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PAGE TWO THE ECHO April, News And Gossip From Our Various Departments HAND BOOKLET By HAZEL REECE And LOIS OSTEEN April greetings to everyone from H. B. D. Department. Our news this month is a va riety of—well, read for yourself. We are glad to have Mary G. A. and Ruth G.. back after a short illness. Say, Charlotte J., did you get your spring cleaning done? Don’t you think it needs inspecting? Just found out why K. Mackey is so lonesome. A “certain” Sergeant Harrison has reported to Ft. Meade, Md. Johnnie and Carolyn have re turned from Florida. Nice sun tan, girls. Bitha, why have you been act ing like a “fish out of wateir” these days? Could it be Florida or a marine? Say, Willie, why are you s« anx ious to join the marine corps? It seepis that Lois O.’s thoug'its are in Texas. It must be that GI Joe. No wonder Jimmie is sick. Ha zel, why don’t you learn to cook? Sally C., what is so interesting at Ft. Jackson? Betty R. has the giggles; could it be a sailor? Ann M.’s heart has gone with the marines—now overseas. “Toot”, can’t you ever leani to be quiet? No more showers for this time. “Cheerio.” Machine Booklet By SARA LOFTIS Here we are back again with i li*tle chatter and gossip from Ma chine Booklet. Things are really humming in our department these days. We have some girls from Hand Booklet in to help us. We’d like to welcome each one of you and hope that your stay will be a pleasant one. That wasn’t the sun that dazzled our eyes. It was Janette Tinsley’s diamond from her One and Only. Don’t keep any secrets from us, Janette. Several cards were received post marked Greenville from Geneva Smith and' Carolyn Garren. Girls, why don’t you tell us what took you to South Carolina? Jewell Wilson remembered her friends with some unique souven irs of her trip to New York. Marie Cameron is happy that her husband is home after having served in the armed forces for some time. Mae Whitmire was walking on air because her brothers were home on furlough. , Edna Oliver showed us the Pur ple Heart received by her husband, Sgt. Grady Oliver, who is in a hos pital in England and had sent the medal home for safe keeping. Do the inspectors in this depart ment expect the four leaf clovers to bring “the table in the sun shine”? Clillen has been very good late ly. Could it be that she’s practic ing to be a preacher’s wife? Quite a number of boys in ser vice have visited out department and from the starry-eyed glances the girls gave out, there’s truth in the saying, “There’s something about a soldier.” That’s all, folks, ’til the little bird whispers in my ear again. OFFICE BITS By CARMEL McCRARY And VERA ALLISON Several new employees have been added' to the main office this month. They are: Pete Callahan, John B. Thomas, Julia Morton, Ka rene Barnett, Harry Brown, Ivan Heffner and Alice Finn. To each of you we extend a hearty welcome. We are also glad to see Nancy Os borne back after an operation at Duke hospital. It seems as though the hospitals are kept busy with Ecusta employees lately. Mary Armfield recently underwent an operation at Biltmore hospital. Charlie Dunlop has been a frequent visitor at the Biltmore hospital. Charlie is the proud father of a bouncing 8-pound baby boy. Con gratulations, “Pop”, also, we en joyed the free dessert, Charlie. Has everyone heard the rumor about Betty Aycock and Pickens, S. C. It just had us wondering. Joe -Morris has a new business of his own on the sideline, which is very economical. Joe kill flies with rubber bands at the amazing charge of Ic each. Now that warmer weather is here, everyone is getting plans made for vacations. Miss Palais is taking her vacation at the present, and Mrs. Burch is planning one soon. Mr. and Mrs. Burch are planning to spend their vacation in New York. Margaret Collier spent a few days in Greenville, S. C., with her brother recently who is leaving soon for overseas dutv. We had the pleasure* of a visit from Ted Reese, former office boy, recently. Ted has completed his boot training at Bainbriilge and will report back there for re assignment. Recent news from Bobby Whiteside and Jimmy Ham mond is that they are both at sea. Harvey Souther left us the 7th of April and is to be inducted into service the 24th. Bollin Millner, a former employ ee, is expected for a visit with his father and brother sometime in the near future. Bollin has been in Europe, for