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PAGE SIXTEEN THE ECHO AUGUST, 1943 Employees In Service Pays Us A Visit On July 19 the Finishing Dept, had a visit from one of their former Reclaiming Supervisors, Pfc. G. Earl York. He left here Jan, 11, 1943 and is now in statis tical work in Tobyhanna, Penn. He was home on a 10-day furlough. Lt. Ansel R. Jones, a member of the signal corps who is station ed in New Jersey, came in July 19 for a visit while he was home on a 10-day furlough. Before leav ing for the army May 8, 1942, Lt. Jones worked in the Refining Room. He took his basic training at Fort Monmouth, N. J. “Nothing helps a soldier more than mail from home,” he said, “It is grand that the home folks are so good to write. We really devour the Echo; even the boys who are not from Ecusta enjoy it.” and is now stationed at Aubum- dale, Mass. On August 11, S-Sgt. Edward Mackey, former Beater Room worker, who is stationed in Greens boro, N. C., came in for a visit. Sgt. Mackey left here June 4, 1941. He was home on a 10-day furlough. James E. Allison, S 2-c, who worked in the Machine Shop be fore leaving for the Navy in June of this year, visited the plant August 16. He has completed his boot training at Bainbridge, Md., where he was going to Machinist School. After finishing his basic and advanced training. Cpl. .Howard Volrath had a 12-day furlough. He came to visit on July 19 his friends at Ecusta, especially those in the Refining Room where he worked before he went to the army on March 2, 1943. Cpl. Volrath is stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas. He says that the training is good—he gained 16 pounds and then lost it on maneuvers but he says he feels fine (looks fine tbo). After another promotion and another transfer, T-Sgt. Weldon Misenheimer came in to see us again. He was employed in the Gumming Department previous to his army life which began on August 15, 1942. He visited Au gust 24 and tells us that his wife, the former Lucile McCrary, who worked in Hand Booklet, is also visiting in Brevard. Sgt. Misen heimer is now stationed at Lafig ley Field, Virginia. It was nice to see James L Avery in for a visit. We all read recently of his experiences in the Pacific. He is home now on his 30-day survivors’ leave — the first time he was back since July 12 of ’42. He worked in the Gumming Department before he left June 5, 1942. After his leave he expects to go to Bremerton, Wash., to await further orders. On August 24, James C. McGaha came in to visit Ecusta. He worked in the Refining Room before he went into the Navy in June of this year. He has just completed his training at Bainbridge, Md., and has a 9-day leave before being assigned to a ship. He is planning to try for carpenters’ mate. He says he is very fond of Navy life and wouldn’t trade it for civilian life at all. During his nine-day leave — on August 24 — Harry Lee Hogsed visited the plant. He has just completed his boot training at Great Lakes, 111., and is hoping now to make Machinist Mate. Be fore going into the Navy June 26, 1943, he worked in the Inspection Department as a Rewinder, He will be assigned to a ship as soon as he returns from his nine-day leave. Two of the McCormick brothers came in this month for visits— Tom on the 11th and Melvin on the 18th. Tom worked in the In spection Department and left April 18, 1943; Melvin worked in the Inspection Department also and he left August 12, 1941. Tom took his basic training at Camp Miles Standish and is now stationed in Mass, Melvin took his basic train ing at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. He is in the Ordnance Dept. Another one of the Machine Shop boys who is in the Service came in August 16 for a visit. He was Harry L. Heatherly, S 2-c, and he brought his wife. After his 9-day leave he expects to go into training to become an Avia tion Machinist. After leaving Ecus ta on June 7, 1942, he went to Bainbridge, Md., where he has just completed his boot training. After 11 months of absence, Leo Reid, SK 2-c, came in to see us. He left the plant in January of 1942 for the Navy; going from here to Norfolk, where he took his boot training, and then to a Receiving Station in S. C., where he is sta tioned now. He visited the Machine Room on August 17, where hfe formerly worked. at Key Field, Miss. He has been stationed at two fields in Georgia. Pfc. Arthur L. Orr, one of the boys from the Refining Room, who left February 22, 1943, came in for a visit July 28 during his fur lough. Pfc. Orr took his basic training at Keesler Field, Miss., and is now stationed with the Air Corps Ordnance Division; he has just graduated from general me chanics school and was in route to a new camp. Corrections In Military Lists Are Announced I During his first leave,” (10-day) Richard Loftis, A.R.M. 3-c, came in on August 4, 1943 for a visit to Ecusta. He worked here in the Warehouse. After leaving here August of last year he took his boot training at Great Lakes, 111. Richard is an Aviation Radioman. Last month the Echo publishe^ the names, branch of service aDfl the rank of all former Ecusta em ployees now in service. Since that time several changes in rank been made and also some correC' tions have been sent in. These changes and corrections are mad® below and if you will note these changes in your copy of the tary list from last month you ^ then have an up-to-date milit^^ list. The Echo will appreciate ceiving news about the folks service as well as news of pro®*^ tions so that we may keep OUT We are sorry that Phil Riddle, S 2-c, was home on a sick leave, but we were glad to see him. He is stationed at a naval hospital in Virginia now. Prior to his naval life, he was employed in Cham pagne. Though he visited before in May he has been in the Atlantic for about three months. Pvt. W. R. Lankford, former Laboratory Supervisor in