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JOHNS-MANVILLE GROUP HAS INTERESTING VISIT TO ECUSTA.... Among the many visitors to Ecusta, the Johns- Manville group had one of the most unusual trips to our plant. The group consisted of the following officials: Mr. L. H. Brown, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Mr. R. W. Lea, President of the Johns-Manville Corporation were accompanied by the following officials of the Corporation: Mr. J. P. Syme, Assistant to Chairman, and Vice President; Mr. A. R. Fisher, Vice President for Production; Mr. C. F. Rassweiler, Vice President for Research; Mr. A. Cromwell, Production Man ager, Industrial Products Division; Mr. T. R. Turnbull, Production Engineer, Industrial Prod ucts Division; Mr. G. B. Brown, Research Center; Mr. R. G. Wuinn, Research Center; Mr. G. H. Lowery, Plant Manager, Tilton; Mr. C. F. Dwin- al, Quality: Control, Tilton; Mr. J. R. Belcourt, Plant Engineer, Tilton; and Mr. S. S. Webster, Industrial Engineer, Tilton. All of the men were very much impressed with Ecusta and they made many kind and compli mentary remarks about our plant and organiza tion. The men arrived at the Asheville-Henderson- ville airport in the Corporation’s private plane. which was originally built for and used by Admiral Nimitz during the war. The trip to Ecusta was originally scheduled as follows:—breakfast in New York—flight from New York to Asheville-Hendersonville airport— lunch at Ecusta Cafeteria—trip through the plant —return flight to New York in time for dinner that evening. However, due to foggy weather they were grounded at Washington, D. C. on their return trip and weather conditions interrupted their schedule. Had conditions been favorable their original plans could have been easily ac complished. The story about how the airplane^ which was once the Flag ship of Admiral Nimitz became the private plane of the Johns-Manville Corpo ration is an unusual one. The plane was sold as surplus by the Government and bought by Mr. Reynolds, the manufacturer of Ball Point Pens. Mr. Reynolds then gave the airplane to his pilot, Bill Odom, famous for his around the world flights, who in turn sold it to the Johns-Manville Corporation. The plane, a C-54 with a cruising speed of around 250 miles per hour, is the largest ever to (Continued on next page) Shown above left to right are Mr. R. W. Lea, Board of Directors of Johns-Manville, Mr. Rob- President of Johns-Manville Corporation, Mr. Hanes, President of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company and Director of Ecusta Paper Corpora- Harry H. Straus, Mr. L. H. Brown, Chairman of tion and Mr T N Word 10
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