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Volume No. 2
PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
December, 1941 Number 9
HOSPITAL DRIVE IS HUGE SUCCESS
New President
^ELLS, Ecusta Personnel
A named president of
I CP i Kiwanis club at a re-
d -Jl!jj^®®ting of that organization.
n/stff 911EF buck McCALL
m,
»j attends FBI CLASS
T . -
nin-a'^ Biinu November 21, Police Chief
Tses attended the FBI
School for Police Officers
fniier sSnnc ® N. C. This school is
nf c^^’mentT^ Federal Govern-
local V purpose of allowing
8elv ® officers to fit them-
better work in their
o-0^\ ^^^niediate territory.
Hh - of study outlined for
covered phases of Ci
sts ^Itur^^ I)efense and Sabotage. Pic-
goft ?■ Of shown portraying scenes
pnt ^*1 givi P^^sent war in Great Britain
p jef civir^ reactions of the English
Uati to the different war sit-
‘^ations.
itio’'?. McCall was very impressed
ie entire program and he
P^ss on the information
, Ms
other
' t. wmo bellow policemen and the
w/ ^ocal officials within the
dig days by having an open
^^broii covering several details
• - back from the school.
.o>:
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LIBRARY
IS NOW OPEN
TO employees
*'* Headquarters In Office
Basement
p of for the books! The
,aye f^3serv,^^®ta Library, located in the
■to of the office building, is
to help you up on
^>ack reading. By the time
j^es to press we expect ap-
300 books on our
s ready for immediate use.
HecrfWilliams, Women’s
" caoanu Director, will act in the
I'-- ' ty of librarian and will be on
from
• to
8:45 A. M., until 5:00
issue books. The books
‘ one
Will \L 1 books. The Di
Week for a period of
quire's the reader re
newed f books may be re-
We h additional week,
list so in ^ request
find you ®vent that you do not
shelves vr interests on our
suggestir« ®houid appreciate your
Amonp luture book orders,
the marW famous authors
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Another year is about to draw to its end. It has
been a year which has brought many changes in our
country. We are all expected to devote our energy
and enthusiasm to help in our National Defense Pro
gram, so as to do our bit towards making our world
safe for democracy. I know all of you will fully enter
into the spirit of this far-reaching program which is
being developed by President Roosevelt and the Con
gress of the United States.
As far as the employees and all my friends in
Pisgah Forest are concerned, we have a lot to be
thankful for.
With great efforts, we have been successful in
just about finishing the new addition to our mill, which
will double our production capacity.
It was not an easy task to accomplish this, due to
the fact that so much material needed by us was also
required for defense purposes. However, cigarettes
—for which all of our departments are producing sup
plies—is considered by our government very essential
and, therefore, we have been given appropriate prior
ities by the government so that we can obtain our
necessary supplies. , ,
1 want to thank you and express my appreciation
to all of you for the help and loyalty which you have
shown me during the past year. It was a great com
fort to me and has helped me to make my task an eas
ier one. .
Only with continued cooperation, friendship and
confidence on your part in me,, and on my part in you,
can we expect to carry on our work successfully and
continuously.
You know by this time you can depend on me and
I assure you that, at all times, will 1 look upon your
problems as my own.
I sincerely trust all of you will enjoy a most happy
Holiday Season and that only health, prosperity and
good fortune is in store for you, for many years to
come. , , i-i. • *
May we continue to celebrate many more Christ
mases togetherl i e i
I do not want to let this Holiday Season go by
without hoping all of you will include in your prayers
that before long peace again will be restored m this
world so that all the strife and destruction will cease
forever Sincerely yours,
HARRY H. STRAUS,
President.
STATE AND FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION
The new income tax law makes it necessary for practically our
employees to file income tax returns. Many who have
paid income tax will be required to pay this year. The tax is due
uarv 1st and must be paid not later than March 15, 1942.
uary i.st . , ^ nn/ii earned $750.00 and married
All single people who, during 1941 , , ^
neoole who earned $1,500.00 will have to file Federal returns. All
?inile people who earned $1,000.00 and married people who earned
R9 flOO 00 must also file State returns.
