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December 21, 1934 THE CHATHAM BLANKETEER Page Three WINSTON MILL ] 4. SHIPPING DEPARTMENT I guess everyone has been too busy Christmas shopping or get ting ready to go out of town for the holidays. They all give me the same answer: “1 haven’t been any place.” We are expecting the wedding bells to ring loudly in this de partment during the holidays. How about it, Emma and George? I don’t guess Vera has time for anything except to listen to music since Santa brought her a radio. We extend our heartfelt sym pathy to Mr. and Mrs. Lee DeHart due to the loss of their grand father, Mr. Slager, of Asheville. HOLD BANQUET FOR EMPLOYES finishing department Nonnie Ball wishes to announce that she has put off her wedding until New Years Day. Loan me a sleeve, someone. Miss Blanche Ashe and Mr. Mil ler spent Thanksgiving at the home of Miss A^e, near Ashe ville. Gladys Fishel says Santa Claus is going to bring her a new boy friend. The Cedar Chest Manufactur ing concerns have certainly been busy during the shopping season. Maragret and Hallie both have new ones. Seems like Santa cer tainly is getting around in a hur ry. Mr. A. J. Whitner and son, of Georgia, spent the past week-end with Mrs. Mae Whitner and fam ily on W. 6th street. Miss Della Chambers sure is lucky. She won her Christmas fruit cake on a punch board. Clara Lawson did her Christ- nias shopping early. She said it certainly took a long time for her to decide what to give Ellis. She finally decided on an Anchor Store doll. Mrs. Everhart visited her fath er at Yadkin College last Sunday. Here’s wishing everyone the '^ery merriest Christmas ever. — Wilkes county. Bill says the but termilk sure was fine. Bill Ladd, our speed demon, had his motorcycle to run away with him, and Bill was found in Joe Spear’s back yard. We are very glad to welcome Sherman Rhodes back to the night force. Howard Steele is taking a dra matic course and when he fin ishes he is going to join Chief Red Wolfe’s Medicine show. Joe Spear spent last week-end with his wife and family at Mocksville. Prank Hicks has been helping a certain lady on Patterson Ave nue, to do her housework. We wonder who she is? Lonnie Lonzo Brown of our night force, was married Satur day at high noon to Miss Treva Mae McCollum of E. 21st street, with Rev. J. T. Murray officiat ing. (Continued Prom Page One) NAPPING DEPARTMENT Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hanks mo tored to Benham, N. C., Sunday, December 9th, visiting Mrs. Hanks’ mother. Venie Reynolds is enjoying her work more lately, since her boy friend, Zeb Cash, is working in the wash room. She has a con tinual blush upon her pretty face every day at lunch time, for he is always near at the front door. Welcome to our department, Zeb. We are looking for Levada to start running to the altar Christ mas. Don’t trip your toe, Levada. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Tulbert and family of Elkin, were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Gentry of Chatham Hyts., De cember 9th. It was on Dec. 6th, at 6:48, Henry and Vera ran into gate, bent an axle and thought they hoped to hold classes in carding, spinning, weaving, loom fixing and designing. Thurmond Chatham was the fi nal speaker. He congratulated the class and its instructors on the fine work they were doing; as he pointed out, the test of an execu tive is that he should organize his business so well that should he be forced for any reason to drop out that his business would continue as before. Mr. Chatham also said that many of the employees of the mill had never had the benefit of a college education but that did not mean that they should be left behind in the race of life, if they have the will to train their minds, all things were possible to them. The talks were interspersed with music by a string band. Jim my Booher gave several intricate and enjoyable banjo solos. Rev. J. L. Powers is extremely sorry that on account of a pre vious engagement he was unable to attend, but offers his knowledge and help to any member of the school whomsoever they may be. minister, she featured the idea in her play, with the beautiful or ganist as his sweetheart. Christmas Eve Jim tuned in on XYZ. Promptly at seven came, the theme song. Then, to their amazement, a voice strangely fa miliar : “This is Station XYZ.” Then another voice; “Our play