February, 1944
THE ECHO
PAGE THIRTEEN
Men In Armed Forces Pay Us A Visit
^ at Ecusta, are always glad
^ welcome our former employ-
are now in the service
int midst for a visit
i :® their former department,
‘0 the mill in general. We are
®ttered, in fact, that they want
spend part of that precious
®ve or furlough with us.
SOLDIER SIGNING OUR GUEST BOOK
®P^ce did not permit
eg of the following De-
prtu- visitors in the January
of the Echo:
AJh^^ ^*^dile, S-2, had been in St.
Y “^a Hospital, Long Island, N.
^bout a month.' After his
his V returning to
hosn^f reporting to the
^iddl York, “Seaman
South service in the
P3_ Atlantic. Phil visited Cham-
a where he was employed as
before entering the
m 1942.
Harold Fouts visited Ecusta
On ““ioia i^ outs visitea Ecusta
Jjigf ^®^ber 2nd. He was a for-
tlow
Pulp Mill employee but is
the Quartermaster corps
^outc ^ to the air corps. Pfc.
loygj^ home on a 20-day fur-
ohIy CM 3-c, who was
the ni three days, visited
December 6th. After
Gfea/r^ his boot training at
at jj ^^kes, Ilh, he was stationed
entej.:^®^®^ings, Nebraska. Before
^ Navy he was an Ecus
^*^Pman.
*^®hn Henry Jackson, who
Visit-the Army in 1942,
8 pfQ December 6th. He is now
Peller mechanic specialist
j>, —
C. Nelson visited on
'''herg ®th the Machine Room,
^hiie h formerly employed,
was home on a 15-day
^rvice is with the Armed
^chjjj forces in a medical de-
OhiQ stationed at Clinton,
n the McCormick, who is
■ Corps stationed at
f. ^ifte 'T'i!'?’ says he likes
V ^irsf • ? 14-day furlough was
here in over a year,
he K,, was a member of
Yard Crew before he
Of 19^2 forces in Novem-
Owen, a former Beater
^ has been in Texas
^Uisig^'^ers for 6 weeks and in
^ on maneuvers for 8
Was home on a 14-day
which he returned
Claiborne, La.
,
I'art ^ield stationed at Peter-
In, • IJp ^°^oi^ado Springs, Colo-
hu^h; granted a 19-day fur-
teiin ^ ®hip into Mem-
ta ® (At.?*’ ^hen came into
visited Ecus-
% Before going
ej. ■ Iliii A, December of 1942,
a Physical Lab. Test-
tSlV^ Phillips has
an four different
stationed with
{>u111, Corps at Camp
Phillips visited the
^ u Digesting De-
'?'■ worked before
r» ®®^ice in February,
furi. ^®«iher 13 during a
^ «rlough
* O^fV
J, Smith, who enter-
PFC. DEBOIS EDMUNDSON, above, signs E-custa’s Military
Guest Book in the Library before going into thct mill, January 19th.
Before entering the service in August of 1942, Pfc. Edmundson was
employcid in the Refining Room. He is now stationed at Myrtle
Beach, S. C. Also in the picture, Alfred Lance, a breaker operator
in the Pulp Mill, is seen sejecting a book from the book wagon.
ed the army last March, was home
recently on a 7-day furlough dur
ing which he visited the Finishing
Department. He is in the Anti-Air
craft division of the Army.
William E. Green, a former as
sistant control tester in the Re
fining Dept, of Ecusta, is now a
gunner’s mate, 3-c. He has been
at sea since May 22 and after his
15-day leave, which terminated
December 15th, returned again to
sea.
Dale Orr, A.S., former Cafeteria
employee, visited December 15th.
He is now in the Naval Air Corps
stationed at Jacksonville, Fla.,
where he is going to Machinist’s
school.
S-Sgt. Jerald E. Tate, former
Ecusta backtender, is back in the
states. He successfully completed
50 bombing missions over North
Africa, Sicily, Italy, Austria and
France and has bagged two enemy
planes. He has been awarded the
Air Medal and eleven Oak Leaf
Clusters. Sgt. Tate took his gun
nery training in England and was
a tail gunner on a bomber. After
a 20-day furlough in Brevard with
his parents, he reported to Miami
Beach, Fla.
Pfc. John Love, formerly em
ployed in Champagne and Pvt.
Everette Bayne, formerly employed
in Finishing, visited the plant De
cember 15th. They have been on
maneuvers in Tenn. At present
they are stationed at Camp Stew
art, Ga. Pvt. Theodore Stepp of
Hendersonville was with them and
has been with them all through
their training.
Sgt. Lloyd Boyd is at Camp Cook,
Calif. After the completion of his
basic training he took an advanced
medical course. Sgt. Boyd has been
stationed the whole time at Camp
Cook and after his 16-day furlough
he returned to the same camp.
Pfc. Tony Sansosti, former fore
man in the Gumming Department,
visited December 20th. Pfc. San
sosti is a radio mechanic; he com
pleted in late November his ad
vanced radio mechanic training.
