Chatham
Blanketeer
Vol. 6
ELKIN, N. C., JUNE 17, 1940
No. 13
L. H. C. CLUBS
PLAN BANQUET
Will Sponsor Annual Employer-
Employee Get-Together at
Hotel Elkin June 28th
The Lucy Hanes Chatham
clubs will sponsor the annual
Employer-Employee Banquet and
dance in Elkin on June 28th.
The banquet will be held at the
local CCC camp dining room, this
being the only place large enough
to accommodate the group in
town.
Two hundred girls, boys and
foremen will be expected to at
tend.
The dance will be held in the
local gymnasium, following the
banquet, with music being furn
ished by Jack Yancey and his
Orchestra, from Washington, D.
C. Mr. Yancey will bring to Elk
in one of the best fourteen piece
bands ever to play here. Songs
will be by Miss Martha Sanly,
Mr. Tommy Heritage and the
Glee Club.
Tickets will go on sale Friday,
June 21st.
BLANKETEERS CONTINUE
THEIR WINNING STREAK
With the addition of three boys
from Guilford College the Chat
ham Blanketeers are continuing
in their winning streak. They
have won the past four games,
and stand in second place in the
Tri-City League.
Maynard, Shell and Hines, of
Guilford College, have been add
ed to the squad since school clos
ed.
Games have been scheduled
from now until August 1st.
Among the teams who will
come here to play are: Fries, Va.,
who will play here in a double-
header, July 4; Pulaski, Va.; Mc
Crary Hosiery; Tomlison Chair
Co., and Asheboro All-Stars.
These games are in addition to
the regular league games.
CLUB MEMBERS HOLD
THEIR FIRST OUTING
With the following girls acting
as hostesses, members of the
Lucy Hanes Chatham club No. 2
held their first outing of the sea
son Thursday, June 13th: Estelle
Caudill, Katherine Day, Tessie
Stinson, Margaret Kennedy and
Bertha Hudspeth.
The group motored to Staley s
at Roaring River where a delir
cious lunch was served to the 25
jnembers present and one visitor,
Visitors
f
The photos above show several important visitors to the plant
recently. Top photo, left to right: Mr. Jack Ashwell, of the Highee
Co., Cleveland, Ohio; Mr. Jack Clark, manager of our Chicago of-
ifee; Mr. Thurmond Chatham, president of the Chatham Manufac
turing Co., and Mr. Bob Armstrong, of the J. L. Hudson Co., De
troit, Mich. Bottom photo was taken while Mr. H. W. Bronson,
of the Chrysler Corporation, was inspecting some of our automobile
cloth. Shown in the photo are Mr. Getsinger, Mr. Bronson, Mr.
Greene and Mr. Roth. Mr. Getsinger seems to be delighted with
whatever Mr. Bronson is saying about the cloth, or, perhaps,
Ralph is still happily thinking about a late evening at The Rendez
vous.
Mrs. C. A. Johnson, of Winston-
Salem.
Following the luncheon, bingo
was played in the private dining
room, with Miss Etta Mathis,
Mrs. Charlie Young, Mrs. Burrus
Gray and several others receiving
prizes.
L. H. C. CLUB NO. 1
HOST TO BOYS’ CLUB
Members of the Lucy Hanes
Chatham Club No. 1 entertained
members of the Thurmond Chat
ham Unity Club at a weiner ro^st
at the Neaves Park, Thursday
RED CROSS HEAD
TALKS TO CLUB
Kenneth Hale, of Mt. Airy, Dis
cusses Work of the American
Red Cross in Surry
The T. C. U. club had as its
guest speaker at its meeting on
Monday evening, June 10, Mr.
Kenneth Hale, of Mt. Airy, who
is chairman of the Surry Coun
ty Chapter of the Red Cross.
Mr. Hale’s talk dealt with the
Red Cross work in Surry county
primarily. He listed the quota
for most of the towns in this
county and gave their progress
thus far, stating that the present
drive for funds would end around
the first of July. During the
course of his talk, Mr. Hale com
pared the quota and the success
of the drives in the various towns
in North Carolina. He stated
that the rest of the drive had
mostly to do with the industrial
concerns in this county.
After Mr. Hale’s talk Mr. C. J.
Hyslup introduced two visitors
from Massachusetts.
During the business session of
the meeting the club voted to
give a donation to the Red Cross
fund.
Following the meeting, the vis
itors were shown through the
plant by a group of the club
members.
10 MILL DEPARTMENTS
HAVE PERFECT RECORDS
Although there were certain
departments with several lost
time accidents during the month
of May, there were ten depart
ments with perfect records.
The following departments had
no lost time accidents for last
month: Binding. Print Shop,
Packing, Card Room, Weave
Room, Wool Room, Burling,
Picker Room, Dye House and
Shop.
It is hoped that other depart
ments will be found in the 100%
group at the end of June. Do
your part as an employee to make
it so.
night, June 13. This closed a
Blanketeer contest sponsored by
the two clubs in March. The
girls lost to the boys by a small
majority.
Following a supper of weiners,
marshmallows and drinks, the
group gathered in the pavilion
where group singing was enjoyed.
The party came to a close with
dancing, music being furnished
by an electric victrola.
Ohie hundred twenty-five en
joyed the outing.