Between 1914 and the late 1960s, the Champion Paper and Fibre Company published an internal newsletter, called The Log, to share news about the Canton mill, the community, and its employees. After 1940, news from the entire “Champion Family,” which included mills in Hamilton, Ohio; Houston, Texas and Sandersville, Georgia, was featured in each issue.

• Creator
  • Champion Paper and Fibre Company
• Format
  • Newsletters
• Type
  • Text
• Alternative title
  • The Log Champion of Activities
• Date
  • Date original: 1945-03;
  • Date digitized: 2016-11-11
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  • Dimension: 11.75" x 8.75"
  • Pages: 41 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • Champion Paper and Fibre Company -- Employees
  • Champion Paper and Fibre Company -- Periodicals
  • Community organizations
  • Credit unions
  • Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
  • Industries -- North Carolina -- Canton -- Periodicals
  • Sports
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Young Men's Christian Associations of North Carolina
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  • Haywood County (N.C.)
  • Canton (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • Canton Area Historical Museum
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  • Champion_TheLog_1945-03_Vol27_No02
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  • Canton Area Historical Museum

lN THIS ISSUE Sixth War Loan Over the Top . _ _ _ 2 Genera! Douqlas MacArthur •• __ __ • _ 4 Military Trainmq for American You.th 5 · Editorials --- ---------- - ---------· 6 · CHAMPION FAMILY NEW$ Hamilton Division - - --- - ------ -- - - - 8 Caa.toB Division ___ _ . ___________ • _ 24 llotJ.ston Division _______ ___ __ ___ _ • 37 OF C ·u·A M PI 0 N C T l V I T I E S ARCH l94~ VOL.XXVll NUMBER 2 .. Our Cover Picture The picture on the front cover this month, shows a Fili-­pino family aboard water buffalos, which mo ed them and their belongings doVi n from the muddy hills, after their lib­eration by the men of General l\!IacArthur from Japanese oppression. · Note the muddy roads over which our soldiers had to travel to reach 11fanila. Piled in the background are some of the supplies and am­munition vvhich your Bonds helped to purchase for the lib­eration of ooth American and F.ilipino prisoners, and open· the road to Tokyo. The water buffalo, orig~nally from India, has been do­mesticated and are now used as draft animals in most of the warmer countries of Asia and the South Pacific. The water buffalo is said to be larger and less docile than the common ox, and is fond of marshy places and rivers. These powerful animals are not built for speed, but give them a quagmire. and they'll get through where their motorized rivals fr e­quently get stuck -up to the _hubcaps. • PUBLISHED BY '"THE CHAMPION FAMILY'' HAMILTON. OHIO : CANTON. N. C, : HOUSTON, TEXAS : SANDERSVILLE. GA. EatabUahed 1914 • - • - • • . Thlrty.first Year of Pubnc-.tlon The papet for the cover of this ma.4azine is Gluurtplon Kromekote. and the ·paper .for tho inside paqea S. ChampioQ W:b:ite Satin Refold Enamel. We manufacture ~nany qradea Of bleache4 papen, Maehlae fW1hecL Suptr Ctluclered. and. Coated. ; - • 1~he i 'th \Yar L an Yra 'th !art,. t moun f fu v pr duce l in a \Var an D ri .· . It totaled approrin1at 1y t Yent ,._ n l illi n i: hundr d and tw nt -- r nuJlion dollar . '] opping the quota of 14 illi n r qu t d b th ' ui ed a · 'f r a ur. In r . than 7 t illion , or ab . 54 per cent. L'EGENO E]Vndlf lJO'Y.. (:~~]130% fa 149" 150% to 169% 110% Dr fJV.T -· l!t - '· U.S. TotaLI54 ' Total Sales 6th War Loan: Per Cent of Quota Reached SI:XJH WAR LO AN. 0 RIVE OVlR THE TOP The map above, prepared by the Treasury Department, shows the per cent of quota reached by each state in the Sixth \Var Loan Drive. You will note that 11 states reached 170 per cent or over; New Hamp­shire, We t Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Washington, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Minnesota, Iowa, Virginia, New Jersey New Hampshire leading with 221 per cent; West Virginia, 209, and Korth Carolina 205 per cent. States in which Champion plants were located: North Carolina, 205 ; Ohio, 148 ; Texas, 143, and Georgia, 124 per cent. The map below show's the per cent of sales to corporations. Tennessee leading ·with 261 per cent; Washington Stat e, 258; North Carolina, 256. Total Sales Of The Six \Var Loans 1st loan _____ __ $ 12,947, 00,00 2nd loan _______ 18,555,000,000 3rd loan __ _____ 18,944,000,000 4th Joan ___ ____ 16,730,000,000 5th loan ___ __ __ 2 ,639,000,0 0 6th loan _______ 21,62 1,000,00 · • t.EGENO ,[3tlnd, 160" fJ!i 160" /(J 179~ 180Y. /() 199% 2'00'1(, ()I' fWN . . ... ·: ... . .. ' !M .. •,. :: u.s. Totaf.J75 Sales to Corporations: Per Cent of Quota Reached (2) • E REO CROSS IS CALLING YUU! The Red Cro erving our boys o \Veil on the Battle-f on the Home Front and in every emergency at horne and a road i a kin ·YOU for a GENEROUS OFFERING in the e en can1paio-n for fund to carry on the work. I-I ave you :rnade a contribution? vVas it a liberal one? liberal contribution to this ·worth · cause will do at least hree thing : 1. It will make you happ) to know that you are helping in thi good work. 2~ ) ou "vill render a service to the men in the Armed forces, that they mu t have to urvive. 3. You \vill be helping to win the war. Contribute now, and give every dollar you feel that you are able. '·'You Could Have Knocked Me Down With A Fe,ather" Recently, while stoppina at one of the leading hotel in A anta Georgia a rap wa heard on my _room door. vVhe~ o ened the door the room in pector With pad and . pencil i 1 hand a~ ked, "I your room in good condition:" . I .t:.eplied , Ye~, I think o." he aid) '·D-o you have plenty ot lmen., mvels etc.?" I "aid, "I think everything is all right." I then ulled out a mall coin and aid, 'I am going out nml'ir,­and I · ·auld be lad if you vi;ould crive this coin to the maid, a a k her to put an xtra pillow on my bed.' She replied, ' K.ee our chan e. The employee. of thi~S hotel are paid , ood waae - you don't have to tip them. In fact, I think he pa ron . ·of thi hotel . i e away too much money in ' i '. You d on't have to -I ill have the extra pillow pla::ed .in • our room.n In the vernacular of a certain movie co edian uYou could have knocked me down with a feather." Fo a moment, I didn't know what to ay finally . I said, "T hank . ·ou, · and a I do, ed the door-the e pre ion came to mirrd- "Yo:u could knock me down with a feath r." • 1nd 'OU could have-almo t. The tatemeat of the hotel room 'in pector wa , I am -ure, pa rtly true, but not alto ether. o doubt the hotel OJf']Dyee~ are \Veil pa~d and VOU don't have tO "tip" them, u unles you do, you will on be potted, and won't get a y ~ en-ice. 1 am told tbat orne bell-boys in l1 otels make a. much a twenty dollars a day jn ttps-wh1ch may or m.ay r be rue. · Tbe cu tom of tippino has, in thi , as w 11 a in oth r coun rie , become o unive r al, c ne ha to do it if on ·. gets an. -en·ice from those who are paid by he op ra ·or. of ho el . re am·anr , all atincr house ', and many th r places 1 h r men and . omen are uppo ed to serve n . It rna he p r ly the fault f the people who frequ nt the e plac s, u · day, i£ i the cu tom and if y u fail to d it and not be e1zerous in ~.our gi·ving, u will s on find that y u ar · i!tnor d and the fellow wbo 'tips" gets all tl e attenti n. Toda -. if y u are . toppina at a fir. t da.- hotel · about one­fr)' n of ·our expense will be in "tip '. Of cQursc, it j n't ng r- -h 1cin t be, but what can ori do al out Jt. - P ayinr.r -·e. t be tl e only way out. (3) . . Life And Death So he died for his faith. That is fine, More than most of us do. But, say can you add to that line ·, That he lived for it, too? In his death he bore witness at last As a marty1· to the truth. Did h1:s life do the same in the past, From the days of his youth? It is easy to die. 111 en have died For a wish or a whim- From b1·avado or passion or pride, Was it harder for him? But to live- every day to live out All the truth that he dreamt, Tfl hile his friends met his conduct with doubt And the world with contempt. Was it thus that he plodded ahead, N evn turning aside? Then we'll talk of the life that he lived. LV ever mind how he died. ~By Earnest Crosby . ' YOl!R TELEPHONE-an w r it promptly. The call r may thmk yo~I are away from your d k and hang up. At any rate he w1ll appre iat your not makinrr h im v a it v hile you light a ci :rar empty th · a h tray or rearrange th . ma­terial on y ur de k. Yl :1 "HELLO,.' v hen your tel phon rin o-' i · ab ut like ing to the door with a ma on when s meon kn.ock,. Let 1he ali r know imn1 · liat ly th, t he ha the ri15ht per­S() fi by a weting thi way: 'Prod u ·tion D 1 a rtment Jon sp aking." TELEPHON 'i' LI F,' and · pl, wh us bu in s tel )ph nes ar bu y tHe · <lay . ave tirn · by b in b ief. Pl an your ~ 1 ~ h n ;nver&.ation in d m ., ard u'll et yo.ur busines transacted q nick r. • \ THE C.RinSER U. S. S.-PITTSBURGH ' Close-up view of the- new U. S. S. Pittsburgh, a powerful heavy cruiser which has joined the American fighting fleet. This is one of the 10,000 ton Cleveland Class. We un.de~stand that the Pittsburgh is one of the most powerful cruiser of her class on combat duty. -Official U. S. Navy Photograph. Keep Your Red Cross At His Side Keep your Red Cross at his side. Never was this more important than toda y. Long after swords have been beaten into plowshares the Red Cross will have much to do. · Even after the last gun has been fired many a month will pass before all our fighting men are home. Some· will be confined in hospitals for long periods of recovery. Tradi­tional Red Cross ervice for these men who have sacrificed so much must continu,e una.bated. It is a sacred obligation delegated to your Red Cross. No less sacred is the obligati on to stand by with all neces­sary aid while vete rans of this war, now being returned to civil bfe, ·adjust themselves to new conditions, prepare to take their rightful places in fte]d and factory. _ The welfare of the fam iljes of Ollr men in uniform, t heir v.. ives and · hi ldren, their a ed parent s ~ must be . uatded to see that tb ey do not suffer want in these tryiJw tjmes. The refu aees and waifs of war need help- help uch as only the R ed Cross i,s reparcd to give i_n a war-sea rred world. 1 hese es, enti al and humanitarian s rvices whi h at h .me have characterized tb - Red Cross t hrough th e y ar must be con 11m eel: dicsaster r li ef, home nur ing instr 1ction, nur- e's · ai&e tra ining, the . . . many v lunt er ervic s, and €lther a - t1v1t1e . Thouoh the roa r of guns may cettsc, htJman n d r main. The R ed Cr ss can ·meet the, e only with your continu ed g ·n­erous support. 1he President ha · de ignat d Mar h as R cl Cro s 11ontl ; the period in ' hich th 1945 R d Cro s War Fund ill be raised. Red Cross a.ctivitie ar fina nced olel from voluntary ontribution and · ifts. \Ve all mu ~ t do on·r p art. • General Dou·glas MacArthur and Our American Boys Triumphant Entry Into Manila "'1 l\ h "_'-'il le · r~i zu1. in an d!· orial Jv1 hday mr rning, l ' bn1 ar ~ 5 Jf 4-5, pa1d a w r hy nbute o G n ral Douglas l ~ ·l. r ht1r and th meti aH l;,c,y in the u h Paci·fic, in rhe · w rd -_: ' Th 1 ~at st vi tf ry < n the road to Tokyo ha b -n attaal ·d in her 1 fa hi n. Bu n t v j hc1u :o rr)\~ and uf:fe r i ~g; not wi ho-?t toi! and bards h~p; n t wt th tt schcrnw · and planmng on a seep wh1 h ce rt au)ly xc cd. any previ u milltary effor in o r histor . , 'T'h m =-1·i an solcl iets in the S tl ·h Pa.ci'fic have d JUe. and ar d inr a ma rvelous j b. vVe do no under'tand bow tb y a.cco m p lj ~ hed s · · much in ·uch a short period of time. \ ' 1hen we rea ltze that they are now 3,00G miles from-Au tra­li a, 5,300 mile from Pearl Harbor, and 8; 0 mile · from the farms and {act orie from which suppli es had t be rans.port­cd, their accompli hment seem aJmos impo-ssjbie. Quot ing again from the editorial wh tch appeared in the Asheville Cit izen of Februa ry S, 1945, it ay : "Behind the conquest of Nianila from the Japanese li es a tortuous route of victory. It i long, longer than any. road trave rsed by the conqueror ~ of hi tory from the time of the Great Khan to the present.-The mad of victory across the central Pacific and up from the Papuan Jungles. Guadalcanai, the Coral Sea, Gona and Buna, Tarawa, ~tli dway, and Saipan, the Kula Gulf, and Leyte are hallowed milestones on t his un­forgettable march.-It is a surpassing victory. The American people as one sal ute, the genjus and the courage that made it possible." Perhaps, never before in the hi story of America, have th e Army and Navy cooperated as they have in thl · South Pacific struggle. That 1s the way it should be, aBd the American people are praising General MacArthur and Ad­miral Nimitz for the fine spirit they have shown and the splendid way they woi·k together. It is the onl. 1'\lay to win a great battle, . where b0th the Army and Navy h ave a job to do. · Interesting Items Gathered · Here ·And There The Battle f Hastisgs in vvhicb the 1 rman of En land conqu€red the Anglo-Saxons in 10 · i11 th famous Bay ux tapestry. )) » ({ {( invaders depicted The fir t group of marines t · h train a sembled at Lak bu r ~ t, N. J., in O"tob r, a, pan hutists, 1 40. The Herbrlde. I slands were ruled by th l' ings f N until 12 6, ' h Iil tho islands wer c d ed t S tland . On the island ·of Formosa, the te.mperature rar 1 falh b low 96 degr )) )) « (( The coast l i1~ • of Norw y is 12 000 mil ' long. The oJI ·eum of Ron1e was built to a.c 0mmodate ap­pro. x<imately 50,000 people. • • • ·Is it essential? What effect will it have upon American youth, and the Nation?·. ... har we too. become a Nlil1tary Nation? If a warlike ~ri it dominate , the people of this· country where will the '\i-o'\·e of peace'' go to find friends ? Who will champion her cause!' Just a few year ago, it seems to us) the leaders of thi co try: everely condemned IVfilitarism, and contended it \·a the cause of ·war in Europe and the Orient. As we recall, it "-\·a · tated that the l\tiilitary was responsi ble for the war­like- spi ri t developed in the Axis countrie . Giving young . hoy militar. trainin wa " looked upon as perfectly "hor­rible''.- Even pictures of little German boys in training carr_ ·ing ,~·-ood en gun were published to how how low in the cale of human depravity the Germans had fallen.