ERWIN CHATTER
Volume 1
COOLEEMEE CITIZENS
ENJOY COMMUNITY SING
Garden and Canning
Prizes Presented
At the Community Sing on
Sunday, November 5, one of the
best attended community affairs
we have had in several years,
the garden and canning prizes
were presented. This year we
zoned the town off into three
zones, so that means we had three
first and three second garden and
canning prizes.
Winners —Garden Prizes
Zone 1: (1) Mr. McGee Cal
houn, (2) Mr. A. T. Lewis.
Zone 2: (1) Rev. C. E. B. Rob
inson, (2) Mrs. J. D. House.
Zone 3: (1) Mr. Floyd Nail,
(2) Mr. Charles Isley.
Winners—Canning Prises
Zone 1: (1) Mrs. Russell Riden
hour, (2) Mrs. A T. Lewis.
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LEGION POST 54 ENJOYS ARMISTICE DAY DINNER
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ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAM-—Members and guests of American Legion, Cooleemee Post 54,
who enjoyed a good barbecue dinner Saturday, November 11, are: Front Row—John Greer Craw
ford (just returned from Guam), J. A. Sink, Post Commander, Lester Overcash, Rovie May berry,
C. L Isley, Guy Foster, H. C. Taylor; second row: O. C. Rambeau, Clyde Mcßride, Olin Spry, Bill
Bean, Bill Foster, Arlie Jordan, Ed Howard, C. L. Allen; third row: Clifford Vogler, Jr., Ralph For
rest, John Seamon, Fred Dunn, Theodore Pierce, W. G. Eaton, E. C. Tatum, T. C. Pegram. Short
talks were made by Mr. Pegram, Mr. Mayberry, Mr. Tatum and Mr. Ezra Motley, Greensboro (not
on picture).
THE ERWIN COTTON MILLS CO., COOLEEMEE, N. C., NOVEMBER, 1944
VOLLEYBALL TEAMS
TO BE ORGANIZED
Both Boys and Girls
To Play
Plans are now under way to
organize both boys' and girls'
volley ball teams. We have ar
ranged to use the school facili
ties for practice and play d'lring
the winter months. The teams
will be made up from first shift,
day shift and third shift em
ployes from various departments,
and play will be from about 7:00
to 9:00 P. M. The schedule for
play and organization of teams
will be made soon.
It had been planned to play
horseshoes and shuffleboard this
fall after the close of our softball
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COTTON PLAYS VITAL
ROLE ON EVERY FRONT
HELPED PROMOTE
WAR FUND DRIVE
Approximately $2,000.00
Is Subscribed
The following people wexe not
included in the War Fund Com
mittees pictured in the last issue
of ERWIN CHATTER: Lillian
Alexander, Warp; Lee Trexler,
Spinning; Bill Shaver, Production
Control; Ben Tutterow, Bleach
cry; Mrs. Clyde Young, Office;
Mrs. Clarence Messick, Cloth
Room; Mrs. C. £. B. Robinson,
Town; and C. S. DeWeese, Pub
licity Director. They, too, helped
make the drive the huge success
it was and are to be com
manded and tiianked for their ex
cellent work.
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"General Cotton"
Cited for Service
"A smart-looking Army," says
the General, as our Armed Forces
pass in review.
Good clothing is essential to
morale—an army well-clothed
and equipped feels
ta sense of fitness
which makes it hard
to beat
Cotton plays an~
important part in
Army clothing and
equipment, with a
half - bale needed
for each soldier's requirements.
More than forty cotton items are
supplied to each soldier upon in
duction and, with constant re
placement, these represent a tre
mendous use of cotton.
At the Cooleemee division of
the Erwin Cotton Mills Co. many
fabrics are created which go both
directly to the Armed Forces and
overseas as part of this nation's
Lend-Lease program The pres
ent production of the Cooleemee
mill has been estimated at well
above 80 per cent, going to essen
tial needs in the Armed Forces
or to foreign countries on Lend-
Lease, which covers a large va
riety of fabrics whose uses are
most essential for final victory.
One of the principle fabrics
made by those men and women
at home on the fighting front is
Herringbone Twills, going direct
ly to the Army for fatigue uni
forms which, under combat con
ditions, must many times serve
as fighting clothes also. Canton
flannels are performing a very
useful service to the war effort,
although of an indirect nature
about which publicity is restrict
ed. Sufficient to say, these flan
nels are used by other firms in
the direct processing of vital war
materials used every day by our
fighting forces. Still another little
known use to which this flannel
is put is in the manufacture of
the complex around filtering de
vices used in the manufacture of
both motion picture and still film
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