August 5, 1946
THE MILL WHISTLE
Five
Pre-Fab Houses
(Continued from Page One)
is the case of one who is living with his
wife in one room with the stork expect
ed in October. There are others who
have not been able to bring their fami
lies here because of housing difTiculties.
The Tri-City Veterans’ Housing Com
mission was formed to help alleviate
the housing problems of returned ser
vice men. Members of the Commission
are: C. P. Wall, retired superintendent
of the Bedspread Mill, chairman; W. F.
Humbert, Engineering Department head,
vice-chairman; J. O. Thomas, Personnel
Manager, secretary; B. E. I vie, Leaks-
ville Bank and Trust Company, treas
urer; and Lester Fulcher, Duke Power
Company, member of the Commission.
Shown below is a tabulation from the
Commission’s records of the purchasers
and of the sites selected:
John H. Mize, William D. Crowson,
Barney J. Carter, Joseph E. Holliman,
Jr., Marvin William Smith, Stuart T.
Maynard (already occupied), Newtown
section of Draper.
William H. Stewart, Carlton Chamb
ers, A. D. Carter, Jr., Merriman Avenue,
Draper. George E. Hopkins, Cascade
Road, Draper.
Virgil Cochran, Meadow Summit
Road; Allen Flynn, Lawrence Street,
Spray; Matthew F. Ore, Stoneville Road;
John L. Troxler, Reidsville Road; George
W. Holland, Third Street, Spray; Alfred
W. Yarborough, Ridgeway Road; Don
ald R. Storm, Manning Street, Leaks-
ville; George F. Kilner, Moir Street,
Leaksville; William F. Barker, Madison
Road; Frank Ratliff, Virginia Avenue,
Spray; Samuel Wray, Pine Hill, Spray;
LeRoy Moore, Eden Acres; Sam W. Ter
ry, Lincoln Road, Spray; Elmo Lemons,
Eden Acres; George Booker, Ellet Ave
nue, Spray; and H. H. Prilliman, Ridge
crest Drive, Spray.
and the final score was: Di-aper, 17;
Spray, 7.
It certainly is hard to do courting
these days up Boulevard way with
painting gomg on. Don’t worry, though;
eventually it will be complete, and
Hazel Gunn can put the blinds back
again.
Dr. Reeser is having most fun these
hot days with his new infra red heat
machine. All he needs is a nice new
fork to tell if his patients are done v.;hen
he is baking out those aches and pains.
Vivian Winn is away vacationing
these days, and I hear she had a birth
day, too. How many candles on the
cake, Vivian?
Dorothy Reynolds has one of the new
apartments beside the “Y.”
Roger Wilkes was a little puny the
other day, but he doesn’t consider that
news. However, we’ll print it anyway.
Mary Hundley is vacationing at the
beaches. Della Hawkins and Larry
Richards made trips home, respectively.
Della, South, and Larry, North.
Nantucket News
By Hazel Carter
Red Byrd and wife went to Florence,
S. C., on vacation and got sick. Hear it
was caused from drinking too much
water. We wonder what per cent water
it contained.
We hear Betty Jones has a new green
bathing suit and is going to Virginia
Beach, but not by herself.
Inez Taylor has been having some
photography work done. Lately we have
been seeing a large black Oldsmobile
in front of her house. What’s the mean
ing of all this, Inez?
Amy Campbell is spending some time
in Smithfield, Va. Don’t forget to bring
us a ham, Amy?
Jane Reynolds is spending her vaca
tion in Winston.
Everyone is talking about the last ball
game Spray and Draper Wage Bureau
played. They had a very close decision
128 Members Make
Perfect Attendance
At Council Meetings
A total of 73 members of the Carolina
Co-operative Council and o5 members
of the Junior Council had perfect at
tendance records during the Council
year of 1945-1946, according, to a tabu
lation by W. B. Weaver and Anne Dil
lard Grogan, secretaries of the two
organizations. These ‘TOO Per Centers”
will be guests at a picnic at Meadow
Greens Country Club Saturday after
noon, August 17, at 4 o’clock.
Various games and activities have
been planned to provide a good time for
all. Supper, consisting of fried chicken,
boiled ham and all the trimmings, in
cluding watermelon, will be served at
6:30 o’clock.
Roger L. Wilkes is general chairman
on arrangements. Lonnie Cheek and
Fred Duke comprise the outside games
committee and Anne Dillard Grogan
has charge of inside games. Arthur
Whitehead has charge of the awarding
of prizes.
Letters announcing the event and
tickets are being mailed out this week
by the Council secretaries.
HUMOR
The head of a family rounded up all
the umbrellas in his house and took
them downtown to be repaired., Three
days later on his way to work he got
ready to leave the bus and picked up
the umbrella at his side. The woman to
whom the umbrella belonged yelled,
“Stop, thief!” snatched her umbrella
away and berated him in a loud, angry
voice. He withdrew in great confusion.
Late that afternoon he stopped at the
repair shop and picked up the umbrel
las he had left there. Boarding the bus
he saw the same woman staring at him
icily for a moment. Then she said in
scathing tones:
“Well! You certainly had a good day,
didn’t you?”
“I called on Mabel last night and was
hardly inside the door before her mother
asked me about my intentions.”
“That must have been embarrassing.”
“It was. But the worst of it was Mabel
called from upstairs and said, ‘That is
not the right one’.”
Customer: “I want to buy a plow.”
Clerk: “I’m sorry. We have no plows.”
Customer: “Well, this is a heck of a
drug store!”
Two hunters were at a mountain
cabin when one asked the guide, “What
is the weather going to be like tomor
row?”
“Don’t know, boy,” he replied. “Used
to be a man could tell about the weather
but since the government took it over
you can’t tell what it will do.”
Passing a door in the early hours of
the morning a man saw a sign which
read, “Ring the bell for the caretaker.”
He did just that and a sleepy-eyed indi
vidual came to the door.
“What do you want?” asked the man.
“I want to know why you can’t ring
the bell yourself.”
Shorter Address Now
For Retail Store
A new address for the Company’s Re
tail Store in Chicago has been announc
ed by the management and is as follows:
111 North State Sti'eet
Chicago 90, Illinois.
The address formerly used was: State,
Randoiph, Washington and Wabash and
121 State Street. The change was made
in order to provide a uniform and easily
remembered address.
Salesman: “I’ve been trying to see
you all week. When may I make an
appointment?”
Manager: “Make a date with my sec
retary.”
Salesman: “I did that and we had a
grand time but I still want to sec you.”
Employer: “Who told you that you
could neglect your office duties just be
cause I kiss you now and then.”
Secretary: “My attorney.”
Two men were climbing a telephone
pole to repair a cable. A woman driving
her automobile saw them and remarked
to her companion: “Look at those nit
wits. From the way they’re acting you’d
think I’d never driven a car before.”