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THE ECHO
OCTOBER, 1944
OFFICE BITS
Skirt and Jacket Ensemble Interchangeable
TIME SAVERS
BY JIMMIE HAMMOND AND
VERA ALLISON
Hear ye, hear ye, don’t get ex
cited, folks, it’s just the “Main
Office” gossip. We have had plen
ty of excitement this month. We
hope every one had his rabbit
foot on Friday, the 13th. It surely
came in handy.
If any of you feel down and
out, and think there is nothing to
live for, just borrow Mr. Hey
man’s “21 Delightful Ways to Com^
mit Suicide.” We hear that it is
a very popular book these days.
Well, it seems that we lost an
other of our crew. Lucille Collins
got hitched up before Sadie Haw
kins Day. Congratulations and the
best of luck to you both.
Betsey and Dinkey McCall re
ported a nice trip to Washington,
D. C., last week-end. No secrets
allowed, girls.
At last the calendars are get
ting a little rest. The time finally
■rolled around for Ruth Shepherd’s
vacation, which carried her to
New York.
Reba Russell has left us for a
while to be with her husband,
who at the present time is sta
tioned in Colorado.
Charlie Cook is entering the
livestock business. Charlie is pur
chasing goats by the dozen; so,
folks, if you have a goat to sell,
just call No. 343.
The office force from Hender
sonville came in excited one morn
ing after having been side-swiped
by a truck while on the way to
work. No one was hurt, though.
We welcome Mary Drake to the
Payroll department this month,
Mary is from Hendersonville. Be
fore coming to Ecusta, Mary was
employed in Washington, D. C.
We hear Mr. Huskamp is a
grandfather now. Congratulations,
Mr. Huskamp.
Katherine Kirk and Mrs. Ola
Gooch both reported nice vaca
tions this month. It is nice to see
their smiling faces back with us
again.
Howard Schmidt went on a
snipe hunt last week. We hear his
luck wasn’t so good, though. It
seems that the snipes weren’t bit
ing much that day.
If anyone has an alarm clock for
sale, please get in touch with Mr.
Kapp so he won’t have to eat his
breakfast on the bus anymore.
Is Hicks Scruggs taking a cor
respondence course, or .is Keesler
Field back of all this?
“We have just learned Art
Loeb, formerly of the Fibre De
partment in the Office, has been
promoted to first lieutenant (seems
to us he s been a second lieutenant
only a short time) and is supposed
ly on his way to the coast for
Pacific overseas duty. We wish
him a lot of luck.”
Well, so long, folks, guess that’s
all for this time.
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wool skirt and checked jacket with the new extended shoulder. She
can thus pair off the skirt and jacket with other outfits and experi
ment with the various types of accessories.
(A brand new leaflet with all sorts of ideas for assembling a
balanced wardrobe is No. M 5757, ‘Tall Fashions to Make, Match
and Mix.’This leaflet is available to you, free of charge by calling
at the Library.) &
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(Several of the following
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lows in the Paint department).
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
A pin initialed “WAM” sold
right and left in Washington re
cently. The jeweler who brought
it out meant it for women who
were doing “without a maid” for
the duration. Most of his custo
mers,-however, seemed to be
teen-aged government girls. “Why,
Mister,” one exclaimed, “don’t
you know “WAM” means “without
a man!”
the colonel: “Some mistake here;
tiger in coffin, not James.” The
colonel repUed: “No mistake what
ever, tiger in coffin, James in
tiger.”
BRIGHTENING ALUMINUM —
If aluminum ware is darkened
jwith stains, boil rhubarb leaves
and water in it. The inside of a
pan or kettle will be bright in a
few minutes. Wash thoroughly af
terwards.—Mrs. M. R., Penn.
QUICK GREASING — Grease
baking sheet with a piece of bacon
rind when baking cookies. A small
pi6ce of rind will suffice for a
large baking. Saves fat and time.
—Mrs. W. F. C., Iowa.
TOO SALTY — When too much
salt has been spilled into the soup,
slice a raw potato and let boil for
five or six minutes. Then lift out
potato.—Mrs. J. G. C., Mass.
POT SCRAPER—Cooking uten
sils can be quickly and easily
cleaned by the use of a common
wooden clothespin. Split one and
you have an ideal pot scraper—■
one which is economical and will
not rust or scratch enamel ware
or aluminum.—E. T. Utah.
