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SEPTEMBEB, 1944 THE ECHO PAGE FIVE Citations Awarded To Ecusta^ Champagne And Endless Belt By U. S. Treasury ttmtSe* Shown above, are reproductions of citations recently awarded our companies by the U. S. Treasury Department. In a letter, dated Sept. 7, from Allison James, executive manager of the War Finance Committee, of the Treasury Department, he stated: “It is a genuine pleasure to issue, upon recommendation of Mr. T. C. Abernathy, Director, Payroll Savings Division of the North Carolina War Finance Committee, the enclose,d citation in recognition of the splendid contribution your firm and your em ployees made to the success of the Fifth War Loan Drive in the purchase, of War Savings Bonds through the Payroll Savings Plan. “The record made by your patriotic group is tangible evidence of their determination to “Back The Attack” and keep faith with our Armed Forces until complete Victory is achie,ved. “In this critical period in the life of our Nation, it should be a great satisfaction to each of you to know that your individual efforts are being •combined with those of other patriotic Americans to hastejn the day of Peace. “We are sincerely grateful for your cooperation with the War Financing Program. Let’s continue to “Back The Attack” with more War Savings Bonds.” WHO’S WHO —BY STAFF V^RITERS— JAMES “ED” SPROUSE JAMES “ED” SPROUSE, yard crew foreman, came to Transyl vania from McDowell county, of which he is a native. He, was born in Marion, N. C., and went to school at the Vien Mountain school. Before coming to work at Ecusta as assistant to the late Tony Rhodes on the yard crew on December 1, 1939, he worked for two ye^irs and six months in Old Fort and eleven and one half years in Brevard. After the death Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Sprouse was made foreman of the crew. Although he says he doesn’t l^ve much time for hobbies, he admits that he likes to hunt— be it deer^ rabbit, squirrel or “coon”; he also likes fishing. The -Sprouse family lives in Brevard. Of the seven children, a son. Pvt. John C., is in the army ove;rseas and a daughter, Elizabeth, works in Endless Belt. Buy U. S. Government Bonds Stamps regularly. DILLARD SEWELL DILLARD “JACK” M. SE WELL, Green House, operator, came to Ecusta, October 5th, 1943. He was born in Beaver Falls, Penn., went to Porter Mili tary academy. Charleston, S. C., to University of North Carolina for one year, and to Gene,va Col lege, Penn., for one year. After working three years with his father in the insurance business in Atlanta, Ga., he came, in 1936, to Arrowood Farms, Henderson county, and began raising White Holland turkeys, raising as many as 1,000 at one time. He says he didn’t get much sleep around Thanksgiving — “Hard to sleep with a flashlight in one hand and a gun in the othe,r.” Mr. Sewell is married and lives in Forest Hills, Brevard. His hobbies: photography and, you guessed it, raising turkeys! BUD AND JACK Bud: “I tore my expensive hand kerchief yesterday.” Jack: “That must have been an awful'*‘blow.” Qiilltlililliiilililiiillliiliiliiiiliiiiliiiiilllililiiliiiliiiiiitiiiiiilliiiiliiiiiiiiiii OOLSBY LEANINGS BY JOHN GOOLSBY iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil Well 'folks, I hardly know how to write an interesting column that everybody likes, but I will do my best to please you I had the privilege, and the pleasure of attending a fish fry given for the various baseball teams that gave us two swell games each week. Men from every de partment were there, all of whom worked for Ecusta. I saw friend ships made that may never have existed if there had not been such a“get-together”; and, believe this, the link of true friendship is the strongest link our Creator left with us. This did more to build the morale of those boys in one evening than could have been done in a year otherwise, I believe. Today is the tomorrow you wor ried about yesterday. I was in the barber shop the other day and a lad from the In spection Department of about 20 years of age was carrying on a conversation with a gentleman of about 70 who was a native of this county. This is the way I got the conversation under a hot towel: “Whatever inspired the old-time pioneers to set forth in their cov ered wagons to come to this place,” wondered the lad. The old man rubbed his whis kers a while and said: “Well, it could have been they didn’t want to wait 30 years for a train.” If a fellow really wants to get by today, here is a simple rule: first of all he has to have his eye on the ball, his back to the wall, and his ear to the ground; then his shoulder to the wheel, his nose to IMIIIIIIItllMllllMfllMllQ the grindstone, and keep a level head and both feet on the ground. At the same time, he must look for a silver lining—with his head in the clouds. Some trick, if you can do it. If times are hard and you feel blue, Think of others worrying, too. Just because your trials are many Don’t think that the rest of us haven’t any. Life is made up of smiles and tears, Joy and sorrow mixed with fears; And though to us it seems one sided. Trouble is pretty well divided. If we could look in every heart. We would find each one has a part. You will find this right here in Brevard in a prominent lawyer’s office on the wall: “Here lies a lawyer for his last time.” An Absentee A superintendent had strong ob jections to granting time off to his employees. One day one of the older hands approached him. “I would like next Thursday off,” he said. “What for?” demanded the boss. “Well, you see, it’s like this: It is my silver wedding anniversary, and me and the missus are going to have a bit of celebration.” “Oh, yes,” said the boss, “and is this going to happen every 25. years?” I had 50 fights from the time I was age of 16 until I was 21 and —Turn To Page Twelve
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