1946
THE ECHO
PAGE FIFTEEN
Machine Room News
By JOHN GOOLSBY
his month’s news is filled with
nous things that have come to
I the last few weeks. There
s teen sorrow in losing people
ti/'’ happiness in the lit-
that have come -to take
to ^ sympathy goes out
"'ho have lost loved ones
motti ‘^°^Sratulations to those
joys fathers of new-born
Vf/il deep regret that 1
EarW following three items:
reanp 21st. the grim
Toitim took with him
"'orkp^ "^*’^Pton, Jr., our fellow
served No. 5 machine. Tommy
years almost four
Pital n 1 the hos-
end Pa” sbout a week when the
ily extend to his fam
Wilon sympathy,
home T o was called to his
he in.f v.P^'^^^nburg. While there
Panioi) V com-
away no father, who passed
''liess 20th, after a short
^^milv in go out to this
On c ^ hour of sorrow.
Mother nfn '^^nuary 6th., the
Ur a lin Fisher passed on af-
No, 5 nia illness. Coy runs
f'fesident 1® ^1®° vice-
To r Five-Year Service
witu ^ family, we
‘"other y°^
®^t Litt^f^ (Speed) Roe and Ever-
in home town
"'hether 1?’ ^ ^ot have it
5®ther biif ^lo^e or to-
'’ays ah3 came back three
^^ather » “^.schedule due to cold
'veathpi this trop-
*'ardw;U^ ® make the cold
cuh ni ^'^eJ^ett piloted a
P®Underi up there and was
ttie . to bad weather. He
siir^ Walked out of there,
*^e Workf ®tyle.
to havQ^ people would
. Itnow iii-t fowls fattened,
LS-WhoV’'® Billy C.
Pv in , ^ ® ^ 11 y fix one up
Weekf one only
iS".o TO. B„wn
^‘er on ^ the birth of a
Sth., at an
& Jo; is
’> Sn'I
'''as^t^.?*ttle bundle from
toh *®her rto ^t the home of
^baEy^ h®"'ber8th. An eight
0‘t- that - Co'igratulations!
i-f'Jr ^11-' Liston
staw ^t the Mission
Pound/ting off life with
^otk and make his home
®31"?'.
V«ose p:„ “ domg fine. Where
V^- at la?/?’
a S./. ‘ell our folks
!"ne u°°wling team from the
‘I'e in We are, at this
-M^^t tea J It is one of
•°>i. Tf I have ever seen
Pretty, Yes! But Oh, How Slippery It Was Christmas Eve!
>'hv‘'>e R,°'^ling team from the
th,'^
in
*** If Vr ^ ®®en
't Is 3 time
Let’ the power on,
Ck ®P thn* ^ SO out and
®ske/®'’ce first place.
V^'^eto tu Chief) White
those boys from
\ *^hrist ■ ^ *nachines for the
S' to sift they gave
Klf^^gle Langley, Bry-
He James Fisher,
S a® thev*^^® that there was
hs ®t he '^“uld have given
fe "'ould have enjoyed
Vv ® c
happy to have
® day . °®«ton, back follow-
® illness and to know
¥Sii^S
HI:
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You remember Christmas eve, don’t you? The worst ice storm in years visited this section and not
only provided a “White Christmas”, but also made the ground so slippery that it was difficult to walk
or ride with any degree of safety. The above picture, looking from the Gatehouse towards the Cafe
teria, was made at that time.
We are happy to report that
with the New Year many, many
old familiar faces are back safely
from the war — back to job
again.
This month we welcome the fol
lowing service men back to Ecusta
and the Five-Year Service club;
Ernest Cagle, Melvin L. McCor
mick, Eben S. Morrow, Lensy C.
Sanders, Fred G. Barton, John B.
Reid, Jackson A. Gillespie, Wil
liam E. Drake, Charles L. Russell,
Wade M. Scroggs, William J. Bai
ley, Millender M. Matthews, Wil
liam F. Booker, A. Bryan Combs,
Jr., Robert H. Duckworth, Arthur
J. Loeb, Augustine W. Tucker, Jr.,
James P. Morrow, Burwell F. Hall,
Jr., Clifford McCrary, Lambert E.
Bagwell, Jr., Kenneth M. Roberts,
Fred E. Bishop, Brisco Parker,
Boyd B. Meixell, Jr., Burder W.
Teague, Durham L. Thome, Jr.,
Charles E. Holcombe, James E.
