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THE CHATHAM BLANKETEER
March 5, 1935
The
Chatham Blanketeer
Editor-in-Chief Claudia Austin
Assistant ( Hoyt T. Hambright
Editors ( A. R. Plaster
Circulation j R. G. Chatham, Jr.
Managers | Stauber Flynt
Chief Reporter John Sagar
.Leona Darnell
Club Reporters-.J 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
FRIENDS
There’s plenty of friends to smile
with you
When the sun shines bright an’
the skies are blue.
But where are the friends who
will stick an’ stay,
When the clouds appear an’ the
the skies are gray?
When the roses bloom in your
garden fair
There’s plenty to help you with
your load,
But how many friends are by
your side.
When the last, sweet rose has
withered and died?
When Good Luck travels along
your road.
There’s plenty to help you with
your load.
But how many friends are with
you, say,
When Dame Fortune bids you a
sad Good-Day;
I want a friend who can stand
the test,
Be the same when life’s at its
worst or best;
Such a friend, I say, an’ my tale
is told,
I wouldn’t change for his weight
in gold!
—James Willis Hembree.
“If you start a wagon down hill
it goes itself, but if you want to
go up hill you must keep a push-
in’ and a pullin’—it is the same
with your business.”
“It was only a glad ‘Good-morn
ing’
As she passed along the way,
But it spread the morning’s glory
Over the live long day.”
L. H. C. Club of
Winston
The Lucy Hanes Chatham Club
celebrated Washington’s Birthday
at their meeting on Monday
night, February 18th, by giving
an interesting and helpful pro
gram on the life of Washington.
The program opened with the
singing of “America”, followed
by the devotional exercises con
ducted by the President, Margaret
Taylor. Glimpse of Washington’s
life at Mt. Vernon was told by
Madie Austin. Washington’s Last
Days was read by Miss Austin.
Very attractive individual pro
grams had been provided for
each member and this helped to
make the program more inter
esting. During the business ses
sion plans were discussed on how
to make money and it was de
cided to finish a quilt that had
been started and to start making
another one and sell the names
to go on it. Plans for the com
ing employee-employer banquet
were also discussed by the com
mittee. The banquet will be held
the latter part of March or the
first of April.
Mrs. C. I. Towers
Mrs. C. I. Towers, age 26, died
in a Kenosha, Wisconsin hospital
as a result of a major operation
recently. She was a former em
ployee of the Elkin Mill. She left
to mourn her loss a husband, Mr.
Chester Tower, two daughters,
Mary Frances and Barbara Ann,
her mother, Mrs. Ida Howell, of
Winston-Salem; six sisters and
one brother: Mrs. C. A. Smith,
Mrs. Lou Strehlow and Henry
Howell, all of Winston-Salem;
Mrs. E. G. Morris, of Greensboro;
Mrs. David Day, Mrs. E. B. Law
rence and Mrs. Jack Freeman, ail
of Elkin.
Mrs. Tower was buried in
Kenasha. Mrs. E. B. Lawrence
and two daughters, of Elkin, at
tended the funeral.
LAUGHTER
Oh, the laughter of the morning,
And the laughter of the noon,
With echoed laughter bubbling
Wide below the mellow moon!
Oh, the laughter of the moun
tains.
And the laughter of the seas,
With mirth of winds and flowers
Calling softly through the
trees!
Oh, world a-thrill with laughter,
In the city and the wild—
Know ye a sweeter laughter
Than the laughter of a child?
—Thomas Moore.
Flapper’s war cry: “Two Arms!
Two Arms! Fall in!”
The average wife is a live wire.
She charges everything.
CUPlPy CORNERif
Hudson-Bell Wedding Solemnized
Sunday
Miss Wilma E. Hudson, daugh
ter of E. B. Hudson and the late
Mrs. Hudson, of Mountain Park
and Fred Gordon Bell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Bell of State Road,
formerly of this city, were quiet
ly married Sunday afternoon at
the home of Rev. J. L. Powers on
Elk Spur street with Rev. Powers
officiating.
