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Boyd Is Named To
Manage Cafeteria
Mr. W. J. Bryan Boyd has
been employed as manager of
the cafeteria now under con
struction. While construction on
rhe building is progressing satis
factorily, it will be March or
April before it is ready to serve
vituals.
There is a great deal of
work yet to be done on the
building itself and it will re
quire some time to install the
mod'ern stainless steel equip
ment.
In spite of the fact that the
cafeteria is not ready for op
eration, it was thought advis
able to employ a manager now
so that he could offer suggest
ions that he might have, and
that the company could have
the benefit of his advice in pur
chasing equipment and other
details.
Mr. Boyd is well qualified for
the position as manager. He
has had more than twenty
years experience in this line
of work and comes to Ecusta
highly recommended. It is be
lieved that he will be able to
operate the cafeteria in a high
ly satisfactory manner, afford
ing service that will please all
the employees. No profit to
the company or anyone else
will be madfe on the cafeteria
and good wholesome food will
be served to the employees at
actual cost. A “Canteen’' will
be operated in connection with
the cafeteria where drinks,
candies, sandwiches, cigarettes
and other items may be pur
chased.
THE ECHO
Janua
MR. AND MRS. GOEPFERT
OCCUPY NEW HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Goepfert
have recently moved into their
new home on Boylston Road.
The recently completed seven
room house is an exquisite struc
ture of brick veneer and stucco
of the colonial type. It is in
deed a picture of beauty in its
natural setting of pine, moun
tain hydrangea, and rhododen
dron on a hill overlooking Ecus
ta and the entire lovely David
son River valley.
Mr. Goepfert has very appro
priately named his new home,
‘Tine Grove.’'
NEWBURY—Con.
last 5Y2 years of which he was
their safety director.
It was at Kinston, North Car
olina that he acquired the
nickname of “Hank” which
stuck to him throughout and
has followed him to Ecusta.
Next to his extreme interest
in safety, comes his interest in
sports, particularly in base
ball where he has had a fling
in a professional way. A right-
handed pitcher. Hank has per-
folrmed ,profes.sionally ti o r
teams at Kinston, Wilmington,
and Charlotte, North Carolina
and while at Ware Shoals he
managed the baseball team for
four year's in the Piedmont
Textile and Central Carolina
leagues, both pretty fast cir
cuits. In 1932 his team won
the pennant in the Pied'mont
Textile loop. While we are
Btill on the subject of sports,
don’t take anything he says
about bowling too seriously.
Mr. Newbury is married, has
a boy 14 years of age, is a
Baptist by faith, is a member of
the Masonic Fraternity with
membership in the Ware Shoals
lodge.
In 1938 he attended the Na
tional Safety Council Meeting
in Chicago where 11,000 dele
gates from over the whole
world exchanged ideas on safe
ty. In this issue of the Echo
you will find two articles on
safety by Mr. Newbury which
we know you will find to be
interesting and we suggest that
you follow articles on this sub
ject which will appear in com
ing issues.
We are proud to welcome
Mr. Newbury to our staff, and
whenever you need to get in
touch with him, just call the
Engineering Office, telephones
69 or 73.
Flu Epidemic Is
Felt At Ecusta
The flu epidemic, which has
been sweepmg the country, has
been felt at Ecusta. While the
epidemic does not seem to
have been as severe in this sec
tion as in many others, quite a
number of employees have been
forced to “give up” and' not re
port for work as usual. Quite
a number report to the First
Aid Department each day.
Some receive treatments and
are able to stay on the job
Occasionally, however, it is
necessary to send one home to
recuperate.
The siege has been severe
enough to force schools in the
county to close.
Employees have been urged
to use all precautions possible
to avoid taking it. They should
avoid crowds, and lexposure,
and get plenty of sleep and
rest. Dr. Newland, plant phy
sician, has issued the following
instructions:
To Prevent Influenza
Avoid crowds during this
epidemic and avoid becoming
chilled. Gargle throat fre
quently with antiseptic and
obtain an abundance of sun
shine, good food, fresh air,
and rest. At the first signs
of feeling badly, such as tem
perature and aching pains, re
port to the First Aid Office
at once.
If we could read the secret
history of our enemies, we
should find in each man’s life,
sorrow and suffering enough
to disarm all hostility.
DRAFTEE—Con.
ing whether he was headed
for a year of military service
or for his old job at Ecusta.
But something had happened.
The flu epidemic had inducted
one of the volunteers and off
to camp went Mr. Poland.
Mr. Poland was employed
by Ecusta August 30, 1940 and
was a member of Tony’s gang,
although he spent a great deal
of his time doing relief work
in the mill. He had previous
ly worked with Fiske-Carter
on the construction of the
plant.
There are a number of Ecus
ta employees at the head of the
draft list and unless an unex
pected number of volunteers
enlist, it is expected that sev
eral will be called soon.
TAX REGULATIONS—Con.
lations do not require a single
person to file a state return
unless he has an income as
much as $1,000. The state
regulation with respect to mar
ried people is the same as the
federal; an income of $2,000.00
requires a return.
While the federal regula
tions require persons with low
er incomes to file returns, the
deductions allowed are more
liberal than those allowed by
the state and it is very unlikely
that a person will have to pay
a federal tax unless he also has
to pay a state tax.
Every employee who is re
quired to file a return should
do so promptly. The penalty
for failing to file is very severe.
All employers are required by
law to report to the Depart
ment of Revenue the name of
each employee, his address,
whether married or single, and
the amount of wages paid.
There is very little chance for
a person to get by filing the
return.
A supply of blanks is now in
the personnel office, where
Time Clock T
The Best Way Is The'
Rusty is the forem^
of our departments.
Like a lot of other^]
there’s nothing rust—
Rusty. Guess that’sy
name, because it’s j\j
he isn’t!
Swell guy—Rusty! I
boys like him—even ^
such a grouch that
be gloomy if every ^
pay day! ^
I heard Tom, the
that Rusty was maki>J^|^
production record.
Rusty says that
efficient department
a safe department.
Why? Just becaui
dent or an injury stop!
things down. Stop
chines or slowing
increases production
An injury can p^]
worker out of comm
it’s hard to replace
cause it costs money
in the new man.
Many times an
wastes or damages
or machines or equips
repairs have to be p^l
As I get it from ^
sest way to do any /
safe way because acc*'^
injuries can’t happe**
way,
So the boys in thi®^
ment are going plac^^^Q
we don’t want anyoi'ug^
lurt and because
have the best safety ;er
duction record in the
If anyone tell the^^al
has searched for 1^’Jull
and not attained it,
not; if he tell thee ^ q]
cained knowledge ,dei
searching for it, b^lonj
not; if he tell the^ fo
searched for knowled^er
tained it, thou may^’ fc
him. )lir
they may be obtaine^n
employee. The persoi^'sci
ager will also be
swer questions in J’Sai
this subject or assist
in making out the Mvi(
Mr. S. E. Varner, ‘—I
of Internal Revenue A^h
district, will be in his‘e
the new post office,es
each Saturday mori^^'te(
now until March I5tli' to
also be in this same
day on February
February 27th. He an
glad to give any helPba
in filling out the foi'^’^ ^