The Chatham
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Blanketeer
Vol. 1
JULY 1st, 1933
No. 1
A WORD FROM
OUR PRESIDENT
(liatham Explains the
i*lans For Textile Industry Un-
Government Supervision
I am particularly pleased with
the idea of the “Chatham Blank
eteer.” It will not only give us
a better picture, of what our
yO^ipany and our people are do
ing, but it will give us a chance
to understand a liitle better some
of our problems. I hope that
everyone connected with this
Company will take an interest in
our newspaper and do everything
possible to help the Editor and
Assistant Editors make it more
attractive and useful.
This first issue comes at a very
important point in the career of
all of us. We seem to be coming
out of a very bad depression. We
have had a lot of bad days and I
venture to guess that there is
hardly one of us who has not had
worry or trouble and trials that
at times have seemed almost be
yond bearing. In any event,
there is a new spirit abroad and
it we nave not begun to share in
better times, we at least feel that
better days are on the way. It is
some comfort to know that we
still have a going business and
that our reputation for good
blankets is still fairly well spread
over the entire country. We have
made a lot of blankets when
other mills have, in some cases,
been shut down entirely. I at
tribute this to the fact that we
have put out good blankets and
that they have been just a little
better than those made else
where. Let’s keep on improving
our product and some day we
may grow on as we have in the
past. It’s just the same as any
other game—get a little better
team and you win more than you
lose.
We are about to go into a new
^'hd untried field—almost com
plete government supervision. I
happy to try it, because I feel
that We have a President in
Washington who is thinking and
forking for us and not for polit
ical or personal gain. But it is
Soing to affect everyone of us
^nd change a lot of things we
It® doing.
I,. ®thing yet is settled, but I be
lieve
everyone of us will be in-
j fu the prospects. This
for ^ough outline of the plan
the textile industry;
^ We will work individually
rpj than 4 0 hours per week,
be to these hours will
n^erq overseers, engi-
Of fw’ '^^I’snien and sub-foremen.
other
2 __^^®Ptions may be granted.
Di-obablv wage will
same effectr at the
ne as the restricted laws
S rfwV s
THURMOND CHATHAM
CLUB MEETS AT
ELKIN THURSDAY
Annual Banquet of Lucy Hanes
Chatham Club Held At Hotel
Elkin; InterestiJig Program
of labor. Recommendations have
been made that this wage be
$10.00 per week in the South
and $11.00 per week in the
North. This difference is due to
the variance in the cost of living.
Exceptions to the minimum wage
will tie learners for a period of
six weeks, cleaners and ovitside
help. If the minimum wage is
too low, conditions may not im
prove, because the object is to in
crease purchasing power If the
minimum be too high, skilled la
bor may suffer and be paid less
in order to make up for the high
er wages paid unskilled labor.
3 —Restriction of shifts. It is
now recommended that two shifts
of forty hours be the maximum
allowed. I believe
be made in the case of seasonal
goodst like blankets, where prac-
tSlly the entire year’s pi'oduc-
„n is sow at retail in the fall
months. We may be allowed
three shifts for certain periods
and then cut down to one shift in
dull months of the year.
The above plans are only ten
tative and are subject to many
changes. It is going to require
much patience on the part of all
of us while changes are being
made. I really believe that the
skilled, energetic worker will in
time profit by the new rules and
that slipshod average workers
will be penalized. If we are
forced to severely curtail produc
tion, we will do like everyone
would want us to do—keep the
best men and women.
If the price of our goods is
raised too much by these regula
tions, our sales will suffer. If
we can put the change into effect
and keep our blankets in a fair
price bracket, we should all bene
fit, I ask your full co-operation.
The annual banquet of the L.
H. C. Club was held Thursday
evening, June 22nd, in the ban
quet hall of Hotel Elkin.
The hall was elaborately de
corated with pink and green, the
club colors. Roses and gladiolas
were used in profusion through
out the decoration. Varied place
cards with the Company trade
mark on them, marked the places
of the sixty guests. Programs
were made into booklet form and
fastened together with a tiny rose
bud, the Club flower.
Invocation by Rev. L. B. Aber-
nethy was followed with music by
Miss Edith Neaves. Miss Juanita
Billings gave the welcome ad
dress, to which Mr. Avery Neaves,
Superintendent of the Company,
responded. A piano solo, “Trees”,
by Miss Edith Neaves was greatly
enjoyed.
Miss Ruth Carter, vice-presi
dent of tile Club, gave a LuasL to
the Winston Club, which was res
ponded to by Miss Prances Hens
ley, of Winston.
After the four-course dinner
was served the guests were shown
a glimpse of one of the Thursday
night Club meetings. The meet
ing came to order by the singing
of the Club song, after which
Misses Collie Myers and Preida
Brown had charge of the devo-
tionals. A report of the whole
year’s work was given by Miss
Dorothy Penfield, secretary of
the Club.
A humorous reading, “Our
Hired Girl”, by Miss Pearl Carter,
was greatly enjoyed. This was
followed by two musical numbers,
“Moonlight and Roses” and
“Bells of St. Mary’s”, by the Club
quartet.
The next and perhaps the most
interesting part of the program
(Continued On Page Pour)
There will necessarily be rough
places to smooth out.
If you see something wrong, be
free to tell us about it. Every
person in our organization should
welcome suggestions. I am al
ways happy to get them with one
exception. I sometimes get let
ters without signatures; these
should have no attention, because
if a person is unwilling to sign
his name, I am unwilling to con
sider the question involved.
I feel that we are in for better
days. We need not expect mira
cles, but constant, honest effort
is always triumphant.
Thurmond Chatham.
June 22nd, 1933.