^IL, 1844
THE ECHO
PAGE FIVE
Bowling Banquet Climax To A Successful Season
* FROM PAGE ONE
jor A1 Montville, a badge for Paul
«ut, a pair of shoes for Mildred
si^enter, a special set of bowling
aus for Bruce Reynolds and a
pillow for Frances Orr.
The next speaker was Paul Plaut
^ told a very interesting story
experiences as a bowling
Ptain. Buck Best of the Activities
oininittee then provided some
for the bowlers by giving a
account of the Bennett
Q Eversman projects in the mak-
t(vf ^°^^owing Mr. Best’s talk, the
'^stmaster introduced the prin
ciple
speaker of the evening, R, F.
Ecusta’s general superin-
^®*inett,
®^dant. Mr. Bennett highly com-
®nded the bowlers on their good
ason and pointed out the many
derived from such an ac
fit many bene-
to each and every employee,
as to the company, that are
by having such activities as
baseball, softball or some
other
all 1? ^^tivity in which any and
tj-^^i^stans could take part in if
^ wished. Mr. Bennett stated
jj,m many instances we did not
how never tasted;
fou upon tasting the food we
We d’ pleasant surprise that
tooa Li^®wise in regard
(jg . people, frequently we have
^ot i ahead of time that we did
someone whom we didn’t
tijj snd then later when we met
Qj. Person at the bowling alleys
^cu^f the baseball field or at an
aiha^ party, we discovered to our
a j.^®^ent that after all he was
nice person and that his
thgt were nice too, and
.he liked many of the things
feiiQ ^ and, in fact, he was a real
gfg and we were benefited a
ascA • hy being able to be
ciated with him
®*itinuing, Mr. Bennett stated
that
’^he most important thing
tecf he said for sports and
gfg ®^tion is that they are the
ate levelers of persons there
spofi . ^one who takes part in
^Vfirv the same level as
ejiQg ^e else. It makes no differ-
a sjJ.J^hether a person is a laborer,
craftsman, a foreman, or
that ^*^tendent or what have you;
Sinur^^son is John Jones or Mary
the the bowling alleys, on
An^^l^ield or at any sport? arena,
the A should be. It is
best ^®rican ®t its
Vent , ything that helps to pre-
all Q£ distinction is good for
class • *^here is no room for
an^ ^^stinction in this country
Aftg^^st assuredly not at Ecusta.
|iett t}?his talk, Mr. Ben-
^ message of greet-
In jj. the bowlers from Mr. Straus,
l^fessgj ^essage, Mr. Straus ex-
'^essf^j his pleasure over the suc-
Statu] howling season and con-
Soo(j ^ted the bowlers for their
^Poi'tsmanship. Mr. Straus
fPoft . to bowling as the oldest
our recreation program.
Njor * he stated, “it is Ecusta’s
“^ttej. Each season has been
bouri- the last, and as long
so many of you, I prom-
^•iteftg.^^S continues to attract and
many of you, I prom-
j^Ptess Straus
h ^ to^ regrets at not being
.Hlijip ®^tend any of the season’s
K ^®®ts owing to the rush
J hut said that next year
ih ^®t only to attend some
b thp^^tches, but to take part
J^sta Continuing, “here at
Poh., he employees arrange our
th>
tt' exanT; ^0 Sive you
haL^orf ^ you want, and
th ^^^terest you show the
Recreation department,
1, We try to give you
RUFUS BLACKWELL
KILLED IN CRASH
Rufus Hunter Blackwell, Jr., 48,
aviation chief machinist’s mate,
USNR, husband of Mrs. Lena But
ler Blackwell, of Asheville, was
killed in a plane crash Wednesday,
April 12, near Oak Harbor, Wash
ington. He worked here, an em
ployee of Fiske Carter Construc
tion Co., a little over a year before
entering the service and has many
friends here.
the Activities Committee and your
team captains will work to plan
things for you. It gives me great
personal pleasure to see you play
well together, particularly since I
know that it will add pleasure and
satisfaction to your work together.”
In concluding, he stated, “Please
accept my personal thanks — you
who arranged and managed the
league and all of you who par
ticipated—^for a great season.”
Next on the program was the
awarding of the trophies and they
were presented to the following
bowlers:
In the Ecusta Wowen’s Duck Pin
league, Lou Lockman, high aver
age, Ann Morris, second high aver
age and Mary Alice Merrill, third
high average. Margaret Collins,
high game and Lou Lockman, high
set.
In the Ecusta Men’s Ten Pin
league, Bruce Reynolds, high aver
age, Paul Simpson, second high
average and Bob Kappers, third
high average. Paul Simpson also
won high game and high set.
