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PAGE TWELVE THE ECHO Former Employees Painters, Pays Us A Visit FROM PAGE ELEVEN- W. 0. Morris. Robert Fulton, foreman, C. Gardner, Alvin Hoxit, R. R. Allison, W. Heaton, W. E. Mull, and S. Hamilton. E. E. Vassey, foreman, Earl O’Shields, Pfc. Lewis Bagwell of the army air forces, and employed in the Machine Room until Dec. 1942, vis-i •" vy vjiucius, ited here July 6. Pfc. Bagwell is McCall, Joe Brown, James Pass- stationed at Smoky Hill Army Air ^’^ore, Jake Metcalf and J. B. Jones. Field, Salina, Kan. He says the Harley Gibbs, foreman, F. L. John- heat is terrihc, the average tem- Porter, Paul Parris, Gro- perature being 100 F. Pfc. Bag- Austin, Dewey Burns and Hovie well and his family attended the Talley. Ecusta picnic. His wife, Katherine I Oilers Simpson Bagwell was formerly em- Unless you worked in the mill ployed m the Hand Booklet de-1 and had the opportunity to see for partment of Champagne. | yourself you would not know that V iw n 11 t:.! 4 , I ^ known Kay V. McCaU, Electrician’s as oilers whose job it is to see u j *^hat all moving parts of the com had a 30 day survivor’s leave, vis- pany’s machinery are properly lu- ited July 12. Seaman McCall, af- bricated. The specific job of these ter last training in Norfolk had oilers is to check all bearings and one and one-half year’s active duty equipment and to oil and grease all in the Atlantic. He reported to j machinery according to specific instructions. We have many dif ferent types of machinery and equipment here at Ecusta and many special types of lubricants are used. The oiler must see to it that the right kind and amount of lubricant is used for the proper ap plication on each piece of equip ment he services. There are eight oilers in this department and they are; Carl Hamby, DeWitt McCall, J. W. Britten, Ingomar McCall, 0 B. Moffitt, Robert Merrill, James Maney and E. B. Sams. WHO’S WHO —BY STAFF WRITERS— ECHO’S MUSICAL INTRODUCTIONS a receiving station in New York, I but was hoping to get a four months electrical school course before I more sea duty. Seaman McCall I worked on the cleaner crew and left Ecusta in November, 1942. Bertha Edwards Sgt. Mary Rickman came to Ecusta in 1941, and joined the WAC in 1942. After basic train ing in Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., she had specialized training in administra tion in Denton, Texas. In Ft. De- vens, Mass., she had the honor of being color bearer; there she re ceived the rating of Sgt. She has Do doubt you’ve heard the ex- been stationed at Daytona Beach pression “wrapped up in music”— Fla., Ft. Meyer, Va., Baltimore,’ that is literally true when we see Md. and now Washington, D, C, Sgt! Bertha Edwards playing the bass Rickman is a supervisor in an of- horn. A graduate of D.A.R. high fice, a branch of the Signal Corps, school, Tamassee, S. C, and junior She said, “When I read in the college at W.C.T.C., Cullowhee, Echo the number of bonds the Bertha has always been interested folks back home are buying, it in music and choral work. She makes us, in uniform, realize’ the was a representative from her home front is fighting, too. high school to the National Con- Rickman is a American Revolution held in Sche- pilot instructor at Mac Dill Field, y- and Massachusetts I Tampa, Fla. Before entering the State Convention held in Worches- service in August of 1942, he was employed in the Electric Shop. Bertha has been a member of the After basic training 4n Spence band since May, 1943. Running a Field, Ga. and duty as electrical close sewnd to her musical inter- instructor, he was appointed avia- est IS that of water sports and tion cadet in Feb., 1943. Follow- nunting. Incidentally, “Bert” won ing was primary training at Ark., first place m the women’s diving advanced training at Seymour, Ind. contest at the recent July 4th pic- He was commissioned there Nov. 3 ^ Highlands, 1943, then sent to B-17 First Pilot’s . C., and came to us from Cliff-1 School in Sebring, Fla. and trained ^ 1 with a heavy bomb