AGE TWELVE
ECHb
July,
Over 5,000 Attended July 4th Picnii
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'leges and thank God that he is
living in America, the land of the
free and the home of the brave
where a man can express his
thoughts, work on his farm, work
in the factory, run his own busi
ness or whatever he may be do
ing, and indulge in such pleasures
and recreation as he may wish and
not be told what he may or may
not do.”
“Mr. Straus and all of us are
trying to do everything we can to
make Ecusta a happy place to
work,” Mr. Word continued. “We
all spend the best part of each
day at work, and we want every
one who is employed at Ecusta to
look forward to being on the job
each day and find real pleasure
in his daily tasks. All of this
brings happiness, contentment and
security, and we hope that you all
feel this condition exists at Ecus
ta.”
Expansion Program Under Way
“As you all know, we are carry
ing out an expansion program at
the plant with a view of increas
ing the production of our prod
ucts. We all look forward to the
future with great faith and con
fidence for continued increase in
our business, which means more
work and more security for all
of you.”
Referring to present unsettled
economic conditions, Mr. Word
continued: “The entire world seems
to be in great confusion and
turmoil due to the aftermath of
the war and we are all going
through a serious readjustment
period which poses many prob-
.lems, but we have faith in our
government to work out these
problems, and I hope we will soon
be back to the peaceful and nor
mal American way of life. Each
of us will have to put his shoulder
to the wheel and do his part to
accomplish this.”
Mr. Word referred to the fact
that the nation was observing the
first peace-time Fourth since the
beginning of World War II, and
welcomed the veterans back.
Greasy Pig Race
As usual, Vernon Neill was giv
en the responsibility of provid
ing the greasy pig. This year he
said that Claude Jones had the
fastest pig in the mountains and
as a result, Claude trapped one
and brought it in for the race.
“Speedy” greased it good and gave
it a start—but it wasn’t enough of
a start with meat as scarce as it
is.
Interesting Facts About Our Companies
f
NUMBER OP ECUSTA EMPLOYEES 1320
NUMBER OFCHAMR^GNE EMPLOYEES.-223
NUMBER OF ENDLESS BELT
EMPLOYEES IQ|
1644
NUMBER MARRIED
1164
SINGLE
480
Born in north
CAROLINA o
ia76
BORN ELSEWHERE
368
WITH lYR. SERVICE
27Q
3YRS
273
4-VRS.
310
2YRS.
191
50R MORE
592.
Lee Cunningham caught the pig
and got it for a prize. Two other
boys who also got good holds on
it at about the same time and held
on were given satisfactory consola
tion prizes.
Baby Parade Held
The most thrilling event of the
day was the Baby Parade, spon
sored by Mrs. Harry II. Straus.
Over 150 Ecusta youngsters under
four years old were led or carried
by their proud parents around in
side a roped off enclosure and in
front of the reviewing stand.
Seated in the center of the pa
rade area was the Ecusta band
which provided music for the
marches.
In the absence of Mrs. Straus,
who was unable to attend, Mrs.
Raymond Bennett presided over
the parade. After the parade, Mrs.
Bennett announced that in as
much as all of the babies were the
best, cutest, and prettiest, she was
carrying out Mrs. Straus’ wishes
in awarding equal prizes to all
contestants. These prizes consisted
WITH I CHILD
318
'lllnA- CHILDREN
82
2 CHILDREN
240
5 CHILDREN
48
3 CHILDREN
130
6 OR A/ORE
4-7
WORKERS IS
JtHROUGH 24-YRS
OF AGE
379
25-29YRS,
30-34YRS
361
/MRRIED
776^
Bork in
V4 Cap..
AVERAGE
LENGTH
OP
SERVICE
4-YRS
2 Mos.
TOTAL
2030
CHILDREN
AVER46E
ASE
34-YRS.
I35 -39YRS
1
1
0
T
45-49YRS
50and ovep
1 231
153
63
110 I
1644 EMPLOVEES,
2030 CHILDREN ,
892 DEPENDENTS.
4566-TOTAL
NUMBER OP EMPLOVEES
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
of a suitably printed blue ribbon,
a basket of candy, and $2.00.
Assisting Mrs. Bennett in re
viewing the parade and in passing
out the prizes were: Mrs. Walter
Straus, Mrs. Lee Bauer, Mrs. Lei
sha Straus, Mrs. John Eversman,
Mrs. Ludwig Straus, Mrs. R. E.
Matthews, and Mrs. E. B. Garrett,
Jr.
F. S. Best did a good job at the
microphone, in announcing the
contests, restoring lost children to
their parents, etc. After hearing
him in action for a while, it made
one wonder how it would be pos
sible to run a 6 ring circus, like
the Ecusta picnic, without a loud
speaker.
