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THE CHATHAM BLANKETEER
September 1, 1934
I WINSTON MILL j
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The
Chatham Blanketeer
Editor-in-Chief Claudia Austin
Assistant i Hoyt T. Hambright
Editors I A. R. Plaster
Circulation i R. G. Chatham, Jr.
Managers Stauber Flynt
Chief Reporter John Sagar
{Leona Darnell
Club Reporters...A Bessie Gilliam
^Madie Austin
Weaving Catherine Brannon
Spinning & Carding
Pauline Morrison
Shop, Dye & Power Plant
Elizabeth Underwood
Spooling & Burling Fay Reavis
Wool Dept Pauline Hasten
Napping & Wash Room
Dorothy Norman
Finishing Dept Hallie Ball
Shipping Dept Margaret Taylor
Night Force Earl Conrad
Old Mill Sherman Newman
Winston Office Roxie Bowen
Elkin Office....Marjorie Greenwood
®SOCT ETY,
Club Entertained at an Ice Cream
Supper
The Lucy Hanes Chatham
club held their postponed meeting
at the home of Mrs. Esther Nor
man, on Monday evening, August
13th. Upon the arrival of mem
bers and friends they were in
vited to the large lawn in the back
yard where several large ice cream
freezors had been prepared for
making ice cream. While the
young men turned the freezers the
ladies enjoyed an interesting
horse shoe contest. Miss Linda
Fishel and Mrs. W. N. Norman
were champions and received at
tractive prizes. Following a deli
cious ice cream supper consisting
of home-made ice cream and cake,
games and contests were played
on the lawn. Mrs. Norman was
assisted with the entertaining by
Miss Nonnie Ball and Gypsy
Smitherman. Twenty-five guests
enjoyed the hospitality of these
young ladies.
Chatham Baseball Team
Entertained
The Chatham baseball players
together with the Lucy Hanes
Chatham club, were entertained
at a most enjoyable fish fry Mon
day evening, at Washington Park,
with Misses Madie Austin, Mar
garet Hilton and Linda Fishel as
joint hostess.
Following a delicious supper,
old-fashioned games and contests
were enjoyed in the park under
the capable direction of A. R.
Plaster. Later in the evening
NAPPING AND WASH
ROOM
We are sorry to report the ill
ness of Mrs. Ella Jarvis’ mother.
She has been seriously ill for
some time.
Jete Smitherman and family
have moved to their beautiful new
home on Vineyard Road.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sutton have
moved from Chatham Heights to
715 Buxton Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hege enter
tained as their dinner guests Mr.
and Mrs. W. N. Norman, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Norman, and Betty
Norman, on Sunday, August 19th.
Miss Levada Hanks spent the
day with Mrs. Dennis Norman last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Norman,
Ed Pfaff and small son and
daughter, motored to South
Carolina Saturday, August 18th,
to visit Mrs. Emma Parrish, who
has been sick, but who will soon
be back with us.
Miss Venia Reynolds underwent
an operation for appendicitis
Monday morning, August 27th, at
the Baptist hospital. We wish
her a speedy recovery.
We have heard of boys making
girls walk home, but never a
preacher—Just the same Miss
Pauline Gentry says she is giving
“thumbing” lessons free of charge.
She says she can beat anyone
else, for it only took her a day to
thumb her way from the moun
tains on Monday, August 20th, af
ter Preacher Murray left her to
get home the best way she could.
Mrs. Gazelle Longworth left
Wednesday morning for Norfolk,
Va., to spend her vacation. She
will spend some time at the beach
and will visit points of interest in
and around the Virginia city.
Mr. and Mrs. William Norman,
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hege, Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Norman attended
a barbecue held at a tobacco barn
near the home of A. C. Ratledge,
at Courtney, on last Saturday
night.
dancing was enjoyed in the pavil
ion.
