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Bowling Standings
And so Ecusta bowlers have tucked
away in the annals of the past, all
the victories and defeats of 1942.
Thursday, Dec. 17, the Women’s
Duck Pin League closed the ’42 bowl
ing with the Amateurs well in the
lead.
Standings To Date
Teams W L
Amateurs 15 0
Office 11 4
Endless Belt 9 6
Champs 4 11
Finishing 4 11
Inspection & Labs 2 13
Individual High Single Games
Grace R, Zieverink, Office 126
Justine Williams, Office 118
Ann Morris, Amateurs 116
Individual High 3 Games
Sarah H. Jackson, Office 315
Lucille Lockman, Amateurs 314
Katherine Brigman, Amateurs _ 302
In the men’s league, Pulp Mill leads
Paper Mill by 3 games with Cham
pagne trailing in third place by one
game.
Standing To Date
Teams W L
Pulp Mill 13 2
Paper Mill 10 5
Champagne 9 6
Office 6 9
Inspection 5 10
Maintenance 2 13
Individual High Three Games
Scroggs, Pulp Mill 562
Dunne, Champagne 551
Reynolds, Maintenance 527
Individual High Single Game:
Reynolds, Maintenance 213
Scroggs, Pulp Mill 211
McCurry, Paper Mill 298
Now A Mechanic
THE ECHO
LETTERS HOME:
December, 1942
Dear Mr. Wells:
November 29 1942
i receive a copy of the Echo this past week. As
fn pomtcd out, WO fellows in the armed Forces are always glad
to get letters and papers from home. Navy life is swell and we have a nice
eight months of training before he gets to go
to school or to sea. We get an eight day leave after our eight weeks’ train
ing here is finished.
Wishing you the best of luck, your friend forever,
Lyday Mahaffey
Machine Shop
Sweepings
I have been
Dear Mr. Wells,
I am sorry that I haven’t written to you before now
pretty busy and we don’t have much time off.
I certainly appreciate reading the Echo as it brings all of the boys in
service together with one another as well as the people back home
Sincerely,
JAMES SMITH (Private)
P. S.—Please tell every one “hello” for me.
Dear Mr. Straus:
I have just received your letter and the issue of the Echo. As you
know, all us boys are so glad to get it.. It seems almost like getting a letter
from home. It is lots of company when we can read and see how our friends
and fellow workers are doing.
I am liking Army life fine and having a good time. Although I have
been among strangers (I had never seen any of the bunch I am with now)
I have found good friends.
So don’t forget to mail the Echo. As I promised, I am sending vou
my change of address.
Wishing you and all my fellow workers the best of luck and best
wishes.
A friend,
Andrew L. Williams, Private 1st class
^ , November 18, 1942
Dear Friends:
I always said that you couldn’t lose a bad penny and here I am in
another part of the world. I’ve seen quite a few things but the only things
I can mention are the Equator and the International Date Line. It’s no
joke when I say that I almost froze when we crossed the equator. I wore
a sweater for a solid week. Crossing the date line we jumped from Friday
to Sunday. Everything else here is strictly “military secrets” so read
your daily papers and you will know more than I do.
Hope all is well with all of you and that your Thanksgiving holidavs
were very much enjoyed. ^
Best regards to all,
Harry Reese (Private)
EARL T. FULLBRIGHT, for
merly employed as Quality Super
visor in Physical Laboratory at
Ecusta, was promoted to sergeant
December 1. He volunteered in
the Army Air Corps December 17,
1941, and is now a mechanic with
the 38th Fighter Squadron at Pen
dleton, Oregon.
Safety Rule Booklet
Now Being Printed
In an effort to further assist the
employees of Ecusta, Champagne and
Endless Belt in reducing personal in
juries, a book of Safe Practice Rules
has been formulated and is now be
ing printed.
This book contains General Safety
Rules, Safe Practice Rules for every
department and added valuable infor
mation, such as First Aid, Artificial
Respiration, How To Lift The Safe
Way, and Off The Job Safety.
Each of the rules in this booklet
has been suggested by some floor-
lady, foreman or worker in the above
corporations and most of the rules
and instructions have been included
to eliminate practices that have en
dangered workers in the past.
It is hoped that these booklets will
be ready for distribution by the first
of the year and that every employee
will not only read them thoroughly,
but will abide by them and thereby
help eliminate numerous injuries.
Yours for a Safer 1943. — H. E
Newbury.
Dear Mr. Wells: November (?), 1942
hnvc Brevard Saturday a week ago. I came to Ecusta to see the
^ supposed to get a 14
wi^gs anfcome L ^
This training here is real tough but it does me good. We have had
T T for a week. Am also learning the parachute
and all the works to it. Quite interesting work
Do you know what Ernest Burch’s address it? I want to write him a
letter thanking him for all he has done for me.
Way things are going, this war won’t last long, will it? Mostly oara-
chute troops too. ^
Sincerely,
JIM (Pvt. James E. McCormick)
T. „ December 6, 1942
Dear Mr. Wells:
^ will sit down and take time to let you know that I still think of
the ones back at the plant. I intended writing you sooner but I’ve been kind
of busy with my work. I received the Echo last week and was real glad
to get it too. Thanks a million for it.
