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7; No. 9
PISGAH FOREST, N. C
September, 1945
[ive-Year Service Club Holds Banquet
Governor Cherry Visits Ecusta Victory Garden Display
♦S ^ _
Cherry is shown above with President Straus, a'griculture workers in the Western Caro-
Ecusta employees. Governor Cherry was the principal speaker at the annual Victory
i^6n n* — —.—*T«o MEv A«iuvi^at »yc«ftjicr at uie annuiu vici-ory
^ t *” Cafeteria, September 21. Pictured from left to right are Governor Cherry,
*%ft chairman of the display; Miss Anna Rowe, Western district home agent;
farm agent; Miss Mary Margaret Robinson, Transylvania coun-
v'*'*9rd **• Watson, assistant editor of the North Carolina extension service; Sylvene Gailey;
^S^^Clapp, Haywood county farm agent, and President Harry Straus.
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\
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picked from the oth-
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vUesg 14 to 7 and Thurs-
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5 game of the “little
played Sun-
f?6 at 4:30 o’clock and
is expected.
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, the game last week.
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^ White and Wilson
co-captains of the Ma-
in Thursday’s
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and Corn and Byrd
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Thirty-Five Taking Instruc
tion Now. Over A Hun
dred Take Tests.
Ecusta Victory Garden Display And
Harvest Festival Was A Big Success
♦
lilTFKir PRAIFfT Highlight Of Festival Was
IrlUuIl/ ravJ£tl Address By Gov. Cherry
WELL UNDERWAY -±!if
The Victory Garden Display and
Harvest Festival, held in the cafe
teria on Friday, September 21,
was an outstanding success from
every standpoint.
The number and quality of ex
hibits of fresh vegetables and
fruits, canned fruits and vege
tables and flowers surpassed all
expectations, and a crowd estimat
ed at 850 persons attended the fes
tival Friday evening.
The highlight of the festival
was an address by Governor Gregg
Cherry who commended the com
pany and employees for the excel,
lent progress made in co-operation
with the government’s food for
freedom program. He was intro
duced by President Harry H.
Straus.
The number of exhibits entered
totalled 976 and individual prizes
awarded were 254. The judges
were L. P. Watson, assistant edi
tor of the North Carolina exten
sion service; Howard Clapp, Hay
wood county farm agent and Miss
Anne C. Rowe, Western district
home agent.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Harrington
—Turn To Page Thirtoen
The Children’s Music project is
off to a good start in its fall term,
according to an announcement
made by John Eversman, who is in
charge of the project. As an
nounced in the last issue of the
Echo, additional teachers have
been added to the staff and reg
ular classes are now being con
ducted.
At the present time approxi
mately 35 children are taking part
and many more will be added dur
ing the next few weeks. Over a
hundred children have taken the
musical aptitude tests which have
been given and students are be
ing selected according to the re
sults of these tests.
Any child between the ages of
10 and 18 is eligible to partici
pate, however, since there is only
a limited number of band instru
ments owned by the company these
Tnm To Page TwelVQ
PRESIDENT HARRY
STRAUS SPEAKS;
OFHCERS CHOSEN
Bonus Checks And Pins Are
Given To Members. Luke
Harrison Elected Pres.
The second annual banquet
meeting of the Five-Year Service
club, composfd of employees of
Ecusta, Champagne and Endless
Belt, who. have been with the com
panies five years or more, was held
Wednesday night in the cafeteria.
President Harry Straus deliv
ered an outstanding speech, which
is printed elsewhere in this issue
and is of interest to all employees.
Supt. Ray Bennett presided and
F. S. Best was in charge of elec
tion proceedings.
Approximately 385 persons at
tended, including invited guests.
The club has a membership of
around 350. Each member was pre
sented with lapel buttons and bo
nus checks covering retroactive
pay of five per cent since Septem
ber 2, 1944.
Lively interest was displayed in
—Turn To PagQ Thirteen
FULL TEXT OF
PRESIDENTSTALK
Delivered At The Second
Annual Banquet Meeting
Of 5-Year Service Club
Mr. Toastmaster, friends, mem
bers of the Five-Year Club, I am
very happy tonight. I am en
joying my meeting with you im
mensely. I prepared a speech—
here it is—but I am going to put
it in my pocket, and am going to
talk to you straight from the shoul
der. I am going to talk to you just
the way I feel. I hope you will en-
loy it.
I think it was November 10th,
1944, when I last talked to. you on
the subject of the Five-Year Club,
which commemorates five years of
service for all who are assembled
here tonight. At that time, I think
we had 269 members eligible for
membership in the Five-Year
Club. Today I think we have about
350. To those who have become
members since that time, I extend
a very hearty welcome, and I hope
that you will be with us at all of
our meetings, and when all of us
celebrate our tenth, fifteenth,
twentieth and twenty-fifth cele
bration. I hope, as time passes by,
that more and more will become
members, and the opportunity is
extended to all of you.
—Toni To Pafe Fl*«