from Ethel’s talk of her Victory garden. Mrs. Cox is also talking garden, chickens and flow ers .. . Divola spent a pleasant week-end with her parents in Syl- va. She makes us all want to go over talking about them, especial ly her little brother. She found a new addition, a brand new brother- in-law waiting for her this trip . . . We sympathize with Ethel because of the far-away look in her eyes. We realize many a thought strays to Italy. Carl is on the new beach head . . . John J. must be a wiz- zard or sumpin. He said he was taking an early vacation this year to prune an orchard near Sylva and now he tells us the work is all done but we wonder how as we have not missed him long enough to have done all that . . . Reece, we don’t understand. Please in form us ... We are still trying to find out about Henry M. and the twins . . . Henry O. is working shifts again. This leaves the day shift wondering where a lot of noise went. We miss you. Hen . . . Hazel and her sales talk. No, we just couldn’t run without Hazel. She tells us that her brother, Vir gil Barnett, has gone off submarine duty but is sailing the high seas. We like to hear from our boys in service , . . We hear our old “Song King” Cagle who went to the Sea- bees expects to visit Sylva soon. We all hope to see him . . . Bill N. has gone across and Divola anxiously awaits mail every day. Hand Booklet News Hand Booklet looks like a dif ferent place with so many new girls. We also have several girls from Machine Booklet . . . We don’t see much of Helen Dunne lately. Not that we blame her— Jimmy sure looks handsome in that uniform . . . Anne Morris wanted a Marine for Christmas but she got one for her birthday instead . . . Edna Bell paid us a visit last week. She says she likes the WAVES very much and we like her in that uniform too . . . The Blocking Comer has brightened up since “Flossie” is back at work . . . Martha Taylor and Ruby Brewer are recovering from appendicitis operations. Bea trice Nix has had her tonsils re moved. Hurry back, girls . . Seems like we hear a lot about sore muscles since basket ball practice started . . , Sorry we didn’t win over Brevard College but it was a swell game. Hazel McKinney, Willie Prince, Mary Merrill and Lucille Heffner repre sented Hand Booklet . . . We are glad to see Champagne Stars as sured of first place in the Bowling League. Now the question is: who is going to come in second. Fin ishing or Endless? ... Vi Wilber is spending her vacation visiting Jack at Keesler Field, Miss. . . . We hear that Charlotte Johnson is planning a trip to England if she can get enough over-time to save up the money ... It seems a lot of famous people were bom this month: Flossie G,, Anne M., Helen D., Charlotte J. and Mar garet L. all celebrated birthdays recently . . . Everyone enjoyed reading the book which Flossie received as a present. Office Bits Bill Millner is due to don a Easter suit in the outstanding col« of the year, namely, khaki. Bill ^ been employed in the Accountii'^ Dept, for three years. I wod^^, how his fellow workers wUl age without him. There’s nothing like new sonalities to brighten up the We have two this month: Jeanet“ better known as “Pee-Wee” who hails from Hendersonviil®> a new comer to the Cost Acc# ing Dept, and Mrs. Genevie''®; “Gen” Lyda, also of Hendersfi|| ville, is a new comer to the counting Department. Katherine Anderson took a Good luck, Bill . . . We have the names and addresses of all of our gang gone to service and would like to hear from each of them. Boys, we haven’t forgotten any of you and wish you luck and, speedy return. ing trip to New York to “kiss boys (?) good-bye.” J. Opie Wells should be as of himself for making Homer ris grit his teeth so hard over t’" checker games. ^ Guess folks found out that Lancaster is a smart girl after f She is to help Mr. Bell in over the work Bill Millner behind. More power to you, The other day everyone tboi*^ Carl Stephens had rabies or soi^ thing just as bad, but we out that he had been over-ifl®**^ ing in a new brand of cough Pink teeth really become Steve! Dewitt Drake, former einp^^^j| in the Payroll Department, r us a visit recently. He was missioned on March 4 as a secjj lieutenant in the Army Air and girls, didn’t he look in that uniform! j Kate Rheberg, looking aniB®*^ on her visit—the reason beioil ^ Steve is back in the states. W® happy for you, Kate. Rose Alice Rozier is spe^ along the road to recovery the speed cops don’t hear this). We have certainly you. Rose Alice, and hope that / will be back with us soon. Men are really scarce these It has gotten to the place ^ when one appears on the ^ girls fall out of their chairs tn. to see him—eh, Helen? It as if Frank Sinatra isn’t the ® guy who can make girls sWO*’ j most any man can do that days. Tisk, tisk, how the girls for Fred Jordan, better kno'^j “Jerden.” Nope, it’s not your ty, Fred, it’s the Beech-Nut L you usually have. By the way» ^ certainly is having a hard living that nick-name down* ^ Kap^ certainly is working on his'inventory these days* ^ Sorry to have George t the Fibre Department, this month to return to Calif® Now Is The Time 'to Keep weU* Keep yoi*^ Bury sofl®® tuce seed. ^ Limber -I your funny Start for spring house cleaning. Trim your grapevines and toenails. Do the usual things unt^® well and love doing it. Learn to crochet; you’ve to for a long time now. a 6 Laugh at the way Dad a white button with black while Mother was away.
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