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Vol. 5; No. 10
PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
October, 1943
Bowling League Season Is Now Underway
PDip Mill wm
PRESENT COMEDY
Exciting One-Act Play To
Be Given At Next Party,
Nov. 26th.
Picturesque Fish Pool Near Gatehouse
Ecusta will have the next big
Square dance at the Ecusta cafeteria
on Friday night, November 26th,
3nd as a special feature attraction
yill witness a performance of the
Played Cards as
^omen Do,” presented by Pulp
Mill employees.
This one-act comedy was first
Produced in Irving Berlin’s 3rd
Music Box Review in 1924 at the
Music Box, New York, and starred
the well-known radio performer,
Phil Baker.
The cast for “If Men Played
Cards As Women Do,” as present
ed by the Pulp Mill, will include
Sang Lyda, Bill Bangs, Ott White
sides and Fritz Merrill.
Rhett Talley’s String Band will
lurnish the music for the square
dance which will begin at 8:30
o’clock and as is always customary,
'''ives and husbands of employees
are cordially invited.
Facilities for bridge and other
games will be provided for those
'vho attend the party, but who do
^ot wish to dance. Special prizes
^ill be given at each game table.
New Safety Record
Is Made At Ecusta
A new safety record has been
established at Ecusta!
Up until midnight Wednesday
||ight, October 27, our plant has
oeen operating for 93 consecutive
days without any lost time from ac
cidents. The previous high record
''^as 60 days.
“That’s a fine record and let’s
double it,” H. E. Newbury, safety
director, declared. “In the next
^ssue of the Echo I hope we can
Say that there has been no in
terruptions.
“For this fine record, I want
to commend every employee of
the company. You deserve the
highest praise.”
It has been aptly stated by one of the poets that “A thing of beau
ty is a joy fore.ver.” That statement can be applied to the beau
tiful fish pond which most of our employees pass two or more
times every day. Maybe you’ve been in such a hurry that you
have not had time to observe it carefully. The next timei you pass,
the Echo suggests that you pause a second and note its calmness,
charm and serenity. The pause will refresh you!
5:
Ecusta Employees
Buy War Bonds
Most of Ecusta’s employees are
guying War Bond under the pay-
foll deduction plan and the Echo
js glad to report that of these many
jiiindreds of Ecustans who are do-
their patriotic duUy in buying
^onds that more than 500 are in-
esting ten percent or more of
Jheir wages in these bonds. This
*s a record we can all be proud
and it is the sincere hope that
Soon most of us can say we belong
‘0 the TEN PERCENT CLUB.
36 Men Attend
A Safety Course
Given In Brevard
Thirty-six company employees
took the safety course that was
given this week at the Brevard
elementary school by George L
Barwick, of the North Carolina
Industrial commission at the re
quest of H. E. Newbury, our safe
ty director.
There were 34 from Ecusta who
attended, one from Endless Belt
and one from Champagne. Those
who attended four out of five of
the sessions will receive certifi
cates given by the state commis
sion. Three Brevard men also at
tended the course.
■ Every phase of accident pre
vention was covered and films
were shown.
“I am delighted with the inter
est shovra in the course and we
may have another one soon,” Mr.
Newbury said.
NEW TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Pryor, Virginia 327
Collier, Margaret 337
Johnson, Bob 347
Snow, Mary Ruth 328
Jackson, Jonnie 354 or 236
Harney, Pauline 344
Barker, V. E. 335
Brombacher, Alan M. 333
Bryan, Earl 334
Eberle, Peter 340
Huskamp, George F. 353
Johnson, Elizabeth 335
Jones, J. S. 335
Marder, David 336
Millner, P. R. Jr. 333
Stephens, Carl 327
Debrabant Awarded
Distinguished Navy
Cross For Service
Douglas Philip Debrabant was
awarded the Navy Cross on July
The letter to Seaman D.
Philip Debrabant from his Execu
tive Officer by the direction of
the Commanding Officer stated:
“You have this day been awarded
the Navy Cross and record of
such award has been made in your
service record. This award is one
of the highest awards made to an
enlisted man and is something
that you can be proud to wear
and you have shown in the past
that you deserve to wear such a
I medal.—” ,
“You have been awarded the
Navy Cross for action in the South
Pacific Area.”
‘‘In action on and around July
first it is reported that said sea
man acting with four other sea
men saved four men and stood by
their respective guns until all ene
my craft had scattered. You are
credited with four out of eight
enemy planes thus saving from de
struction one fleet of P. T. Boats.”
CHAMPAGNE TEAMS
LEADING IN BOTH
LEAGUE DIVISIONS
Men Play On Wednesday
Nights And Women On
Thursday Nights.
The 1943-44 season of the Ecusta
Bowling League is now well under
way with the Champagne teams
leading in both the men’s and wo
men’s divisions.
The season opened on October
13 and will last for 20 weeks, with
the men bowling on Wednesday
nights and the women on Thurs
day nights. All of the games are
being played on the Centennial
alleys in Brevard.
There are six teams in both di
visions. Maintenance is now in
second place in the men’s bracket
and Endless Belt in the women’s
division.
Reisults Of Games
In the opening games in the
men’s division, Champagne de
feated Machine room 3 to 0; Phy
sical Lab licked Refining room 3
to 0 and Maintenance won over
Office 2 to 1.
In the women’s division, Cham
pagne licked Office 3 to 0 and
Endless Belt won from Finishing
2 to 1.
On the 20th., results were as fol
lows: Men’s games—Champagne
3, Office 0; Machine room 3, Re
fining 0; Maintenance 3, Control
0.
On the 21st., women’s division—
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Bennett Is Elected
Chairman Division
Association Thurs.
NOUCE
To Chorus
Members
Chorus rehearsal time has
been changed to Monday
night at 8 o’clock instead of
Wednesday night. This
change is effective Novem
ber 1, 1943.
Raymond F. Bennett, general
superintendent of the Ecusta Pa
per corporation, was elected chair
man of the Southeastern division
of the American Pulp and Paper
Mill Superintendents association
at an annual meeting held in At
lanta, Ga., Thursday, October 28.
Mr. Bennett, who served as first
vice chairman last year, succeeds
Howard E. Wehr, of the Heald Di
vision of the Mead corporation as
chairman. E. E. Tweed, of the
Mead corporation vS^as elected first
vice chairman; Fred Doutt, of
Champion Paper and Fibre cor
poration, second vice chairman, and
Roland Wilber, Pulp Mill superin
tendent, was re-elected secretary-
treasurer.
The theme of the fall conference
held in Atlanta was “War Time
Problems in the Paper Industry.”
Mr. Wilber served as toastmaster
at a banquet held on Thursday
night.