Merry Christmas And Happy New Year To All
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''ol. 8; No. 12
PISGAH FOREST. N. C.
December, 1946
Mr. Straus Announces Free Health, Accident Plan
CmiDREN’S YUIE
PARTIES HALTED
HERE AT ECUSTA
Distributes Christmas
Presents To Parents To
Take Home To Kiddies
Is
was a very unhappy Santa
J-faus who arrived at Ecusta to-
to learn that there would be
, ® children’s party this season,
it did not take him long to
a substitute for the parties,
I f*” said he. “we can’t have the
‘Qdies here so I can give them the
presents I’ve brought for
( well. I’ll send the presents
^ them at their homes,” and that
* Just exactly what he started out
10 and is doing. Parents of all
‘ the Ecusta kiddies have been
to take their children’s
j^fJstmas presents to the chli-
en. “This cancellation of the an-
parties,” continued Santa, “is
because of any epidemic in
^ ansyivaniai county, but simply as
. Precautionary measure to help
i.j*ire the safety of all of the
^•lies.”
{ ®^rlier in the week at the coun-
board of health meeting it was
j'omended that since there were
jjew cases of polio in the county,
the schools should close until
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Favorable vote
CAST for bonds
I
^^lisylvania Voters Ap-
$310,000 Expendi-
ture On School System
M^ansylvania county citizens v«t-
qq •'early three to one for the $310,-
*chool bond issue in a special
do held December 10, ac-
i)n, to official returns an-
“Oced by Fred Shuford, chair-
^ of the election board.
liA^otal of 2,097 voted for the
in* and 748 against It, glv-
L* favorable majority of 1,351.
iiKi ® 2'®®® persons ell-
tio to vote in the special «l*o-
and 2,843 of this number v«t-
Hm ®®vlnf 857 who did not par-
in the election.
heaviest and strtwg-
‘Or the bond issue in the few
l^*rd prtclncts with a total ef
votes being cast—1834 for
Iq j ®»ly 173 asainst, or about 8
^ th* 16 other pr«c!nctf «f tk#
x^Tum To
CHRISTMAS, 1946
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Our country approaches the close of the year with
the wide-spread fear that it faces a crisis. Such a fear is
especially unweJcome at the Christmas Season, which is
a time of peace and good will among men. But if we
face the facts, and if as good citizens we reaa^n out
these problems, they may never again darken another
Christmas for so many of our countrymen.
The danger we face today is that the selfish interests
of comparatively small groups of men may be permitted
to destroy the right of 137,000,000 Americans to earn
a living. No nation can last very long if a handful of
men are able to destroy the livelihood and comfort of
97 % of the population. And yet this is exactly what has
happened in coal, again in steel, again automobiles, and
again in merchant marine.
During last year, this small handful of men has
forced upon us a series of strikes, each one of which has
crippled entire communities and even the whole nation
for periods of time varying from one week to over a
month at a time. Democracy was never intended to be a
government of the many by the few. It was supposed to
be the other way around—and our nation was built on
the principle that the will of the majority shall rule.
We can meet this threat to our basic liberty if, as
citizens, we make our voices heard in the halls of our
government. Each one of you can write to your Con
gressman and Senator, telling them that you demand
laws which will make it impossible for whole communi
ties to be strangled by strikes occurring in services which
are vital to the public welfare.
Unless we arrive at this point, there can be neither
peace, prosperity, nor good will throughout the nation.
Here in the beautiful hills of Western North Carolina
we have been unusually fortunate. In spite of the threat
of having to shut down, which existed during the past
few weeks, we have been able to keep our mill going
while hundreds of thousands throughout our country
were being thrown out of work. The strife and discord
so common in many other parts of the country has com
pletely passed us by. We have known in our own lives
the true meaning of peace and good will among men.
I know you join with me in hoping that our fellow Amer
icans everywhere may next year enjoy the truly Merry
Christmas which is ours this year at Pisgah Forest. ,
So to each one of you, to those who are still away in
the armed forces, and to your families, we extend our
heartfelt wish that this Christmas may be the happiest of
them all; and that the New Year may be filled with
peace, prosperity and the spirit of understanding which
has made us the biggest and finest nation on earth.
HARRY H. STRAUS, President
Ecusta Paper Corporation
Champagne Paper Corporation
B«It CorpoE»tion
uberal program
IS DESCRIBED BY
MR. T. N. WORD
Vice-President Makes An
nouncement At Annual
Christmas Parties
Speaking before a large gather-
irig of employees, T. N. Word,
Vice President of Ecusta, Cham
pagne and Endless Belt Corpora
tions welcomed those present and
read a message from President
Harry H. Straus, announcing the
inauguration of a free health and
accident plan covering all hourly
employees commencing January
1st, 1947.
After expressing his own pleas
ure over the number of employees
present, Mr. Word said that he
wished to read an important mes
sage from President Straus.
“I wish” wrote Mr. Straus,
“that I could personally present
my message at this annual Christ
mas party, which has come to mean
so much to every one of us. How
ever, I must still conserve my
energy, but in so doing it is
with the. hope and expectation that
next year I will be able to talk to
you as I have done in the past.
“As I have told many of you
from time to time, I have been
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MANY ATTENDED
DEC. BINGO PARTY
Several Parties And Square
Dance Scheduled During'
Yuletide Season
Nearly 400 employees and their
husbands and wives enjoyed a bingo
party in the cafeteria on Friday
evening, December 6th. The play
ing began at 8 o’clock and lasted
until about eleven o’clock. Many
fine prizes were won by the play
ers. Judging from the amount of
enthusiasm in the interest of the
participants bingo still remains
high on the popularity list of Ecu
sta recreation and entertainment
Holiday Parties Planned
In addition to ths regular
Christmas employees’ parties on
December 19th. and 20th. the rec
reation department is planning
more employee entertainment
There will be a square dance at
8:30 o’clock on Saturday night
Dso*mbtr 28th in the cafeteria
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