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PISGAH FOREST, N. C.
July, 1947
Camp Sapphire Children’s Programs End
“Graduation Day” At Camp Sapphire
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sewn on his shirt or sweater and a beautiful certificate. A repro
duction of the certificate is shown below.
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Harvest Time Approaching
these summer days speed by, it’s mighty easy to let the
®*>est Festival catch us unprepared; therefore, we urge all
^^eners to pay special attention to page 14 of this issue of
® Echo. On that page you will find the rules and classifi-
^^^*ons of the Harvest Festival and other pertinent information.
, ® festival will be held in the cafeteria Friday night, Septem
ber 5
year there are three classifications: Fresh Fruits and
^®8etables, Canned Fruits and Vegetables and Flowers.
Enjoyable And Profitable Activities
Concluded; Band Camp Still In Session
JULY FOURTH WAS
MEMORABLE DAY
One Of The Most Successful
Picnics In History;
Bonus Announced
Thrcie of the 115 youngsters who received emblems and cerifi-
at Camp Sapphire at the dosing of the Coaching School are
fhown above. Each boy who satisfactorily completed the period of
>#struction was presented with a Camp Sapphire felt emblem to
The Fourth of July, 1947, will
linger long in the memory of
, more than 5,000 people who at-
! tended the big annual picnic at
Camp Sapphire on that day.
I The day had everything . . .
! contests of every description, pop-
I corn, lemonade, ice cream, the
I greasy pig, bingo, a tough-walled
: paper bag, and countless other
: things. The first time the huge
! crowd came to a halt was for Mr.
Harry H. Straus’ speech at 2
o’clock. His speech contained good
news for everyone—the announce
ment of a bonus, ranging from
$10-$30, depending on length of
service.
The Hon. Brandon P. Hodges,
of Asheville, spoke after Mr.
Straus did and complimented Ecu-
sta highly. “If the people of Amer
ica would emulate the spirit of co
operation existent at Ecusta, there
is no limit to their possible enter
tainment,” the Asheville attorney
declared.
As usual, the baby parade was
one of the highlights of the day.
Mrs. Harry H. Straus was unable
to be present and Mrs. Lee Bauer
was in charge of this popular
event. The children were given
—Turn To Page Five
Clarence Crowe’s
Daughter, Mabel,
Wins New Auto
That smile that you have seen
recently on the face of Clarence
Crow of the Refining department
is there for a reason: Clarence’s
15-year-old daughter, Mabel, won
the 1947 Plymouth sedan which
was given away by the Brevard
Lions club in its campaign to raise
funds to install germicidal lights
in the elementary schools of the
county.
Ticket No. 9746 was the lucky
ticket which Mabel held. The final
drawing took place Saturday night,
July 12.
Two other Ecustans were also
among the winners. Eunice Wal
drop, of Main office, won the elec
tric refrigerator and Ralph Wal
drop, of the Cafeteria, had the
lucky number for the combination
radio-record player.
More Than 300 Boys And
Girls In Schools Which
Began In June
Two of the three children’s pro
grams at Camp Sapphire have al
ready come to successful endings
and the band camp will have its
final session August 3.
It has been an interesting and
worthwhile summer for the chil
dren who attended these schools.
Unless you have been on the spot
to see the fine activities the chil
dren have been enjoying, you can’t
visualize the valuable training
they have been receiving. In ev
ery respect, the programs have
been successful as evidenced by
the constant enthusiasm and in
terest shown by more than three
hundred children touched by the
programs.
The girls’ choral school was con
cluded on Thursday, July 17, with
more than 75 girls registered for
the program. In addition to the
fine musical instruction the girls
received, they were also privileged
to enjoy the many recreational
advantages offered at Camp Sap
phire.
The following day, 115 boys were
presented certificates and em
blems for satisfactorily complet
ing the coaching school. Registra
tion for this phase of the program
reached 155, with the majority of
the boys on hand for almost every
session.
The band is coming to the end
—Turn To Page Thirteen
Endless Belt Puts
On Second Shift
Endless Belt added a second
shift during the past month and
approximately fifty new employ
ees were required to staff this ad
ditional shift.
This past month was also an im
portant one to Endless Belt in an
other respect—July 13 marked the
eighth anniversary of the com
pany’s operations at Pisgah For
est. On that date in 1939, Endless
officially began operations here.
Endless is the oldest of the three
companies here, having operated
in New York State prior to mov
ing here eight years ago.
Four people are still with End
less who were here eight years ago.
They are Mr. Otto Goepfert, super
intendent; Mary Sue Thome, fore-
lady; Jack Davies, Ironing depart
ment foreman and Fritz Brauer,
machinist. Mary Sue was the only
new one at that time, the other
three having been witJi the com
pany at its former location.