Navy is really a swell branch of the service to be in. I guess
the Army is still taking a good many of the boys away and will continue to
do so. The base is really covered with sailors and other branches of ser
vice. The Navy does afford a good opportunity for the ones who qualify to
schools. There is just one thing I don’t like about the Navy
and that is the hair cuts they give us when we first come in training. We
have all kinds of amusements and recreation for the boys here and they are
very welcome. We also have a good mail srvice.
I am looking forward to my visit to the plant when I come home on
leave. Tell everyone “hello” for me.
Sincerely yours,
Wayne Nicholson (Apprentice Seaman)
Another thing I go for is Ginger
Rogers in ‘The Major and the Minor’.
But whatever happened to that frog?
Dear Mr. Wells:
I received my fipt copy of the Echo yesterday and was sure glad to
get It because it contained both news from home and what the other bovs
in service have to say.
I am aboard a modern ship and sure like it fine. 1 couldn’t ask
office ^ striking for the position as yoeman in the communication
You asked me, when I visited Ecusta, what a felllow must go through
when he joins the Navy. I told you about boot training, etc. but failed to
tell you about the sick part. The first week after you join you become
homesick, next you find yourself in a nauseated stage caused by the change
01 climate and the fancy haircut we all recived, which comes dam near Iw.
ing a shave, and last of all after boot training comes sea-sickness whiVh
is the worst of all. But sea-sickness lasts only a few hours and then vou
find yourself a sailor and can really enjoy being in the Navy.
Whoever gave you my address made a big mistake which I wish wa«;
true. Instead of Chief Yeoman, I am only Apprentice Seaman dreamine nf
becoming a chief. The boys in C Y Division (the division I’m in) had a eood
laugh at mail call when my name was called out Chief Yeoman I thant
you very much for the Echo and will be looking forward to receiving H
regularly. ^ei-ezving it
As ever,
Eugene McCall, (Apprentice Seaman)
Will Jack Gillespie please get that
door on his car fixed? We fellows
who ride with him are getting tired
of climbing in and out the windo\'’
.... And will Nick please quit ril’’
bing Jack about his Ford? That rear
end on your car ain’t grinding coffee.
Nick . . . What makes Hap Collins so
jittery about stepping into a pile of
leaves? . . . Short story: They were
sitting in a car, his arms about her.
And they spoke about their future
together. Quite suddenly the boy
asked her to be true and love him
always. She answered shyly that she
would; then he kissed her tenderly.
He asked her to extend her left hand
and he placed on her soft white
palm,—a lb. of coffee . . . That was a
pretty big story for the gang to be
lieve about Jack’s bagging three
birds and a rabbit with one shot,
but he did bring back a news item
about it that we do have to believe
.... It sure was a treat to us hav
ing Bob Clayton drop in for a visit
Uncle Sam has trimmed his waist
line a bit too. Good luck to you, Bol^’
and thanks for calling on us. Har
old Hogsed and Joe Perry als®
dropped in to visit us. It is remarl^'
able the change that the army ha®
made in all these fellows. Both o
them are coming along fast and 'viH
be going places some day. They are
now Sergeant Hogsed and Corporal
Perry. Good for you, boys, and
extend to you our congratulation®'
Keep up the good work, and by
may, “Sarg”, don’t get too tough o''
hard boiled, will you? . . . With tlij
front door bell, the telephone
someone’s alarm clock at our boaro
ing house all having the same pitcl’
we don’t know whether to ha''®
breakfast, to see who is at the doo>'
or to answer the phone .... Sin^^
quiz programs are the rage on the
radio we also have some questioi^®
that require answers: This is def
initely a ten dollar question! Wb®
does not listen to Big Sister sto^’
on the radio at noon any longer an®
why? Thank heavens! What does ^
C. B. signify on those booklet co''
ers? Where did I put that wrencli
or did somebody swipe it? . . .
Machine Shop will have its iisu^
Christmas tree this year but due
present conditions it will not be
orated with brass shavings from
lathes. In fact, we do not even ha''^
the brass but we do have lots
paper and ideas .... Will someo^^
please show Hap Collins the diff®’’
ence between a bear track and
of a big dog? . . . What has becob^^
of the Hendersonville Hoodlums? ■. \
We heard a girl singing this one
the hallway, “Ain’t got a wrap to i
name, Aint it a shame, Ho-Hum, '
Ho Hum” .... “Dan Boone”
lespie will please explain why,
getting three birds and one rabbij
with one shot, his cue missed
simple shot at the po.ol-room
cost the owner one new electf’J
light bulb? And then on the
shot almost put the stick throU^*’
the table? .... The Champagne
^™ne Shop extends to everyone
their fellow workers here
abroad, A very MERRY CHRISTM^J
and LOTS OF LUCK for the
YEAR.
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Dec. 5, 1942
Editor of Ecusta Echo,
Pisgah Forest, N. C.
Dear Miss Williams:
Is it permissible for me to coiit**''
bute the enclosed scribbling to ^
“Echo”?
I read the “Ecusta Echo” ca^J
month and enjoy it very much—^
my family like it.
Thank you.
The contribution follows:
,,,, WHO AlW I?
Who am I? No, Fm not an
employee, neither is my name
however, I’m confid^^
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ta because I work shifts froin
to day.
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