happy birthday to you, president STRAUS! EXTRA! STRAUS SIXTIETH Anniversary edition 6; No. PISGAH FOREST, N. C. EXTRA! STRAUS SIXTIETH Anniversary EDITION January, 1944 Big Birthday Party Given For Mr. Straus iiEF SKETCH OF OUTSTANDING MAN first, BY STAFF WRITER started out courageously j It wasn’t fruitful at . ^ undertaking. Long arduous urs of toil were consumed pull- the handles of a tempera- ntal cutter, coaxing extra pro- thr by working half the night ti turning out tiny cork his Sive promised service to of This was the birth ^he Boucher Cork Company. ^ elf-impQgg^ driving continued, with ingenious inventive ha H before ^J^a-made tips turned to bobbins, inv .^^cessity was the mother of ^g^l^tion and a tipping attach- * produced and placed on Honored By Employees On 60th Birthday Pers Cigarette machine. These tip- 3re still performing their 6 in the industry today, this growth came ability, ^^utive talent came naturally, —Turn To Page Twelve ®ervic Kx, S AND DIRECTORS GREET MR. STRAUS joi • directors all S(j extending to you, Mr. their sincere and hearti- wi u ®®*’^Sratulations and best , Sues for a long life and many birthdays in the years to happy * new acqdent >t£CORD IS MADE “ Hour Mark Passed A Single Lost- Time Accident — - has passed the million- tiijj- ^ark without a single lost- dirppi ^^cident, H. E. Newbury, the safety department f«unces. ajijj exact figures, as Thursday, January 6, 1.060,054 hour or 163 days. , . I'Ve got my fingers crossed the f that we can reach toi^ ''^^'Wiillion mark,” Newbury Echo reporter just before ^ecoj!j by far the best safety Uiacjg the company has ever ^ more than double the Out 1 of 467,824 hours with- jurv a day’s work from in- lost-time accident at ^as July 26. is is an excellent record and the jC the fine co-operation on N workers and super- ' the safety director st«te4* HARRY H. STRAUS, president of our companies, is celebra ting his 60th birthday. In honor of this significant anniversary, a big party has been staged for him and an extra edition of the Echo issued. Employees’ Message To The President DEAR MR. STRAUS: As this issue of The Echo is being printed as a surprise to you, we are writing in your usual space. After the nearly five years of association that many of us have had with you here at Pisgah Forest, there are a few things that we would like to tell you about and express appreciation for. You have provided us with the thing that every free and independent American wishes for, which is the opportunity to work and play among pleasant surroundings and earn for our selves and families, a secure living that is dependent only on our own ability and expended effort. This is said in a few words but brings to mind many things— the pay checks that have come regularly each week since the mill started—all the modem conveniences that have been provided for us—^the deep effective interest that you have shown in our welfare and that of our families, as demonstrated by the hospital ization, surgical and life insurance that have been provided for us—the leading part you took in providing a modern hospital for us and the entire community—the deep and substantial interest you took in keeping the local college here, in order that our chil dren might benefit from it—^your contribution in our name to many worthy causes, in order that we would get the credit and be spared the expense—the recreational facilities that consist of anything we care to take part in, and range all the way from free band lessons to theatricals, to athletics—the medical and nursing staff to care for our health—the safety department and the hundreds of safety devices that help keep us on the pay roll—the monthly parties in the cafeteria—the annual picnics and Christmas parties —the door to your office that is open to any of us at all times—the interest you have shown to make sure that everyone gets a square deal—^the interest you are taking in the plans of our community for after the war—and so on— These are some of the reasons that you deserve to live a long life that will be marked by many, many happy birthdays, and we wish them for you. OUR RECREATION DEPI PRESENTS VAUDEVILLE SHOW Unique Performance Highly Applauded. Huge Cake Is Cut Ecusta’s 1944 Recreational pro gram really got off to a fast start tonight with the opening presenta tion of a Big Vaudeville Show with a cast of over 40 people. The show featured four main acts which were directed by Roland Wilber, several musical specialties directed by John Eversman and an impersonation specialty prepared by Raymond Bennett and Walter Straus. The show opened with an over ture olayed by the Ecusta orches tra and immediately afterwards a spotlight picked up Master of Ceremonies Roland Wilber stand ing before the mike, eating a ban- nana and apparently singing Old Man River. Mr. Wilber then in troduced the first act, “The Morn ing After,” which was a short skit written by him and concerning a police court and starring Burder Teague, A1 Montville, Luke Harri son, D. J. Luther, H. N. Lyda and Ed Happ. There was plenty of punch in this skit. It was well —Turn To Page Thirteen MAINTENANCE AND CHAMPAGNE I£AD Bowling Matches Close; Lu- cile Lockman And Paul Simpson High Scorers In the men’s division of the Ecusta bowling league, Mainten ance is now leading by a narrow margin and in the women’s di vision the Champagne team is continuing to maintain its excep tional record by having lost only one game so far this season. Champagne is howling closely behind the Maintenance five for top honors in the men’s division while Endless Belt is continuing to hold second place in the wom en’s group. During the last week in the year the Champagne stars made high record scores as follows: High team match score, 1393; high team set score, 488. Lucile Lockman bowled the highest individual score of the week which was 119. In Ihe men’s division high team match score of 2364 was bowled by Maintenance and this team also —Torn Tp Pajge Thirteen

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