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.

• Creator
  • Champion Paper and Fibre Company
• Format
  • Newsletters
• Type
  • Text
• Date
  • Date original: 1949-02;
  • Date digitized: 2016-11-11
• Extent
  • Dimension: 11.75" x 8.75"
  • Pages: 50 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • Career development
  • Champion Paper and Fibre Company -- Employees
  • Champion Paper and Fibre Company -- Periodicals
  • Christmas
  • Community organizations
  • Education
  • Employees -- Charitable contributions
  • Employees -- Training of
  • Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
  • Events
  • Families
  • Industrial recreation
  • Industries -- North Carolina -- Canton -- Periodicals
• Location
  • Haywood County (N.C.)
  • Canton (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
• Source Collection
  • Canton Area Historical Museum
• Identifier
  • Champion_TheLog_1949-02_Vol32_No02
• Repository
  • Canton Area Historical Museum

• • I T H E L 0 IN THIS ISSUE C tting th " Kn o ~ H o w' ' ................................. ~ ................................. I F ro111 lh t:: Edi LO r <; ....................... - .... ,. .. .. ........... ._ ....... ······ · ~··--······ ........... ... 2 J> i re1Js ··· ············~··~··· · ··············· ................ .i····H--······· ............................... ·············· --···~·· 2 lt"s Your Mnvc 60 to 600 I i le.s .... , ........................ .... ............................. _. ... ................. ~ .. - .... ,~· ········· . . . ........ .. . . . . . ' ..... ., . ............... ·-··· ......... ··~ ......... ·~ .. .. ..... , .. .. .............. . 4. Baskets of Ch ·er . ._ ....................................................................................... (j The Story o( Papt r J\Jak ing ......... ................................................. 8 Houston Poin ts with Prid ...................................................................... 9 Leo G·ci 'er - Ken Fa ist ....................................................................... -....... J 0 Annual Dinner Da nce .................................................................................. I I What's New on the Farm ...................................................... ............. lZ Houston Girls ...... ... ............................................. ._ ................ -..... _ .................. J ~ Around the Festi ve T able ............... ............................. ................ ....... 14 Machine Room Magic ........................ -........................................................ 16 There's Something About a Party .............................. .. .............. -0 Canton Supervisors Meet ..................................... , ................. .................. 93 Just Before the· Curtajn ................ .. "' ... ........................ . .................. ''4 No. 26 Upholds Tradition .................................................................... ,. ~6 DlVISlONAL ~ E \ VS Sandersville - · ·· ·· ··· · · · ····· ·· · · · · · · ·· ·· · · ·· ·· · · · · ···· ····· ····~· -· ·····~· ·· · · ·~·- · ···· ·· · ·· · "··-·-·-... ···· ·· - -.· ~ ··.o · ·· · ·· - ' Han.tilton ............................................... : .. ................................................................... 2.' Canton .............................. ...................................................................... ... ~ 6 • • • • • .......... . . .. . o,J Houston ................... ..................... .............................. .. ........ ...... . r ') 0 0 ~ o.;_o o o 0 o O o o o ooo o oo o o o ou o .. "1' - The Champion Paper and Fibre Company General Offices HAMILTON, OHIO • Mills at HAMILTON, OHIO HOUSTpN, TEXAS SANDERSVILLE , GEORGIA CANTON,, NORTH CAROLINA Editor, CAL SKILLMAN Editorial Advisors, R. s·. ROBERTSON, JR., D. J. THOMSON Editor Emerit us , C. W. PHILLIPS HAMIL-TON- DiNisional Editor, Roy Garrett HOUSTON -Divisional Editor, Stewart Jones Hem y Alexa nd .r, We ·le) Cobb, Bud J)unl ap , E lga r Fa n ner, Hugh Ki rkpat.dck , Ken M.oor . Jack ·Mu ll en , :'l la rgaret Chbo1 n , Helen P ier RO n . Rrrrh J aqu 1.. OttLi R •id . C·u l Rol>bim, F1 i.t:ti S hn id r, Georg 'i tei r1c1. Bill T homp.- 11. !-J e len Bie rll'i, ·th . Gene J)eb.g · . Sam E ll i~. F red F rlrtt C);'< , , n 111 Gard, r 'm·ma H :rckcr, Cl) de .M.illc r, J r., 0 dcl'l Sanders. CANTON - Dh1isional Editor, James Deaton SPECIAL REPORTERS M«ry Davis, d Dayton . h r i tiJ e lk.1,. ·. Fn•d Ft•tgu, on, Ra lph Gof 11·rh , Clyde R . Hoe . . J r .. Re l1 , ::~ Howrll . E1 n P~ I Messe r, Bn 1c 'a n ney, Bob Ph ill ip '>. c; \~eudo l y tl f' l mm o n ~. .K a th cr in<.> l'l cllllTtOns, Cr ~t . · l' lot l, J. E. Sl, ughH' r, St. n lc ' mith , '. uules. VOL. XXXll 0 U R C 0 V E R PICTURE \ }' bnnr .I the nw nLh of \ <.t.t~ h i n g tqn and Lincoln. I t i · a month for u-. tn ded i _at (J UI'· s~ lv · to th task oJ bui lding a bt nd ol l r it·nd­ship and under :s tand ing b twe<!n all gn~u p . . . a II c ·eed s . . . all n.1. e . B · lending a h elpi ng hand LO a tlC r untcr in the mill. in (he offic . or on tit t rce t. vou' ll be • ~ u r pri ·cd at the ke n hc.ppin ir bt ing . FEBRUARY 1949 .Pa 11l Cr. ig. The Pit 11 Rt po rt cr C lnrl ~·s E. Hodges, \ rnd crsdllc \ Vc-;; l ..v Cohh. \ Vh;1r"s 1 w On T il-e F:t rm r\l11ricJ All n, C 11 r<il Offi · NO. 2 ROBERT HILBORN, a repre sentative of t he Bailey Meter C ornpany, d em~n strates a St<!lld·akol as p a rt of C hampion's vocationa l t raining pro.g ram. C laues were held on the ''Campus" of Pasadena ·H igh School. Fro·m left to ri g ht: Hilborn, W ilbur C ogg in, A. C. Baker, and Ralph Davis. : .= • "COLLEGE OF KNOWLEDGE" HAS ENROLLMENT OF 53 . FIFTY-THRE ..w orket·s signed up for Cham-pion's "Coll e<re oE Knowledg " which o C£ered l11r e train ing ourses d u mg th ~ fa ll and early wint r a. a pan q[ the I94R-HJ49 vocational trainjng program . Th coo1 e atien with the Tc.'as State Board for Vocational Edu ation and th Pasaden· High S ·b ol, Champion prcs ·n t.c:d J·sscs in tam & P(Jwe , J nsLrnrnen tat ioo , a nd £ lc . trici Ly. Georg ' Lilley and .John Dick!>on c >mpos d llv facu l ty for the · Steam & Pm "r Cla s, ,.vhil "Prof ssor!i" ' t\Ti I 'bur Goggin and H arold n Jank taugh t ln t tt ­rn. t:n ta tion and Ele tricity r · spcctively. • • ' .::: A YEN FOR KEN :n the subject af Electricity ha$ these " stu~ents" swapping i.deas on phase differe11• , tial s, ha rmonic frequenc ies, mag­neti C!:. ci rt uiis and other su p,h teoh­FJical topics. From left to. right-: R. R. Pressley, A R. Ande rs, Wal­ter Ammons, Stan oel Cob.b a nd T. V. Mills, . - - . ~- -- --·- ,. : THE COMBINED CLASSES of Instrumentation and Steam & Power heard a guest speaker ex­plain the operating princ i!'lles of combustion contro;l instruments in the Recover-y Oe.padmen.t . From left to right are Robert Hilborf1, the speake.r, A. C , Baker, John Hill, J . @. Ada.ms, Ray Priest, Jr., Woodrow Wilson, Ralph Davis, George Lilley, and Cad s .. Jf. • I • ' ':'· ' I ' ' ' I -, ' FROM THE EDITORS Wood One of the Most Valuable Products of Nature B G. Ttl. Phillip • ' And the L ord God planted a gm'den eastward in. Eden , and there he put num whom the Lord formed. And out of the ground 1nade the Lord God to gTow euery tree that is pLeasant to the sight and good for food . .. . " . . V\ hen the Creator of this world made man, his future need were anticipated. i\.fan was not created for the world - the world and ev.erything therein was created for man to use and develop £or his present and future needs. ' According to the Biblical record, after the creation of man, God placed him in a garden planted with marry kinds of trees, flower and bloon1ing shrubs. It is said: "Out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the eye and good for foOd .. . '' As long as man remained in the "Garden of Eden" all of his needs were supplied, but :wh en , on accot.mt of his disobedience, he was ca t out of the "Garden of Eden," man realized he must shift for himse lf ~ he could no longer sit in the hade of the trees and eat the fru it there-of but, in d1e future , he must earn his living by . the sweiit of his brow. ' ·Vbile in the " Garden of Eden," th - first man and the first woman had no need for · Iothing, though they were naked . But, when they Mer cast out into the world, in order to cover th iT n akedne. s, th y s w d to­gether leaves from the tr es for d o rb :ing and us d wood to provid shelter fr01 th weath.er . In the begjnning, t1 e tre wa t h · symh ·1 of life ao11d th rev lation of man's de. liny. In all a -s and in thOLt· sands of ·wa ys, trees have he ·n a 11 sing to man, In pr '­histori days man found sbclrc from th hot rays of th · sun and r f 1g £ m hi$ n rnics j n th · for ·su;. l n the Deluge of th day of No h , th · ·. rk that 1;av d ~ r m· nant o£ the peopk; W<l mad of w o0c.l , Through b a ·s, tre · b e p1o vi<kd matet i::d f'ot' th construction ~t ltous .,, LOoh, ~gri ultnr 1 impJ · m nt • transportation v l1 J s, h catm , tc. Mr-tn wa giv n a mind with ~ma l y ti r ·a., nin g, c011 qu -r.nl m­day wood is used in the nanuf::w tuxe of innurn<'rab t , arti le. e , entia! to man' comfort a nd happin s. . P l"· haps the .mo t interes ting and valuable i · tb manufa - tuu of paper and its manifold produ , t, . Without paper th re would be no print d word; no books., n wspa1 er or magazine ' such a ~ we enjoy today, The spread of information would be r . trict d with-in nauow bounds - by word of mourh onl: , whi h would be easily -<liston d and hon-li:ved. Befo e the dawn of 1 -' jvi.Ji7..a tjon, , nd .in all age r man r .cognhed tlie net . 0 · m m -n o ~ tr nsmitting n g JS r r cording iro­poru nt cv nt ln <~om . oth r w· y th, n rally. T herero , prim.iti " man oarv d upon s.tone pi tur o natural obj ts - ani mals, bird<;, tree " et ., wbi h i u!led h .'irog1 pbi - or pi t · writing tb convey a me - &e. w Jus fello ws. It wa, a 1 w, l •bor-ious m th rl of wnung and , a r sul , the hi tory of prim.iti e man i~ vague . fjv; -thou, and-five-hut.drcd years ago~ tih Egyptian. u ' d pith of the Papyrus antiqu0rum, a plan~ with targe, greell jointJ s tem , cut into trips and pr sed together, q.pon whi -h th_ ir offi cial record were recorded. Rut, since the manufa ture of paper f om wood 6hre , and the inv ntion of a be tter l)ys tetn of ·writing th most minut and tri :ial event of ou r ivilizatioo are recorded for the tudy of future gener ation s. Without paper o ur present-day civilization would have been impo ible, and without ttees, we would not be able to sup ply a sufficient quantity of paper to meet the demarui". Therefore, every cit izen should he interested in r eforestation · and in the protection o-f the present upply of pulpwood. • • • * BRIEF-AND TO THE POl . T Violent exercise after 40 is e peciall y h armful if you do it with a knife and fork. · It's difficult to under tand wh other people do n ot profit by their mistakes. Make friends with your creditor bu t never creditor ­of your friends. By Pau.l c.,-aig Dne to the fact that the omme;rcial airline have been. cons.idered to have th.e bes o.f equipn:1ent and p er-sonnel, chey have always b n f vored b Control Towers, Radio Communication , and Air y Traffi . Con troL A OlJll"'l rei l airline flight id ntifi i tself t rh · various commut'lica tions m . r 1 . " m xi an 2 ~ " or ''D lta 12" etc. All other .ivil aircra t id rnifies b it ' NC nLlJXrb 'r, and a far as th ommuni ation p r,onn l ar' on -~ mcd, n1 b anythiog from a v .r · sma.ll tr ine wi th v ty littl eqniprn.ent, t.o a larg tr n pore "' ith all th very- l "LI C!it o£ ev r thing. , n: quently, th NC air· :r;:~ft sort of t?ke.s a buck sc~ t until aU irline uaHi h1.t. be n. leared 011t or =lear d .in. 'l"hc Co po:rarion Air r, ft Own rs A ·o .iad n widt som thillg of. a hand pj · k d m nthcrship 1 · li vc. its m .. rnl · rs to lHiv flying: p rsonn · l an l ~quiprn .nt qual to . ny airlin , Th • .. A 0. A, :L n w in th f o - s of m pJet.i ng arrat~ ern .nt, " ich C. . . A. to h1l a. ·pe i 1 d ·•signat i.on f r its m 'mh r ajr Tl'tf(., and other ' rho n qualify. Wh n all atrang m nts rr ,(IJnpi te, th an·- _· aft will b .id nti.fi d as E · cuti . 51, <'t . Sn1i1ty r ports a joyou Christmas "" ati N with the h:nnP f I s in Wh eling. H e claimed ~ ha e on1 "Cl an" (rom ' v\lheeling wh n h ru;rrived in A. h ville. but fwn.t lh · ·moke w s e over tha t gen ral ar a, we don' t believe it:. D ccmb t 28th set a n ew r-ecord frotn H ou ton to .in innati. Thr )1oun and 52 minute , Average ground pc d from whe h off to wheels on 23~ mph. • ' JAMES A. (BUTCH) SISSON, {center l watches William MHler, Ash&ville expert, plan his next move, while Fred lowe (right) plan~ his next move "on his own." Both Sisson and Towe are Canton Champions. AS PLAY STARTED in Champion Y.M.C.A. gymnasium, Tommy Wiswell, national checker champion, is shown at right cente r. More than 50 cheder en thusiasts later entered the contest. Champion Y onsored the program. • WISWELL WAS INTERESTED in youngsters who wanted to improve their game. TOM WISWELL, CHECKER EXPERT, MEETS CANTON CHAMPION PLAYERS . . Tommy Wi well, national c he c k e r champion, paid his econd visit to Canton . December 21 and met some of the leading checker enthusiasts in this section of North Carolina. Three Canton Champions- M. M. War­ren, CharJje ancl Jim Hardin, manag· d to play the check r expert to a draw, whil.e vV. S. (Sig) McEJratl, Canton busin ss man, also drew the national champion. Five Asheville men, playing on of the be t gante ' of thei.r resp ctiv.e caree s, drew the national champion during the conte~L They wereF.red TaD, Ben T. Legge, M. L. Horton, A. H. Sayles and 't\Tilliam M. Miller. Wiswell met the .. young x checker players on the same basjs as the aduJts. He took deep i;nt rest in their desire to learn to play a better game and offered many pointe-rs during his exhibition in which h.e played all comers. simuhaneou.-Jy. He also gave a special blind-f<:>lded xhibi­ti I.')IJ.. Hi · app ·arance her was sponsored by the Champion Y. M. C. A. Ch cker lub. • • • ' • -- • ' .AIR RACES, FEATHERED STYLE • 0 • By Wes Cobb o most of us, "pigeons is pigeons". But to Ronald \ ell , 25-year-olcl Hamilton Champion Kromekote worker, pigeons are streamlined racing bird. capable of being bred, trained, and condi­tioned to fly home !Tom distances 600 miles away at an average peed of 60 miles an hour. . Young \!\Tells, who e home is in New Miami, has been breeding and racing these special-type homing pigeons since 1939, with the exception of three years in th service (nine months of which he sp nt helping Uncle Sam train carrier birds). To­day he is a erita iJle gold mine of information on this unusual sport. H e knows more about the blue-barred st ain than George Steiner does ·varia­tions of the: Old Fntlrl enth; a nfl he'll wind up by telling you jf th - bird is a "sp inter" or a ·'mara-t h on er " - Each winter he mates hi. be: t pi eon and hatche . , orne ~o birds late in . p il. Of these per­haps 15 will develop into ra p;_ Bird be!r·n t a in­ing at ix weeks, beromin?" famili r with the a rea around the loft an l b ina taken r _ Iillville for their maiden flight home. Gradually the clistanc , are i.ncrea, ed up to 70 miles. Then they ar pronounced " ready or th races" ... which consi t of ix or e.i(rJu rae ·earl -. ' ' . at varying distance and pon or d b · the l\!ian i Valle Homing Club o( whicil v\'elL i · Vi Pr -i­dcnt. . Yearling bir 1 ra e up t 300 mil ·"; older ont:s are .atered in lono·er ra e , in ludio.,· the cham- c f-pionsb. ip grind of 600 mile . Pig· n · ar slliJ ped we t and fl ea t to the ir hom· lofc \V ~twarrl stations are ' Mitch ll, Ind., 100 milt: ·; Vine nn . , Ind. , 170 Jllilc ·; Flo-ra. 111 .. _20 mile · ; . 