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PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
April 1940 Number 3
■■ ISTA NINE ENTERS
C BASEBAIL LOOP
oots ‘
Game In Brevard With
theinners On April 27
ime Each Saturday
3-lT.y ^
Ties. „ meeting- of the
rn Carolina Industrial Baseball
)t Asheville, Friday
lonth.^’ ^^’’Ch 29th. Representatives
IX teams out of the eight mem-
re S'^Sinop '^®re pres-
' eight
vacancies were to be
ima/ ® Applications for
year-JWestern
—• "pv... Carohna mdus-
**'er flpo- , representatives,
peat EcutS p
— . Corporation at
oy® 5 Mills
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S“e.™“; “O"" April
ay ‘'Tannery St vef"®
Stat«jsta. The comnlP^r^ champions,
^ t,ompiete schedule an-
“Tl'e Echo”
Itlon. of “'■^“n'zation meeting: Mr.
— -esidpnf’ 2 elect-
t>y Vicp p Candler of
Tran^vT G-
— wJ Tanning Com-
ist Sjrer An'*^ ff Secretary and
^^^■‘the • naln^e
8 iJ'eSu? wm
ague will function were adopt-
of the rules requires tinf fi,
of a player must be submitt
eague officials two weelS bSn
-o:V”r‘ss't'Vat*r “ s
0 that he will not ht. t
»" account of th^,'’rlr^
» Margolis Leaves
Switzerland
NOT HIS JOB
‘Tm not supposed to do that,” said he,
When an extra task he chanced to see;
“That’s not my job, and it’s not my care.
So ril pass it by and leave it there.”
And the boss who gave him his weekly pay
Lost more than his wages on him that day.
“Fm not supposed to do that,” he said,
“That duty belongs to Jim and Fred.”
So a little task that was in his way,
That he could have handled without delay.
Was left unfinished; the way was paved
For a heavy loss that he could have saved.
And time went on and he kept his place,
But he never altered his easy pace,
And folks remarked on how well he knew
The line of the task he was hired to do;
But never once was he known to turn
His hand to things not his concern.
But there in his foolish rut he stayed
And for all he did was fairly paid,
But he never was worth a dollar more
He got for his toil when the week was o’er;
He knew too well when his work was through
And he’d done all he was hired to do.
If you want to grow in this world, young man.
You must do every day all the work you can;
If you find a task, though it’s not your bit.
And it should be done, take care of it!
And you’ll never conquer or rise if you
Do only the things you’re supposed to do.
—Edgar A. Guest.
New Road being built
Via Ecusta Plant
The thoroughfare joining Highway
64 at Pisgah Forest with Highway 280
is being rebuilt by the State Highway
forces hertj under the supervision of
Mr. Ernest Webb.
Sdt:
le,
it
't.-TorrfSS rT“‘'
esterday, trying to *>• 1 ^mster-
- ansportation faoiiitf
^ back to the tt •? ,
^erican Citizens.”
,««ch as these, appear .
In our newspapers thl«
employee of the nl
Corporat'on whn ^ '-^ampagne
:ean at this tim^
nne, Switzerland’ ®
It for? If, i-„ , ;
>aper to the q cigar-
•mbitious schnf^'®® No
his medicS to com-
“’‘thf V’"'?
Continued on Page 2
To Ecusta employees who have been
dizzy for months, from trying to drive
on this road and miss as many of the
854 major holes as possible, this is a
very welcome project. The road as it
is now has been very expensive to
those who ride on it in the way of
tires and headache tablets, the latter
being used to bring some relief after
the jolt.
Weather conditions have delayed work
on the road, and a definite date for its
completion cannot be made now. How
ever, at no time will the road to Ecusta
be closed. The course of the new road
will follow that of the old one with some
changes. The dwelling where the road
intersects highway 64 at Pisgah For
est will be moved in order to eliminate
the blind entrance to the highway. The
pavement for the new road will be
twenty feet wide, stone base, the sur
face of which will be treated with as
phalt.
Mr. Webb states that work on the
new highway is being rushed, and
Ecusta traffic will be taken care of
at all times.
Smoking Regulations
Adopted For Plants
In order to promote cleanline.ss and
safety in the plant, certain rules re
garding smoking, tobacco chewing,
etc., have been adopted. These rules
are set forth in a memo from Mr.
Word and conspicuous notices have
been posted throughout the plant.
