18
Aspirants for Safety Merit Badges
were at the Pisgah Forest plants
in late April for discussion of safety
with Jerry Mann, Ecusta Paper Di
vision safety supervisor, shown at
rear in the photo above. They are
members of Boy Scout Troop 72 of
Skyland, Brian Fuller, second from
the right, is the son of John Fuller
of Accounting. Other Scouts in the
photo are Paul Coggins, Bob
Weinkle, Eric Morrison, David
Reynolds, Andy Young, Chip Cook
and Alton Malbon.
APPOINTMENTS
THOMAS W. SOUTHER has been
appointed assistant pulp mill sup
erintendent in the Ecusta Paper
Division. He had served as area
supervisor in
Pulp Mill for the
past two years.
Employed by Olin
in March, 1955,
as a digester
helper in the Pulp
Mill, he was pro
moted to shift
foreman in 1967
and to area super
visor in 1973. He
had been with the
former Ecusta Pa
per Corp, before
entering the U. S. Navy in World
War II, and after service worked
with Lampley Motor Co. in Hender
sonville. He is a native of Brevard
and a graduate of Mills River High
School. Qualified as a fire fighting
instructor, he has served as as
sistant chief and secretary of the
Mills River Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. He is a member of the Mills
River Lions Club.
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WAYNE E. DARE has been pro
moted to maintenance foreman in
the Film Division plant at Coving
ton. He joined the Olin plant in
April 1956 after having worked for
duPont on con
struction of Film
Division's second
cellophane plant.
After training at
Pisgah Forest he
worked as coat
ing operator for
three years be
fore moving in
to the Mainten
ance Department
in 1959. Earlier
work was with
the Chicago and East Illinois Rail
road. A native of Gessie, Ind., he
graduated from high school at Perry
ville, Ind. and studied at the Com
mercial Trades Institute in Chicago.
He completed 10 years of service in
the U. S. Naval Reserves.
GERALD L. DAVENPORT has been
appointed marketing services man
ager in the Film
Division. He was
employed in No
vember 1971 as
customer service
manager for do
mestic sales, and
later was given re
sponsibility for
export orders.
Since January
1973 he also has
been responsible
for the Informa
tion Services of
fice in the Sales Department. Pre
vious work was with the Monsanto
Co. in Greenville, S. C. and Pensa
cola, Fla. He completed Yellville
High School in his native Yell
ville, Ark., and graduated from the
University of Arkansas with a B.S.
degree in Personnel Administration
and Industrial Relations. He served
with the U. S. Navy for four years.
CAROLYN C. SHIPMAN has been
promoted to customer service
supervisor for printing paper sales
in the Ecusta Paper Division. Mrs.
Shipman, a native of Brevard,
worked briefly in Ecusta’s Rod De
partment before transferring to the
Quality Control Department in
October 1962.
She moved to the
Customer Ser
vice Department
in July 1973 for
assignment as a
customer service
assistant. She
formerly worked
at Pat’s Shoe
Store and Cas
sell’s Store in
Brevard. She is
a graduate of Brevard High School.
Mrs. Shipman is a member of
Glen Cannon Country Club.
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