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CHATHAM BLANKETEER
July 22, 1940
1 AROUND THE MILL i
SPINNING
A Shift
Next week the soft ball team is
going down to Winston-Salem to
play Southern Dairies. Ab Crater
has written to the manager to
save Howard Carter three quarts
of buttermilk.
Johnnie Francis missed Ducky
Martin at work last night. How
ard Carter told Johnnie that
Ducky was walking home from
Winston-Salem.
Bob Boles went to Rossville,
Ga., last week. Three days af
ter he left here, the boys already
there called back and wanted to
know about Bob. Bob’s road map
wasn’t exactly right, so he missed
the road—but finally he arrived
at Rossville. After slaving with
that machinery down there about
four days, Bob decided he would
return to Elkin. Ford Cothren
and Ott Key sent Buck (Bring
’em Back Alive) Rogers down
there to show Bob the way back
to Elkin.
By luck or some power unseen
the soft ball team here hasn’t
lost a game this year. Roy Judd
£ays it is his good pitching.
John (“Two-ton Tony”) Fos
ter had fun at the soft ball game
with Hanes Hosiery Sunday.
Harvey Parks is training his
voice to be an auctioneer. He has
a bid in to get on the Lucky
Strike program. He may sound
O. K. on the air, but Macy Car
ter says it is terrible in the Spin
ning department.
Tuscon (tough boy) Maynard
picked up a bat and asked Burr
Mackie to feel of the bat and
then feel of his arm and tell him
which was the harder. Burr says
that he believes Tuscon’s arm
was harder than the bat.
Last Sunday the soft ball team
went down to Winston-Salem to
play Hanes Hosiery. Roy Judd,
our strong arm pitcher, wanted
to go in the car with his family.
Roy didn’t show up at the ball
park. He said he rode through
the city for two hours trying to
find the park but he never did.
This reporter wants to con
gratulate Bill Mann, for the long
home run that he hit Tuesday
night. There aren’t many people
who could hit a home run with so
many things on their mind. More
power to you. Bill.
MULE SPINNING
Hello, folks, this will intro
duce to you a department which
appears in this paper for the first
time. We haye alwaysi gone in as
the Spinning department. We
are that, but we like a little in
dividuality, so here we come
alone.
Mr. Lon Carter and family at
tended the Church of God State
Meeting in Kannapolis last Sun
day. They report a very impres
sive assembly.
If I had a daughter, I would
keep her home at night since
Howard Golden bought a new
car.
Tom McBride, our genial ele
vator operator, is sporting a new
wrist watch. Should someone
remind him that Leap Year is for
girls, not men.
Tom Golden and Russ Powers
went fishing several days ago and
reports have it that they got so
cold they had to stop. Cold wave
we are having this summer, isn’t
it? Blackberry time, too.
Herman Day is such a sports
man, he likes to pay double for
his fishing license.
For up to the minute war news
see Marshall Woodruff. Don’t
let him get too well started or he
will have billions of soldiers
fighting billions of planes.
Ben Bauguess looks better these
days.
W. W. Carter has been out
rather late nights they say. “Go
to it. Will, you aren’t old, you
have just been here a long
time.”
Paul Shores reports beautiful
scenery around Asheville. Who
was she, Paul?
We have a Grit salesman spin
ning these days. “I don’t know
if I can or not,” he says.
Hunt Spencer and Elmer Ball
are seeing a lot of each other
lately. Can it be love?
If Jim Everidge gets any fatter
I’m going to personally buy him
a corset..
We would have much rather
kept the filling “sorters” and let
the khaki go.
For mint juleps, see Shorty
Parks.
(Let us hear from you another
time.)
CLOTH DEPT.
B Shift
Well, I put on my Sherlock
Holmes disguise and got out my
spy glasses, but, after searching
for several days, I still couldn’t
find any trace of news. (Don’t
tell me things have become that
quiet since your reporter has been
put on the day shift.)
Kate Wagoner has been trad
ing cars for several weeks. At
last she has bought a new Chev
rolet. How about a lift, my
friend?
Helen Brandon attended the
wedding of Miss Pauline Hud
speth to Mr. William Wood, Sat
urday afternoon, July 6th, in
Yadkinville.
Iris Carlton attended the car
nival in Yadkinville last week.
