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1944 THE ECHO PAGE FIFTEEN News From Former Employees Now In Service WOULD EVEN LIKE GRAVEYARD Pickelsimer, Appren* ijC, . aman, writes from the Naval Station at Great Lakes, ‘ • • . How is everything there bo I sure would like to Wnrt, ® tonight even if I had to the • • • Hope to be S^hen this war is over . . . j)^\you March 2nd.” (Seaman a 1, j visited March 2nd on leave.) STaL IN THE STATES A* Cortez Hyder writes from ew York: “ I am still in the V ^ som passes and have had hav^ '''^^derful times there, and thirf some very interesting .'vhile there. There is one Wa!^ particular I saw that I viji interested in. It was tele- WjjiH and the methods under the to works, which I saw at hjlj^' A. building . . . Tell all to tor me and I hope to be back working with them again ^ITES FROM ENGLAND from Blackwell writes I ®oiiiewhere in England: “ ... k work at Ecusta long ^nv ^6come acquainted with {rojjT you but there are a few “^ndersonville who may re- getti5®*‘ nie . . . I’ve also been the Echo pretty regularly it ^ 5j,g ,®,see what your old frien He i I hope you don’t forg ” your next issue ...” ^^^^ONED IN NEW ORLEANS Taylor, Seaman 2«c, n the Naval Air Station, tiou-?r^eans, La.; “ . . . I’m sta- Vai Orleans, La., at the lug L ^ir Station. My wife is liv- Hoji®*’® now, so I get to go home svery night. It’s a nice place like to hear the news ^ you and Ecusta ...” j^^ES UP FIELD MINES h, T * Waldrop writes from I aiji Wood, Missouri: . i>lacgJ[^ the Combat Engineer Re Center. It is nothing un- to be called out in the field the night to take up ^6s. We get a good taste combat plus our con- Nter ^ork. I am classified for Ve i^'^^^^ication as soon as my completed ...” S^ERE our tires GO (jojjj Lt. Ben Rickman writes F^a.; „^®ndricks Field, Sebring, iHg },* • • I will probably be leav- within the next few I I leave this station V given my combat crew Is In England which consists of nine I will then be comman- Wlot j ^ flying fortress as first Hy ’^ can well understand now 3 all have to do without .F®s. It is estimated that % Of make a landing in ft fif .® ®hips it cost $10 for J tires alone, besides the *'avo '^ays ^^y spare time . Now ^^hber in the plane. I fly ^ week here, so don’ 2ND LIEUTENANTS ^^J^arpenter, Dewitt Drake ** finished Officers fih ® aurt School about the same D ^ in now all 2nd Lieuten- li/^itt I -^i^^ force, Arthur and ^.®^ico been routed to New Arthm? to Clovis, and De- ^^®niagordo. We haven’t spud’s new location, PVT. CHARLIE CLAYTON, Jr., adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Guffie and former em ployee of Champagne Gumming and Shipping departments, is now a second cook in the Air Corps in England. He has taken his training at Keesler Field, Miss, and Camp Lee, Va. Pvt. Clayton playe,d baseball with Champagne’s team and helped win the 1942 trophy. WIFE MAKING PLANE PARTS George R. Sexton, Storejceeper, 3-c, writes from the University of Minnesota, Minn.: “ . . . I sure like reading about the boys in service who used to work there . I have changed jobs the last month and I don’t have much time off. I am in charge of all of the Navy V-12 supplies here on the campus and that’s no easy job . . My sister wrote that she was work ing up there and she liked it fine . I have been working nights lately to catch up ... By the time I get around the week is gone . . . We are leaving one of the best winters they say they have ever had around here. Just yesterday it was 48 above and that’s pretty warm for this state. Last winter it was 30 below ... I have my wife here with me. She is working in a war plant nine hours a day. She likes it fine here, but she had rather be home . . . Give my re gards to Ollie in the Machine Room ...” FLYING GOOD FIGHTERS 1st. Lt. Charlie Cooke writes ... I am going to be here for a month or two . . We are flying some good fighters but none of them are any better that the pilot that’s flying them and that’s why the Americans are knocking the heck out of the Japs and the Germans. I hope to be over there helping some of the fellows I’ve trained before long After our training here we are supposed to be ready for the big show . . .” Stationed In Va. SERVICEMAN’S LIBERTY PARADISE T-Sgt. James T. Williams writes from Santa Anna, Calif.: “ . . . I came here about a week ago and like it very much. The base itself is very pretty but the best part about it is that it is only a short distance from Los Angeles, which is a serviceman’s paradise for lib erty. I hope to be here for some time ... I enjoyed my furlough at home very much. Especially my short visit in the mill, and watch ing the bowling teams . . . Best regards to all.” PFC. JAMES K. MILLS, Jr., former Ecusta Beaterman who has been in Service since May 27, 1943, is now stationed at Richmond Army Air base in anti-aircraft artillery. He took his basic and advanced training at Camp Stewart, Ga. HOMESICK