January, 1943
THE ECHO
Page 7
LETTERS HOME:
December 10, 1942
Dear Mr. Straus:
I was very thrilled to get your nice gift. It came as a surprise and
my heart good to know that my former employer was thinking of me and
the many others who have gone into the service. When the gift came I must
that my thoughts went back to a year ago. At that time I was working for
you. I also remembered how nice you were at that time to give us all a
present. How I wish I were back at Ecusta but I must finish this job first.
I thank you again so very much for the nice gift. Wishing you and
all the others at Ecusta a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Yours truly,
WALTER DAVIS
December 10, 1942
l^ear Mr. Straus:
I cannot express in words my appreciation of the nice present I have
3Ust received from you. I hope to get a furlough about March and am
anxious to see all my old friends at Ecusta. I have received the Echo every
^onth and certainly do appreciate it. I miss being there but since I can’t
llike to hear how things are going on there. I am looking forward to being
jack on my job there before long. I have been stationed here at Spence
field since Sept 1st and am to start teaching a class in Aircraft Electric*
as soon as the new shipment of recruits arrives.
It is time to go to work so will say thank you again for tlie nice pres
ent.
Yours truly,
BEN RICKMAN
. October 16, 1942
l^ear Folks:
Please accept my thanks for your kindness upon the occasion of my
decent enlistment in the Army.
I am most appreciative.
Sincerely yours,
JAMES C. DIXON, Pvt.
December 3, 1942
Dear Mr. Wells,
I want to thank you and all concerned in mailing the Echo to me. I
^Iso wish to thank the one that informed the office of my new address.
It is good to know that Transylvania County has far exceeded the
quota in bond sales and I am sure Ecusta employees are due much credit for
the large percent of the county’s total.
I will be looking forward to the time that I receive the next Echo and
the time that I can return to Brevard and visit Ecusta and those that I know.
Sincerely,
DON STEPPE
December 25, 1942
^ear Mr. Straus:
Thanks so much for the stationery and for your letter. The Echo
^omes regularly, which I certainly appreciate, and am always glad to get it.
I have been promoted from Lieutenant (junior grade) to Lieuten
ant.
You can be sure I will visit Ecusta at the first opportunity.
Yours sincerely,
DAVID PICKLER
December 28, 1942
^ello Jack, (Davies)
How’s everything? Guess everyone had a swell Christmas. I receiv-
a cai^ton of cigarettes from Endless Belt Corp., and I will like you to
them in my behalf.
^ I’m learning a new machine but it’s not an ironer. It’s an airplane,
baby! Well, here’s to a victorious New Year.
Yours,
NATHAN (Reed)
Ecusta:
> Received the cigarettes and thanks a lot. They were the correct
*^fand. My best wishes to Ecusta and hope it wont be too long before I will
®8ain be back there.
LT. JAMES P. MORROW
^ December 27, 1942
Mr. Straus:
I wish to thank you for remembering me at this time and also thank
il my friends at Ecusta for the lovely and unique Christmas card. I’m very
of that card. I could never express the feeling I had when I read the
jjlJle notes and greetings from the different ones- I’m grateful for each
ttle remembrance.
. Since I wrote you last, I have returned to Camp Polk, La., and am
pw living in the same apartment I had before going to Fort Knox. I
^^islied my school at Knox and rejoined my unit near the close of the
^aneuver period. When we returned from maneuvers, we occupied a new
of Camp Polk—completed as we moved in—and immediately I was
a member of the Landscape Planning Board. For several weeks we
^ ^I'ked on plans for beautifying the chapels, theatres, service club, officers’
and various headquarters buildings and outlying areas. Work has al-
,,®^dy begun on much of this. So you see I have been keeping up with my
J^J^ofession” in addition to my military training.
1^, Recently I have been understudying and acting in the absence of
Regimental Motor Officer, preparatory to going to a new organization
that capacity. I don’t yet know when or where that will be.
Wishing all of you a very successful New Year,
Sincerely,
BOB BOLT (Lieutenant)
^ December 5, 1942
Mr. Straus:
j, I wish to thank you for the nice letter and the October copy of the
It makes us soldiers feel good to hear from home and friends.
I often think of the days back at Ecusta and hope to be back with you
^ * again some day. I am liking the Army life fine and liking the place here
^^ere I am.
Wishing you and all my fellow workers a Merry Christmas and a
^Ppy New Year and don’t forget to send a copy of the Echo.
