Champion Is
Inviting Local
People To Open
House May 4, 5, 6
CANTON" ? The Champion Paper
. !>d Fibre Company and the Tt#vn
of Canton are rapidly eompleting
elaborate preparations to enter
t. in an estimated 10.000 Western
North Carolinians who arc expect -
td to converge here next Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday. May
4th, 5th and 6th. to attend Champ ;
ion's first "Open House."
Champion has extended a cordi- 1
i ! invitation to the people of West- .
crn North Carolina to make a
t"ur of their vast mills here dur
ing open house, and see each step j
in the process of converting our
native trees into finished paper
Numerous committees have been
hard at work for several weeks J
Aids That
Produce!
You can't run a suc
cessful farm on promis
es .. . that's why we
don't talk about our
products . . . their high
yielding results speak
for themselves Quality
is tops . . . prices are
way down.
Fertilizer
Improved formula of
nitrogen, phosphorus, po
tas!
Grain
Finest quality to pro
duee large, healthy ani
mal.'.
Hybrid-Corn
Produces the largest, best
ears of corn.
Feed-Seeds
Highest quality for the
best results.
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CHEROKEE CO. EARNERS' .
COOP., INC. ,
Church St. Phone266-W <
Huge Paper Making Machine on Display
i
Number 11 Machine will be one
of the focal points of interest for
visitors who tour the plant of The
Champion Paper and Fibre Com
pany at Canton, during "open
house" days. Tuesday. Wednesday j
;?nd Thursda\ May 4th, 5th and ,
(>th This machine is the largest I
and most modern in the world for (
making white papers. It is capable j
of producing a continuous sheet of
paper 221 inches wide at speeds
up to 1.300 feet per minute. In
one day it can produce enough
paper to cover a two-lane highway
from Canton to the Atlantic Coast.
The people of Western North j
Carolina have been extended a i
cordial invitation to visit Cham- j
pion's plant on open house days I
and see this huge machine in ac
!
lion, as well as the other processes |
used in the manufacture of paper j
from our native forest products.
with detailed plans to assure a
maximum of convenience for
Champion's quests during their
visit.
Six full hours of each of the
three days have been arfotted to
the general public to view this
great plant which has been one of
the leadiiK' industries of Western
North Carolina for more than
forty years Without disruption to
production, visitors will see the
most modern and largest machines
in the world for the manufacture
ol the higher grades of paper.
Guests may register for the trip
through the mill between the hours
ol' 8:00 and 10:30 each morning
; p.d from 12:30 to 4:00 each after
noon Registration will be made at
* h- Champion V M. C. A. where
t'iich visitor will be given an illus
trated souvenir booklet containing
pertinent information about the
machines and processes that will
be seen on the trip. Children
from 11 to 14 years of age must
be accompanied by an adult
After registration visitors will
move through the mill, guided by
directional signs and by courteous
guides who will be stationed along
the route of travel to supply any
This is Shop in Murphy Week
May 1-8
Living Room Suits
Tables
Lamps
Washing Machines
Easy - spin dryers
Coal & wood
Ranges
Odd Chairs
Bed Room Suits
Wardrobes
Philco Refrigerators
Kitchen Cabinents
dinettes
Radios
Phonographs
Come in and Check our stock to-day.
Cherokee Furniture Co.
Phone 90 Murphy, N.C.
information that may bo desired
Visitors may observe for as long
as they wish any phase of the I
manufaeturing of paper, from the i
virgin pulpwood until the finished |
i 'duet is loaded into freight ears. |
The tour will eonsume from one
and-a-half to two hours time.
At the end of the route refresh
ments will be served at Champion's
now Cafeteria. Here visitors will
see an attractive display of Cham
pion's products, and will have an
opportunity to become acquainted
vith the activities of the many
agencies for developing the spirit
< i cooperation and good fellowship
which characterizes the Champion
organization.
A word-sketch of the route of
travel will give the prospective
visitor an insight of the many
interesting processes he will see
during his tour ol' the Champion
plant. He will see the pulpwood.
straight from the forot. being,
stripped of bark in huge tumblers
and fed into the maw of a giant
chipper that reduces the average
stick of pulpwood into small chip*
in less time than it t ikes to read
this sentence.
The visitor will see these chips
conveyed to the great digesters
where they are chemically "cook
ed" under pressure to separate the
papermaking cellulose fibres from
the lignin binder in the wood. In
subsequent processes these fibres
are washed, screened, bleached to
a high degree of whiteness, and
washed again before they are
ready to go to the paper and
paperboard manufacturing depart
ments.
In the beater n.om the visitor
will see the firbo being prepared
for papermaking by the addition
of various chemicals and dyestuffs.
He will follow these fibres as the>
flow onto the great machines and
form a web of rough, wet paper
that is dried and processed to a
smooth finish in one continuous
operation.
Following up the actual manu
facturing. the visitor will see the
large reels of paper from the
machines being reduced to sheets
or small rolls in the finishing
department, carefully sorted and
prepared for shipment to custom
ers all over the United States
Other sights along the route
of travel that will prove intensely
interesting will be the largest tan
nin extract plant in the world, the
plant for manufacturing the Chlor
ine used in bleaching pulp, plants
for making by-products such as
turpentine and trostol. plants for
reclaiming used chemicals, the
huge power plant where all the
steam and electricity are generated
to operate this vast mill, and the
modern machine shop, carpenter
shop, electrical shop, foundry and
metal shops that are necessary for
maintenance of the plant.
It is anticipated that Champion's
open house will be the biggest
event ever put $>n by a local in
dustry. Officials of the Town of
Canton are making special arrange
ments for parking private automo
biles. but they advise visitors to
use public conveyances wherever
possible so as to avoid this worry.
Production of milk per cow in
North Carolina averaged 330
pounds during March compared
with 286 pounds during February.
Small grains in the State are
doing nicely and stands are better
than average.
Europe's 1948 wheat and rye
crops are expected to be well
above those of last year.
Adequate farm labor is report
ed available in the southeastern
part of the State, but many other !
sections report a scarcity of labor !
ANDREWS Mi. and Mrs. Roy'
Wheeler of Elizabetbton, Tenn j
have announce I the birth of a 7r2- :
lb son, Albert Eugene, on April '
23. Roy Wheeler is the son of Mr. f
and Mrs. Bert Wheeler of An- j
drews.
ANDREWS? Mr. and Mrs B E.
Ahlport o 1 Los Angeles, California,
announce the birth of a son,
Daniel Boone, on April 10 Mrs.
Ahlport is the former Miss Mar
aret Boone, daughter of Mrs. J.
M Boone of Andrews.
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