the Phy sical Laboratory who left Feb. 22 of this year, visited us August 20 on his furlough. It was his first furlough—10 days. After complet ing his basic training at Camp Lee, Va., he was sent to Moultrie- ville, S, C., where is an Inspector in Amphibian school. A former Machine Shop boy, Charles Siniard, visited August 6. He was home for a 10-day leave. He left here July 18, 1942, took his boot training at Norfolk, Va., and went to a trade school in Memphis, Tenn. At his present station he saw a boy from Bre vard whom he hadn’t seen in 5 years—Charles Duckworth. A former Yard Crew member, Pvt. Arthur Sentelle, who is sta tioned at Ft. Moultrie, S. C., came in for a visit August 20. He left Ecusta January 1, 1943, took his basic training at Camp Croft, S. C., and was then home on a ten-day furlough. On August 20 Joseph A. Shook (T-S) visited Ecusta. Prior to his induction into the Army, March 12, 1942, he worked in the Re fining Department. He took his basic training at Ft. Knox, Ky., and is now stationed at Camp Bowie, Texas. One of Champagne’s boys, A V-S Wade R. Phoenix, visited us July 21. Before leaving in February, 1943, he worked in the Shipping Department. He took his basic training at Miami Beach, Fla., is stationed at Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and this 9-day furlough was his first one. Calling North Carolina “God’s Country,” he said he pre ferred it to any place he had seen. Remember the boy .who was written up in the last Echo for receiving the Oak Leaf Cluster? Well, he was in for a visit the 21st of July. T-Sgt. John D. South er, one of Champagne’s boys, was home at Horseshoe for a 25-day rest before going to Salt Lake City. He has been on 51 bombing raids; he has shot down two Jap planes since he was awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster. tiuixo ou tiiat wc inay records up-to-date for our readeP' Bakowski, Benj. L., Staff Sgt. Ball, William J., Seaman 2-c. Drake, Dewitt A., Staff Sgt English, Ernest (Not missing"^ Prisoner of war.) Gash, Lantie W., Corporal. . Glanville, James R., Pvt. 1st Gottlieb, Robert J., Captain. Hogsed, Harold R., 1st. Sgt. Huggins, Robert J., Pvt. 1st ' Hundemann, Philip, N. Y. Ofii Boy, Private. , Lance, W. Richard, Fireman ^'' McCormick, Melvil L., Tech. ' Moore, H. Jack, Seaman 2-c. Morrow, James P., 1st Lt; Paxton, Charles E., Sergeant. , Paxton, Maurice A., Sergeant- Rector, Ernest V., Aviation det. Reece, Vernon H., Sergeant. Rickman, Mary P., Corporal- Sentelle, Harry G., Radioman Silver, William C., Jr., EnSi^' Sims, E. Louis, Jr.,— Backtender, 8-5-42, Army, Avia^ Cadet. Smith, Horace D., Sergeant Ward, Morris 0., Pvt. 1st y ■ Wilbanks, H. Ed., Returned-.g. Note: *** In front of name notes that the man was kill®® service. The names of Ned Bowma® Fredrick Trefzer appeared on military list through error. New Club Formed At Ecusta Recent*5^ 2nd Lt. Ruffin Wilkins, who worked in the Pulp Mill Office before he left in January of 1942, visited August 10. He is stationed at Pocatello, Idaho, where he is a ihateriel and engineering officer. Lt. Wilkins took his basic training at Orlando, Fla., and Officers’ training at Miami, Fla. While home on a 7-day furlough S-Sgt. Edward Conley came in for a visit July 22. Before going into the army in December of 1941, he was employed in the Printing Department of Champagne. S-Sgt. Conley has been stationed in Texas, New York, South Carolina, New Jersey, and is now stationed at Leesburg, Florida. He says that Western Carolina is hard to beat. There has been a new ^ a formed at Ecusta. It is the a Week” club. Members of club, listed below, are striving ^ more fellow members. The qualifications for joining this ® jjj is to raise your bond deducti . enough to purchase a bond ev week. See your foreman or the Bond Department, Those already belong are: Erwin Schranz, Engineering* William J. Kirk, Phy, Lab- Roland Wilber, Pulp Mill- Fred 0. Stroup, Pulp Mill* Joe W, Blythe, Pulp Mill- --tj, Kermit B. Chandler, PulP Arlin Lance, Pulp Mill- Garland Teague, Pulp Mill Robert B. Waldrop, Pulp Enno F. Camenzind, Jess R. Denton, Machine jjj, Thomas H. Allen, Machine Gilbert F. Coan, Machine ^ Nathan McMinn, Machine -j, Arthur L. Poteet, Machine Clyde A. Shuford, Machine John F. DeBord, Maintenanc * Wayne Worley, Champagn®* Sidney Becher, Endless, Let’s think seriously ^ gge Bonds. To what better can you put your money? government asks that yon p your money in order to help this a better world for you in. Can you turn down a tion like that? Let’s buy “ and MORE Bonds!! " ' On August 11 we had a visit from Caskell Rhodes, EM 3-c, who worked in the Refining Room be fore he went into the Navy in August of last year. He took his boot training at Norfolk and is now assigned to a ship. He says that two more Ecusta boys were on the same ship—Gene McCall, Y 3-c, who worked in the Machine Shop, and Sam Kent, WT 2-c, who worked in the Boiler Room. On July 23, Pvt. David M. Black- well visited his friends at Ecusta. He was employed here as a Digest Operator before leaving for the army January 7 of this year. After taking his basic training at Kees ler Field, Miss., he has been sta tioned at six different camps in six different states. He is now stationed at Geiger Field, Wash., and was home on a 14-day fur lough. While Pvt. Louis S. McCrary was home on his first furlough, he came in to visit his Ecusta friends. Before leaving on October 25, 1942, lie worked in the Finish ing Department. Pvt. McCrary took his basic training at Shaw Field, Sumter, S, C., and is now stationed All wheat, oats, and barley i should be treated with ceresan before planting to prevent some of the more serious diseases af fecting the crops, says Dr. S. G, Lehman, plant pathologist of the N, C, Agricultural Experiment Station at State College,
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