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The Log Vol. 31 No. 03

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  • Between 1914 and the late 1960s, the Champion 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.
  • ___ ,.- \ cHAMPIO • A R C H • I 9 4 8 . ,. I • ' / / I I CAL SKILLMAN, Editor NO. ~· • The Champion Paper and Fibre Company General Offices Hamilton, Ohio MILLS AT: HA,MILTON., OHI.O HOUSTON, TE.X,o\S CANTON. NORTH CAROL-INA SANDERSVIL.LE. GEORGI A • G. W. Phillips, Editor Emeritus Editorial Advisors: REUBEN B. ROBERTSON, JR., DWIGHT .1. THOMSON HAMlLTON · R p t Divisional Editor - Ray Garrett e or ers 'Henry Al.exand.er , Joe Blevens, Mary Cam pbell, Wesley Cobb, Hud Dunla.p, Ed.gar Farmer, Hugh Kirkpatrick, Ken Moore, :Marrrar.et 0 borne, Helen P.ierson, Ruth Raquet, Otto Reid, Bob Schatley, Georg.e Steiner, Bill Thorn psGn • . CANTON R P e o·r t ers Di·~ i io-na1 Editor- James Deat.on Ann Aiken, Ralph Cooke, .Mary Davis., Fred Daytob, F red Ferguson, Flpyd · Gillis, Ralph Goforth, F.Jaitte Goolsb. , . Clyde R. Roey, Jr., Ernest Me. sser , I~'aye Mill~r, Carlton Peyton, Gwendolyn Plemmot1,s, K atherhw Plemmons, Dods Plott, Jim Qu.eeu, Nornta "l'olJ •• Reno, .J. E. Slaughter, G. C~ Suttl es, Graee 'l'all nt. HOUSTON ' , Divisio-nal Ed'itott- Stewart Jone, tH!porte-rs · ·. 0 is E11is, Sam Ellis, F'red Ji'uttlei': ' , Sa.n1 Gard, Norn1 ~1 Hacke-r, Ot.to Wager , Emma Wt>s.tl.rrook, li'l'ank Winter . SPECIAL REPORTERS Paul Craig, The Pilot Heporter Gladys E. Hodges, Sandei'Sville WiUia.m R. Fowfer, A rtj t · Wesle~· Cobb, What's Ntlw On 'fhe f'arm DQrot.hy Rosencrans, Ge.-t€-ral Office IN T B IS ISSUE GE1 ER L Dl VfSJON NE,,V. · ( > ff W i Lh the 0 J d ....................................................... ,.~................. 1 Can trHJ 0 1< l 'l 'im .r!) , ......................................... " .......................... 2 Capta in of the S.hi p ................................ ----·--· .................. . ...... 6 A Trip Behind f.J1.e Scenes ..................................................... 7 From Lhe Editors ........ ....... .............. .............................................. 8 A Repon lo Shareliolders ............................... , ..................... 9 Harn.ilton's R en10de led Cafeler ia ..................... -............ }() Boy Mee ts Girl .................................... .............................. -. .............. 13 VVhat's New on the Farm ........................................... ........... .14 Pix Strips ......... ............................................................. , ..................... ... 14 Jim-Jam Jamboree ................................. ........................................ !~ P ire ps ........... .............................................................................................. 16 Dayton EditOrs Visjt Champion .......................................... 17 Hamil Lon Bowlers .......................... ............................................... 18 Canton Athletic Banquet ....................................................... 19 A Friendly Champion .............................................................. : .. 20 DIVISIONAL NEW'S Rami 1 ton ................................................................................................. 22 Can ton .......................................................................................................... 34 Houston. .............................................................................................. ........ 44 OUR. l:OVER Pll:'fURE t • 4 • O u r cnw:r picture thi.:; n. toHth s mbolin:;s th , prC'&"n ta t t()n of tho J)CW tan lanl it ''d Fi ·, Ten and Fifteen ) ears S.er ic E n1blenJ,s n<n in the proc.c s o[ distributiou a L a.ll d ivisions. OFF WITH THE OLD ON ITH THE NEW Champion -26S7 of them from all division - of Th Champion Paper and .Fibre Company will soon be proud­ly hov. iug to their fellow employees and frjends their new Service Emblem . - ln the y ar 19.36, the Hamilton divi ion of Champion st.."lrted th practice of presenting a service a" ard to each emplo ;ee a they compl ted th ir fifth, tenth, or fifteenth ear of Champion employment. The Canton and Hous- • t n di ision - inaugurat d the same plan in 1941, but did not adopt the same de ign of pin as that used in Hamil­ton. It -oon becatne evident d1at a standardized award plan wa desirable. At the first conference of the Indus­trial RelaLiori.s departments from all division , hdd at Lake Logan, North. Carolina, in 1941, the adoption of a ~ tandard design wa - di u eel and recommended for c;tud . World War II cau ed th-e discontinuance of the lndustriaJ Relations Confer.ences and it was not until 1"947 that the adoptiol'l of a tahdard service emblem was again on the agenda for discussion by representatives frotn aU di isions. NEW DESIGN ADOPTED AN UNIDENTIFI'ED EM.PLOY&E - - - At that meeting, nine design were submitted and after careful study of mer­it and eye-appeal, the fi­nal design for Champion's new Service Emblem was selected~ The pin or ·but­toh selected· represents the cho•jce of the majority.'Dis­t r i b u t i o n @f the Q.ew awards i.s now in proces-s at all divisions. is t e first to pl~tce the new SEJI'V· iee Award i~ the cea.t lap-el. . The ne-:w fi v:a year em-blem i~ made of bronz.e with the n111.meral 5 in a back­gn:) und of .ed enamel. The ten year pin is of silver wi!b the numeral in an enamel background of green . The - ten year emblem as llown on the cover of mis copy o'f THE I..-0(;- indicates a white ba; ltground for the num,er­aL When the £ir t sample J.>in were made h was vidt:tu that a greau:~ rontrast of col0rs than pr:ovided by silver • THE OLD AND THE NEW-The round pin, pictured above in the upper left, is the award previously used at the Houston and C a nton divisions. The oval pin in the center is the old pin of the Hamilton division. The new -service pin is $hown in the lower rrgl\t. The com- - . - parative size of the new pin is not exactly !IS the picture might indicate as that pin is nearest the camera and therefore appears larger +han H really is. • ' on white, was needed and the enamel was changed to • green. Engravings for the cover were completed before the chij;_nge. The fifteen year award is gold with the nun1,b-er inclicating _years of service in a field of blue. AJl awards :for women aTe ma.de as pins 'and those for · men are· but tons. I . . The new awards will be giv-en to every employee of the various service groups regardless of the .fact that they have previously received a pin or button of the old de­sign. 2687 Champions are to receive the new a·ward, divided as follows: 1271 five year employees, 1251 ten y;ear employees and· 869 fifteen year employees. OVER 31,000 YEARS OF SERVICE This group represents over 31,000 years. of Champion -employ..ment, for if we consid r the employee in each service group as having: served the minimum numb r of ye-ars to enter the group we would how 3Q,900 years o£ servi-ce. Attually many of the 2687 Champions have ma:re • I I • ' ; ! I \ ! I I RH IRIN'G PReSto·ENl- T. C. All~n. cbarf~r member cf Old Hmers dub &nd retiring presr ,_....-_....- dent llJ.f . tbe group, is shown respcmdJng to H. A. Helder'& address of we!eomt. OE.EP INTEREST- Show·ing deep interest in the entertainment. pr<ogra m' a·re Reuben B. Robert­son, Jr., left, Or. Logan Robertson., ce11ter and Dwight Tlhomson. They were listenin-g to 'clole cords of harmony. by the "Sons of Song, " Negro quartet of Asheville. / · ' I I l H. A.. HELDER, Canton Division Ma nager, delivering add ress of welcome to incoming club mem­bers. ~~ e> CHOW LINE- J ·lmmie Smif·b i.n a charade.ri stic -pose. as he eye-s the cfrow line in Y lo b by. • OLD TIMERS ENJOY ANNUAL PARTY HELD IN CHAMPION Y. M. C .A. GYl\f More than 300 member of the Champion Old Timer club enjoyed their annual party at Champion Y.M.C.A. January JO with Reubei). B. Robert on, Pre i lent of The Champion Paper and Fibre Company, a bast. Fifty- three Ch ampions were eligible fox mentber hip in the club this year making a tot.al enrollnten t of 356 employees who have om.pJe ted rn:ore than 25 years oJ continuous service with Champion . . H. A. H Jder, Can ton .Div.i:s.ion 1'\ilanager, d:e bv.ered the addxess of welcolU.e, an l T. C. Allen, of R. «md A. Department, gave the res.pon · • • SIN.SING DUET- belo.w - -Mi ss Mary Louise Cannon. oJ Main Offoce S·taff, and Walt-e r C:owart o:f Chemical Labor<tlor<Y Staff, sa.ng tw·o due ts clud ng· the e n·tertainmen t program. Their Aumb ers were " Tea for Two" and "B¥ the li ght of. th Sll.,.ery Moon.'' 1 lN SERVING LI NE- •Ret~ben B. llobe.rhon , Jr. , En c u~we Vic..e Preside-nt qf Champion, is sho"''n at ceA~ e r in this pl,o o as lie passed thr-augh serving Hn~ in lobby. Reuben spoka b riefly to J;lup Jlll!m b-.r duting· the p rogram. 2 • ADDRESSES GR•OUP- D.wfglit J .. Thom­s ·on., Vice President of Ch-ampion of General 01fices, Hamilto·h, is sk'own s~a~ing before members of Cham. pion Old Tlrners club. ' 'I"ULL ~IST-EI~S- Tull Ja':"ison, oight, r.efired <;:hamp1on, 1s. not a lways on Hie ' 'talking " Sid! . of the program. Here he Is shown l.h­t~ n!n~ to story of D ~ G. Young, of Charnplon"s Fmrs tung area , Reuben R Robert on, J r., E.'ecutive Vice-President, and Dwight J. Thorns n, Vice-President, of General OHice ·, also spoke br iefly during the program. G. "'\!alter Phillip wa n1aster of ceremonies and pre­ ·ent d all peakers and program entertainment features. :\frs . .B n Grube upervi ed the dinner menu featuring roast t 1rkey. J1e \a a-- isted with the serving by many dau~hter of Champion and ladies employed in the Ma:in OHice and other departments of Champion. Tu ll Jamison Jurnished much humor for the program ·wjtb .. Tull' Tale ." Decorations were the nlo-t elaborate ever attempted in conne<:tion 't'>rith t,he e annual parties. TWO OLD TIMERS - Ar~ shown here as they w.alted for d inner hour i·n Y lobby. Henry Hoyle, of Champ'ion. Ti urse ry, left , and Torn Mason, retired. Champion' Pre. ident delivered the principal address f the e ening and pre · nt ed ernblems to the follo,ving inroming memben. ' IN JOVIAL MOOD -Reuben B. Robertson· Pre side nt of The Cllam­pion Paper . and Fibre Company, is show~ (right center) greeting the "boys" just before dinner hour. .He shook hands many times befor!l_ dinner was served and t hat pleasant srnlle always greeted Old Ttmers. He ls su rrounded by many O ld Timers who ca n be identified in this informal photo. •·sopqs 'OF "SONG'' - Thts q ua ~tef from Ashevil l·e drew rvc~ applaus~ witb . several .Negro. spirituals they sang n close harmony dur1ng the ftnal m1nute.s of the- b,;~nquet Pl'o-gt a.m. MADDAFORO TRIO ·furnished th.e music. At mike is Rob11rf Madda·ford and his daughter, Mrs. Franc es Mad­daford lrHndman. At the p iano is Mrs. lina Cata lina Maddaford. • ......__ - ·- / . \' , I l ' • • ' ' • ,. r .· ·-· ' -. . . ~ •· • UNUSUAL MIN IA TU RE- This attractive miniature of Old Timers cutting wood with cross cut saw with Old Timer lady seated on pile of wood at left, drew much interest from Old Timers attendin~ the ann ual banquet. SURROUNDED - Reuben B. Robertson is surrounded by Old nmen in this pre~dl n ner shot . Smiling ly, Fred Trull, of Steam and Power Depa rt ment, 9 reet.s Cha mpi-on's President, left center. Happy Sm., the ~s , Loyd Re no, Lerch Worley, Vent Haynes and many ofha-rs als-o wer.e in on the "greetin9s." MASTER. MECHAN1C - C. l. Wes-tmQreland, Champion's masfef me-cha nic, left, liste11 ~ o Mad Harkins, Ch<'l'ropion pai nter, who ~11 p,resses hi-mnlf with eyes dose-d a nd thumb up, • " William Mark Auberry, Dan C. Brown, Oscar Lee Brown, John Ray Byers, Arvil R. Carver Car] Long Case, J. M. Cavanaugh, Ben G. Coleman. G. R. Davis, R . S. Dennett, Sam C. DevliH, Williatn C.a lvin Earley, Ar­thur J. Ford and Lyda P. f'OTe. William M. Haney, McKinley C. Harkins, \Viley V~n· ~on Haynes, Grover R. Hyde, John P. Jane·, Sam Gillner Lee, J. T. Lovin, T. L. Mas~m . L. E. McGowan., ·vv. C. Mease, \N'illiam H. Messer. Joseph Western Milner and William Burpee Norris. Roy Robert Owen, Ernest Allen Owenby, J. Marvin Pless, Allen C. R owe, Oscar S. Scott, R. K Scroggs, Charlie Jacob Setzer Sr., Ira P. Sharp, Martin C. Ship-­man, Girdwood W . Srnathers. Leonard Carroll Smith. L TELll NG TALE- In the backgro~,~nd, left t•o rig ht, are Owi9hf Thomson, Dr. Lol}an Rober-ts-on, of Nerburn hospital, · and RetJben B. Rob11rbon, host to 0 1d Timers meet. They are show_n listen~ng with $miles to speci.al "tale" e'>'ide-ntly being told by Allan Gragg, of Steam and Power Dep-artment. O+her Old Timers are in foreground. • • ' FIVE CHAMPIONS ar shown s at d in y lobby. The way th i:llmQra co ugh!· th m, left to tlgh·t, are Lyd·.t Fore, Di!ln Brown Tom Sheppard, Jim Worrell nd W. c: Earley • . . Stamey, D. \N. 1 a lor, Hugh .Richard Ta lor, T he • l1ore Roosevelt Th mpson, J uddie D. Trantham, Eug ue Glenn Trull and Fred L. TrulL Maness McCo, \ .Varren, Silas ndr w vVest. Ed M . I ' i Intyre ·williams.~ Charlie Columbus \ illis, Cecil Ray Worley. J. E. Hall, How ll Blalock and John Sharp. THEY E'NIJOYED PARTY- These four Old Timer$ thorouqhly enjoyed the entire program elon9 with others who aHended. left to right, are Monroe Parris, retired, Frenk Best, J. E. McGee <1nd I, F. Ma'shburn. MANY OLD TIMERS cu be recognized in this serving line $Cene ll'Mp~d in r i ~by · as the grovp filed pad the tabJes of deficious tood. Heari;y smil&s and f;earty appetites were greatly in evidence. lOGAN HEJU! TOO - Or. lo~«~n Rob rt&.On, y~IIJTgeJt on of Cham· pion's p esident, n ~hawn at ex l'e iTH;I eft while OwigM Th:(lm~ . of G~rr·r,~1 OffioeJ, is at Or. logan', left zreetlnv H;{ji'S(fhel Keener, .~~yl WrlJOn, H~U Blu~•~k. D. t. B.il•y .,,. ' o+.h•u ~f tit• Ctnto.ll .Ol•'''etn. ANOTHER GROUP shown here, left to right, are Wi.tlie.m H. Robinson. retired, Luther McAbee and W: Parvin Hall. THREE CHAMPION$ tal~ thi"'9• ov., ft 1 • Y s 19efore dinnor wu et ed. J, M d Willi ros, olde~t 11eflve Ch,Hnpion n pojnt o-f 'er.