She said that Governor Hoey was
some fellow—frock tail coat, long
bob—speech and all.
Jim Uldrich seems to be in a
Beautiful Baby
Nancy Ann Teague, 15-
month-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Teague, of Elkin.
Mr. Teague is employed in the
Weaving Department.
good humor this week. Could it
be because his wife is home again,
after spending a week with her
mother in Winston-Salem?
The whole department wishes
to thank those responsible for
the bonus checks received July
4th. It was a pleasant surprise
to all.
Bob, Azzie Layell, says a date
might be arranged, if you really
mean it. Say, what is this, a
port of Lonely Hearts Club?
MEMBERS OF BALL
CLUB ENTERTAINED
Members of the Chatham
Blanketeer baseball team were
entertained at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Tat Davis, Jonesville,
Friday night, July 12th, at a
spaghetti supper. Hostesses and
hosts were Misses Esther Morri
son, Louise McGhee, Messrs. E. D.
Lane and Tat Davis.
Radiant roses and fern dec
orated the home. Following the
dinner the tables were cleared
and games enjoyed, with Louise
McGhee and Ab Crater winning
the prizes.
The guest? included Carolyn
Popps, Pansy Burcham, Loraine
Crater, Alma Couch, Louise Mc
Ghee, Esther Morrison, Bill
Mann, manager, Ab Crater,
Stewart Maynard, Frank John
son, Roy Boles, Denver Shell,
Buck Hines, H. Badgett, Mr. and
Mrs. Lefty Mcllwee, Mr. and Mrs.
E. D. Lane and Mr. and Mrs. Tat
Davis.
Fifty-nine per cent, of last
year’s motor vehicle deaths oc
curred on country roads and
highways.
RITES HELD FOR
SURRY CITIZEN
James M. Eldridge Passes Away
at Home Near Here Friday;
Is Survived by Widow
Funeral services were held
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
from Poplar Springs Baptist
church for James Madison El
dridge, 79, who passed away at
his home near Elkin Friday
morning. Mr. Eldridge had been
ill several weeks from a compli
cation of diseases. The rites
were in charge of Rev. Preston
Stone and Rev. Richard Day. In
terment was in the church ceme
tery.
He was well known throughout
the county as “Sheriff” Eldridge,
having served as deputy sheriff
of the county for 22 years. He
was a member of the Mulberry
Primitive Baptist church and a
man highly esteemed. He was a
son of the late John and Mrs.
Mary Cockerham Eldridge, pio
neer citizens of this section.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Betty Jane Snow Eldridge, six
sons and two daughters, Elmer
and Thurmond Eldridge, of this
city; Mrs. D. E. Cockerham and
Marvin Eldridge, of State Road;
Mrs. Brantly Wood, of Jonesville:
Warren Eldridge, of Winston-Sa
lem; H. V. Eldridge, of Iowa, and
Robert Eldridge, of Seattle,
Wash.; 30 grandchildren; 17
great-grandchildren, one brother
and one sister, V. H. Eldridge and
Mrs. Abe Woodruff, of Elkin.
Mr. Eldridge was the father of
Thurmond Eldridge and Elmer
Eldridge, and the grandfather of
Dan, Hasten, Billy, Curiie, Perry,
Ervin and James Eldridge; Mes-
dames Roy Judd, Tommy Bates,
Douglas Bun ton, and Woodrow
Conrad.
VARSITY SOFT BALL
TEAM IS ORGANIZED
Soft ball made its debut with
the company in 1939, with de
partmental teams. This season a
varsity team has been organized
under the management of Ab
Crater. The team is composed of
the following players: pitchers,
Roy Judd, Joe Wood, Bill Hart-
sell and Bill Lineback; infielders,
Clyde Cothren, Clay Felts, Brady
Osborne, Duckey Martin, John
Foster, Bill Dixon, Weinnie Pow
ers and James Freeman; out
fielders, Ab Crater, Howard Car
ter, Aubrey Martin, Dr. Beale,
Henry Woodruff, and Dan El
dridge.
This team has not lost a game
this season, having played the
following games: five games with
Yadkinville, two with Hanes
Hosiery, two with Carolina
Towel, one each with the CCC
camp and the New York Bankers.
Two out of five traffic deaths
last year were pedestrians.