Chatham
WIKSTON
Blanketeer
Vol. 3
NOVEMBER 8, 1935
No. 8
OLD AND NEW
STAFFS FETED
Reporters For Blanketeer Enter
tained At Delicious Dinner
By the Company
On Monday night, November
5. the members of the old staff
of The Blanketeer and the new
reporters for 1936 were enter
tained at a delicious dinner given
by the company at the Reynolds
Grill.
The tables had been attractive
ly arranged with beautiful bowls
of fall flowers and tall yellow
candles were placed on the table
to furnish the light for the occa
sion. Dainty hand-made place
cards marked the places of the
guests.
The banquet has become an an-
iiual affair, thus enabling the
^ew members of the staff to learn
just what their duties will be. A
report of the past year’s work was
read by the Editor, Miss Claudia
Austin, following which plans
Were discussed for the coming
year. Criticisms were heard and
suggestions were made for the
^tterment of the paper for the
coming year. A. L. Butler offered
some very helpful suggestions for
improvement of the paper. Plans
Were made to publish a special
edition November 22.
Reporters for the coming year
are as follows: Edtor, Claudia
Austin; assistant editors, Russell
Plaster and H. T. Hambright;
Weaving, Violet Par due. Hazel
M:adison; Spiiming and Carding,
Emma Hudspeth, Juanita Bill-
ihgs; Spooling and Burling, Mary
Etta Laffoon; Wool, Roette Cock-
erham; Shop, Dye and Power
J^lant, Walter Burgiss; Old Mill,
Sherman Newman; Elkin Office,
Marjorie Greenwood; Napping
and Washing, Esther Boone, J.
E. Putrell; Finishing, Hixie Ashe;
Shipping, Crystal Bell; Office,
Eleanor Taylor; Club Reporters,
Leona Darnell, Bessie Gilliam and
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To Present Players
With Gold Baseballs
Mr. Thurmond Chatham, presi
dent of the Chatham Manufac
turing company, will present the
members of the Carolinas Semi-
Pro Championship Baseball Club,
the Chatham Blanketeers, with
mdividual miniature gold base
balls for the fine sportsmanship
jiisplayed in winning the Char
lotte Observer Semi-Pro Cham
pionship.
Chatham Baseball Club
Given Victory Banquet
Blanketeers Are Honored As Semi-Pro Champions of North
and South Carolina; Sport Writers Make Talks
Having gobbled up baseball
games last summer from the best
diamond talent in North Carolina
and South Carolina, the players
on the Chatham Blanketeers
Monday night ate their way thru
a four-course banquet in Hotel
Elkin here, to bring the baseball
season to a close officially.
Not in the beaseball history of
Elkin has a Chatham team done
itself as proud as did the 1935
Blanketeers under the direction
of Hoyt Hambright, baseball
coach and director of athletics
here. The Blanketeers won over
some of the leading semi-profes
sional and college teams m this
state and topped off their season
by winning the semi-professional
tournament of the two Carolinas.
Monday night, in the presence
of some 50-odd guests, the team
was presented the trophy it re
ceived for capturing the tourna
ment. The presentation was made,
but there was no trophy, as it had
been sent back to the sporting
goods house to be replaced by an
other with a special design. How-
Loom Fixers Are
Guests At Dinner
Messrs. El Burcham, Free Par-
und Bob Hall were joint hosts
tTthe" Uers at a lovely d.n-
ner Satur-
Burcham i , Follow-
day night
_nd an old-fashioned
contests and ^Tiioved In the
rouch won the prize wix
^°est oa>ne out vlctonous .n the
Cigar smoking f„r the
Music ^ Couch String Band.
MesTw i Neaves, Lee
Bob Lankford, Noah
Benson, Bob^ ^
Darnell, -r*r,v Harvie Couch,
Dobson, David cy^ Burcham, L.
