Chath ani Blanketeer
Vol. 6 JULY 22, 1940 No. 15
Chatham Manufacturing’ Company As Seen From the Air
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This excellent aerial view of the Chatham Manufacturing Company made recently by Walter F. Burgiss, shows the entire layout
of the plant. At right is the mill as it was before the Winston-Salem plant was moved to Elkin. The new addition is pictured at left,
the building running at right angles to the original plant.
Interesting Study Is
Provided By Names
Manj^ Unusual Names Are Found Among Personnel of Chat
ham Company, As Well As Names Most Commonly
Heard. Pardue and Couch More Numerous
Than Brown, Smith and Jones
HENRY DOBSON
ON COMMITTEE
Is Named to Fair Labor Standards
Group by Governor Hoey;
Is Representative
On June 27, Mr. Henry C. Dob
son received an appointment
from Governor Hoey, to the com
mittee on the question of a fair
labor standard act for North
Carolina. Hon. Forrest H. Shu-
ford, Raleigh, is chairman.
We rejoice with Mr. Dobson on
his appointment and feel sure
that he will give his best to this
matter.
Mr. Dobson was at one time
employment manager of our com
pany, and is now a representative
^rom Surry county.
Names, and why such names
are given by parents are always
interesting subjects for conver
sation and at the same time have
become popular subjects for
writers of magazine articles. With
approximately 2,000 employees
working in our organization at
the present time, it is not to be
expected that all will have such
commonplace names as John or
James or Mary or Susie. A study
of the personnel records of our
employees shows that we have
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COOPER TALKS
TO T. C, U. CLUB
Former Government Employee
Discusses Parliamentary Pro
cedure Monday Evening
A talk by Attorney J. Miltch
Cooper, who has recently accept
ed a position with the Chatham
Manufacturing Company as legal
advisor after resigning from an
important clerkship with the
ways and means committee of the
United States Congress, was the
feature of a meeting of the
Thurmond Chatham Unity club
Monday eevning.
Cooper spoke on “Parliamen
tary Procedure,” explaining step
(Continued on Page Eight)