1t 11, Ill., ~·oo Htilc : l\f , ico, Io .. 400 rnile, - \R·trrensburg·. ·Mo., 500 lllil s; ancl Topeka, Kan., bOO mik . WIDE WING SP-READ (left) Wells carefully $elects his entry, to make the best possible snowing1 of the re,ulh of his training. TRIUMPHANTLY PROUD {lett-center) Declared a winner, We lls ' colorful flyer perches 9racefvlly on the home loft la nding. TRAINED AND READY (right-center) Having made a choice' from his larg flod, Ron decide1 that this <Hie is be$t fit for th& grind. SHOWING SUSPENSE (right} A pair of Ron's bi1·ds await the fin ish of the race, displaying signs of suspen5e, perhaps worry. 4 • - Hamiltou ~---.-- ------- GETTING THE WORK (left) Vice President of the Mia mi Vafley Homin9 Club, Wells gets word of plans for a race. ANXIOUS TO PERFORM (right) Wells can choose from a number of speedsters of distance flyers, as the race may call for. Bjrds are rclea ed simultaneously and the first pigeon to be "clocked hom ·· (by a sp e ial clocking device which r cords the exa t hour, minute, and second on th leg band after it has been removed from the bird) is leclar d Lhe winner. Suitab le prize mone of ,:'50, 30, and . 20 is awarded to the Lirst three birdr hom ". The manner in which the birds race depends large!, upon the weather. With a favoring tailwind the pigeon · fly together and attain speeds of 50 and 60 miles per hour. '1\Then bucking head winds, the pack break. up and ·Lraggles hoine at a much lower pace. l\1any birds are Io t enroute, especially in the longer ra e when they are forced down to "roost" mernight. Lo ~es are heavy from valuable racers hot dovm, captur d, or ·eized by tray cats. But the prize money enables most fanciers to "split even' on their hobby. Last year '"Tells captured one major race and placed in several others. OFF TO THE RACES- Ron and " neighbor, Melvin Ruder, ITWlke ready for hipping t·heir birds to the s+11rting point of fhe .speed or endurance classic, .u the ¢cue mey warrant. nd now for the leading question.: What en· a ble th bird to find th eir way home? \'Vcll, Ron­ald laugh ' and ays in brief, "the eyes have it". T l1e latest book on the subject, wriW:n by an Erwli shman, laims that the pigeon familiarizes himself with a circular area abo ut 1 is home loft. -l11en, no matter where he is taken, he wilJ circle aloft, and with his eyes id ntify that c.ircJe witl1 his home ci.rde, and fly on a straight line ro it.. This se.erns to b as good an explanation as any. I SMILE OF SATISFACTION ­Chl'! rnpion KromeKoterman dis­plays a $mile of satiaf<~d;on, feeding his cov.eted pri:te money competitor. • • • ' • • • 6 THESE 300 CHRISTMAS Cheer food baskets had just been filled by Champion Employee>' store personnel when this picture was mado3 in Champion Y gym . The baskets, valued at approximately $8 each, were delivered to deserving families · i.n the Canton area at Christmas time . DESERVING YOUNGSTERS and a dults a re shown in this photo as they lined up and filed their c.lothing desi res with registration committee shown at left. They are fitted as nearly as possible in clothing an.d shoes. DESERVING CHILDREN f rom Christmas funds. ancl adulh $t!Jn up for cdot.hing CHAMPIONS SPREAD CHEER WITH FOOD Canton Champion employ e · dug deep into their po ket thi Christma and contribu t d enough a h to pur­cha e 240 Chri tma · heer Fo d ba ket which ' ere di tribut d among cl servinc;r familie in thi area on Thur ·cia ', D cember -3. Jack and Hnrr C b , ant n. bu in m n , donated an a lditi n l 10 baske[s to th pro nm, and ham­pion Emtlo ' ' st< r ontribut d 5 ba k t · whid \. ell d tb ' di ' tribution l tal to 300 b, ket · for unfottunat f mili ·s. In addition t (ood, man of ·lathing and fu •l wer rti 1 s up[ .li d n.c ely £( m iii · ·. Frank Sm a 1 her ·. tn an , " as ren rc I annual fo d bask t J. E. .. laughter is tr R. an \ A. f( r · hainoan of th ommitt "· \ hile ;J.sur r. VOLUNTEER WORKERS cooperated in loeding vehicle$ on which bukeh were delivered in·fo remote secti ns of Hay­wood county; Here a~e shown two Cafl­ton Champions loading themselves with bags of oranges. • • FRANK SMATHERS (eenfet) genera'! chairman of the Christ­mas ba$ket fund, js shown sorting out delivery cords. Also shown a re Gladson Haynie, Charles Hawk-ins, George How4rd Tro5itel, and E. F. Anderson, all mem.bers of the fund com­mittee.. THESE LITTLE COLORED- CHILDREN ~eceived a great ki.cl from the Christmas program and like the white children, needed all they received i·n the way of dothing and toys • The annual di:stribu tion program involved more than $3,000 and glad­dened the hearts of deserving children and . families throughout th.e Canton territory. This program has been carried out annually act Christmas time for the past 23 consecutive years. The event this year eclipsed all previ­ous programs of thi nature. Deli eries were made in many re­mote ections of Hapvood county by truck, jeep, automobile and other means of transportation, even carry­ing the baskets up teep mountain-ides in many instances. The annual Community Christmas tr e wa · held Frida , afternoon, December 24, when more than 500 underprivileged ch.ildren received toys, fruits. candies and many articles of clothing. ' . The Christmas tr€.e progTam was finar~ced through dime board con­tributions whjc:;h climbed to mote than $1,500. Glenn · Williams was general chairman 0£ the dime board feature this year with all local civic and religious clubs cooperating. Mayor J. Paul M unay was chairman of arrangements for the annual program. ·. • THIS UNIDENTIFIED ll TTL E Gl Rl wanted her picture made. She proved a sensati,on with her whisHing during th.e doth­ing distribution prog.r·am. 7 • • •• • ' - "' ' I ' ' - -.....__ .... -- -~- - "':lr~-. -.. - IN THE EARLY DAY of paper malun<f, ra, · ~vtre the chief furni h for nnv-stock. T h • ·were oo/.•ed in on open hettie with cnu 6 sodn or lime and od o lt th r rutting maf:erial ca lled half- tock a'a · loaded into <orr. and hauled to the ra -wa lu~1s or ul·ater- e illu. Ito- tion alJ ••e 1. Tfith th " beate1· mll wi ed, th sto k u.'tl ~ - From-The Bettmann Archive wa l1 ed by circufrtliurr wate-r fed frOIJ1 th . u•ire err ered qlin fer shorvn at the top 1·ight of the abo•·e beater. After Jhe washing fJruc ss wo co mpleted the roll r 1 • beatl'l' bm was clrofJjJNl , bleach (l ddetl flllt.l Ul'(lting con­f'imted m1til ltalf- lock reru11r-•d th desired const Ieney. • • BOSS MAlONE was hired November 17, 1947, and didn't miss a day's work, except for his vacation, in fhe year that followed. Boss used to be a farmer, served three year·s -in the Ouarterma·ster C0rps. EARL MADISON, mail messel'!ger at the Mall! Of­fice, is another Houston Champioll with a perfed ~Hendance record. Earl also g"Ot his fixe-,_year Champion service emblem la·st year. JAMES E. AROS. a la ncer in the Reco,..ery Dep:art­me~ t. began In the Transfer Pool SepJ;ember 29, 1945. A .sieady werke.r, h!l thinks, "shows u.p for work w~~:~tller he feels ju5t li-ke it or not." ' Houston lOUIS BEAUREGARD, Yard De­partment, hails from Boyce, la. He >~ tarted to work at the Houston Divi i6n April I, 1947. He has be·en on t he job, rain or shine. BOZIE JENKINS, a wood handler in . the Houston Divisi-on Wood Yard, says he " just does·n't be­lieve ln laying out" on any job­no matter what the job may be. Bozie joined Champion May 19, 1945. J NATHAN GAMBLE, a grind er l-oader in the Gro-undwood Mill, ' jo ined the company in 1940. He gives some credit for his adva nee­men+ to reqular at-tendance on the j.:>b. I HOUSTON PDIIT5 WITH PAIDE ' ' STEADILY IMPROVING RECORD Absenteeism is a problem jn any in­dustry. ' !\There hundreds or thousand.s of workers are jnvolvecl, a certain amount of absences - over and above regular vacations - ·will always be expected. There i · ill be occasional days missed · because of peT on al busines matters, becau e of . i · kne -, or because of illn ss or death in the family. But ex ·e ·sive absenteei m stir.· up an ill wind that blows nobody good. Time lost from the job pares clown the worker's pay check ; it reduces th eHi ienc of hi department; it cause· hi forernan diWcult. in scheduling work; it places an added burd ·'n on his f llow ·workec - and often leads t:o unn cssary o rtim 1 ork fo.r or h ers. Durin•.v.., r>ccnt months, supervisors and work ·~·s i11 the Houston Divi ion ha e om­b in ed theiJ' "'fforts to elimina.Le unn C'" r · • • abs nc ·, and now the ar I gm.tnng to "1 oint with prid :'' to a · teaclil irnproving re or·d. On tbi pa.o- · ' · ix of the many Hou­ston Cbampi ns with . outsta_nding att ~­d; wc rc nls. Non · Ins Jll ' · d a da 1 ' 1< ork, epL fur regu lar va , tion, ·within the pas-t e( . A 1 r( . t s tc ~ and who ould do b ' l a than that? 9 • T ~ D B During the' nu nth or Ft·bruan Kt·nnt·th F:.ti-.t will a ·umc (.lnrr l OUit rc'l nu .. ibilitY in a ncw lv n atfd p it ion of Co rd11ntor nl ,'akt\ . • Ken "tat ted 1 o ,\. o r k a l Cht~ntpio n nn r-.: 0\ ' Ill b •r ~2H. Jql!), and i11 l\lay of I q 17 ldt for ~crvicc in \ orld \';tr I. H • and Ba rnc Ha 11 were the' first two employees from Champion to enter mi li t.ary service for that war. H e served over seas for two ~·ear and returned to Champion in July 1919. On hi return he worked with Dr. Louis Frechtling to establi h Champion' first employment .d epartment. ince tha t time he has continuously worked in the em­ployment department and for many years has been Super­,. i or of the Employment and Safety Section of the Hamilton DiYi sion Inclu trial R elations Department. In the year 1920 Champion started their first planned program of safety, and incorp01·ated the ·work with that of the employment d epartment. Since that time Ken has b en a leadc:r and a spark plug for the program of Safety at Champion. '\'\Then the department was first organized we had about 185 lost time accident per year. Over the years Ke n's leader hip has resulted in the r educ­tion of this hazard a low as J 1 in one year, and seldom · more than 20. He has been a leader in the field of Safety out ide of Champion, having served as Chairman of the Pulp and Paper Section for both th Ohio and the National Sa£ ty congr '1. H is a member of the Soci ty of Ohio Safety Engin c:rs nd of th . American ' o<.iety of Saf ty Engin · r s. H was on • of th riginal m mb r:, f th Hamilt< n Saf ty oun il, and h s 'lt.:rved in many offic o; of this group. H wa rhe fi -;t , n rat 'hairm rt of th Hut) r ~ounty a( ty (JO ·r n •. One of IIi -; mmt Ollhtancling ontributi n to !,, ft ty wa his o -authon.hip of th • manu. l ".Joh Sait~ ty Tr<tin­ing" pul1li heel by tile Nationa l Fot<•mau\ lmtilut . Tn addiuon t hi. reg-ular dutit•s at Ch. mpio11. l' lit ·t \t'd as Safety Tmp tor for th 0 .. lkp.ntu <'lit of Ltl> >t during '.Vorld ·war IT ,, covrri11g the ' It i St .. tc all a • dj .. - c nt to Hamill on . Fm thi wot k h · It >ld, ~~ l'it:Hion from Labor S cr ' tary of th. L JWI iod, h -...tnet" 1' 1 kin . K nand his wife, Hulda, li ... on . mm Ro. fl. ntllh or Hamilton . Th ·i , m, K tm ·th. Jr .. l·vork it tit~ Hamilton Division ;\uounting. His n w duti ·s will be to f n ulatc and d ' lop ad quat rneans nd I1l .tlu d. to piOmot th b t po . i­ble afcty and health condition for h. mpion In­ploy ~ . to anal z and g ttg r uh a' mpli h d in th fidd f . afct nd H 'alth and r ·comm ·nd sltitabl a tion where need d. 10 G 1r. R euben B. Robertson. Jr. announced : t tbe December meeting of th hampion upenisot '.\ socia­tion the appointrncnt of ~fill l\fanagcr L o Tci r a-. Hamilton Divi ion l\1ana~cr . , tarino· that, ". fc na ement 4.. t't t has ev ry con(iden e in l.eo, who ha prO\ en th t he i q mli(i d t.o fill the al l-important position , an 1 fed~ certain that he has the wholeh 'art \.t . uppon antl th · b ·t wi hes o( th nrirc .h. ntpion f:t.mil .... Th vid vari ty of ·p ri n ·c in th many pha"l o paper making at Ch:11n1 i n ar note,\· ·thy a~ " t fM L () in hi« Lluties ;)<; ni,·ision J\lanaga. 'With < b:tdv g-wund of fir. 1 h:md C'I: JH: ti c tH c in th Co.ltin • Mill Color Po m, [nsp dion. s ttpcl vi-.inu in be rh >. l ~ nd :n. :! Milt , his \...u n\'lcd g- · o l pat •t'l' nwnufactnritlg' :11 d til problem'> in\'o lvt•<l tlll oug·fwut th t t.n tirc pro(' . ing o th · many papa grad ·. wi ll ptm·e Ill l.'>t \ aluahlc to our Colllpa n y. tu our e ntplo)l' •s, ;nHI tn our U"tn111l't'S. fl <.• giH' ntuth cr lit nnd appr ·cia tiott !'or hi~ oppor­luniti<'~ atHl ftnHl uf k11<m kdg to tit m ·n with \'hom lH' lu \ od .. e<l. With Iluh rL Fanner, Clarke I. rion, J f outl' Fergmon, :\l Rolf<. Jim Si mp. on, and I lomer L:uintcr a' hi~ ..,up rvi.,ols h t' !Ja, h en able to dra\ tH ·tlt•tl ad\'i<r and \ill11able in!oatnatinn in ad1 of hi" \atiou" w< 1\... as~ig nnt nt . Leo':, hont on H , d g-a tv ~ Road is tllO.'>t ttr:tcli\· and i hi g h on th Ji ..,t o( hi ..; ; inter ·. ts. Flm erin~ shntb , Jar · \ ri l • of had · trc , and a w ·ll plann d or h. rd add mtt h t > the be ut f hi h Hn UlTOUtHling •• well affording much pi 'a ur 10 L o n l hi . f. mil). CLUB MEMBERS AND G UESTS are shewn e njoying di nner in C hampion Y gymnasium, specia lly decoreted for t he Yuletide occasion . More t han I 00 pe rsons e njoyed the program. MARY ANN OtJDtEY, dre·ssed ln "Sanf~ Cla us castume, did a dever tap d-endn.g num~e.r with Marie Bell, of Y staff, at the piano. Wh e -n pho+o was snapped she h'fld just started the rhythm of "Jingle Bells." ·Members of the Canton Busi ness and Professional vVom n's club held thei.r annual Chri tmas dinner-dance at Chan:l­pion Y Decert1ber 20 with more than 100 gl -eful guest attending. Teddy Martin and his orchestra fur­nished dance mu ic wi th \Nilson Medford and "Neno" Allison coming through with excellent solo numbers. Mary Ann D'udley cleverly handled two tap dancing numbers and drew heavy applause. She was accompanied at the piano • by Marie Bell, of Y staff. The Y gymnasium was gaily de orated in Yuletide colors and an atmosphere of genuine Christmas spirit predominatecl The party was declar.ed the most enjoyable held here in rccen t years. Newly elected club officers are Muriel . Powell, president; Virginia. Randolph, vice-president; Cora 1\!Iae Phillips, record­ing secretary; Mary Sue Shumolis, corre­sponding ecretary, and Virgie Robinson, treasurer. THE L013 CAMERAMAN loca ted these Hve office·rs of the B.P.W. du:b and made fhls shot. _Left fe rig ht a re : Mrs. Albert B. Robinson, treasurer; Mrs. Ro bert Phi lli ps, record ing secret ary; Mrs, Carl Powell, ·President; Mrs. Donald Rar~ d·ol p h , vice- presiden.t , and Mr~. Alex Shv­molrs, Jr., corresp·ondin.g sec reta ry. THREE HOURS OF DANCING proved feature of Business and Professional Women's club program. Da ncing followed the appetizing meal with Christmas decorations. · • • 11 --------------~~~~--~----.~. - -----~·------- • ' I B • Wes Cobb i Thi morning we put on our h eavy storm rubbers, a Christma pre ent, and losh ed ou r way clo·wn to the back ·ate ·with pan of warm milk _and cereal for the dogs. The floodincr, two-day January rain was over;· but every­where was mute evidence of its passing. \!