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CHATHAM BLANKETEER
May 17, 1937
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WOOL DEPT.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hatch
and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Parker
motored to Charlotte, May 2nd.
Mr. John Claire and Fred Page
spent Sunday playing golf at
Roaring Gap.
Russell Burcham, a student at
N. C. State College spent the
week-end with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. James Burcham on Elk
Spur street.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hemric
were the Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Eddie Hemric on North
Bridge St.
Miss Roette Cockerham spent
the past week-end in Martins
ville, Virginia, the guest of Mrs.
Virginia Hauser. She motored to
Danville, Va. on Sunday.
The Wool Room gang thinks
Luke Darnell is growing younger
instead of older.
Old man weather decided that
the wool dept, would not be able
to have their chicken stew last
Friday night. He made it rain
and turn cold so there wasnt
anything to do but say, postpon
ed.
Sam Brannon is batching since
his mama and papa went away.
The only company he has is his
dogs and cats.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Harris, a daughter, Dorothy Mae,
April 28th.
Mrs. Noah Pardue and Miss
Hortense Darnell have been
transferred to the Spooling Dept.
BURLING DEPT.
Miss Dessie Reeves spent last
week-end the guest of her sister
in Statesville.
Mrs. Myrtle Haynes and Mr.
Hugh Myers spent the past week
end in Winston-Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Broadus Renegar
visited in Bristol, Virginia recent
ly.
We are glad to welcome Mar
tha Freeman back to work after
several weeks illness.
Added to this department re
cently are Mrs. Marguerite Walk
er and Mrs. Edgar Hicks.
Mrs. Lissie Wagoner and Misses
Mozelle Freeman and Beulah
Gregory went on a fishing trip
last week. How many fish did
you get?
We are glad to welcome Mrs.
Gladys Mickle to this department.
Among those on our sick list are
Mesdames Ina Holcomb and
Pearl Haynes, and Miss Hettie
Maudlin.
Mary, what is this we hear
about your being so crazy about
working in the Carbonizing dept.?
We know of a lad who likes
country roads, and we believe the
wedding bells are about to ring.
What about it. Couch?
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hicks spent
last week-end in Pilot Mountain.
Some of the women up in the
Cloth Dept, would like to know
just what shift Marvin Holcomb
works on.
Pearl has been singing for sev
eral days that new song called,
“My Darling Black Mustache.”
We see Charlie Long has a new
white cap. We hope you don’t
lose this one.
Tom McBride and Russell Tuck
er are going into the Movie bus
iness.
Elmer Sparks is in the base
ball racket.
Theo Barber got the jack-pot
Saturday night.
Its getting serious when Charlie
Freeman stays out ‘til 2 in the
morning.
Daisy doesn’t have the blues
anymore, but she comes looking
mighty sleepy.
WEAVING DEPT.
Mrs. Julia Wagoner who has
been ill for sometime spent Tues
day in Statesville at Davis Hos
pital where she received treat
ment.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith of
Winston-Salem, spent the past
Sunday the guests of Mr. and
Mrs; Charlie Long. They also at
tended the funeral of Isaac Hol
loman,
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Davis and
Mr. C. H. Davis spent Sunday in
North Wilkesboro with Mr. and
Mrs. Ward Pharr.
Mr. w. F. Masten and family of
Charlotte were the Sunday guests
of Mrs, Laura Masten.
Mr, and Mrs. Lester Pardue of
Statesville were the Saturday
guests of Mrs. Julia Wagoner at
her home in Jonesville.
Mrs. Harvey Couch was called
to High Point Wednesday due to
the death of her cousin.
We welcome Mrs. Mary Darnell
back to this department. We also
welcome the many new faces that
have come into this department
recently.
Mesdames Nannie Lane and
Rema Day have been transferred
to the morning shift.
Mrs. Cora Day reports that she
has been working too hard to go
any place. We will all be up to
see you one day, Cora, when you
get that flower garden to bloom
ing.
Mrs. Charlie Young and Miss
Beatrice Newman shopped in
Winston-Salem Friday.
We wonder what has become of
Hal Boles. He used to come down
to see us sometimes and invite us
up to see the cloth. We are just
too good for you aren’t we Hal?
