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i ! . tioDi th'*' ron ma ht. **AY,1944 THE ECHO PAGE THJRTEEN Employees In Service Pay Us A Visit Ecticf ^ ^ ® y d Callahan visited »eek^ March 29th after four ^ of maneuvers in Tennessee. faiBn army engineers at '>eeii ®^^®*^ridge, Ky. He has He n compressor operator. Parthf ® Ecusta’s Finishing de- to the Engineers. Id^ William R. Sentelle, on a of J furlough after completion Fi5l(j®"”i§ht training at Maxwell II5J visited Ecusta on %’s -■ Sentelle is taking s«rvic Before entering liisn/i- employed in the ction department. Jlii * ————— Cp!J” Ponder, Jr., S 1-c, left in May, 1942. Ponder July in the South Pacific since stroy ^he same year on a de- mu*^' visited Ecusta in sin it 'V ou5 0 [e^ ,eri® 7 X returned to sea. C. Olen Hall, a former ' of the Research Depart- I ''isited us in April on a 14- Ensign Hall is in an Division. He was in at months the Naval Ammunition De- '-rane, Ind., for six months. 1*( - law ^Uliam H. Tritt, of the .j^rmaster Corps at Fort Dix, 1 in n in on April 6th while the furlough. He worked Warehouse; left in f 1942. He was ex- \ ^ 86 overseas; Incidental- wearing a rifle and ^■“^nship medal. iitieer I^ste r C. Wilson, aerial « V- gunner in the air % Champagne in April. ^isoti was married to Miss Ny Hand Booklet re- jj ® left Ecusta in March, ■111, t>een at Sheppard and returned to Lin- ®lva^ for further assignment ®^ced training on a B-24. W. Smallwood, MM ^ ®^^tioned at Camp Perry, the duration. He was an of the Machine Shop ^ y > 1943, when he entered Seaman Smallwood is gv *iriver in the transporta- , at Camp Perry. X{, b, a WcCIintock of the U. S. V . M former Quality Super- {j\ Physical Laroratory, 5 ^cpj^tioned at Pensacola, Fla. ,!^tock was a pilot on the ? HiM ?°rnet” and received the At service in the Solo- J in I^i'esent he is an instruc- '4tb ^^nce gunnery and fly- ^^®»isacoIa. ^thur H. Sentelle, A for- Vi • Ecusta’s Yard k lOiu. Sited while on a 10-day He entered service in 1942. He was first sent S Croft then to Fort Moul- Sentelle is in the ^ fk there and expects for the duration I «« us a visit recently K pf Champagne’s Printing »m G. Ball, a former ^!l Vibit itJCtJiiuy •Iji i“6cpj® 10-day leave. Seaman his boot training at ^6 A expecting to be there Gasperson, Air Corps formerly of the visited April 17, ’44, H service in June, ’42, Western North Carolina Bowling Champs For the second consecutive year. The Transylvania Times bowl ing team, shown above, on which there are several Ecusta men, won the Western North Carolina title as “bowling champions.” The team recently won first place in the. Tri-City bowling league at Asheville and also captured top honors in the tournament. Walter Straus is captain of the team and the other members are, reading from left to right, Paul Simpson, who works in the Main tenance department; J. P. Luper, Bob Kappers, Maintenance,super intendent; Bruce Reynolds, also of Maintenance, and Jerry Jerome. Jame^t Dunne, who is in service, was also a member of the team. Now In England CPL. CHARLES B. PEEVY of Brevard, Is now stationed in England with the fifth hospital unit. He entere,d service last June and received his basic train ing at Fort McPherson, Ga. He worked at Ecusta before enter ing service. and took his basic training at Bain- bridge, Ga., at Aviation School. At present he is being transferred to Greensboro, N. C. Cpl. Russell C. Allen, who left the Bleach Plant as Machine ope rator in December of 1942, came in for a visit March 10th. He had just completed maneuvers in Elk in, W. Va., and was being trans ferred to Ft. Belvoir, Va., from his former station in Camp Perry, Ohio. Cpl. Allen had a 10-day fur lough and we are glad that he came in for a visit. Buy War Bonds TODAY' Pvt. Arthur C. Wilson, former truck driver on the Ecusta Yard Crew, has been transferred from the field artillery to a cannon com pany. Pvt. Wilson, who has been in the army for nearly two years now, visited the plant on March 10th. He completed his basic train ing at Fort Bragg. During a 3-day pass, Pfc. Wade Scroggs came in for a visit; his wife, who used to work in Hand Booklet Department, was with him and is going with him back to the Richmond Army Air Base where he is stationed. He used to work here, prior to last May, as shift foreman in the Pulp Mill; now he works in the supply room at the