Pfc. Homer Batson visited in
December during a 20-day fur
lough from Alaska. Pfc. Batson
was wearing 3 ribbons: ^ood con
duct, Asiatic and Pacific, and
American Defense. He has been in
the Aleutians for one year and in
Alaska for nine months. At pres
ent he is stationed at Ft. Lewis,
Washington. Previous to entering
the service in September of 1941,
he worked in the Machine Room.
Pvt. John Hill, who is in the
anti-aircraft division, visited the
Finishing department where he
was formerly employed during a
10-day furlough. We noticed that
he was wearing medals for rifle,
marksmanship, and anti-aircraft.
Pvt Arthur Hyder and Pfc. Wil
liam B. Rogers visited the Pulp
Mill, where they were formerly
employed on Dec. 21st. They work
ed together at Ecusta and have
had the good fortune of staying
together so far in their military
training. After 7 days of furlough,
they returned to Camp Stewart,
Georgia.
Pfc. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Fish*
er visited the plant on December
22nd—both are former employees;
Pfc. Lawrence was employed in
Champagne and Mrs. Fisher, the
former Carolyn Keener, worked
in Endless Belt. After a 15-day
furlough, his first in nearly a
year, he returned to Ft. Lewis
where he is stationed with the
Ordinance division.
Helen Daniels Teague, S 1-e,
visited the Hand Booklet depart
ment, where she was formerly em
ployed, during an 8-day leave in
December. Seaman Teague has
been in the Coast Guard six
months. Her husband, Marshall
Teague is in the Navy.
Pvt. Harold Hogsed, who worked
in the Machine Shop of Cham
pagne before he entered the army
in September of 1942, visited De
cember 27th and we learned that
he had been in the hospital since
August and that after his 7-day
furlough he was returning to the
Northington General Hospital in
Tuscaloosa, Ala. Pvt. Hogsed is in
the administrative branch of the
Army Air Corps.
Lyday Mahaffey, GM 3-c, has
seen plenty of action since finish
ing his gunnery training at Little
Creek, Va. He visited Hand Book
let December 28th, wearing two
campaign ribbon§;.American Wa-
Ecustans Helped
FROM PAGE ONE
tured German equipment through
this section on a tour were guests
of Mr. Straus at a dinner in the
cafeteria and the captured equip
ment attracted much attention
here and in Brevard.
Lt. Ralph J. Renzulli and Lt.
Frank Izzo were in charge of the
caravan. The men were Sgt. Ber-
nett, of Wisconsin; Sgt. Renner, of
Ohio; Cpl. Hanks, Mass.; Pfc. Ann-
able, Penn.; Pvt. A. Payne, Mass.;
P”t. James Landino. Mich.; Pvt.
Robert Hicks, Ga.; and Edgar Farr,
Ga. They are all stationed at a
camp in this state.
Bowling Season
-FROM PAGE ONE-
Room, 2509.
High team set, Champagne, 911.
High individual match, Paul
Simpson, 614.
High individual game, Simpson,
266.
1. Average, Paul Simpson, 170.46.
2. Average, Bruce Reynolds,
170.42.
3. Average, Bob Kappers, 166.13.
WOMEN’S LEAGUE
High team match, Champagne,
1463.
High team set. Champagne, 510.
High individual match, Lucile
Lockman, 320.
High individual game, Margaret
Collins, 130.
1. Average, Lucile Lockman, 99.
2. Average, Anne Morris, 97.13.
3. Average, Louise Jones, 92.21.
League Standing
B
WOMEN'S DIVISION
Team
W
L
Pet.
Champagne
45
3
.937
Endless Belt
28
20
.583
Finishing
24
21
.533
Control
22
26
.479
Office
15
33
.312
Pin Setters
7
38
.155
MEN’S DIVISION
Team
W
L
Pet
Maintenance
44
13
.771
Machine Room
42
15
.736
Champagne
38
19
.666
Control
27
30
.473
Office
17
39 V
.297
Refiner Rm.
3
54
.052
TOO BAD!
After the attempted bombing of
Hitler in the Munich Brauhaus be
came known, the following notices
appeared in the windows of several
butcher shops in Prague the next
morning;
“There will unfortunately be no
lard or pork today as the swine
wasn’t killed yesterday.”
ters. North African with a star for
the invasion of Italy. After 5
months and 11 days on the water,
we think he earned his 18-day
leave.
William R. Sentelle*, A-C, who is
in the Air Corps, visited Ecusta,
especially the Inspection dept,
where he used to work. Dee. 28th.
With him at Nashville was A-C
Hairman Merrill from Little River
who formerly worked in the Gum
ming department.
Pvt. William Wynn, who was
previously employed by Ecusta as
janitor, visited the plant Decem
ber 30th., while he was home on
a 15-day furlough. He is now in
the Quartermaster corps stationed
at Base General Camp, California.
He ha§ bwn in service a year,