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: 1946-01;
  • Date digitized: 2016-11-11
• Extent
  • Dimension: 11.75" x 8.75"
  • Pages: 37 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • Autobiography
  • Champion Paper and Fibre Company -- Periodicals
  • Employees -- Recreation
  • Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
  • Industries -- North Carolina -- Canton -- Periodicals
  • Veterans
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- War casualties
• Location
  • Haywood County (N.C.)
  • Canton (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • Canton Area Historical Museum
• Identifier
  • Champion_TheLog_1946-01_Vol28_No12
• Repository
  • Canton Area Historical Museum

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IN THIS ISSUE In Memory of Our Boys _______ ___ _ 2-3 Honor Roll- Hamilton Division _______________ 4-5 Canton Division. ________ ________ 6-7 Houston Division __ __ _______ __ ___ 8 Our Tribute_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 The Open Door_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 CHAMPION FAMILY NEWS Hamilton Division___ __ _ _ _ _ 11 Canton Division _______________ __ __ 24 Houston Division ________________ ___ 32 OF CHAMPIO~ ACT IV I Tl E S JANUARY 1946 VOL. XXVIII NUMBER 12 • • ' - This Month's Cover It seems to us appropriate to use as a cover for this memorial edition of THE LoG, a map of the battlefields of World War II, where our 1nen fought and. died to break the shackles of rnilitarism in Europe and Asia, and set free those who were in bondage. You will note there are a number of white crosses - : scattered over the map. While these do not indicate the exact spot where Champions fell, or were buried, yet, they remind us that the blood of Champion men stained the soil of most every theatre of war in the • recent great world conflict, and today, 1nany of our brave boys are resting in peace on foreign soil. We hope this will be the last time American boys will be called upon to leave their native land and fight and die to free the peoples of other nations from war­mongers, and those who have an insatiable desire to - rule the world by force. • PUBLISHED BY "THE CHAMPION FAMILY" HAMILTON, OHIO : CANTON, N. C. : HOUSTON, TEXAS : SANDERSVILLE. GA. Est(lblished 1914 • • - Thirty--first Year of Publication The paper for the cover of this magcrzine is Champion Kromekote. and the paper for the inside pages .is Champion Satin Refold Enamel. We manufacture many grades of bleached papers. Machine Finished. Super Calendered. and Coated. ' T 'U.IO • AJl of u, h ~ v a very keen ppr ciation f th r i -s rend r d th na ion by the 1440 Ch · mpj n, in the armed forces. But vve ar spe 1ally indebted o the thirty-thre \'ho gave th ir liv · · for th ir ountry. W ', th ir friends nd f 11ow Ch- tnpjons, mourn th ir lo.. nd hall h ld c n tant th m -'mor of th ir bra e deeds. L t tl alwa keep faith 1Vith th m b k - ping fr sh in ur minds the chajn of events and th a·ction b agrrr s ors and nemie ·of our Constitutional form of Government which led up t th . v ar and caus d th sup.r me sacrifice made by these friends of ours. Unle , \ ~ dedicat ours lves to the pres rvation of our liberty, our ideals of Home and · our Atnerican \Va ~ f Life, they have died in vain and we must not permit this to happen. , Nothing w . n1ay do will .fully repay the debt we owe them. The least we can do for them is to w rk together as all Americans should work together, to gain for our nation a position as out tanding in the accomplishments of peace as has been our place in the tasks of 'var. Then ~ e can look ahead with confidence to the continued healthy growth of our nation and a future that will guarantee the right of every man to live in peace and freedom. ' - President , We will not forget those who made the supreme sacrifice that our Nation might sur­vive. But we should not allow ourselves to be content with merely grateful remembrance. The remembrance that counts is the one that rests on action. Action every day and in every way that leads towards the tolerance, the consideration for others and the mutual helpfulness that constitute the very life blood of our American Way of Life. Let's devote ourselves faithfully to a fruitful Remembrance. • Executive Vice-President As m.any of us return from service we become more acutely aware of the gap in our rank$. To those men who will not r turn we pay tribute. To their loved ones w ex­tend deepest sympathy . Let the m mory of those who lost their ~i": .s .in ~he grea.t caus of Democracy serve a a constant reminder of our grave responstbtht1es 1.n n:aktng our own democratjc way of life work , u cessfully. In this way only can we mamta1? a strong Americ~, which can assume its proper ] adcrship in world affairs toward a las mg peace. Gen ral Production Manag r • During the recent World \Var, a total of 676 1nen and women from the Hamilton Division enrolled in the military service of our country: seventeen will not return. rfheir work i finished. To those of us who ren1ained at home and who contributed so little remains an obli­gation yet to be fulfilled. Our task was not ended with the war. It is our duty by way of thought, act, and deed to express appreciation _ to those who have now returned and to those who will return. It is our obligation to dedicate the - ' remainder of our lives to making this the kind of world for which our people fought . This we can do through sincerity of purpose, righteous living and tolerance toward our fellow1nen. It is only by so doing that we can indicate to the liv ing and to the dead our sincere appreciation and true gratefulness; that they may say of us as we now say to them, "Thank you for a job well d~ne". • - . . Plant Manager, Hamilton Division --------------------- To the Chan1pion Boys, who during World War II, made the Supreme sacrifice, in order that the American Way of Life be preserved, we most respectfully dedicate this issue of THE LoG. . To the Mothers, Fathers, Wives and Friends of these boys we extend our sincere and heartfelt sy1npathy. Since these boys have entrusted to us the keeping of the principles for which they fought, may be together conduct ourselves in such a manner as to be worthy of the confidence they placed in us. Plant lVlanager, Canton Division --------------------- We, here at the Houston Division, acknowledge with pride and humility the sacrifices our men in uniform have suffered during World War II in order to re-establish the dig­nity and freedom of mankind throughout the world. It is truly fitting that an issue of "THE LoG oF CHAMPION AcTIVITIES" be dedicated to the memory of those in our organization who lost their lives. I have had the privilege of close association with all 1nembers of our I-Iouston Mill during t he past eight years, and have appreciated above all ·lse the day-by -day mani­~ e tati~ns of loyalty and team spirit in our group. This same spirit I am sure was pro­Jected mto battle wherever our boys were call d upon to engage the enemy. We should like for the famili es and friends of thos gall ant boys who gave their li es unflinchingly that America and the world might go forward in peace, to know that we who knew them and worked along ide th em · are proud of th n1emories we have of Frank Curtis, Woodell Weaver, Bob Lavery and Henry Machan. Their h di e~ rest; th ir pirits shall never die. - Plant Manag r, H ust n Di ision • Three . HAMILTON -GT. ] OH_ " P. I~ L ETO. ·. 1. ,__e -4. '-on of \". 0 .... inol t nand "al lie '"" incrlet n. Yri f, \Ir ·. lrene inglt n. Employed by bampi n , · rll 1. f <)_, . Ent r armed erv1 · ·u.b -'T 1 i 1 1 4 . L :-t his lif in -outh Pacifi ~ J anu~n · 0, 1 4 . .... / , GT. T i\li\lY THO~! , . T, A n of ?\Ir. and ~fr..:. Beph Tbomps n. ~ mp1 ·ed y · hampi n ctober 16, 19J6. Ent red armed sen·ice. ept"mber :2 , 19+1. Lo t hi, lif" in Itah· F bruarv ... 1944. "' ·' PF . RA Yl\f01 TD OX: JR .. Age 21. uvn of \l r: an . ~Ir ~ . Raym n i C ,' R.R. Employ db. Champion lulr _ , 1941. Entered arm d -en ·i-ce ).farch 2 - 194 . Lo:'t hi lif on aipan - ugust ... , 1944. . P\ ~T. 'TA~LEY J. YdPBELL,. Age 34. ~e phew of J en Campbell. \Yife ylvia T. Campbell. ~mt loyed by ·champion February 27, 1928. Entered armed en·ice September 25 1943. Lo- t hi life in F ranee July 16, 1944. ' GT. \10REY SOEHNER, Age 27. Son of ~irs . Elizabeth Soehner. Employed by Champion July 28, 1937. Entered armed ervice June 28, 1942. Lo t his life October 11, 1944, in France. PFC. WILSON BROWNING, Age 31. Son of ~~fr . and Mrs. Estill Browning. \Vife, Effie Browning. Employed by Champion January 13 , 1943. Entered armed ervice January 30, 1943. .Lo t his life February 11 1945, in. tl1e Philippines. PFC. COLUJ\1BUS LA1v1B, Age. 28. Son of l\1r. and Mrs. C. B. Lam b. \.Vife, Ruth Lamb. Ern ployed by Champion October 20, 1936. ' ntered armed ~e rv ice April, 1944. Killed in Iwo Jima February 21, 1945. PVT. ROY C. WEBSTER Age 29. Son f l\llr . Vv. \V', Spaulding. \Vif Eula \Veb. ter. Emplo. ed by ~hampion u ru t 1, 1 41. Entered armed , ervice l arch , 1944. l(jJled in Belgium De ember 17, 1944. · DIVISION l F . R Y :\ t \, At ~ ·H. . . ,\J11 ( { ..\1 r. ar J ?\ T rs. ± 1f arsha ll Va.u · hn. \'if ... , ~ rl ;,u! V.:mghn. · '~ mrl ycd by 'h ~t n pi n pril ), 1 35. I·.ni.n d arm J n 1 e :VIarch 8 1 44. Lust hi · !i f· in 1crmany J anuary 21 1c4 . P. F . I 0 1'1\LD \V. C RTER, . re 23. · n f l'v1r . lra . a vi ·, v if , Cath rinc a rt r. Employed by hampi n March 19, 1 44. Emer -_d ~rrned ' ervi e May 12, 1944. Lost h1 life l\tlarch 24 1 Y45 in -ermany. PFC. FRA Tl R. CHILES Age 22. Son of Mrs. Martha Chiles. Employed by Champjon August 12, 1941. Entered armed service ~ ovember, 1942. Lost his life April 6, 1945, in Germany . S/SGT. RUSSELL PENWELL, Age 29. Son of Alva Penwell, Sr., and l\!Irs. Flora Abbott. Employed by Champion August 20, 1943. Entered armed service September 18, 1941. -Lost his li fe on-Okinawa May 1, 1945. ~VT. FRED STEWART, Age 21. , Son of Mr. and l\!Irs. Thomas Stewart. Employed by Champion March 7, 1941. Entered armed services January 16, 1943. Lost his life in ? ranee l\1arch 15, 1945. · PVT. HAROLD WYNN, Age 22. Son of Nir. and l\!Irs. Clarence vVynn. Employed by Champion July 5, 1940. Ente red armed service January 4 1942. Died November 9, 1944, on Bou ainv ille . PVT'. CHARLES \i\1. ~ - RNOLD, Age 22. Son of i\1r. and Nfr ~ . vVilliam Arnold. \!Vif , Betty Arnold. Employed by Champi n October 25 1940. Entered armed en ·ice Februar 271 1 c43 . L st hi lj fe in ltoly Dec mbe r 9 194J . PVT. . ORD® J F.. CASTA TOR, Son f [r . Edith · Casta tor. \Viie · bra P . 't ' Uit r. Em 1 y d by bamri n l\~1 ar' h 6. 193 1. E nt r ·1 •rmeJ ~->' rvic· J anurtry 29, 194+. Lo ·t his lif in Fran e ' el tember J7 1944. V'l'. 1 OI-L . \V L K £Rl A 26. ' Four ,'c n of ~,1r. a1 d ~1r - . lc\re \Valkcr. \Nife Ruth vVa1k r. Em pi y d by Champion A~ ri] 29 1937. Ent r d armed -cr ic . ~ ril 1 44. Lost hi life in Luxem ur0' January 3 .. 1 45 . • EnD ·- ' ' =~ ~ ,.- - • Who Lost Their 'lives • the Armed SerV'ice in Wu.dd Wur U 1·IAR \ -~ ~ T E DR., K , , :\f / C, .Ag • L on of i\1r. and ~fr . Newton K. Drake. V\ ife, l\'lr,. . Bett: \' e t Dt ke. Emr 1 yed b) Champion )\1a.~. b . 1 4-D. Enter d armed "e-n ice J anuary - l944. Lost hi life June 1 1944. LlEl T. P .liL S. CLARK, Age 2 . • on of 1\Ir. and :Mrs~ Ira D. Clark. Empl yed by Champion June 1 1940. Entered armed 'erYice eptember 15 , 1940. Lost hi - life October 7 1944. • CAPT. ]A.l\TE F. COLE~ 11AN. · ·son of ?vlr .. and At!rs. I'v1artyn Teague Coleman. Employed by Champion October 8, 1941. Entered armed service October 11, 1942. Lost his life January 25, 1944. PVT. ESTQ_ ~ HOLLA~ JD Age 33. Son of ~rfr . 1 am.es Holland. \Vife, l\!Iargaret Cagle Holland. EmpLoyed by Champion October 22, 1936. Ente red service, l'v1arch 11, 1944. Lost his 1i fe October 5, 194-4. PVT. RAY· ]. Ht GHEY, Ao-e 25. Son of 1r. and 1\rfrs. f. G. Hughey. Wife, 1\!Irs: Vera Lee Ford Hughey._ Employed by Champion December 20, 1941. Entered armed se rvice ~ hrch 8, 1944. Lost hi life October 28~ 1944. CAPT. THONlAS J. JAlVIES ~ Ao-c 25. om. of 1\'lr. and ~Jlr~. T'. Temple J ames. '\1\Tite, l\1r . \ irginia Trostl ] arne ~ . Er;n plo ed by Champion June 15, 1940. Entered armed service Decemb r, 1941. L ·t hi life l\1arch 5 ,194-5. CANT 0 N ·0 IV IS I 0 N ' I. PC. ) ~ - r 1ES C. Kllt~P.ATRl K, ge 11 . on f Ivlr. and 1\llrs. Wtllts Kirltpa rick. Em1l yedby hampi n~Iay12 1943. J~nterc_d ~rm ·d servic Augu t 19, 1943. Lo::;t ht · lrfe October 21 ,. 1944 . S/SGT. \VILLIAM EARL LEATHERWOOD, Age 23. Son of l'v1rs. Mattie Byers Leatherwood. Wife, ~1rs. Harriett Chamber Leatherwood. Employed by Champion May 27, 1940. Entered a rmecl se rvice September 15, 1943. Lost his life November 21 , 1944. PVT. WINSTON D. PACE, Age 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Pace. \rVife, l\1rs. Lois ·Lindsey Pace. Er,nployed by Champion August 13, 1941. Entered armed service 1 anuary 15, 1943. Lost .his life October 23 , 1944. CPL. RALPH H. ROBERTSON~ Age 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R .. M. Robertson .. Wife, Mrs. Nina Ray Robertson. Ernployeci by Champion November 19, 1941. Entered armed se rvice September 21 ] 1942. Lost his life February 22, 1945. T/ SGT. GOrvft R H. 'COTT Age 23. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Scott. Errip loy d by ChampiGn 1 une 11 1940. E nter d armed ·erv:ice September 17, 1940. La t his life July 25 1 1944. PFC. HILDREl) T. SC01. T, Ar.re 23. ~ n f 1V1 r. and :NI rs .. R. 1\;f. SQott. Emplo· ~d by Champion 1tdy 16, 1941. Emn red ,r·med ervk Oct bcr lO 1942. LG t hi life 0 tober 24) 1943. • . • PFC . HILDREO T.SCOTT rpjcture ~ot -Available Capt .JAMES r COLEMAN Staff Sgt . WILLlAM EARL L E.ATH ERWOOD Pvt. WINS TOt-! 0. PACE. \ PfC . JAHt~ C KIRK r>ATRICK Capt. THOMAS J. JAMES Pvt . f.5TON HOLLAN 0 T/5g t GOMER H. 5COTT Li eut PA LL S. CLARK. Cpl. RALPH H. ROB E.RT.5 0 N. Pvt . RAY J . HUGHEY MA RVIN JO t:. DRAKE Mate 3rd C. St~en • uR'' En5i n 0 ·LAV RY 5 t. WOODf:.LL WEAV R, we em Champion ho Los Their Lives in the Anned Service in W r d War II LT. J. FRA1 -K Cl-RTI , • e ... 9. "'on of ~Ir . C. ::\1. urti . \Yife. l\Ir..:. Cora Lee Hargro\·e Curti . Em loyed b · Charnpion 1931. Entered armed en:ice June 19, 1942. Lo t hi ~ life April -6, 19++. GT. K. \YOODELL "~EA YER, A~ 26. ~on of \Irs. Lillian '\ eaver. Emplo:ed by Champion Februa ry 1 193 7. Entered armed ~en ice September 1 1942. Lo t hi Jife June 29, 1944. HOUSTON DIVISION PVT. H F~ 1 R Y JOHN 11 CHAN, 'e 31. on of 1r. H. ] . Machan. vV1fe, Nlrs. las ta A. Machan. Em 1 yed by Champion J une 10, 1940. Entered armed ervice .r i arch 13, 1944. Lost his life November 11, 1944. ENS. ROBERT HAR VEY LAVERY, Age 23. Son of 1\!l r. and Mr . Clarence Lavery. Employed by Champion J une 17, 1940. E ntered ·armed service August 10, 1942. Lost his li fe J anu a ry 10, 1945. Our Tribute In memory of Champions who fell in death on the battlefields of \Vorld ~; ar 2, making the soil of other nations sacred by their blood, this edition of THE Loc i dedi cated. In the recent great world conflict, Champion was repre­sented by 1440 men and women who se rved in practically every theater of war around the alobe. ~on e were more valiant, daring, or fai thful to duty; they did a great work­they quit themselves like men, and we a re p roud of them. F r : - "Enough of merit has each honored name To shine untarnished on the rolls of fame, And add new I uster to the historic page.'' But, it is of those wbo made the Supreme Sacrifice, and today are sleeping beneath the sod in a foreign clime, w especially wi h to pay tribute. History wi ll rec rd hO\· they :,uffered, shed th ~ir blood, and died to guarantee personal liberty and qual ju::;tice to all. But, the world can ne r pay the d bt it ow· for rhe r a t sac ri fice they made. Today, we pay t ribut to their n noted name, but they arc pa ·t t\Ur help and our praise. \V- cannot acld to rl1eir glory, but we can dedicate our live 'md all th, t we hlt\'C tr keep ali e and preser ·e those thi no·s fur hich th ·~ f(Juuht and d ied. Eight 'The muffled drum's sad roll has b ·at T he soldier's last tattoo No more on Life' parade hall meet T hat bra e and fallen few. n fame's eternal camping- round Thei r ilent tents are ·pre d, And glory gua rds, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead. No rumor of the foe's advance Now s·well upon the wind; N t roubled thought at midniaht haunts Of loved ones left behind; ~ o vi ion of the morrow's strife The warri or dream alarm ; No bra·yina h rn nor screaming fife 4 t dawn ·hall ca ll to arm . 