FOR U. S. Cpl. Everette W. Whitmire writes from England: “ ... I am in Eng land now and, although I have been here but a short time, the country seems o. k. However, I am homesick for the U. S. It’s true, ‘there’s no place like home’ . . Haven’t received the Echo for the past two months and I miss it very much. It does seem to keep one in contact with home and friends, even the ones who are in service throughout the world. We find their letters in the Echo and it means a lot . . . Regards to all at Ecusta ...” EXCELLENT “CHOW” Lt. (2nd) Ansel Jones writes from Ft. Monmouth, N. J.: “ . . . I am still here in Jersey enduring the weather—and a lot of other things too. I have been out in the field for the past three weeks and still have a few more to go. After that I will be awaiting orders . . . I hope to get back down to Caro lina the last of March or first of April for a visit, which will of necessity be brief judging from the few days we get for leave here . The sun is shining today. Yesterday was a beautiful, warm spring day ... I enjoy the work outside because, as you know, most of my life I have spent out of doors. We have excellent ‘Chow* out here, which is an important morale factor ... I trust that ev erything at the plant is running smoothly and the production is on the up and up. I sure would have enjoyed that birthday party for President Straus, I’ll betcha. Gosh! A fellow sure gets homesick when he reads of things like that from back home. . . ” MISSED ORANGE BOWL GAME Dewitt Drake, 0-C, writes from Miami Beach, Fla.: “. . . I am doing a bad job of having fun down here for the simple reason that I don’t have time to turn around. They certainly believe in keeping us busy. We start at 5:30 a. m. and we are lucky if we get to bed by 12:00 ... We have an exam next Friday of 1,000 ques tions and after that we start slow ing up a little on our academics . We have so much to do that I am even going to miss the Orange Bowl Game today (New Year’s) ... Spud Carpenter has been trans ferred to another outfit so I don’t see much of him any more. Arthur Loeb left a few weeks ago for Harvard . . .” EXPRESSES APPRECIATION Pfc. Raleigh T. Waldrop writes from Daniel Field, Ga.: “. . . The backing that you and Ecusta are giving the boys and girls in the service is noteworthy ... It is indeed an honor to have been a small part of a corporation which is one hundred percent helping us return to a normal way of life . . . The EchQ is more or less a chain in which we all are a connecting link. It is more than just a paper, it’s a tie between Ecusta and the employees in the service . . RECENTLY MARRIED Lt. David Pickier writes from Houma, La.: . . Very recently I was married, and I can say that married life is as interesting as life on a warship. According to the Echo, quite a few people at Ecusta have been married since I left there . . . Louisiana isn’t nearly as good a place to live as North Carolina . . . There are more deer here than there, and I have been eating venison occasionally . . . ” STUDYING FOR AVIATION Truman J. Henderson, S hC writes from a Fleet Post Office “. . . I am studying for an aviation rate and will be working in the Aviation Division as soon as I am out of this little job of mess cook ing that I am on now . . . Glad to hear that Ecusta is doing so much for the W»r ^fort. . .” HAS THE MUMPS Sgt. Conley McKinnish writes from an Army Air Base in Blythe, Calif.: “ ... At present I’m in the hospital with the mumps. We were ready to start our second phase of training when the Old Mumps got me ... A little cor rection about me. I’m not a bom bardier; I’m an A. M. Gunner. MY position is the top turret of a Liberator. I’m working pretty hard at present and it’s not long ’til the real McCoy ... I know we would all rather be in Wonderful Western North Carolina. Since that is impossible, you keep the home front on the up and up and we will keep plugging for Vic tory ...” WRITES FROM ENGLAND Sgt. Glen J. Summey and Sgt Craig D. Snipes write from some where in England: “ . . . We are here in England; it is a pretty nice place, but not like the good old U. S. A. There are lots of things that are different and hard to get used to. I sure wish we could be back at Ecusta working with the same old gang ...” 12,000 MILES IN 2 MONTHS Cpl. Homer L. Batson writes from Ft. Benning, Ga.: “ . . . Just to let you know I have been moved to a new station. It seems that we just get settled, then have to move again. This time it wasn’t so bad though, for at last I’ve gotten back in the climate I like. I am now stationed at Ft. Benning, Ga. . . . I’m tired of traveling. In the last two months I’ve traveled about 12,- 000 miles. That is quite a bit of traveling to do under present con ditions ... I have been made a Corporal since I returned from furlough. That is the promotion I’ve been waiting for a long tUne
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