^etball ason
h —VC, Hope To
orixi Local League
season got off to
ou’U*®* week with teams
3
ts, '^PssM Friday nights in the
and women.
L practices are held each
3 anrl
nd 150*? L services of Mr. Ernest F.
tnr of Rosman high
known basketball
f been enlisted to
girls’ league. Many
indicated their interest
g, ibi, snd it is hoped that
bis come out from the dif-
cas^
5
if:
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5ER, 1944
THE ECHO
PAGE THIRTEEN
,'^®Partments so that an m-
•^tniental league can be
3le ^®stricted To Experienced
COU^ ^2i
Players
\ Ik f»f '^^0
jjj % played basketball would
y pjj \ because of the ex-
^'ecreational benefits,, it
t tliil *th/ . have a coach so
wpl: ^ flight be taught how to
)iii have had a good turn-
’"o! prospects indicate
oi liL team is in the making.
^ ^ j, ^^actices have been held
ie j d Past two weeks.
i-irb' '•(ha ” wecKS.
•itf'f Wa,.? women throughout
E ^ ^ho are interested in
“asketball are urged to
'^uch with the Recreation
K t ^no ar
j i\°®sketball
* '^ent.
^ playing inter-de-
, ^ games, plans are being
i I schedule games with
other places.
Family Has
Happy Reunion
„ Wartime incident in the
family is the reuniting
kA here of the two sons,
Earl, both of whom
^ European navy
' re H about three weeks
rd^ neither knowing
i W) granted a leave
h.their home here.
:bor
il
po«i
5 ® brothers entered navy
about two years
^ took their boot training
Bainbridge,
li, ^hich they were sep-
• hey had not seen each
heiTO ^^til now,
! ^ was in the Normandy
‘”^8^ * ^ other in the in-
''1T.®®uthern France.
\s gunner’s mate sec-
f ’ younger of the two
’ arrived home first oh a
Cfi surprising his par-
li^ s return. He participated
$1 'h invasion of Southern
\ o^aging in amphibious
operations in
uptjrdiiuns in
^ j He was previously in
, ^orth Africa and Italy
overseas one year.
A il i^Vft uveriseas one year,
ll' expire on Sunday,
Ae^' go to New York for
0 u^te motor machin-
j Second class, was in
id r?^ invasion with a PT
^ J ^6d . bare-
i 1 With their lives when a
iiO^. i\ up their boat,
■ fO members of the
^ fty ^ ^hJured, although pa-
i \ continued. Richard’s
1 s.%. fractured, and 18
before he was able
El)t niedical examination,
*J®cessities of work on
days following. He
y Sf ^ days following. He
M service six months.
lO*^ V'> li ^
re-assignment.
J. he former Miss Jessie
iu 3rev^r4.
Ecusta Workers Are Good Deer Hunters
«wwwW
vx4?
Shown above is John T. Hollis, of Brevard, who was one of
several Ecusta employees killing deer during the Pisgah National
ForeM hunts. Other successful Ecustans included Pr. Hugh Sig
mon, Gilbert Coan, Buck McCall, Shorty Hargis and Fred Stroup.
Mr. Hollis’ kill was a doe and weighed 112 pounds. He killed it at
9:30 Monday morning, November 6, the opening day of the hunt.
Stroup also made a kill that day, a large 170-pound buck.
Around 500 People Attended Our Big
Thanksgiving Party On Thursday Night
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Movies, Square Dance And
Refreshments Enjoyed.
Turkey Dinners Served.
Approximately 500 employees,
their families and guests attend-
edd the Thanksgiving party in the
Cafeteria on Thursday night.
This party consisted of movies,
refreshments and a square dance,
with music being furnished by the
Ecusta string band under the di
rection of Rhett Talley.
Throughout Thanksgiving day,
in fact all around the clock, a free
turkey dinner was served to em
ployees.
At the homes of employees, the
Thanksgiving dinner was the cen
ter of attraction.
Many took advantage of the
opening of the hunting season for
quail and rabbits, while other
employees who were not working
attended the big football classic
in Brevard and saw the college de
feat the high schopl team by the
score of 26 to 7.
This was a thrilling game and
the coaches of both teams have
been commended for the good job
they have done this season. Both
of the coaches are “Ecustans”.