\Tater still dripped from tree and buildings, stood in puddles on all ides, and rolled headlong through the ravine with a slowly dimini hing roar. Jeannie ame bounding out of the garage, warm and dry. Be ond the gate, Lance stood calmly waiting, un­mindful of his damp coat which stood off from his body hke a wet mop, making him look huge and fierce. H e is Lhe typical rugged male, proud and hardheaded, refus­. i ng lo seek sh elter from the most savage wind and weather. Noah would have h ad trouble getting him insid th rk. And where was the golden female Star? As we looked towa.rd . thc two dog hou es, placed nugly aga in st the Je side of th 1 arn , we saw tb can vas door-flap on ne o( them mo . A bla k muzzl and r ·d -gold n o. e pro­truded autiou~ J y, hung th er con ica.lly for a e ond and rh en disappeared aga in. Cw·lecl up in th ·warmth of h.c.T n st, sh Iuath d the tbnugbt of spl as hing throu h wnr r and sinki1 g her pads in an in.ch of mud. . ror did we blam h 'r. Bm if we w r ' to " fc d h r .in b rl," so tc <;prak. h lif6ng th · flaJ and pla i1 g h .r pan of n ilk in.i cl e, sh would in stanlly o ~r it: with straw. fu t a she lid ·y es terday morning a. th rai1 b at t a·(fjl down. H w J av it outs.iclc, s)i will s tra iglnway corn ' ()Ut atHl drink it. A.lmo ·t very female "'"ho co n s he 1o h . bred u Lance ' ill bury h r fo,od tmd ·r a pi lc c f ~ trav.: for tl1 ' first (ew days. sc millg r ··huk "' :1gair .:; t. t~nfan ili;:tr surroundings, unf<nniliar foo I p1 c pared b) tml:1miliar hands. Strange ~ re th. ' way. of d o~·<;, ·specia l I ' lh o lli . a direct desc nctant of the cHnnin ~ w·ild " o lf. 'I h Tc ar r ea. on for their a tiom bu t , n oft ·n ' ' do not u1 d r­sLand th em. s w look c1 again in th ·. dir ti n o( th barn, '"" c . aw the rnir of mud. (l nd \ a Ler rh ~tt ~urround d rhc clom-. Tt' ou ld bl' a ' ading job ror bo t l) gel in id and Jo th n1ilking this rnorning. Bur. th barn , tan l empt, . Th rc "·iJl ht: no milking thi nlornjno· or for rn n • morn- 1:2 • tng<, o urne. P<.g-gy, t.h lh · ·· e· t -ol I J r-;q··C.u ·rm ·y, di 1 ]ao;t ·ee -. ' nd nan y hl u nccl (JUt. ''I'll n ·v r o down to rhat b:-1 n <Jgain · ~ long as f li · ." It ·rns strange that w, s ldom as 0 i· te a ow \o.;itl su h thing~ ~ pain, sickn s nd sudd n tft. fnst ad, we think of her as om thing rp tuaJ an I ind ·-,tructible, con t ntedly g azing a · o · the hHl, placidly chewing her cud, and a lway · yi ·ldin galhn of 1i h foaming mitk . On whc ' ' Mary was h mmed in by her imning, m n l­ing. and houn, on end ol arming, she sait:l, "I sometime~ nvy Peggy. Sh l •ads su h a I ,a eful lire." Lik so many things, }) ggy was taken tOO Hl lCh (or wanted. But '"' knew somethi g was wrong wl en she refu ed to cl ean up her grain frJr thP n ights running. Peo-gy' · fon lness for h er grain an only be compar d to Jarrell' Jove for popcorn. Whenev r w opened the door to let her in, we had to st p wdtly aside s he rushed wildly pa t us on her way to the grain box. Someti-mcc, she almost slipped and went to her knee in her ea er­n ess to reach it. And l at ~ r during the milking the onl sounds would be the plashing of the ~ ilk and the ra p­ing of her rough tongue on the bottom of the feed box. She would twist h er head thi ·way an l that in order to lick the corn ers cl ean. The rat found only a pinch in each corner when they poked their h ead. around the po t in the dead of night for "moppinr.r up" dut ·. We b.ecame alarmed the next rnornin when her hay lay spilled upon the floor and he refu eel to touch her grain. 'When she spent th day bawlin cr in the far end of the back field, we sent for the Yeterinarian. r\o temperature- probably a dige tive di turban e. .But the medicine availed nothing. Peg . contin ued to fast, her milk supply dwindled away, she gr w thin and w,eak, and her bawling p er i. ted day and nighL It will be a long time before w forge t h r bawlinO'. It was far different from th mating ca ll or th call of one animal to another. Her ba·wl wa one of pain , di · tress, and uHering-. A low-pitched, wh z.i n ~. trump t­ing bawl, repeated over a nd o•·er in rapid u ce .. ion. We woke r•p to hear it in the ni o·ht; it grc Led 11 · as rc walked down th gr<n · 1 path hor in, ag in ·r hope that she had tak en a turn for the b ttcr, Anoth er visit from the vet and th tiagnosis w Tnost f arc:d. \ •Vithnut a doubr sorne for ·ig·n bj ct. such a') a n a il, wi.rc, or holt h ad lodg d in a vit. 1 rga 1. Nothi ng ould ave h r . Only sedativ . LO case rhc pa.i. u. Ther folio" d a niglumari h day and night un t il r h [ cam cl11ri.ng the fo.llowing· chill f r noon . \1\l~ kn wh en th nd had '0 11l ' f f I h log !-,:t tb r d about th . barn donr and b ark ~t..l l( ng- an l li r c1 . Sur cnon gh. we found h r shnnpc l against th door' ith h r h<'ad twi ·tt.'d gTntcsCJll ·I our of sltaJ . . he h.:-1 l snti'\ !:1 d , h ~~ v ' water JXdl and jannnc l m o l lt cr hind l ·0 s through the gate to the ca lf p n in her tin a. l1in g- du I ' ith th l nscl'n Strang-C'r. 011. 1"11 l o<v;~ lope 'alnng~> id e t:he garaKc a r ' I ht· :1. ep , ugl rurs I •ft b ' the f rtili:t'.e r tru .k a ftt•r ·it mir ~d in Llw mod P hil· hring.ing Pt·ggy's body llj) from t·lte 1-a rn . Lo c dirt, torn od, h oardo; an I timbe r;;, fi ·ld sl< ncs cmd p11rt o f an uproo ted wlip bed lie srau r<'<l abo u t. But <;p rin g· will .om a~·ain. ·wit11 rts 1:varm hca lmg- ~ :111 . It will he pkasa nt. worktn~ tltue on tl1 south ~> I 1 . I he dcbri will be carried awa. Th ru ts\ ill h carefully fill d ith a wh ,clharrowful of lirt frotn th ' mound n ar th ra.Y ill . Th h e and r:1kc ' ill do dt · 1 '\ ·ling and the ro ller will pack Lhc soil smoorl1 and firm. And th ru ts will b no more. ' • GIFTS WERE EXCHANGED at the office girl s' luncheon. There were sandwich trays, sta tio nery, scarfs- and lacy items. A DELICIOUS TURKEY DINNER fea­tured the annual office girls' Christmas Party at Houston December 22. STAGE YU LE PARTY ' .... - Thi, party was "strict ly for th girls" of the Hou ·ton Di isi n to eel brate the Holiday . ~as(m. T he gay part ". as stag -d under the guidan e 0f Martha Gibbs. LuciU ' Hanis, and Cla l-a Fov,rler, with one motiff in mind ­J1laking it th b - t l ~u- ly ye t. The dinner party wa h Jcl j11 the Clu bhowse,_ Dec;em­l, er 22, for Houston' · 29 offi -e girls. Ea h gir l was p.lea antly su.rpxisecl ' ith a colorfu l chrysa nth mum cor- - ' • \ sage as a gift from. 'fr. G.nHe. The , nti ipaled exchange of gifts added t<:J the ex l(CJllClH with ''Oh ju .. t th . right size", and " isn't it dat ling," a· each girl rccciv cl her speda l sur prise j>ll ·kag. . As a dima - to th part ' a l undt on ·was erv "d as a " Chris trna,~ pr sent" from '1\fyatt Food Stores, lnc. J<.,a b girl ca ruc .in h 'r best pirits and all h "IJ d t) make tl o cas ion one I o n '!m mb r until thi · ri rne nr.x t yca1• wh n the annual prcpararion wi!I ag<dn b · 111 Jull sw:ing. ·• t • • • I Hamilton CAROLERS {left) Bi ll Wright, Training; Norm Stafford, Employment; George Ferguson, Purcha si ng ; and Vince lauderman, Re$ea rch, who s<t g traditional Christmas so-ngs, as Ye Olde Champion Carolers. CHECKING THE PROGRAM (right) William Taylor, CM Superintenden.f's Office; J im Rice, Power Plant; Sherman Ogden, Sample Office; Walter Withrow, Accounting; Hamilton Division Production Manager J ohn Zi erma n; and ·Beth Thompson and Tilford Storm, Beaters . • ~ .. ~ \~''"'< / ~~. - - r- ,.;:::: \. · ,, PROFESSOR (left) Ken Snyder as "Professor !.Q. Zero." MUSIC TEACHER (right) Geo·rge Hug, CM Shipping Offiee, played role of director of music. In real life, George is an accomplished pia.nist. The Hamilton Champion Supervi ors' A sociation Annual Party is one that won' t be forgotten for a lono-, lono· time to come. Staged in the American Le ·ion Audi torium, at the clo e of 1948, the evem tLracted ome 175 attendee , enjoying a nnke dinner and most enlight ening ntertainment program. Principal peaker for th occasion ' · Champion's genial E/ecutive Vi e Pre'ident, Reuben B. Robert on, Jr., who paid .hi ·h tribute to both super i ion an l the mplo ' f'f's for Champion' continue l u e - lurin 19-1 ~ , 'hit outlinin o· OnJ}a11 ' bje tiy ~ · f r 194 ·, ' ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH (left} Sven Sandalius, No. 2 Machine Room; Ken Faist, Employment and Safety; John Sipe, Asphalt Duplex, and Gordon ''Mile'" Faber, Unloading. ALL IN FUN (right) Clyde Norcross as " little Rollo," Ken Faist' as "Su1ette," Gordon Faber as "Gwendolyn," and RalstOI'l Campbell u "Gupard." 14 J Hamilton SCANNING MENU (left) Ed Nunnery, Steam Plant; Truman Moore, No. 2 Sorting; Herb Andrew, Reels ; Addie Pelfrey, Reels, and Marvin Hayes, Semi-Coat. MURRAY AND MOTHER RAMSEY (right) talk over the many items of interest on the attractive program, Murray and Mother Ramsey are shown in the cent er. She 's a long a ctive church worker and helped her society group throughout the evening . saying "'Ve shall strive to meet every chal­lena- e," Vice Pre idents, Dwight Thon1son and Herb Randall, and Hamilton Division Man­ager Leo Geiser gave short talk . Mr. Robertson's announcement, revealing that Leo Gei er ·was being named to a new po t a<> Hamilton Divi -ion Manager, was ea ·il the seriou hi<Yhligh t of the entire even­ing, ·while a skit, featuring "Cha'mpion's Own Quiz Kid·," re ul ed in a near laugh riot, peaking n the lighter ·ide. The affair ended with a o ial hour, during which participants extended best wishe to Mr . Geiser. WELL WISHERS- Charlie Riemer, lnspedion, offers congratulatio.ns to Leo Geiser, newly named Hamilton Division Manager. Retiring Supervisors' Association President Murray Ramsey, No. I Machine Room ; Hamilton Production Manager John Zimmer­man; Con Brugman, Pipe Shop; Art Thurn, Wet End Control, and Cliff Rakers, General Scheduling, were among countless others offering Leo best wishes. • CHAMPION'S OWN QUIZ KIDS (left) Clyde Noreros.s, Chem. Lab.; William Taylor, retired ; Ralston Campbe-ll, Fibrous Preparation; Geor9e Hug, CM Shipping and Everett 1-:!all, Production Records. Ll TTL E ARCHIBALD- Sven­Sandalius, No. 2 Machine Room Boss Machine Tender, who stole the show as " Little Archibald." 15 ' fto THE LIFE MAGAZINE SHEET is fo·rm4td 11t +h "w t nd" of th 1-foys ton Olvi sie> n's No. Z2 M ehlne. Th furnlfh, •bo~,~t 99, p r een+ w f r (,5 per cent stoc~ end loading), is I id on a phoa hor bronx tcre n which is h v l1ng pproxlm +ely th ousend f t 11 rnlnute.- Th w t r drein~ through "th wire" s the pulp fibres ore w ov~: n into w b of p per. A rn hlne tt nder's j b is to control the onsishtncy of th furn ith nd th op r tion of the machine to produce the d sired gr•ad pf pop r. Scott)S of veri ble fa tori - tuch thQ length nd str ngth of fibr J, pe-rforrn- ~nee of th tolls 11nd preuos, ond eol'ldition of the wlr ' end f Itt - mok th is one of the most highly skilled jobs In indu,try. J(; • • Hous~H STEAM RISES FROM TH'E "SHOWERS" as the paper passes ~ nder the " d.andy roll." The. steam pl"events bubbles from forming in the sheet. HUB MEASE, REWINDER OPERATOR, checks a splice. On this big machine the Life sheet, 15 feet wid e, is cut and trimmed into three rolls, each nearly five feet in width. . ·. In the Houston Division's big Machine Room, the "magic" 0£ paper making sci nee reaches its climax. The "miracle men" are the machine tenders, back. tenders, third, fourth and fifth hand , who · wea e countless billions of tiny p_ulp fibres into long, white 'heet of pulp, paper or bo~rd . Pausing only for occasional repairs or adjust­ments, they keep the big machines rolling 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ·ear in, year out. On Houswn's No. 22 Machine, for instance, they produce aboul 100,000 mi.le of Life Magazine paper each year. tlM 11 I The upercalender opera­for, and rewinder men play their parts too, applying fin­ishing toud1es to the paper wben it ha ·met such exacting requirements as strength, brightnes , opacity, tear and -<.rlo s. Almo t all of the Houston Di' ision's-resources - raw ma­terial , men and machines­contrjbutc t0 the aleable product which appears from the dryer roll of the No. 21 . 22 and 26 lJlachin e . The di­cre. ster cook checking his sam­ples, the pi pefi tter repairing line , the beater man mixing "furnish," and the man un­loading salt from a barge all contribute to the quantity and quality of pulp, paper aud board production. Shown on these pages are some of our "Machine Ro0m magi ian ." SEVENTY GIANT, steam-heated dryer rolls remove moisture from sheet of paper on No. 22 Machine. Above, Fourth Hand J. T. Anders and Machine Tender Jimmy Dun.n. • LIKE A SERIES OF GIANT WRINGERS, the supercalender stack applies thou­sands of pcunds of pressure to Life Magazine paper, giving i+ a glossy sur­face. Norman Chandler, second helpe r, i$ shown at the right. . ' 17 • Houston NO. 26 B 0 A R D MA­CHINE forms its sheet as _ revolving cylinders p a s s through Vo!lts of pulp. Each cylinder adds a n o t h e r thickness to the sheet. Su­perviso- r Mac B a II a r d watches the sheet as it en­ters the dryer rolls. I HERE THE SHEET FIRST SUPPORTS its own weight as it leaves the wire at the wet end of No. 21 Pu lp Dryer. The opera.tor is Ea rl Newton. BACl<TENOER W. E. S H tess a s eet of dry p lp as it comes from the No. 21 Machine cutter. By the ime it a~ p.!ned o er and ndec 51 steam eat-ad c linders tile pulp is 85 per cent "bone dry," Although it inds around fe er dr &l r lers ha Ute paper, the pulp travels more slowly (300 feet a minute) for r-~>aro 13h d io9 c ron. e cr m a o. 21 dry more han 300 ton·s of pulp a day. MILK BOfTLE STOCK, a product of No. 26, G: ornes from the dryer r o II s , · t-h r O· u 9 h a c.a lend erirtg stack, hea ds for the re­wind e r. • THE U damaged paper is removed, rol.ls are spliced and rewound. Abcwe are E. C. Lay and Velma Hamilton. , . 1·1 tltlM rrs MEN, NOT MACHINES . . ·. The Champions i'U, our Houston Divi L.o!l bchirtc Roorn \. Tk with modern1 well ondt-tion equipmetu. Th - No. 21 Pulp Dry ~r, a £1a~-Clawson prod net, and the o. 22 Pap- Ma -June, mad by th- Hel.oit Iron \Vork , .ar com1 atative l.y rC"cem n:1 deL . Io. 26, a hampion "Oldtime. ," ttrceived c mpleie ove1·haul aft:e it transfer from Hamilton la t year a d now ·':rum with the b st of 'Nn,'' according t i . OJ? rator . Cbautpir:m's r . arch d ·prutm nt is continu­alLy de i'llP~g n~v ways to improve lhe gual~ly of our pl' d-qcts. Careful labonH ry tesrmg m· ~ur .s that cacb. fj oisl · d ~ oll m asu es p tO req • lUH!ll'tCUL!;_. , But .be :au~e f constant variation . in h . sto k, in mad1ine perf Jrman e and othel' f cto . ~ it'. stili m n - and not machin - th t p ·tform th "rn.agic" of pap · mak.ing~ A R 0 L L OF FINISHED . PAPER, weighing a ton and a quarter, is wrapped and stenciled by Howard White. The paper is now re.ady for shipment to life. ' :.G •• SHEETS OF PULP re pres~eq and ba:fed . for $'htpme-n t to H~m iftc n . Shown he r$ are ftret.~ Ope'tators R. W. W,.