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THE MILL WHISTLE
March 1, 1943
Mention Around the Mills
Rayon Mill
By Ray Warner
Robert Sherwood and son, Tommie,
O'! Newport News, Va., visited his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sherwood, over
the past weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Hopper and
daughter, Jane, were guests of Mrs.
Jack Bateman on Monday.
Pfc. Paul Murphy, Co. C, 106 Eng.
Bn. (C) APO 31, Camp Shelby, Miss.,
is home at this time visiting his par
ents and friends.
Albert Wyatt and family has moved
from Brooks Cross Roads to Matrimony
Heights, Leaksville.
Pvt. Clarence Weaver, of the U. S.
■ Army, has recently visited relatives
and friends in Leaksville-Spray.
Mr. and Mrs. James Benton are re
ceiving congratulations on the birth of
a son, James Leon, on February 13.
We are glad to report that King
Shropshire, who has been ill for sev
eral months, has returned to work.
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Finishing Mill
By Annie May Manuel
Mrs. Myrtle Alderman had as guest
over the weekend, Mr. and" Mrs. Rob
ert Burroughs, the former her brother,
of Newport News, Va., and her father,
T. J. Burroughs. They had a grand
time together.
Mrs. Ellen Paschal and three chil
dren, of Carohna Heights, spent Satur
day with her sister, Mrs. Flossie
Strader.
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Bleachery
By Georgia Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hundley and
Mr. and Mrs. Grissom Manley were 6
o’clock dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Edd Flynn, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Renfroe Atkins, of
Burlington, N. C., spent a few days
with friends and relatives here last
week.
Calvin Knight and Donald Keysey,
student^ at Campbell college, Buies
Creek, N. C., spent the past weekend
with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Knight.
Pvt. Frank Boone, son of Mrs. Mar
garet Boone, has completed his basic
training at Miami, Fla., and is now
stationed at 5th TSS, Bks. 434, .Chanute
Field, 111.
Bobby Burnette, of State college,
Raleigh, visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Burnette, of Draper, the
past weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Buckner an
nounces the birth of a daughter, Feb
ruary 19, at Leaksville hospital.
Mrs. Prudence Martin, who has re
cently been a patient at Leaksville hos
pital, is now at home and reported to
be getting along nicely. Others who
are out due to sickness are Mrs. Annie
Meeks, Elvie Underwood and Henrietta
Caudle.
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Karastan Mill
By Dorothy Manley
The Young People of the Moravian
church entertained in the home of Ruth
Crowder on Monday night for Artis
(“Pee-Wee”) Carter, of the ' Shipping
Department. Artis is leaving on Fri
day for Camp Croft,' S. C., where he
I will be inducted into the army. Good
luck, Pee-Wee! Your friends at Karas
tan will follow you with interest.
Dillard Marshall and son spent Tues
day in Danbury.
Roger Myers has been absent from
work for some time. Where are you,
Roger, or is it a military secret?
Bessie Simmons has been transferred
from Shipping Department to weaver.
Minnie Belton spent Saturday in
Winston-Salem.
Harry Reynolds, of Burling Room, is
leaving to go on a defense job.'
Ray Gilbert is leaving Friday to be
examined for the army.
Jo Gilley is on the sick list. We hope
you’ll soon be better.
Everybody in the Setting Depart
ment certainly misses Vergie Davis.
Take care of yourself and hurry back.
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Blanket Mill
By Katherine Turner
Mrs. Lily Barnard and Wesley Over
by, who recently underwent operations
at Leaksville hospital, are much better
according to latest reports.
It has been noted that some of the
girls are losing some sleep in theif
effort to give Uncle Sam a break on
the income tax business.
Clifford Ball, of the Navy, and Otis
Chilton, of the Army, were at home
for the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Slayton and
family visited in Greensboro during
the weekend.
George Mead, Fieldcrest road, was
host to several friends at an old-time
“break down” Saturday night. Music
was furnished by Elmer Smart and his
Hill-Billies,' and everybody seemed to
have a fine time, especially E. T.
Wright, Jesse Underwood, Henry
Stultz, Harry Roach, James Stevens,
George Minter, Franklin Fargis and
Henry Mize.
To the boys in camp: My, but you
should see us girls wearing your pants.
But, gosh, we fill the space!
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Bedspread Mill
By Morell Conner
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gray, of Berk
ley, W. Va., were guests of Mrs. Har
less Cundiff the past week.
Mrs. Edna Taylor went to Washing
ton last week to attend the marriage
of her daughter, Miss Lettie Cundiii.
Mrs. Sallie Stultz spent Saturday in
Martinsville.
Visitors in town from the armed
forces this past week were Thomas
HulchersC'n, Harold Tucker, Moral Mc
Culloch and Jimmy Hall, all of the
Navy, and Frances Buckner, • of tlie
Army.
Patsy Bain and James W. Griggs are
on the sick hst this week.
• Leaving Friday, February 26, for the
armed forces are Jesse Burcham, Philip
Welborn and Leonard Richardson.
If you’ve heard this before, stop me:
A certain fellow went to the rationing
board requesting an additional three
gallons of gasoline. “What do you need
extra gas for;” asked the clerk. “To go
to my mother-in-law’s funeral,” said
he. “No, sir-ee,” rephed the clerk,”
that’s a pleasure trip.
Bowling is good exercise. In case
anyone doesn’t know how, see John
Coleman, Weave Room.
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A young Cockney lad and a general
were discussing the present situation.
Said the boy: “My father says one
bloomin’ politician is a bigger bloody
fool than another.” “If that’s how he
felt,” asked the general, “why did he
volunteer before his time came to be
conscripted?” “Oh,” was the reply,
“ ’e told me all abaht that before he
went awiy, ‘Son,’ ’e said, ‘we ain’t
fightin’ this war for them swarmy
’ypocrites of politicians. We’re fighin’
it to keep the most important right an
Englishman ’as—the right to be against
the government’.”
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The old couple sat quietly before
the fireplace. At length the white-
haired husband turned to his wife.
“What are you thinking about,
Mary?” he asked.
'■ “Well, John,” she replied, “I have
been thinking about our long life to
gether, and how it can’t go on forever
like this, and how soon one of us will
have to go.”
“Yes,” said John, “but there’s no use
in worrying about it.”
“Oh, I wasn’t worrying,” said Mary,
“I was just thinking that when it did
happen I’d like to go to California to
live.”