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Vol. 6; No. 9
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PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
September, 1944
Ecusta Bowling League Season Opens
FIRST GAMES ARE
PUYED; WOMEN
10 START OCT. 4
Machine Room Club Licked Everybody At Ecusta This Year!
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These ball players, shown above, really are the Champs! They won the regular Ecusta baseball
«ague season cup, the “little world series” and then took two out of three games from an “All-Star”
am composed of players from the other three teams. Reading from left to right, front row Butler
«radley, Ed White, co-captain; Grover Suttles, Milton Pace, Frank Case and Wilson Gregory, co-cap-
second row—Coy Fisher, Fred MiUer, Shelby Robinson, Donald Earwood, Albert Payne and
*tick Orr.
Children’s Music Project Will
MIONG CASCAITTES
Jahue Cantrell Report-
^ Dead; “Mac” Heaton
Is Missing
jjjTie former Ecustans who are
as dead are: Pvt. Jahue R.
j^trell, of Hendersonville, died
Action in France, August 14th.
missing: Cpl. Joseph A.
^ son of Mrs. Julia M. Shook,
K Tuckas^egee, since July 30,
apce.
Lieut. William “Mac” Heaton,
William Heaton, of Hender-
’ inissing in action over
^any since September 5th.
wounded: Pfc. Allen P.
Jr., son of Mrs. Gertrude
of Flat Rock. (Place and
not specified).
lijjT^vid Lee Simms, USNR, son of
Mrs, John Simms, of Bre-
July 26, South Pacific area.
Start In Cafeteria October 16
>n.
Cantrell was killed in action
according to a message
M Army a year ago
Jackson, S. C. He went to
Fund Drive Will
Start October 9th
At a meeting of the executive
committee Monday night at the
home of J. s, Silversteen, chair
man, a complete county-wide or
ganization was set up to conduct
TxauSyivania aunty’s United War
Fund and Community Chest drive.
The county was divided into
several communities and chairmen
for each community were appoint
ed. The quota for Transylvania has
been set at $12,800 and committee
men are confident that the quota
will be met.
More Than Sixty Children
Have Enrolled And Will
Be Assigned Classes
last June. He was last
on furlough in May. Prior
service he was em-
at Ecusta.
\ Lt. Heaton was shot down
4^ raid over Germany Sept 5th
I>ilot of a Thunderbolt; he
destroyed a number of Ger-
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Basketball Teams
To Hold Meeting
A meeting will be called within
the next few days to discuss plans
for the coming basketball season.
All departments interested in en
tering teams for inter-departmen
tal games this season will be asked
to send representatives to this
meeting.
It is hoped that enough teams
will enter so that it will be pos
sible to have an. inter-departmental
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It was announced last night that
the first classes in the Ecusta
Employee’s Children’s Music Pro-
jecv would be held in the Cafe
teria on Moim'ify,>’SGtOucr lu.
More than 60 children have al
ready enrolled and they will be
placed into classes which will meet
in the afternoons after school.
Each child will come to the cafe
teria only once each week and
although for the first few weeks
there will be several in each class,
this will be for the purptose of
teaching them the fundamentals of
music. As soon as this preliminary
training period is over they will
be given private lessons where
they will be taught to play the
instrument of their choice.
Will Be Notified
Notices will be sent to all who
have applied for instruction telling
each child the day and time he
is to come for his lesson. A thor
ough study of the transportation
problem has been made and spe
cific instructions will be given
each student in regard to the
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Men Bowl Monday Nights;
Women On Wednesday
Nights. Teams Given
The 1944-1945 season of the
Ecusta Bowling League opened on
Wednesday night, September 27th,
with six teams of the men’s ten
pin league, competing. The open
ing meet was postponed from Mon
day to Wednesday in order that
the work being done on the alleys
could be completed.
All of the games will be played
on the Centennial alleys in Bre
vard which have just been recon
ditioned and are in excellent shape
for bowling.
There are seven teams in the
men’s league this season and the
teams are: Refining Room, Con
trol, .Pulp Mill, Champagne, Ma
chine Room, Office and Mainte
nance. In the girl’s duck pin league
there are six teams as follows:
Office, Champagne Stars, Cham
pagne Pin Setter’s Delight, Finish
ing, Control and Endless Belt. The
girl’s league will have their first
meet on Wednesday night, October
4th, and will play every Wednes
day night thereafter. The men will
bowl for 28 weeks and the girls
for 20 weeks. Because of the un
even number of teams in the men’s
league it will be necessary for one
team to drop out each week.
The results of the games Wed
nesday night were as follows:
Champagne defeated the Pulp Mill
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Thursday Picture
Shows Will Start
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Beginning on Thursday night
October 5th, the regular picture
shows in the cafeteria will start
8-30 o’clock.
With the coming of fall and short
er days, many Ecustans have asked
that the pictures begin earlier so
that they may get home earlier.
Much interest has been shown
in the picture shows and an ex
cellent schedule of films has been
booked for October. There will be
both entertainment pictures as well
as war pictures and the serial.
Flash Gordon.
The pictures for October are as
follows:
Oct. 5-6—^Knight of the Plains
(Fred Scott), Flash Gordon Part
7, Battle for the Beaches and an
animated cartoon.
Oct. 12-13—^Lone Rider’s Texas
Justice (George Houston, AI St.
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