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THE ECHO PAGE THIRTEEN »ews From Former Employees Now In Service ecustans meet Dewey Winchester writes % N. Y. Postmaster: . . ig old saying, ‘The world true f after all’ comes j th ^ went to a week, and going in Iwa walked up and asked if ed a Brevard, N. C. He call- Whn and many others too '^as by . . . Fred Wilson tn U' *^anie and he lived close ® I^isgah Forest . . . Keep the coming and the paper hum- Together in italy H. Jackson and Pfc. Waldrop write from Ch “• • • As a H !• ^ Us . to say all is well with ® surprise I met Raleigh T. of the Inspection Depart- '^Unt ^ half-way over to this We ^hey call Sunny Italy. Yes, Soryy ® ^gether here in Italy . . . ten h f iieither of us has writ he but you can bet flQjj fun thinking of good old Sufg ? wishing we were back, eat a H ^ some day ... We fjf sleep all we want to so Weii^. doing very ol(j give us both the good sotug if' ttioj,., .®^utiful scenery but our So, there are just as nice, kavg ® America first, then if you 1 waste come here. % g . ^ wish I were down in the Room where it is dry the g . . . TeU all hello in tiou Room and the Inspec- k\\ Best of Luck to all and Pinck hello . . IN NEW GUINEA “Pete” Walter Dockens New Guinea: “. . . I ^ tioti Guinea . .’ . Sd the Echo where the S SI ^ success and H j .^6lps ... I hope to be Vjis months if everything k(y . ®Ut 0. k. . . , I hear whis- ^ery high back there, but a Oo^ it is in Australia — Sse ® Juart ... I really miss K T ^ ball games we had at o ' ^ have played several soft* Qies since I have been over played a little basketball Y^'^^'^oor court and that is a ^ Really like ...” i OVERSEAS POOL ®®y Sansosti writes from ^ Barracks, Mo.; “. . . I’ve pretty country while J'tlijj ® with the army, but it’s -f^veling on your own and . home. That just can’t be r overseas train- jj. Jias u Processing pool ... All ih weeks was range, bivouac, and (N not forgetting K. P.— 5^*^% ^ finished my am just going through kNe f ^^ther domestic or across. N uj, either and soon. I’ve rt \ „^®signed in the Air Corps (J’s months and that’s a •iiSiie ni \ "'am ^^^e to another; every- It *'S you and nobody gets ^^’t last much longer . . .” IRELAND FINE ”omas Brown writes from eland: “. . . I am get 1 ,M (1* line since I have gotten \ ^inij > ^ here in Ireland, and n5i fr like Ireland as well as ia ^ think you are country is more than England . . . Best ' to all _ .» WIPES OUT TWELVE JAP BOMBERS IN ONE DAY 'am'. ^ Above is shown a picture of the heightfinder cre^w of an anti-aircraft battery which shot down twelve Jap bombers and one. fighter out of a flight of sixteen bombers escorted by fighters. Pfc. Harry L. Reese, former Ecusta office employee who is a member of this Solomons Islands Crew, is shown in the foreground. “Chigger” Reese, was given a citation by Admiral William F. Halsey, U. S. Navy, for “meritorious service in action against the enemy.” Filter Plant News Gets Purple Heart Our ranks have thinned here at the Filter Plant since we last took pen in hand. Richard Guy Kindall has gone off to the wars and Harry Kolman is now in the Pilot Plant. Good luck, boys, we sure do miss you. (And we’re not kidding be cause that cuts our crew down by one-fourth). After some snooping, we finally discovered the hobby of some of the Filter Plant personnel. Here goes: A. Harrell—Eating. H. Mehaffey—Singing. J. Connell—Trading. J. Winget—Crushing rocks. Lathe W.: Mac, who was that lady I saw you on the street with last night? Mac: That was no street, that was an alley! Here is J. Winget’s favorite bed time story: Once upon a time there was a mother elephant crashing through the jungle. In her haste, she step ped on a mother bird, killing it. Looking around, she discovered a nest of young birds nearby. Her heart was touched. (How tender this is). She knew that the young ones would get cold without their mother. She must make amends. (How utterly touching). So — to keep the young things warm, she sat down on the nest!!! —By Water Dog. NOW IN ITALY CpI. Lee F. Beatty writes from somewhere in Italy: “. . . I am still alive in Italy now . , . Give my regards to the old gang.” He .signs it “Until the weather be comes favorable for the final blow of Europe . . MRS. HARRISON RECEIVES PRIZES SGT. ROBERT C. CORPEN- ING is shown above receiving the Purple Heart from Colonel Lacey. Sgt. Corpening, former Ecusta Millwright, entered the service; July 5, 1942, and received basic training at Keesler Field, Miss. He took a radio course in Chicago and a gunnery course in Florida. After receiving advanc ed training at Salt Lake City, Utah, and Walla Walla, Wash., he was sent to England. He was wounded in action Aug, 27, 1943. HAS ARRIVED IN N. AFRICA A note from his mother dated 3-28-44 says Pvt. Ray L. Israel has arrived in North Africa where he is 0. K. and getting along fine . , , Wins Two First Place Awards In State Music Contests Mrs. Ward Harrison, of Brevard, received high honors in the annual contest for North Carolina com posers, sponsored by the North Carolina Federation of Music clubs, by being awarded first place in piano classification and first place in song classification in the ama teur division. Mrs, Harrison’s piano composition is entitled, “Berceuse” and her song composition, “Christ mas Eve.” Mrs. Harrison has composed a number of selections in both song and piano, but this is her first acceptance for award. She studied music with Ludolph Arens and at the Lawrence Conservatory of Mu sic in Appleton, Wis., and at the University of Wisconsin, in Madi son. She is a member of the Bre vard Music Lovers’ club. Mrs. Harrison is a native of Wisconsin. She moved to Brevard three years ago from New Jersey with her husband. Dr. Ward Har rison, who is head of the chemical department of Ecusta Paper cor poration. WESTERN N. C. BETTER THAN LONDON 1st Sgt. Joe Roy Johnson writes from somewhere in England: . . I was in London on pass. It sure is a nice place, but I still say Western North Carolina can’t be beaten ... I am saying the same as all the rest of the men. I will sure be glad when I can get back there after this is all over . , ‘ ’It; I
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