­~ lakin killer DUt of the ., outh of the country, we said. And .in our righteou indignation we cried, "away with such a barbaric nation, they have no place in this modern world." \VeU, how a bout it today? Have we forgotten the things r.:-e said: How ·we were shocked at such· inhuman behavior! AJ."ld nmv, a re \Ve going to follow in the foot teps ·of nations that have brought upon the peoples ·of the world, such. a destruction of human lives as the world ha never known? Are we too going to adopt miLitary training, and admit there · i- no uch thing as nations living together in harmony-as oorl neighbors '? _, r - - Germany and some other European countries adopted CQID-puleory military service people from those . countries have :flocked to the United States of America, to e cape militarism, aud make their homes in a land where liberty qf thought and action ha, developed productive energyj mass production, rna s- distrjbution technique, and better living conditions. Stalin, is quoted as saying at the Teheren Conference: "Capita list production i . winning this war." · Yes today, and in the future, the strongest military power is, and will be) the people h aving the trongest prodtrctive power. Therefore, vmuld it be wi e to adopt a method that has failed in other countries. ·we claim, "America mu t never again be caught so unprepared for war." Who was prepared · for this war ? France, Italy, Germany, and ] a pan, have had compulsory military training for generat ions, that may be yvhy _we are having to sac rifice so many young ' Americans, and hundreds of billions of dollars to suppress these militant rebels. After this war, America will, no doubt, rnajntain a pretty large Army and Navy, and if other nations are not allowed to have a larger fighting force than we have, what have we to fear? In vVorld War II, we understand, .in many cases, American soldiers were trained and sent overseas to £ght, three months after they entered the Armed Service. There has been in the past , and will be in the future, a large number Oh! You say, it i neces ary for self preservation. Then of young men , who wiLl volunteer for service in the Army and why do we make it uula ~vful for a person to stick a revolver in hi"' pocket for protection ? But, yem ay, we are only advo­cating one year military training- just to "orter" prepare our boy for an e-mergency conflict, hould it he forced upon U~. Ye, one -yrear militar. trainino- to start with , but it-may _ Navy, therefo re, compulso ry military training seems un- >e necessary to make it two year during the next decade.- ' :-Ia:~e to he :well trai ned you know, and within twenty-five C'f afty year:., we may be doing as the Germans have done - ~ art with our ~1ilitary program, by giving our children toy widiers to play with ,- and follow it up in the kinder- O'a _ten ~rades, grammar school, high chool, and college wit! · ore militarism. · · · I t appear lik ely, that eur lead~rs wiH fasten this · ystem upon u~. _ H they do, will the military training system lead away from An:ieri-canisJ11 and into Nazism, or Fascism ?' If that is what we want, ali righ:t, but let's not be deceived by ri,ne phrases about discipline, 1aealth, education, and ecurny. · I t has b een s ugge ted that th.e sneak .att~ck upon P earl Ha rbor ucceeded, because of lack of military preparedness. \Va i lack of p reparedness, military train~ng, r lack of alertrt.esJ: If ever boy .and girl in the continet1tal Bnited "tate and it contiguous territory had been military t rained, e re ults a t Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 , would have ­been the same. T he French ·goverr:r~ent, for .more than half a centu_ry-, ha had c-omp ulsory mrhtary servi ce, and she has been alhed 1th ather Powers also having compul ory n ilitary &ervice, for the purpo e of keeping peace in Europ.e. Do we want t -py the method of keeping peace which the French have us d since 1 71? Or do we want the kind of pea'Ce France ha~ had for more than a half ceritury? . _fTom N~~oleon.~ the Prug; ian adopted con crlptio1:1 and m1la ry rramm of the youth .@f Prus ia, and -within cught . e~r , from Iut)3 to 1 71, Pruss1a won tb.ree war and found­d modern_Germany sh.ehas had compulsory mi.I.itary train­Hl ever stnce, and hasn't won an,other single war. SincB necessary. Things That Count 'Tis the hu1nan touch in this world that counts, The touch of yQur hand and mine, Which means far more to the fainting heart That shelter and bread and wine. Fo1· shelter is gone w'lun the m:ght is o'er, A1~d bTead lasts only a day, Hut the touch of the hand and the sound of the voice Sing o·n in the soul alway. -Spencer M. Free . THE WAR DEPARTMENT WARNS To saf eguard the lives of miss ing United States · soldi ers, the War Department has i su d the f 1- lowing ru les: '' 1. Do not address any · o rrespondence to a soldi er in a mi ss ing-j n-act ion status. 2. If you have the addre 'S of a pris n T f w, r, write di rectly. · 3. s.e the Int rnational R d Cro - dir c­tory servi e nly if a s lcli r ha b · n r - ported a pris n r aud .·he camp address is not given." vVriting a sold.i r li. t d as mis ing in a-ti n, may imperil · bis safety by inf min · the en en y that he is st ill at large outsid - the tine -.. ' ~A S >klier list d as :rni ss in , in action n a h ve c cap d, o.r, he may not have b ·n p i ·1 d by the en n':ly. ln .such cases, h ma be still t larg in enem t r-rtt ry. • .. • ' I Published b 1'The · hampi n Famil r' a a Cooperation and Good fellm't·'hip 1 ,·i.-tin of The ham ion l aper and Frbre Hamilton, hio · Canton. · . rtb ·mb l f the t h Pbnts mran ', ar lina · • Hou ton Texa ~and S nder '' jl} , ~"'"'r ta. G. W. Pmti.IPS_. ___ . _. __ ___ ___ . ___ __ ._ . Editor, Canton, North Carolina REUBEN B. ROBERTSON# JlL . __ . ___ • __ .. -.. -- •• -.- --. Associate Editor DWIGHT J. THOMSON __ ••• ______ • ____ __ _____ . ~ _ •• -. -Associate Editor EMERSON ROBINSON._. _ .. __ ... ______ . Assistant Editor. Hamilton, Ohio A. M. KOURY._ .•• _. _. _ • • . . _____ . ____ . Assistant Editor, Houston. Texas All articl~.r itt this ma az·ine ore •written by the edito1· except tlws'e Zl.Jhich c rr)' th name of the au,thor. Good Leaders Are Needed Today As Badly As At Any Time In the History of This Nation A good leader, of course, i one who is able to direct some action or movement ucce sfu lly. In other words, one who knows \vhat to do and i able to get men and women to do it. The great need of ~he world today is,' perh~ps, men wh~ can so direct the energtes of the rest of us, as to turn a busmess failure into a successful enterp ris~. Men usually flock to a good leader, because men realize that an able leader offers them opportunities to make the most of themselves. People associated with a good leader know that they have a much better opportunity to improve their talents than if they were following an unsuccessful leader. That's why good leaders always have a host of fol­lowers.- Men are anxious to work for them,-customers are pleased to do business with a company that is successful ,­stockholders are willing to put up capital for up-to-date equip­ment, when there is a man at the helm who is able to pay dividends on investments. Being able to manage a business so that it will pay a fair and just dividend to the stockholders on investments, is an accurate measure of a leader', worth. What if a leader in industry is paid a salary of $ ... ,000 or $500,000 ·a year, if he is able to make a profit for the stock­holders and furni sh regular employment to empl yeee at a· good wage? Such an indust rial, leader is worth more to a company and the people of the community, than one ' ho i unable to make a business pay. Io man or !il'roup of m n, wi ll operate a business very long without pro'fit. In every walk of life, the man or worn· n who can make two blades of gras grow where nly on O'rew befo tands out as a great leader, and his or her s rvi e aTe in J m. nd. Within a short period of time this untry, which a few centuries ago, was an uninhabited wi ld rne s s.av · for th Indian that roam d the forest and lived on the fie h f wild ani_mals, has been transf rmed int th great st untry n the face of the lobe, as a result f ou ra c u 1 ad r hip nd good business executive . o d leadership is th ~. ·e r t o the su ce s f any bu ine s nterp.ri , and th dev Jopm nt of a country. Withou t good lead r ·hip . an enterpris or 'ountry will become stagnant and slip backwards. Is Patience and Fa1th an Essential Qualification of Business Execut1ves? id y u v r tuink of the patien e req 1i1 'd build I .rg • 1, in s? i\lm )~1 v ry bu i e •nter. rilie i"' , mon - n. nt t< th i n · · [ th wner ~ . l• ir , it wa backed fiw r ci II with ·u ffi cicnt ca i · ) t rt the bu in ss, aud t h n, qui oft ·n, the su khf,ld r went for ye ts wi hout divid ·.nus in r r that the c rnin r., Qf 1he b1u;;i1 c s might rei.nv ·t J, , nd the b in ss 'Xpanded. I · ti "n . t wait for clivi nds, an {ai h in the enterpri·e in whi ~h one is engaged, ems o b the es enc -· f capitali ic ent rprise and is he mark tha qualifJ. s a man for a suc-c ful e ecuti v . fttim s a decade pa se befor the in- - e Lors realize fully n their investment. In. ead of paying lit all arnin gs in dividends, mana ·rement reserv s a large P' rt of th ar11ings for xpansion. Perhaps ne reason why s many people fail, hey haven't the patience t wait for the business to row; they insis-t upon quick returns. Bruce Barton, in his book, "What Can A Man Believe;", the question was asked: ''wherein do big business leaders differ from small bus iness men." 1ne ansvver was, '~Courage to jump off the dock," to which he crave the following ex­planation: "Educated brains can be bought fairly cheap in business. Muscle is a glut on the market; even energy and a certain amount of initiative can be put on the pay-rolL But real courage is rare. Hence, it is the most highly re­warded quality in business life. Every big bu iness was conceived by ·some one as a tremendous act of faith, and the bigger the men, the bigger the.i r belief must have been in order to lift them up to where they are." Men without patien<::e and faith never accomplish very much in life-only men of great faith do crreat deed . It i said, when Henry Ford gave up his job at twenty-five dollars a week, to build his first automobile, his father warned Henry that young men should not take such long chance . When Henry Ford began to build his first automobile fac­tory, his father said, "Henry, you're too late, by the time you get your plant finished, evervbody who an afford an automobile, will have bought one.' The poet, Ralph ' Valdo Emerson, aid, " Pa~i e nce and fortitude conquer all thing .)) It ha al o been sa1d: 'fher is no road too long to the man who advances deJJ.berately and without undue has te; there are no h nor too d1 tant t the man who pr,epar s himself f r them ~ ith pati nee.' Tol stoi aid "Faith is the fore of life.' \V knm that the stren oth ot' man comes from hi faith in thin cr- unse n. Fai th mak s one tr n - trong ~on v i ti ns mu t mn bef re re t acti n , and h who ba fa ith ncl patienc is u ually na ter of th wh ar uncerta in and v avt>r ing. ·(6) A THOUGHT FOR THE .MONTH 1y littl childr ·n th se things write I u nt you1 that ou sin 11. t. And if any n1an sLn, w ' ha e n d at with th } ath r J e-u hrist th righte u : a . h i th propit\lation f r our in : and n t f r our' nl but als for h sins of th whole w rld. - The Bible, 1st Johp 2: 1, 2. • Traveling In A Vacuum Tube Fifty Miles A Minute Is Possible ' . In an article p ubli shed in The American Weekly Nfaga­zme. Dr. Irvi no- Lan muir, associate director of the General E}ectri Company' research laboratory at Schenectady ,. New 1 ork .. ·ate . tbat it ma_. be possible to travel com£ortably at the mcred1ble peeds of froin 2 000 to 5,000 miles an hour , i a hermeti cally-sealed tube. Dr. L angmuir belie es pneumatic-tub e t rav el after the '·_ r will be po sibie- "the only barrier ta nding in the way oi ~ra~ Jormrn!'T uch an idea int? rea 1i ty ," . says _Dr. Lang­m Ir 1 the expense of con t r uctmg large hermettcally-seal­. e - 1be - from one point to another." A coa st to coast tu~e, }or in t~nce, ~rould be an expens ive const ruct io-n job. BmJdme- a ra1} road across the continent and supplying the The New A,ir Force Plane ' ' Transport T his is the C-97, two views,, the new transport counterpart o£ the B-29, whi h exceeds- all exi sting Army Air F orce tran ports in range p ayload and size. The big ship is · 110 ft. 4 in. long, has a wingspread of 141 ft. 3 in., and i ca pable of carrying in its two decks more than 100 fully eq u ipp~d troops for long distances at exceptiona lly high speeds. the ceiling) nor the sides, and th e t ubular carriage is trans­ported by magnet ic pm.ver. After the car .in the pneumatic­tube obtains the desired speed, it is claimed, no motive power will be necessary, according to Dr~ Langmuir. Since there is no air to offer resistance and no friction, the coach, it is 'stated, should be able to coast for ·several hundred, or per- . haps, thousands of miles. ' Get a copy of the American Weekly and read the article. It is not only interesting, but sounds plausible to the un­technically minded person, and we shouldn't be surprised if within the next 25 years, we may be travt;!ling across the con­tinent at the rate of fifty miles a minute. · Your sole contribution -Franle Crane. to the sum of things is yourself. Success or failure in business is caused more by mental attitude even than by mental capacity.-W alte-r D1:ll Scott. ec s~a~y eqw r m:ent for t ra nsportatios, was al so a costly n r n ~ e , but 1t wa wo rtln,rhile. However, the time requir­e . . o travel from coast to coa st by rail or plane, as compared '} t tr:avel by P.neumatic-tube would be · vastly different. Three day b rail 15 hou r by plane, and only 60 minutes b T D'r. Lan muir s pneumat ic-t ube. . It takes war to put the inven tive mind to work-and tne bl ~~er the war, the more active the h uman mind becomes... Of cour·e . e hm~un mind will continue to travel along the line The man who has n t anything to boast of but his illus­trio~ s ~nces tor s , is like a potato~the only good belonging , to h1m 1s underg round.- Sir Thernas O verb~tr~. ·f ne ~- m" entw:n.~ for some time after t h]s war-perha ps, t\ en y-fi:e or th1 rty. y e~ rs but like the projectile from a · w_n. a tJme o-oe on Jt wdl gradua lly low down until s'Ome- .m e~ c:· re· the mind to action again. ' \~·~ neefd variou project to help $Olve .the unemployment P, ~' !em a .ter th_e v. ar, and old automob1les, worn out ma­. c 1me~ . D :-olete .. hiEs gu ns? tanks, an.d other salvaged metal, \: 'huld .,uppl_ nou n matenal to build several hundred mile rA D r . Lan?rnu ir's pneu matic-tube. Dr. . Larwmui: s idea of t ransportation seems to be by magn::uc attraction. The carriage for pa ssengers would r;at m the center of the tuhe, touchjng neither the botton1, (7) The fir st and best victory is to conquer self; to be con­quered by self is, of all th-ings, the most shameful and vile. - Ph.Jt o. • ~[he only way in which one human bein o- can properly attempt to mflu ence another is to encoura "C b im to think for ~im s ~lf, in~tead of en?eavor!ng to instill ready-made opin­IOns 1nto h1s h ead.-S~r Leslze Stephens. N ever leave that til t omorrow which · yoo can eo t<?day. - 1Jen Franklin. ' • a I (. hJr 1 ~"'i{ n. L -~ ·r L,lnJnlll, " s t n ·h]p ''hi ·h t •l part in nc >f th~.: ~ r at n ,-Jl t attl l·~ n '. r the Phil ­i l"'l i I~ • t h .t t f S u r i ~ a o ~ t r J i t ~ : J. n - tn he "u~t>s nlO 1,·etrap -·• tu a t ch mo ~ ­' ui e:: ~tnd n ' f them meet in the Far Ea:t b, - ct ·ci 1ent and sh(w.; each their -~ J ·Lu ·k 1 i ,-e.-. Others write of En .._ bnd nd Fr nee an l far ~wa\. · r•Jaces tO \V hich the \'ar has SCattered . m ~ n,· of the ''fa mil,-." Extr~ct: from some of th letter n.:ceiYe l b ~ · Champion are : . T , - .\ LBERT E. \YISE.:\L X. APO • Tew York-Thi. is England, torn and t at ered. quite dep re ed fi nancially and ,pi rituall:, but , till havi ng the will to win . And it v.·ill never be the Old Eno-la nd aga in. The men and \Yomen of the l·. S. Armed force are cau ·iner a blood le2 re,·olu t ion \'~.r hich I believe i ' going to change the li,·es and habit' of Engli "h people more than has any the r one th ing in the_ hi story of Eno-land. Hitler cau ·ed th1s war but our people. coming ove r here have brought new idea , nevv plans and new hope for these people. If people in the tate:- could get one look at one of the "e bombed towns, they would stop griping about rationino- and shortages ... \Vhen cbild ren ta rted coming around after ()Llf arrival. they asked for orange or lemons. T hey have not seen either for six month . . In spite uf hard hip s, they arc not omplaining. I nstcad you hea r of hopes fr,r th e future after Cerrnany i · defca ted . PVT . FRED STE\'/\RT, APO Tew York- T am now in AJ ..,ac with th 7th Arm . . I thfJUgh t J•,n rland wa . dama c~cd but it \'a nothi ng c<Jrnparcd to Franc:::. 