-ice, Fr-411k " H~ppoy " Smtthet1, witt) is .tnmul hatrm'"" of ¢lttl•tmu Cheer Fund. •nil Allen R"""a • • • • • • ... • • - -_. enetal ,CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP Follou:in-g is m~> e. cerpt fum~ the Addre.s of Champion's _ Presidfrnt Ai·r. R eubrn B. Robert. on . as de.li·ue1·cd lrv him fil. t the anmwl • • • Canton ChnmtJion's Old Timers n~;etting held in the Canto 1 Y1HC . "Fate >H d the hampion Hoard of Dir cwrs ha e p laced me (a Pre ·idem of Champion), in the position of the Caplain of a sh i which ha b "hwe it smo th st:as and slorm seas, knov111 dang-e rs and unkrw·wn danger ·. "The good ship Champi n is a . tat:Jt and lusty hip; with a crew tota lling all tog th r 7,000 workers. All "·orker have th eir dutjes-n ne ar · free riders. In case . he ·h onld go on th ·' r ck of di aster, no doubt sonte of tl1e crew could s~, im ashore to safety-many v.rould be hurt e:riou 1 '-none could escape without some discom­fu- t an d ome hardship. \Ve are all aboard th.e s~une ship - each and every one of us has a vitally important st<lke ia the safe and continuous operation of Champion. ';The chief e.xecutive, Captain or President, as the case may be, n ece, arily feels a deep sense of responsibility not o n ly to t11e members of the crew but also to the investors who provided the funds for the purchase and operation of the ship. "Like the ship at sea, Cl1ampion has its Observers and it Navigators, who gather the information required to hart a course. - . " Paper is a commo.dity of world wide i:qipOrtance ai1d . the n eeded :infonnation as to markets, supplies, compe,t ic tion, Dl}.lSt come from all parts of the world. Canada, . Sweden , Norway, Russia are important sources of supply; England, F-rance, Australia, China are impanant -points of u se. "In the light of the information gathered for us we must d ecide when it is proper to proceed "full spee,d ah.ead", when it is b,etter to move at slow speed and when it is b etter to go into reverse. ''For th past n~v o years ~since t11e war ended), we have been travelling full speed ahead. \Ve h~v~ been busy producing the things we wanted ~luri~1g war-time but bad ro gi·ve up becauS'e of war·~ domtrtatmg demands .. As a r esult of th ese pos-t war efforts we have had the lugbe L rate 0£ emplo~IJTJ.Cnt in tJ1e history of our country. There has been wOTk for e very one that wanted to "v:ork and was ph y$icaJly ab 1 . \ '\! ag; s ha v~ been go_o l and tl.u.re has b een more money avaJlabl ~ J-or spendmg than. cv :r b efore, vVhen rno.:ney is p lentifu l an4 · uppl1es of g~od ~ are limited, p eopl bid agaitL'lt q b ot.h r fur the dung: they \vam aud pri c go up, then (:Os ts go up and soon w · have an i1 Hat-ionary piral and a· tend n y t. ward the faxniliar Boom.l<lnd Bu ·t 'P ri nc whi ch is not good for any ne. "But busines a tiviti ·'s are subj ct w th un i 1d1n.g rules of E on mic Law, soon r or Jar ' r th rising tid ' of bu ines. movement rnnst 1·each its peak a.nd aft r .tl~€ p eak s . era~ thing Cfi:H har,p 1 ~tlt tid· ·an r '~~de or ~t can lc l oH. Smn tunes rr mov g-t';;tdunllr ehJ:VBV t d aqd w ·' call 1t aRe essr?n. S()n-Je lii:n.es ir rnov s v10l ntly do"lvnward and w call Ll a Dcpr tilJ()l) . SMOOTH AlLING J~EST "The hapji s.t re ult:: occurs wh n a high pe~k o-f ac· t) vity lev .ls off inw a mo Hh - a of p enn nen t hJg1l lev 1 • cn.tpk rn:cm with bigh Sl 1 d td:. CJ·1: living, of ecut;it and of cont mm n t. ''Orr the h oriz tl w · n m .ll se su·on " indications that the ~-j , !ng _tid.c of b L in ~ h re<tch ·d i t · peak nd a change .ts 1ll ·1ght W.hcth "r tltc h1.ture holds for us a Itecession . o r a J pres~ i o ,_ or a k ·eli rtg oH, no OJle can n w say ' ith certainty. lt is lif ~s expe·ri nee, however, that mo t of tl e dr i1'able thing have ro be pur based by ef£ort­som times by sacrifice. Th y seJdom an: handed to us a \l free gifts. · · "Whi h c n of rl1 three altern l courses m ntioned will be tl1e -one we a cwa11y experi-ence will rest largely­with the American peopJ th emselves.. If we have unre­. Lrainecl selfishnc: s, with every one grabbing all he am. get fo~· himself, with no thought of the other fellow; if the rn-anufact.ur cr demands t.rhr .a onab!e pr ofi ts1 the Janner excessj ve price , for food, the wage worker mak-e unreasonable wage demands, there i no escape from the "Bust" Lhat will follow tlle present B om. On the other hand, rc8traint, foresight and thr ift, exerd ed by every one of us can check the harmful trend, and .coupled with high producti6n rates, can lead w a more abundant life for everyone. · "vVe all know that the intensely ho tile Ru sian Com­munists believe and -wanr. to b. el ieve. that the American Democracy -cannot exer i ·e the r es traint and contnlJls necessary for this kind of an outcome and c.a.o.not survive. "They count on the chaos or Depre ·sion tog] e them power over American aHa-ir that they could non get in any other way. - OUR BEST EFFORT . ' "Personal interest and the survival of the wa • of lite that we know and love, provide a1nple incen'tive t0 each of Hs to put forth our be t efforts to make the system of p1'ivate en.terprise ·work The danger i real-the de .ired result can come only from team work on a natio-a wide scale. v\Te can and should di appoint tl1e Ru sians. "It is axioma:tic that the whole is equal t.o the sum o( , all its p<rrts. You aod I cons titute only a part of the American eccmomy but ·we of Champion do. con titu~e a substantial part. :VVe n eed not worry aoout the hon ·earnings of other . \tVe should ma~e up our Jn.ind to keep our own ·hou:e in order. vVe should n'1ake Cfuam· pion ~ n oH tsranding cxa1nple oJ tNb.a.t ·an 1 e accomp· lisheGl when good will and itHe.llig nee prevail .in indu · tdal re la tiou -. Our helpful influence tan readily -r ach l:<s~ r be ond the 1 i rni ts of o ur direct a eLi ~~ ir.i ' '. Our part may influ nee rhe w hole. "Chan, p,ion·s oJ'fk ·r · and mploye s he" b an giv 1a the c;1c1s tody 1)[ great roa se of . teel _ on<'rete and bri k, rcpr ·s. ·nting th.e ·a:vimg f liUtn _ thousands of swckh ld· :rs. T hese thitl.g!'.! c n slittHC a oT aL iustrurncmality, not ju. t m.ore inert th.ings lmt r.atli :r to be us d a JU • ns for h Lt r li -ing for all. n o-pportunity has h 'en pla. din 01ttr hands. Human rdati cms ar never stabl b tH a:r a lwa:ys ch , tl 0rin · and " h ope alway gr v.1ing to~ td · uu lcrst<mding. Bm lik 't d l ico.te flower, the u, · d £Otl· ·tant a ttention and patient ca-re. V\. · 111ust not fqr _one m iJ;utt re lax onr [(on or our wat hfulne ._ Ins1d10u nd d stru rive for · ar a.l:wn s 1 r eu t, r · -dy vo xen · their han:n ful in fluenc whencvet we allow ours .lves to we ry hr well d ing·. . ''0J'le f th faults of ri ht t hi11king p -opl is that they n;terimes he itale to ·1aucl 1.1r .aod be ouht cl as vigor­ous adYocate -. of what they believ in, Th. are in­din d ·[Q forget th p.o\ er or example and the responsi­bility of l ad r:ship.'' • ' ,NO fAKE - S.h11rfleff wpports the combined weight of Doug Marsh and ··' Mike' ' Faber - 45-0 pounds - with his " tummy." Dwight Thomson and Stan Newkirk aided 1n the act- add ing their 475 pounds o"f blended a voirdupois a moment later­llnd t.he I 85 pou-nd Snurt l.eff ''toot- it.'' TOP- Shurtleff gives Dough Mar<.sh an ' \tirplane spin." Doug rema.rked, " It didn't hyrt a bit." , BOTTOM- Dwight-Thomson "attempts" to hold the "leg hold " on Shurtleff- "attempts," that is."' A TRIP BEHIND THE SCENES OF TilE GRUNT AND GROAN GAME The Muscle Boy· had their inning . a't the January met·ting oi lhe Hamilton Champion Supervisors' Asso­ ·ario,:n, when B-ertrand . hurtleff, an exponent of ·the groo )me art i the wr stling gaxne, addressed the club tl' ith .:r " ·tur , mLI h to the amu ement of e erycme. l\1r. ' hl:lrtle££, a farmer professiona l football player and among tOp-notchcr.., in pro wrestling circles a few r al . bad, demon trated ·he varjed hold. and tac;;tics u . .ed in h, "paid" grappling garn·c roday, as compared with tho. employed in the amateur rank , Th highUglu of a most entertaining ev ·ning came wben hurtle[£ lifted 220-pound Bong '""Cy'' Mar h into ili O>Zone of d1" American Legion tldit'0Tiurn stage, .and gave the emi- oat Su pervi ~or the thrill of an "a:ir­p. lane pin," while .the awdjen e all but tore down tlr house in hilarity. At on.e .stag - uf the fas -i.natin.g xhibirion, th noted wrr;!stling authority and teacher balan ,.. d. Marsh an I Uuloa.diu.g Sup •rvi r Gordon ":Mik " Fab-er on his 1 tid­, cti n1, while Vice Pr . id nt Dwight T horos0n and Ham:llton lndu trial R Jatioris Mana~.er S an !ewki1·k upported their components in bewilcle.rment. EDITOR'S NOTE T he letter appearing below ,.va~ recently re­ce ived by the Champion General Sales Office and is published as a human int<;re t feature pointing out ·wide spread elSe and rccogn.i tion of Ch ampion paper. Tlle E· 1. ' -CI tor T'he Champion Paper and Fibre Cornpan Hamilton, Ohio '1\Te are employees of the Office o£ Chief of Counsel for the v\Tar Crimes in N uremberg. Our duties include operation of the duplicating equipment. In our work we have found. ·our paper labcll 'd as Printing Off · t 'Vhite I;Jo. 2 g-rade to be ery . ::;a t isfa c:tory and w felt that we sh ould tell 'OU our opinjou. vVe are only two poor hurnb l .FllJ51 · ee bu t p ·rhaps it ·will give 'w some pl a ute ju ·t as nr paper h as be o a plc<.lSUlT to us. . \1\li l~ you please p ardon us for not writing in Engli ·J1 but ur knowl dgc of the hm g u a~ doe:; not 1 eunit w t< n1akc a gooll t r;tnslat ion. Jn ·onclusiol'l , w · · ·LeryJ to your :finn ,. t N 'W V '<~r OLtr ,, .i. he fur a prosp rou busines yea in 19-1' . . He a rLi · t g.r · " t;i n,gs f rum G •• .. • n naD .· . · ' t\ olfgang Heinze C r llard Wolff ' ' . ' • ' ' • ' • ..... I FROM THE EDITORS • Tlte Rigltt Attitude Very Important Co~operation- working together in the interest of all concerned, is the solution to our problems. By G. H'. Phillips • Every business man knows that co-operation between management and employee is the key to success. With­out it, failure is almost cer tain-with it much can be ac-complished. _ The syllable or prefix c~ means together, with, joint­ly; and ·when combined with the word operation, we have the Word co-operation, which means collective ac­tion- pulling to.gether working together .in ha.rmol'ly and accord in the interest of all concerned. Co-operation is the key ·to success in domestic, ~o~ial and business life; therefore, it should be the gtudmg principle in our lives. In the great World War, it played no small part in bringing about final victory for the Allies.- Without it the story of World '!\far II might have· had a different ending. The need for closer co-operation in industry is es" sential.-Helping each other-pulling together-real team­work in the interest of a common goal, is the so·lution to our economic problems. Increased production is the only way to keep the price range within r each of the average buyer. The human body is a good example of co-operation and its importance. When the vanous .organs of ~e human body function properly all is well, but when one or more fail to do its part properly, the whole body suf­fers. The same is tru:e in an organization of workers. When all members of an organization function properly - pull together, take a real inter~st in th ir ~ork-have the right atti t1.1de toward producuon, succ ss ts assured­and all prosp~r toge~her. G_o~ope~ation-t amwor~-pull ­ing together 1S the right attHude m everr enterpnsc. · It is said, idl time and wasted matenal are he great en 'mies of efficient }J od'-:ction. It is by ut~l~zing time and material up to the hrgh st notch of efJJCl ncy that the rate of production i in r ase? and the pe~-tnut cost of production lowered.. Ev ry mmute · mach.me s~ nd idl , incr as :S the burden o exp nsc, and : cry mu:ut a wo1·kman loses at his ta k, 1 ngth ns the nme r qu r d to complete his part £ t.h rnanufa ·tu.r d pr<?du t. . Every employe should t.udy, not an~y ~1s pa~u .ular job but th job ab ad and nore th re.lattOn his wQrk has' to th.at of the other depa.rtm.ent , and t-ry to lit hi labor intelligently into the whole prodll; tion ch erne. -That is the right attitud wward production as a wh 1 ~. Th employee :-vho cle~rly grasps that idea and put;s 1t into p-ractice, wJll very likely. move ahe:ad to a better JOb. 8 GE.NERAL OFFICE NEW By Dorothy Rosencran ONE 0 THE MOST lik.eabl p r ons I have met du in my year at Cbampi n i 1'erle J hn on, General raffi Departm nt. · M rle started at Champion in F~brua.ry, 1929, and in the Billing· De.pa un ~nt. After a tay there: of ome nine years he wa tr.an fe:ned to the ·en ral Traffic Depart· m nt where he ha been ever sinte. Among o t h e r duties there he quotes rates for the chree divisions of Champion and takes care of all passenger res- • ervat1ons . I might add here that this in- • · t e r v 1 e w was aided and a­betted by Dottie ·S.chlenk and Peggy Clements. and wme statements might not be my own. Merle's hobbies consist of hunting, fishing, and bowl­ing. He is a hunter from the word "go" and e pecia:Uy of rabbits, squirrels and pheasants (a big game hunter, I might add). His favorite fishing pot is Michigan. Merle bowls 'with a Champion league at the Fenmont and is President of the Bowling League. He is also an ardent "Reds" fan. When I asked fOl- other outside ac­tivities Merle said he didn't get around much (hoot . from the gals) and that his family was his main hobby (couldn't find a better one th.ey added). His family consists of Bonnie (Mr . Merle), Dale • age 12, who is in his first year at Junior High and on the Honor Roll every month (takes after Mr . J. the girl tell me) and Mary Lou, age 5. ·The family pet-s are a dog named "Sandy" and a kitten referred to as "Putt -Cat" by Mary Lou. .. • • BACK IN OUR MIDST ag-ain for a hort stay i (or was) Albert Kind. Albert is bu_sy workin~ on d~e H~us­ton Project and maybe gone a.gam by the tlllle tlus article cornes out. Anyway, when ever he comes we are ah-.1ays glad to see him. • • HELEN ARGAOIN.E, R uben Jr.' seaetary, ha~ taken a 1 ave of absenc" to get caught up on her hous work. Latest reports are that h is r ally njoyiag ber- 1£ (not all wark- so:me play) .. . . . .. .JOE HUNTER, :En.gineering . D panment, ca~e to :wQx·k January 19 with a broal gnu and a box of ogars. R ason: h became th proud .papa of a ~on bm::n the day b fore. (I h~ve be ,n pronn:ed a box or andy .cause .. [ don't mo~e G:igars' but s far all I have gou. n 1s the mpty pronais - not v '1'1 an empty box!) . .. . . EL IE SlPP, Teletyp s i sporting a diamond on her third firwer, left hand. I do1:1't know who th.e lucky man i (and :f don't have tirn. to find Q\:~t 'cause l am a .daT · la-te in making th " dt:ad-lme a.n.yway) but cou!ITatuJauoru to both of you . As I understand now the date hasn 't been set. . JAMES M. BARRY, of DaUas, managing di­rector ~f fhe Texas Credft Union League c o m p I i m e n te d the Champ·ion group on the su:ccessful way in which they have handied their act.ivities. BAD WEATHER FAILED t'o ~ee p i hese members of the Houston Division at home when the Cham~ion Em_ployees' Federal Credit Union he ld .its a·nn ua l meeting in Janua ry. A repre­sentative portion of the mem bership turned out to review 1947 progress. and discuss policies for t he coming year. OUVER STitES, right, was the ludy winner of a new Stew­art- Warner radio w·hich was pr.e.St?;nte.d as ,-,a doot prize at the Cl'edit Unio-n meeting. Pau-l Smith, ·e·ntertainment thakman for the even ing , made the award. CRH:>tT UNION OFFICIALS for 1948 at the Houlton Divis-ion in· elude the member$ shown in this plctuN>. Front row, Jeff to right~ Judin Thi!!y.e.r, D.C . Thompson, Paul Smith, Back row, l.eft f,o righh Fred Furnes~ , Kenn-e.th Ruehl, Ralph Johnson, Charles Thoms~" · Odell Sanders and John .P'eck, Other officers, not $hown jn the photograph, are W. R. C rute, W, W, Spear, R. P. Bryan, and Clyde Miller, Jr. . ' HOUSTON CREDIT UNION EN T ER S EIj EV E N TH YEAR The Houston Division Champion Employees' Federal Credit Union forged into its e-leventh year by declaring a substantial three per cent dividend on 1947 investments. The di.vidend was voted at the annual shareholders' meeting held in the company Clubhouse January 26. Giving the annual treasur~r·s report, Justin Thayer shm·ved that the organization approved 735 loans during the year to Champion families who needed assistance in the financing of houses, transpo.rtation, doctor hills -and other family emergencies. In 1947, he said, the Credit Union loaned out its millionth dollar, thereby averaging loans of more than $100,000 a year during the IO years of • • Its existence. In the election of o£ficers, a Board' of Directors was chosen, consisting of Donald C. T hompson, Paul Smith, justin Thayer, · Odell Sanders, Cha rles Thomsen, Clyde Miller, J r., and R. P. Bryan. Elected to th..e Credit Com­mittee were Fr d Furness, Ralph Johnson and Kenneth B. Ruehl. And 'N. R. Crute, John E. Peck and W. W. Spear were chosen for the Super isory Committee. The Board of Directors assembled the day following 1he ann ual m.ccting and elect d officers .