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Darnell
and Mrs. Ella Lawrence spent
Sunday in High Point. They were
accompanied home by Misses
Louise, Lestine Lawrence and Iris
Collins who had been attending
the annual convention of the
“Phla-Bra” classes of the Elkin
Valley Baptist Church.
SCOURING AND
CARBONIZING DEPT.
Mr. Loyd Porter spent last Sun
day with friends in Boone, N. C.
Mr. Bob Robbins spent last
week-end with his father and
mother Rev, and Mrs. R. R, Rob
bins in High Point, N. C.
Mr. S. E. Newman was a busi
ness visitor to Winston-Salem on
Tuesday.
Mr. J. W. Hemric and family
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Cleave Armstrong at Cycle, N. C.
Mr. Graham Newman has re
signed his position in this de
partment and gone to raising
sheep. He is now on a sheep ranch
in Graystone, Colo.
Mr. Charlie Hanes spent the
past week-end with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hanes of
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Another Recipe—If you would
be happy, forget the good you
have done to others and the evil
they have done to you.
Mr. P. A. Hayes says he has
stopped coming to town on Sat
urdays if the mill does not run.
There isn’t any place for him to
loaf.
Mr. Fred Wilbert and a party
of friends report a fine trip to
Morehead last week. Here is one
of the fish tales they are telling:
They were out fishing when a sea
gull came scouring overhead
spied the minnow on the hook,
made a five foot dive under the
water, swallowed the small fish
and was yanked to the bank by
the party.
In Spring the average young
man’s fancy lightly turns to what
the girls have been thinking about
all winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Helton of
Asheville, N. C. spent Sunday
with Mrs. Helton’s father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. John
Swaim.
Men may be just as addicted as
women to conceal their ages,
but they are nowhere nearly so
clever at it.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Porter are
the proud parents of a fine baby
girl.
Mr. Charlie King was a busi
ness visitor in Winston-Salem
last Tuesday.
One wife can find more wrong
with a man than a consultation
of half a dozen doctors.
The friends of Mr. Geo. Sparks
will regret to know that he had
an accident at his hog pen late
Wednesday. We hope George will
get along nicely and soon be back
to work.
SHOP
Spring is definitely here, how
do we know, well we will let you
in on a little secret. Jim Lyons
was out with his new car last
Sunday. Yes Spring IS here.
Mr. Vascoe Whatley has pur
chased the A. F. Yarboro home
from Mr. H. D. Woodruff. The
home is located just inside the
city limits, in North Elkin. Mr.
and Mrs. Whatley will be at home
to their friends in their new res
idence, after June 1st.
Mr. “Buck” Furman Rogers
underwent an operation for ap
pendicitis at the Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital a few days
ago. The last word we have from
him, is that he is doing fine. It
is the opinion of the shop boys
that “Buck” couldn’t possibly
have picked a better time to get
sick, in view of the fact that
there was a big job on down in
the Dye House, but we wouldn’t
accuse him of getting sick on pur
pose, but it is funny how handy
an acute appendix can be some
times. Well here’s hoping that
you will soon be back , with us
“Buck.”
Curtis Couch is back, after a
few days absence with an injured
finger. Curtis says that outside
of the fact that his finger was
hurting, the anti-tetanus vaccine
reacted badly, followed by a bad
case of nettle rash, and the
“breaking in” of a new set of
“store” teeth he had a fairly de
cent vacation.
Lee Neaves was away last week
end, visiting, but we have forgot
ten where, and we do not have
time to ask him. Unless he comes
down to see us.
Jimmy Booher was tellmg yours
truly something about getting
christened. But we have forgotten
about the details, if any. But
Jimmy is still awful proud of
“The Kid in The Three Cornered
Pants,” eh Jimmy.
POWER PLANT
Albert Castevens has been on
the “puny” list for the past few
days. He is back at work feeling
much better now that the “flu”
has let go it’s hold on him.
Did we mention christening
somewhere before, or did we not.
Well anyway, we know of one
young man from the Power Plant
that really got his, and boy, oh
boy, how. It happened on the oc
casion of the first jaunt with the
“Chatham Homespun” boat for
this season. Jake Brown and
Clyde Hall were putting her
through her paces out on the
Yadkin last Sunday afternoon
when all of a sudden, Mr. Hall
took his seat right where the boat
had just been, only a split second
before. There is nothing wrong
with taking your seat where a
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