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FIRST
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PISGAH FOREST, N. 0.
Ecusta Purchases Club Sapphire
Here's A View Of The Large Lake At Club Sapphire
II
Beautiful Site To
Be Developed Into
A Recreation Center
All Employees Invited To
Submit Suggestions. Prizes
Are Offered
of the most attractive features about Club Sapphire is the large, beautiful lake that covers nine
Fed by a flow of water out of the National Forest, the water in this lake is very pure. It ranges
^ ^«pth from a feiW inches to more than fifteeji feet opposite the diving tower. The lake is ideal for
diving, boating and even fishing.
IfWERANDBEHER
MOVIES SCHEDULED
r
^Pany Purchases New 35
^ Projector. Schedule
Pictures Is Given.
Th ———
I^ecreation Department has
i^5,'>'lced that the Company has
tiovi ^''^chased a new 35 mm
W ®'iuipment to be used in
the regular Thursday
**'oyies in the Cafeteria. The
®*l'iipment will mean that
avaii:. better pictures will be
shown here to
movie fans,
ftiaijp ®iajor pictures are first
as released in 35 mm size,
is the type of equipment
Cash Prizes Are Offered To Ecustans
For Best Victory Gardens This Year
2 ECUSTANS ARE
WAR CASUALTIES
Ted Schepkowski Killed In
Action And Bill Hunni-
cutt Is Woimded
Plans Are Also Being Made
To Have An Ecusta Vic
tory Garden Display
this
n
they _°wings in the 35 mm houses,
uie lypt; til C4uipiiic**v
Mctyj'' wiovie theatres. After these
ais. havg made their custom-
’■U^y ***60 Hi Ulc OU iiiiit livuov.^,
l8 available in
• This, of course, results in
Suit ij^°^ths’ delay, with the re-
many pictures that have
*'«en ,°wn in the Cafeteria have
- ‘ old
ones. The new 35 mm
^0 hav make it possible
The® ^'cwer movies.
projector is a Holmes
'viij , and is semi-portable. It
Put into use in the near
^ movies will continue to
^■Oo on Thursday nights at
"S ,°ck, and the present 16
^*Pment will be used until
® °^ings are arranged for
35 mm machine.
® Thursday night movies
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Two Ecustans, S.-Sgt. Ted Schep
kowski and Sgt. William “Bill”
Hunnicutt, are included on oux
casualty list for this month.
Sgt. Schepkowski was killed in
action in Germany March 15. A
member of the Seventh army, he
had been overseas .since July,
1944 and in active combat six
months. On Jan. 11, 1944, he cn
tered the army. A native of New
York, he had been employed here
since the establishment of the
plant, as foreman in Champagne.
Sgt. Schepkowski trained at Camp
Wheeler, Ga., prior to overseas
duty. His wife, the former Miss
Rachel Orr, lives in Brevard with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Orr.
Sergeant Hunnicutt, former head
clerk in the Pulp Mill office, w^s
wounded in action in Germany,
March 12, 1945. He received
wounds in the lower arm. He
trained at Camp Blanding, Fla.,
before going overseas in Dec. ’44.
A member of the infantry, he was
in-France before going to Ger
many.
Formal announcement has just
been made that Ecusta has pur
chased Club Sapphire and that
plans are being made to develop
this beautiful and spacious prop
erty into an outstanding recrea
tional center for Ecusta employees
and their families.
Club Sapphire was originally es
tablished and operated as a boy’s
camp and was known as Camp
Sapphire. In recent years, how
ever, the boys’ camp was discon
tinued, and it has been operated
as a private club during the sum
mer months.
Picnics Are Held There
Our annual fourth of July pic
nics have been held at Club Sap
phire during the past three years
and most Ecustans are familiar
with the property. Last fourth of
July, approximately 4000 Ecustans
(employees and their families)
spent the day there, enjoying the
games and festivities arranged for
them.
Prizes Offered For Beist Ideas
The Company plans to develop a
recreational center and program
at Club Sapphire that will contrib
ute greatly to the happines.?,
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With many of the Ecusta Victory
gardens already planted and many
more in the process of planting,
the Company urges all Ecusta
families to plant and care for their
Victory Gardens. It is a vital part
of the war effort. As a further in
centive the Company is offering
many valuable prizes for outstand
ing gardens and products, as fol
lows—first, second, third, fourth
and fifth place ribbons, together
with cash .prizes of $20.00, $15.00
$10.00, $5.00 and $2.50.
In addition to these prizes, the
Company plans to hold an Ecusta
Victorj' Garden Display in Sep
tember where employees may
bring their prize vegetables and
canned goods and enter them in
contest for other prizes. Vege
tables grown either in Company
plots or in home gardens of em^
ployees will be eligible. A com
plete schedule of prizes, etc., and
the rules of the Ecusta Victory
Garden Display will be announced
later.
Shortage Of Food
Our government has placed spe
cial emphasis on the planting and
growing of table vegetables this
year for current use and for can
ning. There is a shortage of food
for civilian consumption and this
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CHAMPAGNE MAY
WIN 2ND HALF
\
Will Play Maintenance In
Final Match of Season
On Monday Night
The outcome of the match Mon
day night will determine whether
or not Champagne is the winner
of the second half of the men’s ten
pin division of the Ecusta Bowl
ing League. .
With only this match left to play
before the season ends. Cham
pagne is leading Control for first
place in the league by two games.
Control has completed its games
and Champagne has one more
match, or three games with Main
tenance. If Maintenance should
win all three, then Control would
be winner of the second, as well
as the first half.
Judging by the outcome of
matches during the past two
weeks, it seems that most any
thing could liappen in the final
round. Monday night, April 23,
Machine Room licked Champagne
2 to 1; Office defeated Control 3
to 0 on April 19 and Wednesday
night, April 25, Pulp Mill won
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