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THE CHATHAM BLANKETEER
May 21, 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 Plynt
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 Masten
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
DISCUSSES LAWNS
AND POISON IVY
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on to produce a clean, healthy
crop of grass that will stand
mowing several times, a lot of
tramping over, hundreds of
worms and pests burrowing into
it, and the worst enemy to a
lawn, dry hot weather.
At this time the grass should
be fed. Certainly we cannot ex
pect a lawn to continually pro
duce a crop of fine grass with
out food. There are a number
of preparations on the market
under an assortment of names,
which are fine for lawns. There
are two thing that a lawn must
have—and they are food and wa
ter. _
As for food for an established
lawn. Nitrogen is one of the most
important elements. This can be
applied as Nitrate of Soda, but
should only be applied on the ad
vice of one who knows how to
handle it. The best all-round
food for lawns will be found in a
commercial fertilizer of a 10-6-4
formula. Here we have 10 per
cent Nitrogen, 6 per cent Phos
phate and 4 per cent Potash. This
should be applied to the lawn af
ter a mowing if the grass is very
tall, or applied directly on the
grass and raked with a broom
rake or brush until all of the fer
tilizer has been shaken down to
the ground and then watered
thoroughly. If you have a large
area to cover it can be gone over
a section at a time and watered
down, or feed the whole lawn and
rake just before a rain.
This food should be applied at
the rate of ten pounds to the
1000 square feet. Another appli
cation should be given in June
and another in August. Use dry
and broadcast directly onto the
lawn.
Watering Lawns
The best way to water a lawn is
—DON’T WATER IT—unless you
can soak it to a depth of five or
six inches. Dig down and see that
you are getting it wet that deep
or you will do the lawn a favor
by not watering it at all. Why?
It is this way; the roots of grass
will invariably grow towards their
food supply. The food they take
in must be dissolved. So, if you
just sprinkle a little water on the
top of the ground you are train
ing the roots to grow UP to the
top of the ground instead of
DOWN where all the food has
been carried during heavy rains
and long wet spells. Grass train
ed this way will perish in dry
weather unless you water con
tinually, and that is out of the
question. Water costs money.
Again, DON’T WATER unless you
can soak and soak deep.
Mowing Lawns
Anybody knows that the way
to mow a lawn is to push a lawn
mower across it. That is true.
But there is more than one way
to push a lawn mower. A lawn
must have HUMUS, that is, rot
ted vegetable matter. Nature
itself, in the wild grass friends,
takes care of that, and the near
est we can approach the nature
of wild grass growing, the bet
ter it will be for our grass.
Wild grass, or any grass, if left
alone, will grow, die down, and in
so doing, provide a thick carpet
of dead and rotted grass over the
ground through which the new
grass can grow and thrive, be
cause this blanket holds the mois
ture in the earth, and the
continual rotting of the dead
grass sends a supply of natural
plant food down to the roots with
every rain.
Now, the best we can do and
still have a lawn that is good to
look at, at the same time doing all
it can for itself, is to mow our
grass oftener, set your mower so
that it will cut the grass higher
and not “skin” your lawn. Mow
north and south one mowing and
rake the lawn with a brush or
broom rake east and west, raking
the short clippings down around
the roots of the grass. Next time
mow east and west and rake
north and south. Never sweep
and rake the clippings off, for
there goes the food that the grass
is crying for.
The above proceedure will feed
the grass on your lawn and starve
the weeds. Weeds and grass do
not thrive on the same .diet. Any
soil that is loose, and workable,
sliffhtly acid and kept that way
can be made to produce fine grass
and not weeds. Never put lime
on your lawn unless you are sure
that the soil is too sour, and that
soil does not exist in many places
in this territory.
Summing it all up it reads like
this; Allow the lawn to make use
of the food it prepares for itself,
and some to make up for what it
lacks in doing this; look out for
this watering business and mow
correctly. If weeds get in, or are
already in your lawn, pull them
up by the loots when the ground
is wet.
Manures of all kinds common
to this country are generally un-
suited for use on lawns. Their
value is questioned, and the fact
that they carry weeds is one not
to be overlooked.
If you do not have a lawn and
jou are going to build one, this
will be well to remember and put
into effect. This will also apply
to rebuilding a lawn which has
been allowed to run out.
