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Page Six February 1, 1943 (Column 1) LETS GET ACQUAINTED (Picture 1) Merle Wilitehurst Construction office, is 21, comes from Toronto. Boy friend is in R.C.A.F. overseas. She's been here a year. Sewing is her hobby. (Picture 2) George K. Smith, Assistant Director of Training, is married and the father of a boy and girl. His home is in Courtice. (Picture 3) Line No. 3's Evelyn Beck likes to dance. She has been around Ajax a year now. Her home is in Charlottetown, P. E. I. Evelyn is 21. (Picture 4) Guard Harry Holman, veteran of both this and the last war, has a boy who is a Regimental Sergeant-Major overseas. He lives in Whitby. (Picture 5) This is Florence Beck 23, Evelyn's sister. She came here last August, likes to skate and dance. Florence is an Inspector on Line No. 2.(Column 2) No. 1 Line EVELYN HANDLEY, FRANCIS IRISH, EDNA LINTON, LORNA PUCKRIN, Reporters Howard Pickard, Foreman on A shift, has been called up for service. [ He is a fine chap and we wish him all the luck in the world. Several new girls have been transferred to us from Line No. 3 and we are glad to have them with us. Kay Woodfine of 104 has returned from her home in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, where she spent the Christmas season with her parents. Mrs. Rose Veal, formerly of Inspection, has given up her job as Group Leader for a job with Security as a Woman Examiner. The gang all wish her the best of luck in her new position. Room 102 welcomes in its midst Mr. Charles Wickens, who has taken on the duties of Foreman. Charlie has already become very popular with the gang in 102. We are glad to see the smiling faces of Mary Dorrington, Helen Clarke, Cavell Buckley and Genevieve (Vi) Bruce back on B shift. The girls are looking tops after their Christmas visit to the Maritimes. It is rumoured that Kathleen Ry- land of 108A has a sparkler on the third finger, left hand. You guessed ! it, Wilbur McEachern, also of 108A, is the lucky guy. Line No. 1 welcomes Mr. J. Bainbridge in his new capacity as Line No. 1 Safety Supervisor. We are all out to maintain our good safety record we know that we will get the full cooperation of Mr. Bainbridge in doing that. The many friends of Norma Ham-ley on Line No. 1 were sorry to say good-bye to her late in December. She was very well known on B shift, having worked in Building 110 and as a shift clerk for Mr. Gahan. She was later appointed secretary to Mr. Loucks. We all wish her the best of luck and future happiness. Private Charles Morden of the R.C.O.C, Kingston, Ontario, former employee of Room 110, C shift, was home on leave over the week-end. We all extend our best wishes to the members of our Ajax Hockey Team. Keep up the good work, fellows. Department 108, C shift, is glad to have its foreman, Bert Murdock, back on the job after making a quick recovery from pneumonia. Dora Essar, 104, C shift, has left the line due to illness of her mother. We were sorry to see Dora leave as she had many friends. Norval Harris, 102, C shift, celebrated her birthday last week. Many happy returns of last week, Norval. Congratulations, Tom! Mr. McMorrcw is our new Carpenter Foreman for Lines No. 1 and No. 2. He is also the proud father of a new baby daughter, Catherine. Several of the boys overseas have written, thanking A shift for the parcels received from them. It will be remembered some $116 was collected for the purpose. Bill Barraball, Line No. 1, brother of "Papa" Sid Barraball of the Stores, doesn't mind being called Uncle at all. "Just another Hitler-Hater," he says. We hear that Jim O'Connor's Packard had an argument with a milk wagon. Final decision: draw. No. 3 Line ELSIE MAY, PEGGY PROUDFOOT, JOAN WALLACE, Reporters The Blue Shift said good-bye to Mrs. Sturgeon who has been our First Aid nurse ever since the shift started over a year ago. Mrs. Sturgeon left on Friday, January 18, to take up duties at Trinity College, Port Hope. Before leaving she was presented with a beautiful silver dresser set. Best of luck, Mrs. Sturgeon, we are all going to miss you. (Column 3) The First Aid is now in the capable hands of Mrs. Mary Mosely, who is none other than the wife of Mike Mosely, popular young foreman in 310. Ethel Wice of 304 has deserted T.N.T. for the W.A.A.C.'s. Ethel, who has been with us since last August, was presented with an Air Force ring by her fellow workers. Barbara Kemp of 310 left recently to spend a short time at home before going into training as a nurse. Barbara, who formerly came from Line No. 1, was presented with a gift of money by her friends. Carol Lockyer of 310 was