-11, left, an-d C. A, Leonard. · ' I 1 ' • • • . Hamilton , A TYPICAL CHAMPION PARTY, A TYPICAL CHAMPION FAMILY, JERRY, JIMMIE AND CONNIE SUE ... SECOND GENERATION- Like his father, John Retherford , No. 2 Beaters, Bob Rethe.rford is making Champion his f,ife worl A d evoted home and family man, shown here, Bob makes a spike o No. 7 Pa pef' Machine where he's been carrying on for eight yea rs. PARTIES will come and parties wi ll go, bur there'll never be another like the Champion Family Kiddie ' Christmas Theatre Party, at lea t, £ r the Bob Rether­ford children -Jerry, age _even and a pupil at the Buchanan School, Jimmie, fi ve, · and Connie ue, the all of thxee years . I ' -- HURRYING WI'FH BREAKFAST (I ft) Connie Sue seems a bit impatient with mother while she butters t he toast, but J e rry re fu ses to wait a ny longer, gulpi n.g hit milk. Anyway, who can eat on a morning like this, with the Party o nly an hour away. TIME TO SHINE (right) like a ll mo•thers, J osephine wants her children +o look thelr very best at the Por ty, as she combs Jerry's hair. Jimmie and Connie Sue just wait their turn. - -· • • AT AN EARLY HOUR - Connie Sue pulls brother Jimmie's hai r~ the rude awakening signaling the ' start of an hour of turmoil in the Retherford home, as the children anxiously anticipate the morning's Party even to come. Hamiltot-t "IN THE KNOW" (left) Bob Retherford never misses an issue o.f CHIPS, and The LOG is a household word with the Retherfords who reside at 931 Shuler Avenue. Here, Bob reads the notice of the Champion Kiddies' Theater Party in CHIPS. THREE FOR A TRIO (center) Ruth Haverland, Employees' Service Section, obligingly hands Bob three tickets for his trio of little Retherfo.rds, who will be Champi0n's guests at the Christmas Theatre Pa.rty, along with 1200 other Champion Family youngsters. A MOMENT OF GLEE (right) Jimmie, Jerry, and Connie Sue express glee when daddy arrived home with their ticket& for the big Yule Party, a scene that was no doubt reacted in countless Cha mpion horr.es, when daddy brought home the free admission tickets. tarr d a couple f da 'S before Chri Lmas, the Party attracted orne 1,200 Hamilton Champion youngsters . . -\mono- the gay o-roup wa the R etherford's, of course, and the mo ie feature, ·'The .March of the Wooden . oldier :· pro ·ed a decided hit on uch an occa ion, just a- did the candy treat giYen to all party-goers at the conclu ·ion of the morning' festi e acti vity. IT ALWA¥S HAPPENS- Mo+her', lost the Party tickets. "I know that I plac d them right here, I j~Jst know that I did." After a complete ~urvey of the desk. · she finally found them in a glass, placed high atop 11 shalf in th$ kitchen e11bin&t. Champion mothers and father , sisters and brothers, w.ill recapture many of the Party events, and other r aders will receive a rather vivid picture of the happei1- in gs, leading up to, through, and ending the Party, in following, "A Typical Champion Party, A T ypical Champion Family, Jerry, Jimmie and Connie· Sue," on these pages. ON THEIR WAY- Bo-b carries Connie Sue, while Jimmie and Jerry wave good­bye to mother, who is probably much relieved, now that the children are on their way. Josephine's father, Charles Shanks, formerly worked in the No. I Beater Room. ' : • • j I ON THE SC ENE- J immie shows the way, as the Retherfords enter t e Hamilton High School Auditor-ium lobb do ors. O nly a few more steps and they'll be joining the others at the Party and all will be right with t he world. 22 . ,• ' The kiddi es' Christmas Theatre Party was pTesented after mu h preparation., and provided a unique form of entertainment for outhful Champion Family members d uring the h oliday period. Various other innovations have be n staged in other yea rs gone by. That the party was highly anticipated goes without sa ying, ·inc adu lt mernbers of the Champion Family wer qu ick in calling for the 1200 free ticke ts a soon as the announ ·emen t of their a ailability at tL1e Em- • ploy cs' ervice e Lion was m ade. A word of pra is is in ord r for the many party-goers, in conclu sion. T) say th v ry leas t, a ll conduct ·d th m­sel es as th l ittl Iadi s a nd gen t] m ·n tha t th y Lrul r are - it wt~ s a h art-warming sigl t to witn ss th · numer-ous bar py -xp • sion rywhcre. WHAT WE WAIT IN ' FOR ·- Shown in t e third row, right to left, Bob holds Connie Sue, while Jimmie and Jerry watch the movie screen for the picture. The boys- d id n't have time to e-ven remove their hats, but who cares about hah at a party. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL- A portion of the large Party going group, as the morning's f'estive gaiety e·nded. AND, A TREAT, TOO- Richard Willsey, CM Calenders, and Maude Ziegenhardt, Employee Services, hand out a treat to the Retherford sons, and the Party is history with Jerry and Jimmie, but there'll be anothe.r. next year, and they'll do it all over aga1n. • McDONALD, OF PURCHASING, SPEAKS TO SUPERVISORS i'or than 12::~ Canton harnpion supervisors and (or m n attend · d th r l1l quarter! dinner me t)ng in hampion afeteria, and heard l[alcolm M. McDonald, purcha 'ing ag: nt, p ak on "Purchasing." As a special feature f the entertainment program, t n m mb r, of the recentl · organized Canton chapter of th .,oci t for the Pre ervation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quanet inging in America sang four numbers. Meml r of the singing gr up were Bill Barne , Zane Grey Hall and Clyde 1-hmlctt, leads; War­r n Current and jjrnmi Deawn, baritones; Harry Fi ·her E. J. Calli nne and George Arthur, Lass, and fleel Holland and Bryson L dford, tenor. Stanley mirh, jn ha rge of Champion's cafeteria, pr 1 ared an e.'C 11 nt m al with Lhe capable assistance of all cafeLeria staff members. The dinner meeting was open d by J. Bruce Morfo J , Canton division manager of Industrial Relations, who presented H. A. H elder, Canton division manager. Helder introduced McDonald, the guest speaker. EACH QUARTERLY SUPERVISORS MEETING at the Canton Di vision of Cham­pion features a detailed e xplan a tion of t he functions and objectives of one o.f the mill departments. A m·em ber of the se lected department carefully outlines and explains the work and res ponsi bilit-ies of his group. BARBER SHOPPERS furnished musical entertainment for d:nne.r party. Left to right are: Bryson Ledford. Fleet Hofland, Clyde Hamlett, Bill Barnes, Zape G,rey Hall, J immie Deaton, Warren Current, E. J. G allienne, George Arthur and Harry Fisher. • MALCOLM M. McDONA LD, Cantoo C hampio n's purc hasing agent, speaks to fore men a nd supe rvisors on "Pur­c hasing" as a feature o.f q uaderly din­ner meeting in .cafeteria. H. A. H ELD ER, Canton .OiviS'ion man ger, ta lks briefly to foremen and su perv isors be·fore pres<enting g uest speaker Malcolm McDonald of Purchasing Department. 23 JIM HOMPSON . romeKote, ~ang lead in Memorial Ceremonies. His golden voiced ren­dition of the ' 'Lord s Prayer' was out­sta d' ng. JOAN A'VER of ih R • s arch Oep.utm nt, eppli s a le~t minute tou ch of color, "just befor the curt a1. n. " 24 • IS MY FACE ON STRAIGHT, was a common question s the ca1t "m de·up" (l•f ) etty Gov and Arle n Reigers, both of General Sales OHice. ( Righ ) Barry Peters , In pee 10 ; S m Jo es Storeroom; "Sing" Poynter, Carpenters ; and Bill The>mp on, True eri, r cei¥e ·n41 I'! e- p touches from Helen Camp, Steno Pool. LULA HUEY, Champion Cafeteria employee, pertly displays eye-catching min · strel program cover, p rinted on Champion's superior KromeKote product. • On ot th ga)e-,t of the · r 1)- im r ~ •~n e nt ertainment C\ents in Hamilton • a th · l\'1 instrel Varie tic of 19 t . pr · n ted L\ th( Skillman-A! mbru l Detachment o the Ianne Corps League, In . Stagt.d i1 th H nul 01 High School Auditorium, during eatl . D em bcr, the extremely popular h·m tan fot tw, ni•rht and j)la ed to t.a j>ac.itv hou t on h •lh tJ • • occa ·wns. Under 1lle direnion ol \J r. Paul Fal tllli. wi<lcly-knU\rn Hamilton blLine~ m.m, th • Iin­ ·tr l r h('ar-cd I )r 1110re than ont.~ month. m,1 le up mo-;lly o( Cha111pion 1 oplc. \ ·flo de t 1\ ' .111d have r<.-ce in 'd high ,ttd<lilll lot thcu ·Hn1 t . \H funds <lc-ri t•d l rum th · JWduuiou .u · to bt used in th · ro11 lrtll tion (tl a ·luhhou"l' fur th Ski llman-r\ nnbru!-!l lktat huwnt. • • • • • • • LAUGH PROVOKERS - Eddi Einsfel , Cl r• With m, J oo G lo k, Lo-rrain Hous . August S ck nheim, Edythe Daniel. E rl Bi 9 rt, N omi Jones, •nd Bud Ebel, who play d end-ma n nd nd-girl role . All r Champions, except E1nsfeld, Glock and S•ekenheim. Hamilton BACKSTAG.& JI TTERS we re ra re as t he large cast ma de pre p a rations fo r the Cl.!r t a in ca ll . (Left) SONG AND DANCe MAN - Ea rl Siege rt, No. 2 Rewinder Champion, who sang a nd d a nced bis way into tho he a rts of t he aud ience. (Center) PART OF THE SINGING C HORUS that add ed so mu.ch to the prod uction, J oanne Newlr"irk, Accou nti ng Dept. ; Ei leen Wiley, Switchboard , and Mary Massare lli, Bill ing De pt. (Right) BEHIND THE SCENES, Mrs. Paul Fa f.c.o ni, wife of Director Paul Fa lconi, assisted in " make-up ." He re, she affixes eye p e nc il on Ma ry Anne G raft, Insuran ce De pt. employee. To sa .. ' lhat the Min - su-el was a decided ucce · · would be a gro_s under­~ t.l. tement. To sel · ct a highlio-ht, the JV!emorial Ceremonie ·, with Color Guard and [he back­ground . .inging of the "Lord' Prayer . " accom­panied by tap - Cham­pion J arne . Thomp on doing the vocal - served a a solemn tr ib u te to Marine who have gone w the r. bore of T ripoli " -MAKI NG PRETTY- Marv Lou Pflanzer, Steno Pool ; Margie Smith , General Sa les; Joan Schawe, Research Offices. MAJORITY CHAMPIONS- Far in the majority, C ha mpio ns took .most leading roles and chorus parts. Champion Yet eran.s assisted in numerous ways. • ' COLOR G UARD- Harry Lande.rs , Ren a l'd Bouchard, Elmer Bailey, C lyde Fortner, who served as }he C olo r Guard for the app ropriate Mem.o.ria l Ceremon ies. BACKSTAGE JOH NNY po inted his came r1} from t he wings to get t hi·$ vlew ot th'a show i·n j:!>ro g ~e ss , UntH the final c·urh ,tn the cho.rus held. the a,udi e nce with their fl ne singJn g. 25 • ' • THE "A" AND "D" SHIFT on No. 26 Board Machine. Back row, left to right: Roy Bryant, Sam Gard, Dennie Peterso,n, lonnie Dunlap, Clyde Wilson, and Elvin Elrod. Front row: left to right: Art Spicer, John Bryant, D. l. Scott, William Webster (Inspection}, and Barney Dickey. 0 5 • Managen1,ent and labor both a're affected b)) accident losses .: Dead · 01· inju,red workers are not bTeaclwinne-rs or , jJTOcl'ucers. ExjJe?·ience proves fdannecl safety programs are the only effective rnethods of Teducing accident losses. R e· sponsibility for the lives) health) and welfaTe of e?n.ployees -rests on labo-r and rnanage-rnent. This dttal responsibiLil) has been accepted and successfully openaed at Champion. Houston Champion's No. 26 Board Machine, .formerly known as No. l l Machine at Hamihon, has finished its fir t accident-free year in the Houston Division. This rugged board-maker, one of the eompaqy's o ld e s t machines, ·began production in 1902. Throngh ~6 year of operations, it crews have ea rn ed lor N0. 26 a repu tation for afety. The la t lost-time accident on tl1e machine occu rred at Hamilton more than fiv year ago. THE " B" AND "C' ' SHIFT on Na. 26 Board Machine. Back row, left to right : AI Sandlin, Johnny Witten back, Mac Ballard, Rex Coomes, Geo,rge F-erguson , W, H. Harrison, and "T uffy" Harringhm. Fron~ row, left to right : C . 0. EllioH (Inspection). Kermit Hubbard, Da n John-son, A. E. Vance, Jimmy' Dani els and Frank Fulgham (Inspection) , 26 vVith another no lo t-tim accident ear to i t credit, No. 26 and it Texa, crew are uphol ling a Champion tradition- afet on the job. CHALK UP A FIRST FOR THE CHALK FOLKS FROM SANDERSVILLE MINE Les than 40 people mak up th e entire group of Champion · at our Sandersvill , Georgia mine, but still W"' w re ab t to create ju ·t as mu h nthusias:m and interest in our fir ·t employ e conte ·r as migh t be expected from any of our large divisions. A conte t to ·e lect the b est d ecorated Chri ·Lmas tree and tl.te fine, t h ollda · d ecoral ed home rHantel r esul ted i!} the participation oi most mployees at the min '. Long hours were spent in planning and then carrying mt the letail· of ea: h individual idea. T he r es ults juHiii d all the work and the holida , season was hapJ ier and man · Champ:ion hom w re mor.e attractive, all d ue lO the effec ts of our f irst Chris.tm ts Decoration CorUe' t. 'o judge the entries. three ladies of the SandeTSville Garden Club offered their , rvices and travelled many mile u \·er \ N"ashington Cou nty t:o visit the vario us ho1ues. The' report that they njoyed the responsibi lity and were amazed at the qu.aljty o( the work done by the employees and members of their famili es. Iir t place ·winner in the ''Bes t Decorated Tree" con" test wa won by Bubber Smith, one of our mill operators ·with l 0 years of Chan:1pion servi e. (Editor's note) .ModesLy caused Gladys to fail to r,epon that he, Gl dys E. Hodges, was the Grst place winner in Lhe r-nantel decorating contest.) * * * * \Vith Christmas and New Year holidays over, every­one has ettled down to earth aga in. Santa was good. to all. Resolutions have been made- and broken. · Good . Pe"olution:- are alway uice and we do .mean ·well. * Loui H odge · enjoyed a week's vaca tiotl .during the holiday. ,,;r]Ji h. be spent at home. Emplo ees wlw :i.sited out of town during . t:A:e holi- . day were: Poll Cull ens, wl1.o vis ited her mother in Augus1a, GJ:adys. Hodges attended a wedding in Savannah, " Dtt::.t ·" R hoade ·hopped i11 M aeon, Cha:rlie B. :Renfn:;)e \'i ited his daughter in 1acon, Bubbet" Srnith shopped in ,\ ugusi.a. The bird and q L.tai l <.eason, to :wh i( h our sportsmen look fon ard ea :h year, is 11ow in foU. sway. Several ni ce hag Jiruil ~ have IH·t:n rept,rred. * ~ * * DON'TS FOR SALESNfEN Don't kl'IQck your co11'1pt' l iLOr. It only rnak · hiu:J 1>eern more 1n1portan t. Don't be: per istcnt. Many a welcome has been worn out by "pushing:." Don't hang a round. State yo.ur business in a b usine s­like manner and g·t going. Dnn..'t carty tales. TeUing one account what the orher is d~ing or not doing isn 't "cricket," l ' ' • ' ' • .­-' - ,. . . FIRST PLACE was given to each e{ these entries.. !fop) Mante l Oecoratio.n of Gladys Hodges, (below) Bu·bber Smith decorated t he winning tree. 27 • ' I 0 TIME IS GROWING SHORT . . . OUR DIMES CAN HELP SO MUCH T he start of the New "ear has long been regarded as the time for resolutions to chart a better year. In recent years it is attaining a special signific~nce becau se it is th time in which the March of Dtmes campaign i held to help those afflicted by ' infantile paral y i . . . . . This dreaded disea e is espeoally trag1c m 1ts effect because it strikes o frequently among the youth ... the young boys and girls who are just beginning to find their way in life. ProgTess in this fight will be made i1~ direct propor­tion to the re sources that are thrown mto the battle. Millions of dollars are needed for preventive research and education ... millions n1ore to cure those afflicted ... and still more milli ns tO ease the road o£ life for those who may ne er be ured. A dim is little enough for each of us to give to this great and worthy caus .. . and many of us wi ll want L > gi v · more, much more. . So, in this p riod of dedicatior __ to a~ ener_y •ar ahea~ , l t us make a csoJutim w help bght m(anul pa al!'SJS , . . and let 1s giv and give . .. to make that rcsoJuu 1n a reality. 