Chatham
WIHSTON-5
Blanketeer
Vol. 2
NOVEMBER 19, 1934
No. 11
MAN KILLED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
Earl Holbrook Pinned Beneath
Car As Result of Collision
Near New Bridge
As the result of an automobile
collision which occurred about
7:30 o’clock Wednesday morning
at the intersection of Market
street and Gwyn Avenue, Earl
Holbrook, about 40, of Jonesville,
received an injury from which he
died at 11:20 a. m. at Hugh Chat
ham Memorial hospital.
Following the accident, Morgan
Ledbetter, of Yadkin county, driv
er of the car in which Holbrook
was riding, and J. L. Cothren,
driver of the other car involved in
the accident, were placed under
$1,000 bond each to await a hear
ing December 14 before Magis
trate J. L. Hall on charges of
manslaughter.
Bruce Renegar, an occupant of
the car in which Holbrook was a
passenger, received a bad cut
about the head, but was dismissed
from the local hospital following
medical attention. Letbetter and
Miles Shore, another occupant of
the car, were uninjured with the
exception of minor facial cuts.
Cothren was also uninjured.
The accident occurred at the
north end of the Hugh Chatham
bridge, the right end of the
bumper of Mr. Cothren’s car
striking the left rear wheel of the
T model Ford touring car which
Ledbetter was driving, causing it
to skid completely around where
it turned over on the left side,
pinning Holbrook, who was in the
rear seat, beneath it.
Immediately following the acci
dent, the injured man was placed
in a car driven by Graham Hanes,
who, aided by Paul Price and L.
C. Murray, rushed him to the
hospital.
An examination at the hospital
disclosed a hole in Holbrook’s
skull which was described as be
ing about half the size of a base
ball, and through which his
brains were visible.
Although given no chance of
life by medical attendants at the
hospital, the dying man lingered
on until 11:20, when he passed
away without regaining con
sciousness.
Holbrook was the father of nine
children, the youngest being only
a few weeks old. In addition to
the children, he is survived by his
wife and two brothers and one
sister, John and Sam Holbrook,
and Mrs. Clay Crouse, all of High
Point.
Speaks On '^Homespuns”
Carl Goerch, Editor of The State, Tells of Chatham Fabric
Over Radio; Entire Output In Hands of Baltimore
Concern; Hundreds of Pleased Customers
Thursday night, November 8th,
at 7:45 p. m., Mr. Carl Goerch,
editor of “The State”, a magazine
published at Raleigh, spoke of the
Chatham “Homespuns.”
Mr. Goerch brought out the
following points: After the Civil
War rugged homespuns made by
Chatham were worn throughout
the south. Benefiting from the
experience and research of over
a half a century which have made
Chatham blankets pre-eminent
throughout the country, Chatham
Homespuns have been recreated,
and by test are now manufac
tured into the best wearing suits
that can be made.
L. Greif & Bro., Inc., Baltimore,
Md., has been assigned the entire
output of Chatham Homespuns.
In their hands, long experienced
in fashion correct tailoring, this
rough fabric has been converted
into suits of distinctive character,
retailing at amazingly popular
prices.
Thousands of these suits have
already been sold throughout
America. Greif dealers every
where have given us most enthu
siastic reports of their customer’s
satisfaction. We are proud to of
fer Chatham Homespuns in Greif
tailoring and unqualifiedly guar
antee every yard of this fabric.
Mr. Goerch also brought out
the large number of merchants
in North Carolina offering to
their customers Chatham Home
spuns and of their pleased cus
tomers who have worn the Chat
ham Homespuns.
CHATHAM BEATS
CCC BASKETEERS
Beautifying Grounds
At Local Hospital
An extensive beautification pro
gram of the grounds at Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital is
being conducted by the Woman’s
Auxiliary of the hospital. A num
ber of trees have been donated
by Ruohs Pyron and several
shrubs by Paul Gwyn. Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Lindhurst, who are
supervising the work, have given
a number of tulip bulbs from
their gardens. Private subscrip
tions have been solicited, the pro
ceeds of which have been used
for the purchase of boxwoods and
other shrubs for the work.
ESTELLE POWERS WINS IN
CONTEST
Miss Estelle Powers, first presi
dent of the Lucy Hanes Chatham
Club of Elkin, won forty dollars
in a recent contest put on by the
Huntly-Hill-Stockton Company,
of Winston-Salem. Her many
friends both in the Winston and
Elkin plants will be glad to learn
of her good luck.
Pride is one of the seven dead
ly sins; but it cannot be the pride
of a mother in her children, for
that is a compound of two cardi
nal virtues—faith and hope.—
Dickins.
Funeral Services Are
Held For J. C. Talley
Funeral services were held for
James Cleveland Talley, 42, local
barber of Elkin, who passed away
Tuesday night, Nov. 6th, while
sleeping alone in a second floor
room over the Dixie Barber Shop,
with which he was associated,
and whose lifeless body was dis
covered by a shine boy many
hours after life had passed, were
conducted at 11 o’clock Friday
morning from the First Baptist
church, with Rev. Eph Whisen-
hunt. Rev. J. L. Powers and Rev.
J. C. Castevens in charge.
The general opinion is that Mr.
Talley smothered to death as he
lay soundly sleeping, while fully
clothed, with his face buried deep
in a soft pillow. He had on a
tight-fitting collar, such as he al
ways wore and this served to in
terfere with his blood circulation.
He was seen about nine o’clock on
Tuesday night when a fellow bar
ber went to his room to see if all
was well, and found him, as he
thought, sleeping soundly. When
he failed to appear at work on
Wednesday morning the shine boy
was sent to see if he was still up
stairs and found his lifeless form.
The deceased was an artist in
his trade, and was highly res
pected and trustworthy. He had
Crater Leads Scoring To Aid In
61 to 18 Tally Over Opponents
At North Wilkesboro
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The Chatham Blanketeers after
being defeated on last Friday in
their first practice game by the
Winston All-Stars 28 to 22 and
minus their two stars Crater and
Maxwell, went into the win col
umn last night by defeating the
CCC boys at North Wilkesboro
by the score of 61 to 18.
Crater led the scoring with 16
points and the entire team played
good ball and will play on even
terms with the best of teams.
Plans are under way to sell sea
son tickets for uniforms and
Coach Hambright will announce
the schedule in the next issue of
the Blanketeer and all college
teams are to be scheduled away
and at home, and your support
is needed to have a winning team.
Tickets are being sold by Jimmie
Young at five dollars for two
boxing bouts and all basket ball
games, which will number around
thirty.
CHATHAM BLANKETEERS
Name Points Scored
Crater, F 16
Munday, F 4
Maxwell, C 9
Mackie, G 4
McBride, G 2
Hambright, F 10
Davis, F 3
Stockton, G 9
Johnson, C 4
Total 61
CCC CAMP
Name Points Scored
Herring, F 9
Dulla, F 0
King, F 2
Stutzs, G 2
Laylack, G 5
Golden, G 0
Webster, F o
Goodman, C o
Total 18
Officials Off On
A Duck Hunt
Mr. Thurmond Chatham, Pres
ident of Chatham Manufacturing
Company, Mr. W. A. Neaves,
Superintendent of the Elkin plant,
together with Drs. Hanes, David
son and Carter, of the Duke Uni
versity hospital, spent last week
duck hunting, near Currituck, N.
C., on the eastern coast. Messrs.
Chatham and Neaves are now
ready to furnish the ducks for the
“duck dinner.”