Chatham
Blanketeer
JUNE 4, 1934
CHATHAM LOSES
PAIR OF GAMES
Team Puts Up Good Fight In
Saturday’s Game But Blows
Up In Second Game
Progress” Is Theme
Of Annual Banquet
ELKIN NINE WINS
WITH HOME RUNS
Defeat Brown And Williamson 5
and 3; Crater Gets Circuit
Clout Off Neal
Playing a two-day engagement
with the strong Craddock Terry
Shoe Company, at Lynchburg, Va..
last Saturday and Sunday, Chat
ham Blanketeers went down to
defeat In the first game 6 to 3
Q'Hd in the second game 7 to 0.
In the Saturday’s game South
ard pitching for the Blanket
Makers, allowed eight hits while
team-mates were pounding
Garbee of Craddock Terry for 11
hits, including a home run by
Southard, with one on, in the last
half of the ninth.
Score by innings; R H E
Chatham . .. 001 000 002—3 11 6
Craddock .... 010 012 002—6 8 1
Southard and Munday, Garbee
and Goff.
Sunday’s Game
The Blanketeers were off-color
|n the Sunday’s engagement mak
ing a total of nine errors in the
same with six of these being made
^n the first two innings that al
lowed five runs to cross the plate.
Bond pitching for Craddock
Terry pitched a nice game hold
ing the Blanket Makers to four
Scattered hits while his mates
Were solving Bumgarner’s offering
With eleven hits.
The Blanketeers possessed with
^ real fighting spirit, was regard
ed by the strong Craddock Terry
team as being the best team that
has played them in a number of
years.
Score by innings: R H E
Chatham .... ODD 000 000—0 4 9
Craddock.. 321 000 100—7 11 3
Full-Time
Athletic Director Now
Announcement is made by the
nianagement, through The Blank
eteer, that Hoyt T. Hambright has
heen appointed director of athle
tics at the Elkin mill, and has al
ready assumed his new duties. The
appointment of Mr. Hambright
comes at.a very opportune time,
as the athletic program is just
beginning to get under way, and
^11 advantage may now be taken
^ the splendid facilities offered
^ the base ball diamond, two
Jolley ball courts, tennis courts,
horse shoe pitching grounds,
^oyt T. Hambright is well
^Continued On Page Four)
The Lucy Hanes Chatham Club
held their annual employer-em-
ployee banquet Thursday night.
May 24th, in the Kiwanis room of
Hotel Elkin. The hall was beau
tifully decorated with spring flow
ers, the color scheme being white
and green. The place of each per
son was designated by a place
card tied to the little favors,
which were dainty hand-made
airplanes made from a stick of
candy, a stick of chewing gum
and two life savers. The pro
grams were aviatrix dressed in
flying togs which were hand-
painted by the girls. The theme
of the program was “Progress”
and the progress of the Club was
shown along with modern inven
tions. The toastmistress for the
occasion was Miss Juanita Bill
ings, president of the L. H. C
Club No. 1.
Three long banquet tables were
used, one being placed across one
end of the dining room with the
other three arranged in T-shape
along the side of the speakers’ ta
ble. The tables were decorated
by the use of red cellophane
streamers down the center of each
table with the small airplanes
flying in formation down the cen
ter. Between each plane was
found a large bowl of white roses
and a tall green taper which add
ed to the attraction of the scene.
At the speakers’ table where were
seated Thurmond Chatham, presi
dent of the company, and other
officials and officers of the club,
one large plane, the cockpit
of which was used as a flower
bowl and on each side was the
three-branched candelabra hold
ing green candles.
The invocation was given by
Rev. J. L. Powers, foreman of the
spinning room, followed by the
address of welcome by Miss Em
ma Burcham, and was responded
to in a pleasing manner by Mr.
Ct C. Poindexter. Mrs. Bessie
Gilliam, president of the L. H. C.
Club No. 2, gave an appropriate
toast to the Club Mother, Mrs.
