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Chath am WlHStOfI Blanketeer Vol. 3 OCTOBER 13, 1936 No. 24 president tells OP VACATION TRIP 3.nd Family Make Ocean Cruise From New York To California, via Panama arly in June, in company with Yn I sailed from New ofK, via Panama Canal, for Cal- It was a fifteen day York to Los An- wpr^ ®^^oute, the first stops hi a two ports in Colom- o X, niost northerly country of rin ^ A^^erica. Next, part of a thJ spent at the east end of TOPct ^ whole day at the im fv, ®^trance—Balboa. Coming Am • coast of Central America we were ashore at Punta P Costa Rica, San Salvador, Mexict^^^^ City and Mazatlon, flight on the ship, erpp °®^time came, I noticed the tho ^ circle on the blanket with “^RACE” in large block rs. These were the blankets the several years ago for Lin steamers of the Grace new looked as good as tv,’^ told by the Purser hniic. who is really the ship’s housekeeper---that they had given thPT V, than any blankets w fi V. ^sed. A lot of you 200CW^6T^^^ them—our number ®^J^ta Paula is a beautiful decks rooms and broad dnnvc" ^ swimming pool, out- ponm ^ the most popular spot on board. While in tropics we were ine ft, before breakfast, dur- forp usually just be- e going to bed. Can of Canal and the by our Gov- trv Tf ^ credit to our coun it TT you proud to see and '"^^ywhere else is dirt, filth poverty. The Qf J.V house in the worst section than^+u ^^^ cities is better and n average house in South vnii America. Everywhere in sc® large families liv- fp« one-room affairs—a framework and cov- leav’ roof, with palm Cooking, eating and sleep- . same room. Outside an. ^ I don’t believe we saw piolf below seven or rinfv,- old with a rag of da^ naked as the thf ^orn. Hoards of ’^P ^o you and beg for money wherever you go. oni from the seacoast, the ^^^^Portation generally is by up tropical rivers. The roads Mr. Chatham Has One Swell Time usually are trails—impossible for any traffic except huge two wheeled carts pulled by oxen or often only wide enough for the tiny donkeys that you see every where. These are loaded with huge packs and the natives walk before and behind them, often carrying loads almost as big as the animals bear. The people are a mixture of Spanish, Mexican and Indian. Mostly very small and at thirty they look like sixty. I could never believe, unless I had seen it, that so much of the world lives under such conditions. The Canal Zone is clean, well kept and is a spot of order in a world of disorder. Soldiers and sailors everywhere, and the Canal itself a marvel of engineering. Our ship was pulled through by electric engines in about five hours. California was a beauty spot and it was a comfort to be back in the U. S. A. I called on our customers in all the principal west coast cities of California, Oregon and Washington. Although it was my first visit I found many friends, some of whom I often see on their trips to New York and others who have been at the mill. I spent a morning in going through the Portland Woolen Mills at Portland, Oregon. They have about twenty sets of woolen cards, m.ostly 48 inch with small ring doffers. Their mules and looms are old but they are turn ing out nice blankets, usually four pound single, solid colors. They have an economical oper ation and have given our goods hard competition on the coast. —Cruising from New York to California by way of the Panama Canal, Mr. Thurmond Chatham, our president, had an excellent time with both rod and camera. Accompanied by his family, Mr. Chatham visited several Latin countries en route. The top pho tograph shows a street scene in Baranquilla, Col., S, A., while the lower photo shows Mr. Chatham with a prize catch that “didn’t get away.” The fish weighed 20 and 30 pounds, respectively. The mills are by the side of the Williamette River and next door is a very large saw mill. Portland pipes sawdust to their power house and uses it for fuel to generate electricity. Of course (Continued lon. page eight) ARE TO CONDUCT EMPLOYE SCHOOL Classes To Be Held During Fall and Winter Twice Each Week; To Offer 10-Week Courses The Chatham Manufacturing Company will conduct a school this fall and winter, for the em ployees of the Elkin plant. These courses, as before, are to be under the supervision of the North Car olina Department of Industrial Education. The classes will meet twice each week and each course will continue for ten weeks. The instructors in this work are to be either foremen or others who really know the subject they are teaching. No one who takes these courses need feel that they do not have instructors as good as can be found anywhere. These instructors are all your friends and will be glad to help you with any problem at any time. If enough employees are inter ested in each subject, the follow ing courses are to be offered: Arithmetic: A course in simple arithmetic operations vitally im portant to all persons who wish to take any other course and do not know arithmetic. Carding: A course in card room mechanics and card room calcu lations that will be of value to any employee of the company. Spinning: A course in mule and ring spinning as well as change and draft calculations that all should know. Wool scouring and carbonizing will start Monday, October 12th. The other courses will be started in a few days. Ask your foreman for starting times and meeting places. The class in wool scouring carbonizing will meet at the old mill Monday October I2th, at 1:30 or 3:30 P. M. The class in arithmetic will meet Monday, October 12th, at 1:30 or 3:30 P. M., in the fore man’s room in the card room. Persons who work on afternoon shifts come at 1:30 P. M. Persons who work on last shift come at either time. Loom Fixing: A course in ac tual loom fixing, taught on the loom and not from a book, that will be of great help to all who take it. No one could ask for a better outlay of courses than these the Chatham Manufacturing Com pany is offering absolutely free to each employee of the company. All these courses will cost anyone (Continued on piige cighl,)
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