ACROSS THE TRACKS
By Hilda Hunnicutt
At the sign of the first
frost, sweaters and coats are
again emerging from moth
balls. Seems like Lloyd will
have to go to sunny Florida
now to get pictures of bath
ing beauties.
First of all we wish to wel
come two new member into our midst, Charles
Jolliff from Enka and Bob McDarris from
Waynesville. Hope you boys will be with us a
long time.
The members of the Research Department wish
a speedy recovery to Dot Johnson of the Analytical
Lab who has been ill for several months. We all
miss you Dot and keep recuperating so you’ll be
back with us soon.
We are glad to have Dorothy Burns, who was
sick for several weeks, back with us.
We wish to express our sympathy to Mr. Schur
in the loss of his brother.
In our midst, we have a new starlet—Lois Heath
has been selected to take a part in the next pro
duction of the Brevard Little Theater. Alex Kizer
also has a part in the next production.
John Goldberger and Martha Sellers went on
another excursion to Franklin to look for crystals.
For the benefit of those who are familiar with dif
ferent crystals, they found some Tourmaline crys
tals. If Martha looks long enough, she may find
the Hope Diamond someday which will make it
possible for her to build that little mansion in the
mountains of Western North Carolina that she
dreams about.
Bob Rhyne had quite an experience the other
week when he was trying to catch a steer—the
steer got the best of him. Next time try catching
it by the head instead of the tail. Bob, and you
may be an excellent cowboy yet.
Mary Jane McCall had an exciting week-end a
few weeks ago. She was a bridesmaid at her broth
er’s wedding. She said she had enough to eat and
drink to make the event quite memorable.
Pete Muffat, whose interest away from the Lab
is turtles, is very disappointed about his turtles
this year. They laid a lot of eggs but a single one
hatched. Must have been a crop failure.
The World Series being over, Lloyd Harris has
calmed down considerably. The Giants had Lloyd
worried several times but he was quite confident
the "Yanks” would win.
Martha Sellers expressed the desire to have the
following note published in the Echo. "I wish to
take this opportunity to explain, even though not
a soul believes it, that I am not entirely respons
ible for that perfectly beautiful job of incorrect
parking which was pictured so vividly in the last
issue of the Echo. Many times I was forced to park
according to the way others had already parked;
therefore after they left the parking lot the reflec
tion of poor parking was cast upon me.” Martha
has taken quite a bit of "ribbing” since her car
was unmistakably identified.
Quite a few people over here have waited un
til Fall to take their vacations. U. R. Bell took his
vacation at home. He was kept occupied by tear
ing down a chimney—sounds like a strenuous
vacation.
Betty Brown spent one week of her vacation
in Knoxville; during the other week she really
"took it easy.”
Bud Taylor and family spent an enjoyable two
weeks at Pawley’s Island, S. C. Bud came back
with a wonderful tan.
Dorothy Burns and daughter, Nancy, spent two
delightful weeks in Canada.
Lois Heath spent an enjoyable week at Chatta
nooga, Tennessee, and Rock City, Georgia taking
in all the beautiful scenery, etc.
A1 Skinner is taking a week’s vacation after
which he will go back to Army life.
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL
The charming young miss of the mirror is
La?ira Ann Galloway, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. D. B. Galloway of Lake Toxaway.
The original of this picture is an unusually
attractive enlarged photograph, beautifully tinted
by her mother, who has been an employee of End
less Belt for 7 years.
Laura Ann is 10 years of age and is in the fifth
grade. Her hobby is reading. She read between
4^ and ^0 Ecusta Library books during the
summer.
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