^JCTOBER, 1947
THE ECHO
PAGE THIRTEEN
A UE ON
COON HUNT, THESE
experts advise
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^“■norous Story Of Recent
I ?P®dition Brought To
'8nt By One Of Group
Friday afternoon, October
tjJi of us decided to go on a
Ijj group were Dick
Carri^’ Maintenance; Clayton
and Elmer Gevedon of
Boiler room; Sam Kent of
Lona Jones from the
?“»ate plant.
iljjJ Turkey Creek church
IrajL ® P- m. The dog struck a
that carried it around the
th *
Cl!!**" and soon got out of
!(sh»i®' Elnier had about a half
»aj apples along and said he
Hj tired of carrying them
at a big log to eat
Jijjj them. Gardner, who com-
(jii,. of being cold, put on his
• hi. t buckled his lantern
back.
Morrison Bainter
iji of other fellows with
Hj, .. oig coon. We all admired
•e. catch and wondered if
'“Wd do as well.
^ *»ater 40 Miles Away
ijj finally came back and
hurt, so we decided to
Slap°T ended up at
W Lick on Mills river. We
back to the top of the
^i{ Gardner had brought a
W of sandwiches and we
•lit ]j *0 eat. Elmer took a pea-
'‘''or t ^ sandwich and after a
'H{ j ^"'o, declared he was chok-
'at«v. death—and not a drop of
GaJn ™iles!
\(j f and Lance were sup-
^”ow the country so they
\ ? 'vhich direction to take
ce finally picking the
Telephone Changes
Please note the following new numbers and correct all Ecusta
directories:
Alexander, Jack Brevard 612-W 248
Best, F. S. 342
Cooper, G. J. AUTOCALL-269
Davenport, Sadye 215
Harden, Ruth 215
Johnson, Virginia Asheville 7948-W
Merrell, Fritz 368
Poole, Dot Brevard 64 324
Refrigeration Crew AUTOCALL
Russell, Charles L. Brevard 703-W 315
Schmidt, Howard Brevard 338 327
Townsend, Nat AUTOCALL
Tucker, Gus 241
York, Earl 335
All resident and plant extension changes should be promptly
reported to the Ecusta operator.
Wins Prize At Fair
v|®i
W -
’•1 ^°ok off down the moun-
% ,r'»er
told Lance that if this
hay! "'™”g way, he was going
"’'''inta. carry him back up the
Gardner’s legs began to
"t give the good sum
f W ^or a mule,” he whined,
f^fice hit a little creek and
he knew this was the
® of Turkey creek. We
“ills the creek, landing at
again!
Knew For Sure
' iqa let’s go down the riv-
/ Turkey Pen
> j, every inch of the river
« fea! ^’®hed every inch of it,”
|.\ us. We waded the
1downstream to Poplar
Ssiu decided to back-track
asked Elmer where his
“I got tired of the limbs
>ayS it off and threw it
answered. By this time,
Hi ® wearing gloves and had
\ ‘J'S stick as big as his leg.
Nta-*'0P of *^1^0
at daylight. We looked
Sun and listened for the
^ -Of Ecusta. We finally got
tti Action and got out at 9
V«>iybody has a good mule.
Car willing to trade
tten by one of the group.
V'
A n •’’teresting to note that
OSe *nade man He didn’t ar-
!||S of the joints of his
* W could pat himself on
^ ^"-Beacon.
acquired much wis-
^ou have learned how
‘JOy
your life without having
i^Oiiey for your fun.-r
Several Ecus tans’
Names Drawn For
Pisgah Deer Hunts
Several people connected with
our companies were among the
lucky names to be drawn for the
deer hunts which will be staged
in the Pisgah National Forest No
vember 10-22. Because of the large
number of persons desiring to par
ticipate in the hunts, it was nec
essary to draw the names at the
Brevard chamber of commerce.
The names of Ecustans drawn
were: Lewis Stepp, Frederick L.
McCall, Tom Hargis, Jr., Charles
R. Allison, Mrs. Sid Barnett, Jr.,
John T. Hollis, Jr., Wayne E.
Conn, H. W. Sigmon, B. B. Meix-
ell, Mrs. R. F. Bennett and Walter
T. Glazener.
STUDENTS TOUR PLANT
Twenty-five chemistry students
from Warren Wilson junior col
lege at Swannanoa, accompanied
by Miss Ethel Klemm, chemistry
teacher at the college, toured the
plant Wednesday morning, Octo
ber 29.
Words, like clothes, should be
washed clean before they are hung
out to dry.—Marcelene Cox.
If you ever get to thinking that
you are indispensible, just re
member what happened to the
horse when the tractor came along.
—Glenn E. Bunnell.
Certain men get the idea that
they are breezy when they are
merely windy.—Fred Waring
October Visitors
Anne Garren, 12 year old
daughter of Marvin and Hassie
Garren of Finishing, and a mem
ber of the Brevard Elementary
4-H club, won a red ribbon and
a cash prize of $10 for her en
try in the Window Treatment
exhibit at the State Fair at Ra
leigh October 15-18.
Anne’s Window Treatment
was chosen for exhibit by Miss
Mary Margaret Robinson, coun
ty home demonstration agent,
on the basis of accomplishment
on her Room Improvement proj
ect which has been carried over
a period of two years.
The secret of success in conver
sation is to be able to disagree
without being disagreeable.—Uni
verse.
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October was a busy month for visitors to our plant.
Many states of the union and two foreign countries were
represented in those who went through our gates—most
of them for the first time.
Above arc five of the visitors. In the top photograph
are Mr. G. W. Macon, president of the Universal Leaf
Tobacco Co., of China Federal, Inc., who accompanied
Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Ting and Mr. S. H. Hsu of China. Mr.
Ting is owner of the China Fooh Sing Tobacco Company.
They visited the plant Octobcr 1.
The following day, we had in our midst, Mr. George
V. Denny, moderator of the famous radio program. Town
Hall. Mr. Denny's mother lives in Asheville, and although
he is a frequent visitor to Western North Carolina to see
his ipother, this is the first time he had visited Ecusta.
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