Otho Wagon«^|d “U^
^ay^LuTh-'“r
nav Vernon Hoi-
rn9.n* y» ■pa^tus
Smi Arthur Haf on^^_^B^tus
Darnell, Wall. ■
F, C. Wall and Lawrence wax
ever, it was all the same. The
trophy will be here before many
days.
Included among those present
at the banquet were the 16 mem
bers of the baseball team, Mr.
and Mrs. Hambright, Mr. and
Mrs. Thurmond Chatham, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Butler, Jake
Wade, sports editor of the Char
lotte Observer, and Frank Spen
cer, sports editor of The Win
ston-Salem Journal.
Carl Poindexter, who has been
with the Chatham company for
about 30 years, was toastmaster.
He introduced several of the
guests, and short talks were made
by Messrs. Wade and Spencer.
Three young ladies. Miss Car
oline Lillard, pianist; Miss Betty
Lou McKee, tap dancer; and Miss
Catherine Hall, impersonator, ad
ded much to the merriment of
the occasion. Miss Hall imperson
ated various members of the
Chatham team.
Henry Dobson, business mana-
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Elkin Plant Is
Rated Grade “A”
Raleigh, October 2, 1935.
Mr. W. A. Neaves, General Mgr.
Chatham Mfg. Company No. 1,
Elkin, North Carolina.
Dear Mr. Neaves:
The report of our inspector Mr.
Gaffney, who made an inspection
of your plant on September 27,
1935, shows excellent cooperation
on the part of the management
and he has given you a rating of
Grade “A.”
The maintenance of such splen
did working conditions shows that
you have the cooperation and in
terest of your employees and I
feel that they, as well as the man
agement, should be congratulated
on the fine showing made.
With best wishes, I am.
Very truly yours,
A. L. FLETCHER, Commissioner.
State of North Carolina,
Department of Labor,
The first motion picture was
exhibited by Thomas Edison in
1896.
TO STAGE BOXING
BOUTS SATURDAY
Abb Key and Jack Dunnaway To
Feature In Main Event; Col
ored Battle Royal
Thirty-eight rounds of boxing
will be on tap for the fight fans
of Elkin Saturday night, Novem
ber 9th, at 7:30, featuring Abb
Key of Rockford and Jack Dun
naway of CC Camp of Dobson, in
a ten-round main bout. In addi
tion to the main bout 28 other
rounds and also a colored battle
royal will be staged. The card
follows;
Raymond Vestal, 125, Elkin,
vs. John Martin, 125, CC Camp,
Dobson, six rounds.
Sid Patton, 142, Pilot Moun
tain, vs. Blayton Burnn, 135, CC
Camp, Dobson, eight rounds.
Tom Harp, 160, Elkin, vs. Fred
Williamson, 160, CC Camp, Dob
son, eight rounds.
Wild Cat Patton, 155, Pilot
Mountain, vs. Arthur Quenn, 155,
CC Camp, Dobson, eight rounds.
Main bout—Abb Key, 145,
Rockford, vs. Jack Dunnaway,
145, CC Camp, Dobson, ten
rounds.
Revival Services
Best In History
The annual revival meeting of
Pleasant Hill Baptist church
came to a close Sunday morning
with a baptismal service and a
record crowd in attendance at the
preaching hour at 11 a. m.
There were a total of 55 new
members added to the church
during the two weeks of the
meeting, 41 being added by bap
tism and 14 by letter. Nineteen
of that number were baptized last
Sunday morning at 10 o’clock,
and 22 the previous Sunday
morning at the same hour.
Rev. Isom Vestal, the pastor,
was assisted in the meeting by
Rev. James Murray, pastor of
Chatham Heights Baptist church,
of Winston-Salem. The meetintf
is thought to be the best that, has
been held in the history of the
church.
Hold Revival At
Chatham Church
Revival services are being con
ducted each night at the Chatham
Baptist church on Chatham
Heights, in Winston-Salem, un
der the direction of Rev. J, T.
Murray, pastor of the church, A
great deal of interest is being
shown and it is hoped that the
crowds will continue to increase.