Chatham
Blanketeer
Vol. 6
OCTOBER 1, 1940
No. 19
TO
ORGANIZE
FIRE BRIGADE
Employees Will Make Up Volun
teer Organization; Is to
Include 200 Men
For the protection of Company
property and as a safety measure,
a volunteer fire brigade will be
organized by the Company with
in the next few weeks. The
membership will consist of em
ployees appointed by heads of
the various departments in the
plant. When the organization is
complete it will consist of ap
proximately two hundred men.
This list will be announced in the
next issue of the Blanketeer.
The following is a copy of the
Constitution which will be used
by the Chatham Fire Brigade:
THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE
CHATHAM FIRE BRIGADE
Article I
A. The name of this organiza
tion shall be the Chatham Fire
Brigade.
Article II
A. The purpose of this organ
ization shall be to promote a vol
untary fire organization for the
protection of the company s
property.
Article III
A. Membership in the Brigade
shall consist of those employees
who are appointed by the Heads
of the various Departments in
the plant. Special recognition by
the company officials at their
discretion will be given individual
members of the Brigade.
B. Each member of the Brig
ade shall be provided with some
means of identification. Such
identification establishes the au
thority of the members wearing
them and insures admittance at
the property when a fire occurs
when they are not working.
Article IV
A. The Brigade shall consist of
three battalions, one to assume
responsibility for the organiza
tion on each shift.
B. The Fire Chief shall be as
signed as head of the First Bat
talion. The second and third
battalions shall be under the di
rection of the two assistant
chiefs'.
C. Each battalion shall consist
of a number of companies; the
strength of each company not to
be less than six men.
Article V
A. The officers of this organ
ization shall consist of
Chief, two Assitant Fire Chiefs,
and a designated number of
Captains. . .
B. The above officers are to be
Hear Talk on Conscription
Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. McGee, of the Winston-Salem military
district, was guest speaker at the meeting of the T. C. U. club on
the evening of September 3. Top photo shows Lieut.-Col. McGee
standing second from left. Left is Alex Worth, 2nd lieutenant,
322nd infantry reserve. The Citadel, Charleston, S. C., class of ’40.
Third from left is Russell Eurcham, 2nd lieutenant infantry re
serve, State College, class of ’39, right is Robert Dickenson, 2nd
lieutenant, C.A.C. reserve, V. P. I., Blacksburg, Va., class of ’38.
Bottom photo shows Hugh Salmons, left, and Amel Eller listening
attentively to what Lieut.-Col. McGee has to say about conscrip
tion.
appointed by officials of the
company.
C. There shall be three stand
ing committees; membership, in
spection, and social.
D. A Governing Board of the
Brigade shall consist of the com
pany’s representatives, appointed
officers, and the chairmen of the
standing committees.
Article VI
A. The meetings of the Brig
ade shall be held at a place des
ignated by the Fire Chief. One
T. C. U. CLUB
HEARS TALK
Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. McGee
Discusses Conscription at
Club Gathering
The Thurmond Chatham Uni
ty Club had as guest speaker
Monday evening, September 23,
at the club house, Lieutenant-
Colonel A. P. McGee, of the Win
ston-Salem military district,
which included several counties.
Lieutenant-Colonel McGee dis
cussed the conscription bill, now
a subject of keen interest, ex
plaining every phase and answer
ing all questions submitted by
members of the club, pertaining
to registration, qualification for
service, etc.
Stating that the quota for
North Carolina is 14,000, he ex
plained the rules that would be
followed in classifying men after
registration on October 16th, em
phasizing the point that exemp
tions would not be expefcted by
registrants, between the ages of
21 to 35, on grounds of depend
ents. He read portions of the
conscription bill in order to
make clear, phases in which his
audience was particularly in
terested.
Previous to the session of the
club the speaker was honor guest
at dinner at Hotel Elkin at 6:00
o’clock. Attending were: C. J.
Hyslup, director of the club; C.
C. Poindexter, Clyde Cothren,
Hugh Salmons, Alex Worth, Rob-
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MANY EMPLOYEES IN
WOMANLESS WEDDING
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Many of our employees will
take part in the Womanless
Wedding being sponsored by the
Quarterback club of Elkin at the
local elementary school auditor
ium at 8 o’clock, Oct. 4th.
Proceeds of the entertainment
will be used for the high school
football team.
Coaches for the performance
are Mrs. Fletcher Harris and
Miss Betty Allen. Those taking
part from the mill are the fol
lowing: Walter Osborne, as the
bridegroom; Dick Chatham and
Sam Atkinson, bridesmaids;
groomsmen, Alex Chatham, Fred
Colhard, Bill Harris, Robert Har
ris, and Van W. Dillon, Jr.; flow
er girls, Hugh Salmons and Wal
ter Worth. Sam Neaves will be
the bride’s trainbearer. Gene
Hall will be the bride’s father.
Ushers: Fred Page and Eugene
Powers; soloist, James Booher;
distinguished guest, Ab Crater.