OCTOBER, 1943
THE echo
PAGE NINE
6 AII Ecusta Men And Women In Service
To All
•ervice
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FISHER
Pfc. Woodrow
W. Fisher, former
Ecusta Pre-Wash
er Helper who
left here March
12, 1942, is now
with a Station
Hospital some
where overseas.
He was formerly
stationed at Camp
Grant, 111. Pfc,
Fisher’s home is
at Lake Toxaway.
GALLOWAY
Pvt. Freeman
E. Galloway, an-
Dther of our fight
ing Marines, is
somewhere in the
South Pacific.
He was previous
ly employed in
the Boiler Room
of Ecusta as a
Cleaner and went
into the Marines
in May of 1942.
He was stationed
at New River, N.
C.
BISHOP
CpI. Ben H.
Bishop, a former
Ecusta Millwright
second class, is
now learning all
about automatic
weapons at Camp
Adair, Oregon.
Cpl. Bishop en
tered the Army
in Demember of
1942. His home
is in Arden, N. C.
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LAUGHTER
Pfc. W. Harry
Laughter, former
Ecusta Pre-Wash
er Operator who
left for the Ar
my in August of
1941, is in New
Guinea. He has
been stationed at
Camp Croft, S. C.
Camp Paraiso,
Canal Zone; New
Orleans, La.; and
San Francisco,
Calif.
MOSIER
Tech. CpL Jas.
E. Mosier, Jr.,
former Ecusta
Machine Tender,
is now somewhere
overseas. T./Cpl.
Mosier left for
the Army April
11, 1943. He has
been stationed at
Camp Myles Stan-
d i s h, Taunton,
Mass., and also at
Boston, Mass.
SCRUGGS
Donald W.
Scruggs, Seaman,
Second Class, has
completed h i s
boot training and
has been sent to
Norfolk, Va. for
further training.
Before going into
the Naval service,
March 4, 1943,
Seaman Scruggs
was employed by
Ecusta as a Box-
maker.
poote
Pfc. ThomSs E.
Poor, who has
been in service
since Sept. 1942,
has been overseas
since Feb. 1943,
in the Ordnance
Corps somewhere
in Africa. He has
been stationed at
Camp Miles Stan-
dish," Mass. Pfc.
Poor was a mem
ber of the Yard
Crew. •
BLACK
Sgt. Gordon R.
Black, who has
been in Guadal
canal, left there
in February and
is still somewhere
in the Southwest
Pacific. Sgt. Black
was an Ecusta
Machinist before
he entered the
Army in April of
1941. He receiv
ed part of his
training at Ft.
Bragg.
McCRARY
Clifford Mc
Crary, who is sta
tioned at Camp
Forest, Tennes
see, is now a
Technical Corp
oral. He was pre
viously employed
as an Ecusta
Backtender. He
entered the ser-
v i c e December
11, 1942 and was
first sent to Camp
Phillips, Kansas.
BRANNON
ALEXANDER
BARTON
Pfc. Fred G.
Barton is with
the. Army Engi
neers in England.
Before going in
to service in May
of 1942 Pfc. Bar
ton was an Ecus
ta Vacuum Wash
er Operator. He
was stationed at
Camp Wheeler,
Georgia, and was
shipped overseas
in August of this
year.
Pfc. Warren R.
Alexander, form
er Ecusta Vac
uum Washer Op
erator, is now
stationed with
the infantry at
Camp Howze,
Texas. Pfc. Alex
ander left Ecusta
for the service
November 11,
1942. He was re
cently married.
HOLCOMBE
Sgt. Charles E.
Holcombe, form
er Ecusta Inspec
tor, is stationed
at present with a
bomb squadron at
Rapid City, S. D.
Since he left,
October 16, 1942,
he has been sta
tioned at Miami
Beach, Fla. and
Lowry Field No.
2, Denver, Colo.
Pvt. John Clif
ford Brannon, a
former member
of the Ecusta Po
lice Force left
Nov. 27, 1942, is
now overseas. He
was stationed at
Texarkana, Texas.
His wife writes
that while she
was in Texarkana
all the Brevard
boys she talked
to enjoyed the
paper from home.
GALLOWAY
W. Hershel
Galloway, Seaman
First Class, is
now overseas; he
was stationed at
the Armed Guard
Center, South
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Before going in
to Naval training
Nov. 16, 1942
Seaman Galloway
was an Ecusta
Inspector.
CLAYTON
Pvt. Charlie
Clayton, Jr., is
with the Army
Air Force at a
basic training
center at Fresno,
California. Pvt.
Clayton has been
in the Army since
January 5, of this
year. Before en
tering the service
he was employed
in Champagne
Shipping.
RIDDLE
S-Sgt. J. Ellis
Riddle, who has
been stationed at
the Air Corps Ba
sic Flying Field,
Greenville, Miss.,
is now an Avia
tion Student sta
tioned at Erskine
College, Due
West, S. C. Be
fore entering the
service May of
1941, he was a
Wet Lap Helper
at Ecusta.
PRESSLEY
Pvt. Leonard
Pressley is in An
ti-Aircraft train
ing stationed at
Camp Haan, Cal.
He was former
ly an employee
of Ecusta, work
ing in the Fibre
Warehouse. H e
entered the ser
vice in Nov. of
1942. Pvt. Press
ley has been sta
tioned at Camp,
McQuaide, Calif.
ROBERTS
Pvt. Walter H.
Roberts, formerly
a Digestor Cook
Helper at Ecusta,
is how somewhere
in England. Pvt.
Roberts entered
the service Dec-
4, 1942. His home
is in Etowah, N.
C.
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Employees In Oversea? Service Before Christmas