presented with a bedspread and pillow set when she left on January 19 to be married. Carol, whose husband is in the armed forces, will make her home in Toronto. Congratulations to Bill Burgis who has been made foreman of 310 on the Red Shift. Mr. Burgis is replacing Paddy Gallagher who will now be in charge of stores. Cupid made another strike in 310 when Murray "Smitty" Smith was married in Oshawa on January 9. The White Shift remembered him with a lovely set of dishes. Also Ethel Taylor has been noticed with a diamond on that certain finger. Congratulations, Ethel. We welcome back George LeDuc as our foreman in 310 again. George left us to go to the Red Shift some months ago. Regretfully 310 said goodbye to a lot of swell "prairie chickens" when they were transferred to other lines. But we hope to see them back some day. Our sympathies to Sophrona Garrett of 316 who so tragically lost her mother and father recently. Our sympathy goes to Margaret Wilson and Rhoda Wilcox of 308 who are both absent because of illness. We wish you a speedy recovery, girls. After working in 310 for a year. Red Rutherford has left to join the R.C.A.F. His friends on the line wish him "Happy Landings." Henry Ashton of 310 is now the proud father of a new daughter. No. 4 Line KAY JIGGINS, LILIAN SHAUBRIDOE. JIMMY WEBB, Reporters Sympathy goes out to Sophrona Garrett, formerly of Room 1416, White Shift, who suffered the loss of her mother and father. Deepest sympathy is extended to Mrs. Grace Mills, Room 1416, White Shift, who has just received word that her eldest son, John, lost his life at Dieppe. Best of luck to Margaret Allard and Irvin (Robbie) Robinson who have left 1408 to join the army. Margaret was presented with a leather writing kit and Robbie a pen and pencil set. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Elliott wish to thank everyone for the lovely floor lamp presented to them on Vera's departure from the Line. Art Norland of Room 1416, Red Shift, showed up with two frozen ears on Wednesday. Don't be surprised to see him wearing red ear muffs. Dorothy McDonald of the Red Shift has enlisted in the army. Happy days, Dorothy. Victor Hayden of Room 1416, Red Shift, was snowed under at Port Perry for two days and has just dug his way out. The employees of the Red Shift presented Allan Deeth, their former shift supervisor, with a silver cocktail set. Al now assumes the position of assistant line superintendent. Good luck, Al. February 14 is St. Valentine's Day. Make this year's Valentine a tank, by enclosing War Savings Stamps! A Valentine tank may cost $75,000, but you can keep one running by providing plenty of bill bearings at 20 cents each. (Column 4) Staff MARY MCKENZIE. Reporter During the first two weeks of January almost everyone suffered from colds or the flu, but we notice most people are back at work again. We said good-bye last week to our friend Norm Ross, who handled the teletype in the Administration Building so ably. Norm has joined the Air Force, and as a token of our appreciation for his friendly, obliging service, a leather utility case was presented to him. Good luck. Norm! Several interesting lectures in the Job Relation Training Conferences were conducted by Mr. W. H. Campbell of the Bell Telephone Company. Among those in attendance at these lectures were Mr. Nalty of the Nobel Works, Mrs. Middleton and Mr. MacEwen of the Valleyfield plant. We wish to welcome Mr. Amos Barrie to the Planning Department. Mr. Barrie was formerly on Line No. 3 and is working in the Planning Department on Rejects. Miss Elaine Piper, Miss Carol Cassidy and Mrs. Josephine Evans are new additions to the Stenographers' Pool. Elaine is now a resident of the Village. She and Pat Piper of the Cost Department are sisters. Carol is from Scarborough and Josephine is from Whitby. We hope you girls will enjoy working with us in the Administration Building. Mrs. Maclntyre, nee Marjorie Glendinning, entertained several of her D.I.L. friends at dinner in her home a short time ago. The girls enjoyed an excellent chicken dinner and a very nice evening. Transportation Department EDITH MELLEY, WALLY CARLETON, Reporters Sorry our column was missing last issue, but our co-helper was still lost in a fog after New Year's, so . We wonder what all the doubting Thomases are thinking now. We have faint (?) recollections of their prophesying last October when we were having those delightful Indian Summer days (or did we?), that the girl drivers would last just until the first heavy snow fall, and frightened us with weird tales of snow banks higher than the cars, and the roads like skating rinks. Well, brothers, we