MAY ISSUE
SEW IT SEAMS
Page Five
Pants
By
Betty
Biby
Well, the weather has begun
to warm up and it rains now
and then making everyithing
green and pretty and that’s the
way we like it.
First of all we want to put out
the welcome mat to Betty Thrift
and Frankie McCallister . . . Bes
sie Spainhour’s son, Tommy, and
Shelby Jean Wagoner were mar
ried in Chesterfield, S. C., re
cently . . . Irma Allred’s father
is home from the hospital and
improving . . . Lula Lanier has
been out sick a few days. Lula,
we miss you a lot . . . Opal Car
ter’s mother has been quite ill
but is improving.
Mamie Frye’s daughter and son-
in-law left Saturday for Texas
where they will live while he is
in service . . . Maxine Sechrest
visited Washington, D. C., recent
ly .. . Betty Biby and Bill went
to Nashville, Tenn., over the
weekend to see the Grand Ole
Opry. Saw all of the stars and had
a nice trip. However, 1,935 miles
is a long trip just for the week
end.
Mabel Sorrell had been trans
ferred to Sport Shirt and we miss
her . . . We’re very proud of our
new floor. The Pants Dept, would
like to congratulate Katie Sellers
of the Shirt Dept, on the diamond
ring she is wearing.
Well, that’s about it for now.
After this month I’ll be reporting
for Pants Dept., so let me know
the news.
PANTS—
(Continued from Page Foui)
has two teeth now! Patsy and
grandmother, Bea Brown, cer
tainly are proud.
Bill and Mary Lou Atkinson
went to Claydor’s Lake to try
out her Dad’s new boat, but the
weather was too cold for much
fishing . . . Esther Hughes spent
a few days in Gaffney, S. C.
While there she drove on to
Spartanburg, Lake Lure and
Cliffside . . . Jessie Hemric’s
mother, Mrs. Jim Cook, visited
her from Elkin.
Our Bible verse this month
comes from Luke 11:23—“He that
is not with me is against me;
and he that gathereth not with
me, scattereth.”
“The things a woman will do
to get a man makes us wonder
if it’s worth it.”—Charley Grant.
Office
By
Harrell
Clementine
Hudson Division
Glad to have Ruth Lyerly back
after a couple weeks’ illness . . .
Joel and Sylvia Paul moved into
their new house and Joel says
he has been working hard paint
ing and cleaning the yard.
Johnny Davis was busy paint
ing the kitchen of his house last
weekend—pink and gray . . .
Jerry Talley traded his ’40 Stud-
ebaker for a ’52 Olds. Seems to
be proud of it.
J. D. and Janet Starnes visited
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Renegar
in Augusta, Ga. . . . Pat Inman
and Dean Towery went to the
Junior-Senior Prom at High
Point High . . . Shirley Burress
and Verline Browers saw the
Senior Play, “Finders Keepers,”
at Jamestown High.
Elsie Jay Bullard and son.
Tommy, went fishing Saturday.
Elsie Jay was the only one to
catch any fish and Tommy want
ed her to give him one. They
were small ones and Elsie Jay
said she didn’t fry them . . . My
son Claude has had measles. I
had an awful time keeping him
in bed. Now we’re just waiting
for Janet to take them . . . Wi
were glad to receive a letter from
John Turner and hear he is
O. K. Everyone sends a hearty
■‘Hello” through Sew It Seams.
Bill Thomas and Grayson
Ward went to Belvedere this
weekend and according to ru
mors, went “dear hunting.”
Sales Division
Have you noticed the way
Doxy Patton has been bubbling
over with happiness for the past
few days? She has a very good
reason, because her husband,
Jimmy, has just returned home
after serving three years in the
U. S. Navy. We’re mighty happy
for her.
Nancy Potts came in all smiles
today. She has been to Bain-
bridge, Md., to see her husband
who is in the Navy . . . Ernestine
Vaughn, her family and some
friends went to Myrtle Beach
this weekend . . . Ellen Fox-
worth has finally moved into her
new apartment.
Glad to have Martha Lou
Smith working with us again.
She is secretary to Mr. McMa
nus. Also welcome to Pauline
McMahan . . . Sorry Lucilla Da-
genhart isn’t with us any longer.
She has moved to Charlotte . . .
If you ask Mr. McManus about
his golf he is very hesitant in
answering, but I understand he
is doing very well.
Maude Talley has. three addi
tions to her family-—three kit
tens . . . Ernestine gave a birth
day party for her son, Wesley,
who is six years old . . . Nancy
Porter and her family went to
Baidin this weekend to enjoy
their new boat. Her little daugh
ter, Sharon, was in the May Day
progra.n at Jack and Jill School.
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Finishing
at White
Bj
Katie Lee
Sellers
Geneva Smith’s father is living
with her now and she is so glad
to have him . . . Ginger Bible and
husband and small son visited
her mother and father in Ten
nessee last weekend . . . Pernie
Harvell and husband visited her
aunt in Lawsonville last week
end. Irene Hill and family vis
ited in the mountains last week
end.
Annie Holder enjoyed the all-
night singing in Winston-Salem
last weekend. Pauline Menden
hall’s son David, had his tonsils
removed last week; he got along
just fine. Mae Hamblin had visi-
-ors from Virginia last weekenc’
Ruth Cooper has been out of
work with her husband and small
son who had pneumonia . . .
They are better now. Yours truly
had company from South Caro
lina.
We want to welcome Christine
Gill, Ollie Colson and Carrie Bat
tle to our department . . . Bertha
Prince spent a recent weekend
Dungaree
By
Olive
Overby
The girls in Dungaree gave
Betty Black a stork shower re
cently . . . Nina Martin’s daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Jerry Jurreen from Wallace,
spent the weekend with her.
Mae Pegram’s daughter and
family from Texas visited with
her . . . Ina Westmoreland, her
husband and a group of friends
spent a weekend fishing at Long
Beach. (No luck!)
Nelia Albertson spent the
week in Tennessee with her
daughter . . . Earline Elkes and
family toured the Blue Ridge
Parkway recently . . . Dot
Thompson and her sister gave a
picnic-style dinner for their pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Har-
relson, on their 25th wedding
anniversary.
Operators in this department
want to congratulate Mr. Short
on his wadding and wish him
much happiness , . . Olive Over
by and Emma Charles visited
the Western Electric plant at
their open house recently.
The first census of hospitals
was made in 1873, according to
the AHA. At that time there
were 178 hospitals, with some
34,000 beds.
in Philadelphia and Gastonia . . .
Ruth Torrence spent a weekend
in Morehead City.
Our sympathy goes to Mary
Alston and Cora Spencer during
the illness and death of their
mother.
If you want to go to Winston-
Salem go with Mary Alston. She
will take you through Mocksville
and wind up at Chimney Rock.
I hospitals.
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McMlLLAN
CROMER
THREE FINE ONES—Gregory Steven McMillan strikes an im
pressive pose for the camera. He is the son of Ola Cowan Mc
Millan at Sherrod. Richard Cromer is the son of Mary Ruth
Cromer andi was four years old April 18 when he celebrated with
a party. Mary is in Ladies' Dept. Austin Ross Carpenter, Jr.. is
the 15-months-old son of Betty Carpenter of Ladies' Department.