Chatham
WtNSfON
Blanketeer
Vol. 3
OCTOBER 15, 1935
No. 7
tom PARKER DIES
THURSDAY, OCT. 3
Popular Member of Baseball Team
Passes After Illness of
Pneumonia
John Thomas Parker, 30, died
Thursday morning, October 3rd,
9 o’clock in the Hugh Chat
ham Memorial hospital at Elkin,
following a five weeks’ illness
fj^om pneumonia and serious com
plications. His condition had
been hopeless for more than two
^veeks. Nine blood transfusions
^ere administered after his con
dition became grave.
The deceased was a native of
Iredell county, a son of Mr. and
Alvin Parker of Cycle. He
had been an employee of Chat
ham Manufacturing company for
^jfteen years, working both in El-
and Winston plants. He was
^ Valuable employee of the Weav-
department, being a very cap
able loom fixer. His passing was
^ shock to his many friends, even
though it had been expected for
Sometime. Though Tom has
Passed on, his influence will re
gain for some time to come. He
^as a valuable member of the
Chatham Blanketeer baseba|l
team, and was one of thetoldesl
ball players for the company,
having been on the first team or
ganized by the company.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Virginia Chapman Parker; four
children, Jimmy, Rowena, Thom
as, Jr., and Sarah Parker; his
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
barker, of Cycle; three sisters,
^s. Hugh Templeton, Union
Grove; Mrs. J. B. Gentry, Win
ston-Salem, and Miss Lucile
Parker of Cycle.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning at 11 o’clock from
East Elkin Baptist church in
charge of Rev. E. W. Fox, Rev. G.
A. Casstevens, Rev. J. L. Powers,
^rid Rev. J. T. Murray, the^ latter
Winston-Salem. Interment
''^as in the family plot in Holly
wood cemetery.
Active pallbearers wree: Char
ge Gough, Grady Day, Herman
^ay, Guy Clodfelter, Don Camp
bell, Henry Dobson, W. E. Bur
nham and G. A. Hall. Honorary
Pallbearers were other members
of the Chatham Blanketeers.
A beautiful and profuse floral
tribute was testimony of the es
teem in which the deceased was
held.
No wonder a hen gets discour
aged at times. She can never
ind things just where she laid
them.
Scenes As Chatham Won Championship
Above are pictured three scenes from the final game of the
«P5,son in which the Blanketeers won the semi-pro championship of
North and South Carolina from Buffalo, S. C., here September 24. by
f 2 0 Top is view of scorc bo3^rd ended. Center
l^s'view of 'crowd which packed the srandstand, and inset shows
in Campbell, Blanketeer ace hurler, who held the visitors to only
one hit.
Chatham Wins Trophy
By Defeat of Buffalo
From Charlotte Observer Semi-Pro Tournament
Campions of North and South Carolina; Campbell
Star of Final Game, Allowing Only One Hit.
The Chatham Blanketeers
brought a brilliant reason to a
bprp Tuesday, Septemoei
24th by defeating Buffalo, S. C.,
i«n, Dy q„™i_pro champion-
‘LTf S^.'t?and south Carolina.
® Sifgame was the fourth of a
-"%rtrf?rsrr4.d“a^^
fourth games while Buffalo “P"
day’s score was 2 to 0.
Much of the credit goes to Don
Campbell, -e Pitc^ 0, he
Blanketeers, ""Sn/ this
ir — oVref .ut
^atef ‘ cSbell pitched
team matet>. pareer His
Tf" season Sudes 30
S and 5 lost. Scouts have
rated him as the best pitcher in
the Carolinas.
In Tuesday’s game Robbins led
the hitting with a double and
single while Fowler got the only
hit for Buffalo. Chatham scored
in the first inning on Robbins’
double. Walks to Fred Ham-
bright, Weston and Mackie to fill
the bases, then Robbins scored on
Clodfelter’s long fly to left field.
The Blanketeers scored the other
run in the second inning on Hoyt
Hambright’s single and Camp
bell’s long double.
Sam Fowler pitched a good
game for Buffalo holding the
hard hitting Blanketeers to only
five hits.
Awarding The Charlotte Ob
server trophy to the Blanketeer
(Continued'on Page Two)
STANDARDS OF
LIVING HIGHER
America, With Only 6 Per Cent of
World’s Land Area, Has Best
Social Order
What are the measuring sticks
by which we can make an hon
est appraisal of the American
standard of living and the distri
bution of wealth.
The United States has only 6
per cent of the land area of the
world, and 7 per cent of the
world’s population. But its per
centage in the worldly goods, its
enjoyment of comforts and its
usage of new inventions and
achievements is greater than in
any other country.
This country has 32 per cent of
the railroads, 58 per cent of the
telephones and telegraph facili
ties, 36 per cent of its developed
water power, 76 per cent of the
automobiles, 33 per cent of the
radio broadcasting stations and
44 per cent of the radio receiv
ing sets.
Our standard of living is so
much higher than in foreign
countries that we consume one-
half of the world’s coffee; one-
half of its rubber; one-half of its
sugar; three-fourths of its silk;
one-third of its coal and two-
thirds of its petroleum.
Our educational system and our
schools, which assure everyone
a free education, are the envy of
the world. In 1933, a depression
year, there was spent in the Uni
ted States more than three bil
lion dollars for education, and
that was more .than the amount
expended for education by all of
the other countries in the world.
The United States is the only
country in the world to put one
out of every five children through
high schools, and one out of ev
ery 116 through college.
(Continued On Page Two)
Great Messages By
American Patriots
“Property is the fruit of labor;
property is desirable, it is a posi
tive good in the world. That some
should be rich, shows that others
may become rich, and hence is
just encouragement to indepen
dence and enterprise. Let not him
who is houseless pull down the
house of another, but let him la
bor diligently and build one for
himself, thus by example assuring
that his own shall be safe from
violence when built.”—Abraham
Lincoln.