THE ECHO
Organ of Employees at Ecusta Paper
Corporation, Champagne Paper Cor
poration, and Endless Belt Co.
Published Monthly at
PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
Printed by Champagne Job Printing
Department.
This month we are carrying a group
of articles under the Open Forum.
These are opinions of our employees
on various subjects. We invite others
to contribute to this column. Articles
should not be too long, and should be
along a constructive line on subjects
of interest to all employees.
What would you like to see in the
paper? Do you want personal items?
Do you want to know who gets mar
ried, who has children born, who is
sick, etc.? If you do, some one in
each department will have to be re
sponsible for reporting this news to
the paper. See that your department
has a reporter.
Some one has suggested that we
have a department called the “Trad
ing Post.” In this department an em
ployee can offer to exchange an ar
ticle for which he has no further use
for one that he now needs. As an ex
ample, Paul Meixwell might want to
exchange a gun, fishing* rod, kodak,
or something for a baby carriage. What
other departments would you like to
see in the paper? Let*us have your
suggestions.
□ PEN FORUM
COOPERATION
Kathleen Teague
Here we have a wonderful chance to
really show what cooperation can do.
We have an industry in the making,
and regardless of how competent our
employers may be the chance for suc
cess will be small without the fullest
cooperation of even the most insignifi
cant of our employees. Our combined
efforts can put Ecusta ahead, and make
of something new and undeveloped, a
lasting and permanent thing.
You may feel that your part in this
huge concern is small, but never un
der estimate what your cooperation can
achieve.
I lived in a small town once whose
slogan was “If you can’t pull together,
pull out.” So let’s not have to make
this our slogan—just “Pull Together .
lunch ROOM NEEDED
Mary Sue Thoryie
Will someone who is good at agitat
ing, start a movement for a Lunch
Room for the employees at Ecusta?
We are not exactly complaining about
having to eat sandwiches, but we have
imposed upon all the different varie
ties already, and of course, one can
get practically anything in the way of
food, excluding a few of the daintier
morsels, at the little store, but the
seating capacity there is somewhat
limited and it just happens to be an old
southern custom to rest one s doggies
while eating.
We are looking forward to the time
when we can forget the bother of lunch
boxes and thermos bottles. Seriously,
we hope that the proper authorities
will promote the idea in the near
future.
This month the paper has been print
ed rather than mimeographed. We
think it looks a little better and is
more easily read. We hope to make
some improvement each issue as long
as our employees are willing to help.
Several of our employees have sent
in contributions for which we are grate
ful. Many of the articles are being
printed in this issue. Due to the lack
of space, others are being held over
until other issues. Some were not
quite suitable for a house organ, but
we appreciate the interest shown, and
perhaps those people will contribute
something more suitable next time.
Remember that this is an employees
paper and it is up to the employees to
make it a success. See that a reporter
is appointed for your shift or depart-
rfient and that he gets the news into
the paper.
As soon as reporters have been se
lected for each department the names
of the members of the staff will be
carried in subsequent issues.
Other than the people whose names
appear with the articles, those who
contributed and otherwise assisted in
publishing this issue were: Bob Clay
ton, Karl Straus, Henry Erwin, Mary
Sue Thorne, R. C. Bullock, W. P. Jor
dan, Katherine Herzig, and Dick Lan-
aeck.
The great cathederal of Cologne, in
Germany, which was begun in 1248,
was completely neglected from the
fifteenth century until 1823. It was
finally completed in 1880, more than
six centuries after it was started.
THE HOUSING SITUATION
Harry Rathje
One of the most important, if not
the most pressing, problems of all
who have recently moved into this
vicinity, or at least have tried to move,
is the housing problem. What can be
done about it? And finally what, if
anything, is going to be done?
Many will agree with me that before
doing big things m the form of recrea
tion for employees, the foremost ques
tion in our minds should be what will
we do, and how will we prepare foi
the next winter so we will not be
caught again by old King Winter.
None of us would like to spend the
next winter under the same circum
stances as the last and now is the time
to prepare—not after the summer, in
the face of an approaching winter—so
my suggestion is let’s get together and
prepare; it cannot be done too quickly.
HOUSING PROBLEM
John II. Ilall
On recognizing the interest that tho
management has taken in each mem
ber of the entire organization, we, the
employees, should voluntarily accept
the responsibility to make this plant
and community better places in which
to work and live. Only through our
combined efforts can we hope to ac
complish this.
We have several things that are con
fronting us now that we must get to
gether and work out such as, housing.
There is a short'’ge of places for em
ployees of the Ecusta plant to live.
People are being crowded in small
aj)artment.s for "which they pay more
than their income will allow. Can’t
we do something about this? Lets
get together and work out some plan.
