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PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
Here is ensign
C. W. GLAZENER
lestceiy,
i^harles W. Glazener, son of Mr.
Mrs. D. L. Glazener of Rosman,
ived his commission recently as
Ensign from the U. S. Naval train-
station in New York. He is now
^loned at Southport, N. C.
pf- Glazener was formerly employ-
the Chemical Laboratory at
s. 0. DRIVE IS
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**^Panies Here Match County
Contributions
Brown Carr, U. S. O. Chair-
for Transylvania County, stated
'.iffci'i ^ $1,425.00 was raised
^ the second U. S. 0. campaign
,yhus exceeded the $1,000 quota
te.oo.
Harry H. Straus, agreed with
‘j chairman that the Ecusta Paper
Endless Belt Corp., Champagne
and Boucher- Cork Co., Inc.,
contribute on behalf of their
5jj^%ees an amount equal to the
J^ibutions secured by the county
J|iittee and therefore, these cor-
”^ions gave $712.57 bringing the
(Continued on page 2)
Meeting Called
^or Ecusta Choralers
l^'T^^cause of the very fine response to
"^stionaire concerning an Ecusta
plans are now under way for
-custa women’s choral group.
%nday, September 28th, at 7:30
• those who have already signed
jhis activity and all others who
i(li5 .^terested in choral music are re-
to meet in the Ecusta Cafe
‘ for the first rehearsal.
Recreation Dept.
September, 1942 Number 18
letter commends ecusta
FOR FIRE PREVENTION DRIVE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Washington
August 28, 1942
Mr. Harry H. Straus, President
Ecusta Paper Corporation
Pisgah Forest, N. C.
Dear Mr. Straus:
Mr. Roy Philips of the Asheville Citizen-Times Company has
just sent me a copy of your advertisement “Which one started
the most fires?” This letter is to express my sincere apprecia
tion personally for this truly splendid cooperation which you
and your company have extended with respect to the nation
wide WARTIME FOREST FIRE PREVENTION campaign.
As I think you know, this campaign was planned by The Ad
vertising Council, Inc., as a vehicle through wich to help pro
tect this nation’s forests, which are vital both in war and in
peace, from danger that is graver now than ever before.
I want you to know that I feel very strongly that in warning
people that FOREST FIRES DELAY VICTORY you and your
company are making a very definite and a very worth-while
contribution on the home front to the war effort. And I also want
you to know that the attached is the first card of appreciaion
that Earle Clapp, Acting Chief of the Forest Service, has is
sued in connection with this campaign. Under ordinary cir
cumstances I would have asked Mr. Philips to deliver this to
you. Under existing circumstances, which I am sure he will
understand, I am sending it to you direct.
Sincerely,
(Sgd.) R. F. Hammatt
Director of Campaign.
Meixell Gets His
Wings In Air Corp
Boyd Blair Meixell, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. B. Meixell, of Brevard,
Route 1, has received his “wings” and
a commission as a second lieutenant
in the army air force after complet
ing his aviation cadet training at the
advanced flying school, Craig Field,
Selma, Ala.
A pursuit pilot, Lieut. Meixell com
pleted an intensive training course
lasting eight and a half months, which
included formation work, navigation,
instrument procedure, ground and
aerial gunnery and combat flying.
He was formerly employed as a
Bleacher operator in the Pulp Mill
of Ecusta Paper Corp.
'^^sta Band To Give
Concert In Brevard
K
Oij ® Ecusta Band, under the direc-
John Eversman, will give a
Saturday evening, Septem-
at 8:00 o’clock. The con-
take place on the Court
t'jj® square in Brevard.
Ecusta band, which was organ-
February, has made rapid
® during its short period of
and its many performances
1^1, ^een met with enthusiastic ap-
It is truly an “Ecusta Band”,
^11 its members are selected
L ^inong Ecusta employees.
L^one is invited to the concert,
your family and friends. See
ijJl at the square. Remember—
the 26th at 8:00 p. m.
Ecusta Bowlers To
Prepare For Opening
Of 1942-^43 Season
A bowling meeting was held on
Sept. 8th for the purpose of making
plans for the bowling leagues.
It wps decided to start match play
the first Monday after the alleys are
resurfaced.
For men’s ten-pins Official ABC
rules will be used. For duck-pins,
Official Rules of the National Duck
Pin Bowling Congress will be u^ed.
