January, 1943
Master Sergeant
THE ECHO
Master Sergeant Charles Ruffin
Wilkins was recently on leave en
foute to report to Army Air Force
Officers Candidate School at Mia-
Florida, starting January 23,
1943. He enlisted in the Air
^oiTs January 14, 1943 and was
stationed at the Municipal Air
Base in Greenville, S. C., prior to
going to school. He was formerly
employed in the Pulp Mill.
Inspection, Shift B
We are glad to have Inez Poin-
^exter, Ida Lowman, and Martha
picker with us . . . Inez D. is a real
"ftist. You should see the pictures
paints . . . Tom G. thinks he will
py a visit to his Uncle Sam before
. . . Someone should compose
"fiother five by five song. Nell is
^red of singing the old one . . . Who
sets the better of the quarrels Cric
ket
and Red have? Cricket always
to have the last word . . . Jim
, • IS lucky to rate two good-looking
pipers . . . Inez P. goes out with
^est instead of out West ... If Red
• keeps on eating he’ll run a close
J?eond to Atlas . . . D. S. Thorne’s
isit caused quite a bit of excitement,
e hope he will return soon .
W(
g e really do miss Craig S. and David
j- out we wish them luck . . . Louise
• should be very happy. That cer-
someone has a furlough . . .
^aude G. should try skates. It
ould conserve leather and his feet
he scoots between machines,
j • • When will Elma M. learn that
^anita doesn’t scare easily? . . .
,yae S. is heartbroken but then we
gi ®iiss Betty and Hazel ... Is Ral-
gh W. really in the dog house or is
g® Pretending? . . . Wood and Victor
. ’ «ave trouble keeping up with their
fule
xj ~ • . . Mary C. is proud of the
^vy. You can’t blame her for that,
■ you? ... I am back where I start-
^ so bye for now.
VICTORY GARDENS
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^gements made to provide it. For
reason a survey will be made
*|^in a few days.
A he “County Committee” wishes a
^ Port from us at their next meeting
ly 6th, and it is sincere-
tLi that we can report at that
that each and every Ecusta fam-
the pledged themselves to help
^ais:
".War effort and themselves by
^ng a Victory Garden.
pjWhen your foreman gives the
j|.®Qge card to you sign it and mean
R. F. BENNETT
General Superintendent
ies Ecusta, Champagne,, and End-
Belt employees will surely come
®ugh in the lead in this project,
JUst
as they have in every other
patriotic
endeavor, we expect to see
of acreage in employees’ Vic-
^ Gardens,
tjjp ®i7one will be interested in
h Consequently, the Echo an-
tor that they will start a “Vic-
department to give all
thi help to the food raisers. In
jjj ®. issue is the first of much infor-
Pur that will be published for this
Qj. ^Pose. If you have any suggestions
‘luestions, send them in.
Mien! Women!
Bowl Ten Pins!
There has been much interest re
cently in the mixed ten pin idea. In
Feb. we hope to start the matches
and all employees are invited to par
ticipate. Details will be given at a
later date.
America needs men and women
capable of doing more than they have
ever done before. Only by provid
ing recreation — re-creation of
strength and spirits after toil—can
industry be assured of getting that
kind of manpower.
Charles P. Taft
Director, Office of Defense
Health & Welfare Service
Amateurs Lead
Women’s League
Women’s Bowling League stand
ings through Jan. 21st find the Cham
pagne Amateurs still leading by 5
games. This team does not have a
single defeat on their season’s record
and hold the first 3 high team sets,
the first 3 high team single games,
and Sarah Avery and Lucille Lock-
man, both of the Amateur Team, hold
first and third honors respectively
for individual high sets. Sarah broke
Sarah Hester Jackson’s record of 315
by two pins on Jan. 21st and pushed
to second place for the individual
high single game record with a 121.
The Amateur Team is without a
doubt the best team we have seen in
the history of Ecusta bowling and
odds are two to one that they don’t
lose a game this season.
Standings to Date
Teams W L
Amateurs 24 0
Office 19 5
Endless Belt 11 13
Finishing 9 15
Champs V 17
Inspection-Labs 2 22
Individual High Three Games
Sarah Avery 317
Sarah Jackson 315
Lucille Lockman 314
Individual High Single Game
Grace Zieverink 126
Sarah Avery 121
Justine Williams 118
Men’s Bowling League
Dissolved January 13
At a bowling meeting on January
13th it was found that due to the
transportation problem, it was neces
sary for the Men’s Bowling League
to dissolve. However, another plan
was presented which makes it pos
sible for all employees, regardless of
bowling ability or former affiliation
with a league team, to bowl every
Wednesday night at 7:30. Each
bowler will be assigned to a differ
ent team on each Wednesday night.
Prize money of 5 cents per bowler
will be collected, this money to be
divided between the two individuals
bowling the highest game for the
evening and the highest set. All em
ployees who enjoy an evening’s
bowling are urged to take advantage
of this new arrangement and come
out every Wednesday night at 7:30.
Bowling will be 10 cents per game.
The Women’s League was not af
fected by the transportation prob
lem and will continue league games
as scheduled.