'I he neighin t roop, the flas hing bl ade, The bu le's ti rring blast, The ha rge th dr ·ad ful c nnon, de, 1 h din and bout, r p st ; I or \V r · wilJ n te, n r glory's 1 eal hall thri ll " ith fi rc deli •ht Tho c hr as ts that nev r mor ma, f ~ l Th raptur · f th fight." Tn those wh m urn, we tend ou r deepest s mp thy anJ pr,y thct Loc.l s ri h ·· t bles. inas nny n !' t up n t_hem-:­hcttl th ·jr ,·ounded he, rt ' and mn. the fi nd omi r 111 the thtm~h t th:n rlt cir · rt ' hu sbands, br tb rs, and :we t ­h ·arts <~'ave tlt ·i r live forth ·ir ·ount ry aud f r th libera tion ui all mankinJ. f tiH. c who m·tde th · supr me sac riH · , we can say:­'' Li f ' race well run, Li c s v rl' well d n , L if 's a < wn w ll w n .. ·ow c rnes the r t ." - The Editor. • I . ' · E DOOR is always open­The latch is never on . While we listen for the footsteps Of our little. brother John . He marched away so trim and proud­His eyes a bit confused To make the fight for Freedom's right­A term so oft misused. He promised gifts for all of ·us . . . For Mom and sisters three . . ''I'll bn .. ng you H'1 roh i1t o' s . ears, " He vowed in ecstasy. The telegram was short and grim That told us he had died . . . Our ·Ji,ttle brother straight and taU In whom we took ·such pride. The door is always open · And we listen in the gloom. Listen vainly for the sound Of footsteps 1n his room. -NICK KENNY .. I • • Nine • Ten 1 • Ha rry ~f. R::~tlif g n ral tr Hi 1n na r f< r th h · mpi 1 l ap 'r and F i r m-pany, rec JV d 1n an r tel r ms n I tt r f on r ' ltulation on th · ·ion of his golden a nni e . r. a hi f of th indu 'tr ' traffi d partm nt. Th anniver ary made him the on)_ r n in th hampi n rg::mization with a half entury of . ontinuou s ·rvice. On . f h 1 tt r wa, fro!n L gan G. Th m on, pr ·ident o~ th c rnpany, an? p ;< r-onal fn nd, " nt n th annt d .t f N v mber 2 . Mr. fhom n' lett r follows: Mr. Harry T. Ratliff Hamil ton, ·Ohio My dear Harry: Hamilton, Ohio November 28, 1945 On behalf of the company and myself personally, I offer hearty congratulations on your completion of fifty years continuous service and. on being the first Champion to do so. You also have our congratulations and sincere thanks for the wonderful job you have done as chief of our traffic department, and for retaining, while accom­plishing so many things, the respect, admiration and love of those with whom you have come in contact, from railroad presidents down. Everyone in Champion who ha5 been privileged to know you has this same feeling toward you,and join in wishing you happiness. and many more years of associa­tion with us. Sincerely, President LGT/IMH The Champion Paper and F1bre Co. 1--~----------------------------------------J • l . . . • c THE amt • NE . .. HAMILTON DIVISION ··ane Several f om the Department of Emplo ee \ctivit1es at Hamilton Champion at ended the Midwestern lndu trial Recreation conference at the Biltmore Hotel in Dayton, December 6 and 7. Delegate and vi itors came fram indu trie and municipalities tr rough this area. A -pecial panel buil_t in 'the Cham­pion Department, and depicting, pic­tora1ly, many of the v·ents carried on in recent years, wa the cynosure of aU ev-es du rin()' the conference. There are 36 pictu res in the di splay, all in -eoJ r and indirectly 1i hted by neon tubing. I~ \·a · the mot beautiful and rraphic drs play ever _prepared by the clepa rt­ment. The general theme was em­plo_- e and management workin to­retb r to offer fi e types of employee activities: cultural, outing social, ath­letic and community s rvice. • After the conference th panel was re urned to Hamilton and pLaced in the cafe eria. It will be en to ther conferences soon, especiall , the Em­ployee Relations Clini h ld at Purdue niyersi y LaFaye te, Ind, and the 1at.tonal conventiGn of the Industrial Recreation A sociati n to be 1 eld in the Ed rewat r Beach hotel, Chicago .. . Cal. Skillman, dir ctor of Employ e Reiatmns, ax1d a member of the Ham­ilton Recreation Commission, was a rom 0 • ' nosure o .on erees peaker at the conference on the aft­ernoon of December 6. His subject was 'Expanding Programs to embrace the recreation needs of all employees." ~ ,fany of the matters of which he spoke a re familiar to Hamilton Cham­pions where activities have been a fea- . tu re of company and employee events f r many yea rs. · One of .the new t hmtghts interjected into th t- address, was that activitie , ho 1ld be arranged to provide not only for indu - ~r i a l employes, but also for members of their famili es. Cal cited one uch in tance during the scrap driye at Han ilton. l'he campaigns fir ' t w re limited t Cbampion and th re was lit.tl ' accorr1pJi shed but when it was o-penr~d to ·hi ldr ·n of C harnpi n a1 d ven tc oth r. hildr n c.>f the c m­munity, an l pr per r wa rds ff red, the total of s rap I at ·ri als br 1uo·ht in 1' 0 \vas a ·t(JU nclin . A 1J ctivi ti :>g 1 s id , hou ld be 1 lanncd wit h t h fiv 'W s'' in rni11d-­\ Vho, Whe re, \ 'h "n, \ by and Wh9,t. rj tJ ·y h . Llld b . prov.id ·J for m ·n and wom n of all a · crn:;ups and alt in ­t re st , s ha ev ry m p l yc an 1 in m1 · t cas· s, . ·ry m mbc [ his fam­ily, C' n be · affe t d. 1lrH Jition j that ·t.ran e in ' ·in ·t that tell. a" man he is right whether she is or not." ' SEVEN MORE GET PAY BOOST THROUGH TIME SERVICE Seven more Champions received wage boosts of five per . cent during December because of the company pol­icy at Hamifton of giving such in­crea ses at the beginning of each new five years of employment. Three, \ViJliam Frazee, Anna 1ttel and Irene Hayes began their 26th con- - secu6ve year with the mill; two, Sarah Brooks and Robert \Yeaver, began their 21 · t year ; one Carl \Vehrly, his 16th year) and one, :Niary Tarra, her 11th year. LISTON ATCHLEY. RETIRED, FAILeD O·F 50 YEAR GOAL On December 26 1 95 a young m n carne to Champion and got a job on the Coaters. He vas Li ton Atr.hley. He never worked any other place sin e t hat t im ·' and a fe\ r ars a · o, be­~ au, e of healthl retired fr m 'tctive 'vorl' and sine has be .n li ing happi ly in his hon1 . It wa his ambition . tated a friend just a. few da s a o, t have r m, inecl 't ith · bampion a half cen­tury. Jar n c Houz" eel bra.ted his 35th anniv r a ry a: a h mpi non Decem­b r 30th; F.liz, beth St ff rd h r 20th ann1 er. t · c n D "C mbcr 7th and Julia B nn tt her 1 Lb. anni versa r on De­- rnb r 18. -·~~--------~------ D cto·r (aft r e aminirw husband) ~'lid to he w.if : 'ti d n;t lik his J JO 1. S." \Vifc: "I d n eith r) but he is good to our chi ldren." Cal ,~killman ·;~m e thn1u h in th re ·enr :schot1l b )J.Jd r, ce, un 1 •r wrap.­with a truJJ nd ""~U.:: majority ... It J '~t l) he e.xplaine:i that thl' man in )ffi ·c has the in, ide track. \Y dt I dunn), "~em that our ffice.:: h.1n~c h, nJ · mi -.bt\ .._ <...· ... f.Js -and it ain't U"ualh· f r m \ olun-l3TY retirem nt ·ither. l\lt)~th· it is like n f~nner n ilino- .tn Yer-gr ,; n calf t: the ears <lnd drJgging him aKa_ , t._rowl­ing sa\· ~<:lv. "H re, ,·ou':e. I'm I! nna ~ . . turn the rest f th:1t int ream and butterf.lr:· \ ·e often stop. g in6 to or from w rk, aud shoot the breez . ,·ith LI.i. K AT HLE Y. Hi" Lood natur d smil and friendly di~ po·iti n is the same today as twenty years ag . Althoucrh retired the a · r fe"· .y ear· ' Link r-main keenly int re, ted in e\·er ·thing that i- CHA:\IPIO.:. . He t ld me about his haYino- work­ed here better than -t9 ,. -ear - and of the fact that he had his hea rt set on vmrk-ing 50. ·'But/' ~aid Link, '·I had to call it quit and ask to be retired ju t a few month hort of my goal. ·· That leads u to beo-in worrying again about the much debated question of job security. I it to be obtained by blu ter, by bluff, by propao-anda, or by super- ale man hip concerning one's own abilities~ Or, does the essence of true job security lie in the financial sta­bility of a company, and in the wilful hearts of every person connected with the organization? This Champion gang i often refer­red to as a big family propositjon. Well, how about the Crecraft s, the Thomp­sons, the Andrews, the Collopys, the Youngs and the Farmers and the Aliens. The names of Kelly and Burns pop up frequently. These are not ju st names but kinfolk. Then we have the Hackers, excepting Bob who e name is Robert Carnahan Hacker. \Ve do not know who could show th e Jar re t number of fa mily ties, bur the Copes would give tb winner pi nty to worry about. ur gue s wo·uld b the Andrew family with four broth ­er and a i ·tcr leadina the parade. In theory, some thing are rcat, in practice, th y stink. A ch ild p y h lo­g is \'\.·ill -ay to drive a hard, fair bar­aain with v ur chiklr-"n- elf-reliance, in lepcndeiice tc. On the . ubject of a teh:ph ne, I agre d with the dau hter to r y tlle dd months and be th en•n. ~' much for the theor . But, d.id vou know, in thi marvelou and mo- • Twelve n,'ntt 1~ )C r pf ou1 LnnL I 4- ~. cvety dP!.:l!t 11\.' month w,.L' odd. ~ ' : '.\t t1mc -..,onJ ·thin,r likr t11is l1ap­l en,. I 'm ~onn run ;1 n <ld in the p· l ·r ~ yin· that f r m hc1 · on 1 ain't r 't.l lll­: iblr for Jcbt ·- VL'11 tiJPugh -~ nt1 a ·cl l: m ·. \ dl. an idic 1 wh ) 't · roped on a t lllil-.e that ain't r '' f)UJ1 ibl e. man in't "itlwut honor. an· in his O\Il c un r ·, :tnd he ain't wi thout a .::hirt. SJ \ C' in hi - own l1om ', and h ain't tc~ k ~n to th cl ancrs, ave by his cnn1 1 \in ~ fami ly. The. say that ruth i , stra n(•e r than ficti n. Ficti on must L e m rc funn -y u cant lau gh off the painful truth. l m so regu sted l 'm clowing the fus right here-ph u-t-t! On the subject of the atmoic bomb I like to pop off and whistle in the dark, but frankly, I have the miseries, some­' hat like the old Kentucky pioneer. He was cauo-ht between a 100 foot cliff and a black panther. Casting his eyes heavenward, he gave out with the fol­lowing, "Lord, I been working fer a pair o' angel wings fer 60 years. I don't want 'em now fer keeps, but I'd shore like to get in a few liks of practice with 'em." Joe Snyder is back on the job, and the cup of joy runneth over in the Coating lVIill. Joe was painfully hurt recently and it was only then tha" we realized how much we appreciated rhis genial member of The Old Guard. ~ - m Barrett is returning from the ervice soon, so maybe by the time Joe work up a good appetite Sam will park an­other Plymouth Rock pie .in the elec­tric shop. Since Oscar Barnes' bull handled the good man with uch neatness and dis­patch, Os decided to pick on smaller game. He held open a burlap sa k with c,ne hand and nailed one of his urplu om at. by rhe ail-with the int ntion f givin r the cat to a f rienJ. The ar bowed up like a ne' moon and ' tmk fuur hefty set of claws in ur 1 hty[ul d ctrician. Os decided that rhc cat w s playing f(lll rh and turned him 1 . Bu the c 1t kerr squ~tl lin g cutting and sla ,hi nu lih: 'i blind rattl •s nake it a he il ·torrn. He th otwh t it ,,,-a an L'. tr ~ inning ,, -me and l1 ~ wa.· ming to bat a5 r :tircJ. ( nu hi, me.: :; th' , v­ernr lL nt, chimincr th · · ::,kinne I cat and filkd the.: 1 id \ ·ith atomi b mb juic to e:periment f r Jom · tic u , . 0 car knc \ ' atomi · powt.:r can be u ed for f rmin '· Th cat rr n pi, nte mo t of hi evebrow · into he furr ~ it • plowed on hi arm and they are gro - John W a ither Ittel. the six years old on of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert lttel. of R. R. 4, Hamilton. His father is on CM Rewinder.o and his qrand aunt is Anna Ittel. No. 2 CuUers. ing. Baldness is a thing of the pa t. Science is marvclou - atomic power the crowning achievement. 1 have threatened to retire from bet­ting on the world series as often as Don Hut on has retired from pro football. The new eason finds us both on the job, with him gainin mone and glory, -v ith me the victim of my own smart racket. I took Chicago in the world se­rie s, but bejabbers ! so did that Detroit bunch. Tilden Thompson, Ray Steffen, Pat Collopy and Buell Hub~.-r t k me. Bill Harris is di gusted with me, say­ina that he has spent a lot of valuable tim . teaching me that one ide of a piece of bread is buttered. H ay I alway o-naw out on the ru ·ty rim. Bill laim that th ol l Decroit players at d wn on the base paths to catch th i r sec nd wind. They wor ried not at al1 r being tagg' I ut - th y knew they ·would gel another chan ·e rn b:lt in th same inning. 'N il used hi s outfi eld s1 arinaly n the d fens , but he t ok them om c [ ·torag 'l;hen [ et roit C< 111 ' to ba. t. i• re fr 111 ' ' rry H resp nsibiJi[y v"·hilc in the fi ld thi utfielcl r " dly sw ung a wi k d shi l­l lah r hat. 0 fi ce B : "Sir, I think ) JU ar" wa nteJ. n rh • ph ne.'' 1 . s, : " ~hink! vVhat mal s y u Lhink o? ' Hi y: ''\ T 11, sir, the oice on th other "nd aid, ''I tha you, you old idiot?' • • or s ances By Howard Castator Th · Ch:11npi n basketball t -·am ha tart d ff in fin stYle thi" year in th • hor League by vvin.nino- the.i r first ani c nd o-amef; defeatin1... Bl ck & law- ' c• on and \V tern ' tate . Th, 'boy, p'n J their ·eas n offi-ciall . n ::-\ov .... th b ' iefeatino· Bla k ~ · la\Y,·on "7-3: in a thriller that lcok-ed lik a mid-seas n ~:rame in tead of an or ner. They d. ·fc a ted \Vestern tat in the e ·ond .::-am~ by <1 Uite a br · . c rc. » » ~ T:.dgar 'Egg" \Yiseman ha taken \- r the . a ·hing j b of the tram this v. ear tln.1 · rei a ·ino- ~lunz for full time ~ playing. \Vi eman \a: gifteJ Yith a team that all coachc. dream f. ' ll of hi men hav" ho \D th' ~ualifications f rc d ba~ kctball player.-. orne of th{'.~e l ino: ·p ed, hcighth, a good ·ho( tin ey and al -o deception of ( ther team offen. e". He sh uld have i thou ht - on the chamf i n hip and -an jtrt .;;it . · ck , nd \ tch th m come trn . • tne T n the last two am s he has played all hi · play rs all wing them to how him Y hat he can xpe I' of them. lle ha - s v ·n 0 0 d war v ' t ' rans t aid him and the 1 a p r v d v · ry v a 1 u a b 1 e t him. 