Chath
am
Blanketeer
Vol. 4
MARCH 29, 1937
No. 7
GIRLS WIN 34,
LOSE ONLY 2
Chatham Team Chalks Up Im
pressive Record for Cage Sea
son; Games Lost to Enka
The Chtham girls basket ball
team, closed a most successful
season March 6th, with a defeat
at the hands of the three times
Southern Textile Champions of
the American Enka Corporation,
Enka, N. C. in the Southern Tex
tile Tournament, Greenville, S. C.
This team has been undefeated
for two consecutive years in the
Winston-Salem City League, for
which they received a nice tro
phy.
The team entered the two best
girls basket ball tournament in
the South, going to the finals in
each, meeting the strong unde-
leated Enka team in both finals.
A. A. U. Tournament score 29-25.
Southern Textile Tournament,
24-16.
Two players, Babe Poole, for
ward and Levia Smith, guard were
picked all-Carolinas in the A. A.
U. Tournament, High Point, N. C.
Mildred Poole, forward and Kath
ryn Whitner, guard, made the
All-Southern team in the South
ern Textile Tournament, Green
ville, S. C.
This team composed of girls in
the Winston-Salem plant is con
sidered one of the strongest girls
teams in the South. The club is
made up of girls who have grad
uated from high schools through
out North Carolina. They have
been commended very highly for
their sportsmanship and ability
wherever they have appeared.
Team Expresses
Appreciation
The Chatham Girls Basket
Ball team of the Winston-
Salem plant wishes to express
through the Blanketeer their
sincere appreciation to Messrs.
Chatham, Butler and Harris for
their trip to Greenville, S. C.,
and for the interest they have
shown throughout the year.
No team has ever traveled to
the tournament in finer style,
A nice pullman car both going
and coming, all for the team.
The club stopped at the Poin
sett Hotel, the finest in Green
ville.
The season was one of suc
cess and the team as a whole
wants to do all in their power
to make the next one more
successful.
Chatham Girls Close Successful Season
Pictured here is the Chatham girls’ team, edition of 1937, which won 34 games and Kost only 2 dur
ing the season to set an impressive record. Reading from left to right, they are (seated), Mildred
Poole, forward, and All-Southern; Hattie Robbins, forward; Allene Matthews', guard; Linda Mcllwee,
forward. Second row: Cleo Dunn, forward; Elsie Gatewood, guard; Aldie Biddix, forward; Babe Poole,
forward, All-Carolinas; Kathryn Whitner, guard. All-Southern. Back row: Claudia Austin, manager;
Levia Smith, guard, All-Carolinas; Lelia Swaim, guard; A. R. Plaster, coach.
Quality Greatest Asset
One of the finest things that
has happened in our Company
during the past few years has
been the improved quality of our
products. Every article that we
turn out is really a sample
somone buys it and our reputa
tion depends upon the beauty and
service the customer gets from
that article. Our whole future
rests with our reputation for qual
ity products at a fair price.
I wish that I could personally
talk with each of you about this
subject of quality. But there are
too many of you. We are re
working and replacing machinery.
We are buying the very best of
raw materials. We are trying to
build our business steadily and
soundly—on the rock of quality.
Every one of you has a most
important place in this program.
A little extra care, a little more
attention to small details and a
lot of pride in what you are mak
ing. I know that we have the
best people in the whole country
in our organization—that’s the
main reason why our goods keep
improving.
Our customers are saying “your
goods are better than ever.” Let’s
show them that they are going to
be still better and that quality
people can always turn out quality
products.—Thurmond Chatham.
During the period of most in
tensive mechanization in Amer
ica (1900-1930) the average indi
vidual not only earned more and
was able to spend more, but in
addition had to work fewer hours.
For Instance, in 1899 the average
number of hours of factory work
was 66.8. In 1929 it was 48.4. And
in the same period the average
annual wages per wage earner in
manufacturing rose over 300%.