&om among the·ir own group. D. C. Thompson was re 1 cte l as ptves­ident )f the boar1; 0 lell San lers be ame ice-president for a sc o ncl L rm; and .Jus tin Tha eli was re lected treas­nr r. Ln t.h is busy, fa t moving world in \<Jhich v.ve live, lOO few of us take time out to guard our finan 1al affairs. Our Cr.edit Unjon i. nm b-y our mon y, our; loans, and. b_ direct rs that w elect. One ~ a y ax we are invit d to meet and eceiv th r ~ports of how out busin ss w·as pera~ d du i.og the past twelve 111 nths a1 d to lay pl an ~ for the r:orrung year. To tho t: who alr nde l n:n· atmual me ting w s.ay "Thank :· · o th re t of our n1embers we sa 'We rui sed you." 9 • ' ' J • ; ' ' l FETEitiA \ I • ' I . . .. ~ . ) . -r SERVICE WITH A SMILE - Virginia Beaty . . ·.•y . . .. SUPERVISOR-M a r i a n Keller, cha rming Cafete ria Manager, tele­phones fo r the delectahl« . • • • ( . 1 1' FIGU~ING CLOSE-Ada Karr at her desk. MAKI~S D·OUGHNUTS - Mttttie Wil.de-r ~+ the Doughnut Machine. 10 HAMIL TON'S REMODELED CAFETERI. has and is being admired b bQd1 employees n vi ito:r alike. Shiny p.la tic , unique decora tion , col d ul motifs and new ft,.trnishings rnake he Caf teria among the mo t attractive in all nat'ional in lustrial ir l -. Old TimeT at Ha.rnil to.n hampl:an ·h ak h ir hea in wond rmem at the pr gr . ' rn~ le h uo·lt tl · , ·an - from the Hrst mall-'ca l . n ino· , un t r in the IUW alrno t forg·otten Gro · x , - rl1at being hack in 1 ·l - to the o pen.ino· in tll pr , cnt pa in L 2"', nd n ' th. ultt a-mocl rn >t I' da .. . Dining R 0on:1, nf n R m. ( n e ~n"'d KitC'h .n -:- .,11 ar- g-Laning an l ·p r ld i:n (f; n ,. quip· STEAM COUNTER- R~,~th Reddick illnd P uHne Robinson serve p~tron$ , • GENeRAl VIEW- Ne.w Hamilton CafeteJ'ia infe rior, showing personnel l'eadi-ed for informal opening. · tnent n1akes for easier and speedier er-Ving of patrons; operation i on a non-profit ba i - the food is delicious, too! Cozy and intimate is the atmosphere. The remodeling program has been underway since ba kin 1943- its completion being_ hindered due to the lack of nece. sary materials and the de ire to keep the cafeteria sen"ice available to employees all during the time of work_ Few of us probably appreciate the many oh tades and problems confronted to meet this encl. Ifs be~n a long and. ted-ious \vait, but the old adage­ ·• 'ood things come to he who wait '' - was never more tme. Hamilton Champion ha a fir t rate cafeteria. • ' SERVI'NG COFFEE- Cles· ter Tabor at fhe urns. Hamilton SANDWJCH ME AT - Christine Riley gets box lunch f ood ready for hungry Champions . iltEA·OING FISH- Kal'h rh~e Turnet r~d H•leJI Hi\rt&&ll in t-he Htche11. 11 • • . . • ' ''' . f l . ' l I 1 I Hamilton LUNCH BOX TIME- "On the fly" employees buy for buddies. ' H ICED SALADS­M a r i e Co~less places salads in "reach in" re­frigerator. 12 T I s ETER.IA WAITReSS -Lydio May, who serves qroups .st tnt~ 1'!9Q'ld"Y luncheons in the Conference Room. • CASHIER- Kay Freeman at the cash ~eg i ster·. SLICING TURKEY- ·Head Cook Nora belle Ellison. GRINDI N.G BEEF- Alfred Shoemaker. OPERATING THE DISH-WASHfNG MACHINE - hrri$ Thomcn. • -- /~ I \ ·~ . · ~ . I TOP-A BLIND DATE wu the ocGasfon on whieh Dan and Johnnie kUe Hoolt.er met af a party given by mutual fr iends. Those f~iencls turned out to be good m'Citchmakers. PEARL MA~SHAtl met husband George a~ a .country sehool dance lrlhen they were 'both liwing in Canall!a. George squired her home and fhey made a date for a baseball g.ame. They will oefebrafe their fourfieenfh anniversary Hils month. A WAR-TIME WEDDING took pi<Jce as a result of Virgil Taylor be· i?~ statior~r~d at Patterson Field , Ohio. Alpha ( daugbtet o.f AI Sand~ l•n) was a prope!'ty supply supervisor at the fie ld, an.d Virgil was f.he Air C.ofpS lrtS"pector. Alpha alway5 .got good reports on her work. BILL HOUSTON was orr fire protectio.1'1 servi·ce In the Great Smoky Mount'""'~ He soon observed thet Jenny, the girJ w:ho operated a nearby tu room, was both .attractive · and an e11_cellent eook. 'today they' re Mr. and Mr1. Houston A LITTLE BROTHER comes in handy when a fellow wanfs to meet .the big sisfet, Richard Buchanan used this ruse fo get acquainted wi+h Mayme shertly a-fter he c!)me to Houston ; a few menths l'ater they Wel'e married. Here "Buck" and Mayme. leok over a photo album of fhei·r good times, with their two children, Richard lee and Jean Ann. "BOY MEETS GIRL" The old, old stOry of "boy meelS girl" is a tale which can be told in counties different ways. Hundreds of Hollywood scenarios h ave b en bUilt a1 ound ·this plot, but some of the most interesting episodes come from real life- all the more in~ere ting because they · are true. On this page appear some of th families of our Houston Di­vision, with the account of how they came to be. CARL and FLORA DUELLMAN met at an Ohio co.unty fair. They made a date for the ned Saturday night-and they've b e·en g0:.1 ng " s te-ao'y" eve r s.f nee . ROY FASLUN got Helen's telephone number frem 'one of Helen's girl fri end,s. ·· "'ie was pretty ql,! iet unitil Yle got better aQqua i'l)ted," she ~ ays-but he tafked an hour and a half on the pbong that f)nt night he called. Noi yet married 4 y•-.r. they stiff obterve month.ly anniversaries. • • 13 .. ' I t • ene~al By Hi es Cobb ·wE UPP-o E that e¥ety fann family has its huma'n "·watch doo- ·_ . ome per on ' ho take it upon .Rim ·elf to heck up on the .-ast number of Jit tle jobs that must be don around the plac . Perhaps it is the fanner hitnselt or j_u t as oft ~hi wife who add to her many household dunes b makm@' fr quent trip" about the premises and makmg mental note o.E chore ,.vhich her menfolk have o · erlooked. Tlu~s f.a.T at unn 'Crest the "watch dog" has been energetiC, 11- ear-old Barry, who actually enjoys the re-p~ n ibility of superi~tend ing every phase of outdoor ac­tivny. On the mornm.gs when we return from work, he is . tanding with the gate swung wide, and up ahead the garage door alread) have been hooked back. Before the sound of the motor dies away; he is on the running board saying, "'1\ e need cal£ feed today", and "Look at Star, I think she's got a thorn in her foot", and "That latch on the sheep door needs fixing again". :On the mornings \hen we're lying contentedly in the arms of Morpheus, he stands by the be~ and says, ''Pap, we need scratch feed, bad," arid "When you clean out the barn today, fix that place by the door so the sheep won;t tear their wool", and, then he calls over· his ·shoulder , 'Tll be ready for you to come down and milk in exactly four minutes". (That last always brings forth a big chuckle, no matter how badly we fee l, and helps to start the day off right) . . But seriously, even though we have many a good laugh at his conscientousness, we are wise enough t0 ' -. # i .j - '< .... - ' ~" c P·IPE FITIGRS AND ELECTRICIANS a te tnaking r~palrs ob a beat er. Starting >witch h9s been properly " tage}ed · out "' by each craft. MILLWRIGHTS have a small job on bea ter. ThinRing they wNI fintlh thair v.:ork before the electricians pr pipe f1tten. they neglect to tag the $Wilen. know th val t • £ uch a 1 ~tlper. An} ne wh ha ever b H around oumty pl· · know .how important it i 10 kt "on rop'' of th wo.rk.. IT HAS JS£EN ~ id .that more b ys 1 vc t.:hc farm be-ca f th ir di t t for dea-nin!ir the tabies t! an {or ny tb r r .li on. \'Ve do not doubt but thi is true. In our own cas, !f w had be n fottunate enough to spend our boyl ood 111 the country, we [ el s re that we too woul.l11ave ha ed t~1i . daily ta k. (The average adoles-nt .1. too b_usy enJoywg the full~css .or 1i(e to develop any perspective t ward work of th1s kmd). As it is, we like the sta.ble cleaning job alon-g with ~very othe~ job we've encountered in the country tllus lar. Certamly not as much as orne others, bLlt till we like it. PeJ;haps the fact that we " aited twenty years for the privilege of forking the manu.re jnw the waiting wheelbarrow may have helped matters along. Anyway, there are two d ~finite reasons why " e approach this chore each day w1th a pleasant and cheerful outlook. The cleaning of the stables is always followed by the. more _agTeeable task of spreading a four to six inch layer of bnght, clean straw on the floor of the stables. And anyone who is born for the country loves the sweet smell of hay and clea,n straw. Furthermore, we believe that the true fa_nner w; i~l not sleep '\ell at night unless he is sure that lus stock IS well fed and watered, and comlo.rtably bedded down. Again, the manure has an important bearing on the farm program. With each heaping load that we push across the lawn and spread carefully on the big garclen by the road goes quantities of plant food to enrid1 the soil and ·grow bigger crops. Europ€?ans a,Fe far more ~onscious of this than we are. They never waste a spoon· ful of manure; and they place it on their land iro­: J:nediately so that the precious ingredients ·will not leach out on the _unused ground. A'_ld while we are thinking of these thmgs, and daydrea.mmg about the wonderhd tomato crop we will grow next ummer, tbe barn ha been _cleaned, beq:led down w.ith str.a,; , and we are r eady to milk. (Barry JUSt callecl ·and a1d that Peggy will b in her stall and ready to milk in exactly thr e minutes!) PIPE FlTT.EltS AND SLIOCTRICIANS flnlth their work - remove their tags -and start the equlpmelft- not realizing tl\a·t Millwrig hts are working inside fhe beater. out of their sight. RESULT_. Bu·ter Foil start& a11d mill· w-right Is a bout to be ;:aug ht. on a •·.squee'1e play," ALWAYS, tag. the switch when workl.ng on equif?ment. The peo ~le aj)f'eoring in this. and subsequent Pl~-STRIPS are e~ployees _that po$e for the pidures in the inte r,est of Safety. They of breakJ11g the rules to be illustrated. LOG Edthm at each dtvlsion wtll Wiilleorne suggesttons for futun PIX-STRIPS .. are not gu11ty • CLOWN-Bu. d Winter-. haltei gave the o\f.e·r­flow auJienee many e chuckle with his pre­' ·' Baftle Royal' ' act. Bu t's manner of dress all but brought the house down. A "SMOOCHIE" - Joy o Q~Iy proud, Mrs. Mekal~e d'isplays her emotions and appreciat ion, emphatically! The MetcaHes have one -son. REVENG.E - Nelson, h leeding froll"t a ~uf forehead and g roggy, j.11st before l ifil'Scomb finisched him . off in the popula-r "tag" m:atch. the evenin9 s feature event. • - Y:f l li:A.N- T.lie Pro-boys put on two th'riMing bouts. Seen here. Bobb:y Nel son g ives out with the punishment- Suet Li p~Go.m b on fhe reeel-v·iflg e ff'd . RINGSIDE- Over I 000 ra bid Hamil­ton wrestling fans saw the Champion Veterans' Club w~estl i n g Show, J anuary 22, at the Fenmont Cent er. MANY THANKS-Vets' Club Representative Lee Doel.lman voices app re~;: i a tion for inspiring crowd turnout. Vets will use profits for chari­table end.eavors . . . Hamilto~-t UNIDEN!TIFJED-First "Battle Royal" aspirant hHs t he canv.as, but definitely! Five more follow ed, be.foJe th ree thre·e-minute round~ de­cidel'l the issue. ALL FOR CVC- Bl indfolded and wearing over ­W'eight boxing gl oves, seven Vets' Club heavies staged an unh o';l lcyon " Batt le Royal." · FOR FREii-'Bob Kappe,:l, Jr., { ci ght'} receives free duc<J>ts, holdi ng lucly p rogr411t1 number. Mf!ry And reW-$ is the love ly lt~dy til the fore-· ground. PART OF THE CROWD tators who were present. . . of -inte rasfe_d ' $pee- I • 15 ;· ! I I f i l • r I B Paul Cmig The member of the Aviation Department who is prob­ably least known to Champions is Richard , t\1. Smith, alias (Dick) alias (Smitty), our pilot and mechanic who is pictured winding up a 100 hour check- on one of the Beech engines. Smitty came to Champion in August 1946 from Tulsa, Oklahoma and the Spartan School of Avia tion. His gen­eral background makes him pretty much of a natural in the realm of birdmen. He started flying in 1928 and his experi,ence with_ the inckpendability of the aircraft of that era soon taught him that i.f a pilot was to do mudl flying, he would also have to be a mechanic in orGler to keep the crate running. By 1932 he had acquired his A.&E. mechanics rating. After mixing up flying with various other means of earning a living up to 1940, he had gain d sev .ral other pilot ra6ngs in and around his home town of Whcel.U1g, West Virginia. At that ~im he wtm wit·h the Spartan school at Tulsa and Miami, Oklahoma. He wa i th Army· Air Force Res rve on det hed duty w.ith th R.A.F., training Bridsh and Ameri an LUd nts in the British system. After th war he was till jn 'panan's training branch before be orning a hampion. During all this tim Smitty has piled up quite a ba k log of fly:ing hours; has u eel up jusr about all of C.A. .' piLot and mechanic ratings, and all;) hal$ a ·'ham'' :ta lio license for transmitter. 11\15KSL. He must have realiz-ed he would need al1 lp r throllgh all of this when sixt en years ago he mad ~ti · Eta Ni · n of Wheeling a Smith. l<'or (ouneen of those year . tl1 y havt"" been raising June Anne who live wjth h r parent a t 1211 3rd Avenue in Hend rsonvill , N tth Carolin . With his personality, congeniality and general attitud J Smitty was not long convincing everyone that he wa mad of that very special stuff it takes to be a real Champion. 16 THE SRlJMMAN WtD&f:ON. at~Gther of Champicn's tjme s ver$ i~ .a 400 horse power twi,n eng ~!ne, amphlbiou-5 p ~an.e . All this me ns simply t hat the c.r~ft k powered by two Mginas of 2.00 H.P. ea:ch, and tbe plano is built to land or take off from ei~her land or water. Nete; -ffi-e hull is a large pontoon. lhe landill9 gear retrad~ iirto tlhe body to p rovide a s+reart~lined fusefage far flight and a wat-er tighJ float for. Ia ndi ngs on rivers or lakes. The plane is ucStld ptima>rily for n~con· naissahce by C hampien's Fo·restry departmer:J+. - * RICHARD "DICK" SMITH a Champion pilot end ai r-eraft mecha ni ~ working on one of the engines of Champion's Bee.chcraft. Th is is pa rt· of" the. carefu( service Cha.mpian planes reoeiv;e. Our m ec h.ani~ a re eonstanfly imp.ecting the pla!'les and f.,ctory che~ ~- ups are made .tt raguler interve lt. ·~----------------------------------------~----~--~----------------~~-~·~· ----~· ----~ ..... l 7"77 Ia SOME OF THE VISITORS just before they were served their din ners. Many straglers were more interested in the food to come than the picture being taken. • • • • EDITORS VISIT HAMILTON PLANT ~Icrnber- and gue t of the .Miami Valley Associa­tion of Jndu ·u·ial EditOr of Dayton. Ohio, recently ,.i~ited the Hamilton Division of Champion. The trip wa anangcd by John chuler of Champion's Cincin­nati Sales office. Our gue ... t. a sembled in the General Offices building at 5 p.m. and wer di,·.ided in small group to make an in pc tion trip throuah the Hamilton milL After visiting all departmenb and exhausting their supplies of q ues· tion~ a \·ell a-. their feet the were .tran fen·ed to a pop­ula .. _ 1 nor'' and plied l\"ith fried chicken (I ndiana rt) le ). Frank Gerhan and El a ·wehr arra nged the details of ffi(l ing our c~ue l wekome. Sening as guides and hosts were: John Schuler, Frank Thomp on, Bill Clark, Bob Reed. nnJ £-,<..a.J Phillip<>. • • • OFFICERS OF MVAIE. On the l&ft is Charles Pauly, Delco Products Divisit>n, GMC and President of the A~sociation of Editors. On th right is Richard Levy of the McCall Corporation and Vice Pr 1ident of MVAIE. Frank Gerhart, Champion Adverti$in9 M4naqer is in tho center. KENNETH MOORE, writer of the very popular and widely-read "Bowling 'Em Over" LOG Column, better known as just plain "Ken," has been a member of the Hamj}ton Champion Family for the past seven years, joining the Company ranks in 1941, from which time until now he has car­ried out his duties in a capable and qualified man­ner in the Research De­partment. Prior to his in­terest in the paper industry, Ken was engaged in the leather and fur field. HamiltoK A warm and most cordial disposition has won many friends for Ken Moore at Champion. Since his affilia­tion with H amilton folks, Ken has become quite a bowl­ing en thu iast. Until the current winter season, he had rolled whh the Li nden Leaguers regularl '. He ha. and continues to spend much time on the Annual len'~ Handicap Bowling tourney, as Seer tary of the fen's Bowling League. Fond o[ golf, Ken loves to wing down the fairways. Among other hobbies, hi. chief pleasure comes front drawing and sketching, in which he has pr<)\ cn him elf a talented artist. Active in all Champion mployee alf irs, K n erve on th · Suggestion Con mittc . The variou functions in \vhith h · hao; taken an a rive part in lh 1 ast ould n ' r be t·num ·rated in tlle allou d ·pa her in. Mr. and Mrs. Moure, th former H 1 ' 11 Norris, r side in 1 lrlh College Hi II. Mrs. Moor i · a b. c1eri logi$l. Daught('J H ·len J. tP a.tt nds Ohio Slalt. Uni\eni1 . Judging f11 m 1h : ev<.:r-pr"s nt pip . and knowitw Ken a.., w<· do, ht· is .t home lov ,, , a good hu -.band and lath t. - nob s ltanev. 