squad. In Me nf to work in Ecusta’s Finish- Dill Field, Lt. Rickman was assign ing Department as a slitter opera- ed to his present station there. He tor, but is now a re-claimer opera- visited us July 17 accompanied by ' his sister, Sgt. Mary Rickman. NAOMI ASHE Cl Naomi Ashe, attractive Physi cal Laboratory employee, came to that department April 20, 1942. She is a native of tuckaseige,e, Jackson County, N. C. She grad uated in 1940 from Cullowhee high school where she was cap tain of the softball team for four years. Since Naomi has been at Ecusta she has been active, in musical activities—as a member of the chorus, • trio, and the re cently formed sextette which made its debut at the surprise show for Mr. H. H. Straus’ birth day and has made several ap pearances since. Naomi is quiet, good-natured, and likeable. She likes to spend her spare time reading and writ ing letters. Prize Winners At FROM PAGE ONE Bennett Accepts Pvt. Ted Danziger worked in the Chemical Lab. until he entered the FROM PAGE SEVEN service in July, 1943. During his hesitation that I speak of anything 14 day furlough from Camp Silver, we have done while men on the!Ala., he visited July 19, From battle fronts were giving their lives July, 1943, until Jan. 1944, Pvt, for their country, we do know that Danziger was in the Institute of our workers here at Ecusta have Paper Chemistry at Appleton, been doing an outstanding job and Wis., as part of his training in’ we are pleased that our govern- Chemical Warfare Services. He ment has discovered this fact and!expected to go through a 3 week has taken this opportunity to ack- period of training for non-commis- nowledge it. j sioned officers, then overseas with- For them, I thank you. I in 3 months. men’s singles in ping pong, and Tommie New second award. In mixed doubles, M. Collins and A1 Montville were first and Mr, and Mrs, Jeffries second. Men’s doubles, first place went to A1 Montville and Plaut with Muffatt and Burch winning second Junior Edwards and ^Morrison Baynard and company were the greasy pole champs, while Tom mie^mith caught the greasy pig. Horse shoe tourney—C, B, Freck and H, Bradburn, first place, and W, C, West and F, Rackley, second place. Checker tourney—J. F, Kaylor first, and V, E. Huggins, second. Hog calling contest for girls and the rolling pin contest were won by Martha Whitmire, with Dixie Whitaker being second in hog call ing and Mrs, Eugene King and Sue McCall tied for second in rolling pin throwing. Husband calling contest, single girls, was won by Florence Hyder and Josephine Powell second. Married women, Mrs, Eugene King and Dixie Whitaker, In rifle matches, Henson and Holden tied for first place and Jack Richmond was second, Marie Nelson was first in the rifle matches for women. Six boxing bouts were staged as follows: Summey and Cheek, draw; Riddle won over Lancaster, Sou ther over Ledford, Fore over Reece, Fletcher over Moore and Jones-Montville bout was a draw, A large percentage of those at tending the picnic participated in the various contests. Mr. Gossett was first by Fiske-Carter for seve» beginning in 1922. A Greenville, S. C., he Westville school there. ' (pji v; sett worke,d with sev«r® struction companies ^ Carolina, South gia and Florida for an a seven years. He by Fiske-Carter as er and mason forema® early construction of |li* He later was transferred ^ jif Maintenance department son foreman. Mr. Gossett lives in River section, is married seven children; the sons are in military seas. Mr. Gossett enjoys hunting and J. S. WH ar :ii Of hi C % “Shorty” first becaij® c. to the world early ( in Henderson county> J, attended Balfour ployed by construction of ' 01 ^o: s % Sto 'Hrj Bal and later was Construction a h McDaniel - in the erection of ery. v' The first job here was with 1938; later he was to Ecusta’s Maintena^^ ment nent as painter foreP^^imf “Shorty,” witty likes hunting and ^ ^ a lover of baseball- ried, has three child*’® at Mountain Home* Ific} . Vt' . ’’9s V!
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