At the time the Men’s League dis
solved the standings were as follows:
Team W L
Pulp Mill 16 2
Champagne 11 7
Paper Mill 10 8
Office 8 10
Inspection 6 12
Maintenance 3 15
Team High 3 Games
Champagne 2352
Pulp Mill 2337
Paper Mill 2314
Team High Single Game
Inspection 835
Paper Mill 835
Pulp Mill 829
Champagne 812
Individual High 3 Games
Scroggs 562
Dunne 551
Conn 532
Individual High Single Game
Reynolds 213
Scroggs 211
Calendar 208
McCurry 208
Perry In Maryland
Refining “D”
The Refining Department is shin
ing these days due to the new coat
of paint which improves its appear
ance, and is a good beginning for
the New Year . . . Good news from
some of our boys in the various
branches of military service—Fred
Jordan writes us that he has been
promoted to corporal and is liking
army life. Fred, we are sure you will
make Uncle Sam a fine soldier .
Ray Owen who left us before Christ
mas is now at Camp Howze, Texas
He is in the infantry—Good luck
Ray . . . Jack Wilbur is now in Mis
sissippi learning to fly. “Keep ’em
flying,” Jack . . . Judging from the
pictures, Clifford Gillespie and Le-
land Thomas are the champion ’coon
hunters from our department.. . Due
to the serious illness of their babies,
James Cox and B. Kilpatrick have
both been absent from work several
days lately. Both babies are report
ed to be dangerously ill . . . Lawrence
Middleton has had a bad case of
blues for a few weeks. No pleasure
driving, can’t motor up the Rosman
way on account of the gas ban . . .
Most of the boys have been in to see
the new gadgets in the Refining
Room Control Lab ... By the way,
it is nearly Ground Hog Day and I
haven’t broken a New Year’s resolu
tion yet.—(Didn’t make any). . .
There has been, and still is much
comment regarding the whereabouts
of Foreman Patton’s “Blind Bridle.”
. . , Lest you forget now is the time
to start working on that Victory Gar
den.
King
Teacher: “Junior, what is a niche
in a church?”
Junior: “It’s just the same as an
itch anywhere else only you can’t
scratch it in church.”
Paul Perry volunteered on Oct.
18th of last year. He said that
Ben Maultsby was with him at
Fort Jackson and was also sent
to Aberdeen, Maryland, where
the two boys are now stationed.
Paul has been very busy but has
managed some pretty fair grades
and he says he likes army life
very much, particularly the food
which received his special com
ment. Paul was third hand in the
machine room at Ecusta.
Mark Twain lived at one time
near a colored family and used to
stop to chat with them. One day he
was met by the news that twins had
come. He said to the mother, “This
little one is a girl, I suppose?”
“Yes.”
“And the other one—is it of the
contrary sex?”
“Yes,” replied the mother, “dat’s
a girl too.”
Page 3
Musical Introductions
The other day an idea was hatch
ed in the underground passes of the
Office Building. Each month the
Echo plans to introduce to you a part
of our Ecusta Band—players and
their instruments. This way we hope
to really show you why our band can
actually make music and have loads
of fun, all at the same time. From
these personality sketches we also
expect to convince you that if any of
the things we do appeal to you, if
you have a hankering to leam to
play, if you enjoy music, or if per
chance you already know something
about playing an instrument then,
for any or all of these reasons, you
belong in our band. See you next
rehearsal.
Our Director
John’s up higher than the rest of
us, ’cause he stands and we sit (and,
incidentally, he directs us), so we’ll
tell you about him first. He’s that
tall, fair-haired fellow who lives in
the Cafeteria (up there by the piano)
four days and nights a week. He’s
head of the Instrumental Music De
partment at Asheville School right
along with his work at Ecusta—one of
those people who make you wonder
how they get it all done. But you
should see him during Band prac
tice! He doctors sour notes, fixes
ailing instruments, helps us read our
music, shows us how it’s done on any
instrument. He enjoys a joke along
with the rest of us, at times exercises
more patience than most of us can
claim, scolds us in such a way that
we’d do it right or bust, and always
has time for everybody’s problems.
To top it all, he gets real work out
of us.
In our Band-world he’s known as
a swell guy; in the bigger world of
music, he ranks high as a concert
violinist. In the last two years he
has played concerts in practically all
the major cities of the Southeast.
And then he’s done lots of things like
playing with the Spencer trio for
about seven years, acting as Master
of Ceremonies with Paramount Pub-
lix Theaters a long time, providing
entertainment at Grove Park Inn for
seven years, and teaching music at
the old Asheville Normal Teachers
College. Some of you may remem
ber WWNC’s first broadcast, back in
the ’20’s. John played on their open
ing program, and has been playing
over that station ever since, until re
cently. And this isn’t all by any
means—he filled in his spare time
building, with hs own hands, a ten-
room home at Flat Rock.
John didn’t want to come first in
these sketches—tried to pass the
buck, in fact. But he’s the one we all
watch and listen to, he’s the one that
“pushes that first valve down, the
music goes round and round . . . and
it comes out here.” So take your
bow, John.
“Bandana”
If a nation value anything more
than freedom, it will lose its free
dom; and the irony of it is that if it
' is comfort or money that is valued
more, it will lose that too.—Maug
ham.