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Page Two THE MILL WHISTLE August S, 1942 MENTION AROUND THE MILLS Correspondents The following correspondents have been selected for the purpose of gath ering news from their respective mills. Any news items—about yourself, your family, yoiir friends and neighbors— should be given to them. Don’t be bash ful; people like to read about you just as much as you like to read about them. Blanket: Mrs. Katherine Turner. Sheeting: Warren Hubbard. Bedspread: Morell Connor. Finishing: Mrs. Lois Hill. Central Warehouse: Mrs. May bud Stanley. Rayon: Ray Warner. Bleachery: Miss Georgia Thomas. Office. Howard Sheffield. Woolen: Mrs. Maggie M. Harris. Tow'el: Mrs. Virginia Witt Williams. Hosiery: C. D. Looney. Karastan: Miss Dorothy Manley. Blanket Mill Carl Overby, of Piney Point, Md., spent Friday with his parents. Pvt. Clarence Burnett spent the week end with his sister, Mrs. Lon Fayne, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Strader are en joying a visit from their daughter, Alma, of Danville. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Squires are visit ing relatives in Burlington, N. C., and Roanoke, Va., this week. Carl Powell of the U. S. Army en joyed the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Powell. Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Shropshire and son, and Miss Ruby Setliff spent Sun day with friends in Cascade, Va. George Johnson of Newport News spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. May and children, and Miss Hope Davison spent last week at Fairy Stone Park. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Moote were Sun day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rea. Howard Mills, of Langley Field, is spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McBride and two small sons, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Slayton and son and Mrs. E. C. McBride spent the weekend with E, C. McBride, at Camp Lee, Va. Among those leaving for camp this week are the following Draper boys: Thomas B. Yeatts, Samuel Henry Reeds, Roy Troy Spain, William Frederick Hall,, Paul Robert Burch and Jesse O^ell Bolick. Sergeant Nathan Powell, of Fort Bragg, spent the weekend with his wife, the former Miss Margaret Tucker, of the Draper Mill office. Mrs. B. J. Carter and daughter, Jackie, visited Mrs. Carter’s mother in the Valley of Virginia last weekend. Bedspread Mill Allen Hodge, U. S. Navy, recently spent a ten day furlough with his wife in Leaksville. Charles Litaker, U. S. Navy, spent the past week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Litaker, on the Boulevard. Among those leaving this week for the Army are Quecell Lamar, Claude Stokes, Marion Beck and Eugene Moretz. Finishing Mill (Mrs. Lois Hill, our correspondent in the Finishing Mill, writes that most of the folks have been out this week so there is nothing to report there. We hope to have a lot of news from -this plant in our next issue.) Bleachery Mrs. Evie Royster and daughter Dixie Rae attended the Southwide B. T. U. Assembly at Ridgecrest, N. C., last week. Misses Celia King, Hilda- and Ethel Joyce spent the weekend with the form er’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeb King and Miss Lena Banner in BurnlSville, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Glass and son Reeder, of Louisville, Ky., are spend ing a few days with Mr. Glass’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Glass. Mr. Glass, who is now studying at the Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, de livered the Sunday morning message at Spray Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Chilton and chil dren, accompanied by Mrs. Mabel Shu- ford, visited relatives in Burnsville, N. C., last weekend. Mrs; J. M. Knight and son Joe spent last weekend visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Thomas, of Fieldale, Va. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Flynn were the weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. How ard Fitz, of Reidsville, N. C. Misses Elaine and Ruby Parker, Messrs. Lester Barrett and Ray Strut- ton motored to Fairy Stone Park, Sun day. Mrs. Floyd Underwood and Mrs. George Caudle were in Danville, Va., shopping Saturday. Mrs. Eliza Washburn and daughter Sunshine were weekend guests in the home of her sister, Mrs. J. E. Barker, Boxwood, Va. Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Meeks had as dinner guests, Saturday, Mrs. M. E. Roberts, Mrs. Eva Phillips, Mrs. Jewell Jefferson and two children, Peggie and Donalla, of Reidsville, N. C., and Mrs. P. M. Thornton, of Leaksville. Mrs. Richard Trent and baby Shellie Ann, of Newport News, Va., are visit ing Mrs. Trent’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Meeks. Mrs. Gladys Holland underwent an appendectomy operation last week at the Leaksville hospital. Her many friends wish for her a speedy recovery. Miss Gladys Atkins is a patient in the Shackelford hospital, Martinsville, Va. Mrs. Irene Knight has returned to work after being out several weeks due to a sprained ankle. Rayon Mill Tom Thompson, of the U. S. Navy, a former employee of the Rayon Mill, recently spent a few days in Spray visiting relatives and friends. Corp. Jack Woodlief and Sgt. Vincent Ramano, from Fort Bragg, were week end visitors at the home of Corp. Wood- lief’s father, W. D. Woodlief. Mr. and Mrs. Buck Richardson and Mrs. Bessie Bateman recently visited the latter’s husband. Jack Bateman, in Wilmington, N. C., where he is em ployed in the ship yards. One thing they did not enjoy while there was the air raid alarm they experienced. How ever nothing happened except the loss of a few heart beats. False alarm?— “We hope”. Howard Barton, superintendent of the Rayon Mill, has returned to his office after a week’s vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Barton motored to Norfolk, Va., where they visited their ?on. Private Carl (Bill) Barton, of the U. S. Army. R. M. Hornbuckle, foreman at the Rayon Mill, is taking his vacation this week. Happy motoring, “Bob”. Miss Gaynell McCollum has retu to the office after a two weeks’ v' tion, visiting friends and many cal places of interest in New Ye. Massachusetts. She was accompam home by Miss Sarah Slate, a student at Atlantic Union College, South Lan caster, Mass., who will spend her sum mer vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Slate. The “hundred percenters” of the junior and senior Councils, who enjoyed the splendid picnic and supper at the Meadow Greens Country Club on Sat urday evening from the Rayon Mill were: W. D. Woodlief, C. H. Hall, Jesse Lea, E. B. Hodges, R. M. Hornbuckle, Thomas Jenkins, Chester Robertson, Mozelle Richardson, Bessie Bateman, Kathleen Hill, Walter Hundley, Ray Warner. Wyatt' Roberts, Carson Slaughter and Frank Mitchell, employees at the Rayon Mill are leaving for U. S. Army camp this week, We wish you a lot of luck, boys! With elections coming on maybe it would be well to remember this one: Two Negro men were listening to a politican making a speech seeking re- election. After listening for several minutes one Negro turned to the other and asked: “Who is dat man?” “Dunno,” returned lljhe other, “but he sho’ do recommend hisself.” -
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