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THE CHATHAM BLANKETEER
May 21, 1934
THE GIRL AND
HER RECREATION
(Continued From Page One)
when we overcome that fear our
nature may prove to be very res
ponsive. This is often true with
swimminsr. Many who think they
do not like to swim can learn to
love it in time. Timid spirits be
come bolder as they learn to use
their power over the elements.
Athletics is one of the most pop
ular forms of recreation today.
Perhaps this is because so much
of the work of our present civili
zation makes so little demands
upon the bodies.
If we desire beauty and grace
and well as health—swimming,
dancing and bowling are the three
graces of physical training that
have been pronounced by experts
as a means to this end.
Walking and horse-back riding
have not only been known to pro
long life but to save it.
About five years ago the papers
throughout the country were full
of an account of a twelve year old
boy who, having been pronounced
by doctors as having an incurable
case of tuberculosis, walked across
the continent from New York to
Seattle, selling newspapers on
the way to pay his expenses. La
ter physicians agreed that his was
an arrested case, that he would
not only live to be grown but that
all traces by that time would be
out of his system.
It took a great deal of courage
and persistance for this child to
accomplish this end, and v/hile
walking was work for him, it is
a recreation for most of us.
There is a noted nerve special
ist of North Carolina, who has
cured more insanity than any ot.e
man in this country, who stated
not long ago that if everyone
walked two miles a day there
would be no insanity. And such
is the simple treatment he uses
on his patients. They are required
to stay out of doors a certain
amount of time each day, rain or
shine. They must walk, play vol
ley ball, tennis, and even hoe po
tatoes and corn in season.
To really be benefitted by any
exercise we must enjoy it, our
minds and spirits must respond
or the body is a dead weight.
It is good for humanity to play,
just to let-go from time to time,
forget our troubles and frolic just
as children do—this it is that does
the recreating.
Of course recreation does not
necessarily have to be along the
lines of athletics. Reading is one
of the most delightful pastimes.
Various occupations, handicraft,
sewing, painting and other ac
complishments can be very re
creative when it is not one’s reg
ular work.
A recreation that is enjoyed in
unity with our friends—something
that many can take part in, is
what most of us are interested in
for social life is necessary in the
growth of man’s soul and mutual
enjoyment breaks down many a
barrier between friends-
The Company has provided re
creational activities for us so let
us all, both men and women,
take advantage of the opportunity
to play. Play some game at least
once a day and you will feel more
like working. If you are able to
work, you are more able to play,
so let us all be found out in the
op&n more and taking advantage
of at least one of the various
games provided for us.
MOUNTAINS ARE
SWEPT BY FIRE
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Now let’s take a trip up the
Elkin-Sparta highway by day.
About a mile up the mountain we
come to the fire line and from
there on to the top there is noth
ing to be seen but destruction. A
mountain side once covered with
mountain laurel, mountain ivy,
rhododendren and other beautiful
trees and the undergrowth is now
almost bare in some places. This
fire had no choice as to the kind
of tree it burned, a green one
seemed to have no more resistance
than a dead dry one. Anyone who
has traveled this road will remem
ber a place where one can park
and view the mountain, in the
center of which was a large green
cherry tree, around which was a
rock wall. This tree was about
twenty-five feet from any other
burnable object. Well, what I
am trying to say is, that it is
burned off smooth with the
ground.
Let us all take this fire as a
lesson and from now on resolve to
do all in our power to prevent
forest fires.
The Dyeing Dept.
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wool to heavy squeeze rolls.
These rolls squeeze a large per
cent of the water from the wool
and drop the wool into a fan or
blower which blows the wool
through a large copper pipe to
another automatic feeder at the
drying machine. This drying ma
chine is equipped with automatic
temperature and humidity con
trols which prevents injury to the
wool by extreme temperatures and
excessive dryness. After leaving
the drying machine the wool is
again blown by a fan through a
series of pipes into the room or
bin selected for it according to
color. At this point the dyeing
department leaves the iwool to
the mercies of other departments.
