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WEAVING
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J. H Broadway found a good
pocket knife In front of his smoke
house door. He shows It and uses
it in public, but no one claims It
Jimmy Jordan of the U. S. Ma
rines was home during one of the
past weekends.
Floyd Soots Is now at Fort
Bragg where he can be at home
on weekends.
We surely do miss Dorcas Vog
kr who is undergoing treatment
in the Charlotte Memorial Hos
pital. We want to wish her a
speedy recovery.
We are sorry that Eunice Dan
iels is out sick. She has been out
for the past three weeks, and we
hope she will soon be back.
Mrs. Orpha Angel Smith wishes
to thank each and every one of
her friends here in Cooleemee
who were so kind while she was
in the hospital recovering from
an accident. She spent quite some
time there but is now at home
and invites everyone to visit her.
Mary Everhardt is out side, but
we hope she will soon be back.
Van Swicegood is out sick, also.
We hope his illness is a short
one and that he will soon be
back.
Production Control
Reporter: BCUholen
We want to welcome our three
newcomers, Mary Alice Jarvis,
Frances Campbell and Louise
Stroud. Glad to have you, girls!
Lena Milholen, just back from
a week in Florida, reports a fine
trip.
Did you know Bill Shaver likes
mountain water from upper Row
an County?
We were happy to receive a
letter from Imogene Isley who
worked with us this summer. She
is now attending Queens College
in Charlotte.
What's causing that big smile
on Geneva Koontz's face these
days? It isn't vitamin pills????
Mrs. Mozelle Gillian entertain
ed the Secret Pal Club at her
home in Woodleaf Tuesday night.
After several games, delicious re
freshments were served. Geneva
and Lena are still arguing as to
whom the best checker player is.
A surprise visitor the other day
was L. G. Scott, one of our for
mer employees now in the Army.
The rookie was crazy to get
married—but he didn't know it
'til after he got married.
EHWIN CHATTEB
Spinning I
Repartees: Utetoaa MrfHinlcil
Met. BeOe Iladgiai, Lee Tfraadar
James Reed, Jr., son-in-law of
Charlie Pierce, has been at home,
after serving overseas for 2%
years. Jimmy says the hunting is
more fun here. No Japs.
Our assistant overseer certain*
ly put fisherman's luck to shame
last week He caught an 8-Ih.
carp.
Mrs. Gloria Ridenhour received
word from the War Department
that her son, CpL Otis Riden
hour, is a prisoner in Germany.
Mrs. Mamie Leach has an 8-Ib. >
son, John William, bora Octo
ber 27th.
Tommy Carter has been home
for five days with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carter.
We are glad to have Inez Sain
back with us again, after being
out while recovering from an op
eration-
Thomas Shoaf won the turkey
at the carnival Maybe he will
have us in tor a turkey dinner
According to letters received
here, some of our boys have had
a reunion in the Pacific. Those
meeting were "Dink** and "Hoot"
Canupp, and Henry Munday and
Lawrence Miller. All four aie
serving with the U. S. Navy. Tins
was the Canupp brothers' first
meeting in two years.
We are glad to report that
Lawrence Driver is home an
leave.
Lee Trexler says it gets so cold
on Riverside Drive that if you
put a broom handle under the
thermometer the mercury would
run down on the handle.
Adam Jordan seems to be hap
py these days. He has been sing
ing a lot. Who's your teacher,
Adam?
Skipping
Reporters: Owen Wagoner, Paul
Livengood, Wilson Martin,
L. M. Miller
Garland Page is going back on
the first shift, but we can't blame
him tor he's getting to be where
he wants to be.
Otis Fowler is improving nicely
after undergoing an operation.
We'll be glad to welcome him
back.
Johnny Pruitt got his little fin
ger broken several weeks ago but
is still working.
Frank Fisher has been out tor
several weeks due to illness.
Booker T. Williams had his
house remodeled and saved the
sawdust to help out on his fuel
urply shortage this winter.
Mathew Kelser's wife had an
operation several weeks ago and
is improving nicely.
Folie Murph has pigs on hand
for sale. Don't come at night to
buy one though, for you might
catch one of the rats. Folie says
they are larger than the pigs.
Booker T. Williams was fortu
nate enough to get in 64 hours
last week, and when he got his
check and saw he had forty dol
lars he nearly had a nervous
breakdown. He is better now that
he has spent most of it
Thomas E. Clement has a new
baby at his home.
Mrs. Ernie Foster was so en
thused over the election that he
reported sick and had the day
off.
Ed Brown has been so busy
working that he says he has not
had time to 'possum hunt.
The second shift boys are glad
to hear of J. L. Fleming's family
having a new home.
A group of British and Ameri
can sailors were swapping yarns
about their ships. "I'm curious
about your carriers," said one
British tar. "Just how fast are
they?"
One American turned over his
wad of gum and said, "Well, to
tell you the truth, chum," he re
plied, we don't rightly know. All
they've been required to do so
far is to keep up with the planes."
November, 1914
GENERAL COTTON
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that again may mean the differ
ence between a battle won or
lost if the photographers do not
have the film they need of the
highest quality. It has been truly
said that this flannel plays a part
in this war through more indirect
means than any other single fab
ric we can name.
Other flannels, such as the
Blue Flannelette cloth, are now
bong used to make our wounded
soldiers more comfortable in the
Army hospitals, and small though
this may seen it may be just as
important to that injured boy as
his rifle was to him when in ac
tion.
A great deal has been said
about the rehabilitation of for
eign countries being occupied by
the Allied forces or being sub
jected to many hardships due to
their direct supply being cut off
by this war. Hundreds of thou
sands of yards of Rrwin materials
are bong finished ?* Cooleemee,
which will go to the African
countries under oui Lend-Lease
program. When our Army land
ed in North Africa, boat loads of
clothing materials followed at
their heels. With many of the
natives, this meant the -first
chance to obtain cloth for neces
sary clothes. With the war di
verting clothing material to other
uses, the natives had long since
lost their usual sources of sup
ply.
An interesting side light into
this matter of native clothing
comes to us when w*» understand
that their basic garment is a six
to twelve yard length of cloth
wrapped around their body in
several layers, following the same
trend observed by their ancestors
generations ago.
Despite the heat of the African
climate, much clothing is worn as
it provides protection from the
heat of the day, as well as the
coolness of the night
It might be said that history is
repeating itself at Cooleemee,
North Carolina, where the Er
win Mills is again producing fab
rics for war use as it did in World
War I. To those men and women
who make up this home battle
front must go the greatest share
of credit in getting these items
to the fighting fronts, to occu
pied countries and to our hos
pitals and supply depots where
they mean just as much to ulti
mate victory as a tank, a gun,
or a plane.