1 stcJppcd in London fr)r two days, ha vc be n to P a ri. and 110\ it look.:. a. t lwugh Berlin is n ·xt on ·rn v 1 is r. • LESTER LA.\fDRl -1 t . FP . . an I· r a rH. i ~ o lt h a - b · n k <: e pin,, us bt~vy lately takin r care of Lh J ap:;. \ e can tell \Vt. mad a t rpcdo a ttack. on an enem · fo rce in the S uri cr~w ' tra it , a urp ri se battle in the L e ~ tc • amous 1nes oJer;nion. '" · I.!:Ot on· J ap b a tt l e~ hip, one c tui ~ l·r and { ur en ' 111 ) pia n e::~ . Prdt\· good for on t im . T ell th • • ga n ~' L1t home to kc--p 11~1 th ·i r gnnd \r nrk. (J l >t - T bi · famo us bat lc was m ·ntioned in a :tory in a recent 1 sue f th .. Satunb y Ev ning P ost. ) .' / SCT. DDl SON L. CARPE ~ ­TER. APO N w York- Well. where ' l am now is ome di stance from China, Indi a. and the hump over which we flew many t imes. And it looks li ke 1 am gradua lly ·working back towa rd the states. At my last place, APO 492, I ran into a fellow wh ose face looked familiar to me and I to him. vVe chinned quite a while on different oc­casions and finally just a day or ·two before I left we met in the PX and chinned again. Finally, I reached into Sqt Morey H. Soehn r. f~Hm er ly of No. 1 Machin Room. who wa killed ln action In f rance on Octob r l. H w a ae" nq in mortar detachm nt t the time. Hia moth r. Mrs. Elizabeth Soehner. 319 Pershing Avenue. has just received from tbe War Department, the Purple Heart. award d posthumously to her dec ased son. (8) my p k • anJ tcJok 011 m hampir,n ( )0 d Lm.k Pi e~ · He id tL · am e. He was 1 • o ·I Samuel 1t ·tw u t:d tu -( )rk in the col or ro ,rn. /\ nd ~H lie ·em . c had a '()Od old fa LI 'J11'.!d "abfe '· about the fine place Champion i .. 1 /SGT. PHIL SL CLtTO ·. _ PC San F ranci cc I j u .~t gn the cvpy of my Loc, the firs piece 0f mail I re­ceived since I rrv to the P hilippine'. Have seen some ac ion he re. T he peo­ple eem glad the Yank are back. R AThiO~D G. GARRETT, FPO. New York-Sorry I can t tell }'OU where I am but maybe the cen o r will let me say that I don't believe Cham­pion has an office here. vVe do cer ain ­ly appreciate the many thing' that Champion has done for ail the boy­in the ervice. T / SGT. D. S. GALL CHER. APO :-Jew York-! have completed two years of overseas duty and hope oon to come back for a vi it to the mill. vVe a re now in Assam. I ndia. T/ 5 AMO DAVIS. PO an Franci ·co Down here where I am ':ve don't bother \Yith net to top the mosquitoe • we u e mousetrar .. and they're o t hi ck we have to fight th m all the time. I am in the ordnance and we're kept bu ·y at day. but a rc free of evening: . Then we g into :\oumea ( \·Vherevcr th a t i~.) S/ SGT. R l SSE L L PE:'\\'ELL. Al 0 ' an Fr a nci ~co Havin heen ove t. . ·eas I tO\' for three .Y ear~ it I( Clks li k · l 'll sec T okyo befo r ' Hamilt n. l am DC \ \ ' n a Pa ' ific l ·bnJ wh ere th I'~ pul uti r'n is m ~ tl r 'l 1; li 111 ·:e. Kan.1ka na tives ani a few Fr ·n -h \ ' h1J make up the white p )pulati on. Du ring a lull in ur bitt r fi ghring f( r Sttipan, w h. d ma il call and I wa:-; Ycr · lc­Jio- ht J t 1 ·c iv m copy of Tnr·: Lo ;, R adin it rll l ~ .. l t ) CJ S ' th' terrific str in of ba ttle. L •ttcrs aLso w re r -- civcd from: .J usq h l'\1 . Aura len. S 1/ ·, l'n it _ ·, 1r up 1, , ) ~TS. orfdk. 11 , \ "a. Cpl. Th m , H und l y, PO . i w Y rk. ' a ·in • of \·acation thev are ' a in • a li tie earlv thi.:- vear. Helen J ' • ille ..... al .repor aver.·goodtime . e ,. York. r\nd c n iderin cr the i J o ·ea her \·e have been ha,·ing l e ·e. i · ea v. and safe to a surne that ~ rl ~ lting i · enjo ing his vacati n i 1 Florida. At lea ~ it' warm there. If a ~- of you think I am a little c acked n the ubject of cold weather, let me t 11 \' u a little ~ t ry to illu- • • ra c \Yhv. The other dav, R milda • • Bla was \·a lkin a1on the st reet w en he thought he aw a nickel )a,.· iw1.' on the sidewalk. ~-hen ·he · ooped to pick it up, ·he discovered o her deli)1t that it was n t a lo"·ly nick"!. but a quarter. But (Pm ·orry hi· has to have a ad endino--1 like Le ers From Champions In rmed Force Edgar mith A/ S. Co. 413 F 7 C ""'. T , amp on, 1\. Y. .... zt. ~fax V. Patton, A \VG 2 HDQ · 'en· ..... qd. 1\ICAAFm Gille~ pie, San Die o. Calif. ~ p,. Le, ter E. ' TanHook 3" "'90091_, J -3 th cu . Camp Atterbu ry, Ind. Pfc. Ed\ in P etry Obi ·op Calif. Cpl. herv;:ood Crawford, APO, ~ e ; York. P\- . Theodore K. Elliott, 3 50 ' 02 9, l-i/ Co 1 th Eno- Con. Bn ., Ft. Le ·i-, \ ·a bin ton. .' •t. .\lbert R. Hirsch APO _ -:ew Y r . On F ranee.) L Clyde H. Brenner APO _ ·ew • Yor.·. (ln Bel crium.) F !" d. L. Augu tine, 1/c, FPO an r r o:co. "' gt. Lawrence Robin::.on, APO . ~ ew Yor··. P ·r. Dewey Taylor, Co D, 63 .. ml"' R e Tt. amp Fannin, Texa . . .""'rrt. J ohn A. Bryant APO, Sea tl , 'a h. La • Ralph _. I. Elli tt, APO l\:"e\ York. P · . Loyal C. Cra vford, AP 1\:e, , y J • . R. Ferri . 1/ c, FPO an Fran- 1..-l·c • P c. Ru, e!J Ervin, APO _ 'e York. I Holland.) _ 1 jor Eu ent.: Bennett, AP . , ar • r .c1 o . . E. L. Ander on, Burrstro1 a . • 1 on happy torie , too) the quarter was fr zen to the ide\~ alk and he cou ld not ct it up! \'e are u.·ed to jobs, price ~ , etc., being frozen, but when money become · frozen, too--we ay i ', just t o darned coJJ! R mild a say · that n w \·hen tl1e movie "T'o I-Jave and To Have :\ot'' omes to Hamilton) ·he \vi ll know just what they are tall­in o· abml t. )) )) cc (( ut of mv mind- Dorothv Frit ·ch • • mu ·t have had f -1-e-n-t-y of 1 ractice with that '1-\'hi, tie of hers to have it t such pede t and EX PRE, ,' 1 VE tone · -Lola 'h emaker' apl etite is one for the book-Did you e\·er ee such a sweet mile as !vlarga ret Kindred s -Frank Thornpson just loves practi­cal (?) jokes and practical (?) jokers -Elsa \'ehr is such a uper-duper per -on-It' funy how, when the un · hine-s out a fter so many gray day , life udd ~nly eems again worth liv­incr- Seeing Ginny Smith, 1\!Iedical, al­way reminds me of the saying, "She's malL but so is a stick of dynamite." -\Yhere, but at Champion, could you find ~o m ny lovely people all in one place :- )) )) ( ( (( This month' girl-of-the-month is Connie Trownsell. Connie i, living proof of the statement tha t it is pos­sible to be a lady at all times. All t he time, under all circumstances she is the ame weet friendly, mili ng pe rson intere ted in what you have to say (or at lea t too polite to how that she i n' ). I have yet to hear of her ever bein cro - or disgruntled about any-bing. And ·h i · so pretty too! A cup of coffee wi.th her in the morning i a brigh t, steadyin influen c for the whole day. Orchids to you, Conni . Sav d by the bell! I wa feeling so sad about having to turn this in with ­out any new · f Dan Cupid and hi ~ activi ies but it seem . l tha no one wa · ge tin tltem scl ·. CI a r ·J or married. rl h n, to my hapy ~ u rpris J unior Ro~e, Pw c ha ing, JH>W ,d m a rin , t\"- 0 riJ g ll1 b · exact) h · h· J just purchas ·d for (JnJ • luc y girl. ·(Jllgratulation , Junior. H · in sibts that b in.,. practically a marrieJ man no"-·, w st p calli rw him ·•j uni <Jt." OK, Junior, from no t;n ' \ ill Sa) "\ ' rlin' ; r W(J Jld }Oll pr f r "~1r. R ., ( • \'e judge o 1rsclve · by what \ fe I apabl of de in ; oth •t"" jud rc u by what we ha e don .-Longfell w. (9) BA.TTLE WOUNDS FATAL TO PVT. JOHN C. WALKER Private John C. \Valker, 26, for­merly of the taniline mach ine in No. 2 ?v1il1, died January 3 in Luxemburg, of \"'ound · suffered in the battle of the Belgian Bulge, according to a \Var De­partment me sage recci vccl by hi. widmv, Ruth V\7 al ker, ( _.,i lmore Road, east of Hamilton. l-Ie wa the son . of Jr. and J\fr . Cleve \Valker, 431 F air­view Avenue. J ohn had been vvith Chan1pion for eio-h t years before being ca lled for ser­vice in A1 ri11 944. In addition to hi widow and his par­ent, he leaves a -son, J ohn, Jr. ; a da ughte r, Dixie Ro e; rw istcr . :\Irs . Ruth Bri o-gs and l\1r-·. Iabel ray. a nd eight b rother. P vt. Jerry \Va lkcr. in the Sou tl1 Pac ific, Fr d, Clcv Paul, Ceorge, vVil liam. w uncled in F rance. but reco cri ncr in a 'Te. a ' hospital, and Roy an l Elm r Walker. • CPL. WOLNER WOUNDED Cpl. J JSt:·ph T . \Voln r, form rly f No. 2 F i n i 51 i u g, was " u n [ · [ li n-ln ­ly D ·ccmb ·r 11 in ~crma n y. T!J in­fonnati m ·am' o hi s wife J u: phinc, 142 Shcr1n an venue, and hi6 par nt., ~1r. awl ·lr ~ . Frank \ \ '( lnel , l ... l? Vio St1ect. 'pl. \ \ 'oln,·r u ok p, rt i1. the [r al ­iall <llld ."i ~ il; a n campai· 11:s :md · .. h,u in th · initial in .. ,·iun of the C!) l)t incnt. Th ec ht<Jth cr<-, Fr:tr k, Jh..ll"L'W :1 nd J ohn, also ar ·in tlH.· Sln ice. -- " 10:\ ·ryunl· tan i\. pi :.1 ' lire in ~ome \' y. On • pt>r ·un rna ' J it b' rt~min r into room, nd , no her by oing vut." Top: Bowling Tourney Committee. Bottom: Bowling Winners. 216 Take Part In Handicap Bowling Tourney In Hamilton . Champion bowlers-216 of them­took part in the annual handicap bowling tournament for men, held on the Linden Alleys Saturday, Ja nuary 27. Play wa brisk and scores were good, but, as usual, the winners were not among the mill 's round the season's be t players. It takes a lot of figuring and infinite patience to arrange for a handicap tournament, and the committee who did it for Champion men were: Reading from right to left : Top­Paul Illner, Guy Compton, Cliff Rek­. ers, Bud Dunlap and B b Stephenson. The lead honors were taken by Phil Blickensderfer (holding the $50 Vvar Bond award in the picture, at bot­tom.) He had a score of 694. Pierce Long and Bud Dunlap, second afld third from the left in the picture, tied for econd place with 669 each and each was awarded a $2S \Var B nd. J ack Newman, fourth from the left, took fourth position with a 665 and walked away with $14 in ca h, and Fred Steurer, first on the left, g fifth positi n with a 664 and te peel out with $12. Sixth place went to Charles San­dlin, 641, and he got $10. Other prize winners w re: Ru . picer~ Bob Zeller, Harold Bowker, C. Doyle, Henry Voss, Marvin Wynn, • Don Duvall, Barney Hall, Lawrence Robinson, F. Turner, Carl Hoehn Con Brugman, Bob Craycraft, Sr.: B. Koch, J. lVIcGee, vV. Kelley, Carl Buehling, Oscar Baker, Murray Ram­sey, Cliff Rekers, Forrest Tanner, E. Alders, Al Ruddle, Louis Wannan, H. Farmer, H. Pyles, Bob Reeb, .l'v1erle Brunner, H. Carpenter, G. Clark, H. Hill, G. Woedl, C. Asher, Garland Munz, W. Michael, P. E. Rice, Bob Compton, J . Williams, J. Wittenbach; W. Knorr, vV. Rose, J. Gillum, H. P o­len and P. Michael. 'En· ns , ; ++ ,. , ... .._ ..w.:: y;u;. .. u --~~m-· __, .,_ e ANNIVERSARIES OBSERVED BY NINE CHAMPIONS • Employm nt anniv r ari were ob-served by nin Champion du ring Feb­ruary, three of th~m completing 30 y a rs f m I yment in the mi ll. T hey were: J ph H u r, wh l ·gan his w rk h re I~' eb ruary 1, 1915; G rge A. ·arv·r, \Vhu tart "d f bruar 15, 1 :Jl,. and Eli ·" > v h t rt d F b-ru ar I 5, 1915. I e Harry y es tnpl t d hi 2"th ·aron l' bruarylZ Th s ,vl o b ~ e r d th ir 1 th an~ ni r ar arc Alice Dale and John Bro k; ten ·ca rs, . r e tlunro and Le ter Hi ht " cr and fiv year , J ames F. Morri on. (10) Z4 More Get Wage Boost Through Longer Sel'\'i.ce () -1 f 24 me r · 'h mpio s in l mil < n rcc iv d ive p r cen a e oo r · durin I~ bruarv a a res d of • h corn any 1icy )f a t matic lly a ldin fiv • r c nt (J ·he pay at he b ·ginning f ch fiv · yea · f em- Il ym n . 'Thre of h e complete a q t ' n ~r nt L ·y in the mi ll. They ar · ;arr tt Iayr , Kis 'f Haddix and Bar B ng , but mos of hem wer , in the 1 ~ and 2 year :rr ups. } or th , fir t · ime in many mon h ·. 1 Jne wer · in he five y ar rruu _ and only on ·, W. Ed a rd ~ to p, in th "n year group. Those in he 15 year rroup are: Dale E. Bower. Guy W. Deem. J ohn M. Ju tice. Carl Rader. Foster Weaver. Etta Edwards. John H. Herron. Edward J. Holstein. Gilford D. Frost. Ralph Jackson. J . B. Marshall Jones. Robert Bingham. Arthur P. Craig . Those in the 20 year group are: Emery Retherford. Charley Reynolds. Robert Lee Crawford. William H. Wil on. For rest R.; Manring. Robert Baker. Alick McCollom. ELMER WEBER Elmer ' Veber,. 49 brother-in-la\V f Leo Winkler, No. 1 Machine Room di ed in the V terans Ho' pital in Day­ton~ on February 9 fall wino- a 1 ng illne s. He formed was a t re man­ager. He s rved in W rld War I. vV b­er leav s his moth r, Ida ~ t o ther sister Mr . Augu t M yer and N[r ·. Arm 1 Hetzler and tw br thers, Jam s and the Rev. P aul vV ber. ENTER MILITARY SERVICE Cham[ ion wh enter d n ilit .ry s e r i in J a nu · r a r ~ : James H u· -· e r Lak s. · Cl 1 And rs n, Mer hant Marin . Ernest Olinger. William H. Marvin. Ri hard Wall c. H : Do you shrink from ki sing? he: No; if I did I'd be nothing but kin and bones. • BILL LUNDSFORD SHAKES STARDUST ON SANDWICH AND LEARNS IT ISN'T SALT/ \ - -- --- . I •. • , .. t .. ' l. . . RNI£ SPI ESSAYS TH£ ''VO~lCE -SINATRA TO HIS FRIENDS. BROCK SAYS HE'LL GUN THE NEXT TIME TO A ROCKET HUNT PHEASANT5. • ID By Madeline Schneider Charle Kinnett better known a · Bi Hoo i ~r" has been .relea ed from he _ avy and i back on the Ga ] it­ne_ . \ e were all very glad to see H ·n ier come home. He eali ed in the _-avy in l 42 and ·wa ~ in numerous ~ a battles 1n the ou thwest Pacific. He · vear four Gold tar". )) }) (( « R scoe J enkin uoioadi.ng ha been ace pted for the Army. Ro coe leaves in a fe"\i r week . ll » « « The best picture of the month. Tipp Hc.nri rollin a cigarett . Such sk ill an . -uch a ciga rette. vVhen he {ju ­ishe · i looks like a Tad Pole. Ke p rying Tipp. » » (( u aye y ur old niacrazine and news­papers and turn them in to ,one of ou r Cham i n crapper . The ne d is ur- (re t. Don't burn wa te paper. · » » u « . ·gt. .Fred t Boobn chneider, broth­e -in-Iaw tv .'OUrs truly and former mb-er of 1 To. 2 1\.1achine ro m crew bas returned from the China, India Theater for a twenty-five day fur­lough. "Boob)' was overseas thirty month . The Schneid r family bas also received word that Boob sister, Capt. Helen Schneider wi ll be home in a few we,ek from the South Pacific. Sh ha been over ea three years . J)))Ufl Henry Bowling and Pi rce McPher­on,. unloaders, are n the sick li s t. "'1\T e wi h them a speedy recovery. » )) « (( l\r1ilton Ryan's son, Milton, Jr., i in the th1ck f the fi htin on th V../e ( rn { n . We _wi L Milt n all th " luck in the world. · PVT. W. L. WHITE WOUNDED P t. \Villi am L. ·whit , 19, wh · left Champi n to enter th arm ·d crvi ~ la t .1ay, wa wound d J anuary 17 in th fighting in France a rdin, 1 o word p ·ived by 1 is wife B t y, 2 17 Warwick Avenu , and ni paren , .1lr. and lVIr . Willia1 Whit , R. R. 8. l wa sen , ver e-a last ~ ·mber. (11) -~ -- GUNNER Sf1/TH S LAST VIEW OF THE RACES FOR AWHILE-· LOSES BUTTONS FOR SPENDERS AND NEARLY LOSES PANTS AT t1UTUELS. . , NOON HOUR IN ~-BOB CHAMBER' ,,....,..ICE 'WHERE L QU£STIONS L..,OF WAR AND . PEACE ARE SETTLED. PFC. EDWIN FRAZEE' WOUNDED William Frazee, trucks, and Mrs. Frazee were notified their son, Pfc. Edwin . S. Frazee, was wounded Jan­uary · 16 in the fig hting in Belgium. His wife, Anna K. Frazee, and his par­ents reside at 1338 Campbell Avenue. The serv ice man is father of a son , now two years old. WINS PHILIPPINE RIBBON Pfc. J a me S. Nfoore ha been awarded , the Philippine Liberation Ribbon, ace rd ing to inf rmation re- . '-' ccived by fri ~ nd s in th mi ll where he · worked bef re his indu ti n. Th rib ­bon is tri . n b the Philip in g vern­m nt to Am rican tr ops " ho t ke part in th ampaign to fr the is­lan L from the J ap . Pf . Mo re i in , oml at infantry . SIGNS OF THE TIMES- • Pra ti ·atly ' ery on \ in luding R - r "'yr IP B rt · h, ~ m.s to h ve spott d thi , i n on l al cigar t r tar d : l o jf, no and , and n butt . » )) •• Y xu fri c.nd j ~ a man who kno\ about • ou and still Jik s y u • • are IR I .. B":-' Alberta Y oung aud Lor aine lt;'7: a-rt irst, n·e hope all are a i fi d '\ ~ith the writeur for J anuarr~ th fi st i..:­ue for this dera nment. \Ye ,,~ant to ' eln me the n w girls on the ortin~ line. lt· ~ sie nmrn. . !