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THE ECHO
Quality of Product is Essential to Continuing Success
The obstinate man
does not hold opinions,
but they hold him.
a/olums No. 2
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PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
January 1941 Number 9
Lhi
'BURY IS NAMED
w£TY DIRECTOR
re '
sed since the first of the year,
seen a fellow going
et 'id the plant making nota-
5tr^ on slippery floors, check-
f Mas masks, watching oper-
yis in various departments,
ive^ig at moving machinery
ifoimakmg more notations,
sl^ave probably been won-
-0 tig what it’s all about. Well,
gY^^ntleman is here to make
,j (lant a safer place in which
Q prk, and' his name is Henry
e Newbury, Safety Di-
Qjiff for the Ecusta Paper
poration.
3^' Newbury came to us on
[sttary 2nd, as full-time Safe-
Ware
eld^s Manufacturing Com-
I b, Ware Shoals, South Car-
blai, where he was employed
iMi'similar capacity and just
terve you an idea of the ef-
3e(iv^eness of his work at this
textile plant where over
.P^i’sons are employed, we
jj.irion here the fact that for
entire plant they had es-
jShed a record of 840,000
II without a loss-time
icd 1 one d'epart-
employing 1000
-iiiJ rfoA ? ' manhours
reached. We mention
rill. such re-
not Mr. Newbury
^ 6, because to establish
• records, a safety director
rj have complete^oopfra-
P irom all employees. We
; that such dpopei-ation
aivt, where there is at pres-
^ ^^ck again to Mr. New-
• ^ rT® ^ native of our
^7 . having been
I.T (in the heart
ague tobacco belt) and reared
f eastern part
if t'^e State, where he attend-
^ 'and
oVille, For 101/ ^ ’
organization he
,rol with the Ware Shoals
hiv.ufactunng Company, the
^l.i rContmued on Page Four)
J. D. POLAND
ECUSTA FURNISHES
nRST DRAFTEE
Mr. J. D. Poland, employee
of Ecusta, is the first draftee
from Transylvania County to
be inducted for military train
ing under the provision of the
Selective Service program. Mr,
Poland’s serial number was 14.
While more than 500 employees
at Ecusta, 300 of whom were
single, registered for service.
Mr. Poland is the only one who
has been called. Volunteers
have been supplying the quota
for Transylvania County, but
it is believed that a sufficient
number of volunteers will not
be found to fill future quotas
due to the fact that most of
those who intended to volun
teer did so at the beginning.
Mr. Poland left for camp
under rather peculiar circum
stances. He received notice
to report to the Local Draft
Board at 6:30 A. M., January
18th, prepared to leave for
camp. In the meantime a vol
unteer appeared making a suf
ficient number to fill the quota
without Mr. Poland. He was
then informed that he would
not have to go provided all the
volunteers showed up, but it
would be necessary for him to
report and be ready to go in
the event something happened.
So Mr. Poland reported accord
ing to instructions, not know-
(Continued on Pape Four)
Three Employees
Join Air Corps
Three Ecusta employees,
Clifton “Coot” Moore, Howard
Galloway, and E. E. Vassey,
Jr., have left their jobs to enlist
in the Air Corps of the U. S.
Army.
These three men left Bre
vard Wednesday, January 22nd
for the Charlotte recruiting
station, and from there they
will go to Charleston, S. C.,
where they will catch a boat
to Hawaii. They will receive
their training in Hawaii and
expect to be stationed there for
iheir two year period of en
listment. As the boys said
goodbye to their friends at
Ecusta they seemed to be very
happy and anxious to embark
on their new adventure.
Howard Galloway is 21 years
of age. He began work with
Ecusta July 12, 1939 as a mill
wright, from which job he
worked up to a position as
backtender on the paper ma
chines.
E. E. Vassey, Jr., was em
ployed by Ecusta July 21, 1939
as a millwright helper, from
which job he worked up to a
position as third hand on the
paper machines. He is 20
years old and is the son of Mr.
E. E. Vassey, millwright fore
man for Ecusta.
“Coot” Moore came with
Ecusta October 12, 1940 as a
member of the cleaning gang.
For sometime he has been do
ing relief work in the inspec
tion department. Prior to his
employment by Ecusta, he was
employed in the canteen oper
ated on the plant grounds and
was well known to all the em
ployees. He is 22 years old.
The boys admitted that they
might get seasick on their way
10 Hawaii and perhaps a little
homesick too before they again
see the mountains of Western
North Carolina.
Their many friends at Ecusta
wish for them all the joy and
excitement which they antici
pate and that they may have
many happy landings, finally
landing back at Pisgah Forest.
TAX REGUUTIONS
AFFECT EMPLOYEE
Attention of our em,ployees
is called to the fact that in
come tax returns are now due.
While March 15th is the dead
line for filing returns, the De
partment of Revenue urges
everyone to file his return as
early as possible after January
1st.
Many who have never filed
returns before will have to file
this year. Changes in the regu
lations require that the gross
income instead of the net in
come will be the basis for de
termining whether a person
must file a return.
The new regulations pro
vide that single individuals, or
married individuals not living
with husband or wife, saving a
gross income of $800.00 or
more must file a rjeturn.
Married individuals living
together having a combined
income of $2,000 or more must
file a return.
The regulation requiring per
sons of single status who earn
ed $800.00 or more during 1940
to file return, will make it nec
essary for practically all single
employees in Ecusta to make re
turns. If a person has earned
as much as 40 cents per hour
for 40 hours per week during
the year 1940, his income was
$832.00, an amount sufficient
to require his filing returns.
The regulation requiring
married persons having a com
bined income of $2,000.00 or
more will affect many em
ployees where both the hus
band and wife are employed.
The fact that an individual
must make the tax return does
not mean that he will have to
pay an income tax. There are
many deductions which he is
allowed to make such as taxes,
certain contributions, and a
deduction for earned income.
The single person who has
made $832.00 will not have
to pay income tax, but he must
file a return just the same.
The above regulations govern
the filing of Federal Income
Tax reports. The state regu-
(Coiithi Kt'd oil Pnf/c Four)
vviuiams, numeuif
-can^S! act in the
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hand from 8:45 A. M., unUl 5:00
will ^ 1 ^ooks. The books
wppk w ® period of one
however, if the reader re-
i time, books may be re-
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. we have in our files a request
list so m the event that you do not
if 1 reading interests on our
shelves We shouid appreciate your
suggestions for iuture book orders.
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Mr. A. J. Loeb, better known to
Ecustans as “Art” Loeb, recently
returned to Brevard. Mr. Loeb is
Vice Pres, of the California Central
Fibre Corporation and has been lo
cated at El Centro, Calif., for the
past year. On Nov. 12, Mr. Loeb
was married to the former Miss
Kathleen Vachreau of Wausau,
Wis. The ceremony took place in
Chicago and their honeymoon was
spent in Florida. We extend our
very best wishes to the bride an--
groom and hope that their stf>i-
here will be an extended one. je.
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