A Friend,
ROBERT E. RAINES
December 12, 1942
Dear Mr. Straus:
I am sorry I am late in writing but I guess it is better late than never.
I received your Christmas package and certainly do appreciate it. I
am going to carry out the directions thoroughly. That is, to open Decem
ber 25th.
I enjoy reading the copies of the Echo I have received. They bring
back fond memories.
We had a swell Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings so there
is always something to be thankful for.
Give my regards to the boys on “B” shift in the machine room,
especially Tom Allen.
Sincerely yours,
PAUL PERRY
December 18, 1942
Dear Mr. Straus:
At this time I take the greatest of pleasure in thanking you for the
nice Christmas present I received a few days ago. The Luckies are one
thing that I can use here and over there too. At present I am somewhere
in California waiting for anything that might take place. Just standing by
for further orders.
I wish for you and Ecusta the best Christmas you have ever had.
When the game is over and the boys gather back at Ecusta we will all shout
Victory and have a real Christmas together. That is one thing that aU
loyal Ecustans can look forward to and fight to hold: a good job with the
best company in the best state under the best working conditions and under
the best supervision of any company I have ever known.
I enjoy the Echo and read it from cover to cover in order to leam
what my old friends and pals are doing and the progress Ecusta is making.
Tell the Machine Room boys on C shift to keep their chins up and hit ’em
hard. I’ll see them after this is finished.
So long and best wishes to one and all for a merry Christmas and a
Victorious New Year.
E. T. POSS
December 8, 1942
Dear Mr. Straus,
Many, many thanks for the swell box of stationery I received Monday.
It was a present that anyone in the armed service can use and I was very
glad to receive it. To tell the truth, I was running low on stationery ^y-
way so you can see that it came in very handy. I guess I should have waited
until Christmas to open it but we all look forward to mail call every day
and when any of us get a package we are not satisfied until we see what’s in
it. So, there was nothing I could do but open it.
Sure do miss all my friends at Ecusta and am looking forward to the
day when I can again work there.
Thanks again.
Very sincerely yours,
CLYDE RICE
December 25, 1942
Dear Mr. Straus:
It sure was swell to get the Christmas present from Ecusta. May I
say that it was appreciated the most ever? I hope you folks down there had
a very nice Christmas. It has been very quiet here today. I am part of
25% of our company who stayed in camp so the other boys who live pretty
close could go home. I sure would have liked to have gone too but couldn’t
get off long enough.
I have reached the rank of Corporal now. The rating was given by
the Post school and not by my company. No ratings are given by the com
pany until one has finished one’s course and has been released by the
school. Then that happens it usually means your shipping orders are in
order. Some of the boys get a good rating before they ship but others have
to wait until afterwards.
I have finished the regular radio course here and am now taking an
advance radio course called Air Craft Communication. We were told that
on successful completion of this course we would be assigned to an air base.
I sure hope it is in the South.
Well, I must close. Oh yes, I enjoyed the' Echo a lot as usuaL Thanks
very much for everything and a Happy New Year to you all.
Sincerely,
CPL. ANSEL R. JONES
December 29, 1942
Dear Mr. Straus:
I would like to express my appreciation to you for the means you have
taken to remember the boys from Ecusta who are in the service at Christ
mas. It is impossible to express my appreciation in words for your kind,
ness. However, it is good to know you have worked for a man who has the
interest of the welfare of his employees. I can assure you if we are for
tunate enough to return from this was our loyalty to you will be paramount.
The December issue of the Echo was very interesting although it
was noted there is a lack of news from the Pulp Mill. Imagine the boys are
very busy.
Wishing the very best for you and Ecusta during 1943,1 am.
Sincerely yours,
RALPH WALDROP
Dear Mr. Straus: December 17, 1942
I am taking this means of thanking you for the Christmas present and
also the Echo that I have received from Ecusta.
I have been stationed here in Alaska as an Aviation Machinist for
almost a year now. It is not so bad but I sure would like to be back there
working again.
Yours truly,
E. L. NEILL
November 29, 1942
Dear Mr. Wells:
Just a few lines to say “hello” and I hope everything is going well
at Ecusta. I hope to be back with you some day soon.
You have no idea how proud I am when I get the Echo. It makes
me feel like a new man. I enjoy every line in it and I want to thank you
again for the Echo.
Yours truly,
Albert Grindstaff (Private)