­lie Rile,-. Yiola l\iorri , and. H el .n ma rhers. » (( « Al:0 we w·anr to \Yelcome back Han­nab Br 1\ning, who h s ben awav ' . nearly- t\YO v. ear . It' good to . ee her '- back on the job again. I it that ~he mis.:-ed her ~,,-ork r liked the gi rls o much~ \Ye wonder! » » .(J: « ~\mon those on the sjck li t wer '-' Antionette 'Toni' Puma lma Cran-ky, and Lucy Pippen. » » « « _ da · _ zell was called to Nevv Or­lean~ to risit her ister ·who is erious­h- · iH . . . E ther Eicher \>va absent due to iJ]ne s of her father ... Carrie Grimm and Hilda Grimm were called home bv. the sudden illness of t heir father who later died; an Uncle P h ilip Grimm died January 30 .. . Walker lVIichael was avva due to the death • of his father -in-law. His wife, Louise IVIichael, was formerly on Fan and Count. >> )) (( « Joe Houser, Cutters, had a birthday and the girls surprised him with ice cream and cake. Happy birthday, Joe, and may you live to be a hundred, or maybe you don't want to live that !on . vVell, just the arne, many more of them. \Te are glad to see Anna Ittel, Cut­ters, back af er a siege of illnes . )} )) {( (( Vve may be a little lat in this New Year resolution but one was handed t us about Ralph Roger who said he w u1d be a woman hater all tl e rest of his life to save mon y. Can it b a bad as all tbat, R oger.!: ? )) )) ({ (( \V mi sed Flossie P ennington \Vho was awcy b cau e of the death f her roth r-in-l en~r ... H y, M iller, l ·Vh r,. have y u b en keeping Orval \Vest. and all kiddina aside, w hop he i back s on after his attack of th fJ u . . . elbert Griff o s nt his va ation at hom and hunting . . . Lonain . t e\ivart s brother, Clyde, left for in­dued n into th~ arn1y at Columbo · and ' a ent to C mp Att rbury ... No. 2 ' inner in he bowling tourney, l Ruddle, H ·w td PyJ ·,, M rl runner, Herb Hill, W, lk~r fi ha l and Pau l l\fia h 1 . . . ngrc ulat'on: are in ·t r ~ for erb Hill vh cam a wud gr n U th r f n 8 ,Y2 p 111d t 1 , th fatb r i in . ervi , with th :trm_r in rerman .. . B r ie art r t.:on, '(auri is in the rmy, stationed in Texus. aJ ')'mpathy · o her on th de th of h r father " h lived in T m s ~··. » n « « C rli ss owl , Trimm ~ r s, that de-f< il rtm nt' >Wn ji t e rbug alled the z t uiter, t ells us h w n a dancing contest at Ca t! Farm. Can it be true ? He \V re the h at to work and gi rls, y u ' hould have seen it, now running loose in tl1e Fini hing room. Don't let j care you. All who want to take les­sons, see Corliss. Joking aside, he is OK and has a fine word for everyone, but we would like to know where he gets his permanents. >> )) (( (( Scoop for the Fan Line: Gertrude Cannon had a freak accident. Instead of using the sharpened point of the pencil to mark her bonus, she stuck in her ear where the point broke off. She was taken to the l\1edical Depart­ment, then to Mercy Hospital and was off the whole day. Let that be a lesson to us. Alberta Young felt very pround the other day when she got a letter from a Wac at Des l\4o1nes, Iowa, saying her own letter had been posted on the bulletin board as "The Nlost lnterest­jng Letter to any Lonesome GI. All prai ed it. Albe rta adds her bit by urging all to write to service men and women, )} )) (( {( Roy Johnson was ill with the mump and we want to know why h don't grow ut of tho e child h" d a fflic­tion . .. Amelia C lock bas retu rn d from h r vacation . . . H n Landrum pent twr. \. eks with hi on, P£ . vVilliam L ~~. ndrum at amp haf:fce Ark. J hn \ ird y, strap ing h ipt in , kids fell on th i th t1 . r da· and " · heard · rabbit tcipped him, c, n ing hin to hurt hi hip and sh ulder. Oh, yc ' h f a v t u ~e ful m n, to f r the reas n hat h pull the wi ch th t turn · ut th li rl t · for the F n nd C unt Lin girL. Th n · John , " ,'JI do y u a f v r ome day. Ruth Kn d 11 wife of S/ Sgt. R b ~~ (12} . SlL VER BEAVER A W ABD TO JA!vJ,£S COZAD The Silver Beaver Award, one of the hiqhest honors in The Boy Scouts of Ame:riCilt, was pr • sented to James Cozad¥ Printshop, by J. J. Higgins, newly ele'Oted president, a1 the am:tu..al dinner meeting of the Fort Hamillo'n. CounoL .Boy Sc-au~ of America. The meefl:nq was held February 1 in the Presbyterian ChurCh. Jim has beeu active in sc.ouUnq and has served troops and the Council for many years. The award is one of the most coveted in the organization and now is held by only about a dozen HamiltoniiUlS. It is qiveu for .serviee only and is the meri't badge for yeus of sacri· fice and painsiakinq effort in behal1 of s.coutinq, Knodel spent two weeks in Biloxi Miss. Sgt. Knodel now is in Lincoln Field, Neb. He formerly was in ... ·a. 2 Finishing. )) » « « Little Sam Fields new · kid hole worker, is busy hammering or truck­ing empty skids every minute of the day. Everybody knows Sam by hi warm, persona lity and plea ing mile not mentioning his good taste for sox, shirts, and least of all HATS. » » « « Guess th at winds up our ess.ion for the month. ~' e' ll b eein{l' you later. In t he meantime keep buying tb se \~Var Bond and ' ta n th job every day. Sio-ning off fr m y ur two gig­crling reporters 'Bertie and u .oi ' ------------------- T he ricar's • 1 n cc ns jll . nc wif had ju t di d, and h . ' i hed t b r liev-for th vv . · k nd h yj ng mes age to · his d of hi dutie , nt the f ll hi 'h op: 'I rcgr t to i1.f· rm y u that m d ar v if has ju .. t di d, 'tnd I ~ h uld b . oblig •d if y u '· ulcl "nd n1 a ' ub·ti­tute f r th . r ·ekend." othin giv s on p r ~ n so much aJ va nta ~ mer an ther a ro r main aim nd unn.dfl d under all ir um­- t, u . s.-Tho.mas J ffer . n. • er ers ara e By Jay J !·L"\ - ,- 111 llt'\- alk: but remember 1 ·I ;i t.=' the .. "t ar-"pa ngleJ Ban- 1) u -- · J) · ' . )U\- D . ' . • : . E. ~: Our ~cod friend. ike Fa her. lo. t 13 1 utmJ s 1 n a r 'Cent ; 1 , ~. • fter k )kin .\lik U\·er car·--- • l [ ,· ". are un..tblt" to tell \'here he • I i . Thi::,. tben. i. thL· 6+ d >llar e..,ti a: \" here did .\like lo:-:e 13 ~~·mLL::: T, make it ea.· icr fo r y )ll \n~ _-n~ ' 1U Dr. Clend ·n;nQ"'s e - ima(es < f h~. \ the f- t in the t t )J~- i.: dist rit uted: l. 1 er he . kin . )0 ~ 'rc nt. ( \~e ~h ght it ,,·a: all under the skin.) .\b­d •men. 13 ercent. (\Yith :\Iike ir n ~ s be ~0 per ent.) Kidneys and 1e· n. L percent. \Iu.: ~J·s . 5 r erccnt. ~h r ~ !Jc s. 20 percent. (Ha. Ha, c. n ·(·11 he:u u: ]a ugh. l\Iike ~) F ,:a nl Hi x n. c.tftcr being.. off with a ' ·: ba l ·olJ . ,,·as ju:t telling .\rt \"i n ho\ .2 od l1e wa .. feelin~ \hen ~ ; .__ f<·llm' intt conver.::ation wa::; heard ~ r 1U~h the thin panel' that part the -, 1 ·ffice:. Leo Gei:er ~peaking to -- Cardn r: ··\Yben i · Frank coming back, An~'' ' le ~y dArt knew that Frank wa in •'.e o her (jffice). _ r : .. He call J up and ::.aid he ma) ·me . .' 111. - Lf:<}: .. ,\-hat'~ ,·roJW. ''ith Frank~ .. . \r: ··He ha the .ame thin1! that ·~ \Y j macallha·.' Le-v: "He ha. : Tbat': to bad! I ~ ·J ht: dieJ thi, murnin~- .'' - :. . ··1 kntm· . l ut Frank i <retti tw ~ _f. L~___· ): "\.dl. \~hatjamaca ll 'l: ·a gct ­t: ~ h 1 er H o d1cn he .- uddenlv l'ot > . ' · ·· ~e and died:· C \ o l, Al r,:: l a v r ) : B_ h Thomp.on .. ~caking: 'Frank 1 en are '·e i!CJinc. f Jf lu cl1 ~ ' ~ ~ - nk: "I don't \"ant anything, I n · feel su '!oc,J.'' (;erh~ r t \"oedl til u that Rc1se l t. n i \ u n r1nths c1ld, weigh 21 0 UJ,d ~ nJ I a::. a head of black hair. . • ·...:... '' e almo:;t f rgCJt, tl e li111e L · ha:- t YO eth. Gerhardt · ave ~ • C"r_ c ! ~· of THJ:. L<;c; fc;r H. r;~e Ann rc' J wl tn :-he i- a biu gi rl. \'on 't lt.: h· \ e ftll when -.h read. that she 1 ':l l!!: t\'(J teetlJ: \'e h 1pe ~ mle · , l cat write in this column: ''Our e Tt tlt~ bean iful Ho. ;\nn w -tarttJ to \'{)rk at Cham­! e ( 1<162) and is nO\ , like 1 er he i an LD TI\lER), on· of • -1 ·1m1 j m Family.' r _ r· 11 y tuld ,'hoi ty Tl om as that .t:r He ,kin: i · r llin hi cigarette \ith one hand nov. and 'horty irnme-· diately set to w rk to cqlJa! F:lrn er',· dext~~:tr. So far Shorty u;:;cd tq~ JO packs i- wbacco to no avail. The last time ,,.e :,a\: Short\· he walked by us talkin~ tCJ him::~clf. · Somebodv shcmld tell SJ10n ,, that Elmer st ill u ·:; bot IJ hands to -roll hi cigarettes .:llld the . till look like _- cent cigars. Thi: depar mcnt i::; ~dwa}s hap11Y tc gin· a desen·ing CIJ.:ImJ ion a bo st. Eu~ rr one ha$ noticed how cl ~an our \"JSh. and ,'hO\·er room • rO. 4 is kept lateh·. ne fellm' tell:; us that, after 11~ht}n~ athlete's font for the f""ClS t year. h~ i, r; n,· free of thi na ty affli ct ic n. ,' uch good ,,-ork deserv s our highest praise. Our thanks to Alex Rennie, the man responsil le for su b g d \vork. Yes, . -E. \T:-\ESS. AT CHAl\TPIO:--J, L' :\L\'.-\ YS ~OTICED ! Here i · Bcb (Fla'h) Gordon's favor­ed ·andwicb: :\ slice of bread, dozen of oysters , ,alt and pepper, one , li e of limbu rge r, layer of onjons, pap rica , orne more oysters, one slice of Iim­burg- er and slice of bread. \Vhat a man~ OCR CHA1[Pl0~ \Then we sto_I:: ped in at the cafeteria '(;me tim back we were addened to ·ee ~o manv of our friends \V ith those ' hairline mu tache · on the very edge of their upper lip. For a moment \Ve th0ut:bt we were in a trano-e place. Our ~ood f ricnd, Leroy Hileman, with hi::. mustache reminded u of the viJla in in the ()!d \Yilliam S. Hart picture. and we expected him, any minute, to a. : "Smile ·when you . ay that, pod­ncr!'' Our {T(J 1d friend , Kenneth Fai ' t, reminded u of the ~ man that killed Di1Ji ng r and we cou ld sec hi , lips mrn· • a:, l1e hi-. e:d througlt his t ·eth: ''Put up your hand., J ohn, CJr I 'll let }Cill have it.'' ( ur J!d ral, Art T op­n iller, reminded 11' of th · villain in l 'ncl · Tom':-. cabin who cha. ed Liza aero~ b · ice. \Vhile we were· rn u, ing abo11t ou1 friend~ in tlle abuv • Lt. I irm \ e ltc HJ t lJ ' f ri ndly oice (If Oll l ,1j!1 . l al la).!er. llrnr <.:r Latim •r, )>a hellu 10 • 11 . For a Jr JOtnt nt \ ,. wcr · aftaid to J, ()k; af1 aid w • rni}!ht ::..c · that Jlllb­ta he <:t '<Jill. \'e ~trc Lapp) t<J re1 C1tl tliaL we ffJtmd JJ ()nH' til -.• anH <t'> \t ha\'C knc,wn hirn. Jle lcJ(Jks b althy and n<,t a day older t.k111 tiH da} It · ccl.m ~ to Charnpic,, . \"l have bcl'n ask d manv time , lrr ' . (JUt~idu ::, , \ b · . o rna 1 y 'hau l ion \n 1 r k c 1 )> t a y a 1 i f e t i m · \ i t h t h · a Ill • omr any? \'hat, in other word ' (13) Forrest S. Day, 53, 137 Gordon Avenue. d:ed in Fort Hamilton Hospital on the fourth. follow . ing a long illness of a heart ai!m;nt. He had been in the Carpenter Shop for near 20 years. He leaves his widow. Lucy: a son, Enos; a daughter. Mrs. Eula Ga1breatf\, both of Hamil­ton; his father, Thomas. Paris, Ky .. and three sisters and four brothers. makes OLD-TIMERS? \ e never could awwer that question just right. Sure, Champion pays u- good money, but there are other places that pay good money too; bes ides, money -a lone \1\rill. not hold men to a place they don' t li I e. To what, then, can ·we attribute Cham pion succes. of keeping the1 r men? \~7 hen our 1Jill l\'lanager . hook hands with us. when he said hello to us in the cafeteria, we found the an-wer. It is the friendlinc s of ever • Champion to\vards the m ·n on the j b. l t is the Champion Family Sf irit that prevail in ur :\;Jilb. IS THIS A PUZZLE? Ronald Drake, ll ami lt:m, was in Chicago rcc ·nt ly cnf Tring with Reub ·u S\ an >f th ' 'hi ·a 't office, · nd lark Peacu ·k of Lincl>ln Paper Sales , 1 \.' .1-Z~ndiJl ,o· a i ' ~tstomer. Th · l t i(J ·a ll ·d at l h ·office of the cu l()nJ ,,. and wall d tn tl1e infur­matic~ n uesl· Ul a~k Jl'lllli "~ i(lJl to :e(' him . " \ hat', l~t• ll'llrl • :" • :.k('d lhl' (Jl>ligin.(J )'Oiltl!f 1: dy. "S\t.tll, l>1 al... · und Pea 'Plk ,'' re­J> Iit·d S\~UL " \ lw do } u11 1 hi11k 'I (llt'rl' kid • • di 11•• , ·' u ·I eJ t h · gi rL 11 }' \ t). :..tft •r l'. ·phnat ioib, tiJ<') f:()l 1 () d.'t: 1 b lll:J.I1. • C h a c.o C r e d i t U n i o n H o I d A n n u a I M e e t i n g Ofi1c r ar1d dir ct rs-Standing, I ft to ricrl1t, Harlan McQuinley J hn Bal-d rman. C n Brucrman rl Kehr, (dire t r and credit committee), Earl Jones, (credit committee ) . eate left to ri aht-KatlH)'n Newkirk V\ inifred Goodin, (bookkeeper) , R. C. Campbell) Cal killman ( cr tary and trea surer), William \Virsing (president), Loui · Held (vice pr :id nt) and Le ter l\1cintyr~ . b em--Robert Cray raft r., Erne t Nelson, Robert Stephenson, and Robert \_-ea\'er, dir ~ctor · · Thad Lauderman, Bud Pratt, and Spencer Maxwell, super­VJ or r omm1ttee. The annual meetin of the Chaco Credit Union, Inc., was held in the offices in the Activities Building J anuary 29. This was the eighth meeting and was trictly a war time meeting \-vith no entertainment or lunch. Th.e annual report o_f all officers and committee chairmen were presented and ne·w directors and committees for 1945 were elected. · It was interesting to note that during the year Chaco added $15 000 to its inve tment in \Var Bond , bringing the total to $100,000. ' A dividend of two p.ercent on deposits was voted by the directors. ar By Bud Ebel Hello everybody! Sorry I haven't got much ~ews this time a I ju_st got back from a three weeks acati n. No doubt some guys are glad I couldn t write _about them, but I 'll get even next t1me. \Vel!, it's time t think about those Victory Garden once more. Hope everyone i all reacl y to o. You can 'r beat Bill Regan and Roy ~1 Elrav y when it comes to th at. T'hey already have the gr und set and onions plant­ed. \ValkinJ down th str t tbc other day, I noticed a rowd sta nding on corner. I walked over t , e what th • tro~ble wa and there o d a girl cry mg. I fc und out ber hor ·e had run . way. ~ow urely that ITlll ' t have belen n of the 1. ces Harry 0 terberger old for Chnstmas. 1 knew some ne wa going to get gyped. Jim Lowe had a dream the other night, or you might call it a nightmare. And what a tim he had. He was on a submarine and the Jap , sunk it: P or Jim h llcred for hel1 and he g t it. \Vhen be a\vok , he found him elf renning up and d n the street in his pajama , yelling and the n ighbor after him. Boy v as his f cc r ·d. J hope everybod amc out OK with l i. incom ta, . That's j 1st ne tim y '1 can't ·truu', ju t ut it d wn h w rnu h and p.:.y it. . / Sg . Luth r \ 'illt u rhb · , £( rmcrly of the I int (ran , \ ', . b m aft. ·r thrc · r <H • oversea s. Luth r i nm g ing o a V-12 ho I. Ch. k l\ bill ii ln't \ouSt"" any time taking his va ~ tion. hi(;k mi ·sed ut la st ye. r so he de id ·d to mak sure tbi ear fld . T.arted Januar 1. u~e i hard trying to keep Leonard (14) MRS. VARREL BULTMAN . ~[ r. Drt" Bdman }. ,wi f of g. \ 'arrd P dtm ~ n. \ \ rt kill d Fe ruary 8 in ' n automubil. · _ ~i c.I nt n ar l)ree , IlL H. •r mr>ther-in-1· w, Mr . 1' ' rn ~lld B I! man. \ · : •riow ly in­j It'' i1 h · arne a(~jJ '0 • rn tlC ·h i ·tim wa, lh daug-h r-in-law of Her ­n:: tHJ B tlt nl n, ~1i il ;vri rh and i ·te r­; n-la w of \ 'ncla Bul m n, ~ 1<,. 2 Fin­j hi n . and .:\1rs. llerna rc.l Bultm n i · th w1f ~ an m h ·r of th ~ two Cham- 1 ioni'. The worn~~ ~ad Lcen .'