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The Log Vol. 37 No. 09

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  • Between 1914 and the late 1960s, the Champion Fibre Company published an internal newsletter, called The Log, to share news about the Canton mill, the community, and its employees. After 1940, news from the entire “Champion Family,” which included mills in Hamilton, Ohio; Pasadena, Texas and Sandersville, Georgia, was featured in each issue.
  • • •I )? . ., • ~ ., s E p T E M B E R -~;<-rk:!;' 1 9 s 4 • • - • • • • • - • OUR COVER Complcti1 g a pictu1esqu tancl · · p , this bridge ~ li:llld · <' :t nwr uJliClll to a b) -gone era r>i Am r­ita. A rti ~>t l':wl .Vt>tle(seu h; s pa inted it a~ it u1igh: ll•Dk on '' , cpr "m iJ raft rnoun. An ol .Jumcr s d..s ilS hade Lo rC'~ t ; ::t ho) :u ra his dog pl<ty IJ n e~,t th · t~ h It er. ·omc a harv t mo<m. it may s n ·c a moe rom.nnti 1ru1 po a '' ki ~~in ' bridge." THE CH AMP'ION PAPER AND FIBRE COMPANY ' Generat Office . . . HAMILTON, 0 1:110 Mill-s at ..• HAMILTON, OHIO CANTON, NORTH CAROlllliA PASADE NA, TEXAS SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA Edi'toor, STEWART JONES • . Division Edito rs: STANTON NH~KIRK, O.h io JAMES DEATON, Caro lina JOHN WALKER, lexas Editorial Assistant : JOAN MESSNER EDITORIAL STAFF OHIO DlVISION- \ f Tie Daym$, Joe fib·· e n ·, \'e'l1· · Cohh. ll wcy .Mint(H I, Ja('k .\ l ulle11 , IloJutl t)' l't~ g h . Ouo Reid, Mac Rooks, Ji11m Sd 1111 i 11 , C orr;c Sl ci n · 1 , Dill ·r ltutup ~<rn . CAIWI.JNA DIVISION- Fr«!d D~' l<.lll. Cl) rJe li :Jm let' I . \'\', .Sul t i H oai'\C), Cl yde R . Jl uC), .J r., \ alrcr ll o l1on, } !'k Jmticc, btlh i Mt·,, ,., R 1 w (' II a J.\ ID1 ri ·. B 1 11 u · . ,'\ ;11131(} . J. 1· .. Wi1lia11t ~on . TEXAS DIVISiON ........ lktt) Bt.-1 hn} ct, G 1' IIC Cill lf< h. ;\lil'e G<1pcl:and . J c-rq C'OtJl<..' lill'l. C 'Li lia Di tlci ~On, ,,111 l· lli o;, J'l ed hllll · ~., A. i\'. lbn!iltnn. SPECIAL ·RiPORTEliS- ;\l111 i {'l i\[. ;\lku. C · JJ<.:r;tl Oflice; (; l :ul p f. . Hod c ·. 'ia.nilersv i lle. A free-s" inging melee se 1ns to be de\·e loping arnong ottr LOG correspon l ent - ' ith nery autbor Lor him lf and no cliches barred .. So far a w can determine, it ' t<Hted a couple of month ago, when Ohio Division ·writer G orge teiner rnade a eemingl innocuous rel'nark. abovt t.he trcngth o( Bill B tt ·' handsh ake. Sajd George, " ... there i n't another man in this territory with a gr1p lik.e Bill Bett ·." Th.is occa ioned a return •alvo from Carolin a's Bru e Nanne > who po)nted out that at ant >n the \ ·e got a rnan 'vhu' n::ally tro ng. Bill Roben son B1w.:e affirmc l, ''is a r a l bon crusher , .. H e might go ba ·k to Ohio for a 't:,i l and pn.m our Bill 'tiU he look lik Venus d · l\lilo.'· 'hi · month, with ·m "I'll £i ,' hj.ru '' air, Gc r · , tcin r r turns to th fra . Y lu'J l f.iud hi r pl lo IkJJce Nam1e · on pag · 29 . .I'd atrwhi l , tto Rid ol Ohio (and .K r tHLLcky also is mi1\in:g- ·ir ttp with the ' Lrhcel cla n. H · toGk it upon him­:- lf It> r miu<l a ll and sundry Lll::tl l:ti ' foJ'b at" nftt:r all. lmmd d Rt: icbwill , .r .. Thi · rnoHth , a ·kin ~' l s R eid rr ·in r lo juin u ~ ? " Bru~: e ·' ann y slil Ortn tl1e needle on· J.i<lg • 31. \ 1\T • can almnst h ·ar l~ •id 's anguislwd roax as he re, h thi · 1· lumn. And wh. t d th si l nt T x zms? RumbLings from that .,, . te it dk n tht> feel th · fig-hr h ~1 j11 ~ l begun. \ ·\ 'h . man. th s.u ,, rhe wmd 1' ' tl'ong·· juH do .