Chatham Blahketeer
Vol. 2 JANUARY 15, 1935 No. 14
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The group pictured above, putting pleasure before business is
shown just before taking to sedge fields and woods in search of
quail. Left to right: W. W. May, of Montgomery Ward & Co., New
York; Alex Chatham, of Elkin; T. J. Sheehe, of Chatham Manu
facturing Co., New York; Royal C. Murray, of Montgomery Ward,
New York; Mark B. Isaacs, president Franklin Textile Co., New
York; Avery Neaves, of Elkin, and front, Dewey York, Elkin. The
hunt took place December 15.
TIME NOW TO
TAKE STOCK
Each Individual Should Check Up
On Short-Comings and Strive
To Better Services In 1935
By S. E. NEWMAN
New Year is here—the time for
resolutions. Resolutions not made
in a random, thoughtless manner,
but resolutions that are going to
abide.
If there ever was a time when
the entire personnel of our great
Chatham organization had rea
son to sing the praises of a great
leader it is now in the beginning
of 1935. As we turn our gaze to
our own busy plants we are a
contented people. We observe a
spirit of friendliness, of co-opera-
tion and of understanding on the
part of one group toward another,
a spirit of understanding on the
part of the chief executive, the
departmental superintendents and
the operatives of each and every
department.
As we enjoy the fruits of an
organization administered wisely
and well, let us, one and all, re
solve to co-operate in a heartier
way than ever before with the
great man at the helm who has
kept the wheels turning even in
a season when orders were below
normal to provide us with em
ployment.
Let us strive to make our world
famous blankets a bit more per
fect, if possible, and our Home
spuns a superior goods that will
appeal always to the well-dressed
person.
As we look back in retrospect,
let us as employees, check up on
our short-comings, correct our
errors, great or small, strengthen
our better traits and strive to
avoid the mistakes which have
hindered us from rendering the
best service to the great indus
trial organization of which we
are justly proud. Let us strive
to go on with our duties cheer
fully—to endure our burdens pa
tiently, always with a feeling that
“God’s in His Heaven, all’s right
with the world.” And while we
may not always feel with the poet
that “all’s right with the world”, at
all times, let us feel that all is
well with our own little world
insofar as we can make it so.
Supt. W. A. Neaves and A. L.
Butler left Thursday night for
New York and Philadelphia on
business.
The broad, general rule is that
a man is about as big as the
things that make him mad.
Second Section of
School Is Underway
The second session of the Tex
tile school sponsored by the com
pany is now under progress. Two
courses are being given for the
employees on both shifts. A course
in Elements of Arithmetic is open
for all who are not familiar with
arithmetic, and a course in Yarn
Calculation is being taught for
the employees who already know
the various processes of arithme
tic.
At present there are 55 em
ployees taking advantage of this
opportunity the company has pro
vided for them. It is not too late
to join either class now and all
persons interested are urged to
join before the courses go any
farther.
No Wings Over Rastus.—Two
Negroes who had not seen each
other in five years discovered each
had been married during this
time.
“What kinda woman did you-
all get, Mose?” asked Rastus.
“She’s an angel, Rastus, dat’s
what she is.”
“Boy, you. sho is lucky. Mine’s
still livin’,” Rastus muttered sor-
j rowfully.—Baltimore Sun.
L. H. C. Club Girls
Form Book Club
At a meeting held at the Club
House on Wednesday, Jan. 9th, a
Book Club for the girls was or
ganized among girls at the mill
who are interested in reading bet
ter literature. The name of the
club was selected and it will be
called the R. B. L. Book Club.
The following officers were elect
ed: President, Mary Etta Laf-
foon; secretary, Mary Brown, and
treasurer, Pauline Masten. The
club will meet on the second and
fourth Wednesday night at the
Club House at seven-thirty. The
following girls joined: Mary Etta
Laffoon, Mary Brown, Pauline
Masten, Juanita Billings, Estelle
Powers, Pauline Morrison, Roette
Cockerham, Leona Darnell, and
Emma Hjudspeth. Any ottier
girls wishing to join will please
attend the meeting to be held on
Jan. 23rd.
Quite a few children wouldn’t
be so bad if it weren’t for the par
ents they have to live with. Other
children wouldn’t be so bad if
their parents would stay home
long enough to live with them.
PLANT GIVEN “A”
RATING BY STATE
Letter From Fletcher States That
Management Should Be Con
gratulated On Condition
At different intervals during
the year inspectors from Insur
ance Companies, The Federal
Government and the State Gov
ernment go through our mills to
inspect the condition which all
of us work.
We are publishing the following
letter so that everyone in both
mills may see just what one of
the inspectors thought of the
Winston mill.
Mr. Thurmond Chatham, Pres.,
Chatham Manufacturing Co.,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Dear Mr. Chatham:
The report of our inspector,
Mr. Gaffney, who made an in
spection of your plant at Wins
ton-Salem on December 21, 1934
shows that he found it in the
same excellent condition of all of
your plants and he has given it
a rating of Grade “A”.
Mr. Gaffney mentioned espec
ially the well equipped ladies’ rest
rooms, the cleanliness and equip
ment of your toilets and the good
arrangement of the mill which
keeps the isles and passageways
open.
The maintenance of such splen
did working conditions shows that
you have the interest and co
operation of your employees and
I feel that they, as well as the
management, should be congrat
ulated on the fine showing made.
With best wishes, I am,
Yours very truly,
A. L. FLETCHER,
Commissioner.
During the year 1935 we should
all strive to make our working
conditions even better. If you
have any suggestion to make that
would better the conditions in
your department both for the
company and your fellow workers,
see your foreman and let him
know you are interested.
Henry C. Dobson, Elkin, and
Surry county’s representative to
the present term of the Legisla
ture, left Tuesday for Raleigh to
be present for the opening of the
General Assembly.
“It need not be assumed that
the young bride worships her
husband because she places burnt
offerings before him three times
a day.”