some tirpe. Everyone was glad to hear of the liberation of Mr. Huskamp’s son- in-law, who was a prisoner of war. Tootsie Nicholson was thrilled to receive a cable from her hus- Blocking News By EULA GRAY ' Well, let’s see the news of the Blockers, as we remember them. Jean George by her blonde curls, Mable with tliat marine look in her eye, Ruby and her sassy look, Blanche always handy with her scissors if there is any cutting to do, Aurie with* that innocent look on her face, Reba by her sandwiches and Roxie by her qui etness. Ina Mae has left us for the Fine Paper Department, Ola for Gum ming and Estelle to Printing. Sara enjoyed a nice vacation in Mississippi. Lucille and Helen went shop ping in Asheville Saturday. We are all glad to hear that Sammie’s brother is back in the States. We hope he will be home soon. Ruth, have you told anyone your dream? You would be very lucky if you make the decision. Geneva, who is the good-looking guy who took you for an airplane ride? Oh, that’s O. K. He’s your cousin. Alma, you’re last, but far from least. By the way, are you still dieting? As for the reporter, how can yoii ever forget her? She will drop around to see you. This is all for this writing. Pulp Mill New5 By HELEN KIMZEY With the coming of spring baseball fever is beginning to ri®*’ a large number of men in the ^ Mill are waiting for the first tice to work out some of the tii!® muscles in exchange for some ^ ones. As to the present outlo* the possibilities are good Pulping team, consisting ol Warehouse Crew, Pulp Mill ^ Refining Room. The men from ^ department are very optimisti! to the abilities of the men on ^ team. The Pulp Mill will be wh® heartedly behind this team- ‘ extra support Hardy Kilpatrick , made application for water boy *“ is hoping he has no competi^®"' G. V. Sitton and Walter have been promoted to the jO“,, chlorinator operators, both worked on No. 2 vacuum in the past. They have taken 1'° and are doing a good job. We are glad to have Hardy # Patrick back with us after absent for three weeks recover from an appendicitis oper*' ition which was almost delayed too Floyd Miller lost a few work during the time his wif® djy* St* in the hospital at Franklin- has returned home, where recovering from an operation- are glad to hear she is a Claude Jones has been for the past week but is noV ^ at work. Jim Dalton seems to thinl^ his fruit trees were helped W killing frost Jim said that « yi were so many small appl®* the trees that if some of not been killed, the matured would have broken the lifflW' Harry Morgan is leavini 24th of this month for the band recently who is in Italy. Lu cille Heffner is also all smile.? since one of her brothers is home. Louise Byers is sporting a birth day present from her husband who is in New Guinea, also a sparkle in her eye. Why?—^He may be coming home sometime in the near future. Well, guess this is about all the gossip from the main office, but here is a question to linger over. Where did Mike Walker get that black eye? BEFORE ■niE BATTLE “Now, boys,” said the pleasant and somewhat undersized um pire, “let’s have an understand ing. Unpleasantness is the last thing I wish.” The touglr baseball captain stepped up. “Any other last wishes?” he inquired. We’re sorry to see you go and you will soon be back with Paul Merck, our new bleac® ^ erator, is so well pleased new job that he hates for the ^ to come to go home. If anyone is interested 1° ^ stock, see Otto Whiteside. S® ^ he has a little mule that year old weighing around pounds more or less. WeU> sure is a good mule, Otto. ^ The boys in the Pulp wondering why Red Cagle b®* ^ wearing that smile for the ^ few weeks. The guess is not * hard one, because he ha* promoted to a vacuum wasb* y( erator. Good job. Red—^boW down. Clyde Galloway catches ^ fish in the Pulp MiU Claude Jones does wild the whole Cedar Mountfli® tion. ^ Elmer Baker thinks more squirrels around hi* this year since he killed .j ^ cat last year by mistaking ((« a squirrel. He says he belleV* ^ cat had been catching bi® around there. , tH* Clyde Webb has taken job as operator on the ^ beaters where he has been * er for sometime. Clyde b^ plenty of experience in as operator, so he steps “P the advantage of it ^ James Blackwell wishes to # the employees of the for the kindness and shown him during the ill®® death of his child. BUY WAB bomb®' AND STAMF8
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