All employees are urged to comply
strictly with these regulations and as
sist in the promotion of cleanliness and
safety. These rules, effective April
2ii(i, are clearly set forth in the fol
lowing memo released by Mr. Word:
As you know, there have been many
discussions and considerable thought
given to the (luestion of Smoking in
the plant and throughout the prom
ises. This mutter ha,s also been taken
up with our insurance company, and
it has finally been decided that the fol
lowing rules and regulations are to be
adopted and are to bo strictly enforced:
SMOKING IN ANY FORM WHATSO
EVER IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED
INSIDE THE WIRK FI^JNOF:
WHICH SURROUNDS OUR PROR-
ERTY EXCEPT IN THE FOI/LOW-
ING PLACES;
1. THE MAIN OFFICE BUILDING.
2. THE GATE HOUSE.
3. THE GENERAL SUPERINTEN
DENT’S AND ENGINEERING OF
FICE.
Continued on Page 3
MR. STRADS GIVEN
NAMNAL ACCLAM
Transforming Raw Flax Into
Fine Cigarette Paper Is
Great Chemurgic Step
Mr. Harry IT. Straus, l'resilent of
Ecusta Paper Corporation, won nation
al acclaim when on March 2!)th he ad-
dre.ssed a meeting of the National
Farm Chemurgic Council in Chicago,
and announced that Ecusta Paper Cor
poration at I'isgah Forest, N. tl, was
successfully making high quality cigar
ette paper directly frcMii American fla\.
The Farm Chemurgic Council wiis
organized five years ago by leading in
dustrialists, including Henry Ford, for
the purpose of discovering and develop
ing industrial usage for farm products.
Two years ago Mr. Straus, addre.ssiiig
the Conference, stated that experitnent.s
were under way for the production of
cigarette i)aper from raw Atnoricau
flax and predicted that within a short
time the project would he a suc(!e.s.s.
On March 2!»th he climaxed the annual
convention by modestly announcing
that what only two years ago was a
dream was now a reality; that in the
Davidson River Valley, bordering on
Pisgah National l^^orest, near Brevard,
N. C., he had built a I;\rge factory which'
employs 900 people, and 24 hours per
day turns out high quality cigarette
paper made directly from raw Ameri
can flax—opening up a market for 10,-
000 tons of flax yearly.
This most recent development in the
chemurgic movement was proclaimed
in the pre.ss of the nation as the open
ing of a new industry in the United
States. The leading newsjnipers of the
nation gave it wide publii'ity and Time
Magazine for April 8th carried almost
a two column write-up with a picture of
Mr. Straus.
Below is the full text of the ad
dress, with the exception of a few
minor changes which wo were unable
to get in time for the pa])er, delivered
by Mr. Straus before the National
Continued on Page 3
Mother of Lucy White
Dies In Auto Crash
Ecusta and its employees were sorrv
to hear of the death of Mrs. Inez
White on Faster morning. Mrs. White
and her daughter, Lucio, who works
in the Machine Booklet Department,
were driving to CJharleston, S. C„ to
spend Easter with Mrs. White’s other
daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Parker.
The automobile accident occurred
around 2:;^0 a. m. lOaster, 23 miles
north of Winnsboro, S. C. Mrs. White
was driving and lost control of the
car on a sharp curve. After the a(‘cl-
dent, Lucie, though badly cut on the
legs, obtained heli) and was carried to
WlniKsboro to a hospital.
Lucie Is now In Patton Memorial
hospital In Hendersonville and Is re
covering rapidly. Though paiiifiil,
none of her wounds were serious and
she expects to be back to work within
a few weeks.
vviiiiams, women^s
Recreation Director, will act in the
librarian and will be on
; fiand from 8:45 A. M., until 5:00
In/ill K 1 books. The books
wppir tr ® period of one
TiTri* ®^wever, if the reader re-
' ^ ^ Wore time, books may be re-
‘ V, adiiitional week.
Ti* t ^ ^ request
;:. in the event that you do not
j reading interests on our
j Shelves We shou d appreciate your
I suggestions for i.ature book orders.
I Among the mariy famous authors
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Mr. A. J. Loeb, better known to
Ecustans as “Art” Loeb, recently
returned to Brevard. Mr. Loeb is
Vjice Pres, of the California Central
Fibre Corporation and has been lo
cated at El Centro, Calif., for the
past year. On Nov. 12, Mr. Loeb
was married to the former Miss
Kathleen Vachreau of Wausau,
Wis. The cernmony took place in
Chicago and their honeymoon was
spent in Florida. We extend our
very best wishes to the bride an-
groom and hope that their stM-
here will be an extended one. je.
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