'Tb es bein : " .huck" Hacker, Earl Fa rmcr, \Va lly 1~ ab r, !v1il e Shi lls, T 'd Ga rrelt, I i k Dall mer and " JCne' B 'S t. Dallm r anJ Shi IcL h ·1v' both di s1laycd a brand of ba ll that ha ·n 't been se n in all Hamilton ince th war br ke out. Shi I Is play­ing his fir ·t gam sine 1 41, s or d 1 points aga in t Western Stat . ·'Coach" \Vi eman has no set line-up but use Munz at center, hiclds an l Faber at guard and Garrett and DaH­mer at forwards. But he depends a lot on Ha ker, teve Hollin, Merle Brun­ner, Earl Farmer, Doug Herdon Gene Be t Jim McCormick, and Sam Arn­old. He ubstitutes freely and will continue until be finds a combination that suits his taste and then he will ettle dO\vn to win the title. oom--- H · T ot tie .1 arvin 1 4 - Tl -1· n f a • · e · Year let' all ho t:: that hi ,v ar and all the • w 1 ·ar. o c m will ee th \ orld a f ·a 1 I nOW and hat he \ ill h lappy and r, J_;er y ar for ev Jry ) 1 . . fen re l'ntl . di cl "rt' d fro n ·- ,... ic' and at ha : ·ith 1 a~ain ar R n ell . pi~.:cr l ha rl · Bald -inr \ 7 al­<: r Buno .r I· ·nn(JJl .'f1 ·ell Le \'. tr~.: , Rc)l ert l j · rcc-, Sh · !lie Barn tt. Ilarr,lcl . fcDaniel, Fra ci. Sd , l. Ha\ ~n ·t tard r ;.u ,. ht wiu t 1ri • SO J 'llC'• rna b < JH..l n 1 dtJ () :J<X!. < lc Jt v f b (• l () , , • • A rtain g'n l na1 ton the Sch ·du1in J) pt.. \' 10 f I' JU m 1ht. ~ r ad1in n}l,Jr. \ ·arc t<)ld. $.1 ·t. on tl t 'ity bu b) t }, ide de <1f o h~ d<Jt> t. hav tc t [) a 11it ·el- 1Ut·- h • h· d r ·a '> I air ~· ~ :n ,.d a . t • n i h • a n u 1-1 t ,1 < I · . Potkiti .- ·\ny<Jlle • t H· ) IllptcJ!l ~ r1f t i lc,t .• l aru fflld r , \ l !JiiJ . t j kJJ(J"' d1-.e . ·, · E~1 I uf ·rin fr r it. \Teare glad to see Marshall Vaughn back from service and in Machin I~ oom Inspection again. )) » « « Earl J one took hi vacation last month and thcr rtainl wa c l t of p('l pin.r off j J ·t wha h wa doin , I'm r o -.,queal ·r, Ea rl , bu if rou would like to mJw j u t vVIl< t wa id 1 would , U1fge. tha ()U a-.k Bob ~1 r Kni ,rh t >r R;l on : m1 b II. \ ' at«:> v ·J ' •lad tcJ . • L( Vink - J r bat < tt r ~~~ · b 1 ·c of ( v ral \' •t• • l11 ·to il!r •s. . . .. J c ,IJJ \ hittt nha< l c '· 1 J 1f. ·I in w 11 a <JltJI· (J \lt in I> ··tm- J, r I 1 e r i ltr ............. _. _____ • _s C£3 ""' - ' \ I 'I(' }J, \.1' \ lltl \ t'\' 11 ·11 ll ( nt • I II : ' bt·JJ(I ·d 1 h J)J(' ('!" '•( ll( ti r ·t}l(• Jn <:tlc.it1. 1Jil111kil' . " I• illir ' hen, 1 I ·d~ ·r li · tcJid rn · o .' r, ·• ·· 1 \ "1 ti tht dit illfll)(t'JJtl • '·\J.t t ou t,l,uu~' • .. \ d l. i i IJ t • ' \ 1 \{ I II i I I t It tl I 011 h tit 'tit lit tic h• ,J, . " \'1 11 • (!J Croix de Cuerre Worn by Raymond Clyde McDaniel Pf . Raymond ... lydc 1cDaniel, formerl y of )Jo. 1 Beaters, ha recei "­ed bi di scharg and is back on the job after i, iting the mill wearing an un­usual decoration-the Belgian Cr ix d Guerre, pre ented to him and other member of hi unit for the heroic de­fense of Ba:too-ne in the the now fa­mous battle of the Bulge. The Croix de Gu rr i a mall rope - work on th rioht should r and under the rio-ht arm. It i th only on een • in the mill. P f ·. C l r k, a~ he i ~ b tt r k n \V n. wa:s a m n1b r of the fam d 101 t Air­borne Di\'i ·ion and went into I 11 nd h , the glider methot.l. Hi livi::-i n was ' . c n:>ider ·d th r. k utfit in the dc-f ·n:-<e of B·tstopl' , nJ it c . mm:-mdt'r i ~ the ffict·r who L mrl1e i ~t th J r­man LL 'm~nd t . urr nder. Thi.~ cle­f ·n:c \ViJl rPm: in ne f l hL' t pic~ of tht w, , , u l H1g a · it hi:tur_ , hall b · tea I through 111 th' ·o1IJ. ' '1 nl t' • · t r h 'r. P r i · ·. also i :-. n t h • I ea ·t:. NEVER AFRAID OF ' 13' T cJlll Bl '\in , Fn hc ):-,;., 't ~. 1 n r r \ ~ · ·dra id 11 the ' Ui pt edly unluck.' num- 1 l r < d " 1 J '' a 1 d in f. n h r t h r onttc l ir dt~rin I hi •ntir ·life. • On J < c · 1l ·r 13 he and .\l r . Bl - ir ·. t lH: utulu f> ~·lla . L v S1 n , c 1- r·nt:d th ·ir , ... nd \ t•ddinl! nniver • .• t , tn l o 11 1 H 1 Ltrc h 14 ( h • t r i d I I. k· it th•• f "tJt), h \ iJl nb ·t- Vt' hi ... nd :u1n1\. 1 . .r ~ .t • 'ha pion . l 1.. nd. l1 . Bit•\ ill-. h.t\t' 1 ~ hildn: n. h y 1ll n • · t t' t, ·I 1 ) -. r , lt. L Tl itt n ' Left! Lieut. Lee Edward Hoskins. has been missing in action since February 25, 1944. over Germany. He was navigator on a B-17. He is a brother of Harold. Elmer. Bill. Hansford and John Hoskins are uncles of Lee and Harold . . Right: AC WilHam Harold Hoskins, husband of Peggy, bus been stationed at Maxwell Field. Montqomery. Ala., awaiting pre-flight training. He formerly was in Research. • • a en er By fames Pelley Time roll his ceaseles course, the race of yore \Yho danced our infancy upon their knee And told our marveling boyhood leg­end store Of their strange ventures Happ'd land or sea. How are they blotted from the things that be! How few all v;reak and withered of their force, Wait on the verge of dark eternity, Like tranded wrecks, the tide r - turning boar ~e To sweep 1 hem from vur sight l Time roll his ceaseless course. -Sir Wal 'r Scott. 'Katie' Cath rine Cain cam in one morn.in wearing one blue ued · sho and ne black leather shoe which is t.h h ic:h of som thing r oth "r, and c r­tain ly not fashion. This could bJv b n the subject of mu h j shiner, but Katie had a fire at h r house and 1 st practically all f ber clo hing and sho . You v.rill note rhe Scot po m which heads this effort and gives c g ... nera1 id a of d1e passage of time. Every day we -e three of four old boy orne back to work and that mak s u · ery happy there ar not many more to fourtef"' return. \Vhich is a way of saying that our own "Big Bad" Bill Thompson is back and we may be able to step out and take over this chore as he i the father of this column. (V\T e are sure glad you are back Bill.) But you will have to watch John L. Pannel a he has grown up to be a big bttd man si nce you went away. R.ecently Louie started to tell about his World v\ ar I exp rien ces and went so far as to roll up the lea f hi& pants to sh w the boys the scars from shrapnel w unds. on­fidentially, we are infonJ1.e l th s 'a rs w r due t a mi shap whil n bunt­ing wh 1 a bu II gol after him and h ran int() a bar be l \vir fenc . Jot t uive away confid ·nc ·s but thi infor­maticJn cam" from Ev rctt } raze ., II· Hay . ·wd Hill Harris. 11 +in Purdy thou ~ h t h . c· 1· W ·rc CallS "d wb ~n 1 io Jim srnacl eel Luui · iuto a actus \Vbil h · was on t.hc 1[ .-i an bor ler wi h the immort I • Dlack r ~1 k" p T- • shin?. Bill Th tn ~1 on a. s he will ha v to take oH ;1 botn 40 pounds r buy bim­s ·If ·1 compkt nc\v ivilian utfit a~ noth1na l1 c h J hefor · the . a vy t k him will om· within hailing ~..Ii , an • of a fit. Its chca ll'f' w re lun:, I ill , tha11 buv llC\V cl >th ·_-, but oh. hm ' c hate t ·iict o d it J ~ \ nly \' i h • oa tn • • In I tn lf · 1/rl en Pit r r;n ~hr· r'miliH f..t ·e \' ~;ff! ·Jded V> t.lw Fitti hiHy 1kpartr!1Cnt h ra-t IJ1()nth - 11 anu·ly: Earl I· ... trm ·r. Hubert ' )rlibs and Bert 'al et --11 :)en·ice men. Clad u, c you ba~k fell<> v antl be l f luck. 'red 'ampbcl1, till in r h ~.;: strvict.:. \. i ..,j teJ t h · department. th · pa. t JDfmth and '.hfWC s r1 be ba k wi h lib 0()n. \~' ·l orne to Lhe f >ll m ing new em­rloyeeb in our department-Paul Lakes. 1\!J azell · Young. Robbie \ r a - on, CcfJrge \Vehrlcy and F el icita Schuler. Best of luck on rnur new job . Ralph DLmgan and Geor Te Thomp­son have both been transferred intu different derartments. Last month l stated that I st Lt. George Bonner, after pending many m nth in the l-<_,uropean theatre f war was borne. It should have read "China­Burma- I n-::l.ia theatre of war.'' He pent hi· furlou rrh with his parents 1r. and l\1 rs. C. Hardebeck. George i expect­ina a di scharge a he ha 105 p int . Teacher: A colli ion is two thing coming togeth er unexpectedly. \ illie give rn an example. \~ illie: T"vin -. v\ ell ba ·ket-ba!I sea on is here and the fetlo'"'S got off ·with a s·well . tart by '~' innin g each oame. The girl's have only played one game and v.rere de­feated. Ther oth have . .,,-ell team and w hould be pr ud of them. '·Egg" \iVi cman is manager of tb fellows. and Harold Stapleton the girls, nd both are well ·oache too. " ell nm r we hav ·two ood team,- , n:! t\l\'0 ~ od >aches but that isn't 11 it tak ~ ;they n d a lot of spectators t ·hrcr them n to .m )rc viet ri cs. ~7 hat El bt.•llt it :p(wL fans, let's ·cc m r of ~·nu out tu th' gam s. .. U) r und s. Paul 'artier ·tnd 1\bro-a rTt L<: yd n wk· rt ti -c: Y u can n YW rt..'ad the Lo ; in p ':-H· • ns t lti ~-> is 1 r swctn song a nd we wi ll n Jt b · abl t rib yo 1 ny m()n·. 'vV · l1a 'nj y d d<" ing this bit of work ' ·n th nut.dt .it "ms ar n1 - • tim ·s h, r I t J pick tq , cspt:cially it ms that ·will int ·r 'tit r a mus . And r hank v HI J im, f r a job W'"'ll d me. • · 1 d \'clcoming l> :h.:k Lh '! daddy f '' 'alend r fark · 'm I 1 ·marks.' • J • • • • • am1 on CCI · en reven ton Accident prevention is one of the funda­menta l studies in Hamilton Champion and here are member of the Accident Prevention Com­mittee who a:.re always seeking ways to pre­vent them. This committee meets regularly cmd there is not an a ccident of any kind that does not receive careful study of all memher·s cxs to the ca uses and the.development of meth­ods to prevent repetition. In the picl:\lre are: First row. left to right: Con Bruggman, Pipe Shop; Denny Keith, Old Papers; Ethel Vitatoe, Millwrights; Ruth Clar;t, White Water Control; Tom Wells. Chemical Building; Pat King, Ste­nographer. Second row: Joe Fiehrer. Research; Theo. Johnson., No. 2 Shipping: George Dyehouse. Roll Storage; Eldon Lenhoff. CM Finishing; John Bryant. No. 11 Paper Machine; AI Cates, Safety Department . • ews----- By Sti1tky Mo e over Hasty and 1 rnold; Lee An lderly En. ·lisl "ntl ' ma.1 and Garrison for by the time thjs oes st rollecJ int a barn wh r - a un man t ress you will have a new bed art- as milking a en · . With . n rt he n r. "Sh t )'un" will b e ' ith y u ~ . rt asked '~Huw · is it y u are ot at tb • of the ni hts. fron , y un• m n ? '" e a 1s ~, m dam'' A hale and hearty m ~ L old pals, Vet ra Ba rtel, Far ri Ferris. Also to a newcomer wh ve cran too; orman Ti pton. ur and • 1, a "Sh gun ' , t in du ch ac•aln. It s ems that h ., t } k Jim Farris up t the . '1. ' Jrtin r li and \~Ia . f aC­ti. caUy b at to d ath t rying t r get out of the wa/ of hat w nd dul rec i n they ga e our Navy man. nsw r ·d tb )i lk r, th •r · in' t 11( 1ill · t tha nJ." Chan pi n h r Ut\ i i , ing out on ' o oo<Jd t:ii no· r3 or warbl 'f~. If th · ' 1Jid, ar rigJ,t yo 1 n1ight b ' "lbl· to p rsu· d • J ol nso t · a tel t dd th ir as ·i ·t nc t ) the lwru ·. v\l · ·1 ino- in a n uni 1 n factory a ma ca 1 ~~ hls c >at in a r lvi1 ,. whe 1, v a whisk d up and whirled Top Row: Fred Marvin, No. 1 Ma chine Room; Orville Tabor. Patrolman; Bill Debolt. Machine Shop; John Brock, Yard Crew: H:.1bert Brown. CM Sorting and vice chairman the Accident Pre-vention Committee; Art Topmiller. Safety engineer and seoretcuy the Accident Preven· tion Committee; Earl Beiqert. No. 2 Rewinders. and Tom Jacobi, Tin Shop. chairman the Acci­dent Prevention Committee. roun I and r und t ill the foreman rna n-g" l to ' itch ff th ma hin ~ The workman dr p d and 1p ru -bed the f r n1 an. ' Speak t m , ak to m " h . pl 'ad d. 1 h vi tim 1 k d u . 'vVb. . h uld I ? h aid. I r a ' ed u ix tim · nd .' n didn · p ak t 1- l e . " It i ·1 mi hty g c d thin th at h m­J ion } as ain Iandmad thr uo-h­o tt th n1ill u h a the ~ rtin line nd I nd ·r r m. lf tl. . lidn't. l·<'' r trgy · nd Jirr F rris \ uld n t be all t finJ th ~ ir v a. ba k to th P!1 · , 'hop. "'h t ""'" s th . I i t I hil that lJr a.s ( d b ut th other d f • I • ve n t ffi 1 d UJ h actu lly . blamed 1 1 igb.. Fifteen Barry Peters Only Champion On Secret Rocket Ship Barry Peter Inspection, has resum­ed hi po ~ t in private life after spend­ing tKO month in the Navy as a mem­ber of a ere,,· of an LSJ\1 (R) 191, the letter ·'Rn standing for Rocket Ship about \·hich we heard nothing during the war and have heard much since. Barr ' ship cruised about Okinawa for ten day before the inva ion began on Easter Sunday, and his hip was one of scores which acted as a protec­tion for the big battle wao-ons, de troy­ers, crui er and other craft which made a shambles of that part of the i land where the invasion wa planned. The J aps in atternptin to fight off the inva ion and ink American ships, u ed untold numbers of suicide boat of all sizes. Mo t of these were manned by one J ap. The prow wa loaded with an explo ion designed to ink or crip­ple an) American hip. Barry Rocket hip sank 17 of these b at ' and in addition knocked down , even planes. The unit f which hi ship wa a part knocked out 17 of th hip . · Tn addition its roc et were thrm.vn ao-ain t J ap d fense , and e pecialiy th cave which "'ere so numerou on the i land, de troyino· many of them. Hi - L~ _ I mad ten ~ ucb rocket run~. One f th horrible sio-ht · he wi - n " ed t n the i ·land wa ~ the uicide of I,.. Jap ' and nati,·e: \Yho lea ed from hi<th eli f{ · into rh ocean or ont the r k -, r f et bclmv them. Barry a] ~ w ' n the ship \Vhen it ,..,.,,l thr uo-h thre tyrh n n n ( ne wa' thr \·u clear acr s:-- th . ·k. B" ry, like =II _ · ''Y men. i · r f hi hip ·hi -h i · onl: 1 """ ee • • oans an roans --~.- --- By Felix (Not' - Ycf', F ·li .· is ba k after srend ing m r' tl1an tw( ·ars on I nv Cuinea in tb -' S uth I acific, and h ·'s r·'suming his ahvay ~ int'rcs ino- c 1- umn. lit, and beJic\'C tbi r not,· ft r \·ith 1.:mdin2' mass attack of d.i l ombi ng m sq uit , f r two y ars, ltc fell to the \·iles of a little flu germ after bejna n tl1 jcb t o weeks. \Yhich only g s t pr v tl1e old ada .re al: out the little f llow.) )) )) ( ( ({ After a vacati n I find it bard r than evert start my month's chor of spill­ing the dirt n my co-work r . How­e\ er. I t hink I an promise orne good copy soon for Oni on Head is back. Ralph Lee will oon be at work and Porn Porn is said to be on the way. )) )) (( (( E unice Keck enjoyed a short ses ·with the flu las t month. )) >> (( (( C. Young, ditto. Also Felix . . )) >> (( << • tOn \Vould you 1 ike t o win a potted plant? )) )) {( (( WooWoo Bird \Vright still offers feet long with a beam of 3 5 feet and a draft of five fee t. In the fina l days of the Okinawa camraio-n, he was assigned to the 6th . M.arine Divi -ion which opera ted in the t ugh outhern part of the i land. After the J ap gaYe up the battle, he wa as ­~ igned to the Radar P icket Patrol in combating the J ap air force and to pro­tect the i land from J ap bomber . The unit of ,,·hich hi hip wa a part, wa virtually wiped out in these operations and received the 1 ~avy Command Rib­bon for it work. On , e\· raJ occa ion B rry' ship \Ya the onl. · on to sur­\ ·i, e out of a ix ·hip patrol, and it crew a~:i ·red in the rescue of manv -un·i\·or.:· of Jap raid durino- it· activi- . \'hen BarT\' \·a thro\'Il acr the -hip' Jeck cl:Jrin(J' a typhoon. h ~ uf­f reJ a b d· injury whi h nee ·itar J hospitalization for :evt:r I monrh . H wa in one h piL 1 in H noluh1 for a m >nth Ju rin \·hich the J p · : u rren- Jered. One of hi prize-d po ::. i n .i a copy of th Hon lulu ne --p per i\·­in~ n i ·- f thi' r t e ·e t and on the fron - fa _ o ·hi h h 1 a the aut.­... r h.