() Camp 1f lbcr, Okla., v1 1 11w Sgt. B nl man, and h acclden h- ppened a ~ th~ y un er Irs. Bultman , d rivinrr the automobile, to t con rol of it in pa in , a tru ck. CHRIST WYATT Chris.t Wyatt, 72, 314 Lagonda Ave­nue was found dead in the ba hroorn f his home on Februa ry 13. He had di ed sudd nly of a hea rt attack. He had been a watchman for several years, and had been a Champion for 23 years. He leaves his widow, 1 1ollie ; two daughters, Mrs. ;ora Ro bin~ on and Mrs . . Nellie Johnson; a brother and two s1sters. THOMAS W. NELSON Ernie Nelson, Department of Em­ployee Relations, wa notified Feb­ruary 13 of the death of hi father. Thomas W. Nelson, 64, in Los An~ geles General Ho pital. Ernie has just returned from Los Anaeles where he went on being informed of hi ~ father illness. Nlr. Nel on formerly \Va a painter in Champion. He leave three other sons Paul and vVilliam in the . ' service, and Cecil, Oxford. Burial \ as at Gibson City Ill. Zimmerman from gcttina fat. Sine h · arne be cl hom th Navv he'· gained 1 S p unds. I b li ev tho;e can­dy ma hin s th rough ut the mill hav a lot to d ,, ith it. b ut th on! tim he gets b. ne of th se rna hines i when he n~n s out of ni k Is. B ·tt r 1 ut i11 y ur or lcr for toma­t es fr rn Elm r Vonhecler. You kn w h already has th m plant d in flow ~r 1 ts, so by J un th • u 7 ht t be at th eir best. 'pealing >(fannin, J ohn Bit11 r is tired f b incr a f, rm r. He says it's rcally.tnghlif -.Y u g t b~dwith the chi kens; g t up with th rooster, work all day like a hors eat like a pig, then everybody treats you like a dog. • s an u r m u r S- · ------------- By TV il111a J-l amblin d · lo of 1ote- from '" hich to :n 1i ' col umJ1. but they omehow a a eJ. o I "-ill just carr. on h u hem. Bu if I o\·erlook orne ~e -a·io 1al bit f new .. d n't blame 1e. )) )) (( hi writin I under ·tand that C a a Belle Hall i till recei\·ing con- ..... i u if ns throu h the mail. It seems ~ luriel Allen read the card f r .e and told her he \·a g ing to take a ~ fee lr "·onderful trip on whi h '- s g ing to meet hi, perfectly w n-e -ul per on. "·ith look,, money. so-cia o, i i n (you kno\·, one of tho, e re-\ ·ar dream ). Clara Belle lament­e ' the fact ha she had no money f r ,uch a trip. ho\YC\Cr o-ood an in­\ e ment it might be, o w rd got ar nd and the money ta rted coming in. It i-n·t that we "'·ant to et rid of Cla ra Belle. it' ju that we feel such c ru-e per -on as she desen·e the be~t i Jj fe. Ju t to pro\·e it (if it need any . roYin ) ~ he took our contribution ~ . a d donated them to the Iile of o: me ~ . o we can all feel comforted _ a eYen if Clara Belle doe n~t "a-et er man.'' perhap orne poor child :g t walk again, through our effort . » )) (( « \ · en you ee Alice Andre'", with er ne·w '·bite chiffon scarf vou -houhl :eel a hrill of pride becau e you: dear reader·. helped to make that carf "..~~"i le. Alice "took a collection' tl e · er day and i i ' typical of the rea t ea o Champion that many irl · ""'""~out their change pur e and '.vere re uY. to contribute even before tbev' · k ' hat the cause wa . Anyway, : 'ce g-ot enough to replace the di - _r -e l ~ carf , he wa wearino-. If anv ' Y u \·ant to wear the new ne orne- • . ju.: cr 11 Alice and say when . » » C( « Thi · rnontl ' · new omer t the f am­. inch de Glenna J a, bring, Kath n n ·1 . e. Elaine Bedunnah and I\'lur.iel B ·ey. \V !come, thrice welcome, !::. -1 . But e ·en while we ar welcom­i . ~ t e e new member', \'e are sad be­c ab ~ v- the I - of \O of ur stab­l' ,ed n embers. Jewel Kelly, swit h-rd. ha - l f . Je\'Jl was one of ur fn·oritc operators and we're oi no-o mi . h cr. G J d 1 uck, J \ el and do c, ,e back to · e u . 3 » (( c AI o \ ~.:: mi Jure hield lik the · . Bt t \.e can riev too much he n t bei n h re with u:-; l a b i in .:\orth Camlina with her h u band and nice though \ve are, we can't c mpa re with ~like. )) >> (( (( It' - good to ha \·e J ulia Fulton back \Yith u: agajn at the l nformati n De k. L. Julia is ne f tho·e rar' reople that c\·en time cannot change and h i · , ill the , arne jolly lovable p r on. vvc used to know . » )) « « T wt heard the ne\vs that F r n e, • Pflanzer i coming back. ;ood! ~ow rn ha\·e ·omeone be ides .1\faro-arct Leydon to pick on. )) )) {( « Edie Dani I , Lab, ha, a ne·w theme ong-. It i - ''Smoke Gets In Your L Eyes' only it doe·n't, as she will tell you. The other day someone was talk­ing about maker, making ~moke c me from their eye and Edie in si t­ed on ·eeing it done. How ·he could feel that way I'll never know, but she actually us~"'ecte d that the someone would b]m,- smoke in her eyes, so just to ·how what a smart child she is, she went to the lab and got a pair of gog­o- le· to protect her eyes. Just ask her \vhat happened after that. Or, better yet., if you've never seen smoke come from omeone's eye , get Dorothy Hal­comb, Traffic, to show you. It's a good trick and Dorothy i a good tricker. » » « « At Ia t we are as u red of an early end of the war. I oe ~'Ieadon Sales. • ju ~ t pa sed his physical and is " in. '' \. e are ure that when the Axis pow­ers hear the news that "Cowboy" 1VIea­don i now ''Private" lV1eadon, they \vill realize there is no u e in fi ahting Jon er. • )) « c It 's been go d to sec Lou is Robinson back from month in the P aci fi e. /\ ncl the rkw in Freddy's ey · i a si :rht to ·ee. At the present \vrit ing they ar enjoyinrr a · acaticm in Florida bd ore Lou i. report for re-· s, i mment. DON DAVIS Don Davis, 15, i rother of Kathr 'n Davi~, S ale , eli ·d in the family h me at Overpeck. H had been ill of rh ·u­matic f ver. Lgt.: S·e that oldie <JV-'r th·r an­no in 1 that ri rl ? ~ 1. P .: V\'hy, h ·' not cv n 1 oking at her. Sgt.: Sur ., tkn'~ what'. anrH>)iOf! her. (15) Gary William Lewlt:. son of Irene Lewis, C M Scales. He is 11 months old. His father, Harold Lewis, formerly of the Rewinders, is now servinq with the engin.eers in the Euro· pean war area. VETERAN JERDON IS WOUNDED \Vord also was received that Pfc. Al­bert E. J erdon, formerly of C ~'! Ship­ping, a veteran of the 1:1ariannas Saipan and Tarawa battles, had been wounded in the Tinian campaian. He was a member of the Petzold Platoon, recruited here for the l'v1arine . He ha two brothers, I\tfark and Edward, in the service. His parents are :~vir. and Nirs. Edward J erdon. JERRY GRAHAM MISSING Pvt. Walter Jerry Graham, formerly of Research, has been mi ssing in Lux­emburg since December 20 durino- the Bulge Battle, according to w.ord re­ceived by his wife, Ruth, and his moth­er, Edith. He wa in the inbntrv. There are also two childr n, Jerry L ~e and ~il - . A br thcr, Robert , al ·o i a Cl1ampion in the se rvice. ILL IN SOUTH PACIFIC 'orporal H ·rrnan Lampl, formerly )f the R ··I , has b · n hosp it lized on J,eyte I land {or some time ""ith aplas­ti · a1 erni , ac ordin, to a \. ar 1 e­J Urtnh.ntm osa rcc·ivcdb · hip r.:. •nt :-;, 1r. and 1lrs. John L ~1mpl. He ·nt .re I serv; c .in N wen h ·r I ( 42. A hJ<J h ·r. lfrcd i in th <.: ~'abc~s nd :~lsob li vedt h vc b ''Il inth . L y c a r a. I nt r i wcr: Ha v · ynu had an p ri 11 in d f·nsc \:\, Jrk? You n,. gi rl appl i ·ant: h, Ut- ·d t > u with a ailor. e ·- e ·. I • • • • I \Ve had .a \·i, itor thi: mnnth fr m the Ann d Forces. ~ / ~'Q't, Ro: te ' "Bushi'·~ Iclntosh \Ya · in t &ee u -. ''Busb),•· sure koks fin, an I sli1l ha the ame lin of ga -plu:: a fe,, 1\rn'l.' ' lang ' ·w r 1 . He aske.d Smith wh ·'f' 1-ou ,~- re ' ·F ·," and 'mith toll him J ' you were Jo,Yn there pi kin,., pineap-pl s. \Yhat hav you ot to uay t out that ' F l' g ? .. The m rning that the -j l 'iYalk on the High 1- treet brido- fell in, dr >pping a birl in the riv r-" .an 't tak it' ~m4 rb came into the offic ahd told u · that Dorothr Craig wa up on the bridge at 7:00 ..: \, .:\I. doin a jio- and tha-t- wa · \vh.at' w ak ned the ¥tructurc. Flash-._ rnitb lost hi ]a t pal vYh · n Dot g-ot IYind of that. .... » » « « 'ome prankster droppe one drop of "Ben Hur'' perfume on Brother Hacker tl1e other noon hour and Hack answered to the name of P. U. Hacker all afternoon. Hacker aid that the · crBen Hur' wa · a 1ot better than B. 0. » » « « "P orky" Buehlin has a new nick- · name of "'Kitt} ." \V~here in the world did that originate from "Porky ?" . The day after the January LoG came out telling of Smith}s. experience at · the race track last year, Smith re­ceived an em elope through the mail. Upon opening it, he found 2 nails, 3 buttons - red, white and blue - a needle and a spool of green thread, 2 afety pins and 2 bobby pins. It was an emergency kit 'Soid only at Race Tracks" for uch emergencies as Smith haci l.ast summer. The ·name ·of the k.i~ ,;vas 'The Eager-B~aver _Se,ving K1t. Be sure and us.e 1t, Sm1.th the next time you go to the races. )} ,)} (( «. J ohnny Few, please don\ blame . everyoJJ.e in the office when you fall over Bob Rennie's feet. Move d e fan next time, before you tell. Mr. Rer:tnie tbat his feet are to) big. Did you ·v r Jook at you rs ~ u )) (( (( They must have butcherea a few hog out on E ther's farm. ~~1 had · cracklings her.e at the .oific for sev­ ·eral days. ))))((« 1ary M~;on toO"k a little jaunt JJP to Rhode I land to ec her hu ·band wh i · in th Seabee there. ::cern..· "Bah.' Snooks., Hen!' h · s cut a ne~:v t nth. It su r· l ook~ ·w ·ll, l uth . It seems 11k0 "The l:brcn knovs th rope ~ n how t . tet 1 ts f -ciga­rette ·. vvhtlc ' Rubmoft lm g (p or dop ) doe ,n)t kn w h J \ · to ' t one 1 11:cl·. ''The B ~ ron'; feels s ny f r L no-, .:o h. briugs him in n ciga ­l tt . )) )) (( ~ No. 2 1!ill hil ping ·Department has be n ~1si n ditto carbon on '.Porky" Bu hltng s . copy f the adherence beet. ' P orky" griped so about it, that the shipping d epartment found an old faded out pair of gloves and 5ent the~ over to "Podcy'' with a note sa. mg: Dear Carl: Please. accept the enclosed gift, as our soh1t10n to the problem of keeping your hands clean of carbon ·while read­ing the failure list. Respectful1y yours, No. 2 :Niill Shipping. · . B u t c(p or k y,. " w .h y d on' t you w.e ar . the gloves, after they went to all that trouble getting them out of . the· rag room? )) )) (( ({ .· Pierce Long really dragged in the dough for the Schedule Office team during the Champion ~!fen's Handicap T~.mrnament. He tied . for 2nd place w1th a score of 669. He got $17.40 and then the poor guy had to put it all in the ''kitty" that the team has. Pierce._ y.o u aren ' . t even go1i1g to get that 40c back when that bunch of 5 vultures · get thr u :rb splittino- it 6 wa s. Oh ye , Don DuVall got $4.00 aild Cliff Rekers. g-ot $2.00. But by 1-\ ay of th erraJ ;vn~e, Don and Cliff d.idn t ptrt t1 e1r s JU the .· o- all ·d "kitty." Of cour - ~, Smith had to h ld hi , pants up and d1dn t mak a very · . d sbowin in th · tournam nt. )) » (( « Frank \Vhipple ha · the brio·htest blue shirt th:a he wear ' wll · rrever b b wls. I , ems t be a very luck - hi r c beca u· e ;,p rk ,., Ru ·hlit g wears up <Jnd <lo\·\rn, th, t v t lime he w tcb $ F r, nk, 1 get a , trik ·. '·Porky' j be in ~ l·"rank tc iv him that hirt. I an h r tell y JU ''Porky, th j r n 1.1. m . le an a d. ~ lition t1 llis la v .ill and te tament~ H i ~ wlni no- , u that ·hirt .,u1d he 0&) . . ' I C:layton Lee Cremeans .is the sunny httle brother of Ola Cremeans oi C M Sorlisq~ hopes that it wiU fall to pieces the first time yon p11t it on. » » (( {( We wish to extend our deepe t ym­pathy to Otto Kersteiner whose mother died New Year's Day. PATIENTS IN MERCY HOSPITAL The following Champion . or mem- · bers of their · familie were recent pa­tients in Mercy Hospital: Nlrs. Irene Brown · Bambo Harri Homes, wife of Orvi1le Bro'\>Vll. vV.illian1 C. Peueitt) 2357 Noble Avenue; Robert Gre·en, 435 North Fifth Street; lVllnnie Gabbard1 v tfe of Roy Gabbard · 30 · _forth F Street ; Joan \¥arn r, datwhter of N[r. and lVIrs. \Na.lla·ce \Varn r. 1147 ' . Azel Avenue; 1\.1a rie Berryma n, dau gh~ ter of Lula R eves, 344 Bell . vent1 ; _1. Loui s' Pannel, 472 i\ ·1i1likin ,tre t; ~lillard Curnm ns, s 11 of l vel um­mon:;;-, ., 3 3 North B Stre t · J1 Hle · A. Duvi,, 15g Rhea Avenue· ~t[r : . Gra · lVIoo re, wife of b s ter l\!Io r ·· ~ 716 ~'o u h Ninth treet; 1Vlrs. 'l\Iau l Lo~~" ' -, d · n, wjfe Jf j d' rd LoO>s 1on 1 "45 Parkamo . Avenue· lVIrs. Eliz:ab th Sharp , wiT"' of R~ m md Sha rp , 121 Bonacker A en 1 ; T re 'a Ribar datl ht ' r f J; .rancis ·Ribar, 253 Han-:­over Str L· J\i[r . R itha Ri -,_ w lf ~ · f J am s Riee, 32 H av"n Av uu ·; l\llar . .Ftttt -Bum tt, wif of · .harl s Burn tt. . . 823 Norrh Sec ad Str et. ' Wom n ate ~r iser than m n be au~ the) } J;lOW J n nnd und r tand mo re.~' - ·. Jam · Stephens. • .• . 11m By JVesley Cobb Thou h fer tl1e monfh . .. vVe like w . r: tory of the tough army s.ergeant ' ·Ito lay oa the ground for nearly an mn: &\ aitino: the tonal to storm an enemy po ition and meet pos ible d atk. He spent th..e entire time enjoy­in? the im.ple beauty of a little b lue flow r growing beside him. Afterward he ~aid, urt "a, the happie t hour of lll ti.~H ! ' e " . · If we could learn to live more fully €l\;ery moment of e er. day, we woulcl discover that this old world of ours is much more wonderful than we had ever dreamed~ :» » « .• Sii ·er-haired Charley Reynold: , the · atriarch of the Bull Pen, rolled on . . pa ~ t the 20 · ear mark as . a Champion the other day. Congratulation , Char­ley!- You till walk straight as an ar­row you can · rill drink a toast with a teady .hand rou can stiH set up an ammorua barrel ('w1tll a little help), and the girls Dn the · orting ·lipe till . lo e you.. You can't beat that! ( But confidentially, Charley will ad­~ i · that tanding wai t deep in the · 1cy waters of the Kentucky River 'maulimg' loo- all day, a he used to do 30 year ago, MIGHT end him to bed with a slight cold.) One· for the book . . . Both of our -uu hful newcomers to the Bull Pen · Patll '"Dm::~y' Waddle and Georw-~ "'T.tutle' Brock, come from f~Lmilies 0 ·f 1:6 ::J:UJdren . . . In other word.- , both are well versed jn the . cra:mhie for hea:t" and corn bread and "Can spear a ham bur er cake from four feet .a wa)r. . , - » » " « Laugh -of the month , . . Hobe \Vea v- . r "~,o till htsi ts tha:t one oi our boys . IS . mlty of this ., s.emi-Butd1"' haircut of our , had this to . a. after our latest week-e"?d dippin : "I bet your hoy wa rmghty crlad to be go-in" back to school · <iay. On aecmant of tlim bein' o t) red out cutrin' you r hair over th0 oe~k -eacL'"' · . » » a. « · Bt . Ben Dirks is quite an expert with the lide t~ombone, and appeared as a concer.t arust ye.ar a&o;. He till tnea - ure- his beaurufuJ Coan m-stru·ment; one of_ rhe fme "t tr'{)mbon.es nude, together 1.Vlth air of the plea..,2mt tnemorles at­tac eQ. t-a i . ., » » « « ~·Br0~c .~ Johnny StepJ1ensori really ruw w the home-cookea lunche . in hi din er pail. J ars of meat, po~atoe s and gra v , bea t'l and cbrn, and all the fixins'! HM) , hovv I Jo · e that m a n ~'' )) )) (( « ~ e h ope we beG me ac lima ted to our n w home in a littl more ·. entle ·fa, hion thari Alta !vi a .