ELECTRO-CHEMICAI, NEWS
By Alfred Galloway
After a long absence from
the pages of the ECHO, we
will try to get the ball rolling
again and let folks know
what’s what with the Electro-
• -X Chemical Dept.
p ' Now that the fishing seas
on is over, the rods and reels
have been stored away, and the boys are polish
ing and oiling their guns getting ready for the
hunting season. In fact, we hear that one of the
boys has already had a good coon dinner.
Ihe new boss at the Russell Reese’s home is a
little lady named Pamela June who arrived on
August 5.
A1 Ream’s new home is coming along nicely.
Wonder when the housewarming will be.
They say Calvin Raxter enjoys working grave
yard so much, that he is thinking about asking to
work it all the time.
Those recently enjoying vacations were Hubert
Medford, Calvin Raxter, and Red Chapman. Hope
you didn’t kill all the squirrels, Red.
Gerald Fowler had to do quite a lot of explain
ing to the little woman after his trip to Glouces
ter the other evening.
Bert Cassell is back with us after spending a
few months in the State of Oregon. Welcome back,
Bert.
"BRIGHT IDEA” IS NOT ENOUGH
A "bright” idea, no matter how brilliant it may
seem, is not enough by and of itself.
It takes research, development, perfection—
and then more of the same—to bring an idea or
invention from the brain to the drafting board
and then into production for the benefit of work
ers and consumers.
As, for instance, a man named Hero of Alex
andria, Egypt, invented a steam engine before the
birth of Christ—but almost nothing was done to
put steam to use for about 1,800 years. In modern
times, a man named W. L. Judson, who got tired
of lacing up high shoes, invented the forerunner
of today’s zipper. But it took about 25 years to
make the zipper a commercial success.
LIVE FIGURES
Every 24 hours —
Your heart beats 103,689 times.
Your blood travels 168,000,000 miles.
You breathe 23,240 times.
You turn in your sleep 25 to 35 times.
You eat 3V^ pounds of food.
You speak 4,800 words.
You exercise 7,000,000 brain cells.
MAINTENANCE GREASE SPOTS
By Bruce Cassell
Well, Fall is here and fish
ing season is about over, so
we will have to pick up some
hunters’ tales. It seems like
everybody had a long face
after trying to find some
squirrels. Better luck next
time.
We have had some new faces added to our de
partment — machinists and millwrights — J. C.
Dahmer from Hendersonville, T. M. Kuykendall
from Canton, Charles E. Blythe from Canton, Don
ald Brank from Gastonia—^J. R. Poteet transferred
from Champagne Machine Shop. We want to wel
come these new men to our department and hope
they help us keep our safety record as good, if not
better than in the past.
We have had quite a few on vacation lately.
Jack Wiison went up to Virginia but he won’t
tell us whether it was a sight-seeing trip or a
honeymoon. Norman Thompson went to Colorado
last week. We were told he was seen trying to put
a Ford carburetor on his Nash in order to get 25
miles per gallon, but he won’t say what part of
that 25 miles he pushed to get it. Wishing all a
most happy vacation.
Shoivn above is Phylis Ann, 8 year old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Riddle, as she inspects
ct model plane that some of the boys have been
flying on the baseball field. Her father is em
ployed in Champagne.
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