DRESSING GAME—When dress
ing wild game that has been shot,
if fur, feathers or shot are em
bedded in the flesh, use a crochet
hook to remove.—Mrs. F W 111-
NUTCRACKER FOR CAPs'l-To
remove caps which are hard to
unscrew from sirup bottles, try
using a 10c nutcracker. It acts like
a vise, and works even on glue
bottles.—Mrs. W. L., Ohio.
tenor sings that part. The rest of
you just hum. Now, don’t forget!
The tenor will sing alone until we
come to the ‘gates of hell,’ then
you all come in!”
WASTED ENERGY
Johnson: “What’s wrong? You
look awfully ma(J.”
Thompson: “I am. Here I have
been treating a patient for three
years for yellow jaundice and now
I find he is Chinese.”
MORE, MORE
Teacher: “Johnny, I’m surprised!
Do you know any more jokes like
that?”
Johnny: “Yes, teacher.”
Teacher: “Well, stay after
school.”
Hand Booklet News
BY EILEEN NELSON
What would happen IF: The frost
bit Kat Mackey’s flowers? Toot
Pharr came to work on time? Jim
my didn’t stop by and talk to
Hazel?
Flossie, Eileen and Vi had a
serious thought?
Annie Lou lost her hair-bow?
Carolyn W. didn’t get to go to
Camp Croft on Thursday night?
Virginia’s shoes got .dirty?
Mary, Georgia, and Martha did
n’t get on the bus first?
Charlotte J. didn’t lose her voice
once a year?
LEARNING THE HARD WAY
Young Doctor: “Did you ever
make a serious mistake in a diag
nosis?”
Old Doctor: “Yes, an old fellow
in shabby clothes came into my
office one day and after I told
him all he had was a stomach ache,
I learned he was rich enough to
have appendicitis.”
IT HAPPENED IN INDIA
A young officer had been killed
by a tiger. His parents in England
wanted the boy buried in the fam
ily vault and wired the colonel of
his regiment: “Please send poor
James home to us, all expenses
paid.” After many months, a gi
gantic coffin arrived. On opening
it the family was horrified to dis
cover a dea4 tiger. They wired
INSULT TO INJURY
A country preacher was inform
ed that the congregation had voted
to increase his salary $200.
“Tell those good souls,” he re
plied, “that I cannot accept it. I
have enough trouble now trying
to collect my present salary.”
battle sgars
Barber: “Haven’t I shaved you
before?”
Sergeant: “Nope, I got this scar
at Pearl Harbor.”
COULD BE
A lady motorist was driving on
a country road when she spied
some repair men climbing tele
phone poles. “Fools,” she exclaim
ed inwardly ,“they must think I
never drove a car!”
CLOSELY RELATED
“Jimmy, I wish you’d learn bet
ter table manners. You’re a reg
ular pig at the table.”
Deep silence on Jimmy’js part.
So father, in order to impress him
more, added. “I say, Jim, do you
know what a pig is?”
“Yes, dad,” replied Jimmy meek
ly. “It’s a hog’s little boy.”
ALL TOGETHER
The U. S. Naval Construction
Battalion “Sea B Gull” tells the
story of a chaplain who was trying
to organize a choir with a group
of volunteer singers. “No, no, no!”
the chaplain interrupted. Only the
NO MISTAKE
A lady, checking over her gro'
eery bill, found this item: “One
tom cat, 15 cents.” Indignant, she
called her grocer and demanded
what he meant by such a charge.
“Oh, that’s all right, Mrs. Blank,”
he replied, “that’s just an abbre
viation for tomato catsup.”
MUTUAL
A captain and the colonel were
walking down the drill hall. They
met many privates and each time
the captain would salute, he would
mutter, “The same to you.”
The colonel’s curiosity soon got
the better of him and he askedj
“Why do you always say that?”
The captain replied: “I was once
a private and I know what they
are thinking.”
EASIER
“Have you any explanation f^r
your wandering around at this
time of the night in this drunken
condition?”
“Ossifer, do you suppose that if
I had an explanashun I’d be out
here in thish cold instead of
there explaining to the lil’ wifey?”