28 WITHROW . CONN$t· LY weODINS......Je . nn Withrow, S t ~no Pool, and S&o ge Connelly, m"rried on Oct(lber 3Q, in fhe Par$on ge of the St. Mary's Catholi Church, by the Reverend F;,th.f't Dennlr19, J ea nne. " L1 1 d.y Ch· amp1· 9n " o f 1948, and George are m<)king their home at 330 Buckeye Street. WITH NEW YEA.R'. RE OLUTIO BROKEN ALL IS NORMAL AG I By Fri tzi .)cft J.t.f1ider \Vho 'VC ~ he imJ~ra ti cal imp i~ that 'lt;.ut d the getP ' ally JlH'i tt ed habrt of New Y( cr\ t 1 lution , lvmld go out and depr) ·it ·a 1·5' a.libc bullet in his ·o-call'd bea l, if 1 • d idn 't do it after the 1 t eletti u . . Most p t ()pl have broken the i:r esr)lur.ion u: OfJ\v, ill fact, 30 da y~; ago i 11 s vera! es. H all our friend · Jived up to the angelic ·tan lar t that t hey~ t for them­sel ves on the first day of the Jirs month ot he everal years in which th ·y walk, t lk, and get up fo b eakfast. we would have on wretdled time rryin t. acdimate ~ur ·elves to the annual atomic change in our eve yday l1ve ·. . ·w~·ve noticed in the Ha.J?ilt n Divi ion man · g od mtentwns gone astray, a thetr maker r evert back to the human beings they weTe in 1948: Esther O'Dell's one about gettin · to bed at a decent (whatever that is) hom· during the week- well, she did manage to keep it down to a 2 o'clock deadline . . . .Ken Faist, the younger, making an effort no t to be late to work in 1949, and living up to it for a remarkable three days . . . Roberta Alexander determiuin· NOt to fall down aay m_ore, unl~ss it rains in lVe. t Park that day ... Mark \Vtse _sweanng. to remember hi wedding anni­versary all by lumself tlus year; we won't know how that one cori1es out until August, but we'll over all bets ri ht n<?w ... Pat Brinkman· vow to not become o cupiecl With more than one thing at a time, but running int( a little trouble keeping it ... Bob Breidelllha1 decidi1w to limit his famous "five minute I roject " to, at 1 a t, one-hal£ day . . · . Bill Lipphardt cuHing· hi c ffee t:ime down to J 5 minutes, graduall , of cour e; he' dovn to 17 now ... Tow \1\f Jls d terminin · to ·it wi rh hi b k to Lhe Sorting Lin while drinking the ften1o 1 off e unless the ligh t shin es in .hi · eye~ l o bacll : . . . Ev Hall not playing th ponie n ex t Slllnm r - rnor than 8 1 c ·s a day ... an 1 if e er 'On who S'· r - o £ th '' ·ulls" really .rneant ir; ·what a blitz [or Schlitz! \ IVc just _lcatTI d lhat U:t ' Sai:nt, V Jeutin , has th. Jir 'tt coun ~ c t. Lon ·with t.h romanti ·cn timcnts genc r" lly a · .. oti 'lt 'd with the word "va len tin ." T h ' w·ty histor e"· pJains it. it .:t.ll laL ' · b:t k t lh da 'S o[ the Rc mans. IL se _m · Lhac i11 this •nl th Rnrtl:trt boys, on 1l\Jt· Oa , o( t l1 · F 'a. t of Febn 1at ~t Jt~no ( 'Cllr· riug in .F .b Wt y), drew lh · ·utuncs >( hirl · vlm v~rrt:: dt 'n cdnl'lh to be the ir mistl:e:scs. Tlli.s pog~n custom i\O off<'ncl 'd th ' · 'hri~ti u n pr'i sts rh;ll 1dtirH•LLdy they ch ~ utg·t-cl !he 11an1 · of thi pa.g<1l l' ca..,t Dily, wh.i .h coin "ick·d with the f s iv. l hun . inb ' 'L ra lentin toSt , :-~ l • ttin~: '.~ l)a r . l\11d to make th · direct holida ' 5C: l1Liwcnt ,. n rnor • remot e, the , ';.JiJ1t wa:; known throu~·h01Jt th ·: hnd for hi r ha~Lity ;mel ·~HS l rity. W a lso Jearn d rlnu G "C"lrg ·washington ·w,.s th on ly fire ·i l nt of the tJn.il 'd Stat ·s It) ue in, ug tra: t d in N \ York. T IJaL At raha:m. L incoln maLle: hi s grcatc. t mis. .. ; tate· mcnt in, hi, G 'tt ·burg Ad<lrcss ben h: ~Sail-·' . . . Th world will l.ittle n tc nor long- remember what we say here, bur. it will nev r forget, etc ... .'' • • • ' • I .. . lll CAMPBELL PARtY (top) Katherine Gentry. Ruth Campbell, Muriel Miles, Geneva Perrine, and Wanda lee McQueen. Seated: Sally Price, Edna Smith and Eva Miller. Standing: Ul Campbell, and Jo Ann Cain. Bethel Fugate, Helen Owens:, Margaret Perkins, Freda Wesse.l and Ora lee Mobley. SECONDS LINE PARTY (bottom) El izabeth Bon, Geneva Youn.gblood, Leno·r& Childs, Carrie Huey, Loujse Miller, and Mae Brunner. Owen Hill, Alpha Morgan, Leora Moyer and Ritha Gordon. • FE STIVE YEAR-END PARTIES ATTRACT C M SORTING FOLKS By Mcn·.<r Osbonre The gi.rl · and b oy-'~ (~f t he seconds li.11e enjoyed a covered .d1~h supp T durtng late D·· ember. and t11cy really tn ·d t? o ut du one? anofb ·T with th .ir culinary art - a lca~>L l0r a King. T hose ea ted about the tah l · were Ed el Lunsford. Mac Brunn ·r, Leora Mov ·r, iv!a(' Rocl s Fr(lnces Elkins·. ' Be th el Fugate, Lc11a G ill. Alpha Morg-an, Ella JohnsO JI Retha Gurdon. E lizabeth Bus'l, ·1 h ~ In1 a ·wood; G 1i.na Youngblood, Evelyn Ferris, .R ebecca Mull in s, Carrie Huey, Vivian Klotter Ow<.:11 Hill, Lenora Ch it'!", and Louise Miller. • * * * T he fo llowing girls joined our CM Soning Line group near the ear's end: lo la Schm idt, MaJclir1e Jack­son Pearl Simpson, Rebec a Mulli ns, Mary Arent, Eliza­beth 1\ri etgy, R osa Scott, and .J ewel Thon,as . Carrie Huey, "Matron in the R · t Room '"''as telling the o ther day about the pile of dirt that the builder left along side h er new home (t his ,. as about 40 years ago) and she tried despera tely to get someone to haul it away and didn' t su cceed . One of the more intelligent souh who was listening to her story, up and as~ed .her why she didn't dig a hole and put the d irt .in there! ~' * * * The CardboaHI Line e nj oyed a Christmas party dur­ing the latter part of l 948. Among the ladies who over­ate V\ere: Dottie Moore, Stel,la Doner, Marg Osborne. Marie Osborn e, Len dell Hubbard, Anna Peel, Ten a Miley, Blanche Abram ·. Mary M Coy, Angela Haddix. Gladys Stump, Pat Lewis, Eve lyn 'Wilcox, Evelyn R eed, Anna P. Albright Bernice Ke · on, Matgaret Brown, Roberta Sword, and Helen Himes. FLEET FOOT TRIBE IN BUS TREK FOR YULE PARTY AT MIAMISBURG By Ruth R(lquet Miami sburg js a long way to hike both way, so we chartered a bu- for a r ide to the Pccrlc s Pantrv aud a :rousing good Christmas party. At tab! pre rtil ' d cor-ated with Christmas orn ament.. we cnjo ed a deli cious mea1 o f· " ch 1.. c k en .n ' <\ 11 t ]H : tn.m mm. .' s. •. Sa nta Claus pack hanging on the wall benm our grab bag, and th · tr asur s it rc ·cal d rangccl aU rhc way from cologne tl1at - quote, s1n lis pr "tt r g od for cheap sLuff, unquote - to a l\) ·on' ' rtibJc that ev n carri d a hang able ·par • tire. Fol1owing our linner and the grabbjng, ·we pla red cards, had rnore card. tri ks. or just plain talked, until it was tim to take the bus back home. · The party was ap<tbly arraHged b host seti Annett Pat(;r and Joa.n .y rs, gi n an as ist by volumccr i\fary Skilh 1an. Our other hikt' of the nionth, held pre ion <, to the Chrjstma.;; party, was h ostes~ d I y Milli Borg con a tJd Mat E ll n Hu s y, and w ·ll c njoyed by alJ who at tended. 29 • • • Hamilton GOOD SAM! U)' n· s :obb Thcntght for the month . . . u 1 ,'am ... fhc heavy autom 1hilc at m;-~r()()ll '<l at the , id · o( an UJ gra de ti ty .'\Lrc t - it~ .IJ<HH'I"\" dead. it), brnkcn rear bumper looming unim if"ing JrnJ\1 behi11cl, and its driver standing; 1 aticntl~ · alo ngsid e. ~ilcnt :1p1 t:al in his e · ·s. Car after Gtr pnhtch turned out and pas:-cd I y, the ir d riv rs rationali zi ng 0 11 their own need for lla tc. the risk or that rear bumper, and m<lll·s t~ cglige ncc in g neral. Finally an old LiZJ ie came dmgo ing a lo ng (its p utt-putt motor inging ·'I can do it.'') CJ lld ground to a ·top. There [ollmved a fn: n 7iecl rnar o( the motor and a thud of grinding metal. a. th two I umpc rs slipped apart, and th ere wa~ another den t in the Lizzie's front end. But it. dri\ er cr<ndcd ou t, with a smile and a whistle, ~cratched his head a · he surveyed the darnage, and said rea. suringly, "\Ve' ll get her nex t time." Anoth er frenzied roar. a belch of black moke from the machine in fro nt, and both car were on their way. To the Lizzie and its whistlino· driver, our nomination as 1949's "Good Sam" ! * >II< >II< >II< Dashjng young J\Iarvin Kees will tell you that the next best thing to having good · eyes is to ha,ve good gla ses. J 1an,in, who would have trouble do.ing 20-50 with his own ''optic , " has a pair of "specs" which are . slightly "out of thi world." \ t\Tith their ajd he reads e \ ery single one of the dots and dash es on Bill Duvall's excell ent vision test. Kees v.a the only man in the department to do ..,o; and "' e understand at the present writing he is still the only Champion to core lO O ~t ! * * * * (Lest we forget ... \ e aTe reminded by blond and boyi h Ralph Mc\t\Thorter that we overlooked the fa ct that his wife Mahel pres m ed him with a 10-pouncl on last September 1 L \ rVe m ntioncd the arrival of young BETIY SPIVEY- The five-year-old daughter of Ruby Spivey, CM Sorting Department. The Spivey home is at 192<4 Fa irfax Avenue. I ''0 .. LOIS KNAPP - The attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo'hn Knaep, 1033 Summer Street. en­rolled for htH junior year at Ham· il ton High School. Jonn is in the Unloading Department. R lph Edw rd but '>omch \ th item got bru hen off 1h ·· nv ynr b ,lt " hdm 1 ·•1 hin~ th printing pre · . .Bel t d congratulations! And Wf' hop _ that Junior gmw up tc be a t igg- rand h .lt e1 ·< ilor than hi · Dad.) • • Th be. t story to <ome out o( the~ r Jll holidays . . " Peachy'' lkckn 1 1' ~ si ·-y ar-old son Jo )' (affcniona t 1 · known a ~; " P ·a .b y, .J r.'') ac ·idental ly ~aw the.: }jttlc r d bicy l his gr;mclparcnt.., were l1iding for him in th ir cellar. But he never let on! That nif:Sht, when Jo ·· acting ex tra Jrisky his nJOther warned. ·' rr you don 't b good Santa Cla won't bring that reel biryclc.' ' \Vhere­upon, "Pea ·hy, .Jr." calle l "P achy, Sr." into a corner a nd wh ispered, " I saw my Pd bike in Grandpa's ba · - ment today. But don't .<:;ay a word about it to Grandpa and Grandma - it 'll make them f el bad. Don't nev r let o n. ' ' Nell now, just who was fooling who, and who ,.vas getting foo led?- not liule Jo y, we'll b t a roll of Kromekote! Buffing the drums . . . Worlcing 3-11 on Dec. 8, Merle McSwain, of the so ftb alhng McSwains, et a new record on No. 5 rewinder by running off 48 et of double Kromekote rolls .... And that's really pouring the ball over the inside corner! ... The Drum Coat basketba1l team is still taking its "lumps" each Friday night, but with the addition of "Sweet Sue'' Eldon Letsche and Paul Hendricks from the Green Wa\'e, better thin 1ie ahead .... Don Pierce's registered female English . etter pup is making the grade a a hunter, going about her work in the fi eld like a veteran . ... Show ' hat good care, patience, and above all, under tanding can do for a timid, spiritless dog . ... Bo man Elmer New kirk ha · b een e lee ted presiclen t of the even •r ile Boo ter , - sociation .. .. Byron Taylor's boy Donny tapped hi desk so much at Hamilton Catholic that he wa given thre demerits and asked to write a 500-word composition on "Why 1 Tap My Desk" .... The tarding e a he turned in ca used the good Falher to h ake hi h ead and blink . down over his pecta le (the boy's gonna' be a law­yer). . . . R ebuffing th drums ... Blt, hy-h alre 1 Frazier Crain, who is our n omination for th No. l ja k-of-a ll-trad lecid. d to take up radio two ar. ag·o .... Bought a tube le t r and a I ook on rad io and has I en 1· pajring: th m v r incc .. .. ''Simpl ·•. h sa · . ... "Ju t lik an ·thi ng l - lis1cn to it quawk and you an n r ly ~ ! way t ll what the trouble is'' ... . Bud Evans' g irl Barlnml has 'lm d Sl.ICh g od gl ~ d e at vVils n Junior that .·h ha h n ask d to jo i.n an honorar oci ty .. . . . I ' t rmiln and h.i ' i1 p nt the la. t tw week in Januar vi. iting r lativ · in T'l o ri I.a ..... B11Zz Barr lt aud \ if · H.ilda bca. I d , o nthward during- rhe h lid, y, isi ting FL rida, .. eorgia , • o uth .aro lina, anrl orth Cat lin{ . . .. Sammy Barre tt and hi .- b · have aband­Oi l ·I th ' ir : t m1 alhun1s te mporarily ,.vhi l th y g t lllO\ d out on 1 h i r ountr pia e a lnng th 1\fin ton Roact .... J Dully of th Colo r Room lost on of l1i · t o.-l valua bl b • l hound. th th r d y. ju t aft r il had ornp le · 1 it Lra ining at 1 fi months .... One of tho: thing-;- ac idc ntall shot b a hun t r' gun .... L' ~ t bn t not 1 '· : l. .. . The fri ~nd of o. 2 · 1ill's p r-m bl youn; hdy, \1\filma Gould, want h er recent Cllt ­ba r, sm nt to b kn "n .... She was topped b ' th · ' ':J.Lchman (or ·arrying con al _d w apon ·! . . . ( w ho• · did h knm th t th inno n t 1 oking packag contain d a turdy n 1 w 11-poli h d rolling pin? . .. ) • t Hamilton COMMENDABLE SERVICES APPRECIATED '• . HONORED WHH PARTY- Retiring members of the Accident Prevention Committee: Front- Lily Bowling, Kate Broering, Mable Poffenba rger and Gladys Griffin. Rear- Fred Ziegenhardt, George Rhodis, Francis Kolde, George Wyatt, AI Cates, Safety Engineer Art TopmHler, Walter Moore, Jad Rupp, and Glenn Becker. The latter named having served as C hairmall during the last half of 1948. ACCIDENT PREVENTION GROUP CONCLUDES YEAR WITH PARTY By Geo·r e Steine1· A fare1 ell part was !riven to the retiring members of the c ident Pre ention Co.rnmitee at the end of their term. After refre"hment , Georcre St in er, who acted as toa tma ter introduced Brandon· Marshall, Hamilton Ci1y afcry Director, who ga e an excellent talk. After 'Ir. Mar"ha ll' talk th member played their "Safety Que tion Game." A safety question i asked and if the nember, who are eli ided into two groups, cannot answer th pay five cents into a fun 1, whi h is ·u ·eel to give ach retir1ng member a li tde farew·ell gifL Mr. l\far ·haJl, who joined in the fun, happened (r) to draw a que tion (written in doubJ talk by yours truly) that n t only could not be answered, but coul<l not even be read, m·u h to the amu ement of ~'fr. Marshall and the members. fter the game , Byron Berger, who is well -known fo hi.· a tivities in m nta] telepatl y, d rnonstrat d sue ess­fuH , as an entertainment (catur , that the futur h olds great p , ibilit ies for this type of cnt rtainment. In the ab~ence o B ron Berg rand GeorgeS~,; iner (how in th h ck did be get into thi s?) the mcrnb rs <;e l . t ·d th nani ' of one of th gToup . . ale i it in an nv ' lop , and ga,·e it to Byr n aft r tl ' y bad ~ tation cd hi rn in th Cafeteria. In tl e me.a ntim Georg Stein r was brought into th on( ren e Room and tation <1 at rh <: hla k­hoa d. Using the method d v Jopcd b Dr. A. J. J hinc and his as ociat s a · Du Univ r it , B ron ·nt hi tt ought wa e at a given tirn .. · t) 1 nf tbe J wrr bers took Georg seriousl y, and so th first rr a a ft~ilurc . Geo ge tJ rcate1 ed to read a h mcmb r's pa t, th y all hu~hed, and r.he ·econd try ' a. SIH .. cessfuL T he m r tb ·rs had picked the name of K nn th Faist, wl ich name George correctl y wrote ttpon th blackboard. Byron wa. very pleased when he found , upon his retutn to th Con­ference Room, that his experiment had be n u e. sful an.d gracefully accepted th e vigorou · applause given him. Art Topmiller, addressing the members briefly, thanked them for their good work apd tressed that there is no time in a Safety Movement that we can relax. Francis Kolcle, Oiler Foreman and one of our retiring members, said , "After one year of membership with the Accident Prevemion Committee, I would li k-"e to e ·press my thoughts on Safety : This Department is \vide awake and, due to the method of operation, they are well repre­sented by all crafts in the milL The training that goes into this work helps to make peo ple more safety-mjnded, not only on the job but al o at home. A lot of u take Safety too loosely; we think of it as omething for the other fellow. In my mind I wou ld define Safety a. some­thing that h elps to k ep us HEALTHY, \1\TEALTHY, and HAPPY". \ 1\T ell sr okeu, l ' rancis! Careless ventilation practi e a t. home and in garages accoun t for mo·t [ataliti r . ulting from carbon mon­ox ide poison, and wi th the advent of col l w a.th r the toll alway show · a ri sing trend . Carbon monoxide, which it> harmlcs in t iP op 11 but cx trem ly poisonous ·in 1) d tla es, i. ah a s in. the cxh a usl o f automobile cngin ·s. ot1''C<Jll C'lHly car dnvers must be pa rti cnl ar ly careful and a c<tr .nginc houlrl n C'ver l,c t"ull ill a gatagc wh cu til clnors a r d ·ctl. Ln t.b · hom · a dtcck-up shouJ l b · made of furnacr.. an(l sro\'CS ·o ch~tt heatin g- equi pment, poor-fittin r pi pes. w<,rn JYlrLS a11d dogged chimn Y" will not au e poi.on­itt p, or th ai b t he pen ·( lt:tt.ion of oal gas from burn­ing f11el into the room. The .impr:op r us of th ·<'lamp r <ttHl pt ·em ~lt " l- · I ·eking ar onHnon ca use of air poi on­ing. T il odor of •. ca1 ing g~• s shoull be a warning of irnrnincnl dan cr-. Fir t ign of g<ts poison ing a r • ~.horrn s of breath; a ti ght f ·cl in ,. a W " thf' forehead and dizAines. 