NOVEMBER, 1943
the echo
PAGE THIRTEEN
News From Former Employees Now In Service
IN PREPARATORY PRE-FLIGHT
TRAINING
Bill Morris A/C and Bill Feteer
A/C are both in the Naval V-12
training—Morris at University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Fet-
at Duke University, Durham,
They came in together for a visit
^uring their seven-day leave Octo
ber 26. Both were employed as
jnembers of the Landscape Crew
before June 30, 1943. After four
l^ore months there they will go
into pre-flight training.
COMPLETES BOOT TRAINING
Seaman 2/c, form
er Ecusta mason who left here
August 20, has completed his boot
learning at Bainbridge, Md., and
expects to go back there. He was
«ome on a nine-day leave.
has BEEN IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC
Earl G. Garren, Gunner’s Mate,
/c, visited the plant while he was
«ere on a seven-day leave. He had
oeen in the South Pacific. Before
into service in December,
jy4l, he was an Inspector at Ecus-
He is at San Francisco, Calif.,
On Overseas Duty
PVT. ATNER 0. JACKSON
is with the army somewheire
overseas. He was employed by
Ecusta as a member of the yard
crew until entering service on
November 27, 1942.
NOW IN TANK DIVISION
On October 23, Pv*. C. P. Cos-
paid us a visit; he was here
a three-day pass. He is
■ in training at Fort Knox, Ky.
JJe was employed in the Finishing
epartment before he was induct-
mto the army July of this year
IS TOP HONOR STUDENT
CpI Clyde G. (Speedy) Jones,
jormer employee of the Refining
J^om of Ecusta, visited that de
partment on October 23. He was
Jome for ten days. He expects
be sent to Salt Lake City, Utah,
J'flen he returns. Since leaving
«ere February 5, 1943, he has tak-
his basic training and has gone
[^ aircraft mechanic school. He
just completed a course at
‘Psilanti, Mich., where he was
Picked as the top honor student
of the high 10 in a class of 212.
HOME ON LEAVE
First Officer Guy Mull, of the
Jlerchant Marine, visited October
He was home on a 9-day leave
jefore going to the ship to which
je has been assigned. First Officer
'lull was employed by Champagne
® a mechanic before he went into
^itary service in February, 1943.
p had three years of navy life be-
coming to Champagne and 3
IJonths of army life before he went
the Merchant Marine. He has
ad four months training at of-
Jcer’s training camp at New Lon-
Conn.
Wears five ribbons
.After seeing a lot of service,
Jichael Myers, Seaman’s Cook,
i^st Class, came to visit Ecusta
ctober 20 during his 30-day leave.
has seen six years of navy
ervice, intermittently. Having pre-
iQusly been in the service, he left
jere in February of 1942, and
ent directly to Norfolk and
j^ip put his ship into commission.
has taken part in the North
^frican invasion and has been in
out of Guadalcanal for the last
months. Seaman Myers was
jyearing five overseas ribbon?: for
fte North African invasion and a
for a major engagement; for
South Pacific theatre and star
major engagement; for Amer-
theatre, for four years good
, ®havior; and for pre-Pearl Har-
(active duty before the war.).
While at Ecusta, Seaman Myers
employed in the ^tospection
CAMP WHEELER VISITOR
In from Camp Wheeler, Ga., for
a 7-day furlough and travel time.
Pvt. Roy Lee Head visited Ecusta
October 19. Before going into ser
vice April, 1943, Pvt. Head was an
Ecusta Tester. He took his basic
training at Camp Wheeler, He is
with an infantry unit.
INDUCTED IN APRIL
Pvt. Jessei K. Hyder and his wife
the former Margaret Bartley, who
worked in the Finishing Depart
ment, visited October 19. Pvt, Hy
der, employee of the Finishing
Department prior to his induction
in April of this year, took his
basic training at Ft, Leonard Wood,
Mo, He is training to be an army
cook.
HOME ON PASS
On October 21, we had a visitor,
CpI. Ed Rothbaaer. He was home
on a 3-day pass. Before entering
the service in December of 1941,
Cpl. Rothbauer was employed as
an operator in the Pilot Plant of
Ecusta. He took his basic training
at Sheppard Field, Texas, and his
advanced training at Herbert
Smart Air Port, Macon, Ga.
IS AVIATION RADIOMAN
Wayne Nicholson visited the In
spection Department October 28;
his wife, the iormer Mildred Hol
den, was with him. They were both
formerly employed in the Inspec
tion Department. After finishing
his boot training, he went to radio
and gunnery school and to opera
tional training units. After an
11 day leave he was to report
to the naval air station at Jackson
ville, Fla,, as a radio flight in
structor.