Among those who enjoyed the
hostess’ hospitality were the fol
lowing; Linda Fishel, Madie Aus
tin, Margaret Hilton, hostess; Ver-
sia Whitlock, Gladys Fishel, Vera
Austin, Lillian Myers, Irene Bren-
dle, Erline Mayberry, Crystal
Ball, Mae Whitner, Lillie Saunders,
Margaret Taylor, Clara Justice,
Agnes McDaniel, Addie Pope,
Claudia Austin, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Sutton, Weldon Darnell,
Clyde Long, Charlie Gough, John
Sappenfield, Tommie Steelman,
Bosh Anderson, Bill Mcllwee, E.
W. Dees, Earl Shamel, George Pe-
tree and A. R. Plaster.
FINISHING DEPARTMENT
Miss Della Chambers spent the
week end of the 25th. at North
Wilkesboro visiting her sister.
Mrs. Lucy McKevlin has return
ed from her vacation spent at her
home in Mountian City, Ga.
Miss Hattie Shugart spent the
past week end at the home of her
parents in Yadkin County.
Miss Pauline Chitty spent the
week end of Aug. 10th. in Char
lotte and Gastonia.
Misses Gypsy Smitherman,
and Margaret Hilton and friends
visited Blowing Rock recently.
They reported a good time, if
Gypsy and Odell did come back
with a good sun burn.
Miss Blanche Ashe and Versia
Whitlock have returned from a
ten-day vacation spent at the
home of the former in Western
North Carolina.
Bruce Jr., why the blind dates'^
What’s the trouble with you and
your nurse at the City Hospital?
Odell Mickey is looking better
these days since he has been dat
ing just one girl. We believe he
gets his beauty sleep every night
with the exception of Wednesday,
Saturday and Sunday nights,
Mrs. W. E. Bowen attended a
chicken stew at the home of Mrs.
Going, on last Saturday night.
Clara Lawson announces (due
to the depression) she and Ellis
are getting married.
Mrs. Ralph Gentry attended
the Sunday school picnic of the
Chatham Baptist church, held at
Friedland Saturday.
Miss Linda Fishel visited the
Carolina Beach last week-end.
How’s your sun burned nose, Lin
da?
Mrs. Lillian Myers spent the
week-end at the home of her par
ents, near Yadkinville, recently.
Mrs. W. O. Everhart and fam
ily spent Sunday with her sister
in Lexington.
We are glad to have Earline
back with us after quite a few
weeks of absence.
Miss Aura Sutphin attended a
birthday dinner August 26th. We
understood they had to run her
off so other folks sould have
something to eat.
Notice—Finishing department:
Please watch Gypsy Smitherman’s
facial expressions on Thursdays.
Just why does she talk so little
and smile so much.
SHIPPING DEf»ARTMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sutton and
sister attended a home coming at
Fall Creek recently and were the
dinner guests of Mrs. Coy Bray,
who sends her best regards to her
many friends in the Chatham
Mill.
Harvey, why is it that when
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MRS. LILLIE SAUNDERS
Mrs. Lillie Saunders, of the
Winston mill has been with the
company for only six years, but
she has endeared herself to all the
employees. She was born in Win
ston-Salem and has resided there
all her life, and is the mother of
six children.
About chree weeks ago, the
Lucy Hanes Chatham Club invited
her to accompany them on a
camping trip to Mouth-of-Wilson,
Virginia. This being the first
time Mrs. Saunders, better known
as Granny, by her many friends
at the mill, was ever out of North
Carolina. She has lived within
fifty miles of the Virginia line,
but had never had the opportun
ity to visit that state before. She
says her highest ambition is to
never get too old to work for
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany and to go to California
where her oldest son lives.
your wife is along you never speak
to any of us girls?
Miss Osa Bell Middleton has
returned to her home near Sylvia
after spending several months
with her sister, Mrs. Annie Sut
ton.
Emma, we are wondering just
what Ralph paid you twenty cents
for. What about that Annie?
NIGHT FORCE
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Stokes died Sunday night,
August 19th, at 12;20 o’clock. Mr.
Stokes operates napping machine
No. 1, and was just recovering
from an appendicitis operation.
We are very glad to have Hard
in Adams transferred from the
shipping department to our night
force. We hope he will like it just
as well.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Adams
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Saylor, of 515 Bank Street,
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