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Vol. 4; No. 6
PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
June, 1943
Ecusta To Have Picnic July 5th
AN ANn-LOAHNG
DRIVE IS STARTED
Gov. Broughton Appoints
President Straus Chair
man In This County
To help relieve the manpower
shortage, Gov. J. M. Broughton has
designated Monday, July 5th., as
“North Carolina Day of Dedica
tion” and is asking leaders in
every county in the state to take
steps that will end any idleness
or loafing that may exist.
He has appointed one man in
every county in the state to serve
as chairman of the anti-loafing
drive committee. Harry H. Straus,
our president, has been named by
the Governor as chairman for
Transylvania county.
In a letter to Mr. Straus and
other chairmen, he stated that the
nation is fighting for the preserva
tion of “the liberty won by our
forefathers” and added that the
labor situation will become in
creasingly acute as more and more
men are taken into the armed
forces.
The Governor also issued a proc
lamation outlawing idleness and
designating July 5th. as “North
Carolina Day of Dedication” in
which he asked citizens of the
state to observe Independence day
“by seeing that 'every able-bodied
person is employed productively
on a full-time basis.”
He suggested that a meeting of
officials and leaders be held on
that day at the county seat in
every county.
Mr. Straus is calling a countywide
meeting at the courthouse in Bre
vard for Monday night, 8 o’clock,
July 5 and has asked the Ecusta
band to play. The public is invited.
Bennett Is Elected
As Vice President
Of National Ass’n.
Raymond F. Bennett, general
superintendent and Roland Wilber,
Pulp mill superintendent of Ecusta
Paper corporation, recently attend
ed a wartime service meeting of
the American Pulp and Paper Mill
Superintendents association in New
York where over 500 representa
tives of the pulp and paper in
dustry were assembled.
Mr. Bennett, who was elected as
a vice president last year, was
again re-elected and is now*fourth
vice president of the association.
He conducted one of the meetings
of the convention.
Mr. Wilber is secretary-treasurer
of the Southeastern division of the
association and made tentative
plans for a joint meeting with the
Southern division in the fall. This
meeting will probably be held in
Georgia,
To All Our Employees
i
I The Treasury Department of the United States
I is launching another drive to increase the sales of
I War Savings Bonds to help finance the cost of the
I war, and has requested us to bring this to your at-
I tention.
I As you know, the Government has no way of
I raising money except from the people of the United
States through taxes and sales of goverment securi-
I ties.
! We are fighting a war which extends to all parts
of the world and it requires huge sums of money to
keep our fighting men properly supplied and equip
ped with food, clothing and implements of war.
Therefore, I urge each and every one of you to
take inventory of your finances and make every effort
to increase your war savings bond subscriptions.
We have in effect a payroll saving plan which
is available to all employees and is a convenient and
easy way to purchase war savings bonds, and this is
a means of putting aside some part of your earnings
for your future needs and the “Rainy day.’
This is a terrible war which is .being fought to
protect the freedom of all peoples and the American
way of life, and I hope everyone will do his part
to help bring quick defeat to our enemies so that we
may all go back to our normal way of living.
T. N. WORD,
Vice-President & Treasurer
CAMP SAPPHIRE IS
AGAIN CHOSEN AS
SITE FOR PICNIC
Full Program Of Contests
And Games Arranged.
Give Committees
I
New "Pay-As-You-Go" Tax Measure
Effective July 1, Provisions Given
Regular Personal Exemp
tions Allowed'. Employer
To Withhold Taxes
The new “Pay-As-You-Go” in
come tax law will become effective
on July 1.
The bill is not a new income tax
measure in-so-far-as the amounts of
income tax payments are concern
ed, but the method of payment
and collection is changed.
It requires the employer to with
hold a certain proportion of your
wages or salaries every payday.
Beginning with the pay you will
receive for the first full work
pay period after July 1st., your
employer will withhold this tax
from your wages and salaries.
Therefore, you will begin to\pay
your regular income and Victory
taxes as you earn the income, sub
ject to the tax.
The money withheld is not kept
by the employer, but is turned
over to the United States Treasury.
It is your money and stands to
your credit as a prepayment of
your Federal Income and Victory
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News From Every
Department Wanted
Last month it was announced in
the Echo that a list of Echo Re
porters would be published in the
June edition.
With the inauguration of the
48-hour-week, however, which has
caused many changes in schedules,
it has not been found practical
for any one reporter in any one
department to make a complete
news coverage of that department.
Therefore, we ask that those of
you who have been faithfully con
tributing to the Echo’s columns,
to please continue to do so. We
also urge that each department
have news in every issue. Any one
interested in becoming a regular
reporter is requested to get in
touch with the editors.
It is the intention of the editors
to have as much news as possible
in every issue about as many em
ployees in as many departments
as possible and your co-operation
to this end will be appreciated.
Ecustans are looking forward to
July 5, the day the plant will
shut-down and all employees and
their families will gather for a
day of festivities. The Ecusta pic
nic last year was probably one of
the largest ever held in this sec
tion and present indications are
that the one this year on July 5
will be even larger.
The grounds and facilities at
Camp Sapphire are well suited
for such an event as is planned.
Located about half way between
Ecusta and Brevard, it has a very
attractive lake which will provide
swimming, canoeing and fishing;
a good running track for races, a
large flat, grassy location for all
other contests, buildings suitable
for square dancing, first aid, check
ing stations, place for preparing
cold drinks and a large wooded
area for spreading picnic dinners
and plenty of parking space.
Soft Ball Game To Be Featured
There will be every kind of
contest for every member of the
family, with prizes in Defense
Stamps to all winners. A great
deal of interest is being shown in
one of the main attractions of the
day, which will be a soft ball game
between Fritz Merrill’s mill team
and Pete Eberle’s office team. A
special prize will be awarded the
winning team.
Perron To Arrange Matches
Entries are coming in fast for
Tug o’ War teams, boxing matches,
rifle matches, swimming races,
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Edna Earle Nanney
Elected President
Of Ecusta’s Chorus
Edna Earle Nanney was elected
president of Ecusta Chorus at an
organization meeting held during
rehearsal of the Chorus, Wednes
day night, June 23rd. Other of
ficers elected were as follows,
Leon English, vice president, and
Lucille Roberts, secretary-treasur-
An executive committee was set
up which included in addition to
the newly elected officers, Howard
Wilkie, Odell Scott, Gerald Grosse
and Mary Sue Thorne, committee
members and John Eversman, di
rector and Mary Glass accompanist.
It was decided at this meeting
that regular rehearsals would be
held each week on Wednesday
evenings. All employees of Ecusta
are welcome,