air base. Pvt. Geoffrey Guice, of the Air Corps ground crew and formerly of Finishing Department, has just completed his training at Engine Specialist School, Indianapolis, Ind., and goes to Oklahoma City to be assigned to a fighter group. He is now with the Third Air Force. After his basic training at Shep pard Field, Texas, he went to Avia tion Mechanic School in Nebraska. Pvt. Guice’s wife was with him when he came in for a visit March 21 during his 10-day furlough. PRAISES NEW ZEALAND Lt. Millender Matthews writes from New Zealand: “ ... I am now in New Zealand. Arrived here by plane one month ago today. From the moment I saw the place from the air I knew I would like it. As we came in at about 3,000 feet a panorama of unexpected beauty mfolded below us. There were hills, bays, valleys, plains, a marvelous variety of scenery in a few hun dred miles of traveling. The homes with their red roofs among the green gave the appearance of what I had pictured to myself many times before as a wonder land — Shangri La. Nor was I disap pointed when I had the chance to see some of the places from the ground. The beauty of this place is equal to any that I have seen in my travels, in fact, it surpasses every place I have been before. . . The town is sprinkled with many parks devoted to walks, shrubbery, flowers and lawns. Almost 100 per cent of the houses have flower gardens. The government posters such a program by reducing the rent in proportion to the way one maintains his home. I have not seen very much of the countryside, but what I have seen reminds me of our own, minus the mountains. Hills are numerous, in fact, the entire town is a succession of hills. . The people are comparable with the scenery. They are a nice courteous group, who go out of their way to make us feel welcome. . The expense of living is much lower than in the States. You can liave a grand steak dinner for fifty cents. . . . Gas is the hardest to get. You can get only one and one- half gallons per month. Most of the cars are similar to Austins. They have a number of theatres. . Most of them have double features with an interval between for refreshments. . . . The ground floor is considered the worst place to sit . . . you have to be careful for there are plenty of rats aWt. The girls sit with their feet on the seat in front of them. . .. Ten nis is one of the most played sports. . The playing is done on grass courts. ... I am Assistant Com munication Officer for the base.’’ Cpl. Kenneth McCrary, who is with the ammunitions company at a Mississippi Ordnance Plant, Jack son, Miss., visited the plant on March 27th during his 15-day fur lough. Before going to Santa Anita, Calif., for his basic training, he worked as a backtender in the Ma chine Room. He has had 10 months of training at Fort Lewis, Wash. Pvt. Marvin P. Smith visited the plant on February 15th. He was a Champagne Gumming Operator be fore entering the service on Sep: tember 3, 1943. He has been sta tioned at Fort McClellan, Ala., in an infantry regiment. After his furlough he will be located at Fort George G. Meade, Md. He said it was nice to be back at Ecusta and to see his friends. S-Sgt. Ed Rothbauer^ who is in the chemical warfare department of the Army Air Corps, is still stationed in Georgia. He visited Ecusta on February 24th during a 3-day pass. Before entering the army in December of 1942, he was a Pilot Plant Operator. We hope he will get a furlough soon. We welcomed M. P. (yes, we said ‘welcomed’) Pfc. DeBois Edmund- son back for a visit during his recent 15-day furlough. He said he was expecting overseas orders soon. Before entering the service in August of 1942, Pfc. Edmundson was employed in the Refining Room. He is stationed at Myrtle Beach, S. C. Edgar Allen Mo. M.M. 1-c, has been in the Navy for almost four years. He left Ecusta in 1940, as a beaterman. Seaman Allen was visiting his sister and brother-in- law, “Slim” Bullock, during a 13- day leave. After taking boot train ing at Norfolk, Va., he went to Diesel Engine School also at Nor folk. Seaman Allen is on a sub marine chaser, and has had duty mostly in the South Atlantic around Brazil. He expressed a re- sire to be back at Ecusta, soon. D.Day is coming soon. Back the great invasion of Europe. Buy war bonds. Fifth wgr loan drive starts June 12,
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