· of : nv h r h pir·l ~atient· . He later \·a- tr -f r e w ho pit l t·hos :amc ld to trad e, he get f , )f JUr ·e. bar rain . If y u want it fur yo 1. For a slight bout 20 pet. )) » ({ Oh yeah! Here' · bopin , you had a very M rry -hristmas and Happy 1 ew Year. )) >> « (( f wonder what ood Shipping De­partment man will move in o Bathead T i e s d .rhouse champion hip. Some are acceptable but none are so out­stand in as Bathead him elf. )) )) {( « l\t1ore ab ut that free potted plant next month. Arrano-ement are being made with our leading land cape art­ist Mr. Francis Keim to sponsor a contest that wi 11 interest all men. )) >> (( « It has been reported that Curley Smith i ti ll raisina good corn-alono­the car pit. )) » « (( Bob P eters has started his spring fishi ng. No bio- one yet, but there will • come a t ime. }) )) (( « • Ouch - that darned flu germ floo red me until next month. JU t in the l 7nited States where he remain­ed for many weeks and then was sent to a third hospital from which he was dismi ·ed for his final di charge from the entice . Ernie Pyle He wrote of his heart-felt thotwht nd their spirits arose like leaven­They were 'men, all ' onderf ul men!'' Echo d from the vaults of Heaven. nd men who were down on their luck Roared back with a flame of delight, F or omcone had championed them And turned their bleak view to the ri o-ht. H liv d a h would have lived nd lied h would have died, r ~n in hi birthright of lif f?~ death \Vith the men wh m he glonft d. Thr JtJO'h the J.P' the acra will tell f that pine · -ar ,. on the e And the comra· Le \ ho c ried a halo t them cr the rim of et rnity. tto R id . ~O\'e mber 13, 1945. • .. 1 l i Sue Ellen Waltner. the little grand-daughter af William J{et:::hem. Box Shop. olready is a dan­cer a,nd contortionist of local note. as thes~ pictures would show. She is a niece of Merrill Ketcl:l~m. now in the service. and Robert Ketchem. and her mother. Mrs. Shirley Waltner. formerly was on No. 2 Cutters. • ou s an urmurs--- By Dolores Lovell Brr! Have your goo e pimple got chill bumps~ Sort of chill , i n't it? (Here's hoping the LoG doe n 't come out on a warm, sun bin day!) You know, this cold weather j.u t doesn't send me anyplace at all! One bright thou ht, though, is that it won't be long until sumrner-ju t a matter of ix month or so. And after all, winter does ha e it good points - for one thing, it make you appreciate summer all the more! And then there's ice katin , led riding, building nowmen, icy pavement - which reminds me, won't it be fun to slide to and from work again? Ugh. More brui es! Ah, ~ew Year resolution ! Don't you just love to make them-and then break them_ However, we do have s )ffie people in our office who are quite incere about their resolution , and say 1· t the cynic ·scoff, but hey 11 see! Ye si r, thty)re changed people! I'll let vou i on a fe of them · that u . ~ can watch and s e if they kee them or not. Res lved by: Verlyn Ro e-to tak .:.Jl n to he n xt forma] dance in town. onnic Teichart- o g to b d early each night-no lat r than 12 'clocl unle s she has som hin p ci al t Jo. E.dna harp-to bowl at least 20~ hef re the ea on is ov ·r. S m plf' ar ce rtainl ambitiou . rank Thorn s n - b 1 raffl ·ickets from n v on when th ·y are f r vorthv au e . Ch n .re of hean. • rank: Phylli ch mitt~to rnak Clar ·nc < ( ok hi w n break fa t-, 1 rnt to aJ> (, r n burnt ast! Povr Clar ·nee! 1\tla rth a J .c k. on- ot t w i L • 1 ett t : t o has til~ j 1 t be au e he feels angry ' •vith someone. Martha, what have you d one .? .I Dorothy Bylenga-to get to work on t ime. (And I het she's not the only one.) Kenneth J ackson and Jim H oerner -to prepare their lessons for speech class at least 20 minutes b efore class • time. Katherine Newkirk - not to make any New Year's resolutions at all! (What's the matter, Katz ? No will power ?) )) )) (( (( Aren't you glad that Carole J\llunz i "V\ i th us? I think she really rates with everyone, and no wonder, she's so nice! And one very nice newcomer is Margaret Zaldivar from South Amer­ica. I bet they are both very interest:­i ng, don't you? )) » (( (( Hav . you seen an ron walking arotmd with their arm in a sling? If so, hey ar probably a victim of on of th skating parties hat Ann has b en rganizing . Oh w ll, wl at if 1 u d br aka f w b n s r skin y ur kn - ? I t's fun, isn' it ? \V 11, i n't i ? }) )) (( ({ D o y u ljk _ Vc n J ohns n? irls! PI s ! ontr l your lf! i ny Hal , 1 i k Lola Sh ) m. 1 r t1 ff th fl r, z..h ' faint d. · ll, as T .start cl t ay, r cently· wh n V ;). I doe ·n rha t , und d ummy?) was pb · in, in a bow a tb Paramou nt, f u njt ·1 Kin · r. P Hat. m rl , Jo · 1a. ' rdli, , nd pr b­ably vc y th r i d t th · I n 1 iLrt, sn 1 cr ' in , 1ch a daz that th dicln. 't ' rom to until th • H ~ h" am d ; ~· n the aisl a.r d t ld tb ,•m tha h · l as ~ sh1 )W v s v rand tlt yr v tJld bav t() 1 "av~. bu tbat th y ·ould o .e l ad tl n t cl . P r o·irls th •y d n't rcaliz ·h·t · • • ·I • • I IH " Handicap-iti,/' has taken its toll upon the opp nent of the No. 2 Ship­ping department bowling team. Tak­ing thr games from "Research" pov-d to b the crowbar that pried our t am loo e from th cellar position in the league. )) » (( « S-Sgt. Lancil Null paid the depart­ment a shor visit before having to re­turn to camp to receive his discharge pap rs. \~T e look for him to be back on the job shortly. )) )) (( (( · .. Thea J ohnson bas been off work for over a weel with the flu. W e are glad to hear that he is well on the road to rocovery. that they are victims of mass hysteria. (Well, I can say it, even if I don't be­lieve it !) We also happen to have an ardent bobby-soxer in our midst-y es D olores Bonar still prefers Frankie­boy! » » (( (( : Ye Olde Hitching Post: · Cono-ratulation to Marie Ho ~ kin and Freddy Ziegenhart ! Marie's ring is super beautiful and we think both she and Freddy will be a happy a people are in fai~y tale . >) » (( (( The follm. ing i a po m. (I just thou o-ht I'd tell ou o y u wouldn't ha e to o-o around askino- ea h other \ hat it wa .) T f y · u f el blue I'm ur ou1ll find. R r ad. y t ·h er y u . thi , friend of mm ]~ ao· r t h lp ou and v illin t do N arl an thin _. u ju t a k h r t . E · · r r n Iii· h r th think h · ' y g and Sh ,, alv c s th r with a h lping hand. h ' ani • e"n ar r · ltS warm I her h r n h r ou an I 1 nd t ah rays do b r r • • \1 cr]lt r in.kli ng . t In h r 7 you ·an I c y u'll n ·v r find • n th r sw ,t"r Lh n ~ h ·. 'Bye for 110\, , ~11t~ r•memb ·r, if · u ha nytl itt (.r ou·d lil t h v }Ut ull this p~t g , just 1 ·t m • kn v. l'n m r than illing. eve nt~en • Sgt. Frank H. Geier Pfc. Henry Geier ' • an By Bill Thompson Our initial day at work on the old job wa- an ordeal. Half a dozen times we felt like putting on the old hat and coat for a quick exit to the reat outside for plain mental relief. Then yours truly and I took time out to debate the proposition. 'Ve finally agreed that sooner or later we would have to re­convert ourselve to this civilian life. ~ o we kept in our harness and contin­ued pulling our little wagon just as we had in days of yore. The econd day found me and my hadow in .debate again in a much milder m od however. Yours truly said, "Taint worth it. Iv1y muscles are t o darn s re.' My shadow replied, " ' V'bat', the rna t r, Bub ? an' you take it?" Broth r, that was all! If the had \ of my 0ld self could ta kc it I kne\v I bad to do the am . Third day foun I mo t mu cl · so re­n s o-one and the mental set-up on hundred p r c nt b tter. Jn ( h rds we were {• er the hump" f transiti n from the military to ci ilian. But \.\'C mu t c nf s& tl at the chan • fr m mi titary to civilian is far m r difficu lt than vice-ver a v r cc uld b . » )} « « 11 train , planes and buses leaving the 1..r t oasl for otb ·r parts of thi . r ~ t untry arc jammed with er ic men and n irel · to many ivilians for these time . Eighteen • The boys are for the most part head- . ing home after many months in distant parts of this mad world. They are anx­iously waiting to step off in their na­tive or home state and many of them feel tempted to fall to their knees and ki the good earth on which they spent their playful and mischievous youth. )) )} (( (( While enroute on such long, tire­some journey the boys quite often bu st into sono, especially ongs per­taining to the e home state . The b ys fr m Texas wi lll tout with "The y s of 1 exas are 'pon Y u." A group of fellows from the Vire-ini as will turn to ' with ' arry Me Ba ·1 t l Vir-ginny." arolina kid, chirp in with '' rolina M o n" and a gang from K ,nt cky croon '( ld Y "nlu ky Hom .'' S me _mal l sailor ·quirt {r m l ndiaw ha all hand~ j _in in hi ·, ns f th · ' V\1, ba h." How ·v·r, m1r h :trt I ·apt up ;vbcr a11 ·1board hurst f rth i\'i Lh th · · ·1 : 1 hrillinr 'I·.utiful ( hi( .' And , r 1~!1 ·y, it is l.H::auti ul · n ·whi le earing it · vVint r 1111iform. ur fir t vi i t(J ><>J l l hamJ i >n aft r b iug rad11 tvd by ( n 1 u ·l • • wa · qUt • an ~· 1 l'rl nc ·. v r saw ·uch a b -hiv Jf a ·ri it . · 1 n -md women n t r m ·nti n th i r l: :n l boy ' hu tlino- ab ut in a j 11} fr n1 of mind. Th y r producin a produ t 'hi ·h w:n d pt · ~ion~ n not i - 1 ' r \ i t h J n l \ • i II 1 w b 11 y h u yin~: hr m •:-. · nd m · ·tinv a II bill ·hi! • t.r1o lll •ln\ ~H " idl· an pllln rjn, in d t thtr)JJuiJI11J atdt1•f h· ·iruv n . JH:<t- ,. ati fa ti 1n ()f all \ · to ~e . IJl'lOV n ri · · nl!'lt a}r·;d f t1rn J ·md J!Hilg drtty '" their ()I!, familiar ('0 I . 1 ll ) lll<JII' at' y•t tO be I - tmm: l. il11t ther • i. r) • rhin r e lea 111 ·J d finit ·I . ll rc u nin'" .... t­. ·rau :vill ·t 1 h ·ir jnh ba kif rf1c job h avaJla I · • n I mt,· t of hem are ju· as th -. htJV lcf1 rhem. ' » » C( (it (' ·nerally s p eakin~:, di charg ·d ~ ·a ·y m n W"rc fat and . y while rmy m~H wer l ea~ ancl hun;rry. 'o, gi rl . thr s : hqu]cl dt · r~r ve the nrJtion that only ail rs are wolve· . :1') » « « Ever tt Frazee i d in an excellent job pinch hitting on number 25 calen-der in the place of Sailor Carl o who will no doubt b back at the con­trols before this gets to press. • • « « Former helper Dewey Ga t is now a runner and glued as faithfully to hi po t a any Casey J ones ever could have stran led a throttle. • • « « Incidentally: Charlie Schell still talk of nothing but hunting and fishing but little ba e­ball since the Reds di astrou sea on­Don Beo-ley appears decidedly in the dignified cate o-ory wearing his ne\-V spectacle -Cecil Leak ' hining white teeth are the prettiest '"'e have seen , ince Hollywood-and the e .. traction of Louie P annel' eight remaining teeth has hut the Old !vian' steam off to a hu shed degr e. Hoping to di , ov r ' hat their prc­ciou v n-y a r-okl w uld l'f \V up t b , th parents of th lad de id d t con luct an X[ rimcnt. They pla I him aionc in a r m vvhi h ntaincd n dol.lar bill, an appl , nd a ibl . Th ir tbeory ,,-.ls t hat if the bo • h th • .I Jlar, h · w uld ecame a u tn ss ma n, if he s 1' t l th ppl hi future \ ul l b . gri ultur , or if h pi k l • up th Bille l1 ' nld oe 11. nun- • J ~ t er. Pc ring thr no-h :1. 1 cyh 1' at h th ~ r s td th n )th "r hru ;, d h 'r . I ul I :rs li 1 1 ssh ' and b ·kt n • l to tl it' fath er. Th hoy ha l po -l t d th' 1 )llnr an lthumt t.~d thr u,rl1 rl1' Hibi whil , h at Lh .ppl . "Sn , p, lid you .; t Sun I y S ~ !1 o I v h 1 y ll w rc a I i 1 tl · bn) ? ' •, , ·cm--re uhrl y.~' ' I 11 l ' L it ~ on\ lo m · ~n ~· L .I t h r. ' • . ' ·' rum e a . S-----~....-.------- By 1-V:esley fV. Cobb Thought for the month .. ....... . The h ap pie t per · on we ever kn;';y wa~ a 3 50-pound colored ~ook, Stst~r Saele . he pent 30 mmutes walkmg the three hort bl d from her hon1.e to the re taurant · he bad never been l • in the ba . ement or on . the n1ezzanme, . imply because s he couldn't .· et there. And when she laughed, and sang out aAw shoot,' minor earthquake trem­or ;eemed , to 'tart in her middle and roll round and round her huge body. Always humming, duckino- inging, and chiming out "H ere 'tis" each time . she sl id a p late of qui k teak _onto the "erving table, she seerned venl to be bubbling over with a zestful love of life. And best of alL he lov d to t alk to u in her soft. voice, ' hen the fires burned low and we stayed on to wipe huo-e tubfuL of silverware in a corner of ~he kitchen. Her favorite line was, "Life is what yo' all makes it. If yo' all gives out with a great big smile, life is ~bore 'nuff gonna' turn round and give you a great big smil~ right bac~.'~ Every minute ~ he lived, the sp1nt of 'Sister" Saeles was ·shining as brightly a . the noonday sun on a June wheat­field. D])«(i \V elcome home, again and again! . ....... _ . . Big Don Troutman, the ZOO pound boy who is bujlt like the kind of a ful1back that coaches dream about but seldom see, is back from hying fighter strips in the European t.J.eatre . ........ D on, who was never one to let grass grow. under his feet, · has already worked up several "'lucra­tive' idelines, proving that the war did not rob him of his bu iness acumen .......... They'll never need to h@ld a b ene fI. t per~ l Orman.ce f or "T routy " ~ ... . . . ~ .... lv1arvin Kces7 the slen-d r lad who spent two years in the tenific heat .of Iran, is back home with his wife and baby daugh er, r solved to .. ettle down on a farm, and refrain frorn his old love of driving autom bile. at break. neck speed ..... . » » « « We thou ht for a f m that Hob V\1 eaver li.ad let us do ' rn, when he and Les Hightower t ok a neat trimming at ~(pitch" from Flmer · ewkirk and 'Old Faithful" Cbad ey R~eynolds. But to show that our ~onfidence was not misplaced, the tWO c.ame back. a week la:ter to sonndly drub rhsr Bull Pen's thin m n. So we'll s ill hant our hat on Hob 's d air wh n b si:r.s down and . hides hi poker~fac ·hind a de.ck of eard . · . The' Bull Pen's lovely ladies are with u ·no 1nore L . ......... And it be-hoo e ' us now to say that we could rtot possibly ha ~ had ~hree more l?y~l or harder workmg gtrls than · L1zz~e Allen, Alta Mae lioskins,. and Helen Napier. ......... Good luck to you, as you sit on the CDv1 cutten and stack your skids of pa.per ...... , · )} )) (( (( Quiet. black-haired Ted Garrett is pro ing, th~t four years i~ India failed to dim hts basketball sights, as he moves smoothly about the cou rt and coriti.uues to pour in the points f:or the Champion cage team. (Incidentally, the -fans ·who ·crowd the Y gym on Wednesday nights are getting an extra treat this winter as Garland Munz and "Mike" Shields, two of the greatest stars ever developed in Hamilton, play side by side for Champion.) })])((f( . Ex-gob Al Staarrna:n wil-l tell you that the Navy slogan down at Norfolk reads ' "vV e do t he , hard things imme- - diately; the · impossible takes a little longer.'' . . » » « • . What's new on the farm? ..... · ... The first touch of winter has blown in from the north, and the land looks cold and bleak under its light blanket of snow ........ The birds huddle si-lently in tree tops, and ice forms in the creek and on the watering pans ..... . . . \Ve are glad that the strawberry bed is safe beneath its yellow carpet of straw. and that the vegetables are buried deep underground ....... The young .collie, Lanee, despite his long, t hickea ing coat, and his husky 45 pound~, does not r li sh the cbld ... . , . . . And when we yield to his sharp y i1 s and 1 · him inside, 1 e pad 'oftly across the floor and stret be out clos · t the fir ..... . Fifeeu a.bov zero is go d, ·bri sk 1wuth rn Ohio winter 'weath er ... Add to· your li st of B·1a11l P en cigar ·rnoke s-~-D ug D nl y, th r6u:gh ~nd tu ble littl ga · " c k who am. ba k from the war~ to one of the· 1 V' liest .. wiv s it would r b . 'Y ur jpleasur t meet. A big hand t "Big Sto :>p" Denny \Vil on, who do . s the p rating n Ben Dirk ' shift. In h short spa,c of rw · 1' h years D ·nny bas built and Elui p d as fin · iittl ~ untry h r.n " as any ne could · ish for emt .east of · h nJilton. Tb mos am·· zin r part f the. st®ry is that h.e did every bit of. the work hitn eli in ·odd hours., A hand v man it ther.e ever was one! . ' .» )) « (( Buffing the drums .. ..... • ~ ... Young Bud White has the .merr1e t twinlde in his eyes of any youngster we've seen in many a moon . ....