At the Winston-Salem plant
the blankets or cloth, after being
carefully cleansed of oils and dirt,
are sewn six or more strings or
cuts side by side in the reel dye
ing machines and practically the
same operation as used on raw
stock, insofar as dyestuffs and
chemicals are concerned, is car
ried on. In the piece-dyeing
(under the supervision of Henry
Trotter, Jr.) much more core has
to be experienced in weighing up
the dyestuff and chemicals and in
controlling the temperature of the
dye bath.
The mill laboratory which is lo
cated at the Elkin plant is kept
busy matching or originating new
colors with the best possible fast
ness and in correcting any varia
tions, testing new dyestuffs and
chemicals and various other re
search work. Thomas Roth and
the writer often spend several
days, and sometimes weeks, in
matching a new color with dye-
stuffs that will stand all neces
sary fastness requirements, at
times using and discarding twen
ty or thirty different dyes before
the proper ones are found.
The excellent work done in all
other departments is rendered
useless if the colors are dull and
unattractive, or if they should
fade or wash out, and that is why
I say the dyeing departments are
the most important departments
of all.
WARPINGMADE UP
OF 2 OPERATIONS
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are to be used in colored warps,
such as plaids, they are dyed any
one of a number of colors before
sizine, but in case they are to be
used in a solid color fabric they
are sized without dyeing. The
sizing operation consists of run
ning these chains through a size
bath, whose function is to
“starch” and separate each thread
of the yarn, eliminating tangling,
and making the chains more
workable. After sizing the chains
are run over steam-heated drums
to dry them thoroughly, and are
then ready for beaming.
The beaming operation of cot
ton warps i^ comparatively sim
ple, consisting merely of taking
the chains from the dryer and
winding them, under tension, on
to loom beams. It is in this
operation that the patterns are
worked out to make various sizes
and styles.
Since we spin our own woolen
warp yarns, this operation is
more complicated than that deal
ing with the cotton yarns, as we
handle the entire process from
the raw material to the finished
product. The woolen yarns come
to the warp room from the mules
or spinning frames, on large
package bobbins, are wound off
the bobbins onto spools, off of the
.spools onto the creel, and are
beamed from the creel under a
compressor. After spooling, the
warp yarns are placed in a rack
back of the creel, and the pat
tern is regulated from the spools,
as the yarn is wound on the creel.
The making of a woolen blanket
warp is a more simple operation
than the making of a warp for
any sort of suiting material, as
the warp for a blanket is made of
yarns that do not require any
setting of the twist, and the
length of the yarn on the bobbin
does not have to be uniform.
After the cotton or woolen
yarns are wound on the loom
beams, the ends are drawn into
the harness, regulating the weave
of the fabric, and the warp is
ready to go into the loom.
Booster Rhymes
They have had a lot of ball clubs
in Elkin in the past.
But Chatham has one now that
is some class.
If you doubt this, we invite you to
come down.
To the ball park just below town.
There is Mr. Bumgarner, who is
very tall.
Believe me he can handle a ball.
We are all at ease when he is on
the mound.
For he knows what to throw to
shut them down.
There there is Lefty Southard,
our other pitch.
And he can give a ball an ugly
twitch.
When he gets a curve fixed in
that left hand.
If they are not real hitters they
are sure to fan.
Mr. Munday is the guy that
catches behind,
And if they can be got he gets
them, for he is fine.
They may come side ways, up or
down.
But he will get them if they leave
the mound.
Mr. Hambright tells them all what
to do.
For he knows baseball through
and through.
He is the fellow that holds down
first base.
And there is none better for this
place.
I will not mention any more in
single file.
But will put all the rest in a pile.
All the other boys play good, bet
ter and best.
And will do their part when put
to the test.
We are as proud of the boys as
can be.
For better ball players, you don’t
often see.
We want to help them all we can.
So let’s come out and fill the
_ grand stand.
—T. Verne Cockerham.