Mosier, Jr., Ralph C. Morris, Clif
ton Moore, Charles Sitton, Hubert
E. Batson, Edward H. Mackey, Jr.,
David M. Blackwell, James T. Wil
liams, Harold L. Erwin, Robert C.
Anders, Harry L. Reese.
In addition to our ever-growing
club, the following employees
have also completed five years of
service to the company and have
become members of the club:
Henry E. Newbury, Edith L.
Wright, Eva M. Sentelle, O’Beria
R. Thompson, Tulen Deaver, Ada
L. Reynolds, Maude Ste\rart, Ha
zel M. Reese, Thelma D*Snyder,
Russell Reese, Earl G. Garren,
Katherine B. Mackey, Birt W. Al
exander, Harry G. Sentelle, James
B. Waldrop.
Since our president, Luke Har
rison, was kind enough to adjourn
the meeting in such an efficient
and rapid manner, and which by
the way just gives you all an idea
of how quickly we can do things in
this club, the play, “PETTICOAT
FEVER,” got underway in a hur
ry. Judging from the well-attend-
ed audience, this play was given to
a ‘play-hungry’ bunch of people.
We should have more of them—
what say, folks? If you liked it.
Mrs. Denton has returned home
after a successful operation.
why not write a short note to the
Echo. Our Recreational director
wants your comments. It is really
surprising—all the amateur talent
which we have here at Ecusta.
Some of our Thespians have al
ready displayed their talent to you
once before. To our new stars of
the Ecusta Playhouse, thanks for
a job well done.
As this is our first news col
umn since Christmas, we do wish
to thank everyone concerned for
the swell Christmas program. Sur
veying the gathering at the Cafe
teria that evening, we were duly
impressed with the serious and
almost reverent expression of all
gathered there as they listened to
the carols and hymns of Christ
mas tide; then as our boss told us
of his plan's for 1946, the expres
sions of happiness and good fel
lowship which followed.
To the boss, at this time, the Five-
Year Service club again wishes him
a very Happy Birthday and many
more prosperous years in the best
of health. It has been swell work
ing with you these past five years,
and we hope to enjoy many more
under your employ.—By Richard
Landeck.
SOMEWHAT YIELDING
The Hotel Lexington in New
York, whose clientele includes
many salesmen and buyers from
other cities, keeps a record of the
business houses represented among
the guests. A breezy lady from
the West, after filling in her name
and address on the registration
card, seemed to be brought up
short by the query, “Firm?” She
nibbled her pen a moment, then
wrote “Not very.”
NOTICE
AU veterans who have not
received the Ecusta Fifth
Anniversary book should
contact the Director of Per
sonnel who has a copy for
each one of thenu
Autobound News
By EULA GRAY
January starts off a New Year
for everyone. Let’s all work to
gether to make this above all a
prosperous and peaceful year. We
are all looking forward to your
cooperation in making thi's the
best year in years.
At this writing this finds some
changes made in our department.
Lots of the girls have left us for
other departments. We miss you
all and hope you like and make
good at your new jobs.
We, as spectators at the first
basketball game, enjoyed your
game with Enka. We are laoking
forward to the games in the fu
ture and keep up the good work,
gals. We wish you the best of
luck.
Ann is all smiles now. Her hus
band is at home for keeps.
Lucy, what is this I hear about
your going to take in washing for
a living? Keep rubbing, gal.
Helen N. who have all those
telephone calls been from lately?
A date sure beats riding the bus,
doesn’t it?
Betty, better known as Lou
Ellar, tell us all about your lit
tle red rooster you took to the
ballgame Thursday nite. Did it
ever crow for Ecusta—or Enka?
Lois, what are you and Mary
Edith so quiet about lately? Not
planning things are you?
Alma H. is back at work after
being out for five weeks to be
with her husband, who has recent
ly returned from service overseas.
She sure looks happy.
We welcome our new mechanic
back to work with us. Phil Riddle
who has served some time with
the navy.
Jean, what’s the story on youi
new nickname—“Lard?”
Since our last writing we have
had three new brides in our De
partment—Irene Fisher, Reba Mc
Call and Hazel Owen. Best wishes
to you all.
Annie Lou, you and Iva Lee
give us the lowdown on the new
watches you got for Christmas.
We all enjoyed our Christmas
program a lot. We were glad to
have Mr. Straus here to celebrate
with us. We want to thank the
company for our nice Christmai
present. It was deeply appreciated
by everyone.