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Uhatham olanketeer
Vol. 5 APRIL 26, 1938 No. 1
Who Is This?
The above comedian is an employee of the Winston Mill and
will appear at the annual Employer-Employee Banquet to be held
at the Coimtry Club, April 29. Be sure and attend this banquet.
Get your tickets at once.
Music Winner
Little Miss Barbara Ann Ben
son, talented daughter of Plant
Engineer J. W. L. Benson and
Mrs. Benson, of Winston-Salem,
won a superior rating in violin
at the State Federation of Mu
sic Clubs contest held in Char
lotte recently. This is the sec
ond contest in violin she has
won this spring.
IS WINNER OF
MUSIC CONTEST
Talented Daughter of Plant En
gineer Given Superior Rating
in Violin Recently
Little Miss Barbara Ann Ben
son, talented daughter of Plant
Engineer j. W. L. Benson and Mrs.
Benson, of Winston-Salem, won a
superior rating in violin at the
State Federation of Music Clubs
contest, held in Charlotte, N. C.,
recently. This is the second con
test she has won in violin this
spring. She tied for first place
in the Tony Wons contest held in
Greensboro and also won a su
perior rating there. She will go
to Asheville, N. C., to play at
the music festival, held May 9th.
At this meeting she will appear
before several noted composers.
Barbara Ann is a pupil of Rich
ard Siebel. She is a talented bal
let dancer and plays the piano
well. She also sings and taps. She
will appear in a recital in Greens
boro, April 28, at which time she
will do a ballet dance.
PLANT EMPLOYE
AIDS IN SEARCH
Accompanies Crew to Lake James
To Recover Body of Man Who
Drowned When Boat Upsets
On Saturday, April 2nd, a storm
blew up suddenly on Lake James
and capsized a boat from which
A. G. Gordon, Allsn R. Coopsr and
Frank Livengood were fishing.
Mr. Gordon held on to tha boat
arid floated for two hours. He was
washed into shore and rescued.
Allen R. Cooper and Frank Liven
good were drownsd. The boat
drifted for two miles down the
lake from where it overturned.
Roy Kane of the Winston Plant
had worked for several years with
a squad in Virginia who have
made quite a number of recover
ies from rivers and lakes in Vir
ginia. After the unsuccessful ef
forts to recover the bodies by
grapling hooks it was decided to
call the squad from Roanoke, Vir
ginia, to bring their equipment
and try to recover the bodies.
In the meantime Allen Coop
er’s body was recovered and what
was supposed to be a part of Liv-
engood’s coat was picked up by
grappling hooks. The squad from
Roanoke, Va., was called and left
for Winston-Salem Wednesday,
April 6, with Captain Julian S.
Wise, with the following men from
Roanoke: Jack Ferguson, R. W.
Weaver, R. S. Rankin and Billy
Wade. They were met in Winston
by Roy Kane, from Chatham
Manufacturing company, C. B.
Kane, Duke Power company, and
Nelson Stultz, Reynolds. Captain
Wise brought equipment to use in
diving, if it was possible, includ
ing a diving suit and boats, grap
pling irons, hooks and other
equipment for water rescue work.
Upon arriving at Lake James
they found no one could give an
accurate location as to where the
body went down. The weather
was cold and the water rough,
which made it inadvisable to use
the diving equipment. The crew
immediately set to work with
grappling hooks, using three boats
in dragging formation with about
75 hooks dragging. The crew
worked for three days grappling
for the body under conditions
which were very bad. The boys
would hardly get on the lake be
fore they were wet and they
worked until dark. The crew
from Roanoke had to leave the
lake Friday night to be back in
Roanoke Saturday morning. This
crew in Roanoke is composed of
20 men from the industries of the
city. They are trained in first
aid, safety and rescue work of
all types. All the men serve with
out pay. There are no charges for
the services of the crew at any
time. The crew has one squad car
and one truck, two trailers and
numerous other pieces of equip
ment which is valued at $15,000.
This equipment has been donated
over a period of ten years by the
city and the industries of Roan
oke.
“The trip to Lake James was
about the toughest yet,” explained
Roy Kane. The boys have never
given up a body as lost yet, in 10
years of operation. If they could
only have had good weather it
would have been different. The
boys from Virginia had to return
to their work but were planning
another attempt if the body had
not been recovered, Monday,
April 11.
Roy Kane has been working on
the organization of a squad of
this type in Winston-Salem, which
I would operate on the same plan
PLANS MADE FOR
ANNUAL BANQUET
Members of the Lucy Hanes
Chatham Club of Winston are
busy planning for the annual
Employer - Employee Banquet
which will be given at the Country
Club, Friday evening, April 29th.
A unique program and dinner is
being planned. Music will be fur-
niched by Bernard Fowler and
his Music Masters. Members of the
clubs of Elkin and officials of the
plant are expected to attend.
Plans are being made to entertain
two hundred or more guests.
Mr. Thurmond Chatham will be
present and make the after-dinner
address. All employees of the
company are invited and a goodly
number is expected.
as this squad. There are now 15
squads of this type in Virginia.
We hope for the success of such
a squad in Winston-Salem.