17 - GA ONO-F~ n -4nd rs. Simpson, eil and Mr5, "'~!. ' ROMEKOTE- Verl'lon and Mrs. G ilb ert, Lo uie and Mrs. Robinson. SATr PROOf- B n Stanfield, Fra nc is Sand lin , Don Rhul and Mrs. Bill Knorr. I. I THO- Dick and 'M r$, M ar-v:n, tv! EIIvin o nd M rl . Sloi'!Qk r. FALCON - G or~~~~ "nd Mrs. H nning, H nry Carpenter and Mrs. AI Jacks!il l'l. 18 FORMAT - Bob St ruber. and Mrs. Ted Massey, Noel and Mrs. £a mu&l's. HAMIL TON •LINDEN HAMtLfON - P ul C ok, 11 nd Ml t, Abbi Bor ~ r. lloyd . ud Ml'l. Pl,if!ip$. > • ESQUIRE- Em4ry Alder ~r-.d Mrs. J<.:thn M~:M Jiafl Ll.llu td Mr~. W ¥.ran . NAMELO- E,arl a11d M· r s. .M.,.C e( J a a <t -3o Mr >s. Newman. HINGBFORD- Fra nk aod Mrs. l lll'heF, Die~ and Mrs. Murphy. W6DGEWOOD- E.Q'g r nd Mrs. Wis 11\ n, Gord n eHl ~ Mrs. Schmitt. I NDEX - J-~y Layco ck and Mrs. AI l oycQe k, O $c r nd Mrs. B ker, ' . - CANTON ATHLE11C BANQUET IS HUGE SUCCESS ' S'PifCIAl HON<?RS we-re b~stow:e:d "!pon these four mom·b9-tS -of the Canton high school football sq uad . Or, J. R. Westmoreland, actlv.e sponsor of C.H.:S. !<!thlehc~. is sh~wn .at erlr<;ime hff. Boys winning honors,. leff i;, right,. ne: Kenneth Mackey; son of Heywood Mcu:key of Champlon' R. and A. ,Daparttnenf, he si· .defen.si\"e l·irHilS_rnan; Bob Smathers, son of Glenn Smathers, best blocking linesman; Ted Stil&s, son of Harley Stil-es of Ext.z-ad b~ p<Himen+, b~t blocking back and defensi..-e bac k; Rufus Morga A, son of Mrs. Annio. Harbin of Fini$hing area, won best +e m t pirit award and was h~:>riorary ca.phin of f~e sq~ul. and Coach P-oindexter. ' . ~Jcn · th:u 2.00 1cr ·on., including 100 Canw·n high ·d1 l .stu lcut au nded th a1 n 'bLal Canton high hool athittic b:mqul't at _ Champjou . .i\1.C . .A. gymnasiurn J nu ~u~) 3t) und 'r th join-t ponsot hiJ of th · L ion , Ci\ ium and Exchanbe dub . Th+- meal :was prepared under Lh supcrv i. i n < £ EUntbeth 1 hnnp mt, Ladle:·' s creta,ry of Champion Y, w . siste:d by a orp.,. of high ·dr. ol stud nts and h·i<.;n ('h ( f uH~ athl tic a'is ciation: \V . . L Rikard. prin ipal of Canton. high school , and H.iJ;;.[)Eft PRAISES PR-OSRAM,......H. A. H lde.r, star~dil'lg, Canton Cli­v1sion Ma11a,qer of Champion pri$i$.e<l the a-!>ht.,fie accompliJhmenh r.eg isht;e-d io Caot-Qn high s-choot ia r~c-.en t y . ars. l eft to right are R ~v. D. C. t-.i clnnis. pt&sic:Htt of the Canto.!'{ Civftan club; H. A. Heldet · PJ:nk Stonf:l, ~ p;esld _· t of E~eftan-~J(l! club; Capeh~J-+ Nicke-lls, A Fctmf:lr Cbampi'¢n,, pr~~riden.f of I,Jo.f:ls elvb. .pa ·t pNsidcnt of Lions lnb, r~s icl e d . hort ta lks ·were mad . by A. J. H't lt' hin , superin ­tendent of Cam m schJol syst m, ·w. L. Bark by, ~t lls ist:ant h. -~(! .oah ' )a h .. C. Pin lc ·'r , lob rt Mavh,w. , cbnol band lc:acl ·r, Or. . H. Duck ·tt, H. A. Helder, CJ"J~111pinrt' s C'r.JHrrn D ivision manag T, Dr. A. P. Cline and othe1's who vvcr r w gniz ·d (or t.h eir whol ·hearted support o{ tie a thl "tic pw rram. The asso · ia tion pres nt 1 CoacJJ s Poindextc and Ba.rkby .wiLh plaq ues .i1 app· ciation br th i .. ·rvice· . .... AMONG THE GUESTS....,Wor dau-9h·t rs of Canton Cl1aMpioM ud Mr, ond · Mrs. H&rfey Sti les. Left to right Betty L & R~ne , d ugl1-t _r of A. J , Reno, of t-or&room; NBomi Car~;~e r, daughter of Smiley C r. v r ~(. Iii ctrie I 0 pari'il! n•t: R.uth E-~ll <fl Me s , d&ughter of Grover . M3 se of hrcpping: Ml'$. H11rloy Stile <)fld. H~!rloy, of Extr o-t Oep~rt· ment, • • ' • 'ETTY J.LEH • • APPl .. fCATION-Betty Jean pl•.:es her app{iea~ tion with J.oyc:e Jane~ through the p-roper chAn• nels a't the United Sta.tes Emplcvyment Servke Offices. Nodh ihird Street . THE DOCTOR-Doctor Frechtling hlks with Miss Lehman prior to her physical examination, dis· cussing h.er general physical condition and medi­cal history . . EXAMINATION-In the Medtcal Department, Betty Jean gets anoiher quiz on 9 eneral physical condition, befo re Nurse Marie Keating of fhe Hamilton staff. MEETI NG THE FOREMAN-RI!y li n~ . Employ· ment Offic es, introduces our attrae+ive subject te her s1.1pervlsor, Ch..-srlie Hays, No. 2 Sori'i ng, who ex+en.ds a frien dly, "Glad to have you." l INSTRUCTOR- To aid her in any m.t nn er pos• si ol e, Betty J ean meet.s hec lnstru c+or Ed na Thomas, who will 91.1ide and advise her +llrou~h her early days and job learn ing period. 20 PAY STARTS-Esther Gressel, Time Office , instructs Miss Lehman proper mefhod of ringing time card, necessary for a complefe record of h ou r~ worked. MORE FRIENDS- Su pervi$er Hays makes Setty Jeen known to her forelady Amelia Glock in No. 2 Sorting, where she has been assigned 'for em· ployment. HAPflY- Wifh &uch pleasa nt people to assist ln ony way ponible, BeH·y J ean find$ dditi onal frienas in the No. 2 · Mfll <Sl rl s' Lounge, where MatroJ\ Carri Gri tnrn provides her with a locket. A.T WORK~Wffh a fn ling of conf.l. de11ce 11nd sa ti s~a c ·~io n , Miss Lehrnon e nte~s into het du ~ies in a spirit ed ond happy frame of mtnd-she alr--e11dy h4s m11ny Ch mpion fd e nds. HamiltCJK ,. Hamilta~. . . ·INTERVIEW<--Miss Leh'ma·n is in t erviewed at tlie d esk .of Mi.ria'" McKee in the U'S!:S Offices, where she am for a Re-ferral Card f,o obtain employ­ment with Champion. MORE FORMS-I.n the C hampion EmploymElnt A RING-At home, 12 1 North 4th St., Offices1 Betty Jean is as ked routine questions by she receives a phone cal l from fhe Em­Clerk Peg Str icker. PurpQse of . t his step is to p loyment Offices, informing her to re port o btain information to place emp:loyee correctly. fo,. pre-employment requirements. INDOCTRlN:A TION-Norm Staf­fol" d, Employmen·t Offices, exp1a ins Champion Pdicy qn<l Pt&cedures to Miss Lehman, also informing her of the many services a va ilable. IDENTIFICATION - For rea son of identif ication , Betty J e an goes be­fore t he camera for a pictu.re. Tne numbe·r shown is for fi ling purpose.s. BECOMING A. CHA~IPION . IN SEVENTEEN EASY STEPS \VELCO:VIE, BeLLy Jean, we're happy to have you \Vith u~ ! Beuy .Jt:an Lehman, 121 North 4th Street, is among Hamihon Champion's new en:lployees. The ac­companying pic;mr s illust.raLe the various . procedures n€c · saTy lor Betty Jean to follow before becoming a fuJI-Hedged Champion Family member. Allo1-v us to say~ Mis · L hman, your cooperatia.n ' a" grand an:.Cl you made a. perfectly lovely model- to '\iVhich. we'r e sure, our read­ers will agre , T'he induction of the ntew employee nuo Cllarnpion begins during the hiring period. The reception at the time of application, the amount of time needed for the require l employment step. , and tht marm€r in which the general interviewing i ·ondu ted- all have a bear­ing on the a1 1 licaat's irt1r.m:ssio1 · of Charnr ion. A cord ~ ingly, these resp ccti vt: phases arf! handled in a cot'tsid rat -, friendly and efficient' manner. Information for a complete an l thorough understand­ing i given to the new employee a soon as he o s:hc report for . work Th.e pictures well tell the stm of Champion's efforts in tbi b halL It is al o th intent of Cham f>ion to instill th spirit and tradition of he Coti1 - pany in the new empl-oye , to develop a sense of j. b re­sponsibility, to treat each employee as a human being a:'ld a person -all in all, ro make life and the job wor hwl11le!. WELCOME-Ken Faist, Supervisor of Employ­me nt and Safety, explains and reviews, while ans­wering Betty J ea n's questions and. advising her on any phase of Cham pion . ' DAYS END-Mill G uard C lem Dunham coud-aous­ly in forms Betty J ean of the hazards of North "B" Street t raffi c, as she departs from her first day in the Hamilton Champion Mills. • • NOT SO Tl RED~RefrQ sh e d, He,r the eventng · mea l, Miss Lehman a nd boy friend, Dick Bayne, at• tend · the showi:ng of "Tyeoon'' at t·h ~ Paramount, c;ompleting l:ter busy day, the first at Champion. 21 ' ' . ' J ' ' \ l ' ' • ' ' l r , [ I ~ - --. 0 CHA~IPION BLOOD DONORS GIVE VALUABLE PLASMA ' TO BILLIE WEBB . THE STORY OF BILLIE \1\TEBB and his strang.e struggle for life has oft times been told, not only among. his many friends but in the tanks of inedical people as well. The daily pre s has carried the story of ·Billie's young life on more than one occasion. B i 11 i e was born with a rare blood disease. A _ short time ago, he underwent an operation for removal of the spleen. Only 20- months old, -Bil­lie's believed to be the-only child under 1 3 -years of age to ever . urvive uch an op.ration , al­though it's still a bit early tot lJ • f;l.S tO ltS S u ... .._._,, hllnc s. _ Living with his parents, J\11'. and tv(rs. P't.ll1 \i\Tebb, 719 No 'CS Av nu· , lliJlie's 7ran If- tl ·r is Willian:~ ".1 ill" Gabbard, f ~rm ·rly of the CM i'll •rJd T S. Reqt~mng ;ttunterou'l bl d trans­in 'ions, the Champior~ Sf·n ·icc Associ lion ~u'l b justly prOLtd in the parr il h<t. play d in th(j I if · o-( outbfo l Billie Webb. \Morel pf th ne -d for b-lood br mght action f Ol'll tb ' As eci.a1 ion and its donors. . A1Lhottgb 1~oL a p art of its blo 1d donor pr gra:m, the S rvice ociat:ion realized th ' emerg ney n d fn the -ase of Billie \"\Tebb and it ·w:a: granted. Champion' · volunteer donQrs are t peel- an ind x file kept i1 n:adi­ness by Lhe Service A o6atil'm - th ir blood given to need Champ-ion Family member, , in fBo ·t ca·es. 22 MlLIJ RAl\'IBLING WITH GEOUGE STEINER Th ntl man in ilie pi rur ncec! no introdu c­tion. A Champion fcrr 32 y ar -, he i new ret.ircd, enjoying a w ·ll earned t. George A. Garver, fonn erly of our 1a l1inc Shop, f Jr years kept the s c a 1 c s throughoo.t the mill in tip­top hape. He laves noth­ing better than sitting by a quiet stream with · rod and reel; and if we can be­lieve a fisherman, George is one of the best. T o prove his point he gave us the above picture in which he is holding one of the little ones. George, you have the best wishes of all the boys. • • :we were surprised to find the following in one o.f the Safety Journals: " Injuries cau ed by r usty nail · aad other dirty objects should be seen by a docwr, ·o that if n ecessary tetanus serum may be given." . When ~-e~diB g . the ab~ve, one would ~e ~ tl~e impre - s1on that It ts quue all nght to neglect IOJune cau ed by new shiny nails. \Nell, it i cien tificaUy proven that rust has nothing to do with tetanus. Tetanus germ love moisture ~nd tl~rive specially in manure and oil. If any of you chan1p10n workers who live on farm · injure yourself while ,.vorkiug in a table, chi ken h u. O·r rabbit hutch, even if it is a nail free from ru t, look om for Mr. Tetanus.' The high co t of mea.t c1 es not both r Dad, !Jarion Campbell at a ll. He ha a s1nal1 imitation ham for a watch fob and 'very tirne he looks at it, it makes hi · mouth '\'Vater and whatev r It at. ta t ~s like ham. 011 Dad i one oE the b st heck r pJ L we have her at C!1ampion. lie say · he used to b at thet:rl. all in go d ol i Keu.ru ky in hi.s young· T days; law er , do wr .. ir mJde no ·ctiffeJ:enr. who they w re. Ah. ' CS, but very tim _ Dad tack] s. ~ts en t1 e b c;ker b tlr l we b at tbc so k rjght off o l him. ' You a:rc c:::trcfnl to work a'fel , but do you know that your ch.an es o£ injmy in an ac id nt ar .moee than 1.wic' as g:rea r. away from lV{'>rk as the are on lih · job? Th."r ' 1· no qnitiug: for sa[('[y. '"hen you leave the mill. for hom , aud wh ·n ) !Otl' come 10 work each da y, tUL th greatest ra.r' in cro sin ~· , tr ts and h.ighwa s, in boarding nd alighting f:.rom bu • s, and in going :a.round blind orn rs. Wl1etl1 r you driv , at'l automobile or walk, obs rve all str ' l sig·n' s and traffic signals; 11 vcr take a chan e that m.ay kad w an a cid nt. An accident ould mean lo s of yo-ur '%ages and l )SS . f your scr ice to your em­ployer. \VATCH YOUR STEP! ' SOUND OFF News of Members and Activities o;f the Champion Veterans' Club By Bou Schaney THE ·1AN T·o Y. 0 \ V i Joe · ttraden, J romekote lnllr · t ion, who recenU 1Ya re;;-el t:ted as Trca 'urer of th Champion Veterans' Club. Joe i ~ an x-Na y G. L ~d1 served on the Des troyer John A Bo,vle, No. 755, , QHart<.:rma::.u~r. ai1d 'Nas ne o( the rew '~rhcn th d -,s­Lro; T wa::: ·ummis ·ioncd . H e t.ra led over 50,000 mile alo-ng t.he Atl ntic Coast tbe ar ~a around Panatna Ca1w l, and the Pa ific Ocean in aud near Ok ina.wa. · lr fact, he travel d ·o I ,2 1 . ' - ntu.Ch that his main lDbb · now i book. and the g·o (1 old fire ide. Hi. eco1'1.d hobby i sport· at which h.e is a hkf sp ·tator x ·ept for an active pan in hand­ball with uch other m n a. Edward Mar h and Burt \ · interha1t r . .f. oe is al o Lrea, u r r of th - .Married ~lethodi t Class of the Fir t Methodist Church and i Cub D n Dad No. 3, pack No. 17 of the Boy Scouts . of Am rica. The V ~ u~1·ans ' Club •as ho·t to the families of the Champion serVice m n ·who paid the supreme sacrifice during 'rorld \1ar II. The fami lies were escorted to the Shrin · Circu in Cincinnati by a ·chartered bus and all th expen e· J aid from the dub trea ure. * $ * * Bill .Br wn, Millv rivl1.ts, was appointed chajnna:n of · the Entt."t'tainmcnt Conunittee and Bud Stacey was ap-ointcd chairman of the House Commiuee, which a·re thTt> of the out taodii: p-.corn . mittees of the club due to the am.ount of rime and '\NOrk that mu· t be spent on secial 21Uivitie-. Otller men who are 'V or:king on the House Committe a:r-e Ed Dixon, Rill Gramer, Leonard Abrams, Sin P yuit _·r, Rali h B uc ~ Ben Dow1 ey an.d C. v\TuJ­leuweber. Lee Doelhnan was appointed Serg ant·At-Arms 1\"ith Don .)eHer as hi. a sistant. · OIWM-COAT-Anoth-er of the 14 dMsos in the mak.e-·up of Ham:lto·il Cha~ .p,ion's Voe<~tiona1 T1'a inimJ · Prc:gram , Drum-Co.af maets every Friday night, Aciivi- . ti~5 Build~ng. · Fronf; Merle Baynes, No. 2 Ma­~ hirte .Room ; George Hermil'll}. ins,poeetion ~ al'!-d lmfrudor Ke-n Mc;,ser, Prum -Co;,~er.s. Rear; .Paul Hcj:>'kin~. No, 2 Cu-tters; Duard Pace, D.r um-Co.ate~s; and W$od­raw Hammons, ln.spection. Hamilton FLEET FOOT NOrfES vVe h \' · only on hike to report this rnotlth, hut ' hat a hil e! Onr bostes:es, Btu 1\l{cll tL . () aucl B 'tty Go er, p sed for this picture to show how ea it migl t have been to rea h ot•r d estin­ation. ;But th · rest of us J lo 1- ler - " e lid it the hanl vay. p 'l'SOJIH lJy W€ think onJy a cad ~mel a bound eY would t a k e a tribe of out-o[· conditjon hiker over a n;1gg:ecl layout, e p ciall y when w bad two poor unsu pccting gu ·. l . You may not think Susan Hall is a cad and a b<nmdq, but she's IJH~ gal who did it to us. Th two guests, who at la..:t report are do:ing well, were ·. rleoc R cio-er ~ and Edylhe Daniels. \ 1\le follov cl our usual wintenime west-side route, exc ·pt this time for good mea ·ure we added a steep hill and a sea of mud. You see, in the winter we are pretty well rcstri ·red 1:0 around-the-city hikes: so our leaders OEcasioRa lly like to add a little novel y. E en if i.t isn't wele0me. 