Chatham
Blanketeer
Vol. 2
FEBRUARY 19, 1935
No. 16
NEW CLASSROOM
PROVIDED CLASS
Equipped With Chairs, Tables,
Blackboard and Reference
Library
The Company-sponsored Tex
tile School is now the proud pos
sessor of a new, well-equipped
class room. This room was built
by the company and is in the
space formerly occupied by the
Rug Department. The room is
equipped with comfortable chairs
S'Hd tables for the students to
work and a large blackboard to
&id in the teaching of the classes.
In addition to building this
splendid room the company has
purchased textbooks on every
phase of the woolen industry.
These books will be kept in the
class room and any employee may
use them who cares to do so.
The school, started last fall, has
grown until at present there are
six classes, three instructors and
eighty students. Mr. G. R- Hall
is conducting two classes in Loom
Fixing. Mr. H. T. Hambright
conducts two classes in Elemen
tary Mathematics, and Mr.
Harold Lewis has two classes in
Calculation.
It is now possible for all em
ployees to get an education even
If they did not have the oppor
tunity in earlier life.
The Company has provided a
Modern class room, competent in
structors, a complete reference li-
®^3^ry and now it is up to the em-
l^loyees to take advantage of these
opportunities. It is left up to the
employees; if they show interest
•'“e company will do even more.
Chatham To Introduce
Sheets and Pillow Cases
New Line Is Expected to be the Best In Their Field; Uni
formly Woven and Beautifully Finished, They Will
Be Ready for Use Without Laundering; to be
Wrapped In Cellophane
lilanket Show Opens
In New York City
KLONDIKE CALF
IS ON WAY BACK
The following invitation was
received by thousands of buyers
over the country the past month.
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany invites you to visit their
^owroom at 57 Worth St., New
^ork City, on Monday, Feb. Hth
JO view the 1935 lines of Chatham
blankets, Chatham Sheets, Chat-
ain Homespuns, and Chatham
Tweeds. The new Blankets and
Sheets will also be on display at
Hotel New Yorker during the
l^eek of February eleventh to fif
teenth.”
Among those attending the
opening were Mr. Thurmond
Chatham, Mr. A. L. Butler, Mr.
L- Harris and Stauber Flynt.
About February 15th we will in
troduce a brand new Chatham
product—Chatham Sheets and
Pillow-Cases.
For several years our selling or
ganization has been surveying the
bedding field and has been mak
ing tests to find out just what
consumers want in sheets and pil
low-cases.
We are having these made to
our own specifications and we
hope to have national distribu
tion in a few months’ time. At
first we will offer only one grade
—Chatham Specification Muslin.
On the ticket we are printing the
construction of the cloth (64
threads per inch each way), then
tensil or breaking strength per
inch, the torn size and other in
formation.
TO SPONSOR
TOURNAMENT
Chatham Athletic Association In
vites Hiffh School Basketball
Teams to Enter Contest Here
The Chatham Athletic associa
tion of Elkin will sponsor a High
School Basketball Tournament at
the local warehouse to the high
school teams of the surrounding
counties.
Invitations have been sent out
to 58 schools and it is hoped that
entries will go as high as 30
teams. There will be two divisions,
one for boys’ teams and the oth
er for girls’.
Beautiful trophies will be pre
sented to the winning boys’ and
girls’ teams, and to the five play
ers making the All-Tournament
team in the boys’ division will be
given individual miniature gold
basketballs, and to the six girls
making the All-Tournament team
will be given individual miniature
gold basketballs.
The officials of the local tour
nament are: Hoyt Hambright, di
rector; Carl Poindexter, president
and Charles Weaver, vice-presi
dent.
(Continued On Page Three)
We have worked closely with
Miss Ruth O’Brien, Chief of the
Home Economics Division, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Wash
ington. We are trying to give all
possible information to the con
sumer.
These sheets and pillow-cases,
are in our opinion, the best in
their field. They are uniformly
woven, beautifully finished with
a minimum amount of starch and
are ready for use when purchased
without laundering. Two sheets
will be wrapped in cellophane to
make a beautiful package.
Chatham sheets and pillow
cases will be on sale probably by
the time this is published. Be
certain to go in to see them, and
we predict that you will like
them.
BLANKETEERS
WIN 3 IN ROW
Record Now Stands at 37 Won
and Two Lost; Statesville, Pilot
Mountain, Salisbury Defeated
The Chatham Blanketeers de
feated three opponents during the
past week to run their string of
victories to 37 against 2 defeats
for the season.
Saturday night in a return
game with the Statesville Firemen
at Statesville, the Blanketeers
were in great form and their
team-work, passing and shooting
completely outclassed the Firemen
team who recently held them to a
close game in Yadkinville, but the
Chatham team rang up an easy
victory by the score of 50 to 22.
In the game with the Pilot
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Supt. W. A. Neaves
Is Indisposed
Ruohs Pyron, Manager of Klon
dike Farm, May Go to Panama
to Meet Famous Guernsey
Mr. W. A. Neaves has been ill
with flu for two weeks. His con
dition is reported much improved
and it is hoped he will soon be
able to return to the office.
Ruohs Pyron, manager of Klon
dike Farm, has received a radio
gram from the Byrd Expedition
at Little America, stating that a
special blanket and nose ring sent
by Thurmond Chatham for Klon
dike Iceberg, famous Guernsey
calf born while his mother was
en route to the land of the South
Pole, had been received, and that
due to the gentleness and good
humor of the calf the nose ring
was not needed.
In another radiogram received
from the expedition, Mr. Pyron
was informed that the calf and
the cows had been safely loaded
aboard ship for the long trip back
to America. Mr. Pyron stated that
he would probably go to Panama
to meet them. The expedition is
expected back by the latter part
of March.
It is hoped the expedition will
dock at Washington and that
President Roosevelt will meet it
personally.
Klondike Iceberg, now an or
phan due to the death of his
mother, Klondike Nira, several
months ago, is said to be the most
famous calf in the world.
SMILE
“Smile as you travel onward,
Your life will richer be;
For smiles of love are from above,
And love will set you free.
“Smile when the sky seems
clouded.
Watch for the rays of the sun;
For the song of a bird is often
heard
When our day’s work is done.
“Smile when you enter the sick
room.
And believe you have done your
best;
For there is no sound to a quiet
mound
Where loved ones are laid to
rest.
“Smile when the road seems
rougher
And steeper grows the hill;
For you can’t be lame and climb
to fame;
Be the master of your will.”
Attending to one’s own busi
ness is a noble and much neg
lected art.