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THE MILL WHISTLE
April 23, 1945
round the Mills
Bedspread Mill
By Anne Murphy
Miss Catherine Blackburn gave her
father and brother a joint surprise
birthday dinner, Sunday, April 15, 1945.
The dining room was decorated beauti
fully for the occasion with young spring
flowers. Each honoree received many
useful gifts.
Mrs. Sadie Meeks and son. Tommy,
visited their husband and father last
week in Durham, N. C. where he is en
gaged in defense work.
Doris Barnes, Letetia Scott, Eda Fraz
ier and Mrs. Young were week-end.
shoppers in Danville, Va.
Will someone please give or sell Mr.
G. M. Vernon a Schick razor. He gave
his to his son, George, who is in the Na
vy for Uncle Sam and he needs one
badly.
Maggie Shropshire is walking on the
clouds this week. She is looking for her
son, Joseph, home just any day. She re
ceived a letter a short time ago stating
that he was coming home to get that
chicken and dumplings he had been
longing for so long. Joseph has been in
the service for Uncle Sam six years and
has been overseas for 30 months.
Mrs. Ruby Murray and family visited
her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Cochran, of Elkin, N. C., over the
week-end.
Porter Fuller took a little visit out in
the- country last week and ate so much
country ham that he broke two of
his jaw teeth. So there was not any-
. thing else to do but just have them pul-
Ted. He is getting along pretty good now.
We hope you have better luck next time.
Porter.
Lora McAllister is still on our sick list.
We hope she will soon be well and back
with us.
Mae Anderson and her mother gave
her sister, Estelle, a surprise birthday
party Saturday night marking her nine
teenth birthday. About. twenty guests
were present and Estelle received many
lovely and useful gifts. The hostess serv
ed old maid cake, ice cream and lemon
ade.
Lance (Squat)' Martin has taken up
dancing as his hobby and from all re
ports he was really dancing in high gear,
Saturday night at a nearby dance hall.
Now, Squat, can this be really true?
Sgt. and Mrs. J. T. Duggins, Jr., are
visiting their.-parents this week, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Duggins, Sr., of Mayodan and
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Tiller of Leaksville.
Sgt. and Mrs. Duggins are still making
their home at Pope Field, Fort Bragg,
where Sgt. Duggins is stationed in the
Army Air Force.
Mr. Wall is without a secretary this
week, as Miss Gwendolyn Fulcher is
getting married to Derwood Moore of
Draper and the Army Air Force in Tex
as. We wish Gwen lots of luck and hap
piness and' we hope Mr. Wall gets along
okay until Gwen gets back from her
honey-moon.
A report just came in that Marvin
Fra.'ier was up in the country near Stu
art, Va., a fev/ days ago. He was invited
in as a special guest along with some
preachers. They had everything de
licious to eat for dinner,but Marvin kept
asking about their frying size chickens.
They finally told him they would have
fryers in about two weeks, so in leaving
Marvin said, “Be looking for me. I’ll be
back in two weeks for a chicken dinner.”
So, we understand Marvin is saving up
his gasoline coupons to go—can this be
true Marvin?
V . . . —
Bleachery
By Charlotte Martin
We welcome Misses Nellie London
and Eunice Buckner as new employees
in the Sewing department. We’re glad
to have you both and hope you enjoy
your work with us.
We’re so glad to have Erah Thomas-
son, Nannie Rutledge and Charlie
Luther back with us after being out
sick.
So sorry that Guy Austin, Edna Mc
Collum, India Hubbard and Elizabeth
McCollum are out sick. Hurry back
folks! We miss you.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Crews and child
ren of Martinsville, Va., spent Saturday
with Mrs. Eliza Washburn.
Elizabeth Meeks spent the week-end
with Sarah Eggleston.
Ruth Burroughs is spending some
time with her mother Mrs. Suzie Wray
in Mayodan.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Richardson and
daughter Gladys, of High Point, were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Richardson.
Mrs. Dick Fowler and daughter “Dot”
were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Richardson.
It seems like something new has
been added — we have a “news con
denser” as well as a “news reporter” in
the Bleachery. A certain item com
pletely vanished from last week’s issue.
Wonder if anyone could help us decide
what became of it.
Oh yes, a wonderful time was had
by all at the Junior Council dance (I
think) Friday the 13th.
A daily prayer •—■ “Dear,Lord, please|
help me to keep my nose out of other
people’s business.”
V . . . —
Central Warehouse
By Maybud Stanley
Mr. Clifford Shipton spent the week
end with his parents near Salisbury
and attended the fiftieth anniversary of
his home church.
Mrs. Weston Nelson of Martinsville,
Va., spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. Gene Nelson;
Mrs. Myrtle Brown returned to work
on Monday after being sick for the past
two weeks.
Those on the sick list at this time
Doris Newman, Gladys Spangler and
Homer Ratliff.
Misses Sanora and Maude Parker had
Sunday guests, Mrs. Myrtle Rutledge
and daughter Carolyn, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Vipperman, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Par
ker, Miss Ellie Sykes, Mrs. Philip Os
borne and children, Phyllis Anne and
Philip Jr., Missess Margaret Mills and
Arabella West.
Well, Crib today is my birthday, you
just ought to see my nice gifts,it made
me forget how old I am. As you know
Nan and Myrtle remembered me in a
big way and several others too. We’re
not going to forget June 28th, a very
important date in the packng depart
ment.
Big Minnie has bought Little Minnie
a real baby bed, believe it or not. She is
tucked in every night.
V . . . —
Nantucket Building
By W. A. Gardner
While April Showers are falling—
Heck! This is no way to start a column
but it is raining and everybody looks so
sleepy and not one smidgin of news in
sight.
Ellen Ray Story made a long, long,
trip to Tennessee—probably in “those
hills.”
Mr. John Price is working in the Engi
neering department part time and it
surely is nice to see his smiling counte
nance around Nantucket.
Mrs. Lamar is entitled to hold her
nose 1/32 of an inch higher because she
is now Mrs. Petty Officer Lamar. Con
gratulations Lib, to you and Runt and
tell him to hurry home.
Willie Williams is busy studying Work
Simplification, and it seems a harder job
to simplify than to do it. Or is it?
Tom Dillon was seen chewing gum the
other day. I don’t think that works out
very well for retreads, Tom. Can’t you
think of a better way to help those tires
out, such as reducing weight?
Pete Holmes is looking for a movie
projector—^for Work Simplification
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