'Ne s-l.tffex:ed a few casua:lties. · In addition to the hill a.nd the mvd ·:we had darkness, and in the dark you <:an't always see raised place in the sidewalk waiting to bang you on the toe. The other casualtic were ca ·es of minor starvation when a lew longing ouls wete fprcibly dragged past a dairy bar that had it welcome . mat 1practieally under our feet. vViLh wuno-e and fortitude, however we over arne obstacles ancl temptations, ar1d found our rewar 1 at the home of Betty M Jntyre. \1\le'd like to detail our m nu, but we can' t pcll it. 'We know it wa . good though, and wbo dares say that i ·n·t the important thin()'? 2 ' ' ! I ' • [. THE CH · CO REDlT NlON, I C., continue. to procrr ~ - 19 7 find ­ing h. mpi n . aving n1or ~ mon ' th:m in an ' ingl pa ·t year. The tecent an­nual mectin, · of ha o hat hold ''r.' found a { ur p · c nt div:idend c1 lared ou hac : virlg . Six out of .ver · 10 Cbampi< us aTe THE HACO 'V , Yl c J IM MJE BUTLER, Control Operator in the Color Room, makes a de­posit with Otto Kersteiner, Executive ·secretary, Cha,co Credit Union, lmc. Jimmie liv.es a.t 162 North "8" Street. . ' . ....-., ... ' BUTLER CONGLETON, Electric Department employee, lays a part of hi$ el)rnings away for a "rainy day," a·s Chaco Clerk Lorl"<)lne House ma~es out his dcepo$it slip. Butler resid~s at 621 Sycamore Street. 24 OYRL ANN ZIEG f.NHARDT~Th e seven•tnonths-old da119ht&r of Lll · I ian and Fred Zieg n.ha rdt , 328 Hooven Avenue. Fred io5 ln. +h Color Roon; and Lillian is a fo rn>ter Stand~Srdt Office emplo-yee. Bill Zieq enha rdt; General S•l.e• Office. and Maude, E:m.ployee,· Service Section, are grandpo and grand· ma. -·· • • .• I s -· ..;(-. • • • ¥- - - I c~ : •• I./ At; ' . r.., r ~* J • • ! ' I - f J!' • t' I r ! PETRONELLA CLOUSE, Sa nita tion Department, checks on her Chaco Savings Account-sh·own with Chaco Clerk Mary E ll~n Huuey. Petro· nella makes her home at 1057 Goodman Avenue. !JOHN · SUTF1N, GeMral Safes Office, amon9 Hamilton. Champion's mor t han 2000 Chaco Shareholders, I piduretl wi+h Chaeo Book Keeper Winnie Goodin.. J o,hn 's home rs a+ 223 E ton Ave nue. EMMA JEAN PARSLEY- Th1t four· mol!ths~ o l d daugh'lt r of Mrs. and Clarence P,rsley. Williams­dale. ClarenGe IS employe.d in Re$&afth. · ~ " • • . .,. : - •• . . j • 1 ; '' '• • I 1 .. - ~. BETTY DUNCAN. Accounti ng Office; YVONNE LISLE, Steno Pool: and LILLIAN McCORMtGK, Accounting Office, make their contribu­tions, wh'tle uptown for their noond.ay luncheon period. MARGARET LEY:OON1 Champf.en Switchboard Operator, aids . in the worthy en<4eavor, SCHANEY " ringing f.he bell" as Margarets dollar went into the ever-growing· coUe.ct..ion. "'" 'l't ' • ... ' •. ' DIANA LYNN WOOTEN-The 19- month~oJJ daughter of James W-Ooten, CM Reets. Mrs. WGo-· ten is a former No. 2 Mill Sott­i neJ empkP{Ele. Pl.easant Knox, CM Finishing it the maternal gra·ndfalh!!r; William Woot1.1n1 CM Sort ing, the pater-na1 gra_nd. father. · s .. , • THE MARCH OF DIMES €AM· PAIGN, conducted durj.ng the latter part of January, ag-ain found. Champions "kickin' in'' in their acknmvledged and charitable manner. The Champion Veterans' Club took chars-e oE the High Su·eet booth for one full day. Cham· pions have and will continlle to meet their MORAL OBLIGATIONS! • MARTHA CHILES, CM Sorting employee, does her part, as BOB SCHAN!EY, Standards Office, mans fhe "March of Dimes" booth on High Street-the Champion Vets' Club doing the chore for one day. VERLI N ROSE and RALPH DUNCAN, both of the Purchasing Office, keep the coins jingling-Champions doing thei.r usual bit in anotHer n.eedy cause, as they have so done in the past. BIU Y WEST ...... The son of Mrs. . ' and The4)"dore Wesf, IOSO Ross Avenue. Little Billy's mother is on the No. ~ Mill Sorting Line. Uncle Clcsren.ce Stirn is a foreman in No. 2 Shipping, and Unde Gil­bert Schulte works in the Drum· Coat.ing Oepar'+ment. ,_ • 25 ' I ' f • . . ' l' I ' ' • 1 I • •. • ' j ~ ~ I l 1 l • • ; f • I ' llamilton GAINES' CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSAJtY MR . ND ROBER . GAlNE - A, re ent ev nt. Mr. and Robert ''B l>"' G·tincs held open hou,e at theil' hom.c, 13"' Gonion rh en u ', elebratinn· their golden wedding a.nni ­v rsarv. n 0 b 1 ' amo n g Cham-pion' ' ' id 1 y­l< nown employ-_ ee · is a usto­. dian in the Gen-ral 0 ffices. The Gaines' rece ived more than 125 fr iends and relatives . Gold t a p e r s l igh ted the table, v,rhel-e a large gold and white wedding c a k e served a s the cen ter piece. The two o ldest granddaughters, Jerry and Jackie Gaines. presided at the punch bm~ l. . . 1\fovie -were made of the pretty a£fau-- makmg for -a pern1anen t I'ecord of the happy and mem.orable occasion. The entire Gaines' Family group ·was with the celebrant 1 who received many flowers. Mrs. Gaine.s was attired in a black crepe dress with a gold cot-sage- Mr. Gaines wore a dark suit with a goJd buttonr~iere. -·~· ~-- THE NICHTING Cl::ill­DREN - Ri,chard , age fo ur-yea rs, and Mar­garet Ann, five, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nicht­lng, 1270 Pa rr ish Ave­nue. Ha r·ry is in the N0. I Machine Room. Mofhet, Marie Do-e r­pers N.ichting, fo rme r­ly worked in the No. I . Mifl Sorting Depart-me nt. -· THE SCHN.ELER CHILDREN- Marion lois, Karon Ray and Bob.by Schneier, nieces and nephew to Josephin-e Hipp, N.o. 2 Mill f::an and Count, and Josephine Balcer, CM Sorting line. 26 HAMILTON OFFI -CES By j\1ary Campbell B :;-1 TY LE IBl'tOCK i.:; o-ur f "awre p.crsona1hy thi5 momh, th · g.irl who .has beco 1e bmiliar mo t Cham-­pion. who hLave s en h er in the old Time Offic.c _and the pre.•ent Tab Department, ~ wdl as Hi h r d~tly walk between lwme at 2 17 R.oss Avenue an£1 th o[[J(:~- fo 1r tim s ea ch day, morning, n oon and e:vcnina. Now a :rnem­ber of the Ham­ilton Champion Old T j me r s ' group, .B e t t y s tart ed with Champion back in the era when employees were paid j n person - h or job b eing to issue payroll checks to all fe ­male employees on the job. ·w hen the Tab Office was put into operation,• . she was -among the first emplo ee · to v.-ork there1n a ad has been doing her usual fine " ork in Tab since that time, 1931. Still active, Miss Leibrock i the onl re­maining Champion among charter member o£ the Fleet Foot Tribe. An ever-willing worker and memb r o.f the Fir t Evan­gelical United Brethern Church , Betty i uperintendent of the church 's Junior Department and p cially inter­ested in v\ orld-\1\Tide Mission acti ,·ities. She i aLo an ardent reader, biographies a a fir t ch oice. Once an active bov.rle.r and · tennis player of renown, Betty ays she'll never forget how th girl one p la , ed regular chedu led court matches heJore comirw tO the office a t 8:00A.M. She!s a grand person! THE PA.RTY , EASON i. on in earne t lor the girls of the Standard Otfi €e. Not too long ago. we :~;net at the honre o£ Ma,rgie Murphy, ptn y in ~ cards Too, 1-vc chit­chatt "d and stuf:fcd. our ·elves with leli iou. hi ck"'n and home sa.lad S(tU(hvit h e •, not to O\' oxlook meutioning the tnokies IYLked witb l\lnrph's own little h and. . . 0 e, ·we also had ice cre<Hrt and cofl:ce. Enj ying the part ' · wer Sl<.: lla Lundin, Es.rl'~oer O'Dell. Fritzi S hneid r, Madalin Dof) l y, Dmot lty Grau, ~b.r Dn i, Lm•Lse G lindernier, ~bry Dunlap, T helma Fillrnore, .June 1-lall, .Ell n ·war· uer. ' o u r.~ mtl and Ho-;tcss · hr~ i !'vluFphy . • 1 ALENTJNE PARTY wa~ ·njoy "d hy lb Sran 'I· ::mb OHi c Seer •t Pa l Club. , tag d in t11 Champion et­eu: m Glubroorn recc nt.ly. The c mnrrltre - - .Margie tl.ur­phy, fhehna Fillmore an<:l Barbar;:t Grar le-h el the Fri­day th L rh date, pl:mninn· a. nloSt d lightful ev t}ing for • all and thank to you , Vets! PO\ ER PLANT NE ~VS By Dud Dunlap . P.\ C L , f:IOLLE 'B. \R.G · R tan d hi · . en icc period With hampron . ome 20 year a:o- hi~"> fir~L job b ing in th Powc~· Pl am O_fh ces as _a Cl ·rk . Paul \ovo rk ed pat :cnt] 1 and prol1tcd b: lu · ex 1 ·n ' n ee~ when No. 10 Hoi lcr wa bujlt in 19. 0. H has desi gned and made drawin •s lor . ' Yanous job ·r und the 7\1 ill s, proving that there': no uudc nakin ··· or I robkm " l o tnug lt f w him 10 han-d I C' . Pa ul is no\. As-i 1 a 1 H Foreman in ttl B o i l r llan t, a promotion that cam ' two Years ae-o. In o lll J ' ' po::.ition. "''l' can ~ar ·J • . a · tJtat Foreman Ed N unncrv I and Paul mane oc to k C[J things IllO\·in.g s"m oo:ltly iu the Pbnt . Pa'll <HL ndcd Hamilton Iligh \Jwol a nd Ohio State U ni vcr ity, man­agiu()' the y;,.u-,ity I ;bkeLball team ' of both in hi ~ senior \l;:n~ . . \ ~a maw.:r of fact," lh,'. a. hi clannate knew h' im. \ras alwa "acti,·e ins hool 'a ffa ir · and ·till take time om ro witn ~~a few iootball game each ea on. Paul'-- lci~urt hour are few. He teaches the Steam Operation - Cla . one ni~">ht a week, aiding in Hamilton's anult .Education Program: ~c lcl om misses the momhly Champion Supcn i or · .A:. ociation meeting; and holds office in the l\1iami Valley Profes ional Engineers' ouetv. ' De oted to hi family Paul Shollenbarger is the type ol lello\ who would glad!~ oi,·e you rhe :-.hirt o ff his back, ,1oing more 1 han out of hi" "·ay to h elp in any manner, big or mall. 1 hi troubled world need. more of his kind! \V_ DE JOH ' 0:--J, newest member of the Boiler Pla.nt fa mil), formerly worked in "the Box Shop. \Vade i a friendly likeaule chap and we're hapj y w ha,·e him ith u ior a loug sta , ·we hope . • ''CHC ~ K " HACKER get this month 's "congrats"­h. a,·ing rec.ei\ed bi.;; l·-ireman's Licen c, after much study · HJ ai;J lication uf hi~ knm ·ledg . A Green \Va,·e eager, (LaJlic·~ only been in the BcJikr Plant for little more than 1\"0 year'>, but he' never mi ·. eel taking advantage ol e\t.:f)· opportun ity. Good boy, " Chuck!" 1 ED. EE1 1:\ .. · now drive-, a Packard Clipp ' , rc cnt - 1) purcha ed. H you h appen to ask Ted how I likes lti new ar)ou 'JlpJObablyg ·trbcoldslogan : " As th Man \'ho Owm One." • BLO\VL rG STEAM - JOE LACEY vas a ranking ba ·ketball star in his <.h ol boy days in Ind iana h 10p (ircles, a~" e ll as on ]o a! ourts in more rc cot y ·a s .... L A 1ERO did okey on his r nt Penn ylvania tlc: r 1 unt- meat's aiJundant at the amc ons. . . . POKEY \VAER make all the Jam s ions th e'>e day~. ha\ ing purcha d a new Ch v olet. IN MEMORIAM \V .ILLit\M H. \ ARREN, age 70, 27 1orth ''F'' SLrect, di ed JatHtary of a hcan attack. Ju ill health for th pa ·t t h H :C y ·ar , [ r. \ arrcn had comi tllt <.:d hi: work e' er: day at Cha1npion, unt ilJJi ), 1 ondition bccam' ritical l a'lt D ·cemhcr 15. H ·Jd in high ·st 'em by all 1 hat kn ew him, th · d e cC'a'icd had b ~-c n m ployc:d as a ~ I ill wright at Cham­pion for tbc past 25 yea r s. B Jrll in Owsk Collntv, • KcnluCk). Mr. vVarren mat-ri ·d Sarah ,\]iu : J ackson on Dtt-e ntb ·r 30, I H!l7 - 1 hey came ro H arni ltou 3R year., <wo. obscrvi rw their g·oldcn 0 :-, \ wcdd in ~ ann i \'Cr.,a ry this past December 30, 1917. A [ai.thful rnembcr of tile First Bap1 ist Clwrch. he w;b of a qui ·t di !)position , yet cli:,played a keen intcrc~ t in both municipal and nation a l a lfai rs. H e leaves the widow; two daughter~ . Mrs. l'aul Stewart, Columbus, and .Mrs. \J\'crncr Sdwcidcr, Hatnil­ton; two . ons, Robcn \Varrcn ~·nd Ever ·tL \Narrcn , both of Columbus; two sist ' J" , Mr;s. Molly \1\li bon, St ur~~·on, Ky., and Mrs. i\1attie Tackett, Travckr:s Rc:.,t, Ky.; lour grand hildren , one great gralldcltild. BIRGEL G RANDC HILDREN- Milford Napper, Jr., age fiv e-months. son of Milfo rd Nap pe-r, Sr., No. 2 Machine Room, and Marcia Ann Wells, age eigh t-mo n t~s, daughter of Ronald Wel ls, Drum-Coatars. Th9 a~an d chi:d .-e n of Elva Birgel, CM Sort:ng, and g reat qra ndchildren of William Birgel, Sr., Crane Operator, they live at 132 Elliot Avenue New Miami. THE SWORD CHILDREN - Ruth Ann , age 16, a junior at Hamilton High School; Robert Lee, age 14, a student at Wilson Junior High ; and P.:~tty , age 10, 1 fifth -grader at Adams School -children of Roberta Sword , CM Sorting, •nd Htrold Sword, 8ox Shop. 27 • ' . ' '. l I • ' I ' Hamilton C. M. FINISHING NEWS 1J' H elen Pir.rson HO LY\· ·oon will n ver kuow what it h.as mis ed l Our Hilda · chulte is .a 1 l "Glamor Girl." lt 1v s back in 1'906 wh n a ~· mall but lo eable l enag irl start d at ha111pion a a Sorter and th n tran ·£erred a~ a ' un t r on the Pa ·kino gano·. fter the 19 J 3 flood Hilda work •cl .in the Sam­ple Oific until th tirne of her muriage. Back to work in 1931· ame Hilda Schulte on the oning Line and in March 19'2 v.:a tran"ferred to the Finishing :0 partment. In January 1937 again she was tra nsferred as Stencil and Label girl, and has held that job ever since. Hilda owns her own hom at 1216 Ludlow ' treet. She has one son, working at 1 T t' I e . . JOBN HICKS, JR. is one of the fi ve local men at­tending Otterbein college that pledged fraternities here recently .. J ohn, Jr'. pledged the Zeta Phi [raternity. His father, J ohn, Sr. i a Bench Finisher in the Cardboard department. The Hicks fan1ily resides at 901 Prytania Avenue. ROBERT SHEARER and Family have 111oved into their new home at 1920 Edison Ave. PRODUCTION o r:~ a boom! Last all time high set by the Trimmer gang was 632,080 lbs. on January 16. I hope that by the time the 11ext i ssue co.iiJes off the press, I can 'ay they did it again. Keep up the good work fellows. NO. 1 MACHINE RUMORS By ]oe Bleve.ns RALSTON CAMPBELL, Old: . Paper System Super­v i sor~ is back from Houston and is back wjd1 his line of famous sLOry-telling. Campbell say tha.t h e certainly en­jo ed the yea,r-ound bOifing in Texas and knowing l . ow well he 1 i k . golf it c nainly mu. t ha ve ap· p al~d to · him. Ral ton' a l o fw1d of G orgia aten11 Ion a at rc ted · b thi·. ' :,h 11 , obu1in d th ol,ilgh ~if r s . Czn;npb ' ll , showing him and dang-lner licr, age 12, when the Campbells visited in Sa annah reccudy. \Ve are h<lppy to also repc.:>rt that Ralston' J anuary , urgi-cal in J<'l. Ham.ilton Hospital prov: cl out nc e s{ul and l~e· norte the worse for his experience. 