31 • 1 ' ! HamilfoK VETERANS ORGANIZATION ELECTS 1949 OFFICER GROUP l y Bob Scluwe ' The _.h;nilpion \ 'ct ran;; C lub at iL\ ann t1 ~tl m Lt ing, ondnned their .e arh de tiun of nffiter · for this car. ' fho:e ·l ct tl '''l're: Presiden L. Edward J\hrsh: Vic · Pr idcnt. ]ern Cra.ham : .S<. r tan. Bob cltanev: Tn.'as- • " I J ur r. J 1\et h Aurad n , all 1 ~ gt-·tt-, \rm ~. Don Young. Tb Yoring ran he;n ·i ' r tha 11 in the past )Cars. \ \'c poim wi llt pride to ur new pre id cnt a .. he has I n 1ery ·tctivc in club affairs with a very keen in teresl for the betterment of our organization. Edward Marsh ame to Champion on March 2, 1 934· and "'as assigned to No. 11 Paper Machine where he remained un.til the machine was moved to Texas, at which time he was Backtender. He was then transferred to the Ma­chine Shop, wh~re he now '"'orks. Our president served during World vVar II with the nit d State .Marines and was stationed on the l\I.ar hal] J lands, Okinav,ra and Guam. He was dis­charged in l 9-.l-6 and returned to Champion. Edward I as be"n very Joyal in his work for our club and has sen· cl on various committees, and the one most noted , he . crv d as co- hairman of the E ntertainment Com­miuee, during 1947. Mar'>h;s home liCe is indeed a happy one, with his charming w if , Lu iiJe; danghter, Edwina and his son Tonimy His main hobbies are bowling, hand ball, gardening and raising harll psters for pets and as "guinea pig'>" for m dica] resea rch. a~io n af S curiLy 111 ·a n '> noL onl y a larg- r11y, J 'avy, and. Ai.r Fe rce, bu things th<tt :, tand for tb ' bc Lt:ernJ enL of our omrnunity, st.a lc and H<JLion. At our :rcgt daJ- met tiu g-, tf1iq nJontiJ, the 111 mb ., .. app1o cd a dunation Lo th • " larch oJ -Dirn ·s c ·ampai~,n will1 a ch k for the ~l ll 1 of fift dnlhtr<;. This ruak •s • 1·otr1 l or approx im~ t ly flOO d o ll ar~ $ fJ ·nt in rhe Ia ·t e'giJt month 10 !1dp thor;e who <tr · not as fl)rt iiJJ at ' a-, you <llld I. Vets from Rc ·arch and 1(1. 2. "il ,ipping (· tabli~hc 1 a reuJtd and ::. h<dl c,,gc at ou1 .J .n.uar lrH' 1 ing- 1.> havin (.:\· a l Hl'gc turn (Hl t frum rhL·ir d ·partnH'!ll. 1 r 'icn t at rhis scs ·i oiJ. to ta l of J 8 tn ·mlJ'n ·wert' on h ml from the: two leparttliL'Ilfs to n1ak rh · t w·l ntt ·nd l lCt> jtnnp up to 8: pr •sen t. 'a! ntine S rni-F1 rrnal Dane · plau · a 1n the mak-ing for a !top n ' .' t. rnonLh around \lalcntine Da . I t w s reqliC:L d tlnt thi . b s ·mi-fofmal in conju rrti n with thr de ir of d1 ' mernh r'. wiv :>. '\ atch f r future a.nnounn:ments forth omi.no- oon. 32 The club, as in the past years caiTied on a lar e Christmas Program, to help tbe needy duldren o tbe community. Thi was done by generou donation to the Salvation Army, the Children'· Home and the Ruth HospitaL The annual purcha e of gift w~s made r0 aid Santa in vi iting the children and wtves of our fellow Champions who paid the upreme acrifice, durjncr World ·war II. NO .. 2 MILL EMPLOYEES' NAMES AND FEBRUARY DATES SYNONYMOUS By H einie Alexander February _is another month of holida \', and in 1 ok­ing at the calendar, we find ome ignific n e tw.x.t tho<: days and some of our d partment members. * * * * Charley R u pp will cl fi ni tel ke p hi groundhog o that he an k ep hi w ather completely accurate till s1 ring. L ' t' hop h on a ll his pr d ic Lio ns thi. a1·. * >II; "' n th ' pred.i ti ns do , b itT 0 car Ma Pbfron dairns hat he , nd Lincoln h, v~ · s HUel'bing in comn10n - L in oln plit raiL. and ~x 'u_.,ion-ol l l::tc t' Lshis fooL on one. .. 'it • * IL s ·ms that But :h. Manrint:> . n "R,an '" Hohn h< d ltlit ~ a dis uss i.un th oth r 1a t b . ut :reo.r~L~ \ ,. ·li inp;Lun . They (imdly c~trn . to th on lusi m th< t \' as hing-tnn tddn'L po. sib I hav' be n . go d fishcf­rnan b c:1 u: · "\:Vho cv( r hcanl of a. fi s-h _ernau that wouldn' t t ·ll a li e?" nqu te. • .. ... * Pcrhnps w coul (l even et ~ si 1 a I<' for om my h• g-ntL~O JI . Tmmn ' ba.s d ' 'ised a pr _ti ally n.e' r "}OriS diuicma . 1 [is la tL'sl word is th d fiuition f r a b~ b mu!>k.Hi t:. Tomm · , a . :it. should 1 properl r calll a ·'muskmnus ' ." Anyon coining new ' ords or phras s slwuld 1 nil Tonun first. • * • .. ·Mo. t o f u · h 1l better be it1 g-ood humor on al n· ti.nc' Day if th 'rc ar as many comi val ntin . floating around as la t 'ear. 13 the way who w s the mo t [ opular p rson in the d partment la t ' ar on thL spc ial day? • A FIRE ALARM • Every year fir " take thousand of liv s and · use hun­dred of million of dollars of destru tion ... but it Heedn' t happen if proper Ire autions are taken. • l), PREVE T FIRE by- Making certain ev<::ry cigarcLLe, pipe or cigar is out iJ £or it is Llu·o\ n away. Smoke only ·where smoking is pet mined. Keep matches out of Lhe rca h of children and don't u e them to search dark plares or n ~ar explosive or flam­mable materials. li min ate rubbish and I i u ·r by k • ping stor rooms, basements, halls and closets clean. Rags soaked with oi ls a well as with paints ar liabl to start fires by th m -h e and ·hould be tor din tightly clo~ed metal cans oT hung up wi1h I lcnty of spac around them to elim inat th · po'>'>ibi1ity of spontaJ •ous i, nilion. R plac all worn c )rds on ap pliance .... Don' t hang ex­tension cor Is from nails or hook o run th ·m und ·r ar­pets. 1ak ure that lcctri light· do n t mak coma t w·th cloth or pap r had · , o other ombu tibl material. Hamilton TlliBUTE TO A CHAMPION FAMILY, PATRIOTIC TO THE LAST DEGREE By BiLl Tliomjmrn F ·bruary i · ·onn1wn ly crcdiu:d with the di stinnu 11 of g ivi ng birth Lt mor · great p rsonages than any u he month. \Va. hington, l.in ol 11, Edison , Shakespeare, and lhck ·~1 s, to m ntion a [ew. Somehow Lh anniversary IJ( Ll.tt~ bt.nh of any gre~tL Ameri an, esp ·cially make~> one vtsuahz O ld Glory nppling in the 1 rc zc as she salu tes a maj ·stic tribut • to those ltonored dead. How r~an J\m rican fant ' lics display the flag on such occaswus? l•or that matter- how many Amr~ ricrm ho1n es em·n jJossess a f ln.g? Too f cw, we are afraid. T_h · av rage Atncri an is ncgljgcnt as w ·11 as 1 zy, an~ l t:'i content Lo a ll o~ the. uptown tores and publi buddt ngs do all the dt. playtng of the colors. Such is no~ th case wjth .Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Cain who r stele at th Southwest corner o[ Cereal and Hunter AvenLles. Their attrac tive little home is no diHercnt from others except for the towering flags taff securely anch~r~d in tt:cir _lawn. Seldom does a w ek pass that _tl: e. Cams don t d1splay. Old Glory one or more days. [ hts Champwn. fam1ly ts an absolute authority on the Uag and when 1t should be raised and lowered . . One _thing ~rousing_ our curiosity i s the frequ ency ·wah whtch thctr flag 1s hung at hal£-mast. Mr. Caio explained that ea ·h day the body of anr local wearer of the American colors is laid to rest his flag is so dis­p layed. Such vigilan e is indeed commendable. The staff was erected as a memorial to the late Private Robert 0. ·whitaker , son of Mrs. Cain. Private Whitaker was killed during the Battle of the Bulo-e, September 18, 1944. Raymond Sr. served in the U. S. Anny during \'odd V\Tar I, enlisting July 3, 1916, and receiving a proud and honorable discharge on July 13, 1920. H e t a member of our Electrical Department. R aymond Jr. served in the U. S. Navy durino- the last war, and is presently employed in C.l\1. Finiiliing. T imely tribute to a Champion fami_ly patriotic to the last degree! Don't overload fus s, and when new fuse replace blown ones be sure the are of prop r capacity. (For the home this is 15 amperes.) Never bridge fuse with oin or orb r m tals. Di ·connect the le rric iron when it i · not in use, and ke p it on metal or asb sto pad when heated . JF A F IRE DOES GET ST RTED HERE'S WH T TO DO - Turn in an a larm imm cliately if mo.ke or (ire is d ·tened. ·arn th location of th n eare t fire al rm b and how t turn in tb brm b •(ore fir . tJ ik s. ln making your exit STOP nd think of Ll best wa · to do il. Running hc1t r sk Iter\ ill u nly ·onsum time. ox gen and may put ou in a rnor d· ng r us S} L h" n you w rc at the st. rt. . B I ore you op n a loor f > 1 it. If it do . not fet>l hot OJJl'l1 it !itt I · f.o t ·t th · h 'at ,[ th < ir b ' for l a ing tl room. If you ·annot nt. k ' y nr imm cliate ·it p n win-dow slight! if on is ava ilabl and ·ta, n ar it. Don't jump out, a1 d avoid h st • ia . 1f po sibl , ma.k • 'Oll pr S· tll( , known lO r sru rs ou tsidc t h building . ) l h y c n r ' u you at Lhe a li t mom nt. .P • • I I Hamilton TOM ALLEN SUBMITS PICTUilE TO PROVE FLOitlDA VACATION T . m Allen i · tired of bC'ing a cu ·cd o[ ·p. ndinr his . '·Inter 'aca tl n jut into the lC'ft of Harlan' cornpat h in ''Florida, Ky." he brin ·s back the photo of a real Florida p e c 1m en to back up the tatement that he went to Flor­ida and a 1 s 0 went near the wa ter. B , ttu R id • Tom stands facing your right hand, holding a big arpon (look do e, Howard Dungan says the glass eyes are the proof it was mounted 20 years b efore Tom reached Florida). Standing next to Torn is Capt. Joe Hardee, Champion truck driver of 1936- holding a fi t full of Snook. Exlreme left is Joe Kailey, 1908 Reeler of the C.M. Of course, we got no card from Tom while he was away. Dungan knows the answer to that one. "Aw, he just didn't ee anyone who was going to Florida, so's he could have them mail back a card for him!" * * In a tiny bandbox gym, a . great H.H.S. basketball team is rornpjng t glory, and on Ly a handful of p eople can enjoy the game. It do s make m feel sorta exclu­sive to be there, knowing that thousands would like to be. Just be patient yo use boids- it only took me several years to w angle a ti ket behind th bask l. Mayb you'll be dead by then - and it won't irnpro e tb glory· bound rid just tO say OU gol LO S 'e a ( ~w gam . But whi le you liv ·, and tl1 ' tlnmd r t a s lrom tl ae dot on th school yard li c a tc1 1peH in a teapot, you can'L h ·lp but e n vy the olle in a hunllr·d who can b Lh r ~ . That. wa~ a w ·II g 111 a CJu artcr cnt 1..1ry ag , but somehow the bla. 1 'd town and scho >1 utgr w the ldng. Th re ar tW~ way · to ·v •n up - ei th ' r d .(opulat • the town, s ·boo!, and fan s, o ha e a pl :1n· to play wh t: Tom and Di k can ~ th • game, even il 1 I :1 11 i~ furrc I LO hear it on th radio. Ln's not kt·<-p cv ' l • TmrJ, Di k, f and Har y home, they b · ~ n a pun so long tlH"Y 1 c not even good company. A cording to our Irish it, Cen ' Collopy a dcutv\-t is a hungry R •publi an ; a cording lO 'OJ. e o{ 111' Linc Jlnian rcpubli ·ans, a cl mocrat is fl man Ju •king for one more person to agre::c w.il.h him s) th y can tart n w wing to ~he pan ; and accordino· to the el tion return., \tVallacc was looking for on rnan to agr c with him- but didn't find one. 34 Th. r ·'s on· thing ur ·!y 1 ti -natu(;d. -l his n ·w look nw bt new, b tt j( a h tly curt· il·d JrH k. The pr::-ttie·t I g J' '" <;<:CH on th · stru: r.s nl fat Utcm ince lhe n w look w ·re on tb • llur~ · lJ HJ l\1 Ct llu!> r JU • by h' m • and bcgorr, l.t you ( (t ild g .i'l' on a 1l lour o h ·m, tr;O. • "VACATION TIME" ALL THE TIME .Bo ed? T ir d? Jf so, y u 'll find that b ,in, br red and tired not only wear you down physically but impair your Jl1 Cl tal ale tn ss as welL The best way to overcom a situation of this kind is to take a "vacation." It doesn't have to b a two-week trip to the m urllains. lt can be taken on· your lunch­h o ur, on a " pass" p eriod, on the way to and from work, or a t home. It can be a "vacation '' that will last you a life tirne. How? Just inject a change of pace into your daily routine to enable you to relax. The change of pace may come in the form of whistling a tune ... feeclin cr pi eons in the park . .. or eating in a different re taurant. What' · more, the change must fit into your per n­alit y. It must be somethin you enjoy ... somerhin that will give you the feeling you are in a new atmospher e. A moment's such change 1nany time can be more bene£icia1 than a full day's re ' t. Everyone n eeds "vacation·" of thi nature. People working in plant', in o[fice , ·ale,men on the road, executives, hou '\ov ives ... all n eed that ch-ange of pa e that mean relaxation (or the n ervous t rn. So, for better health and greater effici ncy ·tart th, t "vacation" TODAY. Why all the xcitcn1ent about propa , nda in th ·cho >1 ·: He k - w have h~td it for y <u· . I r m mb r how my old history hook d ribed th In lian wa1 ". \1\fhcn Ll1e whit s \Von, it "as a batt] ·; but "b n won by our r ·d brorh r, it wa always a ma a re. BW ••• I wiflt I . I Sf.llfl$ .5f il.S ~ ~ '4~ ' • w ittwn$ i.l.)a.tfl 'i ( { • • ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM INSTALLED ON NO. 10 MACHINE By .Jack M ulle11 Have you old titTte papermak rs, and young on s al o, eYer topped to tealize ju t hmv far the an of mak­i1, lap r has ad anced sin e the da 'S of the barefool machine Lender and Ru: l Burger's famou, calwalk built aero. th four,drini r so th rat cottld ·walk ov r com­[ ortabl ' and not jump into his' rire? Of cour e it i hard for us to appre iat fully the xtent to which. our indu.·tt ha advanced here at Champion, and the great amount o£ work and money involved. Improvement in machiner and equipment ·which mak pos ible more and more production of a [iner product do not just happen. They repre ent the eff rt of many mind ov r a period of years engaged in re eard1 and control work without which our company could never hold the important place it occupies today in the highly competiti e paper industry. In line with thi policy, ou-r electric department has recently Inade a very important change-over on No. 10 Paper Mad1ine b r in talling new electronic regulators to replace the old mechanically operated one . To any one who works on the big job, the ad antages of these electronic controls are readily seen, but to some of us \-vho work in finishing or other departments remote from the actual making of paper, these advantages show up only in increased earnings for more production of better paper. This electronic regulator will maintain a n1.ore con-rant peed on the paper machine, thus eliminating slack­off between presse , dryer sections, etc. These slackoffs, a" every papermaker knows, are the cause of innumerable break , which, in addition to the w.ork involved in getting the sheet back over, cut into the days production figure. nother rough deal for a machine tender is the changing of draw when making grade or weight changes. \Vith the new system these draw changes will be taken care of automatically thus saving time and wear and tear on the machine crew's disposi tion. When chang­ing speed, all that is necessary is to set the dial on the control box to the desired speed and let her go. By eliminating guess wol(k and trial and . error methods when changing weights, our friend "Curly" fcK.inney will be able to hold onto what hajr is left on his venerable dome. W.e also have a feeling that Frank McKinney, Berryman and "Chief" Burger will make the air less blue wh n it becomes neces ary, as it does some­time , to thread the big job. Th y ven thought of that hard working little bundle of dynamite, "Shorty" .Abney, when they placed an control boxes a mere two fe€t (rom the floor. One of the many elecu-icians, who all deserve a lot ?f cr.edit for their diligent and pain taking work in mst.a:Jiing the electronic regulator, .i Boh Cheltz - Bob has worked with it f.rom tbe beginning. The boys in the electric depanment, under the able lead rshiJ of Howard Adams, put jn many a long hour on the instaUalion, but that is what it takes to make these thing · work out. As we ob erved at the beginning of this article, nothing worth­while is ever accon1plished ,.,·ithou t the corn bined effort o£ many loyal workers who are really and truly int rest d in the job they are doing. Hamilton A MAZE OF GADGETS- John James and John Howe, Electric De­partment, shown in front of the newly insta lled No. 10 Paper Machine Electronic Control Board. CHAMPION MEN MARK TIME, HANDICAP BOWLING TOURNEY SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 19 By Ken M OO're Those of Champion's Big Team with whom we ha_ve talked are not feeling too enthu iastic about the qualny of their 194,8-49 brand of bo-wling. These conversations occurred during the Christmas holidays- perhaps ·by no'v the New Year is treating them more kindlY. than the Old. But even in the Hamilton City 'Tournament the two teams representing the Kegling might of Champion speak of their team scores in hushed tone - at least for the five man events. The singles and doubles had not been rolled at our write-up time, but we bet there was a lot of determined trying to get higher scores. Drafted from the ranks of the Men's League to fill the Bia- Team to two squad strength for this tournament were Bud Dunlap, Wendell Manring, Pete r farcum. Congratulations, sirs, on this honor! - News about the Men's Leaguen is certainly scarce­perhaps the l~oli l~y season bad dis tra~tions o erweigh!ng those happerungs m Keglclom. And Lmclen Group action was interrupted by the City Tournament. Bt~t ne er­theles · the first traces of a shadow ca t by a rnaJOr news event was se n ven b ·fore New Years. The event doing­this casting is the Champion Men·~ Handic.ap Tourna­m nt, latecl for February 19th at L tn clen Lleys. It may read like a newspaper splurg, but there is expe ted to be the largest crowd of entries in the hi t0ry of this KegJing ·lassie! So get · our tick ts oon- worry about your handicap later·! Patd Neff ·rea lly cli mbed right up to the gates of the Seventh Hcav n of Kegldom one Janum·y Tue day on the YMC . l anes ~ a.nd with plenty of awed witn_esseii. In one of Ll e r gu lar len's Lcagu' g:.a rn ·s Panl pht rhc usual routin ' with nit · strain·hl strikes. The tenth ball arne in frorn the Br-ooklyn cntranc - a good hit - but on-· stubborn pin stayed upright. Result - a _h igh sin_o-le game of 278, a three gam 6G9- and Neff IS th lugh scorer of the season . • ' • • • • CANTON CHAMPION ESTABLISHES OUISTANDING 31 YEAR RECORD A re onl of n. ·yer h aving lo t a shift when he \Vas hedu l d t 1 work and nev -T failing to report when called in f r dutv, when h e was on the ~; tagg. er shift be-lono ·s to Bert M. Lee, 59, rewind r room shtft foreman, who complete 31 year on continuous Champion servi e Februar · 1, Bert came with Canton Champion on Februar l , 191 ~ . a a young man who wante l . a "job of work" and he didn't particularly care '"hat kind. H e was assigned to the woodyard ' •here he took his work as . 