HAS BEEN IN THE SOUTH
PACIFIC
Earl T. Poss, who was in the
infantry, has been in the South
Pacific for eight months in head
quarters communications company
and was a member of the “Amer
ica” Division, the first troops to
land on Guadalcanal, He received
his honorable discharge October
22. He worked in the Machine
Room until he left for the Army
on Augusf 1, 1942,
FINISHES BOOT TRAINING
Gordon Leslie, Seaman 2-c, has
finished his boot training at Bain
bridge, Md,, and has been on a
nine-day leave.
HAS ASKED FOR SUBMARINE
DUTY
Edwin C. McCall, Seaman 2/c,
former Ecusta Back Tender who
has been in the Navy since Au
gust 20, of this year, was here
October 29 during his 9-day leave.
He took his boot training at Great
Lakes, 111., and is now going to
service school for 16 weeks. He
was recommended for and asked
for submarine duty, with special
training in Diesel engines.
VISITS IN BREVARD
Richard (Jack) Holden, Petty
Officer, 3-c, who is stationed at
Norfolk, Va., recently visited in
Brevard. He is a former employee
of Champagne’s Hand Booklet De
partment. He has been in the
Navy since September 4, 1942.
Pfc. Charles B. Peevy, former
Ecusta Backtender who left June
17, came in for a visit during a
7-day furlough, on October 9. He
is stationed at Fort McPherson,
Ga. and has been there since he
went into service.
GOES TO GUNNERY SCHOOL
Robert L. Jennings, Seaman 2/c,
former Tester in the Beater Room
Control Laboratory, has just com
pleted his boot training at Bain
bridge, Md,, and returns there to
go to gunnery school. He left Ecus
ta August 20, 1943, and returned
for a visit during a 9-day leave on
October 29.
BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD
Cpl. Everette W. Whitmire
writes from the Santa Maria Air
Base, Calif.: “Yes, CaUfomia is a
wonderful place, but nothing can
beat dear ole N. C. That is the
best place in the world and I hope
I can soon go back there. If I ever
get near El Centro I’ll go to the
(^alifomia Central Fibre corpora
tion and see where the flax comes
from that Ecusta uses. Gee! What
would I give to be working back
there!”
High Average
SPENT FURLOUGH AT HOME
Franklin Kerber, Apprentice
Seaman, came to Brevard, Nov. 1
to spend a nine-day furlough with
his parents. He has had two
months training at Bainbridge,
Md., in the naval reserve. For a
few months this summer, he was
a member of the Yard Crew.
WITH COMBAT ENGINEERS
Pvt. Floyd W. Callaham writes
from Camp Breckinridge, Ky.: “I
am located here in Camp Breckin
ridge, Kentucky, in a Combat En-
Igineer Corps. The Army isn’t so
bad but of course it isn’t like be-
ling at home working for dear
[old Ecusta. Tell the fellows who
i complain about the heavy income
I tax to try the Army. Thirty days
in the Army will convince them
they would be better off at home
I if 50% of their wages were taken
out for taxes.”
Now In England
AVIATION CADET ERNEST
V. RECTOR was at Maxwell
Field, Ala., wheire he was a
temporary flight Meutcinant. A/C
Rector prepared for pre-flight
training at Cumberland Univer
sity in Lebanon, Tenn., where
he finished with an academic
average among the seiven high^
est. He is now stationed at Dorr
Field, Fla.
AWAITS ASSIGNMENT
Pvt. John W. Dale, of the Medi
cal detachment. Ft. Snelling,
Minn., recently was in Brevard
on furlough. He is awaiting as
signment at Fort Snelling after
completing the medical courss
there.
COMPLETES GUNNERY
SCHOOL
Sgt. Bruce Petitt, who has re
cently completed his gunnery
training at Fort Myers, Fla,, has
recently been on a 15-day furlough
here. He has been transferred
for advanced training to the Army
Air Base, Greenville, S, C. Sgt.
Petitt, who left here August 6,
1942, was a Chemical Helper at
Ecusta,
CPL. JAMES PIERCE WIL
LIAMS, former Ecusta janitor,
is now in England with the anny
engineers. He was inducted in
the army on October 31. 1942,
and received his training at
Camp Pickett, Va.
GOES TO WEST COAST
Ensign R. H. Clayton was in Oct,
20th, for a short visit; he was on
his way to San Francisco, Calif.
Before going into service in March
Of this year. Ensign Clayton was
employed in the Gumming Depart
ment of Champagne. He has been
stationed at Dinner Key Base, Mi-1
ami, Fla.
NOTICE TO ALL
DEPT. REPORTERS
Deadline For
Dec. Issue is
Fri., Dec. 10th
Please get copy in
0arly, if possible.