28 A 1GHT WOR H SEEl · G is t · watch Eddie Mar'h, on No. 10 Mad1inc, give his imitation of rome of hi f Jlow worker . Amon · his best are those of "Mac" Borden, 1o. 10 Uackte,ul •r, and Bill Marvin, S ·mi-Co t. Eddie really puts it o• and is good for a lot of iau:gh e en on the old 11 -7 shift when tnost p .. ople .ha e a hard ime fintiing anv hum01·. { ,. • 11' JOHN GUENTHER of , emi-Coat was '1chcd led to have be •n on of the cont ta:nt. last month in the h am­pion Vels Wresding ".Baltle Royal," but Mr . Guenther was visited by the tork the same night as the Vets' Mat Show wa ·cheduled which kept John from par icipating. BOB McKNIGHT butchered s eral of hi p ize ho s recently but according to ·:o ogoie,., Talb -rt of No. 1 Beat­er Room the hogs wer . o poor that Bob had to buy lard to be able to fry the pork chop . · • * • i< SOME OF THE .NlEN working in No. I Machine Room were tre.ated to a feast of roa t 'coon with sweet potatoes and dressing. Charley Haye, No. I 1achine Room Foreman, and Marvin H ayes of Machine-Coat were the successful hunters. John Ram. ey' ,.v-ife w sted the 'coon and from what everyone i sayin Johnny really got his fill of roast 'coon and sweet poratoe . >if; ,. * * C. M. SORTING ECHOES By Ma<rge Osborne SORTING LINE PERSONALITIES- This lovely lady needs no introduction as she is well known through'- out the mill. Mary "Mae" Kin el came .to Champion on September 23, 1916 to work on the ·orting line. ctae is now Matron in the Coat-ing MiiJ 1-vhere sh e has endeared herseH to all the girls. She is very proud of her ·son, Clarence Kinsel no1v with t11e U. S. Army - sta­tioned in Philadelphia. Mae never tires of talking about the capers of h r lit­tle grandchildren, Ri chard • and Rob · rl Kinsel and Donnie VoR , h ·r pride and joy. Until a re en.t illn ·s Mae resiled ar. 5 Conlon Av ., but now li ves with T er e ·a Van Hi"' at 3 13 No. ".F'.' St. \1 j u ·t l earn~::d th ' oth l ' da that Mildr d Jon s. 1 he gal who ma~t-:s all the uonus on econd has tb lis I in tion o( being the first bab born in Mercy Hos· I ital. We won't rncution your ag ilildr d . but the hospi£al \va op ned in 190-:J.. *' "" • • S:w ' t as andy - ask 'Bill Wooten, wh.o tr ated rhe girls on Krornekot w delicious home-made ca11d y. \.Yho i.s th best aody-rnaker in th Jllill? l 'll b t be 'lJ . a , none Olh r than OUT n ssi . M~inous. R eru mber boy this is 1. .ap Year and Bes ie is till single. 4' • • • Lu y Treadw<ty, Mary Castell, Opal Sn:lith and Mar­p; ar t Harg u €fltertained d1eir forelady Ella Hobbs on her birthday, January 5, with a chi ken dinner at the home o£ Merle Jones on Dixie Highway. • FINISHING TOUCHES By Heinie Alexander This ·cribe i pJeased to cratch out one again the "Thi a and Thata" of happening (pas t, present, and mayhap tile fuuu:e) of "Ye Olde Finishing Rootn.e." During these cold winter months, ( w of us ' l e t our thoughts wander to fishing, but to ROY MAN­RING, "Butch" to his m a n y f r i e n d s , the weath r i s al­way ju ·t right. He is a real con­noi .~eur of the pj:scatorial art (fi hing to us) and knows all the best pots around these part -if he can't catch the bifjl' one , h '11 certainly tell them with the best. - " Bmtch ' ha been at Champion for 37 years, having worked in CM Calenders, and No. 2 Finishing. He is currently ocCt:lpied a Carton Maker for the Be nch . He i father-in-law of B ·u Huehn, No. 2 Finishing, and Vern Raquet, Semi.kote. • • • • Hammer and Nails .. . RAY SLONEKER and PETE KN AUS remodeled Ray's home. Ray did the work, and Pete was the No. l Kibitzer. Ray also has aspiration e>f tin ning h is small farm into Butler County's leading horse farm; he is now the proud owner of one horse ... T rimmer Ctu .. .. HO'\·VARD PYLES is about top sport en thu iast in the department; he and wife, Faye, of CM Sor6ng, can be seen at most all good sports events ... PET E HA?.HL TON has branched out into dealing in 11 ed cars; he has Carl us Bowles as his best prospect . .. Harlan 1\·filler 's son, Dewey, is one of the main-stays of Hanove High' fine ba ketball team. Harlan is a mi<irh t , proud fa th r , and he has every right to be. • • IHE PAPER MAKERS By Ed .. Farmer - Thls month we present "William "Pappy" Hoskins, Ma:chlue Tender on No, 2 Machine, where he does a four­star job of mak­ing some of Champion's fa­mous book pa· per. An all-around · good f e 11 o w , "Pappy" always ha· a l ig ·mile and a heart: y ; laugh for every· one. Bi11 arne to Champion in 1918, wh1 h makes him a 30-year man and we beli~ve he is good for 30 mo~·e . ·- Hamilton If you want g:'ood fFied chicken see Bob Oordon­there is a man who really know where it is to be had, and we .m.ean the best. Bob really Jjke, to eat, and Just to mention chicken .in front of him is like saying fresh milk and harnburg rs ~o a ailor j t:;tst in from sea. l thiHk we a ll agree with Hob, fried chicken is "shor" good. H you hear James \Nert, No. 2 Machine, talking auto-­mobiles the cha,n es are 10 to 1 he is ga.th ring as much information as he ca.n as LO how long it will take him to install that new motor in his car. \Ve advise Jirn to see Harry Moenck - he can give him all the answers. Harry is a first-class mechanic, a well as a fanner and g·ood man n any on 's paper machine. • • • CM SHIPPING MOANS AND GROANS HARLAN CLARK ha become a familiar figure around the north end of tlle Coati ng Mill. He is our relief man for the jitney and electric trucks and is called into other departments from time to time to do odd jobs. lts tough going, to handle the big trucks aH day but Clark makes it look easy the way he puts old No. 4·0 in and out of the holes and around corners. Harlan is in- , teres ted j n cars and en joys tak· ing his own apart in his spare time for experience. He • runs a r e p a 1 r shop at his home now and some day he expects· to make it his full t i m e job. ' \1\'e wouldn't be surprised if Harlan makes a first class mechanic of his son who arrived a few days before last Christmas. We all smoked cigars on Ray Sturm a while back, a new daug-hter was the occasion. Ray will probably add another room Lo the new home be is build i.ng. There oughta be a law ag'in these guys mailing us seed catalogues. '"'e've been sitting around nights with feet propped up against the stov maki11g garden. For the past six weeks this has been going onf and the old back and hands have stood up well so far. It's a big job growing vegetables like U10$e pictures but of cmtr e ours will be better. The first of March is h er and time to stop cl.r am­ing. The seeds we ordered ha e arrived, and as usual there is about dot~bl the amount we ac tually need. T he hot berh should be made up now and thr yea.r for o ne the pea w.ill be p lant d cady enough to mi s the hot weather we hope. Well, we have to hit the ball for the next 'ix mont11 , and if we can g . t our minds o-£1 the bli ·t ·r 1 hand and a bing back long nough to compare ouJ· ga.~d n with tho e pictur s w·e might ·e ·orne sim­ilarity. If there is none we'll just bJam it on the worms, bugs, and the llot dry w ather. 29 • ' 1 • • ·. • ! I l • CALENDER MARKS AND RE~lAitKS B) Bill Th 1 tjJ on YO 'THFUL, Hi i 'nt nd h<.tnd 111 \Vcb ;"Pr- ·. ln. :'\."hO ha · I ccn a C~kml r .t\hn fttr over 11 yctn tc t ·p1 tor an Army tn-;{ h !nri l{:\ th > \ • . ). wovld lla\' ' I 1 r arl of th ' .su. ·g ..,t:on !h:H W -' ll S lJis pi ttn· in th LOG. " How - n:r, 1 do h::tV" r n l 1 iclllrc (t'lr YOU, HilL '' ' h · q uickly re· pI i c d with a proud . parkle in h is ey . As be p rese n ted t h e above liken esses we immediate! · ~mder tood " h vVeb has been so happy the past year. H1s adorable n in girls, J an ice a nd J oyce, ar ten month of h ealthful babyhood. Plpa Epp t on Oj erates No. 18. T he equally fond mother> Doroth ' formerly wo.rked on the Sorting Line. \'\'ehs' main interest a ide from his fa mily and j.ob is an o ud~ nal lmnti~g or fi h ing .en ture . . Incidently, Pop had to ·cratch ht head and thmk hard when we asked hin:1 which\ ·a · Janice and which wa J oyce in the picture. * + * * PAGJNG the Salvation Army and the Service Associ­ation. Marion "Bu d" McCollum is in distress! G. M. i\1atron, Sallie Beldon who is "Bud's" grandmother, in- · forn;1s us that Marion is wearing his grandfathersy dis­~ rded cap not to mentio n th e old sweater she quit wear­mg 10 year ago._ Keep a riff Hpper lip, Mr. Mc::Colltrm. If you can surviVe these March winds -· Spring is just arou.I]d th e corner. , * * * * THI Av\iAY-AND-THAT-A bela ted thanks to for .man Ed. J~ey no l d s for those tasty turkey sandwich es and beverages he ~er,• ed h i.s m n at X mas time- the boys consumed abQ'ut t:t·venty dollars wonh .... Bill Allen is the Jirst op erat~.r ~o attem~t running Satin Proof paper through a!1 X-flm sh ma hme .... Jim Rawlin gs h:as. changed ius theme so11g from ''O ld Bill Bailey" to "Th Too Fat Polb.'' ... . Billi P ~dig:o reponed l'or work a t J P.M . on th · day shift clain1lng to ha ve o ver-slept! .. . '*' 'II< ,. *' ' THOMAS- FRITZSCHE WEODING PARTY~ Mary ihomas, daQcg:htar of Mrs. and Ru w~ l'l Tbomas, and Arthu r Fritzsche, Jr .. son of Mr$. and Arthur Fritrsc he, Sr., united in ma.rri g October 29, 1947. Th : wed d ~n ~ was a pretty event in the Pa rson<tge ef the Un ~bd Prerb y­t r1an Churc h, Monroe- the Reve re nd Fra nk Wiley readhq tL service. The happy e·Ouple's only a{h nd ~;~ nts we re Mr. and Mrs. Ro~ett J oyce. The bd de is empl.ayed i.n AI Ruddl e's Fin ~s hi n9 Offi-ce. Bob J oyce is well knGWI:I, a No. 2 Machine Room employee. REEL -A TED IJy Olio Ueid (; EORG ' H.\K. \1 (o 11r ~ nJal Sti .k·. 'f~n) ,-rart>c at Cham pirm i H 19 J 3 ( n tlte R ('(') ·. H e ·a, ad \'<t it ted . hen I f) lO ' for ma r~ . ~1 ~ k ft tlr · Company in F1J 7 nd n::wrne l to tl Re ·1 · m J91 8 -< nd was soon R e ·1 1-:-ore· man ageti n. This job be h ' ld for 2. ye<trs, l;dc e tran sferrir1g to tlle job of kc ~ ,r ing l h e thou-a nds of 1' esLoan ' Sticks in a state o ( good r pair. He in ~· en ted art ingenious d c:vice [or locking the fibre to the ti k. Due to 5h rinkage of the wood, the fib.rc became loose and troublesome. George can check and lock a bt.mdred ttck in 5 to 10 minute ·. Here ·ides at 70·J Liberty A enue. • • - - ' •• • JA~I.ES· A. \V TKU\ ', 15- l Red, 1 ad­iuo- l1i ha~in{F . "J i rnm ie ·• LS a three- yea r Champion of • connnuou ' -erv-ice. but \ rked h re be fore the var. Fo.r hob­hies he l.i ke to hunt and to brag of his new car to Ray "\"\ ates, H e doe: rhjs ber 1.,1 .~e Ray's car came out in 1929 an 1 i. t iH out. Jhumi i · ma rr i d , and th-.. fa ther o f one rl a u o~ht r. Sc llra Rae~ 8 yrs. Jimmi is a t hom · ro his fri ·u L at lh Ro~s \ - nue. A C.OV ERN !lENT CONTRO ov Ar a ountr ' • · ·co11 om, sounds gr 1t - c veryborl r ·Jnrrcs th ~<.till . Hur on rl o;; · i 11 ,, "s l i ga 1 ion it ., in · t so hm. -l y p n )f n J thin( . - . ,. . b - whwh JS wh;u they ha · t:- ·would b .l ig-htl • l.J -·low toy .~iU-u • tb r d of li ving. T it·' io t n.ti ~.· · of h t~ l\1 rpris' rnust b ' til ' best· - beuw ·c i t pr d nr 'd a. 11::\tt\ n wh ich is [(~"Cd in g 1'11c wo:tlLl ::m d a.ll .it's "isms," It look. Cro1 1 h · lik · "ism" am Jl' i ~m ·~.in ' t our bab r •. •• thrv i:d . r BiLL LAVVSON - 1.7 P » I i~ a f;\1'<1 11 I ::~dvo at· >f lh< 1 phras ! '' ~ ccp A n1 'r.i a Sing ing." '~' ' ere 1 rivilq;;cd rcn::nt. l, .to '""'ud1 the gi ft :d, sn ft. spok 11 man g. rh~.:r his brood 0 1' 'i·VcJJ - IUI OI :d childrCIL ii i'OUI I l lti·:m and rri'\ > Hll ~OI'l'1l' of th m osb bea utiful , nd · pirjH;d h,rfl1~tlY thi ' si lc of the li a n1i P iv r - lhe " B<.trbeYiJ ilorp r:." me 'Lon th ' otlu:r sici.£>. h h.:a ls us to think that a fami ly son ~· f.s t one per V(;!~ k , with pa'' and maw ::m I aU m 1 1b r · of th · family taking part, wo1tl I . Qlvc a lot of the g'r ·ac tro1t bl ,s of th t: day. • DRUM BEATS . By We ley Cobb Thought fo:r the month .. . :Y ar ag-o, a profes or il1 .. rmany 0 vned a-big, .. trapping, black po dl~ dab ... He wa · proud ·Of the dog' · abilit to make a daily trip to the tobac ·o shop acros the trt:::e t, returnillg ea h ti.rne ,~· ith -a supply f hi 'favorit pipe mixture .. .. H nee •·h~ proh! ·or ·wa · g'l"ea<tl}: delighted , UJ0H movi~(r to a lown L O ntiles way, Lo d1 co'V :r ;a tobacco ·hop directt·v a ross t l~e tr t .... H e ml!.de the arrano-em nt with t.h e' o'i. net , . of the shop, but he foTgQt to e. J:>lajn matters ro the dog. , .. The n'c:xt clay, upon command, the dog ian in to the ~~reet . tood ue rUd r ed for a mo.rn ent, and then , sick aL b.cnrt a111d with lo'\lvereJ h ead he loped out of town, across a n'otmtain and a riv r, through "iNoods and vvamps tO th on1 r toba CO 'hop he knew . . .. four da S laLer, the po · lie dragged h)imself in ~g ny to, the pro{ s, or' d oor­stel.? and drop_pdl d~acl,_ w1th tl:te hule a k ~ f tob_?cco t.iH lutched t1g;hd 111-Jus mouth . ... Of such l1ttl t5lun ­der .. · i: li re made lt p! One of tbe two bigge 't rnen on the Drum Coaters is 240-pound CJ1arie,_ T inche:r. But ~ith all his weight, Charley 1--valk too lasr. and 1s too act1v:e to e ~~ er be called . ,~ a fat n::ran . Ltke btg Dan Norville, he's just big all over. 1. his month Char 1 y join the Old Timers group wiLh the completion of 25 year ·ervice with Chanl­p: on. Before coming ~o Kro.rne kote, he ·was a Iarrn l­iar sight for years around . 23 and 24 coaters.. Of re­cent years Charley ha.s been very active-in chur h work, <ri:vitlcfJ' much of hl tin .· and eHons to the Church ~)(God organization. He has ·en : d as part tirn"' pastor at V\tood dale where he 1nake hi " horne, as vvell as song leader ~11e1;e. (Note: AlL.hongh Cl arley probably couldn't tell a basketball from a footbalJ, he has a. on Carl c:. Trenr,on 'vl:w is expected m develop into _one of the best hard~. ·ood tar · in But- 1 r County). To those ·, ho knm~r Charley be t, the pj - tt.n-e on the right m igh t go unre o-unizetil. ·T he big fel­low looks le;tn and hun!rty tn Lhi old · print La.ken · when he was 18 year ' old ar . . Cam l.l Grant, Hlinoi . . At rhat time , m 1919, Cbarl€y tir:>pe(l the b eam at a m '~re 140 pound . hnpres,.;j ,vn- tbatgenial Hen Dixks brought b~tck ·r<;>rn J1Jr \~.'eek , . p.enr in Havaua, Cub-a . .. Tl\ grar~ d .sc n e 1·y, ,.~,·o;n0erful { orl (including the tt ad iLio.nal Chnstmas .' \' feast , bahny tem J3 "~atures of 75 and 80, ·x ell ·nt ~w 1 n1 · ru ing, and 1.he lnforgeLabk u., wrc d amlxH·~ of fa'lll~ll~ old Morro C.astlt. . . . And, oh. yes- toe b · r. u uful ~enon' tas. ' . . Congra:udations tQ the curly-haired bully boy.; of Krorn kote, Carl House, who e No. I Xmas present was a baby bo · ~ Larry Stephan , b?ro on D<::cternber ~3 . Carl once told u · thact if he ever ra1 sed any boy , they d. erob ­ab ly be t·he "otneri~s t cr~tte1·s" in t11e ~and (But_ that was just after h had slipped away fro1:'J.1 _four gru lhng y ~s ·with the U. S. 'larine Corp). vVe thmk young Steve "'~1H uo doubt ·e ttle for doing a g:ra.nd job of qLiarterba .ktng for ·ome high school team along about l 965. CorLiss Drake demon tr~.ttc el the u efulness of his beau­tiful rathskeller room last month when he held an "op n . house" pany for O'H~D)b r ,· of Lafc: King' shift. Fourre n ' ft':llo,.\TS (!n j0 'Cd a variety of gam es and refr-eshments. * '*' * * Tall, good -lDoking Luther Peters and his a Lt~active wife Julia have an inte; st in county b a.sk~ tb~Jl ·h1 · y~ar, sinv bier ndy Vonav1 h , coach of Fa1rCte ld s Rc lsktn s, is their brother-in-law. \IVe sat bes ide them one night last inolllh and w<u cll ed Hanover's great team barely nip Andy's boys, 34 tG 3 L . . · Buffing the _drums _ .. "The Deaco~" Jim ~Ihompson has been named on the teenng con:umttee of 17 chosen to inves tigate the local council-city manager flare-up .. . . tong John Holland is ''m o ving out" ~n his trucking ·~usi ­ness .... lt couldn't happen to a rucer gu y! ... L~ttle Therna "Ike" Isaacs is conclusive proof that goot'l thmgs ccn;ne in small package . . .. "Ike" recen tJy was granted $30 in suggestion awards, including the simplest and most effective edgetleaning device used to date ... . After talk­ing to like~ble Leo '\1'/inkler, No. 6 macl~in e tender, we must laughingly name him as the Champwn's No. 1 dog lo\ler. . . . "Wink" savs that he lov e~ a dog more than the averag·e p erson ... . No~v them'·s fi ghtin' wdrds; "Wink," and you're sticking your neck away out, but we love you for it! . * * * * R.ebti.f.fing the drums ... Long and lanky Taylor ~ratt Would rather see a wrestling ~11alch l~Ta~ a ~ozen U:OVles-:­and he <loes! ... Gil Schulte 1s vacanortmg m Flonda tJ:vs winter: ... \Voncler if he'll write back like Frank Cook­" it's like heaven h ere." ... (It will likely dep~nd on how the ponies are running at Hialeah), . . . Ernest "~utch" Alien has 1elt Kromekote to en ter a school for radw and te levision .. .. . The place will .never be quite tl~e sa-r:ne withou t the one and on ly "Butcher." .... ' tVe w1sh h1m the bes t of luck.! * * * * . RICHAR.I!