*^CH, 1944
THE ECHO
PAGE ELEVEN
News And Gossip From Our Various Departments
blocking gab
As for news we don’t have any,
'Jt for gab we have plenty. We
have smiles on oUr faces for
know spring is just around the
corner. . . . were sorry to lose
of ouj. blockers for awhile;
^cilie Heffner is helping in the
. . . Oh, yes. Myrtle, tell
about your being sleepy
onday. Could it be results from
to Columbia? Could be . . .
flat’s this I hear about Lula C.
Q to church in a wagon? That’s
‘ Lula, keep your religion if
Girl ^ wagon. . . .
ball really played a grand
Jo Friday night if you did
j ?• So don’t give up all hopes
Sn^ playing for the winners,
kittle bird told me Mary and
Willie p.
P^^rtotte.
spent a nice weekend in
w ... If you have been
naering about the blockers.
Let’
you liijg ^0 see a change?
^vitK would be: Irene
j ^ hair and blue eyes, Nell
jj' "Sighing 200 pounds, Frances
Dg J^'^'legged, Jean with glasses on,
aj ^ith a smile, Eula without
1 ything to say, Ruth J. with freck-
>and Helen and Edith W. mar-
j, Wouldn’t that be wonderful?
be true . . . We’ll sign off
a thought for the day: The
Sp . to read a book is when
opens the leaves and Au-
^ turns the leaves. We’ll turn
for
leaf
How.
for next month. So long
^^itching Dept. News
spring is just around
the stitching depart-
OMk awake for a bit of see-
'hand gossip,
for .^^^ner bell should be erected
and ^6iiefit of Myrtle P., Jo C.
^av . ^Saret P.—Not hungry to-
dejj’ Sii'ls? At first the stitching
thought John S. was
^55 ^§) but later found out it
ing ?^^'burn as a result of work-
his victory garden.
Sirl Evelyn T. is a lucky
Of many girls rate a pair
especially from Pan-
on^^^Sing from Alma R.’s spring
itig ’ ^e wonder what is cook-
Hn . ® on and tell us, Alma.
^ is it that Thelma S. can
i^est more mail than the
poor girls. Tell us the
t,Thelma.
^ been reported that Mr,
tidgj... "Ss spring fever, but con
9s p,, we think he is as mean
wishing to know the
Of the Asheville depot
you to Betsy A. and
Wp •
Vl?^onder if Bill H.
has re
struggle of
. his income tax.
^ot like old times to see
• back in her familiar cor
know shoes
will cause corns and
Oils?
i^ondej. ^jjy Liuje s. would
T;i,y^®it the west coast? ’Fess
S.
from
surprise
who
received a
her husband
short leave.
W. is wearing a lovely
®^klace and bracelet
^ husband
reporter,
J vacation in Provi-
’ I-, visiting her husband,
Winner Of Echo’s 1944 Baby Contest
Meet Httle Miss Patsy Owen and her mother, Mrs. Ray Owen,
who live at Lake Toxaway. Patsy was first “Eeusta Baby” to arrive
in 1944 and she re,ceived a $25.00 war bond with the compliments
and best wishes of the Echo. Her father. Private Ray Owen, worked
in the Refining Department before entering service in 1942, and
her mother likewise worked at Eeusta.
Finishing Touches
A SHIFT
Gumming News
is
’Pears to us like we’ve been
staying in the background a little
too much here of late. Surely
seems good to be “in the news”
ce more . . . Have two new
girls on our shift: Dorothy Queen
and Marie Rogers. Glad to have the
girls, especially when we’re run
ning such tiny “sQts” off these
slitters ^nd every hand is needed
. Poor “ole” Ed! He sez carry
ing all those 1560 m. bobbins will
be the death of him. Take heart,
Ed, there comes Marie to help
you out ... All the girls are ex
cited over playing basketball. That
is, they were! After the first night
of practice, most of ’em were too
sore to be excited . . . It’s well
for Madge that Thelma doesn’t
choose to spend the night with her
often, or, rather, it’s good for
Madge’s small son. Rumor goes
that Johnnie had to sit in a chair
all day long so he wouldn’t muss
up the house. Hate to have been
in Johnnie’s shoes! . . .We’ve been
hearing a lot of “Marine talk.”
Just wonder what could be in the
air. Could you help us out, Thel
ma? . . . This department is hop
ing to walk away with second prize
when bowling season is over. Pray
that Endless Belt will drop down!
. . Lucille has had the spring
fever, though a little early. Speak
ing of bteing early, Ruth Jones has
already savored the sweetness of
her vacation. Gosh, Ruth! . .
