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anuary, 1945 THE ECHO PAGE THntXEEN WO Missing In Action, Five Wounded 5r~ FROM PAGE ONE f^e he had 37 missions over such (■®Wrtaiit Nazi targets as the air ^‘elds and aircraft' factories near ^ >®nna, Austria, the oil refineries ° Ploesti, the softening of the S '•uthern French coast; and on D- laid down a barrage of I “fflbs across the beaches to stifle |r«s^tance to the landings. |i /^■'Seant Dixon also had been I L the Air Medal and sev- clusters. * Missing In Belgium Christie Costanza, U. S. lu has been missing in action d since Christmas day, in ' *^°’T>oral Costanza had been in ''yiporai uosianza naa oeeu service 18 months. Before en- (I service, he was employed in Finishing department. Cor- Costanza, a light tank driver, at Ft. Knox, Ky., and Ft. ad tion He was formerly sta- J p ®Q in Prance. His wife, Dessie vjj.^^nza, resides in North Bre- Two Ecustans Are Missing In Action y bounded In Germany ‘ p^rt'Russell Ramsey is re- Ger^ to have been wounded in M Lieutenant K year^*^ service three Iremnf months. He was / ^ printing op- J in A Champagne, and trained m AJab ’ Kentucky, California, V Mississippi. Lieuten- u in ^ hospital n Pf Wounded slighti '^sckson A. Gillespie was ^an "'ounded in action in the T’ 23. Prior to entering in April, 1943, he was in Ecusta’s Finishing de- Over?®^t. Pfc. Gillespie has been several months. ^®iU Received Wounds has b “Buddy” Neill wounded, presumably in Italy is in a hospital in - ’ The date of the injury was G His right arm was offC“- Pfc. Neill was an Ecusta **■>1081 service years, formerly in trjip Africa and Sicily. He goiug 3t Ft. Bliss, Tex., before * Overseas in August of 1943. Cw ** I» England Was *■ ^'issell G. “Rusty” Reese Belgj ^'^^^tly wounded in action in '*®8i'lv overseas tf fighting in France Writ-, , ^Sium. Corporal Reese that h ^ hospital in England tofg is improving nicely. Be- Was induction Corporal Reese •^Ployed in the Pulp Mill. Wounded In Belgium liej g Warren R. Alexander, for- 'vou^j'^'^sta vacuum washer, was •fan, in action in Belgium on Sfirvif. • He was inducted into •n T. Camp Howze, Tex., and Mrs j'^'^.i^na. He is the son of Vaj.^ ^lia G. Parker of near Bre- Corner '^PROM page four •ntej/ Three streams of action Itef with colorful scene scene. There is the of Robert Fountaine’s WIND FOR CARO the / ^gainst loneliness, against the hiH *" forest, against secret voices of dark >’ ®g^inst pirate attack and ^he * Jf Q.f®. is the stormy love story Mofj ''lelle Fountaine and David and the dangerous romance Shown above are two former Ecustans who are missing in action in the European theatre. T-Sgt. Lawrence F. Dixon, Jr., left, has been reported missing over Germany since December 17th while in active duty against the enemy as a chief engineer gunner on a B-24 Liberator heavy bomber. Cpl. Christie “Chris” Costanza was report ed missing since December 25th in Belgium wheref he was with a tank corps. OOLSBY LEANING (BY JOHN GOOLSBY) Well, here we are today step ping out into a new month and also a new year. We have left the old year behind with its sorrows, sufferings and disappointments, yet we have enjoyed many things for which we should be thankful. We know not what the year 1945 has in store for us, but as American people we will face it with the grim determination, and a prayer that this war will soon be over, and our boys in the armed services everywhere will return to their homes and their loved ones. Of course, this coming year might have in store for us greater sorrow and suffering than in the past, but we must prepare our selves for the worst, and hope for the best, until the dark war clouds with all their horror have passed away. The envoys came with words of peace. And wished for wars and strife to cease. And while the words were still on their lips, They mui^ered our boys and sank our ships. Well, here goes a story: One time a colored woman liv ing in a small town had the mis fortune to lose her husband in an accident on the railroad, so the company’s attorney made rangements to have Liza come up and sign a release (this was be fore the