POWER DEPARTMENT NEWS
By Howell Medford
We welcome to the Power
department the following new
men: Olin Cairnes, Thomas
Bowen, Zeb Jackson, George
Strickland and Bill Kendrick.
We welcome these men to
our midst, and want them to
feel at home in our depart
ment. All the fellows are very willing to lend a
hand in any way. So we say welcome aboard fel
lows, glad to have you.
Work is progressing nicely on the new addition
to the Turbine Room and Boiler Room. It is hoped
that in the future we can be better able to offer
steam, electricity and water in desirable quantities
to all departments. Our motto is satisfaction to all.
We hope we can cope with it in the future as we
have in the past.
Everyone has about finished this year’s vaca
tion. Some of the boys have been trying to hook
that big one they failed to get this summer. From
the looks of things they have done quite well. Sam
Kent and Obie Willingham proved that a few
weeks ago. Kent and Obie have been at each oth
er’s throats all summer. Kent leads Obie with a
IV2 lb. Obie is trailing by a half pound. Nice go
ing, fellows, maybe that is the jack pot money for
this year.
Sherman Hunter worked on his house during
his vacation. He is making some additions to it.
John Jackson is busy on the farm and home.
Oh, yes, he is in the cattle business. He sold one
calf.
Walter Kay finished his vacation with a bang.
He put the finishing touches to his new garage
and caught up with the odds and ends. He wel
comes football season and the world series. Me,
too.
Thomas Evans visited his father and friends in
Alabama. W^e hope he found his father quite well,
and that he had a good vacation.
Samuel Ross took a good long rest and wound
up the garden and flowers before old man frost
comes around. Good idea, Sam, it’s almost here.
Horace Hall and the Mrs. finished their vaca
tion by visiting friends in Asheville and oh, yes,
fished from Murphy to Manteo. The luck, we do
not know. At latest reports he had not fallen in
the lake anymore. I guess it’s too cold for that
now.
Clarence Allison returned from a grand vaca
tion. He says he went all the way to Glenville and
back. He reported catches of 2” and 3” breams.
One of the most discussed items in the Power
department is school. All the fellows put the kid
dies first and want them to be fully prepared for
life as far as is possible in an educational way.
They see that the children have the best from
pencils to transportation. We admire all the fel
lows for this fine attitude. Cooperation by the
parents is half of the battle, fellows.
From all reports, the squirrel season is off to
a slow bang. Seems there is not many of these
little creatures to be found. Maybe they will mi
grate this way yet.
Lewis Alexander and family enjoyed a vacation
by fishing—and all the trimmings. Lewis got
trimmed, too, and by his sons—both of ’em did it.
Lewis got by by saying he just went along to hold
the bag.
We welcome to Mr. Finck’s office Mrs. Cather
ine M. Brank. We hope she finds her work pleas
ant in every respect. It will be lots nicer for her
and the entire staff when the new office is com
pleted. Mr. Finck hopes that some one of these
days he can quit moving every few months and
get permanently located.
Jim: Why do you know that eating carrots is
good for the eyes?”
Joe: "Why you’ve never seen a rabbit wearing
glasses, have you.^”
Archaeologists from the University of Penn
sylvania uncovered a stone relief of a 5000 year old
Mesopotamian Temple of boxers with gloves.
Shown above are the four children of Mr. and
Airs. Clifford Sitton of Alills River, heft to right!
Ernest, 4, Don, 6, Jean, 8, and Judy, 9 years old.
Their father is employed in the Pulp Mill.
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