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FIRST
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HOW MUCH
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Vol. 8; No. 9
PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
September, 1946
Bowling Season Opens Mon.
EDITH WRIGHT
WAS ELECTED
“MISS ECUSTA”
Large Crowd Attends WNC Play-Off Series
^^Wnners-up Announced. Lo
cal Winner Had Highest
Number Of Votes
Of the five girls entered in the
^*^usta division of the Eastern
popularity contest, Miss
*-“ith Wright, of Champagne, was
'fowned “Miss Ecusta” by Ray-
ftiond p. Bennett, plant superin-
‘^''dent, at “Miss Transylvania”
‘^'ght in the Brevard high school
Sept. 14.
Miss Christine Henson, of Fin-
^Wng, was in second place in the
“•itest and other contestants were:
Juanita Gardner, Control;
5‘ss Nell Gallamore, Endless, and
flee Steppe, of the Main of-
5.^*ss Wright received a total of
■ 95 votes, the highest number of
y of the other 51 entries in the
-‘Jfe contest. In the two other
Visions^ Miss Nell Jean Lusk was
ifted “Miss Rosman” and Miss
Mae Metcalfe was chosen as
iss Brevard.”
Waxing “Miss Transylvania”
Lusk was crowned
Transylvania” by Joseph S.
tij ®^steen. During the evening,
'Va band performed and
highly applauded by the large
*^ce. John Eversman acted as
of ceremonies
si) both the contest and the
fait ® "et total of $1960 was
tile ai
fund of the Masonic
tlie'T this amount went into
,'^*lding fund of the Masonic
Star ’ °fficials of the Eastern
deported
^CHPUBIICITY
GIVEN TO ECUSTA
A • Carried
‘‘tides Following Press
Meeting Here
editors and publishers of
throughout the state
to their homes after the
lujjpj/ Carolina Press association’s
in our cafeteria, on Sep-
I3th, and wrote articles and
which were high in their
Om of Ecusta . . . “America’s
stiifi^'^'Jing new industry,” and the
hcfg, of co-operation that exists
'^•^'veen the company and the
^%ees.
brog^°'''ing the hmcheon and a
%aM*^ directed by the recreation
5ssop'the members of the
'hey *®tion toured the plant, where
.°oserved the processes neces-
ffotv,'!?, •waking the cigarette paper
Laffoon, publisher of the
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Many sport fans from Western North Carolina attended the
doubleheader hexe last Saturday afternoon in the little World
Series of the WNC Industrial league. In the first game Hazel
wood won a close one from; Green River by the score of 2 to 1,
with pitcher Bud Blalock winning his own ball game by hitting a
homer in the seventh. Ecusta lost the second game to Beacon,
Mills 7 to 1. Sunday’s final contest between the two winners was
rained out.
THREE BOWLING
LEAGUES FORMED
FOR THIS YEAR
Men’s League Divided Into
Two Groups. Announce
Full Details
WNC Baseball Series Opened
Here Saturday, Ecusta Lost
Hazelwood Won Over Green
River. Locals Ended Sea
son In Second Place
The Little World series of the
Western North Carolina Industrial
league opened here Saturday af
ternoon with Hazelwood winning
the first game from*Green River
by the score of 2 to 1, and Ecusta
losing to Beacon Mills in the sec
ond contest 7 to 1.
The two winning teams were
rained out Sunday afternoon in
the final game here and this con
test will be played at a later date
on the Beacon field.
The teams in the series were
the four winning teams at the end
of the season’s play and Hazel
wood was in first place and Ecusta
in second. The Ecusta field was
unanimously selected by the man
agers of the four teams as the site
for the series play-off, because of
the excellent diamond and smooth
playing field here, the managers
stated.
In the first game Saturday,
Manager “Bud” Blalock, of the
Hazelwood team, won his own ball
game in the seventh by hitting a
homer. He also held the Green
River team to seven hits and
struck out eight men.
The Ecusta boys failed to hit
when runners were on base and
also made five errors which gave
Beacon the majority of its runs.
Thp locals had a total of sevpn
hits and Beacon made seven runs
on eight hits. - Leading hitters
were: R. Morris and C. Clayton
both with 2 for 4 and Hall and
Vallancourt, for Beacon, with 3 for
5 each.
In marching into second place
at the end of season’s play, the
Ecusta team won seven straight
games prior to the series play-off.
The Ecusta team was the first
team in the league to defeat Hazel
wood, the league leaders, and lo
cal sport fans were hoping that
these two teams would tangle in
the final series game.
During the past month, the local
lads won four games. Enka was
the first victim by the score of
9 to 1. Grady Wilkie on the follow
ing Saturday shutout the strong
Martel Mills team 11 to 0 and al
lowed four hits. “Knuckle-Ball”
Morris led the Ecustans to a 4
to 3 victory over Green River on
the 21st., when he hit a homer
in the ninth with the score all
tied up. Last week the boys took
Sayles Bleachery to the tune of
12 to 1.
, Manager Jack Alexander yes
terday expressed his appreciation
for the fine co-operation the mem
bers of the team have given him
this year and to the loyal fans who
have attended the games. “I think
the boys’did a swell job to win out
in second place, and we’re look
ing forward to playing in the
league next year,” 1)? paid-
This year, due to such an in
crease in bowling interest, the
Ecusta men’s departmental compe
tition will operate under two
leagues — the National and the
American, with the former open
ing Monday night, Sept. 30, at 7:00
o’clock and the latter on Wednes
day night, October 7.
The Ecusta ladies’ Duckpin
league will get underway tJiis
coming Thursday night with Fin
ishing vs. Champagne and Control
vs. Office. Endless Belt, fifth
member of the league, drew a bye
for the opener. Matches will start
promptly at 7:30 o’clock on the
Centennial alleys in Brevard.
The two men’s leagues will func
tion entirely apart from one an
other and at the end of the reg
ular season, trophies and medals
will be awarded to the first, sec
ond and third high teams of both
leagues. Other numerous awards
will be the same as last year.
Competition in these leagues has
been so classified that the handi
cap feature will not be necessary.
Teams with the highest scores will
be declared the winners.
The National league members
selected Monday evening for their
night of play, while the American
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nRE PREVENTION
WEEK STARTS SUN.
Chief Finck Urges All Em
ployees To Take Every
Precaution
Fire prevention week will be ob
served throughout the nation dur
ing the week of Oct. 6-12, and Her
bert Finck, chief of the Ecusta fire
department, stresses the impor
tance of all employees eliminating
hazards in their homes which
cause destructive fires.
Every precaution is taken by the
management of Ecusta to prevent
fires. An efficient department is
maintained and modern apparatus
is provided. However, it is up to
the individual to be ever on the
alert for blazes that would cause
serious property loses and endan
ger lives.
Each year fires burn forest lands
equal to an area the size of New
York state. Right here in our own
Pisgah National forest which sup-
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