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CHATHAM BLANKETEER
April 1, 1940
New Home
Home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Neaves in Westover Park. The photo
was made Easter Sunday during the snow. Mr. Neaves is assistant
Shop Foreman.
Chatham Blanketeer
Claudia Austin Editor-In-Chief
C. J. Hyslup Assistant Editor
Leonard Shepherd...) Circulation
Babe Poole ( Managers
Words to the Wise ...
“Our patent system has inspir
ed inventions that have served
the causes of arts, science, educa
tion, better living. It gives prom
ise of further and greater bene
factions. It has made and kept
this country stronger than any
other in the world, and abler, ac
cordingly, to resist any assault on
our democracy, for we should
never forget that in the preserva
tion of moral rights, material
might is indispensable.”—Conway
P. Coe, U. S. Commissioner of
Patents.
“Pioneering is not so much
any specific activity or enterprise
as it is a state of mind, a state
of mind which includes curiosity,
an idealism which is dissatisfied
with the restrictions and imper
fections of the present, a great
inward urge for discovery and an
ability to translate this dissatis
faction and this inward urge into
constructive achievements. The
age of the pioneer into new terri
tories for farming or mining,
while not wholly past, has cer
tainly passed its peak of activity,
but the age of pioneering into the
new fields of opportunity and ap
plied science and invention is now
with us, and so far as we can see,
will stay with us with undimin
ished opportunity for years to
come.”—Dr. Karl T. Compton,
president, Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology.
“Confident in American ability,
reliant upon scientific guidance,
grounded upon a bedrock of facts,
industry will push on to new lev
els of achievement and progress—
through research to new hor
izons.”—Alfred P. Sloan.
MRS. LAWTON IS
CLUB SPEAKER
Mrs. Lawton, missionary to
China, and mother of Mrs. Eph
Whisenhunt, spoke to members
of the Lucy Hanes Chatham Club
No. 2 at their regular meeting
Thursday, March 28. She brought
pictures and interesting relics of
China which the members en
joyed very much. She spoke of
the conditions in China today
and the hardships she and her
husband have had to undergo
while livmg there.
This is one of the many educa
tional programs sponsored by the
club this winter.
Only the actual value of an in
sured article sent by parcel post
and lost will be paid by the gov
ernment.
SNOOPIN’ AROUND
By The Scoop
The time comes in our lives
quite often when we have an urge
to get out and kick up our heels,
and that time should be Friday
night at the T. C. U. club dance.
Yes, chilluns, go on over to that
gym and swing, sway and prittle
to the music of Claude Little , . .
A very, very ironic thing, that
snow for Easter . . . Fi'om the an
cient to the modern; Mr. Sher
man Newman took a 76-year-old
log house and converted it into a
modern and attractive abode . . .
We’ve heard of just about every
kind of trouble with colds this
winter but the latest one is about
Mr. Hyslup who spent Easter
Sunday in his basement attend
ing his furnace which had coal
trouble. That’s his story any
way . . . Similarity: Spring brings
the budding of the trees and also
the budding of a few romances in
our midst. For instance, the Bill
Carter-Bill Pardue coalition and
the Sherrill twins . . . We wonder
what was the meaning of that
owl Mr. Fred Neaves received the
other day ... We understand that
Mr. Chatham’s office is being
finished with forest pine lumber
that is over 100 years old . . .
Tragedy; The young man’s father
has just given him a $10,000 air
plane and controlling interest in
an airport and his girl friend who
lives very near Elkin, ups and
gives him the air. What does it
take to satisfy these girls nowa
days, anyhow? . . . After much
deduction we have decided that
Santa Claus is about the only one
who can run around with a bag
all night and not get talked about
. . . Height of self-preservation;
Claudia Austin bracing herself
with her feet against the floor
board of her car during a recent
wreck and after the accident it
was found that her ankles were
the most seriously injured. Due
to this fact she is maneuvering
rather slowly these days . . .
Some of our favorite likes: Wo
men . . . Spring . . . The Moun
tains . . . Good Food ... New
automobiles . . . Dogs . . . Persian
cats . . . Long and interesting
trips (and I’ll probably get one
for writing this column) . . .
Modern homes . . . Doctors . . .
Movies . . . Apples . . . Dances . . .
Some of our favorite dislikes;
Traffic light . . . Hitler . . . Snow
for Easter . . . Mud . . . Cabbage
. . . Long-winded speakers . . .
War . . . Gossip . . . Reckless
drivers . . . Cold . . . Pointless
jokes . . . Columns like the one
we just finished reading.
Club Entertains
At Bingo Party
As a gesture of friendliness and
welcome to the young men and
women employees of the finishing
plant, the T. C. U. club members
entertained at a bingo party on
Monday evening, March 18, at
the clubhouse. The building was
decorated with beautiful potted
plants and cut flowers.
The winners of the bingo
games were awarded candy, soft
drinks, doughnuts, credit slips,
and many other attractive prizes.
Preceding the last game of
bingo the 125 guests who attend
ed the party were served refresh
ments.
The two grand prizes of the ev
ening, two all-wool Chatham
blankets, were awarded the boy
and girl winner of the la.st game
of bingo.
Remembering: the
Inventor
One year in this country’s one
hundred and fifty is not too much
to devote to honoring the in
ventors of this land, and in re
membering the benefits that the
United States Patent System has
bestowed upon us.
This year—the 150th anniver
sary of the founding of the Pat
ent System—has already seen a
lot of emphans laid on the “Mod
ern Pioneers’ Celebrations” re
cently held to honor industrial
research workers who, through
discovery of new products, have
created new industries and new
jobs where none existed before.
But there can’t be to much em
phasis of this sort, and Business
Week, commenting on the pass
ing industrial scene, has some
new thoughts to offer that are
worth recording.
“Most American of all of us, if
we read the national tradition
aright,” this magazine declares,
“is the inventor. His contribution
to the national progress, more
than any other, involves at the
outset the exercise of that indivi
dual initiative which we like to
think of as the hallmark of
Americanism to which we chiefly
credit our progress.”
It then goes on to discusse the
appropriateness of calling today’s
inventors “Modern Pioneers,” and
comparing them with the Ameri
cans who broke new ground in
earlier days. “The comparison is,
indeed, apt,” Business Week con
tinues, “but it can also be said
that the inventors, the machine-
makers, have always been the
real pioneers; that, unless they
had come first with their new
tools, the West would not have
been won. For, in truth, we have
always ridden on the shoulders of
the inventors.”
The editorial in question really
gets to the heart of the whole
patent question. It is right in
emphasizing the fact that we
have always depended upon the
inventors for progress. Almost
all of us who have jobs today
have ultimately to thank in
ventors for them. All who need
jobs must depend upon the con
tinued activity of inventors. And
the American Patent System pro
vides the most effective way yet
devised to encourage individuals
to undertake the hard work of
industrial research, for it offers
fair rewards for achievement.
1940 is a year when we honor
particularly the men who have
found for us new products, new
industries, new jobs. And it is a
good time to remember also how
much these matters mean to the
way of life we have in this coun
try—a way which, though not
perfect, has turned out to be far
better than any other yet design
ed by mankind.
William Penn occupied the first
brick house in America.