•. · .... Life will never be dull to that boy · · ...... The short fellovv with. the mus­taclie and the unusual &·urname.;. __ Therna ''I ke'" I saa·cs ......... .In-cidentally, he's one of the best men we've "broken in" in the Bull Pen dur-ing the past three years ....... . Genial Charley Graser, the peppy printer who doesn't look big enough to be ··a crack infantryman, is 5ack from a year of bitter fighting with Patch's army .in Germany,: .......... ~ Only rival to Ben Dirks' cowboy shirts is tne black and white blouse which "Sergeant Sammy" Sames · sports on special occa-sions ...... .1 8-year-old George Brock, the ''Hard Rock from Down Under/' is fulfilling a boyhood dream of learn­ing to play the harmoni~a .....••.. "Pete" Schulte-'s boy, D1ck, With four other youngsters cafling themselv:es the " Five Downbeats," had the dts­tinction of playing for the Victory Bond dimce at the Elks . . .... This boy has a bright future with the trombone ..... A sight you would have loved to have · seen---the big bull boy, "Windy". Gil­lum trying to keep. a 1500 pound roll of paper moving after he had· f<:>rgotten - to throw the reel clutch in ....... . How he huffed and he puffed !. ..... . P .. · S. ''It · 'a in't what you do but it's how you do it !71 Robe Weaver, who never could be accused of running 100 y ards in ten seconds or even 15 sec­onds, can catch rabbjts barehanded. H e has done it a score of 6me and · h. a" e en collected bets on occasions . from those who d ubted him. ' n old tra eling preacher, en oun­t el:ing many a meal whi ch needed sea­sooing, always arri d a b ttle of T a­bas o sau with him. At one meal a hillbilly ey d it uriou ly·, th n request-d m and pour d it lib erally o er a I i of b eef whi h he bolt d . . . Th_ere wa · a pause. uddenly the hlllbtlly m.a~e a grab f r th ';at r pit.cher. , , wally he p k : Well, sa ' you ,r t'he first n1,ini ster I · v F m t wh . car.tied sa rQr le f hell ri .·ht wit11 him." . A lad n a PuHm n i ann ed hy tJ~e norino- £a man in the upp r berth.. Sh knocks· n th ilin of h r berti1 -and fh all , th c; F)HH1 stop$ · n dno- . nd ~di s, 'I Si>l. , yt1 ll come In . n t I'm n ot . dtrlin d wn !' Nineteen ·• . f f a ' er The old.timer ays: '..: ~ ' \'er hmd till ) ou're hit, it may n t be half a, bad a· •ou e .. :p cted. ' » ft The over pi ture oi Ta c al-way..: have been a sour e f pl a -ur in our hou~e but the pre ent eri - f fam us painting" b c l bxa.ted arti, ts is a r al treat. fr. Phillip 1 .ino- a -creat rvice b)r gi,·ino- u th - o abl · 0 ~ '(, "' written . h rt st ri of the aintin and sk t<:he of the arti t~. \ \ ar sure the)r are appre iated b , aiL » » « « Ru~ ell P. Hul mmander of Campbell Gard Post 1069 w.a toa "t­ma ter at their. ~ rmistic Day Ban­quet. \Ye hav heard Ru- ll eak ,t public reakin'-' and mu t ' a he i ouctandin(T a a peaker. !\llore pm~rer to ou, R us ell. • » » « a: - • The ale of phonograph records in America reached the highe t point in 1941. In that ye-ar we bought 110,- 000,000 record . l\fer'le Baynes bought an electric phonograph and we can ex­pect the above figure to be somewhat higher thi year. » )) « « Bob (Flash ) Gordon tells us that our f riend Bill Hoskins holds an um­brella over his car every time it rains. Bob v1rant to knovir why he does not hold the umbrella over himself? Well, Bob, it's this way: Bill eats salt mack­erel every day and that keeps him dry. Anything else you boys want to k now? )) » « (( Look vVho Is T alki ng! T h at p retty .Main Office charm er, Dolores Lovel, who wrote that excel­lent column "Sh0uts and r.v1urmurs" for the Ncvember Loc, poked fu n at us m en of the public speaking class, even int1'mated that we men were "scared and trembly .'' (Those a re her words.) J t is our earnest desire to live up to our so HONESTLY acqnired ap pe1la'tion- of "TRUTHFUL ] AY," and so will give you the facts as th y R EALLY happened hat fa t eful first night a t public speaking: In a nt icipa­t ion of seeing some fri ends a t the p u b ~ lie speakin d as we brought a gallon of our fa mous· hili with u that first eveni ng amd to ou r del-ight we found that eveFy member wa a personal fri end of ours and so, as is customary am,ong fri ends we got together in St an N wki rk 's offi.ce and killed th at aHon of chili . NA'I'URA LI~ I" th en, when we men reached tl1 cla s room, before the good f our famou. ehi li could as, rt T · ent'V, ers e irs lf ll e · . bit " -I • .1 • • n d re 1 h 1 . , } f J a me R,i e and Kenn th J ad on seemed a b1t n r tl'"mbl diL n the re, t of u ~. it ..:- o.s b a us th nti d rheir chili ·ith gn~tt milt· and, \ 1- \:V<l ~·, sa ·. no g J c. n m r nl .uch • a nu 'ture, l ing a entl ma.n of the fit t. wat r '' e t'ir uld never ha told on th s · I t'ett_· la es in u r da s L ut ince h y, under the 1 a 1 rship of r: it r 1 r s con pit u again ·t us men a d t ld such untruth _ v e will t 11 all . Foil· , th se (Tirl w-re s s ared and iu mbly,' when they had to g to tb head of t he class and speak, that Kenneth Sn yd er, whose office is situ­ated way up front, could hear t heir t eth cha tter. Every time one of the girls walked t ·the head of the dass, KetlJ1et.h houted: ''pl ase, bbys put those dtc~ away !" And that's the truth ~ so h elp u . Thjs month we welcbme home Rudy Tmvles. Rudy w•a-s ~one t~o years and · o.ne month. He took part m the great invasion in Europe and ended in Ok:nawa. He has good conduct and both over-sea ribbons and tWo battle stars. Rudy is a swell feilow and we all . are glad he is back with us. vVe also welcome hom<e Charles (Whitey) Riemer, Dale Davis, Leo (Curly) Rose1 Malcolm Cox, Don Junkins, P. (Barry ) Peters and Harold W. Hos­kins. None of the boys (alright, Whitey, men then) , gave us any in­formation and so can say only that they all look good and we are glad to ha ve them home. Oh yes, Charlie Riemer gained 35 lbs., and speaks with a silg ht J a pane e accent. And who do you t hink slapped (and we do mean slapped) , us on the back th th er day ? None other t han Bill Coll opy. Bill gained 3,. Jb . whil · with Uncle Sam. H marri ed beaut ifu l Lu ill R id in er and they h-ave a lov ly ba by girl. vV just ran in o J ohn anif r. \A/ lcon-,e home J ohn. writ a c ntrast w find in th way .harnpion w •l ome hom a ll f n n er m .loyts. Just an · ·ar:npl in a n. s di spatch : r Arthur ;t 1. Herbert a d is­char d sailor In Bos on, ha. won his f(Jrm r j.ob ba ·k und r t.h t nn f cons nt d: · cr e ·nt~r t1 in F ::'..DERAL COURT b~fo r TUD ,E EOl GE . SW ~ E EY. i.n hi 1 tit.ion t th · urt Herbert declared tha r - mpl y­ment had be n REFU ED HIM." Tb e are many ~ uch c es. Look what hampion doe -! ! ! They ~iv each man, cv n t ho who arne b. kin D e-c m r, a w e k, vacn tl ·n i h p~1y nd tl n pu th m ri h b ·k on th j·c b .t'c~ rdte rJ ho\ r onsibl~a job at .y l·. A1J ~·hut happen? The.e w ll f lirw · re d1 irt a wetl j b for a s 'ell comp n-y ! ! l Lo ly Ed'1th lae Daniel gave a v r gor cl al ~ .1H cigar tt •1', at t.hc pu.blic .;P ~ kittg. , H thi pre lY 1i tle lVf1 lid n · cnth'11H!c 11 ·hen, e are- ·ld n the harmfulne of ci are es lOW [()r we just re~d in our morning pa~.? hat man 96 year o!cl just died n~ l . ~a·, ,and. he smoke~ cigare es ~ll hHl bf , . S · 1gar' es fmally got h1m eh, Edi h! Ana sp aking of Teia , did y u f lks kn w that that pret y girl with the velvet voice and ... 1ona Li-sa smile, B tty Ruth Johnston, is a Texas a.l ? hucks, yes 1 Howdy, Ma'm! » » " " In the littl piece we wrote abotJt the pretty girls of the Activities Bldg., in the November Loc the name of Kaye Schmerr came oUt as Kaye Scherr. ~!t ogether :ve counted five typograph­Ical errors 1:fi that column. We want our readers to know that we are metiv­ul ou in p reparing our copy and any such errors go to the type-setter or proof-reader Of cour e, as everywhere el e, these men may be new on the job or have a deep sorrow caused by the war, in either case, we cannot be harsh with them for they, you can be sure, are trying to do their be t. Anyway, it could be worse. vVe might report Forty-eight Champion bowler at­tended the banquet at the Venice Pa­vilion and it could come out: '~Forty­ti ght Champion bowler attended the banquet. '' How in the heck would you readers know there was a typograph­ical error th ere, knowing, as they do the Champion bowlers. A many a half the ptpi.ls in the s m ~ll tmvn ramma.r scbo I had be n a bsent ~ ith colds at on time. On a dav wh en the att ndance w , c m- • pa rati vely good , the l ea b r i cid d to giv a little u lk on the lanrrer t f e:­pos ure. T din h h r r olfl t. sh on ­clncl · 1: "I rHtd a ]ittl · br ther ju t , v 11 yea rs old who t ok hi n w led ou t in t:h snow on day cau ht pn u­rn mi :1 ncl thr f> ~.: da s h ter h di€d.' Th · ·]ass room W(!l h ·av r with i- 1 nc an I . b · wa · ati fi ed with th . ff ti n s .f h r , to ry, un til a ma ll · oic pipocl up from th · rear: \Vh ~ re' · his sl d ?" Bobby (wh 's boen to th z ) : '· vVh. u clcJ hants hav su h big t ru nk ?' B ~ tt y (ag C\l ni11 e ) : " Because t ~ er, ha \-re t c m ~ a ll the way from lndta. • ew 8 ---------------:...--:..-. . B'V Bud Dunlap • Cletu St ricker has returned to hi job on t he water softener. He received hi , military di ch arge ome time ago after th ree · ear of ser ice but wa hospitalized ·for se\ eral weeks due to pneumonia . Thi delayed hi r turn to work. Glad to see you back, Cletus. J) )) ({ {( Bert rvlcQueen, t he lika ble and al-ay smilincr chap fro m the o-en erat<:>r room. has left u - to enter the grocery business with hi . fathe r -in-l a ~ at Brookville, Ind. \Ve ll miss you Bert, and wi h for you plenty of ucce in your new venture. ")) )) (( ({ Does .any one know the whereab outs of a priceles, doer, belonging t o E ugene Thomas? Believe it or not Sheik says hi . dog could do things a human couldn't do! He says he t rai ned the dog to go out and get a possum about the size of a stick of wood you would throw into the grate fire. T his, the "rna ter minded' dog alway would do until one day Sheik's wife threw an old ironing board out on the woodpile and ·starting out to .o-et the pos urn, the poor dog ha n't returned. So please, if you see a stray dog around contact Sheik at once. » » '« (( \i\'onder why Chester Moore is smil­ing o much these days. Could it be he ha, that dental cr am smile, or maybe wearinO" a new S·et of teeth. T hey look grand1 Ches, .and one thing, you su rely can \v~istle now without puckering up your hp . u )) « (( V\Tha , another newcomer. Yep its Bob Reeb, the jovial and witty chap from the Chemical Building. Glad to have you Bob, and hope you stay a long t ime. » )) (( « True Ward has returned from a h umting trip to Vc;tnWert. I mu t have been a g od trip because it .ended :u by him getting in the d g hous . Say \Vally, did you get a go cl price for yo11r house? It seem t hat e y one m the Boiler plant Land in t he dog house sometime or otb -r, so be n your go d behavio'f feUows. To rhom it may oncern: If -y u are ne t heckl· and ride a f 11 v..· v~·ork.er ·o~ ~. sin player in c mpeti ­tron, con 1d r how ~ou would f el t o b - !l€.Ck1ed. Do y ou th1uk yo\:1 wouid take Jt? H not, th~n why he<:kle some Qne eise. This happens ev ry day, at work and at play, and often has a bad end­in, g hecanse some one gets ang ry. O~ten it is the one who started the hecklmg. So if you can't take it, why di sh it out ? » )) (( (( -H a rry ( Slu g ) Slipher, the ex-foot ­b all star from Hamilton High, who u ed to knock 'em cold on the grid iron, has r turned to his old homest ead, the generato r room., after four years in the Army. Slug has been through a lot but reall 1 oks good. Jack Tustice could tell you a different story e~e ry day in t he year if you will li-sten to him, which I doubt . .... . Ed Nunnery, ' Chester l\!Iannion and Paul Schollenbarger attended the But­ler County Industrial Safety meeting at Niiddletown and now are anticipat­ing the one next year . . . . . Robert Sjngleton, son of Ed, has joined the Boder Plant gang after a long military service and we are glad to have him and a lso to look forward to next summer when we can book him as a member of our ball team ... That big husky fel­low you see aroond is P erry Singleton, no relation to Ed, but a few of the fel­lows doubt it .... I've been told that Becky Laney was .heckled recently while bowling, but he is the boy who doesn't let it bother him. , » (( « . Have you had your piano tuned re­cently and if not contact Al McComb of the generator room who has acquir­ed his new hobby in the last three weeks and he (no one else ), says he's p-retty good. H e also received his di­ploma. ~>>«« ·Warren. Peg r c · rt.ainly likes the 3-- 11 shift and if I were som . f you fe]J ws I w u!dn't ask him to trad . .. . th at face you- s e ab ut th ' r urbine plan-t belongs t Tan (Jim) Slad , a ~a ilor recently d ischar,gec.l and. n ried- · sorry girls-and w 're g-lad to have ] im with u . - Bob Netb -r n h s b n b t11 re i with rh curnati, m h Jlast f ' w . ks but mana -" to g t to w r nd bee ck . ]Job mi 1 t b 1nt •rest-d in a qui k t• ·medy s; h r i your ch n,,, Bill Burr ss, o r cmm nd mn .of th s · r mcdi s o 1 ar fam us f r. · It » « c - . ·tid s 1 1 r tf.1a B b ilb rt, Pet Massie, True Ward. and B b ham­ber , the powe of the Po-w·er Hoa e Odas Potts on Way to New Home in the ·Samoan Islands Gdas Potts, Pipe Shop, hopes to ha ·e a happy reunion with his wife and baby on the island: of l polo in the Sam an group within a few weeks. A et eran of the Guadakanal, New H e bride{) . and other insular campaigns, in the earli er days of the war Od~s was discharged about a year age and resumed his place at Champion. He always has yearned to return to his fa mily . During the campa.ig:n.s b.e was S@Ut to the island, which is 40 miles wid:e and 90 miles long, for a rest. There he met up with a native g'irl, da ughter of a Scotchman and a Poly nesian prin­ces .. They were married and now have one child. · .. Odas left t he mill nearly a month ago, or when he received his coveted passports , and went to San F rancisco right after Christmas. He hoped to saa before the middle of J anua ry for the island and to arri ve th ere about the first part of February. Odas had three brothers in the set­vice, Elmer, who fought continually with him in their Pacific campaigns, Hobart, with Patton in Europe, and Hugh , in the air service at home., All have been di charged. He also has another broth er, E verett, Store room, noted Hamilton baseball pitcher. vVhen the lady of the house an­swered the door, the junkman asked "Any old beer bottle you want to sell, ma'am ?" · The elderly spin ter drew back in­dignantly . "Do I look like I drink b er ?' '(Son:y, lad y, ' returned the junk dealer. "G t any vin . gar b ttles you want to ell ?" b ·. lin team , re ll hav ·a grand time n Tu •s h _· n i hts rolling for side bets. )) )) « ·« V\Then it c me t winning b ts . OI!l f tball m · , v 11~ 1uriel Burcke . · ju ' an' t b ~; be t. - N o w nd r I 'm br k . vV 'r 'l' d to hav a:nid Brewer, a r t' ran, add d to th Boiler House ·a ng. H r ' hopitlg 6V ·r body had a H PI y hri $(ma aud N e Y ax, but d n ~t f r t ur T w ·. ar-re l'ution. A · fo-r me, I make ' m and . break ,e-in. S y u n .