Chatham Blanketeer
JUNE 21, 1935
“Over The Bounding Main”
Although the waves of the Yadkin river, where the picture above
was taken, may not be so bounding, Walt Burgiss and Jake Brown,
builders of the boat above which they christened “Chatham Home-
spun,” are planning to take it to the beach this summer to aid in
advertising Chatham products. They’ll find plenty of bounding
waves' there. Jake, by the way, is the guy in the boat.
Tells How Employees
Can Help Advertise
Dobson Winds Up Stay At Raleigh By Seeing Many Mem
bers of Legislature Wearing Chatham Homespun Suits
Vol. 2
BLANKETEERS
BEAT LYNCHBURG
Take First Game at Lynchburg
By One Run Margin and Come
Back to Win 13-2 In Second
Meeting the touted Shoemen of
Craddock-Terry on their home
field at Lynchburg Saturday and
Sunday, the Chatham Blanketeers
lifted their first scalp of the se
ries to win 7-6 in the first game
and came back Sunday to com
pletely rout their opponents 13 to
2.
In Saturday’s game a six run
outburst in the eighth gave the
Blanketeers their victory in a
game marked by the exceptional
defensive play of the Lynchburg
team. Corky Cornelius, with a
circuit blow, claimed a large share
of the glory by scoring the tieing
and winning runs.
Stockton started for Chatham
and although not hit hard he let
the Shoemen run wild about the
bases, six stolen bags being at
tributed directly to him, all lead
ing to scores. He did not come
out for the fifth and Campbell
took over the mound, yielding on-
y two hits in five innings, and top
ping off his performance by retir
ing the side in the last two in
nings.
Weston led for Chatham at bat
with three singles, but Cornelius
was the most troublesome player
to retire. The former Duke ace
went to bat five times, slammed
out a homer, walked three times
3^nd reached first base on an error.
Bond, for Lynchburg, pounded out
a double and a single to lead his
niates with the stick.
Sunday Chatham took the field
to give the Shoemen their worst
defeat in the history of the club.
Two Lynchburg pitchers, Mosby
and Gar bee, were unable to hold
Chatham in check and they were
further handicapped by sloppy
fielding on the part of their
mates.
Chatham slammed up seven
niarkers in the second inning, at
the same time slamming Mosby
off the mound with only one man
retired. Garbee, coming in to
halt the parade across home plate
did fairly well until the sixth
when Chatham put together some
long hits, which, coupled with
some costly misplays, netted them
four more runs.
Southard, on the mound for
Chatham, was complete master
of the Shoemen and but for two
errors at short, would have had
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I wonder how many of us who
are employed in the actual man
ufacture of the many Chatham
products ever stopped to think
how far reaching our service
might be in the departments of
Company, other than that in
which we are actually employed.
We are all proud of our mill
and I have observed that we al
most always make it a point to
show it to our out of town
guests. This is very fine. I have
tny first one to see who was not
favorably impressed. This is not
only a good way to entertam but
a fine advertisement for the
Company. It leaves an everlast
ing impression of Chatham
Blankets, Chatham Homespun or
any other Chatham product.
There are a great many ways we
can help advertise and sell Chat
ham products. As an illi|stration
I will relate a recent experience.
Soon after going to Raleigh as
a member of the 1935 General
Assembly, I made it a point to
see to it that the President of the
Senate and the Speaker of the
House were wearing Chatham
Homespuri suits. These suits were
made to order and I have never
sesn more perfect fits. They
took a great deal of pride in
showing them to other members
of the Assembly, invariably fin
ishing up by saying: “It’s a Chat
ham Homespun and can be
bought locally from Noel Clothing
Co., for $29.50.” This seemed to
start the ball rolling and mem
bers started buying our suits un
til I will venture to say that by
the end of the four months that
we were there at least one-third
of the members were wearing
a Chatham Homespun suit. I
would always notice for new
suits and would then approach
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No. 24
INSECT CONTROL
VERY IMPORTANT
Burgiss Tells How to Curb Pests
and to Fight Garden Diseases
In This Article
(Coritinued Prom Last Issue)
The Poison to Use
For the chewing insects on
plants and flowers, and on vege
tables that are not to be eaten
with the spray on them, we would
recommend a spray that carries
arsenate of lead as the “stomach
poison”. For plants such as beans
and the control of the Mexican
bean beetle, we have successfully
used magnesium arsenate.
Use this poison as a spray and
cover the foliage of the plants
thoroughly, both underneath and
on top. Use as per the direc
tions on the package in which the
Doison is packed. Do not try to
use a smaller amount than the
directions call for, as you are lia
ble to get a spray that will be
ineffective. Arsenate of lead can
be used for the same purpose as
magnesium arsenate, but must
never be used on fruits that are
to; be eaten. A good “stomach
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Mr. Chatham Urges
Importance of Levy
Below is a letter written by Mr.
Thurmond Chatham, president of
the Chatham Manufacturing Co.,
and appearing in the Winston-
Salem paper last week in regard
to the supporting of the school
supplement of Winston-Salem;
Mr. Agnew Bahnson, Chairman,
Citizens’ Committee for School
Supplement,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Dear Agnew:
It is gratifying to see that a
citizens’ committee has been
formed to work with the schoool
supplement election. There is no
question but what our schools are
deteriorating for lack of funds
and it is not fair to our children
or teachers to permit this condi
tion to continue.
All of our property values and
the future development of Wins
ton-Salem is uncertain unless we
have a good school system.
You can count on my full co
operation. Don’t hesitate to call
on me for any service I can ren
der.
Wishing you much success, I
remain.
Sincerely yours,
Thurmond Chatham