1t came . . Approximately 23 years ago, Ben was a signed to the rewincler room where he remains today. Lee likes the r winder room and e m-ployees of that department . like him. That's what it takes to make a good Champ10n. His f ir st pubJic work, back in 1905, found hin1 w.ith th · Sou th ern ra il'way laying track into the Chan1p10n yard at 90c a day plus hoard. Later h · attended school at Clyde a long w·ith J. L tch \ '\Torley, a · ~1 s t.anl pa master for Canton Cl ampion, and sometime later joined the Gharnpion Fa mil fo keep ·. Ben was born in Clyde, hut in 1911 rnov~d to \Nes t Canton wher he now resid '<; . H is marri d LO the form er Kalitha Swanger an I ha thr e hildren . • By 1\frn 1 lJavis roud lVJber-t Phillips Our co lll hu1tters, Bill Hi , V ·av ·r Patton and CeoPe H en ard T rosLcl , arc . ilt goi ng u·ong-. Ge (Jr~ • Howard prescnletl ;\Jfr . H e lder a coon for tht ' b ri<stlll~-t!) holiday:, but wh ·n Mr. H !d "r can ted i L home, J 1r . . H eld -r said positive ly thaL if he wanted to eat that oon, h coul I jt1 t pur 0 11 his a pron and . lart c o ing. Bra o, Mrs. Held r. Hill Hick') r ccmly look his vacation. '1 hat L'i. hi · wife took hi · vaca tio n. Gee whiz, what v really mean is that Bill kept the J om· fires burning while his wife went to Colu rnbia, ·. C., to visit their only child, Margare t. Bill and Mrs. Hi ks are very proud of Ma r'~reL Fini hing high school at th age of sixteen , ·he then went to Women's College at Green boro for one year. Then she trans[ rrecl to the University of 'outh Carolina and finished her education there. From all indication Joe Nicholl: ha · the only F . 1 radio set in Canton. Everytime State plar a ba k.c tball game, everyone in the Lab call hjm to g t the core. Since Joe Fluharty bought that new Plymou th , he whizze along so fa t we expect to e him come in .to work one of these days with so many bandages he w11l look like a mummy. Mr. Doutt attended a meeting of the North Car lina State Str.eam Sanitation and Conserva tion Committ c 111 Raleigh in December. Several youngsters o£ the Lab personnel were home for the Christmas holidays. L. E. Gate ' children, Caro­line, who is teaching at Brevard College, and Loui , .Jr., a student at Georgia Tech, were home. B rt Cagle' son, Henry, was home from Cullowhee, and Dick Trull' daughter, Angelene, v. as home t'rom Columbia Bible ColJegc. Clyde Stinnet spent his vacation hunting deer in .Pisgah Forest. Hazel Ramse) offers to keel? aU de r killed in h.is big freezer lo ker. But be ar ful , Cl •d ·, Hazel might " keep" it for good. Just a ·word for our ambitiou .. , y un ~· men ' . .ith pay­ing hobbie ·. Frank Bo ct Lon i now el troplatmg bab · hoes in silver , gold and bTonz . So i[ an · of you have bab , ·hoe yo u 'v · had around for quit awhil · plannin ~r som · day ro han: th l11 I ctroplat cl, jut brin ,• th tu to Frank. A PRIENDSHIP TOKEN~ Rowe Dotson , Canton Champion R. and A. foreman , r-ight center, is shown pre.sentin~ Seb~ Pl~tt. retired Canton Cham· pion, with a suit of Clothes, a hat, a cravat, plus an envelope containing a $100 bill as a token of sincere fr.endsh1p fro~ R. and A. e~ployees · and others throughout the Canton mill. Plott has retired from acti~e Champr~n serv'ce afte-r more than ~2 year~ of continuous connection wtth the Champion family. Plott expressed deep appreciation for the 9.1fts, declanng he had never been assoc1ated w1th a better group of men or a bette-r organi::t.ation than Champion. PresentAtion was made Chnstmu eve. • • EX TRACT NEWS B · Half h Goforth Along about thi time of y ar ruost ' P ·ns ·tan rnakino· predi ti n · about thing. to happen in th " fu tu r . \'e don't cJaim to lP an expert, but th r ar a f w t hing~ "'. fe l reasonabl ' sur · will come to pas · and h re th . aro>: ' Somctin1 during th y ar, P. \V. Norman ·wi ll b uy a rat trar , the kind you can se t in bed. ·with o t t. i\lack y ·will son:tchow g "t an air hose " ith a doub lc- 11l)Zd and blow No. 2 hipper d ar out of th , · hipper · n om . .- . .J. Trantham will get a n ew prunning knife and wi th J. 'W. Belche r ' .. h Ij , prune every app l - tre in CJ ·de before pring. \• il on 1 fed{or l will stop feeding his ons-in-law. Ott F{ rd \-.rill finally get " n Indian Squaw. ,··ewell Hipt s ' ill stop driving in the fog. Martin Taylor will tak .. a acation every month. John wang r will sto p as ~ocia tin · with Claude 1\ J :Elrath. " '.veerbread ' ' tockton will tart w aring a gas rna. k .. H enry Holcombe will increa e his fami ly- his baby i gettino- lone . orne. T 11 \Vii on will ·top eating beeL N. K. D1·ake w ill avera.;e at least two car of poplar cv r r hift. Lawr nee EnsJe ·will vote a Democratic ticke t. Te" t ' Vrirrht, K' el1 Ledford and B. B. Burnette will ·o into the goat busine . . "\ indy" Payne ·w.ilJ · t an a utomatic tai lgate. Harry H olcombe "ill come to work some morning '·iLh hi sock on over hi hoe .. '·Shorty" Kin wiJI get to '"'ork on time with a load of bananas. a b Ed' ard. will b uy a mule.- ..... And I wiJI probably ge t sbat when thi is prin ted . BOOK MI LL OBSEitVATIONS By Fred Dayton .... roundhoo- Lim . Ler's see how accurate he is on the ''-Cather. \Vhen O lll~ local weather man say . now he m an < now - som " tJ me .. \."e n o . oone1, get through one election until they tart '"bahy-k i , ing" again. El tion of our town official rome up in Ma)'· Some oL them that ar running have already 1 rornis d such tempting things a'S Lh Brooklyn bridge, P nns Jvania rai lroad at1d Washi ngton's wonu men L To foJlow tradition , . cLh Grogan o( No. 1.1 machin · ha .. hi-, 194.9 vacation h hind him. H took it rhc f ir t f.WfJ weeks of January, With th s a<;On on most g-ame closed, we can look ba k 0\ <.:1' a very ~;uccessful s ·ason and v •U reJ ternh l. vn11e x iting mom n rs. . l he nwr.h ·r o( A. l\.'1. Fairbrother pas .... ed a a · ently m ttpper New York stat . \Vc cl ' ply sy1 lpathiz wi rh s\Jr, l·a irbrothcr in this great Jo'i.s. Rarer j 'w 1 titan a morher ·an never be h ~td. Smn of u know about as ntli< h about ~afc...:ty ;as t1Je litd · sLhooJ bo ' ahour rh Crea r Lak ·s. \Vh ·n ask.c<l to nam · them he nautecl Michigan, Eric. Onta ioJ Huron, · llp "rior and Veronica . Let\ keep our ntind" on our hHsinc., , work .safely and <.noid b ing a !)Lati<;ric. CANTON CHAMPION REDECORATES HOSPITAL RECEPTION QUARTERS - A letter of appreciation has been received . b y~ · the Can ton division of T he Champion Paper and F1brc Company (rom Lee Davis busine s manager of the H ay­wood County ho p .i tal at \ 1Vaynesvill e, for the . ellen t redecoration done by Champion in connection with the h ospital r eception room . The accompan yin g- p h otos show the reception room after d ecorations were compl ted. The le tter recei eel from Mr. Davis by \ 1\T. Beekman Huger, Canton Champions assistant · cretary, follows: "I want to thank you and The Champion Paper and Fibre Company again fm the fine job you di.d in redeco­ra ting th e reception room at the Hay' oocl County Hos­pi tal. I t is indeed a very generous donatipn a nd the visitors to the h ospital deeply a1 preciate it." * * * * 0 B S E R VAT I 0 N S I N. AND AROUND THE PLANT B y ]. E .. Slaughter \ '\fork on the n ew. b io- mill ~ er line now b jng la id u ndergrmtnd b etween th pttl p mill and the K -rra t p lant is going along ~B '"'ell a. c~u 1 d ~ xpe . ted. Th ground in th at ar a •s. f~Lll or ptpe lm~ whtcl mak_ , the e.'cavating v ·ry ch HJ ul t. T h laymg of the b1g sewer sections has al r eady started} and if nothing breok. , wiH be nearing completion in a short titn. • Tr' a big job ju 1 th ' sa rn e. .. . T ll a u tomati load 111 g- door on tb north 1d o [ the Finishing d partment lo' cling 11oor ha · b ' 1 fini. h l and is now in r gldar ·<:n i '. 'h door · ) J1 th "outh .~ id · ot th · sam bui ld ing· ar l to b' a ljust d o r rccon eli timwd . 11 ·W hydrant js b ing i ll ·t::tlkd a t the ;:t_ l en<..J or lh , E tract p l ~uH. The old o ne wa, pra cti cc ll worn out. v\' _ havcu' t J1 anl anything h L ·Jy about th rcnw ·al . of the f i r · p 11 H1 J front th pntnp h tLt at rh ~i~r r. Guc;., sout ' (111 • ha<> chang-ed hi ' n lind on tb pn1post 1011 . Our '> tr r..: · sprink ler is about -me of th uusi ·r 1 i' of tmtchiu ·r ' 0 11 th ' job rb : · warm <11 ' day J as t\' do U()l lik · for ·dust to a ~cumuhtt~ on ou r w. lkway' a t au ytiJne. lt '. b cl for tltc y s .. • I I NM!OOGN-DbAY CkONFER~NCE .group me~bers are shown here as they were entertained with a turkey dinner and musical program by Mrs Ben- Gru·be rs. ru e ta es spec1al delight 1n having them as her guests each Christmas. · · WO ODYARD NEWS ' B)l E1·nest Jvlesser Three woodyard men . p ent pan of the month of ~e c mber in the Haywood County hospital at '.Vayi'les­vi lle. Frank Cope. of the wood measuring crew, under­\ ·vent an emergency operation on Decembc;:r 12, and George Browning, ?f the woo~ measuring crew, spent part o( the month m the hospttal for a series of treat­ment.. Earley Brm,vnin g, 76, of Hazelwood, father of George and Ken Browning of the woodyard, died on December 8 following a l ong illness. Funeral ser ices were h eld on December 10 at the AJlen · Creek Ba pti t Church, with the R ev. C. L. Allen and the R ev. 'Manley ' '\lya tt officiatin g. Burial ·was in the Buchanan cern rery. . M.rs . . annie Scon, 50, of Macon county. mother of Melvtn ott of the woodyard, died at h er home n ear Franklin on December 12, following a. long illness. Funeral ser ices were h eld on December 12 at the '\.Vatauga Baptist Church with the R ev. Lee Crawford and the Rev. Joe Bi hop offi iating. Burial wa in the chur h cem terv. Frank By rs', as ista nt supe rint ncl cm of the wood-yard and a m mb r . o{ the board of trust e. oE the Hay­wood County ho 1 1tal, , poke befo c m mbcrs on th Canton· Ci itan h1 b on De ember 9. Ir! !tis p ech Mr. Byer gave a detail ·d ,-eport o f th condJti? ns unrlet which the bospi ta I i opera I i ng. Chnslma basket clonali.om on th wood ·ard amou nted Lo 11 7.50 as o( D C'mber Hi. Tlt is vill apr mach t h .;' 150 mark, how •v ·r, wh n all pkd s c1· · paiL · r T he fol.lowi.ng r - ~·so m fro~ n lh . WOf ly;mi attend d I he Supe n:'l son, m c t tn)?; held Hl th Cbampi n afet ria on D c n1b r H1: L.A. Coman , F. ;\ J. Th r:-.. R.n. Uva tt, Tom Har kin ., }.l. L. F.rad ·, . . H. Sr~r borou< h, 1-f. P. Pr ~slcy, \ V. F. \'\1 ihon , 1\L D. How::m1, D. E~ 1orgm ani E. B. J\.1 S:>T. Fune ;:tl · rviccs j()r 'lnscph Charlie Kuvk ndaJJ 46 CIJ arnpion Old Tin1<:r and won !var 1 -witchman 'whl~ di ccl Tucs.da · morn in!!;. De mber · 21'. ' Kuykend all. emplo •ed I \ aoton Champion on 1 c mber 1. 191 9, i.s suniv l by hi-; wi.d \'\', . f1 . F.HI Lc'e Ha .· Ku ' kendal.l, ev n . ons, a.11d tJu- e daught n a II Q f Cant(ln . · 38 E. B. ITEMS By Bruce Nanney The Yorks are waitino- for a break in the measle epidemic to be visited b/ their two grandson, Bobb and Tommy Bowers, of Cullowhee. ' v\le notched another year, the second, in our E. B. S~fety record. <;:>n Dec~mbe r J 6, we had one two year Without a lost-ttme acodent. T~1e E. B. evaporators have had items of improve­ments and replacements. One wa a new extern al hori­zon~ al heater for the S~enson and ~h e other, a new body ~ectJ.on for the . Champwn 2nd eHect. Thi. equipment LS mckel and nJckel-clad tee l. Bill Stamey entered the wilderne s hunt in the Pi. gah reserve .. H e 1:eports more fog and rain than deer or b ear. ~ Dunng December one of our r et ire l member , John 1:. Gaddy, was presented the 40-year s rvice award- a wallet containing $40 . * * * * Mack Bonner snuck at a n a il \vith a hammer and broke his finger. Mr. York advised him to hoi I tbe hammer with both hands when driving nail . * * * *' MARY ALICE is the seven-months· old daughter o.f Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Howell. Arnold is with Champion's Load ing Depa~tment. JAMES ERNEST TOWE in a gl ee­ful mood is rul'1ning into t h e camera. He is the 14-months--old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Towe. His dad is with Soda-Sulphate Department. HAROLD OAVID SMATHERS. JR. is the son of Harold of Finish ing RQom, a n d Daphne Smathers, fo-rmerly of Finishing Area. Frank Queen, pulp drying shift forema n is his gr anddad. LOUI'E FULTON BURNETTE, 5- months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Burnette, takes the camera seriously in this shot. His dad is with C a nton Champion's Electrical De part ment. CANTON CHAMPION KILLS BUCK DURING FIRST DAY OF SEASON Still a keen marksman and hardy out-<ioorsman, M. _ . Metcal f, a Canton Champion Extract employee for the p ast 21 ear , pulled the trigger of his high-powered rifle ju t a t the r ight time early Thanksgiving morning during the first Sherw od Forest big game hunt and bagged a 157-pound b u ck within three hours after he had elected hi tand in "T he Graveyard Fields." R oy St ven , killed an 84-pound buck just across Pi eon r iver from the checkin g station. The kill was made just at daylight. S{evens' k ill was the first made in Sherwood For t a rea this fall. · Anolher member of the hunting party, Carl Mc­Cr acken , son-in-law of Metcalf, bagged his 92-pound t uck about 9:30 t hat morning by steady aim at better t an 100 vards. T he buck fell with the first shot. Demos J Caldwell, fourth member of the party, failed to register a ki ll but received hi supply of fresh venison ·along with the others. M. A. METCALF (right} with 152-pound buck he killed in Sherwood Forest area. Other hunting partners, left to right are : Roy Stevens, Demos Caldwell, and Metcalf's son-in-law, Carl McCracken, Jr. • ALL WRAPPED UP is Helma l ee Me ars, 20-months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, leRoy Mears. He r dad with Champion's Watchmen crew, while her mother, is with Main Office staff. CHARLES RAY COOK, 10 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cook. His dad is with Rewinder room, while his mother, the former Alice Robinson , was ·for several years a Finishing area emplo-yee . IN MEMORIAM James V. Hipp , 69, a member of the Old T imer Club, di ed in his h ome on Clyde R oad , T h u r s da y morning·, J anuary 6, at 7 o 'clock. Mr. Hipps was em­ployed by the Canton Divi­sion on June 1, 1915, and retired from active duty December 6, 1945, after completing 30 years of con- ..., tinuous service. At the time - - of his re tirement he was a beater engineer mill Area. in th e Book- He is survived by the widow, the .former Cora Davis, a step-son, and two brothers. Funeral services were con­ducted at the Clyde Methodist Church, Friday afternoon, January 7, at 3 o'clock. Burial was in Bon-A-Venture Cemetery. * * * * COMPANY STORE-IES By F-red FeTguson S. L. Rogers . ays the wa to a ·quire kinfolks in a hurry is to ge t marri d - so he took hi brother-in-law, Qu ntin Bl(l lo k, ro Greenville, S. C., and witne sed th nuptia l. . har.li H end erson h as b en enjoying a visit frorTa his son and cla ut;hrer-in -law, a fter they had :spent , cveral months in G nna ny with the arm . D >uglas Conl<: y, ho I. •ft tile store f I t; <.OHl:C a pharmac ists w ·tte wi th the n:1vy, has r 1 urncd and i working with us a ain . Stn.twberr T uck r is ' nj oying d riv ing a new car. Su-aw ~ a -, to ge t the b ·st out of a ar it h o llld no t be d r,iven uv or iJO for at h: -r tbc first 25 mil s. J am ·~, Do nald. on h as rc ign d to attend a tele i. ion school .i.n Chattanooga. vVe wi h him the be t of luck and p rofici ncy. 39 • • E \V Bv .. ,~,n i th· ., Th caf t r ia g~uw h ' ld a Chri "tma. 1 any :H Th · Biltmor Plaza in \:sh . Yille., n-odtim wa· hal bv all. ' • \ T are gla<.l to welcom. \Tilma H ol' land ba k wi th u: a [ter being n th i k li · t or ·o1ne tim . Here i en \'a Ann Ta) lor . 