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Page Four CHATHAM BLANKETEER December 23, 1940 “Hello, Santa” Brenda Ann, 18-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Vestal, and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Newman and Mrs. Alice Vestal. Chatham Blanketeer Claudia Austin Editor-in-Chlef C. J. Hyslup Assistant Editor Amel Eller I Circulation Babe Poole } Managers MAJOR EVENTS DURING 1940 Important Happenings Recorded in Blanketeer During the Past Year Are Listed Important happening,? appear ing in the Blanketeer during 1940. January Commissary added to the plant. Thad Eure, secretary of state, speaks to T. C. U. club at first anniversary banquet. Basketball season opened. February Families began moving to Elkin. R. M. Chatham passes away. March March 4. Finishing plant mov ed from Winston-Salem to Elkin. Began full operation on this date. Girl’s basketball team won A. A. U. Tournament in High Point. Boy’s basketball team won Gold Medal Tournament in Winston- Salem. Girl’s team lose Southern Tex tile Tournament Championship for first time in three years. April Mill grounds are beautified un der direction of Mr. Alex Chat ham, Sr. Blanketeer staff entertained at banquet. Safety banquet held. Mr. W. B. Underwood is speaker. Two-story structure is built to house Warp and Waste Depart ments. May First Aid, Welfare Department and Employment Office moved to Old Office Building. New Baseball Park is dedicated. Mother-Daughter parties held by L. H. C. clubs. Young bankers of New York visit plant. Safety work re-organized with two heads in each department. June Baseball club continues win ning streak. Bill Man becomes athletic di rector. A. R. Plaster promoted to foreman of Binding Department. $239.15 raised for American Red Cross. July Bonus is paid employees on July 4th. Milton Cooper joins Office Force. Mill gets new fence. August Parking lot is completed. Tuberculosis test given all em ployees. Scouring and Carbonizing De partment damaged by flood, Au gust 14. Employees urged to take Ty phoid vaccine. New ball park damaged by flood and fire. September Scouring and Carbonizing De partment completely destroyed by fire. Henry Dobson home destroyed by fire. New turbine installed. October October 16. Registration day for draftees. Fire brigade is organized. New coal conveyor installed. Vocational classes organized. Construction began on new Scouring and Carbonizing De partments. Fun is had at T. C. U. club Hallowe’en Party. November Employer-E m p 1 o y e e get-to gether, sponsored by L. H. C. club, is held. Basketball practice begins. First fire drills held. Third term election, Nov. 5th. Roosevelt re-elected. December $308.00 raised for American Red Cross. MARRIAGES FOR YEAR LISTED March—Willena Marler to Jesse Amburn. April — Sara Edna Greenwood to Guy Mathis; Lucille Cox to W. B. Harris, Jr.; Virginia Sink to Harvey Wishon. May—Pauline Lovette to Hen ry Shelton; Caroline Lillard to Van W. Dillon, Jr. June—Emaline Neaves to Hart ley Lord, Jr.; Evelyn Swaim to M. C. Dobbins, Jr.; Vivian Pardue to Arthur Felts; Bernice Welborn to Roy Lawrence; Mary Alice Camp bell to Raymond Chatham; Lola Wooten to Joe K. Wood; Dorothy Hampton to Reginald Gambill; Flora Bottoms to Clyde Parker. July—Grace Welborn to John Moody; Lubeth Cochrane to Joe Gilliam; Barbara Weedon to Fred Page, Jr.; Elizabeth Under- Miss Lorena Kelly speaks to L. H. C. clubs. T. C. U. club raises large amount for Welfare Fund. Company purchases bus for athletic use. wood to Earl Berry; Erline Mar shall to Immanuel Blackburn. August — Juanita Billings to Harvey Osborne; Arbie Fewell to N. A. Miles; Mary L. Holleman to Wade Johnson; Marguerite Briles to Of fie W. Mann. September—Willie Bell Osborne to Transou Boles; Delphine Crump to Charles Hanes; Gladys Transou to J. T. Pardue; Azzie Layell to Clifton Mooney. October—Maude Mae Roush to Jack Boose; Katherine Safrit to John Conrad; Huzzie Myers to Edworth Freeman; Pearl Ester to William Burchette; Violet Pardue to Kermit Mackie; Ruby Coch rane to Marvin Byrd; Elizabeth Dorse to Charles Barkley, Jr.; Mildred Poole to William Dixon; Louise McGhee to Hadley Bad- gett. November — Jane Womble to Russell Burcham; Mozelle Shore to Paul Pinnix; Grace Lawrence to Ralph McCoin; Carolyn Popp to Albert Crater. December—Dorothy Coram to Paul Mathis; Elizabeth Church to R. H. Lankford, Jr. “OFFICE CHATTER” (Continued from Page Two) You bring her the rest and she will go to town. Ola wants a Pontiac A pair of shoe strings And a hat rack. Idelia wants no diamonds or glit tering thing All she wants is an adding ma chine. Mamie wants a one-way passage to the South Sea I don’t know why unless it is to get away from me. I keep bothering her all the time To help me make this thing rhyme. Ruth Norman is so quiet, modest and shy So please don’t forget and pass her by. This was all written in a spirit of fun And I do hope there’s no harm done. Here’s wishing everything to turn out right Merry Christmas To All, and To All Goodnight. MR. CHATHAM PRESIDES AT MEET IN NEW YORK Mr. Thurmond Chatham, presi dent of the Company, presided at one of the sessions of the Con gress of American Industry in New York Friday morning. Sat urday night, he spoke over the Columbia Broadcasting System, from New York from seven to seven-thirty o’clock.
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