>SON-R.EYI\,IOLDS WEDDING PARTY - S.ad.:1 Riel:!?rd$o~ ; CM Sortlng, ~nd Ken11 eth Reynolds, so.n. of E?gar R·ey(1olds, umted t.n m-a.rr~g:e , No~emb~r 22, 1947, at ),he w.~s ~ Srde Bapttsf Church._ Att.e rH~anfs w. ere Mallin e Howard, CM So.rt rng: Pat Sprauer. CM. . Sort­ingi Do ~is Jaoe KeMn~ dy ; l1l9ttle Mae and Don, Jr., 8-egl-1y, chtldr~n of Don Begl~y. s,., CM Ca.! e nd ers~ H rshel Cler;'e"'s: son of J1m Clemerts, CM Ca l ender~: Ralph Hubbard ; and Bast! Rtcha rdson . So~ Shop. 31 i I ' • • ' , • I I ' Hamilton Bob Craycraft, /~< J otP 8r(Jntt-er A be l3arger Bob Craycraft; , S.q . ::.;:~ --- ~-..... ~·" _., ' . . . . . .. - . ·c::-~·~ ,-' ,-- ·: -·' .~ .......... / ·•- · .·) - ;... .r • • BOWLING 'EM OVER With Ken Moore v\ E FiND our paragraphs for th is L og issue jammed in between the top and bottom ball racks. At that, it is a rather en iable position - just let your eye run ove1· the eli te character of the balls decorating these racks. You will see the ten men who will be hanging their hats at the Detroit-Leland Hotel in Detroit around March 21st. Captain Art Gardner leads these Kegelers to this year's bowlers' mecca, the A.B.C. National T ournament- and leads them with the very best wishes of all bowling mind­ed Ch.ampioneers behind them. Besides the regulars of Champion's representa tive team Sam Massey, Wally Reed, Clarence Hively, and Abe .Barger have been conscripted from the ranks of the Men's League to provide two full teams, to be known as Champion No. 1 and Champion No. 2. The line-up of these two teams is a problem not yet resolved, but, for the doubles events. it looks now as though the pairings would be Clarence Hively, Wally Reed- Sam Massey, Abe Barger - Bob Craycraft, Jr., Bob Compton -Art Gardner, Bob Craycraft, Sr.,- and, for the long and short of it, Heine Voss paired with Joe Brunner. In the singles it is every man for himself, but, in all the events, may Lady Luck be kind to you all. • • • OTHER CHAMPIONS are also taking a whack at the prize money dangling in Detroit. Scheduled to bowl on Mal)ch I 2th, Bud Dunlap, Hugh Kirkpatrick, Zeke Sandlin, under the banner of Earl Herman's Gtocery team of the Ljndenwall Merchants L ague, are undoubtedly going t() put forth some erious ffon to splinter rhe pills. And may you . uc cd lik nobody's ht,1 siness. SURPRISJNG WlVES do happen at times. It ha been the cusLom of the Champion Men's Linden bowlers to seize upon the birtl'tday of any of their team mares as an occasion fo:r great rejoking, done with considerable gusto. John Demis, Captain o£ the Pine Knotters, had one of these anniversary celebrations going along the usual routine when lo-a large roasting pan appeared. Opened, it revealed a cargo of fried chicken which mus.t have been tasty indeed for John had lots of help in its consumption. John's wife, Elizabeth, was at the bottom of the plot. She had obtained something like seven pr ing­ers and, becauSe of her nigh t work on the sorting line, had been helped by Mrs. Eddie Fiehrer, another Pine Knot wife who skillfully dismembered- into forty-two .. pieces - ·and fried the biggest Linden surprise in ear Our hats off to you, ladies! ... . . . THEIR 'N'EIGHT is getting them down. The Half Tanners at Stone Tavern crashed from the second through the third and fourth positions and lodged on the fifth, all in four weeks. Captain Mike Faber is look­ing over so'me special diets. . . . ,. PRANKSTERS got in some lick at Fenmont. \Ially Auld, bowling wi th the Mikes, Kegel d his way to h is very first two hundred score. Team-mate conoiv d to_ delay the publica tion of his 208 in Chip~ Ior a fuH week , You shame 'em, Wall:y, and get some more high markers. • • •• • LAvV SCI·JOOL can iH ter fere. '\!\Tally Fab r, loaded down with legal night courses, l'las hung up hi bov.·Ung shoes with a haudiul of moth ·.balls in ea h toe. Good lu 'k in your studi.es- after graduation you should mak a uper foul judger S a lit Ma.ssey Wt~lly R. eeti fie ix e voss !3 ob Comp to~ ' "SI5S Y''..JON&$ 71/tir'e 6/;e-s flJ8lllTtf 11/ltllltM warettes BANKBOARD BABBLE Bunny .·hots an.d ?"ebotmds as gathe·red f'ront Champions' basketball exploits By Ray Ga.ru tt UMMARIZING 1947-48 basketball activity at Hamilton Champion, th is observer goes on recotd here and now in saying that basketball and Champion have become synonymous. Although our Representative Green ' r\Tave "Y" Shop Leao-uc hoopsters and our \ t\Tavette "YW" Girls' Industrjal loop cagers failed to gather any of their respective league's laurels in the way of championships, both exhibited performances worthy of the Chau1pi:on name. As for the Mill League, few followers will = argue that its success was not one of the highlights of a gloriou · basket campaign. All in all, more than 100 Champion basketeers are to be · incerely ·complimented for the part they have so galantly played in keeping Champion basketball prestige intact. GAHI." 60h'tfR In; s.p e ct i OJtV Hamilton I £/)()/£SIMPSON -G rt:eJ-z,_ W co Y e • • I BOB PALLMl~ GreeJ-U -ware ' ' j . J ' 1.1 T. C. ALLEN, LOYAL CHAMPION SINCE 1905, RETIRED FEBRUARY 1 By Christine Dem,er T. C. Allen 61, ' ho j oin ed Lhe C hampion Family way back on October l, 1905, wh en the present Mill site was imply a soup·, wampla ncl ar ea, r e tired from active Champion service Febru a r , 1, a fter mo re than 42 years of continuous employmen t. This likable Champion who helped carry (or raw­hide) rhe fict ticks of H emlock wood u p a runway to the old wood room for chipping, has enjoyed every moment he has spent with the Champion F am i l y. vVork was d one the hard way back wh en the Mill first started o perations, but T, C. was ha le and hardy · and could " take it" right on the chin. Thinking back over the years, Allen recalled his " narrow e s c a p e fr o m d. eath" . s.t o ry which h ad as . 1 ts ongr• n a certa.m spot awp the old Sulphite Di­ges ter building. T . C. was doing a special job when a gin pole snapped under the sudden jerk of the heavy cable, th rowing him to the edge o( th e buildiNg where a guy ro pe cau ght hi m a bout the. wai!.L and saved him from a lmost certa in d ea th. T~·vo Dig st r work men-one o f them was Mills Hick ·- All en rem m bers, came to h is resu te a-. he dangled o 11 Lhe edge n f th 1 10 foot build ing. r'\ !Jen spc1 t many years wi th the Ri gg ill ~ u ,.._, am i tater b ·cam · fon·man in tha t de pa t t men l wh ' re he ~ Jrvtd with r~::: m a rk ab l e eHicitncy and ~"~a le r y. H e h a:-. a lways been th t: Champion who d id !ll r)s t of t he beav ' a nd ha zard o u<; ch ores ~llm ut th • M i] L t li en , a n :r a n­( licl ma u , peah \'e ll for th : Ch :11npion Saf ' t)' program. He lik !. Lhc prog res~ bei ng ma cll' a long ~a l ety ch<.nmeh. and has a lways ta k n tim 10 1 t eath ,af 'I} ltl hi-, lllcn on and off the job. T . C. >·vas ma1ried to the frn ll tt>r . 1 i,., C msran e Chapmau ba kin 1908. ·riley had 10 ·hi ldren , .,e,ul o f wh om were m plny d IJy Clwmpiun at rmr· time. r da~, only two o f tlt ·se chiMrcn- J lin of Fi ni hin11, a nd Jo(' Bol , o f Rigg r~ crew- are l11 ('mb r~ n l tlw C h mpic;n Family. So T . C. Allen amo1 g th o ld est C n u ,n Ch. mpion in point of continuous s r ice who did a grand iob [o r mo e than 42 years, has reti ed into p r ivate li(c throu gh Champ ion's R e tirement l ncom Pl n . ~4 By Gwendolyn Plemmons Va ati ms ha ve tart ''l off th1s year with a bang;-C. W. Bohn dah·l, \ . J. Hampt n, M. E. Burnett. E. J. Par­kun and . I. L. Smathers. We have no report from any of them, but l am &l.Jre thjs kind of >...-eath r made it a nice time to stay home. Vle extend our deepest symiJathy to CJ1arlje Stinnett, in th lo !!! of his mother, Mrs. Katie tinnett, 7!J, on Jan­tlary 13. \ e hop· to see Hilda Harkins on her job at he ln­sp tion desk again soon. Hilda has been out ick for several weeks. Glad to sec M. G. R eeves and Pauline R ymeJ· on the: job aaaiu after a short illne'is. Here's wishing a speedy r ecovery for Ruth \Vill&, who i ill at tllis time. \VI--IAT W fLL BENNIE PATTON DO 1 EX ?-\Ve h ear that be is ·aving gas by rolling his car to the foot of the hill on his way to the farm to milk and waits for someone LO p ush h im, then after he milks he waits again to be p ushed back to town. L. C. McDowell has been doing s-ome real rabbit huming th·is winter wi th Ott tsta.nding results. Mac ha:> the canines with which to overtake the cotton tails and wh at's more, he ju st na turally like to hunt. Le i H aynes is imp atie ntly awaiting the opening ol trout season . ·Few, if a ny Champions, an compete with Levi on the trout ·tream, and cenain1y no one enjoy~ the sport of fly cast ing more than this likeable paper in­spector. George \ 1\1. Smathers and Eldon Burnette have re­cently developed a harmonizing quartet in the i\ Iorni11g Star Methodist church area. \1Vhen two member of a youthful and con1ing quar te t leh for chool la t fall, George an d E ldo n took up 1vhere they left off-ju t to keep up the spir it o f song and too, be au e they derive much p lea ure from h ymn singing. The quartet i · mak­ing a rea l narne for itself. 't aync Lankford, paper in, pc tor in the 1 <.> ·. 11 a nd 12 machine area , becam " uncle" on J anuary ~ ~ ' hen a daugh ter, Janice Sharon, was born to hi · sister, Mrs. I nul \!Varner, at Norburn Ho·pitaL THEY GET 'EM - Shown with string of ban and crappi t hey took from the wate rs of Chat uge Lake, near Haye·$ville, in Western North C..,rol iflo , are Bruce Gug e, left. I 0-year-old son of Clinton Guge, of Extract au toclaviu, and Bobby St amey, 12, son of Albert Stamey, of .Extrad dryers. Their diJ ds would do well to <'l equ ire $ome of t heir ted\nique in 5Mgging members of the finny tribe, OBSERVATIONS IN AND AROUND THE PLANT By ]. E. Slaughter \Nork c'f in 'tailing the big new drum bark r at the old wo d roon1 is going along nicely and unles some­thing u_nfore een happen, , sh e will be ready fo1· use in a -hort t1m , \ e hope tl1. weather stays good as now. The wood ramps have not been put in yet. , Another Murry chipper is being in talled in the Jack Pine chipper house. -r:he chipper it. eH has already been set, but the wo d c~UTier h:a e. not been put in to ca:rry the ·wool to the ch1pper. It ·w1ll take sometime to In, tall thi, part of the eq uipment. Janu.ar , 1948, furni heel us with some real winter \Yeather, with the thermometer registering about zero part of the time and with snow added. . One of. the m~:l're. nwden1 Storag ~anks. in the 'e parts ~ ~ ~ow b~m~ b~ult 1:n the o!d Sulpl:1te ptt room. The cntlre building 1s bewg equtpped wuh a huge tank con-tructecl of concrete and steel and made leak proof. This entire space, the cubic capacit of whid1 we do not know, will be used for storage of surplus pulp tock used by all paper machines. l • -. ,.. . ·- - fiEMINtNE ACT-You'll never suspeet that the lad dressed as vampire """' a ptis.one.r of war In . Germany fo r more than 27 monfhs during World War tl. He -is now 5f!lti-o-n~d with the Finonce Depa rfme-n>t of the army at C.amp Kilmer, N. J. Cpl. Horace Pressley is -the 23-year­clcf son of Hub Proessley, of Steam Plant, and the brotbe:r of Harold f!r!ls,ley of the same department. He te-enl i$ted in the army following his honotable dischCirge. Picture below $hows Pressley at noMe jud be£ore he re·enllsted in tne· a rmy. the feminine acts he puts on for th; benefit budd·i•• inveriobly ~r .. tes. • santetlon. eaKfOK Y. M. .C . A. ACTIVITIES By G. C. Suttles At Canton there is no ex use for failing to lean~ ~o­swim. Roy Lee Cody, Woodrow Robertson, 'PauL Hen­derson, Marshall Owen, Guy ·wright and Hiawatha :Mease ate ever ready to help our Champi<:>ns and their children in the art of swimming. The above leaders are qualified to make Junior and Senior Life-savers oE those ~ho entoll. . Under this ~ead -r~h ip , ten have just q~ali ­h ecl a J umor and Ser.uor L1Ce-savers. The JunlOrs: Joan Palen, Chades Blankenship, Sandra Lowrance, Max Duckett, . Richard King and lti hard Rowe. Seniors: Nancy Cody, Suzann · Cody, Sam Coman and Paul Mc­Elroy. Those who tried for certificates and failed will be given another chance after more training .. T he Board of Direcwr. of th Y.M.C.A. ha& secured Forrest Wood of Asheville as Dancing Teacher for Cham­pions, both children and adults. Mr Wood has a large enrollment of both in the Y schooL The Champion HillbiJly Girls continue very popular throughout Western North Carolina. They entertained for Mr. R. B. Robertson and gu ests at his home at Flat Rock. The girls made quite "A Hit" at Ecusta as t11ey sang for plant employees. . ' Members of this group ar~ Margaret Whitworth, Mary Sue Shumolis, Anna Lee Owet:t, Rhoda McClure, Frances Summers, Muriel Powell and Virginia Randolpl . This group is accompanied by Mrs. Marie Bell of the Y staff. The Carpenter String Band entertained for the staff of Norburn Hospital at the Reiser Building' in Asheville. Carlton Peyton 0f our Main office staff has brought mHch honor to the Y, having been made District Gov­ernor of the Sou.theastern R egion of Y's Men's Club . This region includes clubs ilJ. Virginia and North Caro­lina and ex~ends from Richmond to Canton. Carlton · has served -two terms as Secretary and two terms as Presi­dent of our local club. He is also Vice-Chairman of the local chapter of Red Cross; Boy Scout District\ Vice·dlair­man and serves on the Scout Council. The local Y's Men's Club has just presented the Boy Scout camp with a Canoe. At this writing, basketball is at it's height. In the Y league Fullam's is on top with Mack Stiles as leader, Ridgeway is a close second, captained by R ex Morgan. Howevex, it is a great fight with other team moving up. Other teams and leaders are Independents, CJark Robin­son; Stamey Cove, Carroll Pless; ' tVest Canton, Fl0yd King; Ineligibles, Red Ive .rer; Crabtre , Ray F rgu ·on and National Guard, T . M. Ridtman. The teams in th e Y Gramma1· School League are also making history, both boys and gir1s, as th y fight for the ChampiOJa.ship. T eams are North Canton, P nneylvania Avenue, Morning Star, Patton and B theL Ha!le ba.ll, so ftball and g0H players wer honored at a Y supper and winners w re pr !)ented . ith T'wphi , A. C: Garcl n was presented th Suttles Golf Trophr, The City Electri So(lba ll tearn. was .Jj!"~s~nt d with ~h l t!aU:l trophy and alJ play TS l;'e "t':JVCU tndtv tdual trophteS... This team was capt:a i ned by Man in J{,og rs. Bruce 1\tfor­ford and l:Jub Mattheson were presented ' ith mi· finali st golf trophies. AH grotLps .reported a v 1·y happy and enj yable sea-' son of sports. · . ' . ' I . j ' ' ' • t I .. , • Ca.atfCl1. GRADUALLY IMPROVING . B. and ·) 'McCra ·ken , above, who was stricken "'·ith pa.ral · i. September 20, 1945, is gradually improving at his home in the Thi .ket ·ection , near Canton. Sandy, a he i kno·wn to virtually all Canton Champions, was ith the compan r ·when operations first started here mor than 40 years ag·o. His continuous service with Champion howeYer dates from June, 1924, during which time he sen ed in the R . and A. Department. When he wa tricken in. 1945 he was repairman in Electrolytic Bleach Plant. He is a brother of Guy lVIcCracken, rigger foreman, and Goble McCracken, machine tender in llookmill manu facturing area. He also is a brother-in­law of Gu; Hemphill of Stock and Storage Department. He is a member of Champion's Junior Old Timers club. • • •• • ' TRANSFER LOG NEWS By Grace Tallent Freda Hall has left our department to join Tabula t­ing. ' 1\Te sure mi s you, Freda, but we're hoping you like the new job. Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time at the Industrial Relation Birthday Party in Waynesvme. vVe have several proud pappa's in our department now, namely: Mark Hipps- a daugh ter, December 17; J. T. McElrAth- a daughter, December 23; and Hugh Rog·- · ers-a daughter, December 31. Congratulation fellows! Carroll Scott and Gaston J ohnson have returned to work after being out sick tor sometime. J. C. (Dithers) \1\lhitaker h as be n very ill with pneumonia, b \.tt plans to return to work soon . Garland Raine has b n admitted to Moore Gc11eral Hospital for tr atm u ~ a.nd l r <1 Steppe will re port to th · Or en Hosp-i tal soon. T he appcaran e of the T hn _Clock isl ~1.as b t:n much improved by the use <>f n Jbbcr t•lc on tiP Uoor. A l · a ~t you don't make so Hluch nois walking through r.hc:re now. M n coming to 'Trans ~ · r from R . awJ . an•: J oJn• H , Milner, P. 0. Stroop \ J. R. Flynn, Btll urncr, J: M. Burn u e, L E. Cragg, W. R >ctor, R. D. Vanhook, .I•. n. Rathbone, R. M. D aver, A. L. Taylm, J. ]- Rhineharl, L. T . Bumctre C. J, Surnrn ·y. G. W. V" inco tr t , · ·. T. Holland, E, L J acksm\ and J. B. ll<:n. . J. ·n ruce Mod rd set~ rn ed to lw.- e ,ck vrdoJ >ed .a ve1 y bad cold and a _cough JU. t wh_en th "':'eath r got th . worst. He say lus doctor prcscnbe~~l Flortda a a cur , o off he goes to Florida for a vaeauon. , Mr. and Mrs . D. R. Burnette announce lhe b1rth. of a daughter January 18t h . 86 WIMMIN·G ~tAS8ES ATTRACT MANY ENTRIES; ELEVEN COMPLETE WORK ni r and junior l i fe-saving da ~ · t:.pon o d by Champi on Y. M. '. . in the Y pool -durin r rhe p yt 3(} days resulted jn m 1.1 ch in c-1 st and t n ~ndid t• r ceiv· ing swimrnin lif -a in r t.i ficat ~ from Amc rcan Red C o. c:; and Cbam1 ion Y. M. . . A. Woody Rober tson , Jt )o a- ulf hat d parrment, had h arge of the s :nior ' W'irnrn :r , and w~ a isted by Hia­watha Watts Mea . Roy La C dy h d char~e of junior candidates with (h.e assistance f Mar. hall Owen. 1 en 2-hour classes were conducted in swimming life­saving onl y. The su cess (ul .an didates t ok to the pro­gram with a determjnation that app alcd to in:tructots ahd Y officials. Unsuccessful candidate wi ll b:: given another op­portun. ity of passing the work. clm inoc a <.,erics of clas '> scheduled to , tart April 1. New candidates also will be admhted at that time., it was learned fro rn those in charge of the swimming program. SENIOR GRADS- Shown wi,th iilStr-udor, Woody Roberts o,n, s<3 cond from left, are swimmers who completed ·~h eir 20-hour cotme in saniot life-saving. They are, left to -right, Suianne Cody, I 8, Ro.be rtson, Sam Coman, 18, and · Nancy Cody, 16. Paul McEI.roy, 27, cf Wayne:sville, was absent when picture was made. JUNIOR SWIMMERS- Receh,lng cedific,;~tes in junior life-saving ~ere the silc swimmers pictured here with instru etor, Roy La Cody, extreme _ ri!jht on back raw. front row; Joan Pa len, Sandra Lowrance and Max Clu.dett. Back row: Richard King, Richud Rowe, Charle$ Blankenship and <;ody. ' • nr WOODYARD NEWS By .Erne t !v[e se1' Randolph Earley splitter for-eman on the Wood ra;rd, died of -a heart attack on: Monda morning, January 12, 194- ', while sran d.ino- in line to punch in for the day 'hi ft. Eaxley wa a member of. ·the Champion Old Timer dub~ having been emplo:fed cont1ntmusly by Champion since January 1, 1921. Funeral er i · were condu t d at the vVe t Canton , Bapti, r church on Wedne"day, January 14, with the Rev. C. H . Green, Lue:iu Roger and 1arshall Raby ofti.ciating. Jen1bers of the Old T im r, dub wer active and honorary pallbearer . .Burial wa i~ Bon-A-Venture emeter . Mr. Earley i urvi ved by the ,,.,ridow, eight chjldren and fo urteen grandchildren . James Jenkins, father of \ . R. J enkin of the crane crew:>, died at hi home in Cro by, Tenn., on .January . 1948, after a long . illn . s. · . . Twenty pe r ·ons from the \J\loodyard department .at­tend d the Old Tim rs banqu t held in the Champwn Y. 1.CA. on Januar r 10. "'rhose atte~1ding .were: H. ~­Gillis, G. H . Jones, J. C. Allen J. ~- Robmson, D.· E. :\forgan, J. C. Kuykendall, J. E. Chlld_ers, F. M. Hicks, C. . ' orley, .F. R. Earley, J R. Smith, F. M. Byers, R. D. Hvatt, F. \1\. Veto , M. L. Frady, J. H. Duckett, G. M. Seale , L. B. Hamlin, E. M. ' 'Vi lliams and L. A. Conlan. The following p r mr from the ' '\Toodyard were on vacation ometime during the month of Janu~ry : R. E. Surrett, Glenn Abel, V. R . Owenby, C. P. Smith, H. R. Jones, Torn AbeJ, "r. H .. Rhinehart, Blane Warren, C. ~1. S~nacL ton, A. J. Haney, H. R. ' '\Tebb, Weldon Hall, L £. Love and Melvin Teague. . Carroll Pre sley, member of the Woodyard measunng crew, has been made foreman of the crawler cranes on . Lhe '\1\"oodyard. . . Mechanized wood handlmg started dunng the war with the old Bay City in operation .. Now, with ~hree of thee crane in ope ration and hancl~mg around 4:>0 cords of wood each eight hour . · . . . Frank L eatherwood, Roe Leatherwood, J 1m King, W. 0. H ender son '\!\layne Pitts, Hubert L. Howard, Kenneth Cope, V. H Hannah and Kaywood Messer com­J) Oi>e the crews of: the . .e cranes. THE Mc.0:0WELL CHILDREN, -the so1B and d111vghter 0f M.r. and M .. s. John Ray McD-owe41 , of Ha ~elwo-od . Their dad was with Cat:~ton Cham· pion's Woedyard DepartmeAt un+i1 he entered the army in September, 1940. They are the g,randc'hfld ren of Mrs. louise Ab~oH, a popu~ar membar of Champion's Medical Seetion staff. left t0 r1ght are Cr<'ug, 5, Cato!y,n louise, 20 monfhs, and John Ray, Jr. 3. J. H. MEDFORD, EMPlOYED 22 YEARS, RETIRED FEBRUARY 1 By Grace T allent Likeable . and humorous J ohn Henry Medford, 66, who joined the Champion Famil~ November 23, 1925, re­tirecffrom active service effective February J, after having worked in virtually all departments of the Champion Mill. Mr. Medford, owns his home, a flock oE "paying" chickens, and some live stock. l-Ie has e(i,ucated six children. This was aU made possible, lVLr. Medford says, through his 22-year connection with the Champion o.r- • • gamzatwn. . Mr. Medford spent his last several years of active Champion service in the Transfer department. He was rnarried to the former Miss Clara Cook, of Haywood county, on December 11, 1915. ' · · This likeable Champion plans to increase his chicken business and work around the home-place while he is en-joying his retirement in~ome. · · . . . . Mr. Medford has twm sons with Canton Champ1on. ' They ai·e: Boyd, of Sulphate Department, and Boyce, of R. and A. Department. They are 23 ye_ars of age, and like their Dad, they enjoy their work with Champion. \ * E. B. ITEMS By Floyd Gillis They tell me that a man's general attitude depends upon what he had for supper, therefore, I thOt~gh t I had better write tllis before eatin'. Things in this department air just buzzin' along about like common, most of us air so human that we look mostly at the gloomy side of dai1g nigh everything. '1\Te were invited out to dinner ' tother day and there · was -old Tull, just like on thing. !hen I seed h~n'l again at th.e Old Timers' banquet, fact lS, he m.ade .a httle ta1k at the last men t'ioned place. . That rem incls me of what a grand t.inte we had at the banquet, grand is not a good c n~ugh name . if Bru e Nanney were htre I would axe htm for a btgger and be tter narn for hi r. Bruce has vocabulary enough for the en tire de:pa rtment. . .. . . I wish y~)U could have eed 'Mt.Uard Chapm~n the other night wh<!n a tank. of stock r<un over on l.um. . It was just above zero and h ~.va rea lly lr~n~h~~· . . Did you h ar about Chuhe Chapmat~ losm all his mou:ey over in Ashevdlf just before Chnsl:mas? More than $350 taken righr <Dut of his pocket. 37 I I , I ! _, ; ~ ' -f I ' I • • ·I ' ., ' SODA SULPHATE NEWS By Katherine Plentmons The folJowing bad vacations during l•cbruar : PRO~ DUCTION-J. L. Hall, Rufu Coil t:t , Fred 'Thomp ·on, F. 1. Swru1.g·er, Dave Millwood, Clyde . harp, .J. H. Vl hittcd, M. B. Hall nd A . .1 L McC1ur . RECO\ ERY-Wm. Lewis, V. loore, W. Anunons and Joe · ·rrells. J nnings · "Diamond Jim" mat hers, smeltex tech­nician, ,eems a lit tle o ld to start , u king his thurnb but a fellow ha · to hav some way of showing a new ring. lt take · . H . Bank a few days to get back on his old rou. Li ne after being T chn ician. R ecently, aft r being T echni ian for a week he carne in on his old shift at eight o 'clo k instead of se eu. Doesn 't take a life time to get use 1 to a o·ood thing. Tob ' Jamison, Coordinating Inspector, is really hav­ing to watch what he says. His little girl is learning to talk and she doesn't fail to try to say what her daddy says. How about it Toby? How ' Vayne Medford, Technician and Gus Cody, Shift Foreman, can look so rested and bright coming off a I I -7· shift we can 't umlerstand. What is the secret fellows? , Could it be that Vance Williamson is getting so ab­sent minded that he can' t tell the difference between the "speaking tube" to the bottom floor of the digester and the telephone? One day he qtlled the Steam plant and was holding the telephone receiver to his ear, and talking through the speaking tube. The latest on Rudy Barnes- The other day be drove up in his, new Buick and stopped at a certain store on Market Street in Asheville. H e went in and asked for some "Wabbit \1Viquor." The man told him he was sorry they didn't have any "Rabbit'' but had some "Old Crow·." Rudy quickly replied ''I don't want to fwy, I just want to hop awound a wittle." Rudy says this has been told on every one else so it was bound to hit him sooner or later. But it is much better to hear Rudy say it with that nice Southern drawl of ·hi . HERNDON CHILDREN- The 5on ud daughter qf Mr. and Mr1. Erasrnus Herndon. At left is Anita loui$e, 7, p!.!pif at Pannsylvania Avenue g rade school, and her b-aby broihe-r, Philip Dunc,n, 6 months~ Their dad has been ""'ith Canton Champion 12 yurt' ond i5 employed In Soda-Sulphate. 38 SOME YOUNGSTERS--Are these grandc>hildren and son of J. G . Hutchi~on, of Seda-Sulphate Department. A son, John Ervin H~:~h:h i­son, is shown at to.p left, while a granddaughter, Brenda Louise C~1e, smiles from upper right. A grandson, Roy Le.e .Stephenson , is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Stephenson, is shown at low-er left, whi1e another granddaughte.r, Hilda Sorrells, dau.g'hter of Ha;rris Sone!ls, Champion oiler, appears lower righ:t. . LA B. NEWS By Ma.ry Davis .... ~~ - '' We were very sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Katie Stinnett. Sh€ was the grandmother of George Woxley and the mother of Charlie and Clyde Stint1..ett, ali of the Lab. lt's beginning to look as if Ellis Smathers will have to get a dealer's }jccnse if he trades cars many more times. In the last-year he has had six cars, this time a '41 Buick. The bltbble gum fad is even invading the Lab. Jim­mie Williamson i so experienced now that she can mak.e staccato pops wilh it. Jo Nicholls and V. 0 . Ayers are the new pool cham­pio- ns of the Lab, They challenge anybod in an oth ·r d ~ panmen t in the mill. Sl •dding cems to be a popular with ''gr wn-ups" a "" ith young L rs. Ju task G orge Ho·war l Tro tel, Rob­ ·r . Phillip and Johnny Stevens. They w TH sledding. on St cp Str eet. Robert lo l two pass no-ec· before he wpp cL And we hear that on young fellow crash­land. (t into the fron t oE the Dime Store with quite a few bruis a . tlt r u}t. V. 0. Ayer ' n 'W nicknarn€ i D ynaxnite. vVhy, ' e hav n't th least id a. Could anyone nHghtea us? 'Ve wi h to express our appreciation to George Rob­en .on for his help in writing the Lab 11evV'S t.hi. month. • , THE STOCKTON GIRlS Wilma Jean and Doris Ann are the daugh­ters oJ Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stockton. The·y ate students at Candler graell,ed. school where 'they ar·e ma'ki·ng eJ«:el!ent grades in all their studies. Their dad · has been with Canton Cham·pion 's Extract De­partment. since 1932. Wilma Jean , 12, left, and Doris Ann, 10. · MARSHA lUANA BARRETT­She i~ the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Ba.rreft. Her mefher, tpe former louisa Smafherll, for­merly woa.s employed in Ca.nton Champion's Finishif!g office. M ISS HOLCOMBE - Lorraine Holcombe, daughter of Harry Hof.eombe, of Extract s·t0rage tubs, shown 0n the porch of their home. FORESTRY NE\VS By Ann Akins Donald D. Ste enson, Divi ion Forester, is on a trip to sunny Central Ah1erica and Cuba. in connection with Company business. His trip is to be about five weeks long. Also escaping our zero weather (the lucky guys) are :\.. C. Shaw and \Valt HoHmann, who spent two weeks in fexa ar1d Tom Alexander who was there a week. Our riewe t forester is David Frankl in from Ashevme, Nonh CaroEna. Dave, who r ceived his B. S, deg.ree in Fo,restry in December at North Carolina State, began work with Champion on .January J Z in Georgia. Ted Da is, A. C. Shaw and Walt Hoffmann attenderl the Sodety of American Foresters Section Mee-ting at Raleio-h on .January 30 and 31. T ed pre nted a repon tH th meeting as chai man of th Rc. ear b Committe . The first (o1-nJal meeting of The '1\lestern No· th Carolina Fon:<>ters m t at the Biltmor Plaza on January 9. 0 the 38 foresters awendin<r, hampl-on ·was very w II Ttpre. enced by W. J. Damtu t, A. C. Shaw, Frank H. M:'ilJer, Ted Davis, \<Val H offmann and Ma' Dillingham.. The pur-pose oi this dub i f Jr its member~ Lo ge't to~ gether and exchange idea ·. • MAIN OFFICE NOTES Our la ch guest of honor is that amiable Supervisor of Lhe TabuJati.n.g se tion of the Canton Divis_j(m Ac­counting d epartt:ncn t, -\1\l oodfin E. Lipham. vVoo ly was born in Doerun, Georgia, but grew up in La Grange. He at· - ' tended Nonh Georgia Col-lege and lhe U ni versi ty of Georgia, graduating from th latter in Accounting. The arm.y called ' 1\loody immediately after gradua­tion . He s rvcd in the meriom and Paci.fic T he­atres for (our year s, atta in ­ing the rank of Ca1 tai:r:'l . Before ccoming with Champion in . Septembet· 194-6, vVoody worked for the First National Bank of Atlanta. He now ably su-pervises the expanded· Tabulating depanment, handling such jobs ·as preparation of the piant payroll (_from in­fonnation furnished by the Time Office), fi.nishing costs, plant ledger figures, labor distribution, cost ·statements, sales analysis, accumulation of vouchers and earning rec­ords, and supplying information for state and federal repo.rts, the various departments, and for management. While at the University of Georgia, Woody selected Miss Jewell White as the loveliest girl on the camp~1s, and by 1943 had persuaded her to marry ;him. They have one child, Jean Elizabeth, who an-ived last August. The Lipha:ms have built a ho.ine in Clyde and are al­ready taking an active part in church and community af- . fairs. Congratulations to Joe Estes of ~he Cashiers' oWce and the former Miss Lorena Pope of Rutherford College who. were married on January 24th. They are living at 85 Blalock Street. · , - A warm-welcome to Coleen Robinson who has trans­fen- eel to the Accounting department from the Finishing Room, and to Freda Hall who moved from the T ransfer office to the Tabulating section of the Accounting de-partment. . A regretful farewell to William Pollard of Extract SalesJ who is now working for A. C Trask & Sons, ·with headql!arters in Boston, and to '1\Tayna Mae Henson of the Central Stenographic department. . Our thanks to Gudger Palm

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