Newspapers / The Echo (Pisgah Forest, … / Sept. 1, 1944, edition 1 / Page 16
Part of The Echo (Pisgah Forest, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
PAGE SIXTEEN THE ECHO SEPTEMBER News And Gossip From Our Various Departments Refininsr News (SHIFT D & E) BY F. M. McCALL Glover Jackson has a new helper on No. 3 battery, C. McGee. Glover says he is 0. K. Rube Morgan is planning on buying a filling station when the war is over. Markley Jones lost some time last week when his hogs brok« out of their lot. A seven pound daughter was bom to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Roger of Bt. No. 7. This is J. B.’s seventh. John Ball says that the “West erners” get better all the time. Jerry Freeman has for sale 6 fine hound dogs. Anyone needing a dog see Jerry at once. Mitch Lance visited friends in Asheville this week and while he was there conferred with his stock broker. Markley Jones sent a radiogram to his cousin, “Speedy” Jones, who is serving his country in Italy, as follows: “Big crop of acorns—come home at once—hog poling season soon starting.” Inspection News (SHIFT B) BY JUANITA GARDNER Hello, folks, after a long period of silence, here we are again. Since our last report, our shift has lost most of the older workers and many new ones have taken their places. And as far as we know we may lose our oldest employee among the girls since Eura H. is considering matrimony. We hate to lose Kate H. and Madra G., but since school is more important we won’t complain. Speaking of going places, wonder why Alice G. al ways goes to Ga. on her five days off. Could it be her soldier hubby? Yes, of course. We know there is shortages on all cosmetics, but Jim S. prefers Johnson’s baby powder to perfume anyway. Keep up the good work, Jim. Pauline I. and Natalyah B. find a lot of comfort in singing “Here Comes The Navy,” but I guess all of us like to pretend. Ruth P. has suddenly taken on a foreign accent, but it does be come her. Those precious cigarettes we all worry about do not bother Grace P. It sure is good to have a lot of friends. Oh! Vick S. passed out cigars last month. Generous, was n’t he? Machine Booklet BY VIOLET LYDAY AND CLARA BARNETTE Mae Staton’s business of selling freckle cream is booming these days since so many of the girls are spending their vacations at the beach. Violet spent hers at Mjrrtle Beach and the nicest part of it was she sent us a box of candy. That far away look in Louise D.’s eyes these days goes to the fall festival in Asheville. We now have our smiling Ruby McCall behind the counter at lunch time now. While Margaret was on vacation she saw all the wonders you read about in the Florida tourist guides, but her only comment was: “It was the berries.” Harry Golderer is carrying a window shade nail in his pocket; Jie says it js worth at least a mil- AWARD GIVEN TO WIFE The official photograph above shows a presentation of the Air Medal awarded St. Sgt. John Carlos McCall, by Colonel Oliver Stout, of Greenville Army Air Base, to Mrs. John C. McCall at her home near Brevard. Sgt. McCall was a gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. May 24th, 1944, he was shot down in a raid over Ger many. His family has receive,d word that he is a prisoner of war of the Germans. Both he and his wife are former employees of Champagne’s Printing Department. Others in the picture are, mem bers of the family. Member Of Group Flying 450 Missions FLIGHT OFFICER HAROLD P. VANNAH, JR., is a part of a 12th Air Force medium bombardment group that recently completed its 450th combat mission. He par ticipated in an attack on Toulon Harbor August 18th in which the German battle ship ‘Strasbourg’ was put out of action. Flight Of ficer Vannah en tered the service in November, 1942, and receiv- tt P VAWAW commission at San Angelo, Texas, in January of this year. In the summer he was employed by Ecusta’s Landscape. He was previously stationed at the Greenville, S. C., Air Base.. He is on a B-25. A brother, Wil liam E. Vannah, has been in the South Pacific for more than two years and is now at Camp Sibert, Ala. He is with the Chemical War fare Service. lion dollars. Louise S., why do you break dates when men are so scarce? Geneve S. reports a pleasant but short week spent in Newport News, Va. We have in our midst a most unusual girl, Gladys Whitmire. She is the proud owner of 7 pairs of nylon hose—a gift from her hus band in Panama. Several from this department have been attending the Job In structor’s course. Williard is re covering nicely from a nervous breakdown that occured the day he gave his demonstration. Clara looked rested when she returned from her vacation, even though she had made a trip to Rosman. John Souther, one of our boys in service, visited us during his furlough. Studying Ordnance 'I f 'i* CARL GREGORY, JR., S 2-C, former Ecusta Machine tender, who entered the Navy in May, 1944, has be,en selected to study aviation ordnance. Seaman Greg ory has just completed boot training at Camp Peary, Va. Cafeteria Chatter BY SULA COX One and all we are glad to have Bessie back with us. She under went an operation at Transylvania hospital. Also has had some wis dom tooth trouble. Ethel has enjoyed a pleasant vacation. She went fishing, etc. She still has a few black and blue places where she sat down too hard on the bait can carried in the back pocket. We will tell you all about the trip she is now tak ing next time. Wilma has quit us to go back to school. She will graduate from East Flat Rock high school and we are expecting her to return to us after graduation. Edith Emer son, of Little River, replaces her. We extend Edith a hearty wel come. Sylvia was introducing her bro- FIRST GMIESAK (From Page One) team S to 0; Control Refining Room 3 to 0 and Mr Room won over the Office 2 to 1. The men’s league ‘ again next Monday night, 0^' ^ for the second match wiW teams scheduled as follows- ^ chine Room and Maintenanc leys 1 & 2, Refining Pulp Mill, alleys 3 & 4, and Champagne, alleys 5 & the Office team not bowline- A complete schedule ® season’s games will be sent w team within the next few Children’s Music (From Page c3" means of transportation use. Need For Music proje^ “Many of our Employ® ^ dren have been deprived .jj’ opportunity of having g of tal music instruction {o' the lack of adequate faciU jjop teaching them,” stated Director John Eversman, ^,jij whose supervision the - lia‘ be conducted, “and we have many requests from belPj ployees to do something The opening of our Music Department to our jt ee children will do lieve the situation and hope, add several new meW* our Ecusta Band in future.” Course To Be Free There will be no will there be any rental^ Xiieic will UC 11^ J for this instruction made for the loan of pany’s musical instrum®^ 'ijjjjit® “We do not have an supply of instruments,” T, . M Eversman, “but those we we plan to loan to these o dents. They will be course, according to the f which the applications ceived. Employees whose not already enrolled and tP interested in taking get ^ music project are 0^ touch with the RecreatJ and make application ther, Cloyd Levi, at He is with the Army and in Texas. He expressed work for Ecusta after the we’d like to have l^^^'-Tncle V Taylor goes to see ^ ^ Friday, the 22nd. We ^ jjg, L what the outcome ^ don’t like the though^ ^ > Nadine and Hattie visit from their brother^ . Powell, Camp Wheele » pjfe was visiting his wife a j for 10 days. to The baby blanket | jgfS .if and Mrs, Arnold month. It’s a giri> , igft born Sept. 7. Arnold C August 21st for the ^vgon- He is now at Fort Jac^^ MONEY’S ft Lodger: “It’s disgr®^® Skinner! I’m sure two fighting in my . r night.” , Mrs. Skinner: you expect for $3.00 a fight?”
The Echo (Pisgah Forest, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 1, 1944, edition 1
16
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75