Mrs. Bell is a charming and at
tractive young woman. Mr. Bell
is a descendant of two of Elkin’s
pioneer families, being a grandson
of J. F. Cooke and the late J. S.
Bell. They will reside here where
Mr. Bell is employed at Chatham
Manufacturing Company.
Lawson-Finley
Coming as a complete surprise
is the announcement this week
of the marriage of Miss Clara
Lawson, of Winston-Salem to
Mr. Frank Finley, also of Wins-
ton-Salem.
The wedding was solemnized
Saturday evening at the home
of Rev. L. H. Fordson, of the
Pentecostal Holiness church, in
the presence of a few friends of
the young couple. The bride wore
for her nuptials a suit of navy
blue with white accessories.
Mrs. Finley is the daughter of
Mrs. W. M. Lawson and the late
Mr. Lawson, of Buxton Street, and
the groom is the son of Mrs.
Sadie Finley and the late Mr.
Finley, also of Buxton Street. The
young couple will make their
home with the groom’s mother
until early summer.
Mrs. Finley is employed in the
Finishing Room of the Winston
Mill, and has many friends who
will be interested in her happi
ness.
Mr. Finley is employed at the
B. F. Huntley Furniture Co.
ELKIN MILL
POWER PLANT
One year ago the 25th of Feb
ruary, we had a storm. Wires
down all over the country, poles
snapped off to the ground, trees
torn to kindling wood and strip
ped of their branches. One of
the most beautiful and disastrous
ice storms we have ever wit
nessed. Sunday night about 8
o’clock the power in Elkin went
off. At 10 o’clock, two hours la
ter, arrangements were made,
connections were installed, and
our plant was delivering current
to the city.
Monday morning came and
Chatham Manufacturing com
pany of Elkin had the pleasure
of furnishing electricity to the
town of Elkin. The only town in
this section that had electricity
on Monday. Some cities did not
get power until days later. Our
plant was designed so that we
can run without the help of out
side power plants. Thanks to
the designer.
February 25, 1935, a year later.
Nice warm weather outside. Blue
birds singing, buds beginning to
open. Quite a contrast.
Thermometers have been in
stalled in all the principal de
partments throughout the mill.
We tested all these thermometers
against a standard one and they
are accurate within two degrees
at 75F.
If your department is too
warm, you will be helping the
company to save money by noti
fying the power plant, and the
heat will be cut off until it is
needed again. 75 to 78 degrees
is a very satisfactory and com
fortable working temperature in
most cases.
Did you know that on one of
the main floors, say the Weave
Room, for instance, it costs about
$5.00 per hour to run the lights.
This is true in proportion
throughout the mill. When your
department is shut down for the
night or over the week-end, you
will help the company and in so
doing help yourself by turning
out the lights when you leave.
Thanks.
HOT CINDERS
From the Power Plant or Some
thing That Got In Our Eye.
Montgomery Castevens came to
work and forget to bring his sup
per. Montgomery, you shouldn’t
let the pretty signs up at the
show upset you like that. Tut,
tut.
Walt Burgiss and Clyde Hall
wondering what Mr. Benson is
going to say when he hears that
the demand meter has gone up
too high.
Uncle Dave reading the Daily
News through for the third time.
Walt Barnette grumbling be
cause Yorkie rolled in 20 wheel
barrows of coal and only charged
him with 18.
Everett Holbrook up on the
top of an 8 foot cabinet winding
the power plant clock. Still high
er up.
Montgomery out in the coal
yard watching folks pass by.
Roy Chipman trying to outrun
the sound of the 12 o’clock whis
tle home.
Fat Laffoon climbing across
the coal chute singing “Climin’
Up the Golden Stairs.”
Lee Neaves sitting on the front
porch of his “home” down in the
pum room “bugging” his toes.
Walt Burgiss insists that the
power plant reporter reminds him
of a prominent lady news “digger
up” up town.
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