Olin news
Vol. XIX, No. 5
October 1973
FROM CHEESE TO CANNON,
COLLECTING IS THEIR GAME
When he took hold of a rifle that
dated back five generations to his
grandfather’s grandfather, and was
told at the age of ten that the rifle
was then his, Deaver L. Cairnes felt
inside himself the churning of forces
that he knew would affect his life.
The rifle was a handmade muzzle
loader of the late 1700's. It helped
set Cairnes on a course of buying,
selling and trading that over the
years brought into his possession
countless weapons. There emerged
a central theme to his collection —
the Civil War and, in particular, the
Confederacy. Today, the collection
of guns and other Civil War items is
of museum quality, and of such
rarity that much of it is kept in a
bank vault.
Cairnes' Confederate collection
was judged overall winner at the
Boone Jaycee Gun Show in August.
PRESIDENT BALDWIN
IS NAMED TO UNC-A
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Group President Garza Baldwin,
Jr., was recently installed as a member
of the Board of Trustees of the Univers
ity of North Carolina at Asheville.
He is one of four persons appointed
by Gov. James
Holshouser and
sworn in August
27. They serve with
eight other trustees
who took the oath
of office July 23
after being appoint
ed by the UNC
Board of Gover
nors.
Kenneth Wright
of Horse Shoe is
the student member of the Board of
Trustees.
In addition to his Fine Paper and Film
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It involves most of his spare
time. When not at work as an oper
ator in Film Division's Coating De
partment, and when not caring for
his extensive property at Horse
Shoe, Cairnes is to be found work
ing with his collection: looking for
more, deciding what to keep and
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UNITED FUND
In-plant solicitation of funds for
support of the area United Fund
units is a joint effort this year by
the Company and by Local 1971,
United Paperworkers International.
C. L. Russell, coordinating the
annual campaign, distributed pledge
cards to the many solicitors who
represent every department and shift
at Olin’s Pisgah Forest plants. They
in turn are contacting fellow em
ployees in the drive to help support
the many agencies financed by
United Fund organizations in Tran
sylvania and Henderson Counties,
and .the combined Asheville-Bun
combe County United Fund.
Employees have the opportunity
of making pledges through payroll
deductions or by cash or personal
check. Contributions may be direct
ed to a specific United Fund or split
between counties.
Each of the three United Fund
units has increased its goal over
that of last year. Current budget
requirements include: Transylvania,
$62,153; Henderson, $149,968;
and Asheville-Buncombe County,
$874,639.
Olin's 1972 campaign saw an in
crease of United Fund pledges of
almost 14 percent over the pre
vious year.
KIDNEY FUND
A fund drive on behalf of 12-
year-old Vivian Davis, daughter of
two Ecusta Paper Division em
ployees, was started by Local 1971,
United Paperworkers International,
in late summer.
It was the second such drive to
be conducted this year, the first
having benefited the Wayne Fanning
family.
The Davis child had both kidneys
removed at the University Hospital
in Chapel Hill, after having been ill
for more than a year. Her schedule
required treatment at the kidney
machine in Asheville every two or
three days and periodic returns to
Chapel Hill for checks on her con
dition.
Parents of the child are James
P. Davis of Ecusta’s Finishing De
partment and Mrs. Davis of the End
less Belt Department.
As in the Wayne Fanning drive,
the Union opened a special account
for the Davis fund, to be dispersed
according to need.
A newly patented carbon-filled wrapper
is shown by S. Wayne McCarty, left, and
William F. Owens, two of the three in
ventors listed in the United States patent
assigned to Olin Corp.
(Story on page 8)