days of insurance.) So he got 500 $1.00 bills and scattered them all over his office, on the window sills, all over the floor, and a great many on his desk. Liza comes up to the door and the attorney says, “Come in, Liza, we might as well get down to bu siness. Due to your husband’s death, we are going to give you all the money you see here.” She sighed and picked up the money and started on her way home, and after she had gone a few blocks she met a friend of hers. “Where did you get all that money?” asked her friend. “My husband done got killed on the railroad and this is what they paid me,” she replied. “Liza, are you gwine to marry again?” “I don’t know, but if I does it’s gwine to be a railroad man.” Large Crowds Are Attending Movies On Thurs. Nights If you haven’t been atten^g the movie parties held in the cafe teria every Thursday night, you’ve really been missing something. Some very excellent pictures have been shown and many more are booked for showing. The movies, of course, are free to all Ecustans and their families and large crowds have been at tending. The performances begin promptly at 8:00 o’clock and xisual- ly include one chapter of the cur rent serial, cartoons or other shorts and a feature picture. The schedule for the coming weeks is as follows: Feb. 1 — ARIZONA BOUND with BUCK JONES and THE ROUGH RIDERS, ADVENTURES OF REX AND RINTY (serial) and selected SHORTS. Feb. 8—PRIDE OF THE MA RINES starring CHARLES BICK FORD, ADVENTURES OF REX AND RINTY (final chapter), CHAPTER 1 of the new serial WILD BILL HICKOK, also shorts. Feb. 15—HELLZAPOPPIN with OLSEN & JOHNSON & MARTHA RAY, Chapter 2 of WILD BILL HICKOK and shorts. Feb. 22—MILITARY ACAD EMY, WILD BILL HICKOK and selected SHORTS. March 1—FORBIDDEN TRAIL, BUCK JONES and the ROUGH RIDERS, WILD BILL HICKOK and SHORTS. state, but get-up-a*d-go that makes great men. Out of the night that covers me, Black as a pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch -'f circumstance, I have not winced or cried aloud, Under the bludgeoning of chance, My head is bloody but still un bowed. Beyond this place of wrath and] tears Leaves but the horror of thej shade. And yet the menace of the years, Finds, and shall find me, un-| afraid. —Anon. To you folks who love sports, Iwhy not come out and see the basket ball team that Ecusta has on the floor? I witnessed one game not long ago and, believe me, I don't intend to miss any. They are a swell lot of boys, clean sports, and they need our support. They will fur nish you with the thrills and spills that go with the game to make it interesting. Come once and I am sure you will be a regular fan I until the season is over. Here is something that I will end with. It was written by a newspaper poet His name I do Inot know. This is a funny world. Its wonders never cease, All civilized people are at war. All savages are at peace. So long, folks. ar- of gay Mary Lepel and Michael Cary. Lastly, there is the combat of outraged trade with the swarming pirate crews, one of which has a lady abroad its ship, whose life as a pirate seemed only to height en her seductive beauty to the Englishman, Roger Mainwaming. For improvement, for entertain ment, we recommend: ‘POPULAR HOME DECORATION,” “GARDEN FLOWERS IN COLOR” and “LUS TY WIND FOR CAROLINA,” This is a story told around quite a bit. Here goes: A man was pre paring to jump off the Washington bridge into the icy waters of the Potomac when a policeman caught him just in the nick of time. The man began to cry and tell the cop a hard luck story about his wife having died and he had to go in bankruptcy and his children were starving, and before the man had finished his story they both jumped in. It’s not birth, nor rank, nor 194V On January 1st, 194V, the Army issued orders to all clerks, typists, etc., that 1945 should be written as below; 194V Of course, the “V” stands for VICTORY but, incidentally. ■V” is the Roman numeral for “5”. Ecusta, Champagne, and End less Belt have adopted this practice, and this pledge to work for victory in 194V will appear on all of our papers,
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