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Vol. 4; No. 7
(Section One)
PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
(Service Issue)
July, 1943
NEARLY 500 ARE NOW IN SERVICE
HANYAnBIDED
ECOSTA PICNIC
^J*esident Straus Stressed Im
portance Of Indepen
dence Day
Most of the Ecusta employees
members of their families
ttended the big big annual Ecusta
icnic at Camp Sapphire Monday,
5th, and a large percentage
them participated in the many
ontests that were held, and en
joyed the free refreshments that
were served.
'The event, like the one last year,
an overwhelming success and
„ 'vas not interrupted by rain,
i as it might seem, rain fell
0 Brevard and Pisgah Forest, but
at Camp Sapphire,
a brief address. President
^ ®^ry Straus told the picnickers
^at he was not only delighted
them to work together, but
iso to play together and expressed
belief that this would promote
greater feeling of understanding
friendship.
Annual Picnic
Mr. Straus said that he hoped
picnic program would become
^ annual event.
He paid tribute to the men in
ervice and said that -one way to
p them in bringing Victory to
shores was to buy all of the
bonds possible.
He also pointed out that those
the home front should produce
they possibly could, too.
in t picnic started at 10 o’clock
_ the morning and a large number
.contests were staged. Several
^iQus and also comical boxing
^®uts were held in the afternoon.
Well as a number of other
®nts, for which prizes were
^'^arded.
One of the comic bouts was
b^ged by Ginny Wood and Slim
J^jlock and the referee, Jack
^ liber, got about the worst end of
® battle. Another unique event
—^Turn To Page Sixteen
^^cal Square Dance
Team Is Organized
group of Ecustans have gotten
^^®ther a square dance team
the direction of Eb Morrow
^ plan to go to Asheville to
in the annual Folk Fes-
which will be held there the
6th and 7th of August.
, ^hett Talley’s String Band, which
^ ® Played for the Ecusta square
as well as for the dances
each week in Brevard, will
fp .^ith the dance team to the
tival and will play. Eb Morrow
t»e caller,
th ■ t®am has been organized at
r ^ invitation of Bascomb Lamar
S^^sford, director of the festival,
members of the present
have appeared in the festival
former years.
‘‘Ecusta’’ River Takes A Long Plunge
High up in the Pisgah National Forest the Davidson River,
formerly known as the “Ecusta” River and from which Ecusta
gets its great water supply, takes a 38-foot plunge. This beautiful
fall, located in the heart of “The Land of Waterfalls,” is called
“Looking Glaiss Falls.”
Twenty-Four Employees Have Made
Outstanding Bond-Buying Records
«>-
Have Purchased Bonds Un
der Deduction Plan For
72 Consecutive Weeks
Twenty - four employees have
made an outstanding war bond-
buying record.
According to reports from the
company War Bond department,
they have bought bonds for 72
consecutive weeks through the pay
roll deduction plan and are still
going strong.
The Echo salutes these employ
ees of Ecusta, Champagne, and
Endless Belt. There are around
1,400 other employees who are
participating in the plan.
On the office payroll, Homer F.
Harris, Sr., has 17 consecutive
month-3 of bond-buying to his
credit.
The 24 employees with the fine
record are as follows:
Machine Room—Everette Little,
Haskell W. Heaton, Arthur L.
Poteet, Thomas J. Stroup, Thomas
H, Allen and Oliver Vaillancourt.
Finishing Room—Jewell F. Gar-
ren, Inez M. Summey and Grover
W. Penland.
Inspection Department — Mary
Carolyn McIntosh and Millard
Teague.
Beater Room—William R. Boggs.
—Turn To Page Sixteen
$20,625 In Bonds
Purchased In June
Figures from our War Bond
department show that our pur
chases of Bonds are increasing
each month. June proved to be
the best month yet. Bonds pur
chased in this month by Ecusta,
Champagne and Endless employ
ees amounted to $20,625.00.
Since our employees started buy
ing War Bonds by payroll deduc
tions in March of last year, Ecusta
has purchased $165,975.00; Cham
pagne, $25,481.25; and Endless,
$6,862.50. This means that a total
amount of $198,318.75 has been
invested in War Bonds by all of
us. That is a fine record. Let’s
not slow up. KEEP ON BUYING
BONDS!
‘IKE’ MEIXELL FEATURED
IN A NEWS REEL RECENTLY
“Ike” Meixell (2nd Lt. Boyd B.)
a former Ecusta Bleach Operator,
thrilled his friends and family by
appearing before them in the news
reel at a local Brevard theatre
recently. Friends recognized him
Sunday, July 11, “just as he turn
ed around in his plane and smiled,”
—Turn To Page Sixteen
HONOR ROUUST
IS FEATURED IN
SECOND SECnON
Four Women In Service.
Three Are Now “Miss
ing In Action”
The Ecusta Paper corporation.
Champagne and Endless Belt now
have around 500 former employees
in service, according to informa
tion obtained from the office of
Miss Kathleen Ricker, in which
such records are kept.
This is believed to be an excep
tionally high percentage of former
employees in service and shows
that our companies are contri
buting substantially to the war
effort on the battlefronts of the
world as well as on the homefront.
It also indicates one of the serious
wartime problems which our com
panies have had to solve.
In honor of these men and wo
men in uniforms and as a salute
to them, a complete list, or as
nearly a complete list of them as
we can obtain from information
now recorded in Miss Ricker’s of
fice, is being featured in the sec
ond section of this issue.
A picture of the new honor roll
board that has been erected in
front of the Cafeteria and a
personal message from President
Straus are also featured in the
“military” section.
There are 479 names printed in
the section, 475 men and 4 women.
The information about them is as
accurate and up-to-date as possible.
The co-operation of those in ser
vice and their families or friends
is requested. Please send any cor
rections or changes to Miss Ricker
or to Miss Lucille Roberts, assis
tant editor of the Echo. The Echo
is also glad to publish pictures of
men and women in service. Just
send the pictures to us.
Every one back on the home-
front deeply regrets that three of
our men in service are listed as
—Turn To Page Sixteen
Many Former Ecusta
Men Are Officers
A summary of our men in service
reveals that a number of them are
officers in the armed forces. The
latest tabulation reveals this in
teresting information:
There are 5 captains, 4 first and
senior grade lieutenants, 2 lieu
tenants, 14 second and junior
grade lieutenants, 4 ensigns, 6 pet
ty officers, 1 warrant officer, 34
sergeants, 42 corporals, 13 first
class navy men, 21 second class
navy men, 9 third class navy men,
43 privates first class, 3 in the
WACS and 1 in the WAVES.
The remainder of the men are
enlisted men, sailors or military
personnej,