In the Women’s League improve
ment medals went to; Eleanor
Spain Hayes, Control team; Mil
dred Carpenter, Office team; Hel
en Russell, Finishing team; Glen
Allender, Endless Belt team; Lou
Lockman, Champagne Stars and
Charlotte Cox for the Pin Setters
Delight.
In the Men’s league, Howard
Schmidt, Office team; Chris Rog
ers, Champagne team; Gilbert
Coan, Machine Room team; Bud
White, Refiner Room team; Robert
Head, Control team and Bruce Rey
nolds for the Maintenance team.
In the post season tournaments
for the Men’s doubles, first place
to A1 Montville and Bud White,
second place to Jim Poteet and L.
E. Callender and third place to
Jack Rhodes and Gilbert Coan.
Singles, first place. Jack Rhodes,
second place, Howard Schmidt,
third place, Joe Lavell and fourth
place Harry Golderer. Clinton
Greene won first place in the “all
event” with Jack Rhodes placing
second.
In the Women’s league, first
prize for doubles went to Mildred
Carpenter and Margaret Collins,
second place to Glen Allender and
Nell Gallamore and third place to
Charlotte Cox and Maymie Rey
nolds. For singles, first place to
Glen Allender, second place to
Mary Sue Thorne, and Violet Wil
ber and Lucy Clarke tied for third
place. Glen Allender won the “all
event.”
Following the awarding of the
individual prizes, the winning
teams were presented trophies with
the Champagne Stars carrying
first honors in the Women’s lea
gue. Finishing won the second
place trophy and Endless Belt
third place.
In the Men's league. Maintenance
won the first trophy. Machine
Room was second and Champagne
third.
The concluding feature of the
evening was a bingo game in
which everyone took part.
WHO’S WHO
—BY STAFF WRITERS—
F. S. BEST
MRS. G. E. JACKSON
F. S. “BUCK” BEST, assistant
to the President and member
of the Activities Committee,
came to us two years ago this
month from Reynolds and Com
pany, Investment Banking House,
N. Y. After his graduation from
Duke University, 1930, in Busi
ness Administration, he became
connected with Reynolds and was
with them twelve years prior to
his employment here. He was
born and received his early edu
cation at Dunn, N. C.
“Buck” says he likes softball
—he even went far enough to
play in one of the games last
year; but when he got his finger
broken, he decided that he really
got enough exercise in his Vic
tory Garden anyway.
He is active in the civic life
of Brevard, being vice-president
of the Brevard Kiwanis club, a
member of the Board of Stewards
in the Methodist church and also
a member of the Board of Trus
tees of the Transylvania hospital.
“Buck” is musical too; he leads
the singing in the Methodist Sun
day school, and played the clari
net in the band. He is married,
has two boys, and lives in Bre
vard.
Ecustans Will Play
At Moore General
On Thursday afternoon, May 11,
a group of Ecustans will go to
Moore General Hospital to give a
program for the convalescent sol
diers. Included in the group will
by the Mountain Music Makers,
Rhett Talley, Rupert Gordon, Lu
cille Heffner, Carl Patterson and
Blaine Emory, Raymond F. Ben
nett, John Eversman and Mary
Glass.
The Mountain Music Makers will
give a program of familiar moun
tain musical numbers. Mr. Bennett
will give a short talk on cigarette
paper and Mr. Eversman, accom
panied by Mary Glass, will play a
group of violin solos.
HIS MORALE IS TOPS
S-Sgt. John McCall writes from
somewhere in England: “. . . I’m
making out splendidly and my
morale is tops. These ‘Blimeys’
are swell people, and England isn’t
bad after all ... I sure miss the
folks back home and the guys
about the plant , .
MRS. G. E. “JONNIE” JACK
SON, attractive member of the
Personnel Office force, was bom
and went to school in Union, S.
C., and is a graduate of Draugh-
on’s Business college, Columbia,
S. C. Although she isn’t quite 24
yet, she has worked for six years
—having worked with the Lane
Drug company of Columbia, S.
C., and Columbus, Ga., as cashier
and general officer worker, and
with the U. S. Signal corps in
Arlington, Va., for six months
doing clerical work. She came to
Ecusta’s Personnel Office in Oc-
tobejr of 1943. Her hobbies are
horseback riding, dancing, knit
ting and, we bet, writing letters
overseas. (Her husband is in
England.) Jonnie lives in Hen
dersonville.
LAURA PHARR
LAURA “TOOT” PHARR, who
live;s in Rosman, has been with
the company five years in July.
She was bom and went to school
in Rosman. She has the distinc
tion of being the fastest inserter
in Hand Booklet. She is always
ready to make that extra tray or
two when a rush shipment has
to be^ made. “Toot” is an attrac
tive girl with blue eyes, likes to
dance, swim and play basketball.
She was a member of the Ecusta
basketball team the past season.
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