January, 1945
THE ECHO
PAGE FIFTEEN
News Fi*om Former Employees In Service
DID CONVOY DUTY
Tom F. Cooper, petty officer
3-c, was home recently on a 4-day
leave after serving on convoy du
ty in the Atlantic, having been to
Sicily and N. 'Africa. Petty Offi
cer Cooper has been in service
2^4 years, and overseas four
■months. He was employed in the
Machine Room prior to induction.
DWIGHT COLLINS SAFE
S-Sgt. Dwight Elmo Collins, who
Was reported missing in action
since Nov. 11 in the China theater
War, is now reported safe and
'''ell- Sgt. Collins was a radioman
pn a B-29 Superfortress. Aug. 9,
’^2, he entered service. At the
tinie of his induction he was em
ployed at Ecusta.
GETS PURPLE HEART
Sgt. Bill H. Nicholson has been
awarded the Purple Heart for
Wounds received in action in Deto
ur. ’44. He holds the Infantry
Combat Medal. He has been over-
a year and in service since
^y. ’42. Sgt. Nicholson is a for-
employee of the Cafeteria.
RECEIVES PROMOTION
promotion of Lester C. Wil'
from sergeant to staff sergeant
annoimced recently by Col-
William H. Cleveland, com-
“‘^nding officer of his bombard-
•ttent group in England. Sgt. Wil-
has completed eight bombing
^sions over Germany, including
S***iburg, Leipzig, and Cologne,
entered service March 3, 1943
has been overseas for four
youths. S-Sgt Wilson trained at
Keesler Field, Miss., Pyote, Tex.,
Kansas. His wife, Lula Cas-
Wilson, is employed in Cham-
Pagne.
In Florida
In San Diego
FORT KNOX IS HUGE
“Looking forward to visiting
Ecusta on leave home,” says Pvt.
Bob Pearce, who is in training at
Ft. Knox, Ky. “Will be glad to get
the Echo; it is a fine paper and
serves as an excellent medium for
service men to keep in touch with
their friends and acquaintances
both at home and abroad. This is
an enormous post and each of the
48 states is represented here.”
FOUL WEATHER IN FRANCE
Sgt. Melvin (Mac) McCormick
j writes from France that the
I weather is rainy and bad, and “I
see where all those movies of sol
diers marching in mud up to their
ankles are true ... It is well with
me, and I hope we can be back to-
Igether soon.”
T-SGT. JOHN E. BISHOP,
above, is now in San Diego. Prior
to iniduction. May 27, ’41, he
was employed in the Slitter Ser
vice of Finishing Department.
J. EARL CORN, S 2-c, above,
is now in Florida with the U. S.
Navy. Seaman Com was an em
ployee of the Machine Room.
May 14, ’43, he entered service.
Gets A Promotion Now Overseas
CLUBB IS OVERSEAS
Wc. Walter F. Clubb, son of Mr.
Mrs. M. F. Clubb of Leicester,
, • C., is at present time on duty
p the S. W. Pacific area. Inducted
the army at Ft. Jackson, S. C.,
f*Pt. 10, ’43. Served basic train-
at Ft. McCleUan, Ala.; then
sent overseas. Prior to his in
duction, he was a bleach operator
^Ecusta since 1940. His wife, Mrs.
Walter F. Clubb, lives in Asheville,
C.
SGT. CHARLES L. RUSSELL,
above, has been recently promot
ed from the rank of corporal to
sergeant. He was employed by
Ecusta as a beaterman, entering
service in Nov., 1942. Sgt Russell
is a radio operator on a Liberator
bomber, stationed in Italy. His
wife, Reba Kitchen Russell, is
employed in the Payroll Dept, of
Ecusta.
IN ON LEYTE INVASION
Floyd V. Buchanan, S 1-c, writes
1 from the Pacific: “I was very glad
to get the cookies and candy, be
cause those are things we seldom
1 see out here. They didn’t last very
long with this bunch of himgry
j sailors around . . . I’ve been try-
1 ing to locate some of the boys
from Ecusta but I haven’t been
i lucky enough ... I was lucky
I enough to get in on the invasion
jof Leyte, Philippines, and I also
saw the big battle of Leyte Gulf.
... I wouldn’t mind to have duty
over there. The people are pretty
1 nice.”
IN EAST INDIES
Norman E. Singletary is
®ow in Netherland East Indies,
says, “I know with so many
away, the girls at Ecusta will
Just as much a bang-up job .. .
no picnic where we are now
■ • • hope next Christmas will see
all home, as I’m getting behind
U my coon-hunting.”