-.. t mm:nh. • • • are lUIS 1n Bv Lorraint> t wart • A~ I dip my pen int the well 1 think of thin , that I mu t t 11 Of the rear that ha just O"Ofle b r Thing that happ ned to y u and I Btlt ours are miuor, don't v u l•n -vv ~ ' r Because the diffi ultie nd deat:il r blow \r re taken b men wh had th our- • age to die And onlv od knm ,, y·here the li . • » « « Best wi -h - to all and mav thi ~ b .t one of your happie.,t ) ear . » » « « The 'ortinv Line i~ . tartin th ~ ew Year ·with a bano-. Tvv 'hift were started and three ne - for laid ~p­pointed. They are Esther Eicher, melia Glock and f . ell \ri ck. )) » « {( ' \-e are really proud to see all these new faces in the department: Sus-an Truman~ l\lartha James, Pegg · Gar­rison, Glenna Dunn, Lula St ev;;a rt, Bertha ~iitchell, Edith Redd, Hope .Hampton Hazel htiartin, Ruth Hixon, Ruth Burton, Dora lV1cDaniel, Cath­erine Kramer, Elizabeth Lednick, F aye Azbill Loretta Willett, Goldie Hinkel, Corrine \Vilcox Bonnie Crouch, Sue ams, Loui e Pippert, Melrose Stur­gill, Margie Combs, Martha M uzzel­man, Norma Hamilton, Loise Gauman, Anita Oliver, Irene Brumbaugh, Opal Richardson, Dora Lewis, Colleen H all, Ann Doyle, Christina Hoel, Virginia Quick. All the girls are doing a great job and really getting out the paper. » )) « (( And J e, sie Waits has the smile that-­won't come off, because his boy Earl J. home on furlough after being in the European Theatre of Operations for more than -two years. H e reports to Camp Crowder for reassignment. » )) « cc Let's hop over to th e Finishing Room for there are several new faces to be ..,een there. E lbe-rt Ross, N . 3 Trim­mer , was in the ser jce for fou r and a half years, serving in the outh Pa­cific; Elbert (Buttermi lk) always ha a mile f r every one and we are happy to him rejoin the gang. nd Bobby Y nodel is back on the bench aga in aft r being gone for four . ea rs. We can always see him at hi table, wrapping hundles, and we surely did mi · you Bob, especially on the ball team ~ · Di k Fisher can always be seen on Twenty-two • ~· .4- ""rimm ,'r:. Ii wa inth ·Ar. · hr e "r ~ .s rvin.__ inAfri a and It ly. . nd our ld fn ·n l Bill. Hu hn i ba k tru 'king ~ · in a t r b ing- on 41 n1 nth.. H \V:.ts in Fmn and En<rl nd. .All he talk about i Pari and h ho · " t a- ba ~ k th · r, a ain t ne f the . c.la rs. • J ames F wier i ' right back on his old j b, the Sea l s aft · r b ing gone f r thr e year~, tln -e ~n nths and 11 da) . He hasn \ hana-ed one bit, only he i vt a ring a -v edcLing band now. C 11 ratu lation ! Any ne going th rough t he F inish ing Ro m can always see Corlis Bowles . \:Vhat he has t hat ca·uses the girl to swoon , we a ll ''vonder, but it would be his wavy h air and his plaid shirts. Roy Oakes is doing his same old job aft er being gone three y ears, seven month s. , H e saw plenty of the other side, E ngland, Scotlland, France. We a r e a ll glad to see you back. Who can th ~ weil dressed boy be · who works on the bench, s.ealing_ pack­ages. His clothes and hair are never out of place. It is none other than E. 1\!Iilton Winkler. . » )) « « Our broke haulers on the Sorting Line are doing a big job. Come on girls, how about giving the boys a - break and help to keep all the paper off 'the floor. )) )) {( (( G reen Hensley, one of our broke hau lers made a New Year resolution: he is not going to get mad at the paper any more. Chuck made a re-solution to · . - come m on t ime . • )) )} « (( Leonard Bailey is back afte r being gone for four year_ and. ~i e, mont.h s. He was -in the South PacdJc. fhe g1rls missed him for a week and when he reported for duty again , he wore a wedding band. :» )J « (( Betty Lip-scomb ha. left u to be ith h r l:rusband wh has r turned .. . ... F nee!> Am it SI · nt her wo k's v cation buyino- lui. tm pres nt. ..... . KeJsi N!ay go w rd that her hu ' ban l i on hi w· y h me afte r b - ing -v r f r th · • yc r .. : ... Bird i . Carter c . uld hardl awa1t th day of hi ~ arr:i al when he _ot word her s · n wa. n his way hom f rom 1VIanila . ... E\ efyn _ ro it ·p nt her week vacation at home g tting tlle house ready for the holiday~ .. . Emma Lit ~ mb's !i r'l t • u hi.- \ ay hom from P a I r ·u-t or . . . c e al gi rl ar lashing dia 1 nd , art)taid th .. · )rt­in r 1i , D ]< ne , Ali T aylor and D t ls ·nm n .... l uth Bu rton i d( ing lright by h rself ' he made th b-a~ k atb ll t •a m. ncl ther ' · Hou.st m Po we and E rl Hak · nd J1 _ my Fox and Pete 'l imbl r ba k en the T6mwe s and Ed. Dixon n h J Bench, all great b ys wht., have seen I ng service and rnany part of thew rld and no end of excitin· and thrilling xperience i the la "" ftw y ·ars. Hats off all f you boys ; you'.re glad to b" back and we're lad you're back. I think your reporter has sa.id enough for this month, but I'd like to lea·ve this thought that Cha die Hayes nas clone a vrand job this past year and let's all pitch in and do all we can to help him this new year by staying on the job. (T he poem was written by 0 car Stewart, brother of Lorraine, re­cently di scharged from the service.) ''Ba rber, do you have another taz­or ?" "Sure, why ?" " I 'd like to defend mvself." ' Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the mind.­fv1arcel P roust. Eitner LeRoy Redd, at the a ge. of seven months sCJW his soldier father for the tir..st tbne in late Novembet · when he came home on a 90·day futlG!uqh. Elmer LeRoy was born after his. dad, Pfc. Elmer Redd had left for overseas sei,'V'ice. He was in other lands for five months. His mother is ]'frs. Racn el Red<l. No. 2 Sortinq, and his qrandfather. Wtlliam BlrqelL a crane opeJiator. THE ers rom F · r two year I ha e been in ser­vice~ I have received THE LoG monthly and I, a well a my friends, have en­joyed readin each is ue and await the next one.-The late t i sues with pai nt­ing, n the cover a re ''out of this \vorld. ~'-Los t bo h is ues to a lover of fine picture .~Ho ping to see you about :\larch, 1946.-Lieut. (jg) G. N. F ortney, P ortsmouth, Va . . )) )) ({ « The Ch ri tma s card advising me of your renewal of my subscription to The Reader', Digest just reached me. -Am mo t o- rateful for your kindness for remembering me with the Di est, aut graph album , and the regular is­sues of THE Loc.-It is anticipated hat I h all be on my way back to the tates ar:1d Champion i.n the next h~ \V week .-Thanks again for your marty thou htful gifts.-Looking forward to expre -in r my app reciati on in . pe rs.on soCJn.-Liem. Carlton P eyton, Clark Fi ~Jd~ Luzon, Philippine I land. , )}))(({( Just a not to let you kn w I wil l be in the stat on the 21 st, and that y 11 can discontinue ending THE L G to my rvice addre s.--Ha pe to be bad:: in ci vili an c:1 t hcs before lon .-Want to t~a nk you an1 all ~he Cham} ion F arr:nly for the me thmgs you have; cJ ne for me.~Sgr. Joe C. E stes. ~)J)(( (f Til a nk t~ fC!r the s ubs<.:ri r tj on lU "'fh e k cader\; Dig " t. \Vill be njce o read, for AUJ jntere ·ting b ok b:eips pas. tbc c a • ~amt CANTON DIVISION • am IOU time.-Aren't doing much here in Italy, except pulling TvLP. duty ·and guarding the docks.-Pretty place and we have lots of fu n, but nothing like the U.S.A.-Will close, hoping to be back working soon>~--Pvt. ·Leonard N. \ells Trieste, Italy, )) )) « (( Just a few lines to let you know I r·eceived your letter, and was more tnan glad to hear from Champion aga in.-THE LoG keeps me posted on the things that happen around the Plant.-Hoping that it won't be long until I am back with Champion.­Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.-Sgt. Charles N. Burn e tte ~ APO, New York. » » • « Until now, I have been unable to send my corr ct address.-Expect t be di scharged in the near future and ontinue work at Champion.~Cpl. Robert R. Hipps, Fort Bret,crg, N, C. Recejved the Christma pa ~kage t - day and was very pleased with tlle con­t nt s. Will b home ve y soon.-Li eut. Vl. C. Cha·pman, New Orlean., La. Received the Christma :package in good condition. 'rh nks to Champi n for the gi.f and also {t r TnE: Loc ~.~rh i ch 1 r ·ceive each tnOt1th.-~1a yb b efore another Ch.ristmas we c tn be back with ('t _, mpioo .. - Hawld D. Sa under , C! F.P. · ., San Francisco, Caiit NE • e rme erv1ce \Vi h to express my sincere t hank­for the many kind thinas that Cham­pion has done to make my service life more pleasant.- In the near futur e, I will once again be a civilian, and am eagerly looking forward to joil)ing my -· old frjends again.-Sat. James H. Duckett, Seymour J ohn on Field, N. C. HERMAN BLYTHE PASSES AWAY Herman Blyth~ , an employee of The Champion Paper and Fibre Company, Canton Division , and a member of the Old Timers' Club, pa~sed away in the Haywo d County Hospita l, Friday, D ecember 14, following an illness of several weeks. Herman, we understand was ick for a few we ks, but apparently ,, a get tincr bett r 1\l'hen he was t ricken with a h ea rt condition and lied with in a fe, hours. f i was a ~ n · f J hn C. (Dad) Blythe and 'f rs. J ohn Blyth" n th@ AsJ1 ville R ad. H rman is u rvived by hi, wife, a on, J a k, recently dis-barge I from the Arm d er i e; four . i0tcrs !h s. B. lVL ~/[oo r , l'vfrs. Rus­$ ·II Kinsland, -fr . B · nc Robinson, ~ nd .1· rs. ]'1me· 'Vo >}, , and f ur broth rs . Cl rde, Launie Edg· r and Henry. Burial 'l a · in the B n-a-V nture (ern t ~ r r , ..: 1nday afternoon , D cern­b ·r 1 Sth; F riemJ, hip i ' the high st le ,rree of perf cti n in o iet;.-~fontJ.igne. Twenty-tkree F-0 Carl Painter, Jr .. is the son of Carl Paint­er, Sr., who is a back tender on No. 7 Pulp Machine. Fliqht Officer Painter received his winqs at Waco Field. Texas. Board Mill eWS---- B'v Frank Hall Since the last issue, we are glad to '''elcome two more of the boys from ervice- Jennings Ball and Jack Scrogg . Champion may seem natural • agam soon. Johnnie Devlin i out with the flu. Hope he will be back soon. Ga nett \Vest was also out sick la t week, and Baldy Lance, E. C. Hardin, and Roy Fletcher' families are sick with flu. \Ve sympathize with J. W. Phillips and family in the loss of :.\1r . Phillip ' father, who died December 5th, at his dauo-hter's home, Mr . Grover "t\ifedlin, on 1 rewfound St. Mr. Pierce was 7 years old. He was returned to La­vonia, eorgia, for burial. I have n bing to report from th Board . 1fill that will equal what ha::. been done for us, Dec. lOth . vVe r thankful. \V all knmv Jan 11 i rath ~r la rg , but hat d to m mion it t h r. Th otl1"r day, durin ou r bi g sn w in c me T a nell dre eel in kirt. weater, Jnd b- nt . T m lark ay;, '']a nell , y u lt ok Jikc a cow girl in hat '>udit." Jarrell replied ., h, go ahead T om, Y ~·h. t v u ar · hinkin and 1 aYt: • • th 'Girl' off.' T<:( ent_ •-four • R. and A evvs ______________ Hy f. E. '/au ·lzhr ln dt~in l.!' onr ~ 'J h \CJJ! a. r•p rt ' t fnt Tnr Lt <' llllin • llJ+ -. J \i ~ h tn J \ th .t \ hile nur r ntril uti~ n ~ h;n · , bt•e;, "l um", nd b .t~Jh· fit l J r · ad ~ ntl till ln rl " t Jigct." J \i :.htosc tc jut now th, t T11} relation,· \Yi1 b the Edtlo­ri ·d ~taff of THE LO< .. hJ s h·en ry pi asant and 1 wish for thi · r 1bli a­ti, n ·1 fullm~ ::-ure nf . u e!' for 1 46, and m, \" it .,.ro\' in i nt ·rc ~ t · it has • in the past. ))){((( Boyd Stam 'Y is out sick. \V c wi sh f r him a sp' d. ~ rcc v "ry, and that h will s on b back on t he j b. Theo Allen i om on a count of sick­n ss. Th o ha been out for sometime, howe,·er, h i reported to be improv­ed orne at this writing. \A e hope he ,~·ill soon be bacl on the job. • lt • • \Ve are glad to see Roy Campbell back on the job feeling pretty good. »DCC(( We regret to report Frady, electric jitney driver for the R & A, is quite ill at his home in Waynesville. We sin­cerely hope he will soon be back on the job here. Vv e miss him. » • • « Guy McCracken says he is badly in need of a private lady secretary, to look after his office work. None but a strawberry blond need apply. Office hours 7 a. m. to 4 p. m. No reference necessary. » » • • It is said when the game of football was first played. the team con i ted of 15 men. The number later v.-a re­duced to 12 and then t 11 a it now tands. • lt « c ''Wer th re any ptn·vdcr marks on the body of th d ease l ~,, as k<.:d the cor n r. "Certainly th ' IT were p w I r marks, repli d the \.if , "thaL' wh· T sh t him." » • • Pat ancl ~1ike vere ne\.\' in this cuunlry. h '} came ollt ' ·es r w Kan­::. s. For th · fi1 ~ t tim~ they w c re: and acr of wh "• t 1 t • · 'f" 11 and rippled in th wind. . th y J ·cid ·d to go f r a swim. Thq. clin bed up in < tr ·e and Pat UO\" ()llt. ll l1 u.ked b ck up at Mike and ·1id. ".\ Jinl · ro the rio·ht ·1ik ' r hit a and bar." r--, ' » » « « Le ·ter \Vard, \ ho ·, h b en r lea,.ed nd i in the ~ y, no ba k n hi c)ld jrJb in h · y stcrn offic . \.Y • re rl· d to have R ·d b~ ck with , » » (( f( . l'()yd Stamey ru n ~ 011t. of ga - Boyd It eem . w· dri\ in, hi car and w· hv d 'U i tl1 • di r ·ct. ion nf • · wfcJund Cap, (Jut b ·yond I· rank Iann: place. and r n out. cJf ga . lie had I> a k ·om farm er in th nei rhlx;rll()(ld t loan hi s the nccc;, arv- ga tr; ·nabk him to ' complcLcth " j urney. B }'dab~ rJlutely r fu s Lo su sc ribe o thi pi ode, but w, want o kno ~A \·hat he wa doin up in hat coun ·y anyway. » .lt (( « \Ve are glad to w lcome ~1r. Homer ~1ebaffcy back to hi desk in the y - tem office. l Iany happy retu rn of the day. Going over the account one eve­nin a, the young husband said re­proachfully, ' Look dear, the bank ju t returned your check." Tl1e bride beamed. "I n't that won­derful, darling! What'll we buy \vith it thi time:" Cute .:\urse: There's a patient in my ward who hasn't made love to me yet. Sec.o nd Nurse: One of mine i un-con c1ou too. Polly Pressley. Canton. dauqhter of Mr. and Mt$, Garland Pressley. Champion Y and Canton Playground Sports---------- B'\) G. C. Suttles A we go t press, ._ anta Claus i reall planning to invade the 'Y." A - i ted by Frank Smather and com­mittee, he will bring in 250 Christma Ba kets, on vVed., Dec. 19th, and will deliver them on Sunday De . 23d, Frank and hi.:: committee ha · e invit d a large number f les fortunate chil­dren to come to the "Y" on 1\llonday, Dec. 24th to be fitted with ome much needed cl thing. On this same day, early in the afternoon, The Conlmun­ity Christma Committe · will dispense toys, candie and fruits to hundreds of children. Other Christma events booked for the "Y" are, meeting of The Veteran . of Foreign \Var , Superintendent' Chri tma Part , Sub Deb Dance, Central :Niethodist Christmas P arty, and l\1r .. Carey Smather Christmas Par~y. Since our last writin , the fol- . lowmg groups have used Camp Hope facilitie , Phillip Moore and party 1\1orning tar Scout Troop, Youth Fellow hip and Troop 16 Boy Scouts. Oth r "Y ' events were Champion Employee Store Twenty F ifth Anni- · ver ary Banquet, Scout Court of Honor, Carl tory and hi Farm Hour hov , Calvary Bapti t G. A. party, Scout Trainin()' School, Woman's Club Benefit ·Bridge party, F1 r t Baptist C11urch supper Central Me thodi~t hurch upper, Fir t Methodi st Church supper and Young People' Dance. On l 1o . 