J. O. Wells and his assistants
did a rushing business at the bin
go tables all day and made a lot
of peiple happy with their prizes.
Boxing Proved Popular
Dick Perron put on his usual
good boxing show and did a pro
fessional job of refereeing.
Ward Harrison had - a new part
ner, Slim Bullock, in running the
men’s and boys’ games and these
events went off with their usual
snap and efficiency.
Marie Nelson, ably assisted by
Sarah Avery, did a grand job with
the girls’ games and races.
Two of the really busy people at
the picnic were Furman Cansler
and Ed Sprouse. They and their
men were on the grounds from be
fore the picnic started until after
it ended.
The committee on arrangements
has asked the Echo to express
their thanks for a job well done to
everyone who helped make the
picnic possible. Such an event is
an outstanding example of the ef
forts of many people working in
close harmony.
The winners in the various con
tests are as follows:
Foot race, boys under 12—John
Love, first; Carl Compton, second.
Foot race, boys 12-15—Robert
Burrell and Max Rhodes, first;
Tom Hargis, Bryan Green, second.
Foot race, men 16 and over—
Hayes Riddle, first; Harold Sta-
mey, second.
Foot race, girls under 12—Eu-
la Banget, first; Billy Jane Can
sler, second.
Foot race, girls 12-15—Ruth
Styles, first; Patty Nelson, second.
Foot race, girls 16 and over—
Mary Catherine Wood, first; Dixie
Whitaker, second.
Egg race, boys under 12,—Carl
Compton, first; Harvey Sigmon,
second.
Egg race, boys 12-15—Raymond
Clark and Ralph Nelson, first;
Howard Wolfe, second.
Egg race, men 24 and over—
Fritz Merrill, first; Larry Bryant,
second.
Egg race, girls 12-15—Patty Nel
son, first; Jean Rhodes, second.
Egg race, girls 16 and over—
Patty Nelson, first; Jean Rhodes,
second.
Backward race, boys under 12—
Carl Compton, first; WayD«
gess, second. ^
Backward race, boys 12-1^.
Rhodes, first; Robert Burreui
Backward race, men 16
—Hayes Riddle, first; Howar
gess, second.
Backward race, girls jjj
Martha Reese, first; Meta »
second.
Backward race, girls 16 “"j, jj)
—Dixie Whitaker, first;
Smith, second.
3-legged race, boys undcf
Carl Compton and Joe
first; Tom Whitmire and
Fuller, second.
3-legged race, boys
my Yarbrough and J. J*'
first; Paul Rogers
Green, second. joft*
3-legged race, men
—Jason Orr and Fred j p
Howard Burgess and
ter, second.
Potato race, girls under ^
Banget first; Barbara
kie, second. ,f\y
3-legged race, girls
Mary Burgess and Caroh®
first; Mildred Fuller 3““
King, second.
3-legged race, girls
—Maizie Sorrells
Rhodes, first; Dixie Wb>'
Lucille Whitaker, secoDO;
Relay race (4 per
12-15, Robert Burrell, -- , ji,-
ton, Charles Galloway
Green, first; Tom Hayes,
son. Max Rhodes and
Clark, second. , 0“j
Relay race (4 per tea®/ ^
and over—Pete Wright, j f
Stamey, Earl Sorrells
Johnson, first; Roland ^ a
Riddle, Robert Burrell
Eberle, second. -) C
Relay race (4 per jjjiir
12-15—Ruth Styles, Jan« ffil^
Patty Nelson and GertrU ^
en, first; Laura Dup
Sanford, Betty Whitmire
Rhodes, second.
i
Relay race (4 per
16 and over—Lou
Wood, Evelyn Smith
Sorrells, first; cnfof**
Laura Dunlop, Myrtle sa ^
Meta Rhodes, second.
Dizzy wizzy race, S'
-Billy Jane Cansler,
bara Jeanne Wilkie, seco
Flag race, girls under
Banget, first; Billy ^
second. , - \V
2 flag race, girls uno ji
la Banget, first; Bever j
Lois Whitmire, second- jj Vj
Rope skipping ,
—Eula Banget, first; i
McCall, second. '
Rope skipping race, s
over—Dixie Whitaker,
erine Wood, second.
Egg catching contest, p.
—Hayes Riddle and ” j
first; Raymond Clark a
'i
Poore, second. -it*’
Egg catching contest,
over—Fritz Merrill ^0 jj jjti
Straus, first; Fred
son Orr, second.
Peanut scramble,
Robert Sizemore,
Compton and Bobby ,
ond. , 111'";
Peanut scramble, ,
-f-Emma Lee Reese, s?.
Mann and Barbara
Whistling contest, ^ P
Jean Rhodes, first; La ,
second. J
Peanut scramble, n*®
Earl Sorrells, first!
second.
Rolling pin throw c" ‘
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