· Hoskins did. She locked h rself in a .lathes doset durinw one of tho e blacl' dUts ( remem­ber ?) . and then soou a ft r proceed ed to open a d r nd fall cloV~i n the cetllar . stall·s, ( V\l ill he be mad at us for telling Lhi ? She sh re viJl ·eh R obe?) · » » {( « Spring is just around the corner, for " \Vindy'' Gillum has announced that he wiU take his stellar right wing out of the moth balls again, tamp an extra ounces of Mail Pouch in his cheek, and swin out with hi s. dipsy-doo curve ball at North. E nd t his summer. Say "vVindy", "The old flip per is al a) .in condition,_! could shut 'em out ton.io·ht if 1 haG. to". Good old Black . Jack. " \iVindy" . · Gillum-they love you out at North End! · » . )) (( '((· A big, h,a.rid te another . Champion athlete who rat.e.s high in, the hearts of .all who know 1um-Lt. Jack Blackwell, formerly of Inspection and :now abroad with th e Armed F o rce ~ . A whirlwind on the basketba ll floor, Jack was one of the most friendly and modest youn ster a round t he mill, the kind who wa never heard to say an unkind word about anyone, and who was , al­ways thinkiug of the . welfare of hi · friend , rather than himself. T ops on be field, top off th.e field~cl e an-c ut, bl:ond and handsome J ack Blackwell. . }) •)) (( « Euffin the drum ... Flash ! . .. NPeachi' BeekoelP" socks have c .me throt.wh · liky a Champion . . • Six month withqut unrav ling a sin ,.le thread . -. . And the gen J·man who made them has a,J made ood his beast .. . The brand r ... "Ihey'r - call­ed the {{Bachelorts Friend'' ; , . They never :missed It when hey alJed younO' Wa-ddle " ucl:::y' ... IH?s stlll growing at 17 wear a 10 or 10~ sho .. a.nd his c rn~ ar j u · ·.ki!Gng h im .. '. Lt. LG~t~er _Pet r ~;; furl yngh!ng with h1 famrly m I·la:mdt n, fresh fr 1 11. ion and w und:s in · · ermany, f r whi-d. h · wa d corated .. ,. "P ttfe" ,J ks ver n rPll and ery much the V teran . .. Our norrtinatio · for the fri nd1i t n au in . _the • Cbarnpion - qui k- t ppmg smthug F raak o k f t.h Yard j<ang . . ~ You'U find Frcank waving· at yo"U . (17) • . • 'ct' • ·' . .) 1 .~· ' . . . ' ' . Cpl. Charles White, .Jr., formerly of the Ba ler Room. now has am· APO out of San Franci!fco. A sister, Beulah, is in C M ClockhOllse and a brotnel'-in-law, Bufford Vaughn, is on C M Be-­winders. from across the street or on top of a t ruck, and· he'll be looking for yon around eve ry corner in the mill . . . By th e way, Frank is a st el'lar checker player ; if you can shut him out over a . stretch of 8 or 10 games, you're a. front line playe r, and are ready to meet the " pros" w 11 0 .m h a b'I t t h e smok -e' -uc lled back rooms of city ta verns . .. In such a den, called " Checker H eaven" in Buffalo, N. Y., we once ·watched a dark-skinned Spanish bum and a top­hatted, silk-scaded lawyer p lay three · of the most beautiful games of draughts we ever witnessed.· )) )} {( (( P. S. · If you want to pl ant a better Victo ry garden · this summer, attend y u r fa v6rite ni ght club, and still come roarin out of bed n xt mortling with that Hup and at ' m' fe , lin - try thi se ret formula . ·T ake a 15 r 30 min­ute nap . ever d· , pr ferably b fore the v nin m aJ. u'll be mazed at th r ~s ul t in su ain cl n r . nd driv· . l isn't rn r c in id l ce that m St of h g reat "do r " f hi "t ry~ includin i dison, Franklin, .and N po­leo -w"re- lsu m n o 1r reate. ~( napp ·rs1 ' . OSCAR S!HMM CALLED • r ~ rimm t fath r f · · rri anc.l FiiUa Grin.tn· CM 'ort,itt , "i .d F6b­rnt r 7: in hi, 1 om , 705 Rid . la·wt A entJ , ·f lJ N ing , · r ke su· f r cJ F !?:ru ,. ·1. ll form rly wa , mill­\- Vrt t. K·. also lcav san th . rJaugh­tcr,. Mrs.-Frank Heet, Hamihun . • "Not A. Paper Maker Among Them" A . on! 1'1·bution b ' ( Ja-y ' Yes, v~· e Champion are Ju k_ in m r than ne \· ~ . V lnv"' · e n with ha.mpion through ... everal d pr " ~ i tL but u pay n • cr t ppe L v\ here can ; u find a bett r r'la e than 11 c npi n ? Th ,. )'ra s mi ~ht lo k a little reener l e\Yh e re but it 1 • on I ' an illu~i n. vV ll cJo we r ·m mb ·r J a fellm:'l- worker i. ho left us during the oliJg pr , ~ rit · :for gr - ner pastures. He th twht he ,.,·a in th rn<.ne nd o) very tim me · him he vrould laugh at u f r staring with h, Il1f i n. " re you going to die .at the Ch mpiun ?'' h w uld sk. \ e ign lr d th ::;e gib s ancl wait d our time. During th Jepre sion ~omc ' iV.F .A. work. rs wer dig ring a trench for the .ity to pipe w t r ut ur wa. . One day when w drove into our drive-·way. ~ am one, from deep d wn in th trench hailed us and when '''e looked- 'e", it v:.Ta.s our fri nd ' h left Champion for greener pastures and \Yhom ' e found in th 1\1 TD. ' Vhen lunch time came we invited him in for a bmvl of ur famou chili and afte rwards showed him our nice h me and all th nice thin , Champion pay checks bought f r us. ""'o you are till with the Champion, you lucky fellow," is all he could say a he took hi pick and shovel and walked towards the trenches - and 1\.IUD. Of ali the \V.P., . V\ orkers, 77 percent were unskilled and 23 percent skilled workers. This means that 700,000 workers belonged in skilled cL:t sification . There were 15,000 Truck drivers, 28,000 Painters, 32,000 Clothing and Textile workers, 46,000 Pay Roll clerks and time keepers 53 000 Carpenter . Friends, we can give you the whole list, but you wiil find NOT ONE PAPER ~I[AKE R among the lot. Think this over, feilo-vvs, if you are hungering for the rainbow's end imagining that vvork would be easier somewhere else, seeking with fev~ . eri h anxiety but not with the singleness of purpose of the ants some fancied EL DORADO. ' ower a er---- By Wally Reed . The newest employee of the Boiler Plant is Tom Biggs. Tom worked at the Chemical Building before getting transferred to the Power Plant. Al­though Tom i.s very modest and does not have much to say, he i.s rapidly be- The pins really took a lot of punish­ment at the Jack and Jill's bowling establi hment, Cincinnati , Ohio, when the "Sad Sack's" team of the Hamilton Power office engaged the 1VIutual Boiler Insurance team of All Stars in a hot match game January 13th. \Vhen the smoke of the battle cleared away the "Sad Sacks" were found to be the win.,_ ner by the close margin of 250 pin . Th e ' ad Sacks'' probably could have t . except l\!Iac Powell? hrewd and cal ulating Mac wa bent n making a coming a<;:quainted with hi fellow workers. · · )} » « « George Lickliter reports· that the only p.Iace in the United . tate where rabbits are raised without liv rs i right here near Hamilton, at Overpeck, Ohio. At least, after ordering several rab­bits from " hylock" Dixon of · aid ad­dres , no livers cou ld be f0und in them. )J»«« Che ter l\1oore's wife, Grace, is re-uperatin at home foll wing an op ra­tion for appendiciti : at l\r1ercy Hospital J anu~ ry 22nd. Cbes, incidentally, i the Iuckie t man in the Boiler Plant be. ide£ relieving the boy of all th~ p re pennies they hav to off r, he got five acks of cigarette for only 44 cents. • ia hit around h me. After carefully e ti mat in the \·alue of a I ad of hog , h promi ed his wife e erything ab e a specifi d amoun . Ro~coe say Ivla lo ked very ~ d a he unt d o t a n at little ne t er.r of m thino- mor th n a hundr d buck . To all hi feeble 1l a , ~\'fa( ( t th h n imple reminder hom hi ife; 'Y u have ·poken · I will not }r n ~ r ur mind. Thank . ' » • « « I · you h ve pictur th t n ed tint~ ing to bring out the hidden beauty or 08) • n auty tha _never ho dd be legal­ly ·her ·, t~t. m Barrett ouch hem up f r y u. Thi boy is a whiz when he w rk ·.on - phiz. When h really gives the ~ 1z to any ·homely liz she's the rctti_el t thing hat is. ·ow if you wish to qu1z-sure, I'm a little diz. )) )) tl « n ly Sheph rd nd \Villis 1 bnet ar~ al wayB f uding in a go d nat red so rt of way. Begorrah that bea s these f · udi sts who live by the nine command­ments and insert the convenient "eye for an eye" precept fr01n the Old Tes­tament. The main trouble is that in extracting an eye with a hog rifle, the body often follows along and i- buried with the erring eye. )) )} (( ({ There are many teams in this. C ~:[ a good as Benny and Allen. Evere t Frezee and Louis Pannel are the mod­ern Lincoln and Douglas. Gene Col­lopy will take the opposite view with anybody on any subject and put up a plaus ible argument, just to hear the pleasing flow of his own Irish wit. What's more, it's good. )) )}' « « Famous people are given a lot of pu blicity through their power to hold trains. As a matter of local pride we remind you that a couple of local b0ys stopped a freight train year ago ori the hill south of town. It was a bad winter and they needed to throw off several tons of choice coal. A little soap on the tracks saved a lot of red tape and stopped the train effectively. )) )) (( {( Remember the picture in THE Loc some time ago showing big Jack Hef­lin a.s a slim streamlined wain. You know that picture kinda got Brother Jackson to dreaming. Look hi.m over boys, he's lopped off fifty pound·. He can thank Pat Collopy for the gentle sugae tion he once had racing lines. Jack say he feels like a million and that , ure i a load off his ch st. )) )) (( (( ONLY the xtremely tall can look d wn on people v ithout being swell­h aded. PVT. THEODORE SMITH MISSING P t. Theodore G. Smith, former Champi n, has been missing in a tlon in G rmany sin e December 21, hi wife 1 rma, and hi mother 'Nirs. Hannah Ballard, have b en informed. Pvt. mith wa in the Nati nal Guard wh n it was caJled into Federal crvi c, but released due to depend­ency of his wife and two chi ldren. l:le enli ted, however, Septemb r 7, 1942, and was sent overseas last October. • • ac }lot Off t he Dryers--;-by DR}¥[ \ ·e are aU Jookin_g fon ;ard to Jay' ·· · · o_. pe{' column -in the April LoG. re befjeye that We have Offie rare tale 1 in . ~o. 1 l\1ill that hould win m0 t of he honor . For example, Ral­"' n C; rnpbelr tender tale of the mule } _._:.~(; art of hi~ ear is not bad. Rob­er- Zeila rs ha~ a ad story to relate • ' L"VU Par ·and I\.{ike. Don t fail to hear Leo \-inkier' · account of Haley' C.,me . For tall tories, Tilford Storm ITcommend~ John I\lnllins and IVIourn :telFa t of the Beater Room! Jav \·our column will not be complete un­! e~~ ,·ou have the t vo entries from the c loi room. Paul 1\Iick and Hubert Fa ·mer. \'hile on the ubject we ~e­lie ·e TnE Loc is mi ing a good bet bY not havin cr a column in the macra­zi. ne from the color room . There i a lv o.f nevvs in them thar fl oors .. »· » « « ).farvin Hayes now has hi- A.P.O. after appl •in .... for foreign duty for ev­eral month~. Will Marvin wa induct­ed February 1st into the army and left bo e in true 11arvin style by forget- . no- his wallet. Our own modest "Rea" _ "ipp'er h. a been t:ran ferred te \V right Fie d. Dayton to traighten out the _ f.P .'s, \Ve wjll bet that Henry can o a .. oo job. We heard from Don Tunkin who still is stationed on Surne- ~ . . do \ne ! "land, eleven miles from New · o k. Everything is covered with ice . · u it i~ not bad after you have gotten .. e o the cold. Pvt. John B aker~ fot­merl of the Beater Room, who is in t11e Infantry at Camp _Croft, South Carolina \Ia home on his pre-em­ba kation furlough . A party was held at John iter · N1rs. Perry, of Frank­li · t., at vhich the Beater Room wa ,·err ~eU represented. John was very opu1ar in the Beater R oom. » » .• • The Champion B.ow.Iing Tournament i-· over and our big money winners · re,re Ru ~ picer, Robert Zellers, and !\1 u rra. r Ram· ey. Art Tbu rn has a boV\·Jing _ty}e all his own. Believe rt · not but Art after bei11g one hour late he 'ent to two other ailey I] r t, hl:Int­in~~ h tournament) bowled his first _a.me, ri~·ht handed econd arne, left , an.ded; and then alternated his last ·~une . ~eedle s to say Art was not rme f the prize winners. The only ri ici m --v e heard about the conduct of tt . ournament was voiced by our ~u. nn.tendenr who seemed to have fouble '\-'ith the bOy or boys sweeping th floor. \Yould you believe that after ne . bo. · ·,wept around Earl'"' feet an­other boy carne ri ht in back of the frr~ t bo) and al 0 tried to weei around hi feet. vveli, it i n't every day that bo) get paid f.or not workina. ·)) ~) ({ (( Did · u bear about the big crm d back in he old paper ) , t m. P . ple athe.red around to ee three men down on their hand and kne and were they disappointed. The e three men :were huntin bort pieces of wire that had been found in the bi er bale of led ·ers. )) )) « « Onre in a Life time. The -ecretary f the Champion Bowlincr League after ma kin two fouls in one frame';) re­' quested tbe manager of the Y.lVLC.A. alley- to take the foul judge away. Do you uppose bis wager with Stephen­on and Freyherg wa the cause of this outburst. }) )) « (( It ha been reported that ou r Assist­ant Day Superintendent is now in need of cigars. He had a nice racket while it lasted · but of course there are not that many men smoke at the noon day conference. · · ''Jviaggie ~ ' Bryant . of the \Vet End . Control ha left the mill an:d we under­. tand wa presented with a very nice gift suitable for the occasion. N uf sed. » )) (( (( We \ ish to take this means, in be­half of the cla in 11achine Coating, to publicly thank R ay Steffen for his talk on X Finish to the class. His treatment of the subject, curls and mois ure, vyere especially interesting. If the janitor had not invited us to go J ome we still may have been in sess ion. )) )) « « Paul Brecht has requested a little le. s publicity. · VIe are sorry that Paul takes all the item, to heart but I.kn w be would b happy if he wa written up in tl e proper field. )) )) C( « --ow we have bad colle t ions f r hair cu t , hoe , towel s, fi wer., etc., but the first of Febru ary we hit a new hio-h. A c-ollection as taken up 0 11 . ·o. 10 _ ifachine s the Bos,s !vfachin T nd ,r c uld pay his clelLnq uer t ax of 82¢. )) J) « « Vir il . mitb i runnin a Doc ' Brooks a cl se race. £r,1itb has just returned from a check up at the Cri le Clinic at. (19) Lt. (j.q.) and Mrs. Albert Mayo. Mrs. Mayo was the former Kathleen Westmoreland, at­tractive da.uqhter of Champion's Old Timer. W. L. Westmoreland, and. a sister of Cham­pion's own Sara Sue Westmoreland. The mar­riage took pla.ce in Deland, Florida. December 16, 1944. Cleveland and can quote you medical terms for hours. )) )) (C (( Robert McKnight, known as Bank­er 1\IIcKnight, has been having hls troubles. His wife ·turns off the alarm too quick in th>e morning a:nd the bank­er comes to work at 8:30 A. 1\II. At noon, this same day, his wife takes the car and pay check and to town she goes. At 6:15 that evening he shm eel 'US his go-for ball at the bowling alley. For you laymen, that is a ball that croe: for the utter and m.akes it. As this was his bad day he hurriedly left the bowling alley and arriv d hom o soon his wife b li eved him to be sicl . (H . wa · si k the clay he put tbe nickel in the ·wrong J. arkin cr meter.) BORN IN MERCY HOSPITAL To M rs. R ,co J enkin., R. R. 4, Shan lon, a on~ vVilliam Fr deri k. • tiore than 80% of the gas line f r th · offen ive of th • · nit d Nati 11 comes fr m An eri a's it r fin eries. "If a man c uld have half } is wishes. he ;w uki double his tr ubL - . "-Ben~ jarn in Fritnklin. · PVT. MASSEY MISSlNG Mrs. Eleanore Massey, Millville, west of Hamilton. was notified that her husband, Pvt. Guy H. Massey, 30, is missing in action in Belgium. He formerly was on No. 1 Beaters. The message said he was missh.g since De­cember 22 when in Belgium. He was in the armored infantry. His mother, Mrs. Anna Massey. lives on the Darrtown Pike. Guy had been with Champion for seven years prior to his induction March 15, 1944. There are also three children, Richard, Ray· mond and Helen Massey. A brother, James, is on the Coaters and Ted is an electl'ician. - • • • aCIICOaS ID AWARDED PURPLE HEART Word •has been received in the mill that the Purple Heart has been awarded to Pfc. Erven F. Schroer, formerly of No. 2 Rewinders, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Schroer, Symmes Road, and formerly a Champion before his enlistment August 11, 1942. His wounds were received in the fighting for the Tinian and Saipan Islands. The information said he was attempting to get to a Japanese machine gun position when he was wounded by a sniper's bullet. By Bill T lwmpson Here lNe are again ba ~king in the California sun hine and wi hing we were back in Ohio freezing. That Chri tmas leave in Hamilton wa a slippery, chilly one but we enjoyed every minute of it. aw m t of our old Champion f ri nds while home but mi ed manv- more. Glad to e that Lou Pannel . till has a feud on hi hands. 1 ,.ow it i with •verett Fraze in tead f Bill Harri. Lui· lik t ar ue, (J k ep up the ood work Frazee. Jim Rawlina has not chan d , ny. H make the arne old complaint­that this wartime whi ~ ky doe n't con­tain enou h alcohol. The ei . ht foot fence rlu it~ f Ot of ha rb d wire on top urroundinO' thi ~ val B e 'Na n t enou h to ke ~orne of the liberty hound ~ in th r a at ni , ln. o an ad itional ix f bar-i r i b ing placed on top of the oriO'inal. atur 11 th kid are tor- • menting the fen ce constructors by chanting the popular "Don't Fence Me In". nc comic ~ ea-Be here explain that he joined the Na\·) t get away f r m a ba and end d up li in out o{ a darned ea-bag. ur pre ent a ignm nt duty is a bit more ruaged than the re ruiting bu i­nc . . 1Ll rdin make a . ur f l rt • )f im_f- n nt. Then gc in on c nd th Jll~ht-ir make - thi -~ m t"l'lf \' f I ' . cl bir on th in · ide if ' u t what • ' · m an. I u J. m P llr) mi ht rut it-thi w lkin Lh d k II ni ht ion do· aff(Jrd 'n £'r r , 1 ortunity. 1 rj\ ' t: a h ( 0 ht• r ' m r m, n t lk , nJ n th PI h r h. nd an e u l h a nc t c n vc r t' \it 1 m n m. n. Hr • ( ' . : m lik dr , ~ d But I'll th nk ·ot • C)i\ e me e ch n nd ndr · cJ blue · pl • nd let me hoo {20) GIRLS' SKATING PARTY Por ·orn and brrmp·, f ll a l b · u~ iful tncinl.! on ka · , · r · hii'h-li •ht of h r ,11 ·r katint:" 1 ar y. h ld • t th · Hv milt 111 Roll ·r Rin~ . '1 hut - d y. F ·bru ry Lt. Jn ~ i t t,f -.ub-zcrf) \V<'.lth ·r nd fi t I ' k \·valk from th bus lin , a lar.• 'f()Up of Ch m-pion gir ls pu on ~at n I h· d wond ·rful timt. Thank tr1 J Puma th •r' W.1 . h.l l 1' · , Il of f Iff}-, b ll ·rv ' 1'-C< rn, e j(JY ·d by · h and • ·t · JJ1 ' < f he folic;~ -j n , girl er>n~ :_ anna Jackman. Edn- r, <.ly, Clar l\1() 1re, :'\ nc· · L. D ·nni ()n, H'len .1:3 Jv 'r, Bernie· flen un, Alir · • lav- • nard Bt ty L h id . Be" ie .~. lainrJu . Edy h Daniel. B · ty Rllth J Jhn-. 0n. Eil et Craff, ·orma Loheid . B y 'J readwa y, Carrie Ram ·y. . Iary Parks, El va Schell Jane Law on. Hel­en Smathers, I abel Von Hag n, . 1 r' · Von Hagen, lary Bennett, ~\l1rid Allen Helen l\1ueller, Lola h ernaker. Betty Wei h, Elsie Von tein , J o Puma, Ruth Ottman n-tfary Gift, Theresa Artmer, Erma Adam , Vikie Wagonfield Irma Pater. GIRLS' CARD PARTY The Anthony \Vayne Dining Room was the scene of a merry card party on Tuesday, January 23, when table of auction and contract bridrre, "00 and 500 rum, were arran ed for Cham­pion girls. P rize were furni 'hed for the winner from each table. The fol­lowing girls played-Melba 'a vage, Marjory Good rich, Millie Borger on, Dorothy Fritsch, Jewel Kelly, l\Iar­oaret Leydon, Eileen Graf, tella \Vel­linahoff, Dorothy Grau Louise Glind­meier, Mary Elliot, Madeline Do le E telle Taylor, Kaye Flahert , Kath­ryn Klo e Frances , utphin. Pat Tay­lor l\largaret Kindred Ann Grot­hau . Edythe Bu 11, D. J. Hen ning-e r, Alcie ndrew., Tulia B nn tt, \Yilma • Hamblin, Blanche ~ewman, H I n Blume, Kathr n l\Iar t n l\Iuriel Al-len. Clair \Volfe nn Jenning ·, Mar-ret Beckham, ancy ardner, Alire H an, Maude Zie enhardt. He! n Pow r , Jar Bell HalL Elizabeth Koeh ler, D ttie ·kel Hel n aines, vVanda Bultn1' n, Clara Froelkc L ta I ccr lara Butt , ' hri tin Riley, da Ka rr, P arl Ha n r, l\1argar t , .,,·b rne. ... die \ at· n, Betty 1 ver J ni killm n, Mar , r t B nning-hnf n. l'Jl we:tr my lung:H s. B r doinr uarddu ' "' h"v atl n L. r f nmd th fellow vh ~nvak ns th bu •lcr. ~ow w a e :carchino- r (hat i rd wh one ted the p wd red compound. Mary Bose Hacker is the daughter of Nora Hacker. C M Sortin.g. and Luther Hacker. C M Calender crane. Sbe also is a niece of John Hacker. watchman. Pvt. George Roettger, 35885692. Co C 129 Bn 81 Regt. I T C. Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, and his two sons. Danny. three years. and Jimmy. three months. George was in the Pipe Shop before entering service. His mother is Catherine Roettger, Cafeteria. B-, Otto Reid ~IJCK CA~ FOOL 'E~I Pad \fick ha- been a-thinking·-, _\nJ he -a,- ,,~ithout a winkino-: .. _ ·o 110re J:tH!Q"ed winter come our ' ~ "·a·. "I'm -cnnin~ ~ras -, ·o h "lp my soul. "Tr our around the Q"roundhog hole. "And . ummer will be on .!._ !rotmdhoo-dav ;·· ,. .1 t. lt '" pat. eti...: moan you hear r und the coarim: mill is the hmdm>r '- f Ike Have· and .\nee Ho-kins. The erennial coonhunter ~ are ·till rrriping ( ;~>r 1 fact that the ]a:,t :ea ·nn wa · ht orst in their memory. Let ·em la . a li tJe mane\-' on the line-Paul . li - cau im rove on anv \Vea lu:·r th<.:\ ' . ' a,l, for. Ike JV. ~ he,.- could haye a ;e. Bo Hack"r and me along, con-rinn th y didn"t HCt anythi n_s any- •• - • . 1ank trJ Ro tue El ton \ l v 1 me:lt. para~raph a<:rain 1n the :- ighb ' rUr pencil. Yho ·lsc cou!J \"C refer r r ll a larzer cor . but fc 1 the fact < ar G• rJon -\ ndrew turnt: i (Jll the . ea j u t enou2'l to ed <re r;lll at De r­. i tLe three ""amc total. Ted . c- I .an' ';.'~• e has crreatl_r impru\'>U (J ·cr l i. u ... times Jut. It W()n't b· lut.).! r il Le'll :w able w roll lCXI mot any­in •. Th • ·•:ad Sacks' \Ver . lucky the i-. at c e\"en tl1at the !mur-al c e-n \ ith uch :-.tarr ke~d r a . J3. , 1 e nn 0. wilJ 3VL'n{!e t!Jei r de- ·' iJ retun match. 1 i. r,..' , 1., . cme man J know .vh<, I aml 11 :!cr mcJrc tiJ<lll Bud D,n, - 1 i th.tr i " \rjt11'Y., (Jf t h · -<•rnit· Hiil (,arr t k"f'j >' him well ~u11 It! hem 1fl Thur.dav ni ht ·. • I gues- Bill hates to see Dunlap wast­in!! awav to a mere shadov.r. .... . .\Iva Downey was seen pedalincr clown High St. recently on his two ,,·heel bike (he also has a four wheel job) in pecting all the parking meters. _ ~ot being able to find one with suf­ficient time left on it, he fina ll y pu lied into an empty sta ll and dismounted, then after some time spent debatin o­with himself, he decided h is fin ance \Yould not stand the strain of feeding he meter o he parked his bike on the idewalk. Better look out, Alva crime neYer pay . The law ·wi ll fina ll y catch up with you. T believe B b Boian i: the prou dest vrandpa in the mill. .'\ t any rate he really think a lot rA his litt le gra nd­daughter, Judith, t<J drive about 100 1nile in bad weather to vi sit her. Her fCJth er, S t. Robt. Boian, Jr., a veteran c)f on:rsea service. is tation 'd at Fort ' Hay., Cr)l m us, and hi& wif and dau~rhter have e f 'thl i h d rc ~ide nce in CrJlnmbtL with him . bnd Dunlap and ''Zck ' Sa ncllir lllf 11 d i n '" i n n i n er c ) 1 · ~ i n t h e C h <t m - piun HanJice1p Budin, Tournament. Br1d ama ed th t<1tal c;[ GGCJ pin ~ , ~r)c;cl for :.eco11cl plac • rize of a ~2 5 war l ond, and 'Zekc " hit (J41 pin , whi ch I an led him in ~ixtl1 1 lace \ 'ith a $H • -:;h prize. . 'in: ~oirw, ).'Uyb. Rum() s at • that tiH·r • i a coil tion h ·i Tlf! ta k~.:n ()n (). 2 C uu er for <l dr~:: [( 1 th rum1cr wlu W(Jrk d c111 'o. 10 utt·r, ,lauu ;;uy 2211 . Th • l'o\' ,r I ·p:tn lfl('lll h ·t tcr "a1 h o11t lJI. the) 'll be lc '· i 11i-' :t gnrJJ nw.n, {rJr (21} • • em1ca Ul i\ otc.r from the Blearber.r By Tom Wells • IH \Vho san the davs of m iracle~ arc ' - o er. B licvc m , I bav ecn one hap-p n in th Chemical GuliJin!!: 'I cd "D aeon'' Seeman, () rdon ;\ndrcws and i\l Graeff came to take inventory of o1.1r material. Bnh Recb \>\as on hand to 1n- kc ·urc w ·were nnr counted out of anything. The rio d ·cidcd to take Lime Stock fir st. Th fir~ t count was b r so many ba as high and so m · ny piles loner_ By this method the total wa 470 bags. The Deacon wa ~m' t sa ~ isfi ·d with this count, .·o they de­cided to move the bags and count ea h one. 'The correct total was 467 bar, , just three off from the fir 't count. Now when they just volunteer to move 23,500 pounds just to check their co mt, that is something to think about. Gor­don was so tired from moving the lime, he had to be helped to his feet. And the other two had sore backs. Tobn Brock sure believes in being pr~pared to meet any emergency. To make sure he will have a o-ood seat when he stops, he has been seen carry­ing a sack with a block of wood, around with him, the sack providing the cushion. If any one doubt th is, . see Cha rl ie Stephens. And if any one J1as any cigarette please see John. I have hard enough time trying to get enough for myself ' ritb out supplying others. If you saw Bill D rb. eating a lot of couo-h d rops the other day, it vvasn 't beca use he had a cough. Seems that Bill wanted to qu it moking and that was the only th ing h could d to help rel ic e the agony f wanting a ci ga rett for 12 long hours. This great batt! · went on and n until the Lt{> finally w )!l and Bi ll . uc urn bed t Lhe d si rt­for a mok ·. (But not Cla r ·nee Bart­l tt.) tht cut tcr ernplu. ·t's must t hi 1 k a lot of him . Ed Singleton ha. tll l? distincti n uf lwvinf,' three :-.nns in t!H.' nm d forces. Te ' h. S rt. Philip Sin rlet()n is '"'ith the Ann)' Fn •i11 ·er ~ in the l)llllii'Pin s, .ud C(JrpoJal. Rol>u ~tnd J(Jhn Sitl ... ;l t m ar' in t h · Si. rnal 'ot p. auJ 2nd -1:t- I int:!-,, r · p ·t i vl'l). Rob rt i · in I t.ly andJohni·inthc ntralP. iftc. Ed is 'r) prr tl I of ·til ul t h "m, a h h.~ n · ·ry right tu bt·, and they Lan bt: ut"' hi ht:art i wnh tlum . .n all ti11 ·:, . Tam€s E. Helton Re ls. recently pent v raJ w k on the ranch of hi par nt in Colorado, and evidently ad a ond rful tim . Th picture · hows him with a d r which h bagged while on one of the many hunting I ip . Jim is th son of Not H lion, Cafe t r· and George Helton. MiJl iqht. Pv. John C. Le ·s, Unloading. on-in-law of Leona C. Cannon. No. 2 Fan nd Count Pfc. Cha les Robin on, Jr .. APO New Yorx, son of Chari Robin on, Sr .. Unlo ding. H ia in the siq:nal battalion. The girl i Judy Ann Bowman. two years old daughter of James Bowman. Roll St:>rat:."""· and qranddaughte of Charles Robinson. By James Pelley ··, Ia~- it be deeply impre.:sed on the heart '- f \'er , man, that there i -no • real felicity for man. except in reform-ing hi- errors and ,-ice~ and entering uron a -trict and con tant course of · ,-irtue.''-J arne Hardie A. \I. (1 19). » )) « « Paul Cartier bas a real system when the bo s of the Cartier domicile has work for him to do as helper in t.he hou ekeeping end of the partnership He take off his coat, takes a deep breath and a bi lump come up on his elbm\·. Paul claims the doctor tells him it i a water sack. Per onally we feel it is the result of the deep sigh he fetche~ when he is asked to word. \Ve ,,-onder if that trick failed to work once a, we understand his mis us \o\'a hop­ping about on crutche . He !aims she fell on the ice. )) )) • Cl[ .i\Iaruucrite Leydon wants to buy an Eno-lish mastiff a he can aet a priority ratin ~ to bring it by plane ( o she ays). )) » • Cl[ Jf _ Teh·in Purdy k ,rp practicing 1 c may }' t learn to siwr. He has b en practicin , ' Tears on ?\1 v Pillow" and 'Bought . 1y. elf a ForJ ~-'Jachin .'' and we Uf p<1S h will . tart a c ncert tour in the :p ring. Bu Raymond I3()g r-:, won't last that lonv. He g 1 s n <'ld h run : away and hid s. ,ib \~Tya tt .ay-- that vh re Ray came frum th r . in_r th o~e s _.no- in the church hou . ·, and that i what affect Ray. The nc~, tal c,ia of :-~ man i, verilv a pathetic hlllg to behold. · Come on, Maudie and Lewis, all ca l­ende rd o·m i pul li ng for you both. l\ Iaudie is out for an appendectomy and ]. Lewis Pannel for hernia. \Ve hope they are back by the time this is pt inted. Everett Frazee says that while Louie is out he is chemical engineer on the alum barrels, but I 'm afra id Louie Vi' ill bump him off that job when he gets back. - )) )) (( (( Charles Lainhart, C NI Cutters, ask­ed me the other day: "What does it cost a man to go to that university ?" " \Vhat university," I said. "The one down on B Street," he answered, "and I'll pay th is man's way if he'll go down the re an l learn to run a straight roll." Some of the oth er boys nominated Ola . \Valton and Howard Ri t to go with Frazee and Ri st, and vValton think Clyde Botner hould be incl uded. )) )) (( (( Dew y 1as t, who li ve near amde n, . was nO\'vbound fur a week an l th en return ·cl to his j h. On the night hi ft it sncw.:cd hut that rugged in li viclu ~tli s bucked ic and ·now to a t to th' -h p all \ e·k. T'h ,.n on ... undav it ain . nm ·ed ,nd rher · al.o \Vt't, !ret so Dew y t a rr t'd hi vacation. ~ I mer • 'uns ~ll rge t((l h wa: ·ta) ing at home 1 'ri <:\ • in p L • v r t h le t i n. n » « \Y · t·rc -.un \ t) mi..,:- lllr d friend ''l3roth ·r " Pt" ~11· 1 1 Lt} wh \Va~ hoJJl ·on furl JtJt'h . (, rrr on, Brotb r. '·care -~ It fnr yo11 nJ J ntlt n.' I< r-iu _re in, ber, ~h. r1 · L inh, n and ()th·r· h,n't .._t:l r I a tall t0rv roh ld rh' for until ) ou [ nd [, rl : h< ck t help them ul. (22) 0 nv A'atldt 1 liP£/, ,..,t \ hav1· 1uit · , fn '''J l f ·ll1Jw ' h<> ha v • d(· id <> < r m '' Liur' lub'' thi mrm I. ht nn d1· It r i "S IH 'r y '' \ '(JoJ 0 i d y o 11 -r h ·a r I h · un • , hort •· r1lrl abrJll .,J, ~-in!! 52 hr,ur. in (J d1•rrr · · bel> · z ·r ,_ Pr .,_ t. ' u ld t(J \ tJr ha lr: n '· v 't it. Short y: Th. I I ) 'hampirm Liar . h wrh. 'r R l e i ~h f, riffirr · ud FrJ k \'a ·r­sc n. Tb 'Y c n trc.: h th · tnah o cover . o m tch h, t yr)u r ddn · even re 0 rnizc it r ftcr '() miitll c umver­~ a i(Jn . S me d· y that viii ~ t yr,u t vc !11 trouble o bet ·r watch it. On f( r he hunk . • 1ikc · hoblin lo t his glas:,e in a sto + c..h e~ t three month ago and ha had uch a harrl time rea~ing. Thank hea ·ens he fi­nally found them, a little ,\·or e for wear. I understand that Roy Binegar ha. been as ociating wi h morons becau e he i acquiring their habits. By the way, Roy, do you ride a bicycle to work or maybe a scooter? Champion's \Vorld \Var veteran ~o il vv:rapper, Mr. "\'indy' Campbell, 1s quae a fisherman in his leisure time. He uses Special bait and pole. To help pass the time he smoke bor­rowed cigarettes from hi friends, Baldy Harmon and Baldy Beeler. Sure wa happy to hear from our old fri end, Bob Ferris, who i now en­joying those warm Pacific breezes. Bob ay that is nice over there at tim es bu t he wi hes he were back on the o-ang. Let's hear from you a ain. Bob. Hm about the rest of our old Pipe ang? Hund.reds in tho mill reca!I Richard Stewart, fonnerly in S les, and his wife. Esther Beck r Stewart. formerly of th Medical Department • Dick is now in the s rvic , station d at VSCG Air St lion. floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn. Their on1 Richard Sl wart shown above. was born in the Marine Hospital on Staten Island October 30. 1943. • Edward E. Dixon. son of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Dixon, 317 Fairview Avenue, has recently been pro oted to Staff Sergeant while s.erving in the Medical Corps at Camp Rucker, Ala. His father is · C Finishing. With the cap is CpL Charles K. Cobb. son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, and b and of Lucille Dixon Cobb. He has been overseas nearly two years. serving in communica­tio: , and has r':"ceived two battle stars. Cpl. Kenneth S. Barr. now at Lincoln, Neb. He is the son of Walter Barr, C M Finishing. He graduated h·om the gunnery school at Yuma. Ariz. • 1 ce ews------ By Jfembers of the C . .JT CLCB . lice Ho n has come back to the "Ha 'h l\Iark ." Here we found a hint C c t Department. She told u - that the for girl : · t ·; difference bet"·een her and Elean­- r ·Roo.::e\·elt is: Eleanor travels all (• er he coun ry and he travels all ov r e Champion. The \·orst part Ol! it i~ that I ha\·e to it ~e ros f l her. \ ·e ·ant to wekome La\"erne Gat­it. an I::a ell Bard to the Co-r De- 1 - 1 em. \Ye're not so bad, girl,, you ·iH ... e u ed to u eventually. ~ _ fargie \Yilson ·urpri ed u· and be-ar. e _ Ir· . Bob ~rondeHo . .