2S h, the "Y" Square Dance Team, " milia Red" Raper and The Pre ~l ey tring Band and fhe Blalock ,,, ~ ter s journeyed by cha rte r­ed moky ~/fountain 'I'railway Bu , to Sqt. Alli•.on M. Thom'Cls, sQn of MT. ond Mts. Dcxllaa Thomas of Canton, is 1ornew.hete ln frcmce. Win ~ to n- Sal e m to ente rtain for The Internationa l A · ociation Accident Boa rds and Commissions, at th eir An­nual Convention Banquet. Champion young people maki ng th i trip . were, Joe Pressley, Sherrill N'IcAnish, James Hayni e, VI/ all ace Swann, William R aper Mrs·. \Villiam Raper, Frank Ford , J. C. Levli n, Dan Kelly, Gene Rhea Edgar Mease, \Villiam Mease, Fra nk Garren, Earnest Ivester, Waye vv hi take r, F aye Dills, Maye Dills, Hiawatha Rogers, Joan Kinsland, Nancy Hender on, Geneva Anderson, Mary Loui e Hill, Grace Wilson, Novella Clark, Frances Whitaker, lie1en Kinsland, Frances Blalock and Edith \ell . T his group was accom­panied by Mrs. Ruth Roberts and C. C. Suttles. The Champion Y.M.C.A. entry in the Ashevill e Bowling League, con­tinues to cling to the top rung of the ladd er. This team is composed of W. L. Suttles, Herbert ·Cody, Ed Hawkins, Gordon Sh arpe~ Howard Setzer and J. NL Paxton. . . In t he Western Carol-inas Basketball A sociation, the Caamption entry are in the upper bracket and growing tronger. The regular Friday Nighter Square Dances have been well attended by our young people. Bowling, Billiards, Checkers, Bad­minton, Bathing and Swimming are holding the att ention of many more Champions. The Children's Dancing School i well attend ed and the Hillbillie and Fl radota Girl are working hard in · rehea rsals for future entertainment. J an. Sth, will se' th hampion Old Tim r fl o king into the "Y" for th i r Annual meetin and Banquet. Raymond Ri l{a rJs and R ay Wils n attend d h Y. M. C. A. Intersat Yo ng }vf·n' on ferenc at Kanna1- olis m De . 8-9. The onf r nc th m ' s Yo llP' M ·'n's club . Rayn .ond an l Ray Wbll as ist h · ' Y" i 11 re r anizing the , ·vend clu bs tha w nt to war. , Our . "ham1 j )P gi ls c: re fast g tting tnto r m for B~ s k tball ~nd ma,ny r 1 Jd ga1 1 s ar 111 th offmg, wat h the b~;d ul. Ar anr- m .nt hav' ben m d for · ur Cb mpi ns that c tn in on th · a.rl mornin bu, ses to wai at th "Y" until tim to nter the £lant. Th e waiti? ~ .Bu at 11 p. m., also have th1s pnv1lege. Sgt. Grady L. Burrell and·· kiend, Cpl. Bill Scalisi. of Buffalo, New Yc:>rk. Sgt. Burrefl. son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Burrell.· Canton, N. C., Route 3. has been discharged from the Army after three yea.rs of s ervice. He served with the Coast Artillery Corps, Anti­Aircraft Artillery Corps, Air Corps, and the In­fantry. During the Ramagen Bridge seizure, . March 7th, he was wounded in a ction and re-­turned to the Sta tes for recovery. Sgt. Burrell holds the Purple Heart, Infantry Combat Badge, Good Conduct Medal .. and the European Th e a tre Ribbon with two Battle stars. The "Y" membership list is spiral­ing upward a our Champioq return­from far parts of the World. \Ve are glad to have them home again and to be abl e to erve the1n. Nirs. F. R. Ea'rly, who ha, been sick fo r many month i recove ring ery lowly. V\T e h pe he will soon be vvell. Re¥ a:nd Vlvldb 'Penland. son and dai.lqhter ot Mr. od Mra, Gordo:n Penkt#d. Left to ric;ht: Ann, Oneida, Raedean and Larry Austin, children of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Austin o'f Candler. M.r. Aus tin is employ ed in the Extract. Department . Main Office News------ By At!iJJ El Aneous One find one ~ elf wistfully tearing off the Ia~t paae of the old 1945 cal-nda r , leaving the · 365 stubs, receipts as it v.rere for the 365 day. of the most ev·entfu l year rno t of us can remem­be r. Around the l\ll ain Office th is has been a year of reunion and replace­m. ent -, \vhe rea the preceding year have meant eparations; however, it is human nature that we look forward wi th expectancy to a •till happier, more profitable New Year. . . . 1 ow, if I can untan le my elf from this no talgia and Chri tmas tin el, I've got news for you. » » (( (( I'vfS-Sgt. and M rs. Frank J ac · cks are d e p roud parent of a baby girl born in the 1vee mall hour of December .1 5th. Frank has reenlisted in the Air Corp , nc t a a dire t re -ult, of cou r- . » .)) {( ({ That oft South ern drawl 'v ou h. ear from tbc S~vit d1b ard tJ1 '$C J ays b c-longs t blond 1\1ary :M_a rrba H Jltz­daw. Hubba, Hubba Hubba! ) ) )) (( (( N w l\1L P oll ard cl aim£ to bro ught a.ll thi snow and ie ba ck with him from his recent trip to Canada. Ill wind \'ill, he's known as the e days. ) ) }) {( (( J ack . entell has been transfcrr J from the T r affic D p artment to the Company holdi ngs in Branchv ill e~ T we'lzty·s·ix • Georgia. Jack, we miss you, chewing gum, '" hi stling, and all. )) )) « ({ Added to our ever-growing list of "home from the war" are Frank Camp­bell and George Edgerton. Keitha and ~1a r gar e t didn't have a very consid­erate .ally in the weatherman, but all 's well that end's well. We don't see . much of Pv1a rgaret Ni ease and Bonnie Well the e days either since they've had to keep tb ei r nose t o the billing machine so con istentl . ' • • • • Rhoda thinks tba t the le said the better about her trip tO New York on h er r ecen vacat ion. However, he did have a wonderful tinie, esp · ial.ly at the Army-Navy Fo tba ll ame. • » « « Only 314 h fJ pin · 1Jay· until Ch ri unas, and T for one r olve to do it s tTl ·tim · in July b ·for th ' line. for rn . Tha v>a a 1 sson learn d. th ha rd . y th io$ year. » .•• 41 And fi naUy, a i appy New Year vou a ll ! / ''Tell m.. r e. do Lhey n ·. w ak ~ o up at ·ou r ·hous · f'' · -"~ I' '11 , a y, week.· m. a nCIi wc..a k out." • ll1,ea r you l -rt -your emp r rester­day.' ~ ' Yes,. but she '11 be back to rn rrow. ' The Champion Credit Uuion ~ ·1un hly r 'l t rt of btl ine ·. aod · ·:-: ens ·. i\ lonth of 0Jovcm e.r, IL S: R c I Shar · Repaid ou 1 an t:. l nu.: re-st recet · d -- - Fn ranee fee __ _ __ -~ _ . $ 47.3 i 2 17,8 7~J 8 947.24 7.75 250;00 3, 45.12 44,7 6.23 1 nt. on L .S. ddense bond ~ BaL on hzu d 11. - 1, 1 04~ __ Ba l. 1n bank 11- l, I 14" _ T tal ---- --·--- $114,747.34 Di ·bur -ements: Sha res withdrawn _________ $ L an s made _ ~-·--- ______ _ Expense _______________ _ · U.S. defense bond ______ _ Bal. n hand 11-30 1945 __ Bal. in bank 11-JO 1945 __ 31.63 5.52 17)4 i" l.(J{ 3\19.74 20,00 .00 • 1,0 -2.6 44,20 '.42 T ota. l ___ ~------------- pd l l4,7·. 47.34 Balance beet, November, 1945: As ets: Loan outstanding -~----- $ Acc ru ed intere t on loans __ Divid ends pa id _________ _ Expense account _______ _ Accru ed Int. on inve tment Prepaid expense ____ ___ _ Fu rn. & Fix., less D epr. __ _ U. S. d"efense bonds __ ___ _ Central Credit Union __ _ Leao·ue b . 70,624.42 4_,777 .41 3,363.92 4,781.3 162.38 344.90 1 7. 310,830.00 3,2 36.20 Building & Loan Stock ____ 17,000.00 Asheville Fed. Savinas & Loan __ _ Cash on hand 11-30, 1945_ Casb in bank 11-30 1945 __ 6,225.91 1,052.66 44,20 ._42 T otal ________________ $46 79 5.4 Liab iliti ·: -Q1. tt1 a r. e _ ------- --·------Pr:t .4.;'.).'"/' , 70-l. .<At-?- _ I nterest rece1.v d __________ '7, 7,?~ 7· .7 J., E ntranc fees ------·------ 13.7- Guaranty fund ------------ l ,5 L .69 Surplus . ----~-----_:_____ 9 5. 9 Acu ued expen e ______ .. 10 ',) • '?-' 7 Income tax withh ld ----·- 100.5.2 Interes t n U . . b nd ___ 2.2 5.00 I ntcrcst on inve ·unent · __ _ 484.5 5 So ial Se u ritv _______ / Tot al ______ -~- ____ $46 ,7 ~ .4 Numbs mcmb ·r. at 1 se f month 3094 · IWmb r bonO\ ' rs at ·I ' f mont]i 597. L. E. AT ES, S 'c re[·u-y . J. L. \· ORL ~. x, Tt·ca urer. T he man who has not anvthi ng to boa t ( f btLt his illu trlous an -esto rs is like a pota to- the only good belonging to him is und rgrouncL--Sir T .hon1a Overburv. • • Soda Sulphate News--- By Turner Harhns Alright, 1enevievc, here it i ! «<CU» The Fl eet': in again. (( (( )) )) Our contemporar_ , 1\Ir. laughter, \rho scr ib e~ f r the R & A department and i- well known f r his ability to de­\ ·our a \Yh ole bo. of candy at one it- • tirur ha: lo:t all craving for w et . Our ~ Recover.' B ~. Bill Robertson. re-cently treated I\.1r. .. laughter with a b x of a. sorted chocolate·. \Yhich di - appeared rapidly under 1Ir. "laugh­ter', direction. \Ve under tand :ever a! days ,,·ere lo t in recovering from a case of 'over-indulgence in weets.' BilL \ ho j~ not a practical joker, persist: he doesn't know how a box of Ex-Lax got mixed in the candy. {{ (( )) )) Charlie Varner \Yent to a lot of trou­ble to prepare a big chicken dinner for a group of his friend,- but omehow, the ::ecret of Charl1e ':: recipe leaked out and nobody -hewed up. {( (( )} )) The in tailing of sc,·eral new wa h­er: in tbe Pit Room i · nmv under way. This \Yill gr atly imprm·~ the Kraft \ ·a. bincr \::>tern. '· . (( (( )) )) The new _ y • ~ melter i now prac- Mra. Ruth Stamey and Barbara Jean, wlf and daughter of Sgt. Guy Stamey, who la in France wait nq transportation home. Both wer formerly employed by the Chqmpion. tically omplete and is expe ted to be put on the line shortly. (( (( )) )) 'Ne extend a heartv welcome to our • latest r turnees, Cha . Warren, Chas. Devlin and J a me R. Mintz. )) )) (( (( Several month ago we mentioned that two of our Production men had g ne into busines . \Ve hav been ac­cused of everything from partiality to receivin~ hard to get items in return for the "plug.' Several of our Recovery workers are well established business men; a fact we were not fami liar with at the other writin g, so we are glad to mention these now. J. W. "Shorty" Ledford has a flour­ishing business on the Clyde road; D. B. Bussell, on North l'vlain St., Harry Spain. Dutch Cove and Moody Sisk on the Beaverdam road. >>»<«C We're about out of granulated sugar. » » f( (( V\Tith a sincere wish that you get the new car, and best wishes for a HAPPY NE\V YEAR! Cpl. Ronald Rush. of Clyde and formerly of the Finishing Dept .• is now serving as a crew chief on a C-46 in the Troop Carrier Command in Shanghai. China. He was fortunate In get­ting to ride from Casablanca to Karachi. India. on the C-54 " Globester,' that circled the globe in six and one-fourth days. Cpl. Rush has finished several ground schools throughout the United States in the three years he has been in the Army Air Corps. and won a commercial pilot's license 1n "War Training Service.'' during his first year of service. Log Ne\~S---------------- By j im Queen Old man Winter has us in his grasp :1 nd we are all hoping that he will soon I osen his grip. )) » « « Fr[l nk Vetoe and Bob Hall are both bacl· on th job from the Armed forces. )} )) (( (( ( ;eorg Arthur is n his vacation Jnd fr JJn all indi ati n Georg has laid in his wint r upply of m at. » )) (( « \"illi · Jus tic ha returned from a c ·k va ation and from all indi a­t icm:-. ~he has fix d up her par r om in anti ipati n of a deep sn w. • « » Earl f ·sri~ n ickleveatth pn· ~c nt and c h p · for T•. rl's , rly rrturn tcJ hi job. Bu ch Sis ion has b •n gum s} oein again and it I ks like B 1t h's o er:l ­tiv •, ar' (ill th b an f(/r h ' has all th ~ late vo sip cJf rh parl . r nd ba k fen • • van ·ty. 4( « I) . lab I (Jl ~w · ha, h :r De r e from the Inner San tum and he is now all set for her post \'ar planning. (( (( )) )) Emma Hilda .._' herrill is having trou-ble tting to \vork since th now on a count f ice n th pavement. (( (( )) )) Jim d li and the ' riter are go-ing to th tob ceo ma rkct in the next { "" da R as · 1.. n <:L -vve an get flo r space in the wa rch us . (( « )) ,, ! r · ·, 1 Tanc ' Keith mi ·s d th bus the oth ' r mornin r, ---------------------- tr cling ~(11 'm,n h~d taken a r um in a he t ·I and a~ he w< igni ng th • r gist ·r 'tn insc ·r ·• tTlC up a t~ l hop- 1 c d mt o th • ra{' . The man put dov n his 1 ' II and lui l th · cl rl· h ouldn't st < • ''\Vh ·I" i.IS k d th clerk. " \Vel!, it's ba I nou rh when the s little h ·~at s ~Htack you in th night b t t v lit' n tIt t:' • c< 111 ' w . l' · th · n u m­b r of . o u r 1 on m, t h a l 's j u t a l it t. mu h." T we nty-_r evf" n Sulphite Department---- At thi time. Dec m er en·r der r froz l. p, Ch ri ·tma . B,. n. -· about th mid 1 f thine._:. is nm red un-jt 1 k ~ lih· a \Yhite « {( » » .. in e 'I o e ~ His ani ~e\Ylllan T aYne waited until thi a · n f · h ~ . ar to tilk their \·acations tb -v h rdl.' kn "' what me d { tran, p rtati n t u e f r · h i - trip. but K 1 an th _ s h ed he pr blem like thi~. N . wm n built a trailer on a Jed and Tob i ullin,....... it ,,~ith hi Tractor « ({ » » On D · em r 9th, ~lr . Ll rd I ves- ter a ~ ..,ed awav at the Hay v " i Ho - pital. _ Ir . I r.:e .ter had · een ill f r ~ometim . The · ulphite Department extend ympathy to LI yd and hi familv. (( C< » )) \Y ·are ' ·ery alad to, ee E ugene \ a r­ren ba k on the job, E uaene ha been in the rmed Forces for almost th ree year . \·e " ·ekome him back t o Cham- • pwn. • « « )) » Reigh croga who ha been out from work for the past three or four Vi.-eeks ha:- returned to work. (( (( )) >> T here seems to be quite a number of men on the ick list at th is writing, Fred Nle~ e r, J a rne \ arren, Ralph Smith, F. \ . P ope. Vve hope these men will be back vvith us soon. . JViUt'a n, Thcr .:eem · t b<"qui" ofliv"'- t k t a lin o- • n , n " i th t h m n h r in he Sul1 hi te D 'P ttm nt. J o Evans. l u ht a · v,; fr m L ' Pric , J ccm· to h v a um ul · t d q uit a bit f irn- ·i n m n · du rin his ~ in. tl crml! l f rrcc, and th is i .hat h u ~ d L pay f< r th w. e ha n t · en a le to ount his rn n y as ·et. Hulin ' Ca" y ' as and Bill '1 ranth am ju ~ t ·cha nged co · s. but Bi ll ay" that " a 'ey' did not I ·t b im ha,-e the ir pump- which 'Ca ey ' u · d to pump his w up with . { ( ( ( )) )) YVhen T hurman Green sold his 1944 rop of toba cco (whi ch Mrs. Green produced) , it -eems that Mrs. Green aa reed to let Thurman celebrate a lit­t le. but while he was celebrating she talked him into the notion of buying her a living room suite. This year Thurman, took his tobacco to market before the sales started, he said. "I hear a fur coat mentioned, but I will not be caught again." (( (( )) )) We wish every one a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. OUR SICK Jim Hipps, a Book ~1ill employee, is in the Norburn Hospital. \Ve hope that he will soon recover and return to his job. » • « • .rvirs. Grover C. Smith, who has been on the ick li st for sometime, has re­turned to work. » » « « William D avis (colored), who has · been out on account of sicknes i im­proving, and w hope he wi II ' OOn be - \vell. .--. --. Betty Lou Holland. dauqhter of Mrs. Mar­qaret Holland and the late Eaton Holh;rnd~ T-:{1c? nty-ei ght l\1rs. Billy Haney. ,,· ho wa n the , ick ]i ·t for a few Ia) ha returned home from he hos pita l { eling much better. (( f ( }) )) Iyd Ho y, Jr., wa$ <- n the , i k li, t for a I w days re -·mly, but i .imr r · \·- • mg. « )) )) Jet r Ma rtin h;-ts bet:n nur in th ~ flu, but is able to be c,ut a -rain. « (( )) ) I Don A. Nl Berty, in th -. cngin ee rin .,. d f artment, ha ~ return d h me follow­ing an peration for hernia . r Iarg. ret \Ya rrC}1 in the \rood Yard Pfc. Walter A. Blazer. somewhere in 'france. Pfc. Blazer has been overseas two yecus. Office wa flu, but ha out a few day wi h the ret 1 rned o work. (( (( )) » P ete Ni ann ha - returned t work fol­lowing a short illne . ( ( (( ) ) )} R. \V. Schull , a si tant uperintend­ent of the Soda-Sulphate mill wa on the sick li t a few day recently. Glad to see him back on the job. (( (( )) >> :NI. B. Hyatt has returned to work after a few de: ys absence on account of sickness. Deliv er me> 0 Lord, from that evil man, my elf.