QUALITY
FIRST
THEN
quantity
!ol. 6; No. 12
PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
NOT
HOW MUCH
BUT
HOW WELL
December, 1944
Christmas Parties Held For Ecustans
CAGE TEAMS ARE
NOW PRACnCING
SuUr Season P!ay To
Start Shortly After First;
Of The Year
Program Of
Movies Scheduled
Por Next 6 Weeks
and better movies are
for the coming year,
to an announcement
iiiejjt y Recreation depart-
ft *
major pictures which
been made available for
V f 16mm film projectors
W ^eady been scheduled and
will be able to see some
movies at the regular
\ «ay night picture shows in
^^eteria.
movies are shown each
night, free to all Eksus-
«nd their families.
—Turn To Page Five
Baby Contest
I Announced; $25
Bond Offered
give a $25 war bond
^ baby bom to an Ecus-
in 1945.
^ of contest are simple
“e only that the father or
Vi
Of ®^ust be a regular employ-
k"" companies, working at
here; that all entries
A ^ submitted to the office of
JJt 5 on or before Jan. 20;
^jj^jT^^tor’s certificate must ac-
y, entry which gives
^ place of birth,
w ^nner of the contest will
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. approximately 15 men on
Ecusta squad and holding reg-
practices three nights each
hi ’ looks like Ecusta will
a fine basketball club,
ji^^'^gh they lost their first
i^*^ce game last Saturday to the
Qeville School quintet, their
j^'^r season of games will not
^til about the middle of
and with the next three
^ playing
jjj^itions,* indications are that
y will make a good showing.
U^'^en though the practices are
started, any other Ecus-
^ Who are interested in basket-
®nd who would like to play
p'^rged to come out.
^ j^^tices are held each Monday,
anesday and Friday nights in
orevard college gjmi.
^ Girls Holding Practices
Girls’ team schedule calls
■—Turn To Page Five
A MESSAGE FROM
HARRY H. STRAUS
Each year in our mountains as throughout the world, men of
many faiths and tongues gather at Christmastide to commemorate
the birth of the Man who preached the fellowship of men. In
these war tom years, we do not celebrate so much as dedicate
ourselves to the survival of these things we especially love:
The tree of pine or fir, symbolizing both the
evergreen-ness of our faith in God, and the strength
we have consecrated to the protection of that faith.
The giving of gifts, signifying even as the
Wise Men and the Shepherds did, the communion
among men of good will.
The sounds of children playing with their toys,
for this is the happy music of the home in a free
world.
The good smells of Holiday hearths and kitch
ens, of holly and of mistletoe—for these are the long
lingering fragrances of the Christmas Season.
These things we love especMly because tonight the magic
of remembering them will reunite sons and daughters with their
parents, husbands with their wives, loving people everywhere.
For a little while the miracle of Christmas will work upon
our hearts and minds, and make us whole again.
This year, we have planted our first Christmas tree in a
place for all to see and enjoy. I hope with all my heart that this
tree and its growth will continue to symbolize for you, as it does
for me, our unity and the good fellowship of our work and play
here together in Pisgah Forest.
I wish you a Very Merry Christmas, and as Tiny Tim said in
“The Christmas Carol”: “God Bless Us, Every One.”
—HARRY H. STRAUS.
COMPANY GIVES
ALL EMPLOYEES
YULETIDE CHECKS
Children’s Chorus Sings
Carols And Christmas
Message Is Delivered
All Ecustans have again been
assured of a Merry Christmas this
year by a gift of a Christmas check
presented to them by the Com
pany. The custom each year is to
have a series of parties so that
each employee can attend, and
Christmas carols are sung, and
Company greetings and presents
are given.
A special program of carols was
presented by the large Ecusta chil
dren’s chorus under the direction
of John Eversman. The Company’s
Christmas message was presented
by General Superintendent Ray
mond F. Bennett and the Com-
pany’-s Christmas checks were dls'
tributed by the different depart
ment heads.
Old Santa himself came in just
as the program started and took
his place on the stage. With him
were several lovely young ladies
dressed in red, handing out copies
to everyone of the Christmas edi
tion of the Echo. Five programs
were given, starting Thursday
night at midnight, Friday morn
ing at 8:00 o’clock, Friday after
noon at 4:00 o’clock and 5:00
—Turn To Page Four
TO GIVE PARTIES
FOR THE CHILDREN
Hundreds Of ^Tcusta Chil
dren” Are Expected
To Attend Parties
The annual Christmas parties
for children of all employees will
be held in in the company cafeteria
on Saturday afternoon, December
23, from 2 until 6 o’clock.
Approximately 1,200 children
are expected to attend these par
ties and it is pointed out specifi
cally that children of all Ecusta
men and women in service are in
vited to attend.
A total of five different parties
are to be held, each one lasting for
an hour. Santa Claus will be
present and give a Christmas pack
age to each child and movies are
to be shown.
Free transportation for the chil
dren will be provided by the own
ers and drivers of the Ecusta
buses.
Santa wired from the North
Pole, “I’m looking forward to see
ing Ecusta children Saturday aft
ernoon in the Cafeteria.”