\1ay the teet c.. ' ,-i.:hes be extended your way, r 1e. ' c b \ :-ei er, Thad Lauderman, Bob • ':\ wolf is a guy with a glint in his eye, And a thought in the back of his head, If you ·ee him. coming, you d better start runnmg, The rest is much better un aid." ).;ew.:- of the service: Letter were recently received from • Pfc. Glenn Holden, and E dward Frey Oh, I foro-ot to add the Corporal to • • • • • I 10 Mother Love ~·trong. \'et tenda is her 'Visa. e .Jnd lz.n mern· is complete· Patience builds :rrnm adoration Of a lo~·e r:.cithout conceit. F orui-;y hrr-.rurel\' C0d for:.:,i-;·t s her ~ . B !i nd 1ll.' ss to Iter r lz ild r en' ·z~ 10 11!!,. A~othi11g ki!l.r a pure de-..•otion­X othing mars a Jctcred SOlt6. -'Ti.r nau~ht of onc.r true gramlna That makt' - I his lrr·e ee m rio/it; L To her the dulL and horne/y Are beautiful and bri;z./zt. Y ou .ree her gazing at her offspring, } ou hesitat e, and catch your breath; Iln eyes shine like t!te planets Steady, soft-like unto death. There is no climax to a mother love; Th is Godly gift blend.r perfect ev"ry hour· JVo i-mpish' impulse ever stoays the fact It is lo·z.:e's most perennial flower. -Otto Re·id, Ja nuary 23, 1945 Eddie's name. A certain tall, dark \VAVE in \Va shingt n sent R. G. K. a carton of cigarettes. Could that be ,the rea on he wants us to join the \Vaves ? In closing I mustn't forget to tell you that we have a Good Samaritan in the Accountino- Department. oans an roans,_ K el and Everett Hall made hi t ory 0 he Handicap Bm:din 1 urna­f cour ' e, we aren't telling what .. e\· o :d d. By Clarence Soule • .~~ , .P ~- CJ le were wondcrino- hat .!· · .::i J T ·d Lefler erYed in durino the ·"'"r. F unnY, \ ·c didn't know that • • J :-.·ere th old Ted. .\ on2 he i k thi la. t month, · l ad a cold. Did this have any­. ·. g ( do i h makin Pin- rp Pic­If - n~ ·hat FUR? -~ l , ·ould be the happie t r on,. i · d r irl it the Cos De artmenr ' ·, u~d jo' r ·h t! \ 1 \"e -. Cncle Sam or ----: I can tell you. - , e J <n e qualification for the • · Club. AI hou h there is a _ ~ e - ti -~y : \Ye re oin to fine Pete • l: oe n· . art making Do othy pay · en nit> or the remark she makes. lo t.. t r -nJ ' ripe paper for in rv· ce i a column headed Archie \Vright took a week of his \·acation and th boys have been trying to fi ure ut what the rrea t trader and bu:ines dealer wa cluing. Many be­lie e he was rryi n r to high 1 ressure some one into buyln a bicycle, trading ometha1' for a lim u ine, or maybe just canvas in , fur business. R bert P eters has returned from a camp in c; '( Jrgia wher his ·on is st - tion~cl at an army hospital. He report ­the boy gcttin r alon , nicely. Hugh Kirk1 atrick is ~ t ing fame as a leading bowler in Hamilton- hitting a 2 I 3-and also a r 1 utati n f r vtll stc ric about the vr ather sin e he mov J to the ountry. Durin r one recent snow storm, i took him a whole day to cl·ar his lane for traffic . • Bill ~filler, out Darrt wn way, , I· J brag about the weath T and ays it' colder on his hill than in Hamilton. (23) Ruth Clark ha been tellino us all­for \<Vhat rca, on we don't know except to make us en ious-a bout all the fin b cf sh ha::; b ·en having at h r home. beef weigh ing 1100 pounJ~ was bu tchered and this is l"t:rhaps the c ll­swcr lo tho · ' t]nc jui y steaks . L ·ttcn; ltav · been rec ivcd rccentl v • fmm Lawrenc · Rob inson, I lm Dc ~ k, Ray Sturm and Ralph e ·, all in the • s rv1c e. Robert l J1 dike hit the jaclq ot in a war bond ''sa l·" f< r s ' cnl hundr>d dolL.u--, ()[ C1JtHSC kcc1in Lhe bnd '. Bt1t ,. h ·lh r 'ou hu. 'm or vYin ' m., I ·t ,s k c p on f.!~ I tm. g ' rn. • f r. '. Younu ha , d ''de pl:d a ncv ur rc--to be ·umc t l e mi ll 's f r 'nl t ' peanut a lC,' I Hll1. Ht: s 11 , ·ccd l- and fnr 11 o d cau . Fred Od -ll was on the i -.k li t but recover ·d nicely. - • tmas Package Acknowledged By Champions In The Armed • I n 'nitin · o tha h ' u f r Tn Ln<. an l numbc: r (lf 1 · .· '!)t;; 1 f11Ye re-t i n d f l m C h m f"l ( IL ~ i lll' e l h .t \ ' been i 1 tl • rn1l' i S 'TTi' ' . 1 h. \ ' l' l t c r ,. 1 .:-e L ,·eye 1 n "llth ::-- li,·ing in the ju 1~ l , o · th ~ 'l ~th \ c ~t I acific.- 1 h ' , b e 1 in.~ hne ver here.- l ::e ](,nc ·('Ill f. m ·tim s. and I ~ u re n 1' th~..: ::- 1 in the Fini ... hi ng epan ­men . :tnd \- uld like t l:e back ' ·ith th 'm.-1 '" uld lik to hea r from th Fini · hin~ R m m~ l y e~. -I l erat-d the lee rjc crane for s0me time.­_\ rr, in I hank ,-ou for e\·ernhin .­Plc. Burder G.' Bri ght, P. ·;..r., San Francis o. » )J « ({ I want to thank , ·ou for the nice • Ch ri tma' box \Yriting raper, and ci ~ are t te lighter. Every time I have a pre:: ent. it makes me realize hmv for ­tunate I am to be a member of the Champion Familr. I ~ incerely hope 1945 will ee all the boy back home • a ain.- Some will be mis ino- when. the fi nal roll i called, but the re twill have to ee that the principa I for which the boys died will be upheld, so that their li,-e '"·ill not be given in vain.-S/ Sgt. _ 1 • T. ~Iichael, A.P.O., San Franci co. )) J) (( ({ \Vant to thank you for the Ch ri tmas packa o-e and THE Loc.-1 ure enjoy aetting THE Loc.-Roba De\ee e S 1/ C, 1 Tew York City. , )) (( ({ The foxhole lighrc:r and Christmas package came a few clay, a ro, and 1 '"-'ant to thank you.-Chamr ion ha been ni e to it f 1rmer employee in the ervice.-It i nic · tfl l· nmv we bave a j b t 0 cume ack to when w • return home from the Army.- Ralph Smathers. )) ,, {( " I thank yuu a lot for th Chri tmas package, and ci:' r "tte li ght r, ,.vhich T receiv d a f ,w da y- a ·~o. I abo Q ·t TH ~ Lc (; and enj it v ·ry much. gain I thank you.- Jam · 1 CJS · . lintz, S 1/ C P . .:\1., San Franci c . )) )) (f Thi. is a \ 'CrV ~tran c r • m u n t a i n n1 : . a n J . t a r I n teJ ncar the ea. t in ar c vered with country, v ry f ! he t Wlb Th m un­now- hav l' t.T ll. for (> \ ·r a mont !1, b11t 0 1 an r • ~n m in th · lm' lands.- \V · hav · huu ice t n th ' gn Jll nJ !Ju f!lan · till hang 11 tht· tree . . - Th r · i ~ I() c f ' \ ill ':t llle b r<:,-wild l ar, cl C'r, fo., duck: . .1 nd pi '( 11 1' .- ~ pl. ~eo rge ll. Ryd ·r . . '\ .P .0., • v Y m k. P a cht~~ receiv J in g ()d onditicm, ~ ~ . and f " as v ry pleased with i . Aml . nw ~ · 1 in turn, \vi h you and Chamri n, " \ \ 'ery HarrY New Y ar."-Pfc. Ca rl E. Pow 11, % P. 11., New York City. )) )) (( (( Received the Christmas package to­da) an'd appreciate it very much.­Best of luck to Champion.-S/ Sgt. Lee G. Campbell, A.P.O., New York . )) )J (( (( \i sh to acknowledge with thanks, receipt of Christmas package station­ery, LoG, and ciga rette lighter.-J. Harold Duckett, Columbus, lVliss. )) J) (( {( Received the package in good con­dition. Glad too, that Champion still th inks of the bov, s in the se rvice.- Hope to be back soon with good old Champion.-Pvt. Euo-ene vVarren , P. ~-1. , New York City. )) J) (( {( Toda . I received the Chri tma ·' . package. It \'ras very nice and I ap-. preciated it ve ry much.-Hope to et a fu rlou :·h soon and expect to ee my friend ' in Cc nton.- Pvt. R. H. Go­forth Greenvi ll e, ·lis . )) )) (( ({ Rec ·ivecl the nice h ri from barnpion today. • tma ' 1 ack gc ll th thint! · ' ar. v ·ry ni . ' and r r~m . ·ry rateful. - Thank..., a mi ll ion.- E. B. L ·at! er­w ()(1, i\.\1\I 1/ ·, [• .P ... ~ ·cw Y rk. ) )) ( (( ThC' p, c L '~.: :ou ~ cnt m< , rrived on "hri tm<L E ' . 'tnd 1 \.:\ ~ •I, l to gl't it.-•\11 c;f nn m, t<· L' :t here I arnund, .:llld \ t' • nj o~· •d it ll lllliCh.- l lt1p · f can Jll'll d u · .r · h r i r m. , ' i l h Cham­pion .- P, t. < lu R. H.) JH' ' •.. I .0., . • ., Y r k i ) . » « J u:t retei,ed thl nice Chti. tm3:-. pack;.t ' l' and \ nt to . ar thank:--not nl • f r tl i .. but fur , 11 h~ rnpion ha · one for me.- ont nt o p r (24) \ t: l y IS •[til . -Pk. • 1a ru . . pi·r h el ,. h rl Ia. I « (I( L. Rc ·iv ·d Chn rn· ) k t' an I c i ~~trel t • ligh ·r. BrJth \'C c i 11 •r '>d e<Jodil ir1n, a nd I · r pr i· e hen v rr m 1 h.-T han ~ fur ·v rv hin~.- P ' . ' - Huh ·rt P r · l·y A ).0.. 'an Fran- • ct cr 1. Enjoyed Ch ri tma packa c o much, \ ·hich I received a fe"". Jav a"f> fmm • Champion. E very mrJnth I re tive THE Lo , and it i rrcat rJ read abou my form er Champion friend· .-G. _ ·. Fortney, c·. · .. ·.R., P ort ·m Juth, \ ·a. ., J) « « I wiJ1 t exp re my appreciation fr r he \.'ery nice Chri ·tma packa e that I received from Chami-ion.-1 find the item all very usefu l. I thank you. 2nd Lieut. G orqe Peqram. on of Mr. ani Mrs. G. C. P gra.rn. of 10 Penn ylv ni Av nu • George is a gradu t of Canton High School. attended M rs Hilla Coll ge, and t th time he enlisted as an Avi tlon C det in May. 1942, he was a Co-Op stud nt of Electric 1 Engineer· !ng at the Univers ty of Tenneas . working with the el ctricians of The Ch mp on P per and Fibre Company her belwe n school p rioda. He is now with a Jight r squadron somewh re in the South Pacific. On March 25th. 1944, Lieut. Pegram wu murted to Ml11 Onlta Oder, of Lake VIew, Iowa. - 1. I. \1 he. flll .. \ .P.O .. )) « « lu 1 t n let nm kmn,- that J · · i · i,t e 'h: '-'l'Y~ra l ,'i ft: 1 han~ re­c .j, • n· 1 (h mpion during the pa..:t { J '"'.-The cic-an~tte li~htcr i:; a 11 y;-~]u;· hle article to ha{·e. Some a,·..: i i ~llmo,t impo:"iblc to get -~ he;:- to · t rik du to da nwnc ..- .: a nd -- '! ~. i( n.-.' ·s.... - . 't. T . .\ . Har_u-rnY e, ~ . · < n ' 1 a Kl sc ··. )> )) (( (( I r cein·d the Cb ri:.;tmas J' ackap-L' tu­<:"*' . and hank: a milli n. Such thin ,'" ma 'L''> .1 'ellnw feel cl ·ser t hunc. So _ k , .. u ftJ · all the nice thiu.:!s !rt u ~ ~n· d~·ne for me.-.' / .. .' f!t. J. E. Lc ~; t 'r, P , iJi1 rine J.d, ncl:. )) }) « « Thank for the Christmas J~ :tckage . Th~.: cumem: \rill l e n~ry llseful and I -hall enio,· he ca nd~· .-Cpl. \f ~ry L Huler. ·,·;· ma Barbara, CJ li f. )) )) (( ({ 1 u:t ~ k\· line: to let ) ou kn )\' hm\­mi h I apf'r~·ci< te aJl the thintr:- I ha:·e ·eceiH~J frcm \ \lll si nee f ha \'C been lD he . \rmcd .. .' er.Yi cc.-I am lo Jk ill! for- \. rd to the i me \'hen I \·ill be back .,.· h You .1g-ain.-F rank B0yd:-ton, , J c.· .'an Dier~o, Calif. )) )) (( Cl .\ !:n to thank ~ ou for the nice C ri -m?. package, :tationcr: ci~­ ··re e li~.dHcr . and other i em: . I en­jo rea in~ THE Loc each month, and I ··hall e hat- ) \hen I can resume n _· I o iti, Jn , \ ·i h Champi~H1.-P;· t. E .,. rd H ·tl ·lc~~ - .\Iaxwell 'Je!J, ,\1a. » • « « I recci,.eJ the f.r.-t co y of The Re:otder· Di~e~t and the Chri tma, .:tf" ··~c . an I I \'an t thank you for bu h.-:\1 o. fur 1 h i~a ret c li rh cr. -P\· . H rr · \ ~. : m. dcr.' Po tma ter, . ~ c · Y<1rl. )) « (( J ~-. n Tei, ed the \·cr:· nire 1 al~ka." ' a.nc I \, m 11, expre:>;-; m: ;q,prcuauon f r i .-- 1 ~-.! . L Th(,mr· c•n, P .. L •• ~ .._ Y (,rk. ' )) )) « « I r·: e· ,. d th Ch r i ~l ma.: I' a k·1 ~~~ 111 t tine a~(), and J \anr to thank " r bl: mam \'(Jnderflll thin;~, it ~ nlaint'J . . \ LcJ:r cei\'cJ the ci)!Jl'l'tl ll~ t ·:- \·llich i. 'uv u~du l.- Si!.t. JUY • 1amt:'.Y . \.P. ,, . : · 'cJ rl· . ,, a fe" \ord ( hank and ar- H' i" j 111 f ,r \hat Chamr. i n i-. d{)in" .,r ,e .t \ in th crvi cc.:. I J<1n' t i . ,. ; cc]\·e anythin_, \'\ c ·njoy r: r. 1 n WL' do TnE L c) altbou •h mine ha ·n 't reached me f(J r >me t'r me. -::\1 ~ · ,' hip participated in the Philir­[ iinc im.·a, ic 11.-T he J a ~>· g"~\·c ~;' a little rccepti n-a little ar r ra K~ . -,C rla l to ·a\' --vcrv man did a .-pi ndtd JOb­m a d~ me tl~ink of the Champion spi ri t. -C. C. Lowery, ,'omewhe re in the Pacific. n » « « Re ei \·ed the fiJ Cka rc in -!'0( Jd orl~Cr. ThJ.nb \ ' l' IT much fo r r 'mcml cnng me.-] a k Hipp~ , 1\ 'R:\ L .\ .P.O .. San Fran · i ~ cu. )) )) (( (( Received the g ran i Ch ri ~ tma s prc:-­C'nt bst we ,k. and I " ·ant to thank you mo:1 si ncerclv for you r kindne ~s .­. lso, fur the cigarette light cr.-Please cha nue m,· addrcs. as follows - - - - . I am'='anxi.ou~lr a\·aiting the dar. wh~n l c. n resume nw previou po ·tuon Ill \ 'OlH emj'lo )·.-t'h ank. f )f C\·erything. ~P,· t. H ot:acc .!\Tedford, P.;\I., San F ra nci:co. » )) (( (( ::\Ian'· thanks f r the \·cry n ice and u ' cfuJ C'h ri~tmas package, '"·hich I re-cived from ·ou.-Your thoughtfu lness is greatly appreciated, and I am glad that I am . till a member of the Cbam­!) i n Famil; .-P vt. ~ I~ rsha ll \V. J one·: \I .o re Cencral H sp1tal, Swannan a, . ~ . C. )) )) {{ {( Than L for tlle nice Ch ristmas pack­rlg- e. Everything was in g od condi­tion a ft er traveling so fa r.-I am olad hat I am still remembe red by Cham­pion.-. ;t. J. E. Ha rdin, A.P.O., San Francisco. )) )) (( ({ Tu ~t a few line ~ to let you k nov;· that I J:eccivcd the ni e Ch ri stmas package, cic-ar--·tte li¥htcr, ancl ::.- tatione ry, for wlti ll J want to thank yuu.-1 am in the: be t of ]teal h and gc1 in~ ·tronf!.­Am Jookint: forward to rejoining ham­j l iC>Il in the nca r fnturc.- P ~c. F i ~ " rt ~ • Caq cJJter, A.P .( ·: P .~1., e\' \ c,rk. )) )) {( {( Rccei\·cd the nict Chri ~ tma :- pr ' $ Cll . It ani\cd a few J ay. h ·fore hri stwas, and I um't tell Y<Jti how lJJt tcll J ap­pn · iated it.-S~1. II. S. f fcJI!and, .:\ .P.O., • 'c\' Yorl' . I ant to thank y()u f()r the nice (hri tma ~ 1 ac ~gt \-\hich T appr >ciat ·d very much indc '(l.-·-Jarn F . ToWL' . , 2/ ', San I· 1 am i ~nJ . )))){((( TktJtl.: a lot f<Jr tlH' \ ·Jl ( '],ri t tn a:-. r ~~ ·1 a¥ ·-r· v · r y t h i neT v a. ' > \ <.: t ~ t1 ~ • ft~l.-1 ran a r ) ·. <Oif,r!JC.:r Cil; Jllri()ll . {25) James Furness, B. M. 2/ C, was employed in the E. B. Depar;ment prior to volunteerin q in the Navy October 8, 1942. Since enterinq the service, he has seen a ction in many places in the Southwest Pacific. where he served for about two years before returninq to this country. Jimmy is now stationed at Baltimore. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Furness. ::\ [arvin Broy le:, in my quadron. \e ha \·c ,ome c•ood t imes t.ogethe r.-John Br vvn . )) )) (( {( R eceived Ch ristmas package _a few clays ago. Sure ,,vas glad to get it. Thirtee n boy an l myself enjoyed the ift.-Hope to be back with Champion soon .-Howard S. J\Jedford, S 1/ C, F.P.O., ~ ew York. I have ju-t rcceiv d list of name of C h a m~ ion employees in the s r.vice, th Ch ristmas packaQc, fo .·-hole li g ht­er, a nd 'fH E Lo _,, for \vhi h 1 ,,· j~h t<. thank you very much.-Hor c the \var wi ll soon CCli11C t ~n end and we can return to our joh, , t Ch n m rion.- CpL C11dr" cr S. \'t rl cy. , 1\ . P.O., ,a n FrJn- • ct sen. )) )) ( ( (( Ren: i\'l'd 1)a ·kag · a little late. luc· tt J wrCJng add re s~. bur L'I1J<1} L'd it very rn11d1. -TIJ ~Jrd.:K ~lot it is ni 'e tube renH·mhncLI. ~- - P ic. S. L. Rug rs, J al­Ja:-,, Tc. <1.. .l 11 t ( ;f llt• L' t'i\ ·d Radi \ ith • li<Jlh , )) )) (( ( • :t \ (I TtJ tu ~Hkllu\Jcd 'l' l't'\.'l'jfll ' hti :-.l!Ju :-; pa · l · c~ g~.· . 1t \as rL' ­at :t tim·\ hen~!! h<tll 1 :-~, in th' .S lt· )''· Ct lLtld :w I did t.'l1jl ) ~ it. ' . Jill(', ~ ~ 1an·, and t ('ll'>tH'. t'l'::>t nc-will unh• :-a•v ·'Thank \ ' ' !"\ (C{)!lfl// Ut'J IJ/1 Page !(J) ' Pictured abc>v-e is the crew of the Flying Fortress, "Silver Ddllar", on which S/ Sgt. John R. Williamson is wais.t gunner and aerial photoqrapper. He has been awarded the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and has more than 35 missions to his credit. S/ Sqt. Williamson was reported slightly wounded over Germany. December 5, 1944. , He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Vance Williamson. of Route 3, Canton, and his wife, the former Miss Jimmie Hargrove. is employed in the Chemical Laboratory. Board Mill News----- By Frank 11 all ]. ]. Lance bas not retu rn ed f rom hi vacation, due to illnes of his F ath­er, who is too ill to iJe told of hiv BrotherJs death. )) )) (( ((' Roy Fletcher is visiting hi Father in South