Page Two
THE CHATHAM BLANKETEER
October 10, 1933
The
Chatham Blanketeer
Editor-in-Chief Claudia Austin
Assistant Editor..Charles Calhoun
Business Mgr Robert Harlness
Club Editors iEsWIe
I Versie Whitlock
n, • , ( Juanita Billings
Social Editors< ^
I Gypsy Smitherman
REPORTERS
Spinning & Carding..Pearl Carter
Weaving Tessie Stinson
Spool & Specking..Ora Belle Wood
Shop & Dye House.—Mary Brown
Wool Department Ola Teal
Napping & Wash, Esther Norman
Finishing Dept Frances Hensley
Shipping Dept Vera Briggs
If I Were A Worker
If I were a worker I’d remem
ber that my employer is glad to
pay all he can in wages because
more wag^es mean more purchas
ing power for the goods he
makes. But I would not forget
that the only money my employ
er has to pay wagies is the money
Ire gets for the blankets he sells.
So I would help all I could to
make as much first-quality fab
ric as I could. I would try to
make as much cloth in 40 hours
as in 48 hours because the more
blankets I produce the more
money there is for w^ages. The
more blankets my employer has
to sell the easier it is for him to
employ regularly. So I would do
all I can to increas'e my produc
tion.
I would look at my job just as if
I were in business for myself. If
I owned a farm I would know
that the more cotton and more
vegetables I could raise and sell,
the more money I could make. I
would remember that the same is
true on a job—the more I can
produce the more money I can
make, so I would do as much
work as I could because the more
blankets my mill makes and sells
the more regular my job and my
wages.
If I were a worker, I would
remember that business is a great
game—a game that takes team
work and co-operation. I would
say to myself: here I am on a
team, if I make an error, if I
waste my time or a teammate’y
time, our team is going to lose.
And if any of my teammates
spend so much time “crabbing”
and complaining that he cannot
do a full day’s work we are all
going to lose. So I would dis
courage “grouching.’'
I would remember that the
mill owners the ^ superintendents,
the bosses and all my fellow-
workers ought to get their share
of the value of the blankets the
mill makes and sells—and that
Three Oldest Employees
Pictured above, reading from left to right, are Mr. Dave Wood-
rviff, Mrs. Mandy Burcham and ]>Ir. IMillard Darnell, all employees
of tile Elkin mill. Their combined years of service with the mill
total 124.
Mr. Dave Woodruff has been
with the Company since June,
18 91. He came to work as a
Master Mechanic. At the close of
a three year period he was made
Foreman over the Shop. During
the forty-two years that he as
been employed by the Company
he has lost only one week at a
time from illness.
Mrs. Mandy Burcham (better
known as “Aunt Mandy”) came
to work for the Company when
there were only two blanket
looms in the mill. She learned
to run one of these looms and to
day runs one of the biggest looms
in the mill. Mrs. Burcham came
to work when she was twenty-
two years of age and has been
with the Company for a period
cf forty-three years. She has
never been sick any length of
time during this period. She has
given to the Company two sons.
Mr. Arthur Burcham and Mr. El
Burcham. Mr. El Burcham is
now the foreman of the Weave
Room and his mother works for
him. Both of these men came to
work at the ages of nine and
eleven.
Mr. Millard Darnell has worked
for the Company for 3 9 years
and has been employed by the
Chatham families for 4 3 years.
Mr. Darnell was made foreman
of the Weave Room thirty years
ago. The most time that he has
ever lost from his work was one
month. He has two sons and one
daughter working for the Com-
piny, Noah, Robert and Mrs. El
len Lawrence. Mr. Noah Darnell
is now foreman of the Weave
Room, working on the second
shift.
the best way to make money is
doing good work, not trying to
“chisel” the other fellow out of
his share.
I would not forget that most
of the low wages and unemploy
ment are caused by unsuccessful
mills. And I would do my bit
and more to make my mill suc
cessful so that there would be
fair wages and regular employ
ment for all.
I would never forget that my
w’ages are actually paid by the
people who buy the blankets the
mill makes and sells—and I
would do all I could to make our
quality and prices “right” so
that the public w'ill want all the
goods my mill can make.
And I would do my work so
well that my mill can make all
the goods the public wants.
And finally, I would remember
eveiT minute that no man can get
higher wages very long unless lie
earns them—and I would strive
every day to earn fully every
cent that is paid to me.
If I were a worker, I would
know that even if the law does
promise shorter hours and bet
ter wages, it also makes me res
ponsible for doing as much and
as good work as I know how.
And I’d see how much I could do
toward showing my appreciation
t’or this chance at lasting pros
perity for me and my family.
The Grass On Our
Side Of the Fence
(Continued from Page One)
pride themselves on their clean
liness.
A great many Southern mills,
and an even larger number of
mills in the North, have very
poor lighting systems. The em
ployees are on a constant strain,
and in danger of serious acci
dents, due to insufficient or poor
ly arranged lights. Our employees
have no such reason ^ worry
them. One can judge from ^
glance at the mill from outside
any evening that lights are
abundant and powerful, but upon
inspection of the mill’s interior
we can obtain a much better idea
of our good fortune along this
line. There are no dark stair
ways or elevators, and all ma
chines are flooded by powerful
ceiling lights. Where the worli
is of an especially particular na
ture, an indivdual drop cord and
lamp is used.
The Elkin mill has recently re
ceived the highest rating it is poi:.'i
sible for the state Department of
Labor to bestow upon any indus-i
trial plant, and it is interesting^
to note that the finishing mill in'
Winston-Salem has received u
similar rating. This fact in it!
self should be suffcient to im
press upon us that working con'l
ditions in both our mills are fa?'|
above the average. In making
tour of mills of the state, on^
does not come across those witli
an “A” rating in every town of
community. j
In this connection, we should
also bear in mind that relation,
between employer and employee
that makes this company stand
out above so many others. A
mutual understanding permeates
the entire organization. You caii'j
not see it or touch it with your
hand, but it can be felt upon a
very casual tour of inspection'
and it is something of which we
are all proud. [
As we look about us from the
confines of our own environment
we should not allow the brilliant
green of the grass in our neigh",
bor’s pasture to dull the lustre •
of that beneath our feet. The '
pertinent reasons brought out ii'
this article are intended to brin^
heme to us all once again those ►
things which distinguish our com;
pany from so many on the othef '
side of the fence. 1 "
Thrift
(Continued from Page One)
' I
year. To the ordinary man it ^
only something the wife keep‘
nagging at him to try. This i- g
wrong, it should be duty. j
This past world depressioi'
should have taught us all a goo<J ^
lesson in the use of thrift. IH' ^
stead of being caught napping ^
next time, let us all take this q
a business deal and lay awa)
some profit for the next rain)
day. i gj
RUSSELL HOLT.
^ I M
Cautious Miss: “Are you smi
this coat won’t shrink in tli|
rain?” |
Salesman: “It’s all-wool, lad.'
and did you ever hear of a lani'|
carrying an umbrella?”
w !z: