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yiCTORY vm MS BomDS AND smps THE ECHO Quality of Product is Essential to Gontinutng Success yiCTORY BUY UNITED STATES EPENSE ONDS AND STAMPS Volume No. 3 PISGAH FOREST, N. C May, 1942 Number 14 In Australia tJ. (Continued on page 3) F. Bennett Elected soj; Of Engineers Club tl'L'^Usta is proud of the fact that General Superintendent is the head of the Engineer’s Club of tyPl^®rn North Carolina for the com- 1 TO^ar. s the annual meeting of the En- ed Club held in Asheville on Jv^Sth, 1942, Mr. Bennett was elect- •ei’^V^sident, Mr. Julian Stepp of the *ina Power and Light Company CO'S, elected Vice-President, Mr. J. C^chrest of Canton was elected Mr. Floyd Cotton of Ashe- ^ rt Wilmas elected Treasurer, Mr. E. D. is of the U. S. Geological Sur- f^i^K^fice in Asheville and John Doz- J Enka were elected members of ^oard of Directors. According to information received Hovey WaldroJJ, who was form- employed at Ecusta, is now in ijstralia. So far as we have been J® to learn he is the first employee has been sent abroad. A few ago he sent a telegram to his pother with an Australian date line ^^ich said, “Feeling fine.” Hovey 5ftie with us in March, 1940 and left Wiilitary service on April 7, 1941. the time he was inducted he was ‘^^Ployed in the pre-washer depart- of the pulp mill. Stretching Out The Rubber By E. G. Holt ^Uch has been published in the ‘Pers and trade journals regarding ^ shortage of our rubber supplies ji^sed by the sneak attack of the Japs Pearl Harbor and the extension of ' War into sources of supply, the arguments fly thick and there are two oustanding facts are quite obvious: (1) there ^ I’ubber shortage; and (2) it is up every citizen in the United States his shoulder to the wheel and overcome the shortage. ^inning the War Our First Aim I ® are in a war. No matter how that statement is published, % people do not seem to realize it. ^ are going to win that war, and ^i^e going to win it if it becomes ^^ssary that the Government take 'Confiscate all of the materials that ^?|,be needed by the military. We *^ans are second choice in this con- We don’t count unless our work the big task before us counts I then, only insofar as we are able ^^^oduce work. Let’s not kid our- “Band” New Impressions As a recent recruit of our Ecusta Band, I should like to set down my impressions of this organization for your perusal, and, I hope, approval. A “blow” by “blow” description so to speak. In order to clarify these impressions a bit let’s start back the beginning,” as nearly all good tales go. By “happenstance” I wandered into our cozy, up-to-date library the first day I was here. It was a pleasant shock to discover all the brightly' jacketed fiction and non-fiction vol umes, not to mention the various pop ular and technical magazines. Men tally filing away several entrancing titles for future reference, the book worm reluctantly turned and wended her way to the cafeteria for lunch. Yes, that beautiful, brick club house looking building turned out to be the cafeteria . But the architecture was not to be outdone by the attractive array of nutritious foods at a surpris ingly low cost, that I found inside Surrounded by the spacious pine-pan elled atmosphere and in the process of “surrounding” a delicious lunch, I mulled over the events of the day and was just thinking how perfect every thing was, so far, when I one mention Band Practice. ’ I thought, “Is it possible-^a band. ‘All this and Heaven, too’I.M” And so, no sooner had I men tioned that I had once tooted m a band I was practically conscripted. Upon investigation I discovered that instruments and instructions were supplied gratis to any Ecustans inter ested in taking advantage of this won derful opportunity. You may bet (Continued on page 4) A f TOWN AND tcUSTA IN GOLF CONTEST Ten Brevard golfers swung twice around Brevard’s improved golf course Sunday afternoon to defeat a like number of Ecusta s players 37-7 in the first match play of the season. Dr E 0. Roland, Brevard opto metrist and vice-president of the Jaycees, had the best score of the dav with an 83. Adding to Brevard’s lead were George Page with 84 and J. I Ayres with 85. Charlie Russell was 1°^ for E^ta with 88. Other players had pomnaratively low scores, and like- comparau j fellows on each r" r„t It the tondred mark. hazard for most o£ the play- Mental hazwa I wes" from “he club house looking west iro where on the get PW®--“ (or making the -e ‘ ri r to o^^rdlna. said, if more rain does not Pron^^^ taking the heavy '^e he- grass greens smarted last ye coming more carpet-like, ana some of the cup-areas are others, players expressed thems as highly pleased with the ments made during the winter m by the bent grass carpets. Flights for the Sunday afterno play included: Charles Matheson, Ecusta, against J. I. Ayi and Vernon Fullbright; Wendell Je (Continued on page 2) Ecusta War Bond Drive Goes Over Big As the Echo went to press, the board in front of the Cafeteria show ed that 100% of the employees on some shifts and in some departments had signed up to buy War Bonds through the pay roll deduction plan. By the time this is read, other depart ments and other shifts