Sends Chatter All Over World;
Makes Friends For Erwin Mills
Pearl Ewing Writes To Pen-Pals in All States And Many
Foreign Lands; Exchanges Cards, Papers
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MBS. PEARL SWING and her invalid pen-pal, Beverly Jane Trailer of
Michigan. Mrs. Ewing sends The Erwin Chatter to Beverly and other pen
pals all over the world.
Pearl Vickers Ewing, No. 1 Spin
ning Room, probably has more
friends she has never met, than
anyone else in our Company. Mrs.
Ewing exchanges cards, letters and
periodicals with people in all the
48 states as well as many people
in far-off lands.
Mails Chatter to Pen-Pals
"I do personal advertising for
the Company," says Mrs. Ewing
who has worked in No. 1 Spinning
Room since May 1948. "I collect
copies of THE ERWIN CHATTER
from friends of mine who have dis
carded the paper, and mail them
to two people in each of our 48
states, one in Washington, D. C.;
and 19 in Australia, 17 in New
Zealand, five in England and one
person in Greece, Germany, Czecho
slovakia, the Philippines, Malta
and India. These friends of mine
all enjoy our ERWIN CHATTER and
they pass it along to their friends."
Started Hobby in 1950
Mrs. Ewing began her hobby of
writing to pen-pals in 1950 when
she started collecting view cards
"from each state. A friend in Penn
sylvania put her name in a maga
zine published in New Zealand.
Soon she began hearing from people
all over the world.
In addition to view cards, Mrs.
Ewing and her writing friends ex
change calendars, match labels,
handkerchiefs, Christmas cards,
newspapers, magazines and sou
venirs.
What Is Sanitone?
Mre. Ewing says that occasional
ly, her friends in foreign countries
ask questions concerning America.
In a recent letter from Germany,
the writer asked "What is Sanitone
for clothes?" Mrs. Ewing checked
with a Durham dry cleaning estab
lishment and answered him.
From the Gold Coast of Africa,
Managers 9 Offices
Move This Month
Remodeling work is almost com
pleted at Erwin Auditorium yhere
the entire office staff for the Dur
ham Erwin Mills is now located
The offices of W. V. Byers, Maiv
ager of the Durham Erwin Mills,
and E. G. Mclver, Assistant Man
ager, were moved to the Auditoriunl
THE ERWIN CHATTER
Vol. IX, No. 7
a writer offered to send her cocoa,
coconuts, monkey skins and stamps
in exchange for American sou
venirs. Her correspondent in Malta
is a Catholic school teacher who
wrote a very interesting letter tell
ing of a trip to Rome when she
was blessed by the Pope.
Saying Stamps for Sons
The letters and cards that pour
into the Ewing home at 609 Barnes
Avenue bear many beautiful and
unusual stamps. The Ewings have
six children and Mrs. Ewing is
making a fine stamp collection for
her youngest sons.
Likes Australia Best
Of all the countries of the world
where Mrs. Ewing has friends, she
believes that Australia is the one
she would like most to visit. She
is making a special collection of
Australian material and hopes to
put it in a book "some day in the
future."
IN FAR-OFF AUSTRALIA, Mrs.
Irene Nelson and her three daughters
enjoy reading The Erwin Chatter
sent to them by MTS. Swing of No. 1
Spinning Room.
during vacation week.
At Erwin, the Cotton Purchasing
office, built in 1949, is now head
quarters for the Manager and
Assistant Manager of our plants
in Erwin. Their Payroll Depart
ment will also move there, probably
within the next thirty days. An
older Erwin ootton office is the new
home of the Standards Depart
ment. These moves give each de
partment more working space.
JULY, 1953
Denims Perk Up
Cotton Industry
Erwin Mills Han Big Job To
Keep Ahead Of Newcer Denim
Manufacturers
Under the heading "Modern
Laving," Time Magazine, June 29,
1953, reports that the nation's buy
ers of fabrics have taken to this
year's crop of denims as a duck
takes to water. Newer cotton tex
tile companies are jumping on the
denim bandwagon to compete with
Erwin Mills.
