APRIL, 1944
THE ECHO
PAGE THREE
News And Gossip From Our Various Departments
Machine Room News
This time of year makes a fellow
t ^ good, with “old man winter”
and 3nd the warm sunshine
® the rains are causing the seeds
that
thr planted to peep up
the ground. Flowers in
oin; the young man’s "(old one’s
) fancy is turning to thoughts
love ... So here comes the
"'*» of the month.-
« ®^t by L. E. Callender’s house
, ^ Other day. He was really dad;
j ^as hanging out baby clothes.
for awhile it was the
bu/ getting “dish-pan” hands
bov wasn’t it. The paper
" had forgotten to deliver his
^.rning paper. He said he didn’t
keen ^uch but Junior liked to
daii sports and the
aboiVv.°^^ quotation. Junior is now
latift “®'^en weeks old. Congratu-
thu w E. and Marie from
Machine Room!
your name with love,
of ^ kindness in the hearts
5evo I® about you; and you will
be forgotten.—(Anon)
(Dutch) Eisele has re-
Uot f his vacation. I will
b f space to report on
go to your nearest news
Tha^ ;^Pril 10th, read “Stranger
% •> or “Believe It Or
it ■ Then you’ll have it as I got
ot a fault is not a
but a sure sign of
came from the Locker
■ C. A. (Hoot) Gibson was
borrow twenty dollars
givg Ray- Hoot said, “You
Uie tg now, then you’ll owe
bor.^,®ight.” Sounds 0. K. for the
J^Wer.
tel ®^ipper, J. R. Denton, tells
teaij. f planning for a baseball
Win the Machine Room. We
three more teams com-
ail ^ against us this year. Let’s
_ behind America’s most
'Pills Think of all the thrills,
tense moments
the summer.
®laii^g ®^*iiard of No. 7 machine
jJithifi ^^ve the smartest dog
^eji 1 of the country. He has
[ivef. ^^ng his dog down to the
® do bosses in a half-dollar,
jUeafi® goes in and brings it back
H ®verytime). So he took a
fs off »C” Shift down to
l^ade the rare event. Wagers
:fe K,jVy^ went the half-dollar to
do water. In went
Hejj Imagine their surprise
jPeciji dog came back with two
^^out, one cat fish, and
change,
k of life is full of splin-
^^fdest ^hey always stick the
N^iiQjj'^^en we are sliding down.
p *id qS boys in service, we
^'^ery best wishes and may
.^eiy them and bring them
to their loved ones,
—So long.
j^OTlCE TO ALL
reporters
^®ndline For
^May Issue Is
May 16th.
capy in
possible.
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TSfi^lWO to AamRJD,
fOMR ON VouR
flEViKR are kik^h
OFFICE BITS
April showers bring May flowers.
G«e, look at the flowers. Maybe
spring is here to stay now, despite
the recent snow we had . . . The
Office seems to be doing all right
for themselves. The bowling sea
son went over with a bang with
several people winning prizes.
There were Mildred Carpenter and
Howard Schmidt winning medals.
Then in the tournament for doub
les Margaret Collins and Mildred
Carpenter won first place. Mar
garet also won a medal for high
game. We’re proud of you, “Office
Teams” and betting on you for a
bigger and better season next year.
From all reports of the bowling
banquet it was quite a success. Of
course no one in the office had
the courage to make a speech but
understand that Walter Straus did.
What’s this he says about “Pete
Eberle running the team, Ernest
Burch ruining it, and Paul Plaut
being captain?” That was a hand
some badge Walter presented to
Captain Plaut. It was a wonderful
banquet, but lots of the members
are wondering WHY W. Straus al
ways gives away things during his
speeches that he borrows from
someone else that has to be re
turned?
Phyllis Hampton leaves us to
join the SPARS. What’s this
about a uniform? Ruth and Louise
Shepherd ventured to New York
on vacation with their brother who
is returning to Newfoundland . . .
Just think, Ruth Lancaster in a
grass skirt; we wonder where her
husband got it? There’s “Kitty”
Anderson all worried because she
hasn’t received a letter every day
from her Soldier Boy husband. We
welcome to the office force, E. B.
Tate, who comes from Asheville
. . . Louise Byers was all excite(^
when she learned of someone she
knew returning from the Pacific
with the same APO of her husband.
Don’t give up, Louise, this can’t
last forever, so it says here. Lucy
R., why wouldn’t you make a
speech at the banquet? . . . What
were Lita Steppe and Margaret
Collier up to when they called a
certain person the other day? Bet
ter be careful, girls, or off goes
your head.
