Nowhere in the world is the dogwood as abun
dant and as beautiful as it is in North Carolina.
Nothing in Nature’s garden is a more decorative
ornament than this flowering tree—a tree whose
spreading branches and loose clusters of flowers
whiten the woodlands in May and June, and in
Autumn paints the landscape with glorious crim
son, scarlet, and gold, dulled only by the cluster
of red berries among the foliage.
The dogwood is truly a symbol of immortality.
Is it then not fitting that it be the State Flower
of a State which had the first English Colony in
America—a State which is one of the original
thirteen—a State from which rises the oldest
mountains on the continent—a State which boasts
of the first State University in the United States
—a State with a history and a tradition of which
we are justly proud?
Yes the dogwood is our symbol of immortality,
of peace, and of faith. It is the living symbol of
"The Old North State.”
VOL. 16
MAY 1954
NO. 5
PUBLISHED AND PRINTED MONTHLY FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE PAPER DIVISION AND
FILM DIVISION OF OLIN INDUSTRIES, INC., BY THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
DEPARTMENT, ECUSTA PAPER CORPORATION, PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
Charles Russell, Editor — Alex Kizer, Jr., Assistant Editor — Jack D. Morgan, Art Editor
Fritz Merrell, Sports Editor — H. E. Newbury and F. B. Ayres, Safety Reporters