Start now by plowing up the
old lawn or the plot for the new
one. Keep it free from weeds for
the whole season, it is best to
cultivate it or sow a cover crop
that will choke out weeds and
grass. I cannot advise the use of
manure, that is, stable manure,
prepared manures are fine. They
are weed seed free and contain
no harmful grass seed. Fall is
the best time to seed a lawn.
There will be an article on seed
ing lawns and the preparation of
the seed bed in late summer.
Next issue we will try our hand
on garden insects and pests. Also
how to control them.
^OCiETY.
Talley-Layell
Mrs. Fannie Talley announces
the marriage of her daughter,
Fannie, to Mr. Carlisle Layell, of
Elkin, on April 20, 1935, Hills-
ville, Virginia. The wedding was
solemnized in the presence of
a few close friends.
Mrs. Layell is the daughter of
Mrs. Fannie Talley and the late
Mr. Jim Talley, of Elkin, and is
employed in the Spooling depart
ment of the Elkin mill.
Mr. Layell is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Layell, also of Elk
in and is employed in the Spool
ing department.
Lucy Hanes Chatham Club Holds
Annual Employer-Employee
Banquet
The Employer-Employee Ban
quet for the Chatham Manufac
turing company, of Winston, was
held Thursday night, April 18th,
at the Reynolds Cafeteria. This
annual affair is sponsored by the
I'Ucy Hanes Chatham Club.
The dining room was very at
tractively decorated. The tables
were placed in a U-shape, with
lovely bowls of snapdragon, roses
and spirea interspersed with pas
tel shades of candles. The cen
ter piece was an exquisite bowl
of American beauty roses resting
on a mirror with two tall candela-
bras on either side. The pastel
.shades of crepe paper ribbons in
tertwined from light to light and
balloons hanging from the ceil
ing made a very attractive setting
for the occasion. Tall floor
baskets filled with iris, roses and
spirea were used about the room.
Attractive favors made in the
shape of a gold pot filled with
gum drops, with a tiny rainbow
extending out of the cup, marked
the places of the guests. The
programs were dainty folders,
made of pastel shades, with hand-
painted gold letters.
The toastmistress, Mrs. Mar
garet Taylor, graciously presided.
The invocation was offered by
Rev. G. Ray Jordan. The address
of welcome was made by Mrs.
Addie Pope, to which Mr. Chat
ham, president of the company,
responded. A toast to Mrs. Chat
ham was given by Miss Vera
Austin, to which Mrs. Chatham
responded in a very gracious
n)anner. The toast to the offi
cials and visitors was given by
Miss Linda Fishel, and Mr. A. L.
Butler, secretary-treasurer of the
company, responded.
A duet, “Hands Across the Ta
ble”, was sung by Misses Versio,
Whitlock and Hallie Ball. Mrs.
Crystal Bell gave an historic
fiketch of the club since its or
ganization five years ago. A solo
by John Lowery, accompanied by
B. C. Dunford, Jr., was rendered.
Little Sara Ann Slawter did a
number, “The French Doll”. She
was accorhpanied by Mrs. Aubrey
LeGrand. The high light of the
program was the introduction of
Prank Lane, noted magician, who
gave an hour of entertainment of
magic tricks and music.
At the conclusion of the pro
gram dancing was enjoyed from
10 til 1 o’clock. Music was fur
nished by the Southern synco-
paters.
The receiving committee was
composed of Misses Vera Austin.
Linda Fishel, Earline Mayberry
and Margaret Taylor.
Committee on Decoration in
cluded Misses Elizabeth Flynt.
Madie Austin, Claudia Austin and
Lillian Myers.
Approximately one hundred and
twenty-five were present.
Among those attending fron^
Elkin were the following club
members: Leona Darnell, Roette
Cockerham, Pauline Masten, Es
telle Powers, Pauline Morrison.
Mary Etta Laffoon, Mrs. Kathryn
Brannon and Mrs. Collie Young-
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robal^
Durham, of Winston-Salem, ^
daughter, Mary Ann, April
1935.
Mrs. Mack: “I’m bothered wit^^
a little wart that I’d like to have
removed.”
Dr. Jones: “The divorce lawy^^
is three doors to the right,”