Thurmond Chatham, to which
Mrs. Chatham responded. Fol
lowing the toasts the club quartet,
composed of Misses Estelle Pow
ers, Myrtle Young, Dorothy Pen-
field and Ruth Reece, sang “An
Old Dutch Mill.” Mrs. Fay Reav
is delighted the audience with
two readings, entitled, “A Mis
take” and “Who Must Rock the
Cradle.”
The surprise feature of the pro
gram and probably the most en
joyed was the radio program giv
en by the club girls. Mrs. Cath
erine Brannon acted as the an
nouncer and spoke from station
L. H. C. broadcasting from the
Hotel Elkin. The program opened
with the theme song, the girls
singing one verse of their club
song, following which Miss Estelle
Powers, first president of the club,
spoke on “What the Club Has
Meant to Me.” To bring out the
Company’s new athletic program
four girls representing the tennis
club and carrying tennis racquets,
did a quaint little dance. Jimmie
Booher, with his guitar and sing
ing an original song about the
Chatham blankets, assisted by
Misses Ola Teal and Pauline Mor
rison (both girls carrying blank
ets), in a little dance, delighted
the audience with music. Six
girls representing the pilots or
boosters of the company and
dressed as aviatrix did a novelty
dance. The high light of the
broadcasting program came when
it was announced that the good
old mountain music which is so
prominent in these parts, would
be played by Jimmy Booher on
his tenor banjo, and that Henry
Dobson would do the Clog dance.
This part of the program was
most enjoyed. The climax came
when Thurmond Chatham, presi
dent of the Company, was intro
duced and spoke on “Progress”.
Mr. Chatham complimented the
girls on their accomplishments
and the company as a whole for
the progress it has made in the
past years. The program came to
a close with the singing of the
theme song.
The music for the occasion was
furnished by Miss Edith Neaves
and the dances were in charge of
Mrs. A. L. Griffeth.
The banquet was entirely an
original idea, all speeches and
songs being original.
Twelve guests from the Wins
ton mill attended and the club
had as their guest Mrs. R. L. Hub
bard, who bound the first blanket
and painted the first picture of
the Chatham Manufacturing
Company. Places were reserved
for eighty-eight people.
Chatham returned to their
home park giving the spectators
a thrill by hammering out three
runs to win from Brown and Wil
liamson, of Winston-Salem, 5-3.
Crater started the game in the
second inning by pounding Neal
for a home run. Whitman scored
in the third on Jessie’s safety for
the Winston-Salem Club and
Bumgarner scored in the last of
the third on errors, giving Chat
ham a one run lead.
Whitman and Jessie scoring off
McCuiston’s two-bagger, gave
Brown and Williamson the lead
in the fifth.
B. Gough came home ahead of
Parker on a home run, which was
followed by Crater’s second trip
for the day, giving Chatham’s
victory.
Score by innings R.
B. & Williamson 001 020 000—3
Chatham Oil 003 OOx—5
Summary — Errors: Clodfelter
Chisholm. Stolen base; Clodfel-
er. Two-base hits; Jessie, McCuis-
ton. Home runs: Crater (2),
Parker. Struck out; by Neal, 9;
Bumgarner, 7; Southard, 2. Hit
by pitched ball: Hambright by
Neal. Bases on balls: Off Bum
garner, 1; Neal, 1; Southard, 1.
Wild pitches; Southard, 2.
Salesmen Attend
Winston Meeting
Mr. T. J. Sheehe, of New York
office, Mr. Jack Clark, of Chi
cago office, Mr. Wyman Poor, of
New Yoz'k office and Mr. Dave
Reid, Jr., of the New Orleans of
fice were among the out-of-town
salesmen who attended the sales
meeting in Winston on Thursday,
May 31st.
Officials Are Off
On Fishing Trip
Mr. A. L. Butler, treasurer of the
Company, Mr. R. W. Harris, Supt.
of the Winston Mill, Mr. Wyman
Poor of the New York Office and
Mr. Poor of Winston, are spend
ing this week at Oracoke,. N. C
on a fishing tour. Recent re
ports are that Mr. Harris has
landed the largest catch.