are asking you: how have the girls measured up to your predictions? Don't be afraid to admit you were wrong and give the girls some encouragement they would appreciate it. Just a warning to the housewives of Ajax! Do not hang hubby's red flannels on the line on wash days as we have a girl driver who has expressed a desire for a pair, and we did hear her casually mention that she was watching a certain clothes line at the highway that sported a size 40. Has anyone noticed the "swanky" tartan tie and suspenders Jeff Bailey is sporting since Christmas? There is an amusing legend connected with them and Jeff is always eager to relate it, so, bend an ear! We hope to have Ethel Martin back with us again. She writes she has just returned from Toronto General Hospital and has had another operation on her leg which has not set properly. A speedy recovery, Ethel, and we are all waiting to welcome you back. Work Wanted by skilled man, with plenty of experience, highest references and temperate habits on Clentrac. No objections to Alaska. Contact "Smoke Bomb" Building 2007. The 4-12 shift had a pot-luck supper on Saturday night last week and yum! yum! Hot escalloped potatoes; Boston baked beans; cabbage salad; (Column 5) pickles; lettuce; celery and radishes to keep up our "Wim" and "Wigcr." As a special treat, we had fresh strawberries, also pie, cookies and grapes! The girls certainly know how to put on a feast, but oh! the pounds and the spare tires! Amy Thompson is our Quiz girl of Transportation and always has a new puzzle. She assures us a drizzle now isn't described as rain, but two drips going steady. The Car Checkers, due to the prevailing scarcity of efficient help, have become greatly understaffed and have as a result, become so proficient in chasing and capturing errant cars that their activity has become, in many cases, almost miraculous. One of the Checkers, operating in the Stonehouse area, noticed a large white owl in an adjoining field preying on meadow mice. Springing into action he gave chase and managed to seize the bird by the tail as it was rising in the air, some ten feet from the ground. The captive proved to be a very fine specimen of an arctic owl, a rare visitor to Southern Ontario. After exhibiting his prize at the Stonehouse, the bird was allowed its freedom in the hope that it would remain in the neighbourhood and be available in order that the Checkers, during their periods off duty, might repeat the performance and so keep fit to efficiently fulfill the demands made upon them by the Control Executive. Pellet and Tracer LOUIE KING, BETTY SEXTY, JIM PICKARD, Reporters We are sorry to hear of Rita Griffenham's motor accident while coming to work one day, but we are very happy to know that no one was seriously injured. On behalf of the White Shift, we are also sorry about Ella Switzer being in the hospital. We trust she is well on the road to recovery and will soon be with us again. Apparently Bill Martyn has a method in his madness with regard to his inability to make his car start. Ho has to be pushed half way to Toronto to get going. Now he claims he is getting 18 miles to the gallon of gas. News of the Red Shift: One of our Group leaders, Rene Zufelt, has been in the Oshawa General Hospital undergoing an operation. Rene is coming along fine and left the hospital January 19. She is now convalescing at home and we hope she will be back with us soon. Speedy recovery, Rene! Madlyn McKenzie has been transferred from the Cap and Det. Line to our line. We hope Madlyn will like being with us as much as we like having her. Margaret Bachand, who hails from Fort William, has left to get married. Another wartime marriage! Good luck, and all the happiness, Marg.! Does anybody need any sauerkraut? There is a large barrel of it outside somebody's door up in the village and it seems a lot of people like it and are helping themselves. If you want any, get in touch with the Red Shift and we will direct you to "that certain back door" on Windsor Avenue. In our last news it was forgotten to mention that there was $7.00 left over from the Red Shift Christmas Frolic. This money was sent to Toronto to the Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund. We are sure it made some small children very happy. Are there any men at D.I.L. who need a valentine for Valentine's Day? There are quite a number of good looking gals on the Red Shift. So, if you want a date for February 14, get in touch with the Red Shift. Kay Doyle and Lillian White of Charlottetown, P.E.I., and Edith Whoever you are, wherever you are, take part of your change in War Savings Stamps.