Justine Williams will have charge of
the rule books which are available
to any one at any time. It was decid
ed to use handicaps for men’s ten
pins, handicaps to be adjusted every
two weeks. All bowlers who bowled
during the 1941-42 season will re
ceive handicaps adjusted from their
1941-42 averages. Bowlers who did
not bowl in the Ecusta Leagues will
have handicaps adjusted after bowl
ing three games. There will not be
a handicap in the duck pin league.
Prizes are to be handled the same
as they were for the 1941-42 season.
Mr. Pete Eberle was requested to
see that a judge is present for each
match to call fouls.
The following teams entered the
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Over 50% Of Original
Phys. Lab. Staff Now
In Military Service
It will probably be of interest to
many readers of the Echo to know that
of the 248 Ecusta men who are now
in military service 14 are from the
Physical Testing Laboratory. This
means that of the original staff in the
Physical Testing Laboratory well over
50% are now in the armed forces.
With very few exceptions, these
men have selected the Air Corps. So
far as we can find out, no one has a
satisfactory explanation for the boys
in the Physical Laboratory being so
air-minded. The machine tenders al
ways claimed that these boys never
did “have their feet on the ground”
when it came to rating their pro
duction. Possibly they are attempting
to live up to their reputation. Cer
tainly the Machine Room crew will
agree that if these fellows give the
Japs and Germans as much hell as
they gave them at Ecusta, there
shouldn’t be much left for the rest
of us to worry about.
Those fellows who have already
earned their commissions in the Air
Corps include: Ensign Ernest Mc-
Clintock, in the Navy; Lieutenant
Charles Cook, advanced pursuit in
structor; Lieutenant William Long,
navigator.
Those who will soon obtain their
commissions, or possibly have obtain
ed their commissions since we have
heard, include William Silver, Geor
ge Mabry, Isaac Keels, and Earle
Fullbright.
The latest ones entering the Air
include Joe Norman and Rup
ert Cliff, also John Lyday, who has
been accepted in the Air Corps and
is awaiting call.
The^ other branches of the service
completely neglected by
the Physical Laboratory. Troy Bry
an is in the Navy; Bill Baley is in the
Field Artillery; First Lieutenant Tom
Ramsey is doing his part in the Chem
ical Warfare division. Conrad Hoop
er, so far as we know, is in the Coast
Guard.
HEADS ECUSTA
MEDICAL SERVICE
Dr. Otis Marshall was recently ap
pointed to succeed Dr. Newland as
Company Physician. Dr. Marshall
was graduated from the University of
Virginia and served his internship in
Virginia and New York City. For
one year he served as mining surgeon
in the West Virginia coal fields and
for many years practiced in Culpep
er, Virginia, during which time he
was Local Company Surgeon for the
C&O and Southern Railways, and the
Culpeper Silk Mills. For the past
ten years Dr. Marshall served on the
Medical Staff of the American Red
Cross at Washington, D. C. and re
signed this position to come to Ecus
ta, where he will serve in the ex
clusive capacity of full-time Company
Physician.
Dr. and Mrs. Marshall now make
their home in Asheville but expect
soon to take up residence in Brevard.
Dr. Marshall has prepared a series
of articles on ways to good health.
The first of this series appears in
this issue of the Echo.
Mail To Our
Military Employees
Drive For Addresses’
Please supply to the Editor, Justine
Williams; Mr. Wells’ office; or
Kathleen Ricker in the Office, any
addresses you know, of military
employees.
It seems too bad that we have no
addresses for about 75 of our boys
and consequently cannot even in
clude them on our Echo mailing
list.
We are at present making a drive
for these missing addresses and the
cooperation of every employee will
be greatly appreciated.
What Mail And News From Home
Mean To Service Men
You have undoubtedly observed
from military letters quoted in the
Echo how much mail from home,
and the Echo, mean to the boys,
and we hope everyone will do his
or her bit by contributing addresses
and writing fellow employees in
service. Mr. Wells’ office will sup
ply any addresses which have been
furnished.
The following quotation^ from re
cent magazine articles, written by
people who have studied the re
action of boys in service, will point
out how much mail and news are
appreciated:
UNITED STATES NEWS, Sept. 4,
1942—“How U. S. Soldiers Fare At
Our Far Flung Posts”:
American soldiers are in Iceland,
England, Ireland, Carribean area and
Panama, Australia, South Pacific,
Egypt and Palestine. “Everywhere,
(Contniu^dl on page 5)