-Brook . ' Wayne 0. Lankford returns back to the Boarcl Mill ~achin:::s, ~ n Monday; July 23, 1945. • • Book IVIill Observations--- By Fred Da ·ton Here's wi hing each ;1nd every reader of THE Lo a most pro perou :\e\ Year. ((C)))) The Ch ri ·tma · season, with all it good cheer. \a · made happier becau e of the Yast number of boys already re­turned to their home ' from foreign :-;ervice. \Ye are glad to \ elcome them <.. home and back to their respective job·: but a 'ad th ught mu ·r creep in at thi · time. anJ that i · the thought that orne of the bo,·s \Yill know home and lm·ed one- no n;ore. Chri tmas at home would have been ju ... t a dear to them, but Fate played them a differ­ent part. (( « » » 1 can't under tand \Vhat is getting wrong with the most of us. \Ve wi h for snow-for different reasow-but when it come, we will not ,-enture out into it any farther than we are forced to go. In former time- a now meant a rabbit hunt, but now it means we just hunt for a warm place. « " )) )) Sickness i~ Yery predominant in our rank . Abbie Robinson ha been trou­bled with arthrit1 in his feet; (bi(7 place to_ have it.) Robert Kelley work~ ed a hlft or t'Yo with him then com­pl~ ined about hi hand hurting him. a1d he had to wa ~h Abbie's feet to keep him in a good humor and had cau ht that arthri i . \Ve are glad, hv\"e\ er, that Johnson Smith and Clin- ------------------------ Cpl. R chard H. Lowe-ry. son of Mr. and Mn. Morrta H•nry Low•ry of Canton. Ia aomewhere 1ft ltcdy. ton Hardin is bac;k \·ith us. They had been out from work for quite a time. (( (( )) )) 1 nco me tax returns are now in order. It ecms ' trange that we will wait until the middle of 1\.farch. to start filling them out then be in ·uch a hurry that vve on ly half do the job. ((()))) ,\fter the fir ·t of another year we begin to think and plan for our spring ga rden. Let's tart earlv and avoid ' the ru sh. (( (( )) )) Among the service men that have re­turned the past month are: Rink Bla­lock, Jim Paxton, Guy Stamey, and Speck Queen. \Ve sure are glad to have them back. (( (( )) )) \Vitb joy and grief mixed up on every sid e, in every walk of life the fol­lov. ing poem seemed very suitable: TOY AND GRIEF • It takes two for a kiss, Only one for a sigh; Twain by twain we marry, One by one we die. Joy is a pa rtnership, Grief weeps alone ; I\1any guests had Cana, Gethsemane had One. By Frederic Lawrence Knowles. INCREASE YOUR PAY THE AGE SERVICE WAY The following li st of employees re­~ ently received a five per cent increase 111 pay, Jue to five more continuous yea rs' service ·with the Canton Division of The _Champion Paper and Fibre ~ mpany. \Vith each fi ve years' serv­~ ~·e the employee's wage is increa sed f1ve per cnt. Harold Haynes -· Th lma Lanning Charle:, Robin son . annie ~tiles S. E. B urrcll 0. H. D vl in \'alser llaw in ~ Hubert Parker 1. H. ~~l ed f o1d R. L. S cphtnson \V. P. Sw~fford j c..;-,c Bro n .\. Has. ic ~1( or· 5 to 10 y ars 5 to 10 year 5 to 10 years - - StolOyears 15 to 20 year 15 to 20 years 15 to 20 years _ . 15 to 2 year: 15 to 20 y ars 15 to 20 ears 15 to 20 y·a r · 20 to 2 ye:.tn; 20 to 25 year · 'J'h fit t and b ::.t vic nry i · to on­quer elf_; to be c mquered by self i , of all thtng the mo"t h m ful and v1le.-Plato. Pfc. Wallace S. Knight, U.S.M.C., is Mrs. Knight's third son in service. His two brothers. Adam Knight Jr .• has recently been discharged from the Air Corps, and Pfc. Vernon Knight. Air Corps, is stationed in California. --------------~----------- - INFANT DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. GEORGE INGLE DIES The infant daughter of 1\fr. and ~Ir . George Ingle passed away on Decem­ber 17th at the home of her parents. following a short illne~s. . he con­tracted diphtheria and pas ed away-with in a few day~ . · A. M. MEL TON DIES A. l\'I. l\Jelton die I at his home in the Dutch Cove section of Ha vwo0d County, December 22. F44, at 3:30 P. l\L ~Ir. l\l[elton \Va · a member o( the Cham pi n Old Timers' Club. but had been . ick for a number nf rears. H was buried in the Cemetery at R.id _ ~,va Church in Bun'ombe Coun­ly. Pvt. Carrol W. Scott, aon of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Scott, and friend. Pvt . .Elbert Kinq .. Both are eomewbere in lhe Pbllipplnes. Twe11.ty nine Time Of Ice R · Tht '· nb . " Ul t J F or Loui ·c a ,-a a in, en h > • w girl dl' enn· her be u.-e , he hJ , h r ~ . Chri tma. shopping OYtr ' ' ith. \" ild took a fe" J : ' ~ off t 't het .· h~._l pin<r d ne t . FJm,e nl · h i \', 'Jti n 1his m nth and rep rted back t \ rk ·ith a I a c k e. · e : It's , t i 11 a m ·:: t , rv-. « « I\Iildr d rcr the week- n t in • t­lanta and re1 rt-' a ,,. ndl!dul time. « « )) \' ,1i: ~ · a.n e from the ffi -e. but knm · :he i- off { r .!..._. . od cau ·e-her husband h1.:; returned from the .. Arm · and re ·eiYed hi- di ·bar e. « « ) G neva certainly ha a parkle about her in e G ne arri\·ed in t \·n. ~ ath­er 'U tell- u ~ her brother i: in t . \ • are happ · { r you b th. . Out . i ~ li--t indn k I: I' I in-. I Lucille, \ nn ~ Lc-, 'l!ld l' .1 •c- ,dl \' i t h i n fl u '117 . I t i s ~ nnJ l r ) h .t \ ~ids b rk \ith tJ. « (t ) . /'.II.' . fJ Ill ., 1l Tic:tt\ clnd Jildr'd lnullCI Ollt wh f • "~ l ildr 'Li 1 ier-e'' did. hut th · ju t ''on't ·nlight ·n 11s on hat uhj L. 'ome on rra]~ t ·II lL' al cut it. (((())) El:linc~nd ill??? « (( ) , \'hat \H uld we gi rls do if we didn t ha,· l\lr. \" orley to dane for us, , "r­tic t lauJ1 { r us. and Nlr. \VilJ to kcer us in Candy. \:\ hav' ur ann ual C'hri ·tmas part ' on the 19th and plan t hav .-om news next month . We can hardly wait t "sink our tooties" in the 17 pound turkey and open our ''Pollyanna' presents. BR EF ENCHANTED MOMENT (The Charlotte News) The big flakes didn't I a t long but while they ifted silentl) o\·er the city, floating earthi\ ard in gentle, swirling pattern-, the~· brought a fragil, mo­ment of enchanment. The world ~ v;·ork went untended; the to"\c'\U stood at the window, absorb­ed hypnotized. The now, as it always does, blanked out ugliness, touching familiar and un ightly landmarks with pure beauty, smoothing out harsh lines, moulding tortured angles into • weepmg curves. And, briefly, the gentle snow touch­ed the spirit of the town , kindling an inner warmth to offset the cold out­side. There was a strangeness about it, a feeling of high adventure, the fellow­ship of a shared experience. A great, soft curtain came down, shu ting out the sacred pa st and the terrible future, leaving only the morning, an island in the ru shing current of time. P eople miled for no go d rea son; strangers topped to talk; m ori ts swung their doors o e wide t wei­come tranded pedestrians and p des­trians, without invitation, put a houl­d r t stalled automobiles; for a tender moment the broth rhood of man b - came a fact. Sleet replacing the wirling whit trac f the now ith gray diagonal ·, ended th illu ion. Ugliness sprang into sharpe f cus, enchantment curdled into annoyance. The town withdrew from the window, muttering over a lo Thirty • morning, brooding over a dwindling coal pile. The long chain of little prob­lems, stretching back .into yesterday and forward into tomorrow, settled back into place binding the town to earth again. And now the enchantment of the morning is lost forever, dispelled by the red noses, the cold feet, the so re backs, all the intimations of mortality that greeted this day. The town is shackled again, rooted to earth until another winter's first snow bring it fleeting release, touching the s ul of man with it's ancient, white magic. Lab Notes-- We wish to welcome Hazel Rams y, j(Jhn Barns, John Brande t, atHl Dan Tate ba k to ork. Jc hnny Bull has b en ut sick { r th pa t two or thre · day bu i n w ba k at work fully rt." o red. Hi a wad a Rogers va · out i k f >l' a few cJayt> this mo11th, but i n w b·1c u work all ela[ ·d ov ·r th tcl •gram frum ;udgl'r • yin, I \a. · in the , tates and \voul1 b~ h nn · &o Il. Th sn w we ha · had thi month ha. b ·en both rin.,. ur ast she-ville commut r t m , but th · ' m n­aged to there with 1 tt , nd r - I y di a re ing a to h w he tri w s made. Neal B. Hipps, S 2·C, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Bennett Hipps. Route One. Canton, N. C .. is now stationed at Norfolk Navy Yard. Ports-­mouth, V a., after finishing hh basic traininq last June at Bainbridqe. Md . Clint \Villiams '"-'as on vacatir1n thi · month. He reported a " od time. vVin Price has been all ·miles lately -could it be bee a use he i- expecting George home any day. That' all for this month, o until next it's o-long from the Lab. • -. . James Paul (Jimmie). two months old son of Cpl. and Mrs. William Paul Chambers. N phew of Jim Chambers, Book Mill roll stor· aqe. ' • Pulp Drying------------.....- By Cla·vton ]J.{iller Admiral Flal v is l nown to ha e • aid " . man has two end · that h c:an u.:: ; his h ead or his , eat. }\if an­in )· heads you ;vin-tails y u 1 se." )) )) (( (( Tho e ba ·e J'i1ost re cn.tlv wel-er il1 ·d badr fr in th ervice · f u r t'".ncie ar ' Alf t"ed v,;an..,er, C. C. Lovv- . v ery. Care ' Sheppard. L e ~ a fn ey, Fred B lden and Harry Snyder. }) )) << (( . L k .a h ad. to that day when H ogan c:tn a gam recite: The spring has ~p run g, the ras5 ha . n z. I wonder here th m flowers is. » }) « (( :\. J. J a k on and hi l rathe r Sax­ton (Ba lo~.n a) are both ba k at work aft er a weeek of illness. lyde Limbo, 0 . D. R u·~eU , H. D. I rael Howard etzer and \Vile hook (\Vill ie the bake) \Vere also out at that time. Could be-a ame of card . ~ )) )) (( « E. 'T. Ford vent huntino- ( 'and he did ride ) but all he o-ot wa~ wet and hungr. , until . The firs t night in hi crude hunt1n lodge he wa , awakened by a blood cu rdlinO' squal fr m up on the roof. Needle s to say Ford (in long handle- ) jumped ou t of bed, rabbed hi ... trusty gun and made s1.~ift exit out the door and for the wide open space . His knees were hammer­ing up and down o hard that the Vib ra ion relea ed the hammer on the erun, causin"' 1t to di scharge in t he crook of his arm, accidently kill ina · a wild cat which came tu mblin off the r . of. T he gaun ray kit y fell to the very feeL of JJ 'n Qu ixote 1• ord. . ~DW , Readll\q Lef1 to Right: Clayton Burnette, C· ean Perk.er. Mts. Parker. Miss Jones, and G~rqe Smathers. This blac::k a.nd white photo dGea not re'V'e;al torue color. c;ons.equently, we cc:r.~ only wonder it the hat w-orn by Mr. i>arke.r la pbtk. Perhap-s Douq Wo.~cn: c-Qn enU<ibtefl us on this. that s the way t'he story goes. We do knovv ·that he did · bag a wild cat be­caus he shm d us a picture of himself b !ding the kill. )) )) « (( .... arv had a littl · lamb It~ fleece was black as soot A1 d v ry v.rh !'e that ~dar y went His oty foot he pt1t. --·------~----------- E. B. Items-. .......___ By Floyd Gillis rdr. Phillips: At ab ·ut this sea on of the year it ·i ~ n ·:ttoral that are inclined to not only thinlr bad over the past year b-ut veT the many that most of us have spent ·inc \·ve joined up with and became a pa rt of Champion. Vl e \;vell remember the period of time that is often referred to as the depre ion, but there has been so dang many depressions that we some times ·wonder which one they mean. ·I know you rerne.rnber seeing all the storages fu ll of pulp and paper lots of t imes and yo,u would wonder how much longer you would have a job. During those time$ mi llions of men would be ·walk­ing the streets in most part s of the country hunting for a job t hat could not be found. Some how or other t he m·anagement of ur concern has always been able to manage in some way to keep us all at work, and to have our money ready on pay day. l\lfr. P hillips, do you think t11at that was just a kind of acci ­dent or do y ou think it wa. just dern ''0 d managjn' ? I b -liev" that vv alL appr iate the many o . an I fin · things that have com to us thr uugh that kind of man­a in a lot mor J than w oft ·n e. pr s;.;. 1 se t ) -. ier to grow·l abo n Jme 1m.aginary thing than t xp rcs our appre i· ti n for th thi£ g, tha w hav been o. mu h 1 s, ed with . \Vc wi sh w ta ·this mea ns >f thank­in r th H( ~s i1 our bmall way for h , L any fin · thin ' he ha J on f r ,,. dqri ng the. pa. t ·ar and io pl 'dge our t:ry b ::.t ) iJ~ er-rtir n f h!,.!tt ·r thin q du rin~ the · a i1 ~~ year . r\nd 1r. J hilli1 , we wi s1 . Jr ymt pe . onally a h ~tppv · 'hris u ~)c-t :-. ~t n I a 1 rof>pe ou , · '\V 'e ar. •loyd Gi ll i ~ . Fir t 1\T utc11'i ~ t : 1 ! c tlw bl':wri< s · c;[ h · C(llll! rysid . S• ~mJ: So do J. , S m :tiiJl ' !'> l .f.:.rJ \'c 'em a lift. R. A. WILSON- Lost In BllU:no·re Forest Finishing News __ _ ((Polly') vVe mi ss l\!Ir. tv1a rtin so much he can hardly afford to be away from work b ca use of iUne s, and w a re all glad of his recovery . ({ « » }} ~!Ir. Fairbroth er s reat as sortment offriend, are happy t have him back home with the Champion, and a u ual w e.rpect him any where at an · time. • (( (( )} }) Loui a Sm.ather ~ i n \ 1Ic . m il Barr tt and ' ith all ur ooo i v\rishe . ne f 1;Jr. Hu h Bu rr ll's favorite s ns :i enj yin a furl ucrh from the S uth Pa i.fi . « (( 1) )} l is \; Trlght cxp · l s h r hush nd home v ry a fte r 1 any n'\( nth s' ·erYicc . v ·-r \:.as. (( (( }.) )) Sy bil . .[ Jf r l j ~ t h~ hr.i df' on th , rting lin lticky husba1 L very new · ·t and \'h t a ( { )j )} . r ( LC H. n 'r n j ,~ V ' c: ationin fr m th .: ~' llir 1 )i n .., ffi ·e~ h ut Kat • . 1 [ ' - w ·s <1 v r bu. v o-irl. • • ----------~------- ' I' n1 r· z · ab< ut l' ur wif , _ T, ..J. av- • • ish , a nd if y w'll let nt h vc h -~r Ill pay you h .r wei g-IH in g 11.'' ''Let m~ · h ~t\'L' ~· f tl"v· iir: t.' ''To rhink i m" r r· . . ·• \: ), to Lttt ·n h ·r UJ .'' T hirt) -071t! THE ' ' Good ole Hou ton is a cit-v of many. moods: Lan uorou in the deep urn-mer; amphibious under a udden rain­,. torm, with atomic thunder rolling o ·er the prairies; my ~ te ri ou behind a veil -of thick foo : fre hand charmin in the spring time.' Tonite there a brilliant Texa moon wimming in the butter­milk clouds m:er the shado\;vy bayou­a drizzling rain i falling - there's a da h of chill in the '"rind and Houston is indulging one of he r moods. )) )) {( (( :tv{r-s. K. is abed with a ~ eve r e case of pneumonia, :rviiss K. is exi led to her grandparent and the writer is dou­bling this Sunday nite a nur e, tele­phone answerer1 new no-rato r, maid and woodchopper SD if our readers wi ll pardon us th i month -vve' ll indulge one of our lazier moods and just fill t hese columns with odds-n ' -ends of news tiGlbits we've tucked away in ou r men­tal (f) file during the past th irty day . )) )) « {( vVe were chattin with .1i tub Cal-in Cline the other · evening and fin ­ally asked, "Calvin, h w the devil do you stay o you na? '-C- Ivin 's 97 years of a e you kn w-And Calvin ca mP ri ght back v.rith "1\.Iistub K oury. whc 1 J \'ork s, I w rks hard; when I sits, 1 it loo e; an' wben I'\ orri s I g · to ' ' I ,, seep. Jt }) (( (( And H. H. P atter n who o u ~ht to know, tells us th at a fiohtinO' plane en­ine bura up it O \~fl weight. in o-a o­line .,·e ry. t\'\0 hours. » )) (( (( Y u Champions and Championettc would P!a e be n miaht r p roud to Thirt · -two c • • am raton amt HOUSTON DIVISION B) A . 1\![. Koury hear the compli mentaty remarks Mr. Robertsqn addressed to you thru Mr. Crute when . he visited the mill late in November. He was verv- enthusiastic about the cleanliness of the entire · plant, the obvious teamwork of all Charnpionfelks in maintaining our production pace despite all wartime difficulties and restrictions and he was most proud of the pleasant spirit and. the friendly "Howdys/' he felt and heard as he toured the mill. · \Vith all the rock-throwing and dissention being felt throughout our nation these clays between various factions in the so-call­ed " labor-management" tus sle, most of us, I am su re, appreciate the atmos­phere of mutual confidence, mutual in­terests and friendly coope ration in which Championfolk do their daily . stint:. Happy to hav ·had vou with u · 'l\t1r. P"'obert on and met hinks the gang is gonna' ha\·e thinas rolling so