this evening, ‘The New Minister’, is written by our announcer’s mother, Mrs. Grace Hassel. Our popular announcer, Dick Hassel, will take the part of the minis ter.” “Of all things!” Grace ex claimed. “The young scamp!” “No wonder your skit went ov er so fast,” Jim grinned. “Now listen! We’re missing it,” Grace happily admonished as the young minister’s voice announced that the audience would join in singing “Joy To The World.” OBITUARY SCHOOL IS OPEN TO ALL EMPLOYES (Continued From Page One) the NIGHT FORCE Bill Murray is going to spend the Christmas holidays with his brother-in-law in Louisville, Ky. and Mrs. Tommy Bates spent Sunday, Dec. 9th, in High Point, visiting the latter’s sister^ Mrs. J. P. Robertson. and Mrs. Dawson Cozart spent Sunday in Lyncburg, Va., Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Doc Mc Combs. Louis Martin and family ^otored to Windsor’s Cross Roads, N. c., over the week-end to visit his father. Louis wants everybody to know he motored be- ^ause people think he’s so poor nat he might have hitch-hiked. Page Brandon, Bill Murray and Wilburn Woodruff spent last Week-end with Charlie Lyons of the windshield. Henry he was dead, Vera shattered but didn’t hurt her head. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Norman, spent Sunday, December 2nd, with Mrs. Ella Jarvis. We have quite a few new girls in the cloth department. They Misses Pauline The twenty-five who completed the first course will now take a course in mechanical calculation, which deals with calculating speed of belts, pulleys, gear trains, etc. Following this, in the same term, work in yarn calculations will al so be given. Will all persons interested see Harold Lewis for full information, regarding the courses to be of fered. It is essential that all per sons who intend to take the courses see him immediately in order that texts may be ordered in time to get classes started early in January. Mary Billings Lyons was born July 28, 1860. Departed this life December 13, 1934. Age 74 years, 4 months and 16 days. She was married to Cornelius Lyons April 29, 1883. She leaves to mourn her departure a husband, five children; Jim Lyons, of Elkin; Walter, Iva and Worth Lyons, of Long Beach, California; Roy Ly ons, of Detroit, Michigan; one child who died in infancy; two brother, nine grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a host of friends and neighbors. She professed a hope in Christ in early life and united with Pleasant Home Baptist church, of Wilkes county, and remained a worthy member until death. She was a devoted companion and a loving mother and a kind and loving neighbor. Funeral services were conducted from Pleasant Hill Baptist church Wednesday morning at eleven o’clock by Rev. J. L. Powers and Rev. Grant Cothren. Interment was in the family plot of Pleas ant Hill cemetery. Christmas Radio Skit That “Went Over” Big are as follows: Nell Bates, Sallie Smither- man, Lucile Smith, Edna Pfaff, t>v,n_ Foltz, , Avalee Williamson, Minnie Phil lips and Allie Pope. We are very glad to welcome them into the big Chatham family. Miss Vera Austin spent the Thanksgiving holidays with friends at the Harrisonburg State Teachers College, at Harrison burg, Va. Hot air makes balloons go up and men come down. “Why don’t you try a radio skit for XYZ?” Dick Hassel had writ ten his mother, Grace. Grace tried it and was as much surprised as anyone when it was accepted, to be broadcast at 7 o’clock, Christmas Eve. Mrs. Hassel had been greatly disappointed when Dick, for lack if finances, had to give up study ing for the ministry and had gone to work in the big city. Recently he had written that he had a new job, a surprise, that he would tell Mother Grace and Father Jim about at Christmas. Because Grace had always pic tured Dick as the popular young The Little Girl In Shorts ‘There, little girl, don’t cry; They’ve broken your doll, I know”— Then she turned around, and be hold, I saw A woman of sixty or so! Everything: Equal He—Let’s get married, wouldn’t be much trouble, know my father’s a minister. She—^It’s O. K. with me. might try it anyway. My dad’s a lawyer, you know. It You We Seat of illness A teacher tells of an excuse which the mother of one of her pupils sent in the other day. The excuse read; “Please excuse Charlie. He got wet in the A. M. and was took sick in the p. m.
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