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THE CHATHAM BLANKETEER
December 22, 1933
Oh^h-h, Here Comes Santa Again!!
The
Chatham Blanketeer
Editor-in-Chief Claudia Austin
Assistant Editor..Charles Calhoun
Business Mgr Robert Hartness
Club Editors... J
(^Versie Whitlock
c • 1 (juanita Billings
Social Editors<^
I Gypsy Smitherman
REPORTERS
Spinning & Carding..Pearl Carter ,
Weaving Tessie Stinson
Spool & Specking.-Ora Belle Wood
Shop & Dye House....Mary Brown
Wool Department Ola Teal
Napping & Wash, Esther Norman
Finishing Dept Prances Hensley
Shipping Dept Vera Briggs
Christmas Eve
I have heard this strange old
story.
That now on Christmas Eve,
The Christ child seeks the chil
dren,
Sweet tale I would believe.
Although they do not see him,
Their hearts are full of peace.
Where’er the Christ child lingers,
All wrong and anger cease.
Glad is the heart He enters.
But sad where He is not.
And where He loves to linger
Must be a favored spot.
The Ang-ePs Song
’Tis not of Santa Claus I think
V/hen Christmas Day draws nigh.
But of the Babe in manger low
And Angels in the sky.
And of that song so sweet and
dear.
To which we say “amen,”
“Peace on earth, on earth sweet
peace.
Good will unto all men.
And though I am so young and
small,
I’ll try with glad good will
To spread the song the angels
sang.
When all the world was still.
Then let us now, this day, begin
To tell the world again,
“Peace, peace on earth forever-
more.
And sweet good will to men.
The Pursuit of
Happiness
Why it is that many people
find happiness while a much
greater number under the same
conditions fail to secure it—none
of us can accurately explain.
Perhaps, the fact that happi
ness conies mostly from the state
of mind is a good answer. In
dividual desires vary to such ex
tremes that it is impossible for
ones mind to keep the same view
point. What we think will bring
happiness today—we find that to
morrow upon gaining it—that it
does not fulfil expectations.
There is always something elsa
we need before bcoming happy.
Therefore, the greatest degree
of actual happiness seems to come
from the pursuit of happiness it
self. The many desires of man,
such as the acquiring of money,
seeking to triumph, living for
others, gratifying of one’s vanity,
and ma’ny well known desires of
man are more or less “rainbows.”
It is the seeking of these desires,
the work and toil of it, the trou
ble and sorrow of it, the joy and
excitement of it, that makes life
interesting. Those of us that
know what we want and know
when we attain it may be termed
truly happy.
Character
Someone has very truthfully
said that Character is what you
really are and that Reputation
is what people think about you.
I am sure that we are all con
cerned about what people think
about Chatham Manufacturing
Company, as well as what Chat
ham Manufacturing Company
I’eally is. It is ti'ue that a cor
poration does not have all tlie
attributes of a natural person,
its character will be more limi
ted than that of a natural person,
but inevitably it will acquire a
character, just as an individual
does. The people who visit our
plants go away with some idea
of what the character of the Com
pany is. We make the character
I as well as the reputation, our
visitors and friends go away and
tell just what it is, whether good
or bad, and whether it be the
character of the Company or an
individual, it is not an accident
—it is not something that hap
pens—it is something that must
be earned. Its nature is such
that it must grow slowly and
gradually. The character of any
Company must be the outgrowth
of the enormous aggregate of its
individual transactions covering
a period of measured years.
In the same way a public utili
ty will be found out; the public
will without question find it out.
If it is in fact courteous, if it is
in fact fair, if it is in fact honest,
it is absolutely impossible to pre
vent the public from knowing
this.
DOING HER CHRISTMAS
SHOPPIXG
Coy: “What is the price of
this embroidered skirt!”
Clerk: “Madam, you’ll find
the skirts on the next table—
that wliich you have is a new
crepe collar.”
Strive To Do Efficient
Work
We are proud of the record, th«
Chatham Blanket Mill lia*
made.
By making blankets of a vei)
high grade.
Chatham Blankets are very pop'
ular, both far and near.
Because they are made with tlif
best of care.
They have had a policy and havf
it still.
That they must be done rigli*
before they leave the mill.
All the employees are made W
understand.
That this requires efficient worl!
of each hand,
That whatever place we are to
fill.
Must be done right or we leav^
the Mill.
We dare not do bad work an<i
hope to get by.
As good work is what keeps ouf
standard high.
We have foremen that work da)'
and night.
To see that the work is all don^
right.
So, we, the employees must keep
in mind
That efficient work is the onl5'
kind.
Our task may seem worthless an<i
very small.
But it must be done right or tli^
standard will fall.
We must not think only of pa)'
day and our check.
But doing good work and th^
Company’s respect.
So try to make the very best
blankets we possibly can,
So they will always be in goo<'
demand.
Strive to hold the high standai’'^
they have held in the past.
And this will help our jobs to
last.
If we want the good Avork to
on as heretofore.
We must make good blanket*
and help make it go.
But if we don’t want to worK'
and want to stop,
Just do bad work and it wil'
soon go flop.
We want to make it go, withoU*
a doubt,
When we think of the people th^
Mill helps out.
So let’s work together in an effi'
cient way,
And keep it running both nigli*
and day.
—T. Verne Cockerham.
Life is something like a lau^'
dry. You get out of it what yo^'
put in, but somewhat the wors^
for wear.