Chath am Blanketeer
Vol. 6 ELKIN, N. C., MAY 13, 1940 No. 11
State Collegre Students Make Inspection of Plant
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Pictured above are 75 members of the State College Plant Textile School who visited the Chatham Plant on May 2nd, making a
complete tour of inspection. The boys’ club officers and members served as guides on the trip through the plant.
State College Textile
Students Visit Plant
Tour of Entire Plant Is Made 75 Members of Textile
School; Are Entertained At Clubhouse bj" Thurmond
Chatham Unity Club; Are Invited To Make
Visit To Mill An Annual Event
SUBSCRIPTION
CONTEST ENDS
Boys Are Winners Over Girls By
Close Margin; Campaign Is
Considered Big Success
The contest for new subscrip
tions for the Blanketeer, conduct
ed by the Lucy Hanes Chatham
clubs and the Thurmond Chat
ham Unity club, closed April 27,
with the boys’ club winning by a
close margin. The staff is pleas
ed with the success of the cam
paign. There is practically one
hundred per cent, of the em
ployees subscribing to the paper.
(If you have not subscribed, then
turn your subscription in to the
reporter of your department.)
The following will be reporters
for the coming year:
Leonard Shepherd, Circulation
Manager, Woolen r>spt.; Weaving,
Red Eller, Lois Couch, Bill Par-
due; Warp, Pauline Pardue, Etta
Mathis, Reba Bauguess; Wool,
Beach Bell, Russell Burcham,
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Seventy-five .seniors in the Tex
tile school of North Carolina
State College, accompanied by
Professors T. R. Hart and A. H.
Grimshaw, spent Thursday, May
2, visiting the entire Chatham
plant. Immediately upon arrival
the group was taken to the club
house where they were entertained
by the T. C. U. Club.
Later the group was divided
into smaller groups of seven or
eight and each group was taken
through the manufacturing plant.
The boys’ club officers and mem
bers ierved as guides for the in
terested students.
During tlie noon hour the stu
dents were the luncheon guests of
Mr. Thurmond Chatham, at Ho
tel Elkin. At this time the guests
were welcomed by various execu
tives of the company and were
given an invitation to make their
visit here an annual affair.
Following the luncheon the
students were shown through the
finishing plant and the scouring
and carbonizing plant.
Each year the seniors of the
Textile School make an inspec
tion tour of the prominent mills
in the South. Previous to coming
here the students had visited the
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STAGE BANQUET
AT HOTEL ELKIN
Members of Blanketeer Staff
Gather In Honor of New
Reporters Added To Staff
Members of the Chatham
Blanketeer staff enjoyed a ban
quet at the Hotel Elkin Tuesday
evening, April 30. The dinner
was given in honor of the new re
porters who have recently been
added to the staff. Miss Claudia
Austin, editor of the Blanketeer,
acted as toastmistress. Forty per
sons were present.
Interesting and constructive
talks were made by C. C. Poin
dexter, C. J. Hyslup, Walter Bur-
giss, Russell Burcham and others.
The object of the meeting was a
bigger and better publication.
Miss Austin stated that everyone
was pleased with the progress of
the paper since its organization
in 1933. Each member of the
staff was introduced.
Mr. H. F. Laffoon, editor of the
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