will also be 100%. The first to reach this goal were Endless Belt, Champagne Gum ming, “A” shifts in the Pre-Digester, Digester, Bleach, and Refiner Rooms, with Refiner “D” close behind, Ma chine Room “A” was next with Inspec tion “A” close behind—each with one man absent from work so he could not sign up. The “A” shifts were the first to get their pledge cards and really took advantage of it. The drive was given a good send off with a series of talks in the Cafe teria by Mr. Bennett. In this way, everyone had an opportunity to stop on their way out from work and listen to the talk. This plan was xiecided upon after Messrs. Walter Straus, R. Wilber, R. Kappers, “Speedy” Jones, and R. E. Matthews, expressed their ideas on the matter to Mr. Bennett. From these ideas it was decided what kind of talk was to be given and the method of handling the drive. The plan was then laid before Mr. Straus and he said he would be glad to ap prove a plan that would afford con venience to Ecusta people in helping their country while they also helped themselves. The meetings were held on May 14 and 15th with an overflow crowd at each one. Pledge cards were given to each person as they passed out the doors. This was taken care of by the various superintendents and foremen, while Wayne Conn of the Electrical Department ran the public address system. The superintendents, being sponsors of the drive, stayed in the back of each audience and listened for flaws in the speech. Some of them threatened Conn with extermination if any funny noises came out of the loud speakers. From the immediate results, it seems that each employee was only waiting for the opportunity to sign UP and all of the foremen have been doing a bang-up job of helping them (Continued on page 2) Is Hospital Official Ecusta Bits If you really want to see Brevard and you are rationed on gas or rubier heels, try the Ecusta morning sight seeing special. You had better pack a little lunch for there are no stops to dine. You may mount the bus at 8:20 A. M. by the courthouse and proceed down the main street turning right at the second block then right and left and promenade until every street and ev6ry othGr house h3S bGen contacted from Probart to Park Ave. Some peo ple bring their needle point but some are still too busy with breakfast to bother with this sort of thing. Your attention will be called to all points of interest and the last stop is ECUS TA PAPER CORPORATION. Return trip 5:15 same day. All this is well and good but . . . if you are in a hurry, get a bicycle. The bicycle club leaves the square at 8:25 A. M. ar riving at Ecusta 8:45, discounting flats, aching muscles, etc. This saves 20c per day, $1.20 per week with which you might buy Defense Stamps, hiiild up your health and leg muscles and slim down the waist-line. There i, „„ fee to join this du^ HARRY H. STRAUS, above, was elected chairman of the Transylania Community Hospital, Inc., at a re cent organizational meeting of the hospital officials. Mr. Straus, president of Ecusta Paper corpora tion, has worked untiringly in be half of the hospital. And The Rains Came The employees of Ecusta blew into work looking a little like drowned rats with circles under their eyes on the morning of May 20th, 1942. A few looked like Captain January as they waded in in rubber boots, raincoats and hats, with shoes and hose and such bulging out of their pockets. Most people were at least awakened by the crashes during the night but Sonia Colwell slumbered through it as sweet ly as a babe so was cheerfully chirpy and dewey-eyed (an indication of no mind or no conscience). No such peace reigned in the Williams-Alex- ander abode. As they sat sipping coffee and quietly watching the storm from their living room window there suddenly came a flash and a crash and ball of fire came rolling across the floor. Without a sound Thelma did a racing dive across the living room rug. Fred took one look and like a plummet, he too dropped to the floor. At this point Justine only gaped, too amazed to join them in their ball-of-fire game. We wonder if Mrs. Alexander could have participated in any air-raid practices on her recent ex cursion to Norfolk. At lunch there was more talk of the storm. Sea gulls had been sighted flying over our mountain ranges. It was the opinion of some that it takes a mighty big blow to bring sea gulls to the mountains. Some said that this is the worst storm we have had since 1916 when there were land-slides and such. Some of the Asheville people went home while they were still sure of getting there. Others were obliged to stay lest they get their feet wet. The Recreation Department consider* (Continued on page 2) HAPPY MONTH One woman writes about an unus ually happy month: “Sometimes I be gin wondering about my state of mind and analyzing it. It doesn’t seem quite decent to be so happy when the whole world is so topsy-turvy and in such an agonized state of upheaval.” But what would be gained if she made herself unhappy just to match the millions who through the hellishness of war, are so terribly unhappy? Let us try to keep alive the sacred spark of happiness wherever it is alight.
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