Chatham
Vol. 1
Blanketeer
AUGUST 1st, 1933
No. 2
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Cooperation
(By General wSuperintendeiit)
From Washington down to the
smallest mill in the country, the
watch-word now seems to be
“Cooperation.” Our President
pleads for it in his informal
broadcasts over the radio, his
subordinates plead for it in the
daily hearings now taking place
in our national capital, and fac
tory and mill management must
have it from those with whom
they deal.
In our company we have prided
ourselves for years on a group of
officials who work with each
other, on a group of foremen who
do the same thing, and on em
ployees in general who co-operate
to the fullest extent with their
foremen in their work. Just as
a house divided against itself
cannot stand, so it is in the case
of any business or manufacturing
organization. Just so long as we
work together with the common
aim of giving the best that is in
us, we will not have it said of
ns that ours is not the efficient
organization it is known to be.
Those of us in the mill, here
and in Winston-Salem, must do
our very best in giving whole
hearted support to the policies of
the company for which we work.
When a job is laid out for us to
do, We must cooperate with our
foremen in turning out the best
work we know how to do. We
must be willing to carry our share
of the load, at all times and un
der all circumstances, in ordei
that oil]' comi)any may continue
to hold its place in a competitive
field. We must not only do our
SHOWS POWER IN
CHECKER CONTEST
Cola Fulp Goes Through Four
Ellniiiiations In Stiite
Meet
Mr. Cortez Lowery, Mr. C. M.
Hickerson and Mr. Cola Pulp, of
Elkin, attended the State Checker
Tournament July 4th and 5th at
Albemarle. All three joined the
North Carolina Checker Associa
tion. They also competed for the
championship of the state. How
ever, Mr. Lowery and Mr. Hicker
son were eliminated in the first
round; they showed great ability
in moving their men. Young
Fulp, who is also employed by
the Chatham Manufacturing Co.,
showed great skill in playing the
game of checkers. Fulp who is
only 18 years of age went through
four eliminations. Had Fulp gone
through tAVO more eliminations
he would have come out state
champion. Mr. C. M. Hickerson,
who is coaching young Fulp, says
that Fulp will come out state
champion next year if he keeps
improving in the future the way
lie has in the last year.
work quickly, but we must do it
well, in order that the quality of
our product may not suffer.
Aside from the cooperation
that we must give those above
us, the various departments of
the mills are so dependent upon
each other, due to the closely
associated processes of manufac
ture, that each department must
make an effort to understand the
[>io))lems of the other, and do its
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SALES FORCE
SAYS WELCOME
New York Office Sends Con
gratulations to Chatham
Blankoteor
Welcome and success to The
Blanketeer. It is a grand idea
and will do a great deal to create
a unity of purpose and interest in
our fine organization.
From time to time we will sup
ply news items which we hope
will be of interest. Some of you,
no doubt, have wondered about
where Chatham blankets go and
how they are sold. If you have
any questions we will be glad to
answer them.
Jim Young; Fred, who in
vented work?”
Fred Neaves: “You should
worry, you’ll never infringe on
his patent.”
Contest For
Subscriptions
Is Continued
Due to the fact that so many
are interested in our subscrip
tion contest, we are extending
the time for one more month,
so that everybody will be
r(?a<*hed. The price will be
twenty-five cents per year, for
people in th(> Mill and fifty
<-ents for out-<jf-town subscrij)-
(ious. Come on, girls, let’s
win the race.
Initiative
(By Supt. Winston Mill)
I think one of the finest
thoughts that ever came from the
mind of a brilliant man was ex
pressed by Elbert Hubbard when
he wrote: “The world bestows its
big prizes, both in money and
honors, for but one thing, and
that is INITIATIVE.” What is
Initiative? I’ll tell you: It is
doing the right thing without be
ing told, but next to doing the
right thing without being told is
to do it when you are told once.
You will note that this brilliant
man quickly divides the* world
into three very distinct classes.
Those who can do the right thing
without being told. Those who
have to be told only once and
those who have to be told more
than once.
The successes of life we usual
ly find in the first two classes. I
do not mean that a successful
man is one that has as much
money as he wants, drives a high
priced automobile and spends his
winters in Florida—I mean that
a successful man is one that has
a job and usually a good one, has
the confidence and respect of his
employers and is well thought of
in the community in which he
lives.
Initiative is something that is
not born in every one, but I
firmly believe that with a proper
amount of energy or aptitude
every one can develop into either
the first or second class and be
come a success in his particular
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