LIKES FRANCE BEST
, ^t, Albert Grindstaff has been
}U three countries, but says he
Prance best. “It is a beauti-
fm
APPRECIATES BOX
Ralph Teague writes from Wil
liamsburg, Va. (Camp Peary),
‘thanks for the box. It makes a
fellow feel good to know that
Ecusta thinks of him. I’ll be com
ing home in a few days and will j
be dovra to see you all.”
all they can . . . Christmas is
time when all the boys think of
"ome the most, for they know
Jjfuat all their folks are doing on
«at day."
STILL AT VAN DORN
, S Sgt Vernon H. Rees® writes
Camp Van Dorn, Miss: “I
fought I would let you know that
still in Miss., and also I wish
p express my appreciation for the
^urtesy and kindness shown to
on my visit at the plant . . .
Verything and everybody are
... I hope the next time
^ •«« you. I’ll b« back for good.”
country, and the people try to
LIKES NAVY BETTER
Thomas N. Guice, S 2-c, writes,
“I am beginning to like the Navy
much better than at first, but am
looking forward to getting back
and working with my friends. Give
my regards to all the fellows.”
CHEERED BY THOUGHTS
‘Would love to be there for
Christmas holidays,” says Cpl.
John H. Jackson, writing from
Corsica. “Yes, and other days, ha!
. . . It makes a guy feel good to
know someone back home is
thinking of us boys.”
SGT. RALPH C. MORRIS is
now overseas somewhere in Eu
rope. A pre-digestor foreman
prior to induction in June, ’42,
Sgt. Morris trained in South
Carolina, Texas and Alabama.
He is in the infantry.
NO PLACE LIKE W. N. C.
‘Have found no place like
Western N. C.,” writes Pvt. Fred
Laughter, from Ft. Monmouth, N.
J. Says he may have to go over
seas again, but hopes not. Sends
best wishes to the Ecusta Paper
Corp.
MEAN WEATHER IN ITALY
Weather is bad in Italy, says
Sgt Edward Brackett, “Sure hope
is isn’t rainy and nasty there as it
is here; the wet season has come,
and is it mean! We are proud of
the comment we got from higher
headquarters on our formation.
Makes a fellow feel as though he
had achieved something.” He sends
regards to Mr. Straus and the boys
in the Beater Room.
1 EACH NAME BRINGS MEMORY
Cpl. Harold R. Hogsed writes
from Brookley Field, Ala., (in
thanks for the personally signed
Christmas greeting from the
I Champagne employees): “To me
Champagne is a company, as I read
each and every individual name,
who is responsible for the achieved
success both in the war effort
and on the home front; company,
as individuals, because each name
recalls some vivid memory when
I was with Champagne ... To
each fellow worker I wish that
some day all may enjoy the true
I Americanism for which each in
dividual has given so much . . .”
GETS PROMOTION
Lt John S. Carpenter, stationed
in Newark, N. J., has been promot
ed to the rank of first lieutenant
He has been in service three years
since leaving Ecusta, where he was
a Main Office clerk. Lieutenant
Carpenter trained in Georgia and
I Florida.
VISITED WIFE RECENTLY
Marine Pfc> Vincent K. Dixon
recently spent a 30-day leave with
his wife in Brevard. Pfc. Dixon, a
[veteran of the S. Pacific war the
ater, and wounded on Guam, was
confined to a hospital in San Di-
I ego before his leave. He reported
to a Marine Guard base near
Richmond, Va.
SAME STORY—MUD IN FRANCE
“Tell all the gang hello,” writes
Pvt John Sprouse from France.
“It has been raining here now for
about nine weeks, and boy, is it
muddy! Hope to be back at Ecus
ta by next Christmas.”
SENDS PICTURE OF VOLCANO
Cpl. Ilovey Waldrop writes, “Tell
all my friends hello, and good
I luck to you all. Am sending a pic-
Iture of the volcano here on the
1 island; most of it is covered with
smoke. It gets so hot here during
the day. Would like to be back
there and go rabbit-hunting where
1 there is snow on the ground.”
McMINN IN MARINES
Nathan McMinn, of the U. S.
Maritime service, recently spent
a short leave with his wife in Bre
vard. McMinn volunteered in the
merchant marine in August, ’44. A
former machine tender at Ecusta,
he visited October, ’44.
RAY RIGDON DISCHARGED
Ray Rigdon, formerly a private
in the Army, has received a medi
cal discharge, after serving in the
Central Pacific for some time.
Rigdon is a former employee of
the Finishing Dept. He entered
service in January, ’43.