Olin news
Vol. XIX, No. 4
BAUER’S ANECDOTES OF TRAVEL
RECALL NUMEROUS WORLD TRIPS
August, 1973
BETTS AND BUYSSE
SAVE CHILD’S LIFE
As export manager for an industry that ships its products to every corner of
the world, Leonard Bauer has circled the globe several times conferring with
customers, government agents, and people in the numerous other walks of
life who are involved in the intricate affairs of world commerce.
He was a close observer of political
they had a direct bearing on the
export markets. For example, sales
of Ecusta cigarette paper to China
were terminated by the Commu
nist takeover in 1951. Within the
decade the same thing happened
to markets in Cuba.
Markets in many other countries
have changed considerably. The
factor in most cases was the initia
tion of local manufacture of ciga
rette paper. This often was ac
companied by government regula
tions prohibiting imports. Still
other countries were affected by
financial problems.
Ecusta today exports ten times
the amount of cigarette paper
and related products that were
shipped when Bauer became export
manager.
Bauer also saw first hand the
growth of the airline industry, and
keenly appreciated the difference
it made in travel time between
continents.
Each trip added to his collection
of anecdotes. He shared a few
with Olin News.
His first trip was cut short by
emergency surgery. He had arrived
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BLOODMOBILE
AUGUST 14
1:00 P.M. —7:00 P.M.
influences throughout the world, as
BAUER ENDS 41
YEARS OF SERVICE
M. Leonard Bauer, export sales
manager in the Ecusta Paper Division
for a quarter of a
century, retired
June 30 after more
than 41 years of
service.
He worked with
cigarette paper
and related pro
ducts throughout
his career. This began in 1932 on his
24th birthday when he went to work in
New York City for an uncle, the late
Harry H. Straus, who later was to
establish the Ecusta Paper Corporation
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OLIN RETIREES ROUND-UP drew a large Camp Straus Lodge where they were wet-
number of former Olin employees to the corned at the annual Fourth of July picnic.
A drowning tot is alive today,
thanks to the fast action and skill
of Bob Betts and Bill Buysse.
Betts pulled the child from the
water. Buysse, who once was a
first aid instructor, saved her life
with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
They guess her age at two to three
years.
This occurred one warm Sunday
in June when they had their own
children at a swimming pool in
Hendersonville. Betts was keeping
an eye on the shallow end where
his children, and many others,
were playing. He noticed a young
girl who was surmerged, with her
face up, and not moving.
Betts dashed into the pool and
pulled the child up, and began
shouting for a lifeguard.
Buysse heard Betts’ call for the
lifeguard simultaneously with the
screams of the girl’s mother. Bett’s
shout apparently made her aware
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