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
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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