Tn order that our employees may have an idea of the amount they
•n JiUp to pay, we are printing below a table showing the amounts
Z ceZin incomes. This is calculated on the basis of net income-
yourincome after legal deductions have been made except deductions
S”tS\elow shows Federal and one shows State taxes on cer-
..in incomes Employees should get an estimate of the amount of the
tax they will have to pay and begin savingjjor^t^
federal TAX
Net . ,
Income Single Married
STATE TAX
Net
no dep. 1 dep.
$ 750
800
900
1000
1100
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
2000
2500
3000
3500
$ 0.
$ 0.
$ 0. 1
3.
0.
0.
11.
0.
0.
21.
0.
0.
31.
0.
0.
40.
0.
0.
50.
0.
0.
59.
0.
0.
69.
0.
0.
79.
6.
0.
117.
42.
6.
165.
90.
50.
221.
138.
98.
284.
1 186.
146.
2 dep.
; 0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
12,
58.
106.
Income
Single
Married
no dep.
1 dep.
2 dep
$1000
1 $ 0. 1
$ 0.
$ 0.
$ 0.
1100
1 3. 1
0.
0.
0.
1200
1 6. 1
0.
0.
0.
1300
1 9. 1
0.
0.
0.
1400
1 12. 1
0.
0.
0.
1500
1 15. 1
0.
0.
0.
1600
1 18. 1
0.
0.
0.
1700
1 21. 1
0.
0.
0.
1800
1 24. 1
0.
0.
0.
2C00
1 30. 1
0.
0.
0.
2500
1 45. 1
15.
9.
3.
3000
1 60. 1
30.
24.
18.
3500
1 75. 1
45.
39.
33.
4000
I 90. 1
60.
54.
48.
Employees’ Spirit of Cooper
ation Carries Drive “Over
The Top”
The final tabulation of the re
cent drive for funds to complete
the new Transylvania County Hos
pital reveals that employees of
Ecusta Paper Corporation, Cham
pagne Paper Corporation, Endless
Belt Corporation, and California
Central Fibre Corporation more
than reached their goal of $10,-
000.00.
This drive, backed by the spirit
and enthusiasm of 1600 employees,
surged toward the one hundred
percent mark within a week’s time.
It was astounding how quickly all
companies joined together for a
concentrated effort to raise the
necessary amount of money. No
credit is due any particular person
for such a rousing success because
in the end the figures prove that
ninety-three percent of all em
ployees participated equally in the
final hospital drive. Practically
everyone in our organization can
say, “We did it”. These figures
of the drive are presented to you
from the results of each company’s
contribution.
Ecusta Paper Corp. $ 8,229.83
Champagne Paper Corp. 1,546.99
Endless Belt Corp. 322.41
California Central Fibre
Corporation 67.00
Total Contributions $10,167.13
This amount, as promised by Mr.
Harry H. Straus, our President,
has been matched dollar for dollar
by all the corporations. These two
amounts combined gives us a grand
total of—
$20,334.26
13 ECUSTANS HAVE
COMPLETED PILOT
TRAIMNG PROGRAM
Civilian Pilot Training Given
At Hendersonville
Thirteen employees of Ecusta
have completed the primary flight
course of the Civilian Pilot Train
ing Program which is being con
ducted by the United States Dept,
of Commerce. The training is given
locally by Brevard College and Mey
er Flying Service, Hendersonville,
and upon completion of the course
the trainees are eligible for a pri
vate pilot’s license.
Ground school subjects includ-
Continued on Page 4
LOEB AND BRIDE
BACK AT ECUSTA
Mr. A. J. Loeb, better known to
Ecustans as “Art” Loeb, recently
returned to Brevard. Mr. Loeb is
Vjce 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 cook 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^-
here will be an extended one. ie.
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