Alveria is. leaving us; ole slitter
No. 2 will certainly be lonely—so
will we. Hate to see you go, gal
. Frosty’s been receiving en
tirely too many phone calls (long
distance, too) since she went to
visit her one and only a few days
ago. However, she didn’t go alone:
Nadine accompanied her. Nadine’s
husband is stationed at the same
place. Both reported a grand trip
. . . Wonder why Nita doesn’t tell
us more about her “Boot” sailor
And there’s Margaret looking
mighty lonely for the past few
days, and no wonder. Her special
By M. TAYLOR
Sgt. Bill Harrill, former em
ployee of the Gumming Dept., was
a week-end visitor. “Bill” is an
M. P. now and is stationed in New
Orleans . . . Helen Duckworth has
a new job; she’s learning to run
a printing press in the Printing
Dept. . . . James Henson, super
bloc cutter, has the cutter under
control at last. He cuts good
enough for a king . . . Eric New
man, Supt. of Gumming and Repse
Dept., has purchased himself
home on Probart Street. .. Evelyn
Morrow is our only representative
on the girls’ basketball team, while
the boys have two, Robert Whit
aker and Mitchell Taylor . . . Pfc.
Harold Misenheimer was a visitor
recently. Harold is in the Marines
and only recently returned from
overseas . . . T-Sgt. Weldon Misen
heimer, former operator in the
Gumming Department, who is now
with the 13th Army Air Forces,
was a member of the crew which
made a successful raid on Kaiveng,
New Ireland ... Ed Garren has
enlisted in the Army Air CJorps
and is now awaiting his call .
Goode^, spring is just around the
corner and those fish are itching
to be caught . . . Rosalie is spend
ing her vacation away up on PrO'
bart Street . . . Frank and Helen
Duckworth visited relatives in
Asheville recently . . . Ben says
he can’t sleep on graveyard for
his neighbors’ geese . . . Recent
news from our former Gumming
employees show that Amos Lan-
ning is in India, Fred Hutchinson
in Italy, Roy Carter in Australia,
Grady Wilkie in Jamaica and Wel
don Misenheimer is in Southwest
Pacific. “Give ’em ‘L’ boys .” .
Helen’s rubber gloves didn’t last
long in the Printing Dept, after
the oil and ink hit them.
.beau has just joined Uncle Sam’s
forces . .. Now where in the world
does Harry get all his gum? Must
be finding it . . . ’Tis all for this
time. See you ’round the comerII
Machine Booklet
Well, here we are again folks.
Seems as though wedding bells
and vacations are all the go these
days.
Pauline Campfield was married
to Lewis Martin of Hendersonville
February 28th. Nice going, Polly,
we wish you every happines pos
sible. And Gladys Whitmire was
married, February 23, to Robert
Raines of Rosman. Now our old
maids’ club is ruined.
Seems as though Mrs. Van O’Kel-
ley is all smiles these days. She
spent two weeks with her husband,
Private Van O’Kelley of Camp
Wheeler, Ga.
Carolyn G. sings all the time;
it’s practice for those afternoon
singings. Ah, come on, Carolyn,
give us a solo. Practice makes per
fect. '
Mary Martha G. says that leap
year doesn’t do her any good; a
vacation gone and no man. Ah,
cheer up, Mary Martha, Charlotte
C. says you can have one of her
old boy friends. Who is the good-
looking boy Janetter Tinsley still
thinks of?
We all are sorry to lose Gwen
dolyn Morgan, who has been with
us for four years. Hope she has
nice rest. We are glad to wel
come several new girls to our de
partment: Marie Galloway, Betty
McClure, Mae Staton.
Machine Booklet was very glad
to see Jimmie Dunne and Johnnie
Souther who were in on visits.
Louise Souther can certainly
think up good reasons for being
absent when a certain sailor comes
home, especially.
Buck Albert, recently heard
from, is expected in for a visit .We
hear also he is a “Looie.” Chewing
gum might be rationed but Mae
Whitmire and Robin think not.
We are very sorry that Ruby B.
is in the hospital; hope she will
be back with us soon. Myrtle V.
is back with us after being absent
for a few weeks.
Finishing Touches
B SHIFT
Maud Stewart spent her vacation
in the “Sunny South.” I guess she
got her full quota of Vitamin D
this time . . . We are glad to have
Mary K. back to work after being
ill a week; we also hope she fully
recovers soon . . . It’s a little
early to start a Victory garden but
that must’ve been Charles and
Becky C’s. reason for an early va
cation . . . Charles M’s. new socks
have every color in the rainbow
and a few additional ones. He tells
us his father advises him to put
them outside his room at night
because they’re so “loud” they’ll
disturb his sleep . . . Freda D.
says she doesn’t have time to sing
at her work now like she did when
she operated. Maybe she should
take rest periods for that purpose
. . . Jean A. says maybe working
a little harder would make her
lose those additional pounds she
gained while off two weeks . . .
We’re glad to have Martha S. with
us on this shift. Maybe it’s because •
there isn’t any ice cream for her
to eat up from us . . . Juanita O.
seems to be made especially happy
over a certain letter . . . It’s a long
way to California where Ruth G’s.
husband is. Maybe that is what
causes that far-away look in her
eyes . . . They say no news is good
news, so I guess this is all. G’bye
for now.
—Martha Lee McCall.