QUALITY
FIRST
THEN
quantity
NOT
HOW MUCH
BUT
HOW WELL
Vol. 6: No. 6
PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
June, 1944
Ecusta’s Annual Picnic July 4th
HACIflNE ROOM
LEADS LEACDEI
^^chin€ Room Clinches First]
Place, Beats Gashouse
13 To 1.
INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEAKER
In yesterday’s ball games at |
^usta Field, the Machine Room
^ys trounced the daylights out of
Gashouse Beaters to the tune I
13 to 1 in the first game. This]
the Machine Room team a firm i
Jold on first place in the inter-1
®Partmental baseball league. |
gashouse Beaters still held their |
®.^°nd place position, however,
Hh Duke’s Mixture in third place
Control at the bottom of the
^ader. Duke’s Mixture had an easy
in over Control in the second !
•aine and the score was 14 to 7.
. In the first game yesterday j
Uttles pitched for the Machine
oom team and Bud White pitched
Oashouse Beaterst Biddle and |
'*!||nn tossed for Duke’s Mixture
Wle Head threw for Control. I
league standings are as of
Won Lost I
J?achine Room 7 1
^®shouse Beaters 5 3
dike’s Mixture 4 4
^ntrol 0 8
jj in next week’s lineup, Machine
^om and Control will have the |
tilt while Gashouse Beaters!
Duke’s Mixture will play the
®*®ond game.
^ Governor J. M. Broughton, who will give an address to Ecusta pic*
nickers on July 4th. The chief executive is on a program beginning
at 3 o’clock during which the plant will receive a highly coveted
0. C. D. safety award.
Ecusta In Afternoon Of July 4th
^ar Pictures Be
Shown On June 29 i^ •, a i -i- in ■
In The Cafeteria becurity Awaro To Be Presented
official War Department
•w «on picture films will be shown |
C^f^day, June 29, at 8;30 in the
®teria. These films are under
sponsorship of the Recreation
ijjQ^^^tment for the benefit of em-
and their wives or hus-
‘ films to be shown
«(^^eek are as follows:
^ctn 1 Strike,” picturing the
?n Poland. Containing much
p ^^al footage captured from
Ci^g^®^ans, this film reveals the
Pattern of the Nazi attack,
"K propaganda to the famed
* attack on the Army.
®^ttle of Midway,” an in-
'''Hh version of the navy film,
special adaptations and com-
i i^ustrating the part labor
“ft^^nstry played in the victory.
Gun” contains
Nazi films, showing the
in which the German
a 1 forced to work. It gives
the industry of Nazi
fourth film is one just re-
®®lled “Cotton at War”
il
shown June 15 were, |
^Tam To Page Eight
Ecustans Purchase
Extra War Bonds
At County Rallies
Transylvania county got off to
a good start in its Fifth War Loan
Drive, which began last week.
Rallies are being held all over the
county , and latest reports were
that between $65,000 and $75,000
worth of bonds had been sold. The
members of the War Bond Com
mittee are confident that the coun
ty quota of $406,000 wiU be reach
ed by the end of the drive on July
8th.
Many Ecustans have already in
creased their payroll deductions
for the purpose of buying more
bonds under the payroll deduction
plan as well as having bought ex
tra bonds at raUies held in their
respective communities.
A group of Ecusta entertainers
have been appearing at the differ
ent rallies which have been held
—Turn to Page Twelve
Governor Broughton To
Make Address; Ralph H.
Ramsey To Preside
June H. Rose, assistant state
director of the N. C. council of ci
vilian defense, will present to the
Ecusta Paper corporation during a
program beginning at 3 p. m. on
July 4, the national security
award. This award is made by the
OCD in recognition of the com
pany’s maintenance of a superior
standard of protection and security
designed to safeguard production,
employees and property. The award
will be accepted by Raymond F.
Bennett, general superintendent of
Ecusta.
The program will be given in
connection with the annual Ecusta
picnic at Camp Sapphire and Ralph
H. Ramsey, Jr., chairman of the
county defense council, will pre
side. Music will be rendered by
the Ecusta band under the direc
tion of John Eversman.
^Ton» to Page Foiir
PLANT Wm SHUT
DOWN FOR A DAY
OFFESnvniES
Record Attendance Expected
At Third Annual Event;
At Camp Sajpphire
Tuesday, July 4th, is the date
selected for Ecusta employees and
their famililes to celebrate their
third annual picnic. This is the
day that the plant will shut down
and all Ecustans and their families
will gather for a full day of festiv
ities. Large employee picnics have
been held at Camp Sapphire on
each of the last two celebrations
of Independence Day. Both of these
iormer picnics have been attended
by large crowds representing a
major part of the Ecusta families
and present indications are that
this third annual picnic will bring
a record attendance.
The spacious grounds and other
facilities at Camp Sapphire are weU
suited for such an event as is
planned for Ecustans. It is located
about half way between Brevard
and Ecusta and has a very beauti
ful lake which will provide swim
ming, canoeing and fishing, a large
flat grassy location for all races
and other contests, buildings suit
able for square dancing, first aid,
checking stations, preparing cold
drinks, playing bingo, a large
wooded area for spreading picnic
lunches, and plenty of parking
space.
Softball Game To Be Featured
There will be every kind of
contest for every member of the
family, with prizes in Defense
Stamps to all winners. One of the
big attractions of the day which
is already creating a great deal of
interest is a softball game between
the Champagne girls’ team and a
girls’ team from the Champion
—Turn to Page Twelve
—eo Rhodes Taken
Suddenly By Death
At His Residence
On Sunday, May 14, Leo (Tony)
Rhodes, Ecusta’s yard crew fore
man, died suddenly of a heart at
tack, while talking to friends in
his front yard.
Since a large number of em
ployees, both in the mill and in
military service, had worked for
Tony at some time in the past, he
was very well known.
His eagerness to perform a ser
vice for anyone who asked made
him one of Ecusta’s most popular
employees.
He left many of us in his debt,
and his South Carolina, “Yes, suh,”
will be missed for a long time to
come,