17, daughter c f 1\fr. and Mr . \ Val ·ton Ta\ lor. r H er dad i · our a [e teria he f. ' Ve now ha,· new mem­bers added to the caf teria fami l ·. Bill Grogan, one of our bakers, has a new son , and Ed Burnett i the proud father of a new daughter. .. .. * * . POWER DEPARTMENT NEWS By Clyde R. Hoey, Jr. R. A. Gragg had the misfortune to lose his last remaining brother when Mr. Finley Gragg died at his work in Ashevi lle recently. All of us sympathize with ll.im in his loss. vVork is going ahead on moving one present second­stage feedwater heater and installing another second­stage and o ne third-stage fe edwater heaters. This work includes re-arranging and enlarging the piping carrying ,..,rater to the high pressure boilers to enable them to upply the increased demand for steam put on them. The.s e heaters a r e expected to bring the total steam ~ generatiOn to around 1,000,000 pounds per hour. Per-hap a better idea of how much steam this is, may be gotten by expressing it this way: these boiler use about 2,000 gallons of water per minute and his is enough Lo supply disti11ed wat r to a town roughly four times rhe size of anton . During his vacation Marvin Smathers and his wj(c vi ite~ their d~ught r, ~-r . ~a rl Morgan, and farnily ac H amJl.ton, Ohw, and v1s1ted th power plant at Charn­P! on's miJI ther . He reports a fine trip and i" exp rting h1. other daugllr r_ Mr~. L ma d Smith and famil y tc sp nd a few days wit], hmt while rh . Army i'> tran . r n ing L onard fro Arizona to Geo gi<~ . Il look ~ lik ge tting ma i d is h ·coming a habit in th Pow r d partment. h !at sr one taki ng- th•-; st<' Jl is Troy Smith who mari J l Miss Ma(' R ·{'(t ' o f Hull­( ombe county <tl Clayton, (; f'o rgi<t, on ]) ·cembcr I) a.111l w wish this cn~J~le m~cll h appin ·c,~. 'l w y told Lloy I Reno, our r mamJ ng wHiow<·r, rh <l t hJ· lwl ic,Td ·Vt' Jl hl ould g 1 married if l•clwould trad hi ~ F( rd , n I Cht ' 'I O­J t off ancl g ·t a m:w DodgC'. Tmy ))a )' li he ( onld n ' 1 nrt (' any progt c~. at a ll in his n.ld nr, hut the ll<'W HI · r lly took him place . Three Pow >r depart 1 nr n en rde•cd th ·n1 <·1 ~_. , up om n ·w te th immediat 1 a ft c1 th e . 'ovl mbc.:r elec­tions nd ar hav ing a sn ppi11 g- good tim no"v break· ing them jn. Two :He D mocrat: and the • sa · rh are expening to ha ,,c a lot of good food w h ·w nn the 11 t four )t'ars; one i · a R epublican and h "a · he '~ gettillg 1 cady to work on rough r:Hi un . wh 11 rhe D mu-rar~' hard tim corn a long. 40 • Hn mil1 n H · yc (Ham) - ni(JC'. 1~. a m mber o the Cit ' mpinn Olrl T inwr., Cl11b ; nd an ·wplf) • ,,f rh ~team and Pow<-r]) ' I ; rtm •ut, di c:tl u dud at bi hom lit .J olla rhau Cr ·c , uurlay. t>u ·mlwr zr, n( a h eart at tG k. "H m'' as h w s famili · rly k.nrnvn t,y hh <.() ' ·ork. >r and fti nds, calJl with antou 'ham1Jion Jul ~ I, 19~0, a . an ntployr. of Champion nlfJ]r, ce ~l«JlC. ·on a h er that he t ran sf tT(-'d trJ the "lteam nd Po"' er D p- 1 t­ment where he served with marked profiri ·n y for the pa!it 1u arter of a centul) . H ~ i ~ c;urviv d hy hi ., •·v idow, the form T Elitab·th lloyd, of Haywood t unty: hi ., moth ·r, ~fr'i .. 'laud Ha , E nlo ·, o f Clyde:; two ~om, and a daugflt<:L • • • • Y.M.C .A. ACTIVITIE By G. C. Sullies "Great day in the mornino-" and all day a 3,500 excited, eager and happy fans flockec! to Black .Bear Memorial stadium at Canton, to ee ·wayne ville and Marion, two champion foo tball teams tangle in the v·s Men's "Paper Bowl" game, some to ee Carolina· AJI­A. rnerican Charley "Choo-Choo" Ju. tice and Car lina· All Southern, Hosea R odgers a thev refereed for Jack Justice's Gra-Y Bears vs. Brevard. ' · Many came to see the show put on b \Va ·newille, Marion and Canton bands at hal£ rime . The weather was excellent, spirits high arid every member of the Canton Y's fen's club on hand to a ure the £am < good show. After the game, the team , coache , Ju rice, R odger · and invited guests trooped into the " Y' ' for a deli htful banquet, served by Mrs. Gle.nn \ illiams ani , i tant.·. After the banquet appropriate trophie~ ,,. re pre · nted th teams. The " Y" Children' part wa · a hnge "uccr wilh large number of children on hand lo njo the g m ~, stunt , prize and ·ouvenirs. Elizabeth Thomp ·on and Marie Bell led in t be festi vir ics, as, isterl b . Ch d e.. :\ . mith. As n ·ual, the ym was fill ·.d to p ·it ' ( r th "Y" Singing onvemion. hi ~ C\ ' ' nt was ag. in bro. kast b · \t\faynes illc ::;tali n \1\'HC ' and man: alls ram in lo th ~ 'Y" fro!D list n r · njo 'ing this 1 rogram. t this writing the Y Me n 's .br1 st ma_ eal sal look · ve su - css ful ·with m 1·' Lhan haH thr goal ::1 lli \ ' C' l. 'l'h \'' Men 's club is vitall int r ·st · l in thi ' al s l a' it aids in Canton's fi g-ht again.. l th dr":t led lu rcu· lmi s. 1-\ s t•sual. :. larg: nttntb r of 'omtg ··y · m ~ n turn .d >lit to :tssist ''Happ Santa lam"- Smath rs and om­llJiU II) deliver m re than 275 Chri'ltmas hask.e ts to 1 h n · I '. i\ 11 rq rt d a v e 1 ' ha p p ' t i rn in this s ·n i c . t-~ li 1.. brtlt Tll >mp:on, l\fts. Jne 'h mp ... o n, · trs. Chari s C. th . and 1arif' Be ll sc rvc·d refresh Hcnt.-; w rh · vorkPrs. Fir Co111mnnity :hrisiJil:ts, th " \'" wa., filled w npacity ·•11 da . Hundreds of childr 11 were g i, en doth· iug, tn · ·, fruit)', and , n li s. . Camp JT()pt· ontinn s to hL· ver ' popular ''' '.th Champion<;. . '' r:-.. C. H. (~r lll, of \Vc,t ~ an ton Bapt1 t Chunh. r ported that all mcmb TS of Young P opl ·s Training- uniun cnj 1yed th ir . La · :1t C.nmp H.ope < s the. parti ip:u d in g~11n . , lllll'iil'. rdl'e1'1111ne11ts and f ·llow<>hi p. J\1i: ... 1~1 lt:11 Howell ga t a d e lightful party at Camp Hope i m· i ting a ho. t of f r i<>nds. • FINISHING NEWS li Reuecca H owell . Reliu l\IcKay (Bu.·ter) Cook, 31, form :rly of Canton wa killed in an a u t:on10bile a cident in \ · illlamsburg. Va., unda · morning Nov 10ber 2 · , and " as ret un1ed to Ca:ntou for burial. Bu t r had m.ad his home in Newport New· for the pat fiv , year ·. H leave hi '·. idoiv, Mr ·. Annie i\ l a~ Gr hl Co ll;;.. on daughter, lVf1 · Dtann Cook, thl'e brother ·, and six isters·. El en Pre sle and Richard Farmer were n1 rriccl ., TovetnbeT 27 in the Mount Zion Bapti~ t Chur h , with the R e \·. Thomas Irvin · filciating. The bride's d te .' wa of winter -v hite w·ool with bla k a cessori~e and cor age of red rose. . The cou ple left after the ceremony for their home in Rock H ill S. C. Mr . Farm r was a form r emplo ree of the F injshing room, an:d i · the daughter of J\1i.nnje Hyde, of Sorting. Om be t wishe. to El en and Rid1ard. Junior Coleman, Fit;i hing ro~nn,., has oTgan.ized a football team kno ,,~n a Blue De 1is. They played the ''Hornet-" frorn 'pring Hill on Blue Devi l field in Quecntown ection. Here is Dori Jean Howell, 14, who i a stu dent a t Canton High School. he i the daughter of R e? ecca Howell, 0f Fini. h.ing area, and Paul H o\, ell , of Book­m. ill ma-chine area. H re u Barbara Annette Ledford, the six yea:r old dauglHer of · 1r. and Mrs. Robert D . Ledford. Bob is •vi rl1 Champion's R. and A. Departmen t, and Anne tte's mother, Eula Ledfo €1, work in F in ishing room: She i · the granddaughter o( Gudger Cat:rl.e, also of the R . and A. Department. Mr. ar)d f:r. . Elbe t Carpenter wi h . to anno unce the arrival of a 91;.4. pound baby girl, Mary Ali ce. Thanks to: the Finish ing area from t ile Br:ock lam il.y and from M . Jim Fos.ter and Cook fami1y for t h.e i-r kindness and thoug,htfulne s. THE SMATHERS CHJLDREN, J o hnnye Su.e, 6, Oean 8, Betfy Lois, 10. They are the children o.f Mrs. Rubye Smat hers of the Finis.f.iing erea cutt&rs. • PAPER AND BOARD INSPECTION . By Gwendolyn Plemmons ] imrny \•ViJJia.m on, who has b ~en -.;·vith Th -, Inspec­tion Department for . omc time ha b een ua:nsfe1 red to l h e Industrial Relat ion ' Department. * * * * Vacations th is month are as fo llows: - .Jack Han ptonJ L · . Coo·burn, Jr., Nannett · Dillat'd and Ruth 'Will ·. $ * * * v\J extend our d . e p ' t sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. G. ' 'V. Bohn, dahl i1 the los of their i11£ant son . * * * '"' Clark Dickerm<m spent a w ek i iting hi. mother in Buffalo, N . Y. \1\Thile the re he vL'ited Buffalo Envelope Company a nd met one o[ ottr fc rmer Sales Trainees· T h orne Reincman. * * '*' * L. C. M<:Dow ll, of Pap er I n. pec­tj o n ; is s J1 ow n here feeding his t w o f i n e hogs . which n e tted hi~n a p pl:'ox i ma tely ·· \ J ,000 poun ls of m e a t · this fall. 1 "Ma k" also likes ~ ~ . ' N. C. BELLAMY, Ill, 9 - mon..th~. o ld son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Ca rl Bell amy, Jr., is dis pla ying a grand srnil·e in the ph~to at the right. His moth er is the formet Miss Ma ry J ean Hampton, who. for sev­eral years was employed in Can.­ton Champion's Majn Office , while his dad hu been wi'fh the Engil'lee ,.iog Oepad me nt for mo-re t han two ye'B rs. •. (' ' l1is rabbit hun t­ing, and to have · good . rabbit races you have t( ha v ' g-ood b e a g 1 e s . At the left ar ' Ma k's' ' b agl s <. being fed in th barn loft. ,~, • ' ' 41 • ' A • THE LAB REPORT By Odell Sanders . . At one time or another I suppose that we are all gmlty of looking hack into the past and lon ~ing for the o-called "good old days." And when in angther mood, we may bemoan the fact th a t we were born " thirty years too soon." . Sue~ mome~ ts of reverie may be just an innocent and mterest~ ng pa_ t1me, b~t they are prob ably brought about by our m ab1hty to enJ OY the present for wha t it's worth. • . Ju. t think of all _the con;veniences tha t the paper md ustry. a lOLle has g1ven us that h elp make today a happy nme .. . . G~andp a didn't get a daily paper - he had to be conten t w1th the "' 1\Teekly Farm News." Grand­ma . ould n 't buy the varjc ty of packaged food tha t are · ~va 1lab_le today . . _Bu ild ing pa per as a ch eap yet effecti ve msula ttng matenal as n ot in use when dad built his hou e, and moth r ould n 't call th drug st re for a coup! b oxes of Kleenex when we kid had a cold. Nor c~u ld sh ju st ordc a packag . of di spo able paper d tap · rs when a long ram y sp II made junioT's Jaundry a major h ou ·hold r ish;. Pa1J ar towel s, nap kins, <.ups, 1 lac's a nd tabl ·o ve t·s ~'Fe unktt w.n a l th pi ·ni cs w alt •nd I as ki ck Stt h 1t ms as pap r h ·d. sh · ts, pap surgical d r ·s:sings and par r drapes wer n o t bc:in g- u d just f w y a s ·1go bur th ey ·1rc 1 r ·t.ty cowmon now. W' wouJdn 'l Wttn t to g-ive up a )J o( th '. 1hin 1'S, ·o ll_layl _th "guod old d ys'' wer not a goo I a , ·• ~om ·· umes l.J ke to thin 1 h ·y w ·r e. And may be" c wc•Te n ·'f orn th i .l e rs tuo ·c) n" ith r: They n~ ay. b · · r ing us specia ll lt'Ctl ted wood pu lp m the ca fes m th · n o t t o d i ·ta nt fu wr ),jnce j r is pos i~)l to tr<:~t pu lp 'hemical ly to produc · ~ n diu! · star h-.ldv wa te1·1a.L Y s, m::tyb orn d we' ll walk into the cafe and ca ll _for an order of rn ·Jium-ra rc wood pu lp. say _a hardn s::; ol: about 1 .0 And then mayhe we'll con1· pl m to tlH:: w JLer, "I can't ·at tha t stuff. It's o raw I can still taste th ' r sin in it. T e ll that cook that if h an ' t do b tter th an that J1c had be tl r d l thi stuH for Chri u na · tr es!" j 'o, 1 he li ·v that TODAY is "oo.d enough for me ! DOWN THE TRACK .. 0 0 u ' th t ". a w i 1 d at ab v, you!'' ro r .Br d­s h aw says he aro ·c bright and early (a b o u t three on a bri k mornin g) to o k h is r i f l e and limbed. a tree n ear a water hole on the West Texas pla ins to s h oo t a deer, Came dayligh t and no deer . His buddy, who had b e e n holding d o w n another s pot nearb y, came in search of Grover, and, By Sam Ellis looking up, saw a large wildcat itt.ing about five feet above Grover's head. Grover said the faste t move he ever made was coming down that tree. Grover was born in Waynesville, N. C., a b au tiful little town n estled at the foot of the mou ntains. It ",-a in these mountains tha t Grover learned to hunt and fi h --his two best loved h obbies. You hould ·ee ome of those uptown fishing rod that he make ! Grover finish ed high school in Cl ·de, 1 • C. a nd a me to Ch~mpion ' s. H ~us ton Divi ·ion in Sept m ber, 1936 to . work m the Electncal Department. J-Ie w< an electri al operator on the pulp and pap r machin es, and i now shift electrician. Grover, Dorothy L e and ni ne-v ar-old Bobby live at 208 North Shav r Str et, Pasa len~ . . Lit.tle e ight-pound :Mar Fran Jam.i ~ on tun e to h v w.11.h Mr. and Mr . T. P. J ami ·on on Thanksgh in Day. She's th ir f ir t. daiigh tcr. on, J ny, is ight. * • • • Th c r~ ' · a rumor around t.h mill that Bio· John c~) c k e rc ll , steam 1\::''inc r, ' n t deer h un ting·, orn •red lu. d cr, then shot a t)d sh t, t ill in eli gu ·t th ·1 er ran o ff. J ohn found that in th ~ x it men t h had f H"gott "n ro r 'l ·as r.Iw sakt on his gun. R a .'\tern sa. ·s' i t ' · < cl ·at c lt t t:tt '>C o( bn k f \ '('1'. Shm n h e rc are r.h ' p r i d and jl o( Mr. and Mrs. P te Dri s k e l 1- C uy H rb rt ]) r i s • kc ll, .J r., f o ur nJ a h a lf cars old, a n d Gan· eath D ri s k e ll , :tge f i and a hal£. ~J 'h ~: i r Dad, .Pet ·, is fi reman • • • on the No. R covery Un it. • • TEN YEAR AGO TOPICS (J u t a d cad ago The LOG ob r ·.d. it. twenty· fifth. anniver ary o f publication . The anni ersar edi­tion included a l tter of congratu lation from Reuben .B. R ob rt. on .