A welcome face to the office was
that of Leah Robinson Karpen who
paid us a short visit. Congratula
tions to Harry Reece on the award
of the Bronze Star Medal. Then
there’s a rumor that Bill Daley
is on his way home. Hurry up,
“Bill,” we can hardly wait. That
cowboy husband of Reba Russell’s
looks pretty good in that uniform.
Of course, the horse added a little
. . . Jim Jones is all a “dither.”
Bill Millner has rejoined us for
awhile since Uncle Sam has de
cided to draft men under twenty-
six first. Mighty close call, “Bill.”
So long until “Sniff can snoop”
next month.
BLOCKING GAB
Hello, everybody! How’s the
folks, huh? Well after a full
months’ rest we are all set to give
our gossip report to the nation.
So first let’s have a little chat so
you can hear our little hitchup of
the gab.
Why has Jennie G. been mark
ing the days off the calendar?
That doesn’t help make “1946”
nearer. Edith E. has started smok
ing “P. A.” Are “roll your own”
better, eh? Edith W. would like
to borrow a cap from Stitching
Department ... to protect her
curls.
If you haven’t already guessed
what the latest song is in blocking
you can ask Frances P. She may
say “In A Little Red School
House.” She seems to like to have
it sung every day.
We are sorry to say that Willie
P. has had to miss several weeks
of work due to illness.
Perhaps you’ve been puzzled
about that sorta secret smile of
Lula’s. But then who wouldn’t
smile when they have their one
and only absolutely, completely
hooked? His name is L. C. and
nice of course. Best wishes, Lu.
Ruby J. seems to think there will
be lots of “necking” in Germany
after the war, but most of it will
be done with a rope.
Turbine Room News
Breaking into the news for the
first time, and on very short
notice, we feel that the first thing
we should do is to introduce the
members of the cast, that is, the
operators in the Power Depart
ment.
Starting in the turbine room and
reading from left to right, we pre
sent first, 0. R. Willingham, dr
“Obie” as he is known, who came to
us from Greenwood County, S. C.
He has been an Operator here for
nearly four years. Next is Morris
S. Dorn, or “Dorny,” who has been
with us two years, starting as an
assistant and advancing to opera
tor about a year ago.
The “Five by Five” next to
“Dorny” is Melvin Smith who is
doing his second stretch with us.
After serving about a year here as
an assistant, he left to return a
year later as operator. He came
from the navy.
Crockett L. Mathews came about
two years ago as assistant operator.
He is one of the few musically
inclined in our department, having
a reputation as a singer of some
repute at Balfour.
B. R. Lowery, or “Booger,” is
another assistant operator who has
been with us for about two years.
Sherman “Honest Abe” Hunter
hails from up Cashiers Valley way.
He received a medical discharge
from the army after 23 months
service.
Blanton Norwood has been with
us only about two weeks. “Pete”
is the baby of the outfit and—girls,
he is single.
That just about covers the tur
bine room with the exception of
myself and I, well, everybody
knows I’ve been here ever since,
having come in 1939.
Now following the crooked steam
lines, we come to the boiler house
where we find T. M. Evans. Tom
is maintenance man and came here
as a boiler operator from Alabama
in 1939.
Woodrow M. Allen is also an old
man in point of service, who prior
to his coming here in 1939, was
in the merchant marine.
Addison W. Bruner, his fireman,
is also from the maritime service,
having been on the Great Lakes.
Emmitt Reece, third man on “A”
shift, is new.
On “B” shift is Virgil Galloway,
who helped start up the boiler
house, Robert McCall and Clarence
Brown, both natives of this county.
On “C” shift is Leland George
who smelled the odor of burning
coal from his home in the Little
River section, came forth to seek
his fortune. Starting in as a help
er, he has now worked himself up
to operator. Coy M. Compton is his
fireman, and Frank B. McCrary is
the third man.
Lemeul Daniels hold sway on
“D” shift. Lem also has been here
from the start, coming in as helper
and working himself up to an ope;
rator. With him are Clarence Al
lison, a native son and Clarence
Orr, a former merchant of Little
Mountain.
On the coal handling crew are
Ed Sentelle, who was here during
the construction of the boilers,
Jackson Holden, a native of this
county and Tony, who has been
with us for only a short time.
This will have to serve as 'an
introduction to our department but
keep tuned to this station for
further, up to the minute news,
next month at the same time.
—Walter Kay.