Slim Bullock coaches the high
school team and Howard Wilkie
the college' boys.
Published elsewhere in this is
sue are the fine Thanksgiving proc
lamations by President Roosevelt
and Governor Broughton.
This Year’s Christmas Tree
Decorations Are Up To You
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You’re going to need all the in
genuity you can muster up to pret
ty up your CMristmas tree this
year. Old standbys—tinsel, balls
and other ornaments will be scarce
in Christmas ’44. But that doesn’t
have to spoil your tree’s beauty
treatment—not if you make good
on that “real old-fashioned Christ
mas” you’re always telling your
children about. The solution is hid
den in such simple grocery store
provendei* as Molasses, peanuts in
the shell, popcorn and cranber
ries. Magic charm and humor can
emerge from these seemingly ordi
nary foods when your family starts
transforming them into gay and
jolly decorations. Round up, fam
ily and friends for an evenings fun
and let them demonstrate their
originality. It’s an economical way
to dress your tree because this way
you can have your ornaments and
eat them, too.
Peanuts in the shell that have
been dipped in bright water color
paints make pretty chains for the
tree. Odd dots and stripes add va
riety to them while paper stars
pasted on give them glamour.
If your household has never
taken time off to make ginger
bread men with misplaced eyes
and nose, and buttons falling off,
prepare yourself for a treat while
pudgy little hands create these
“pin-up boys” for the Christmas
tree.
Gingerbread “Pin-Up Boys”
2% cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
V2 teaspoon ginger
V4 teaspoon cloves
Many Ecustans Are
Attending Picture
Shows On Thurs.
Many Ecusta employees have
been attending the movies given
in the cafeteria every Thursday
night and Friday afternoon.
The Recreation department an
nounces that more and better pic
tures have been scheduled for the
weeks to come. A new serial was
introduced this week to take the
place of Flash Gordon which was
concluded a week ago. The new se
rial, which will be shown in twelve
episodes, is “THE ADVENTURES
OF REX AND RINTY.” The story
takes place on an imaginary island,
whose strange inhabitants regard
the horse as sacred and Rex as the
“GOD HORSE.” The transporta
tion of Rex to the United States
provides the foundation for the
exciting story.
The schedule of pictures for the
next few weeks is as follows:
Nov. 30 and Dec. 1—GUNMAN
FROM BODIE, with the Rough
Riders.
Dec. 7 and &—CAPTION CAU-
TION, with Victor Mature and
Bruce Cabot.
Dec. 14 and 15 — UNDER
GROUND RUSTLERS, with the
Range Busters.
Dec. 21 and 22 — TOPPER
TAKES A TRIP, with Roland
Young and Constance Bennett.
Dec. 28 and 29 — CAPTAIN
FURY, with Victor McLaglen and
Brian Aherne.
Jan. 4 and 5—PHANTOM KILL
ER, with Dick Purcell and Joan
Woodbury.
Selected shorts and war shorts
will be shown with each of the pic
tures. All employees and their
families are invited to come to
these free movies every Thursday
night.
Dwight Collins Is
Missing In Action
staff Sergeant Dwight E. Col
lins, who worked in the Finishing
department, has been reported
missing in action since Nov. 11 in
China.
Sergeant Collins is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Collins, of the
Island Ford section. He volun
teered for service in the U. S.
army on Aug. 25, 1942.
EXTENDS THANKS
James R. Poteet of the Cham
pagne Machine Shop wishes to
take the opportunity of expressing
his sincere thanks and apprecia
tion for the thoughtfulness of his
fellow-workers during his recent
illness.
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2-3 cup molasses
1-3 cup brown sugar
1 egg, beaten
^ cup melted shortening
% teaspoon salt.
Sift flour, baking powder, salt
and spices. Mix molasses with
brown sugar, egg and shortening.
Add dry ingredients to make a
soft doiigh. Shape in forms of lit
tle men and bake. Makes 18 “pin
up boys” about 4 inches high. Bake
in moderately hot oven 375 deg. F,
for about 12 minutes.
Let the small fry make cran
berry and popcorn strings. They’re
both colorful and pretty when
strung and hung pn the branches.
The little tots can do this and feel
they have made a war-time contri*
button to the Christmas tree.