ATHLETIC PROGRAM
Dorothy McCrary
“All work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy”. Since the greater part
of the work at Ecusta is indoors it
would be profitable to the employees
physically if in the future outdoor
athletics are organized.
As we do not use all of the muscles
in our work, it is a vital necessity that
we have activities outside of our work
that will give us a chance to use our
excess energy and enable us to get the
exercise we need as well. Personally,
we think that an organized form of
athletics is the ideal way to meet these
needs.
Not only would athletics be beneficial
to us physically but it would help us
mentally to some extent. Fresh air
and sunshine, along with plenty of
exercise, would help us to be more ef
ficient in our work. We would event
ually become more alert and more anx
ious to do our work better.
The workers at Ecusta should have
a better social understanding. Given
the chance of becoming better acquaint
ed, we would eventually become a more
cooperative band of workers. As it is
now it is almost an impossibility to
know our fellow workers as we should.
The best possible solution to this prob
lem is—athletics, something that would
bring us in closer contact with each
other.
Taking into consideration these facts
we believe that it would be profitable
to all concerned if we had some form
of athletics.
UNEMPIX)YMENT
Sarah ITedden
Tree-planting activities on Ameri
can farms have doubled since 1935,
tho distribution of trees to
farmers in 1938 comparing with
150,197 three years previous.
SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
Florence Tipton
There are some people who are ready
to say, “I will try”. It makes no dif
ference how difficult the task or how
much experience is required; such a
person decides that it is better to have
tried and failed than not to have tried
at all. Remembering our slogan,
“Quality of product is essential to con
tinuing success”, we should be deter
mined to know our work thoroughly
and thus be ready to seize opportuni
ties as they present themselves.
When we are working at something
that does not exactly suit us we say,
“I wouldn’t care if I lost my job.” This
attitude shows that we do not have a
true sense of value becaiise unemploy
ment is one of the most difficult bur
dens to bear. It weakens morale and
makes one yield to temptation more
readily.
The amount of unemployment varies
greatly. Certain seasons have a much
greater amount than others and this
season is generally the winter months.
The two main things which deter
mine the worth of an employee are his
personal qualities and kind of work he
is prepared to do. Of course you can
readily see that the employer would
certainly keep the man who is a skilled
worker.
I’m sure we all think the building of
Ecusta is one of the greatest things
that has happened to our community.
We need the cooperation of each em
ployee to make the plant a success.
Some People
Exie Hollifield
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Sometimes we meet with pe
Who always wear a frown; ,
They never see the sunshine.jj
They never gain a crown.
I know they feel unhappy,
It could even be a sin (.
To sit around and nurse their
And wish they’d never been.
Sometimes we meet with peop'*'
Who seem to never care—■
They never disagree with
No, they wouldn’t dare.
They’re always bright and cl>
They smile instead of frown,
They always look so pleasant
Instead of grouching aroun’.
Now since we are all people
And we meet most every day. '
Let’s try to be more friendt
And drive the gloom away!
Why not be more thoughful
As we do our work each day
I know it wouldn’t harm us
And it might increase our
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LEARNING AND EXPERl^'
Lillie Siniard
The man of great accomP^'
was not great from the start, ge(
who began working at the >ni
Paper Corporation. We who ‘Vip
master our work find that " c
treat our problems as challeng®®te.'-
than as terrors, because we att*t
overcome our weaknesses. 3
Everything, however, depend^
we set about learning. There te
methods of learning, the wish 'iri
will to learn. The desire to ^‘dnt
is with us each day. There i^et
difference _ in the world bet\v^a.d(
ing a sort of general desir®rd
prove, and setting out in a ''ly
like manner to realize that des'n
will to learn means that ^ve^-er;
find out exactly what is to
exactly how to put it right, '^'th
We know that when we are^elt
guided we move toward acbw>^'>'
and too, that determined leaf''
achieve miracles.
About a year ago it seems
tune smiled upon us, who
ployees, and we should
learn a little more, grow a lit' '.
a little more intelligent ,
selves and our jobs.
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SAFETY CAMPAIGI^
Ruth E. Merrill
1,
Since time and progress call
tain changes, the employees
Paper Corporation owe mucl*^
plant officials for the empha®jj’^j^
has been placed on safety. ^
ness among plant workers is
worst problems that confront ^
the other hand, individuals ^
what to do at the proper
proper means are of ,
value.
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The first aid course give>’^tei
plant has provided several of ^'lat
ers with the proper knowledg®c 1
to do in case of an accidentl,^p
first aid measures reduce lh(
from accidents until the ?■. t
placed in the physician’s ha*’ s '
Cooperation in all ways oO 1 1
of employees makes it possil^* f 1
safety campaign to exist,
mindful of our follow worlcs^lip,
as to do our part to support ^ec
program in the plant.