The cotton industry, threatened
by rayon, nylon, dacron and orlon,
has discovered a new lease on life
with a fashion trend toward denims.
According to Time, no cloth is
selling faster, or in more colorful
varieties in the shops and stores
throughout the country, than once
humble denim.
Erwin Mills Pioneered
The fashion trend started in the
1930's with youngsters wearing
"levis." Not long after, the "faded
look" became popular and the teen
agers dumped bleaches in the family
wash to fade their denims. Denim
manufacturers decided that "if
people preferred light blue denim,
they had better start making it....
Companies like Erwin Mills, Inc.,
started experimenting with the
idea of denim in new weights and
bright colors."
Fashion designers have found un
limited possibilities for using
denim. This year, men's oxford
grey denim suits are extremely
popular. Other new uses for denim
include umbrellas, knitting bags,
glass cases, men's vests, women's
ensembles of belts, purses and
shoes.
Other Mills Expanding
Erwin Mills and Cone Mills are
the two leading producers of
denims today, but Time reports that
"Reeves, Avondale, Simatex and
other mills are furiously expanding
their production to try to narrow
Cone's and Erwin's lead."
Of course we are making every
effort to maintain the lead we have
established. The Erwin Labora
tory at Cooleemee is constantly
working on new finishes to boost
the sale of our denims. See Page
6 of this month's EBWIN CHATTBR
for a more detailed explanation of
the finishing work done in No. 3
Finishing Plant, Cooleemee.
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Cooleemee employees and their families beat the heat at the Company's
outdoor pool, open Sundays and Mondays of each week.
Summer Is Busy Time For
Company Recreatio
Swimming Most Popular As
Record Heat Hits State
The Erwin Mills swimming pools
at Durham, Erwin, and Cooleemee
are providing welcome relief from
blistering hot July weather. In
addition to swimming, Company
recreation programs are in full
swing this summer at Erwin and
Cooleemee where city recreation
programs are not available.
Erwin Center Moves
The Recreation Center in Erwin
is now in the process of moving
from their present building to new
quarters in the Park Center where
larger rooms are available. Recrea
tion rooms in the Park Center will
be used for club meetings, craft
classes, teen-age dances, parties,
and indoor games such as cards and
ping pong.
Outdoors in Erwin Park, the
recreation program provides shuf
fleboard, horseshoes, tennis, bad
minton, ball games, and of course,
the ever-popular swimming pool.
Erwin's recreation program is
under the direction of Mrs. Pur
cell, Community Worker; Mrs.
Jeffries, Librarian; Mrs. T. B.
Stevens, Girls' Activities; John Pe
cora and Tommy Patterson, Boys'
Activities.
Ball Teams in Leagues
Cooleemee has five active ball
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LIBRARY in Erwin has just moved
to the Park Center where more space
is available.
7 to 10 yean, 10 to 13 yoon, aai childtfoa ooor 13.
They on under the rapervisios of Ma T. B. Html—.
Circulation 6,000
teams this summer, four of which
are entered in leagues. The Men' 6
Baseball team, managed by Bill
Shoaf, is entered in the Industrial
League. The Girl's Softball team,
managed by Earl Stewart, and the
Men*B Softball team, are members
of the Union Grove Softball League.
Grimes Parker, Assistant Recrea
tion Director, has a Midget Base
ball team and an Intermediate
Baseball team. The Midget team
is entered in the Yadkin Valley
Little League.
Horseshoes and tennis are popu
lar outdoor sports at the Recreation
Center in Cooleemee. Plans are
made to hold square dances on the
tennis court as often as possible
throughout the summer.
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Durham Pool Open
The Erwin Auditorium swimming
pool opened this month under the
supervision of Lifeguard David
Dean. This year, for the first time,
the pool is open from 7 to 9 P.M.
for family swimming.
Three Durham Teams
The Durham plants have three
ball teams active this summer. The
Girl's Softball team, managed by
Ed Williamson, has a straight
record of victories in the City Girl's
Softball League. Erwin Audi
torium team, managed by Tommy
Wheeler, is entered in the City
Commercial Softball League. Ray
Utley manages the Erwin Audi
torium Nighthawks who play in the
City Nighthawk League.
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