~ n ' t hav ~ any ttl · an r n ~ tllltd you tT s inw T . ~s - and th e · inl nd io p 1' ()\ it. in n " "l Hlninh '.· i . uc. T h ) fi gure lhC.\(; ur!anden art t · iH ~ w take tll t ir br~t f2;tl,f ll ' Lit! <tw ·•; fm m tht 'lll .. . <Htd 'nu knm · \.Vh:.u tfwl m~a n ·! . \ p, it to .. J :l'> like ·wo r~.t \'ar 1 i- und .,, \ \'a • • :\EW ~rt~nnm:s of hamp,ion·s ho.a1·d or dircctn1s 1111!' H ~nvl,J H . ll drn and Sidnl') J. \'einbctg-. ~-l r. l leln J, left, ill pl c·.idt:lll o f the Chend ·al B<tnk :\LJ\1 · rru~t ,on q_)· uy, .l'\e11 Yotl; Cit ·. ~ I r. Weini>el'!); l~ ~ p<:~rtn cl in tb firin of Goldman, 'atln , · Co., a lso ,f New York Cit )~. I On •• ew T wo ;\in ' J\ft~I IH~Rs ho ve been elected to the C! a tllpion board .O{ dirertoc, .Reuben J . Robertso n, J r., pre:id~nt of Lhe o rupany, an)1!) Utlccd last J1lOnth. T he 11ew directors a t·e Harold H . Helm, pre-ident 01 the Chemical 1 ank and Tru L Compa n y, Ne·w York Ci ty; :t11d Sidnev J. Weinb rg. a parm.er in the firm o( Gold­man, ~ach .- l'· Co., K w York CitY. I ,. {r. Helm anfll\lr. 'Seinberg succeed Barry G . Poun s­ford and Henry ' . Bowers £orrner dire ·to rs o£ the corn­pany '\Yho did not LmJ for re-election this year. In rec )!YnitiOJl or th ir year. of service, Mr. Poun sford an.d Mr. Bower:. have heen e lected Dir ctor- Emeritu s. A Native of B o wlin <;~ Green Hamid H. Heln, a native o.f Bowling Gree-n , Ky., n o\" re ide iu :\Ion tdai.x, 0J . J He a ttendcd Ogden Colle, e in Kentucky and gradu ated from Princeton . 1:riv ·nity. · In add.iti n to sen ing as prcsid n.t and a d irector o ( the Chemj ·.J Ballk and Trust Con1pany, 1\~Ir. Helm is a ;l ir tor of nuTnernlls o ther firm - including SllCh well kJ wn .ompanie · a tb@ Commctdal Sol em s Corpora­tif. ln , 1.b .· orn Products R.e Lining Company, the E.qu it­alJle Lilt .'h)ural'' ~ S1.1ri y of the .S. antl the H<JITIC lnsurance Compan '· .\ni"e in natic.,nal . affai rs, h · i chairman of; the Executive ComrniLH:<: t~l PrimccLon lJ ni \'ersit , a tH! SLe ' - J>f.R F.CTORS 1-. \IJ'I' l l't <.; t>l tilt' (()ll 'lN ll \ <ll< · Jla11 \ L . l '(ltl!n~ fOJ_d _. ldt, ml He l•JY S • .Ruv, ' '· \h. Polltl«lvrt l. one (JJ Cha •"pinn \ <111 fli ed !.h:tt e11" ldu\, . C't ,nl l:n ·!lw h raul o.f dit <'l'f()r · j, r CJ }l:tJ>. . 11. lkJhtr 1\h a tli l ctlnJ lc It! ,\ ' k'711 S. of the Supple.Jnental Pfl! nsi.on Fund o[ the American .Ban ken A.ssociatio11 , and a tttember >f the Board ot Voreiun Missions or the I .resbvterian Cburch oJ tl e . S. ~· J The other pe~ · dire wr, Sidney J. Weinb ·rg, was born in Ne\v York City, now r es id es in S ·a r ~tla l e, N. Y. He !!radtlalec:l from P . .S. 13 in Brooklyn.,. att<.:nd.ecl Browne's Business College, an~ rece i.ved an honora ry L.L.D. degree frorn Trinity College. \1\ficle ly knovvn fen· h is business leadership, he is a director of tnany companies, inc luding the Continental Can Cornpan y, the General Cigar Coo<pan y, the General Electdc Cornpany, General .Food Corporation, B. F. Goodrich Compa_ny, 1\'1cKesson & ·R obbiJJ. , and lhe Madi­son Square Garden Corporation. Mr.. \Veinbc:1·g was vice-chairman ( J "the VVar P rodH - tion Board and assistant to the chairman, ()[Jjcc Of Defense Mobi Li za tion. He has h.een a m ember of the Busin ess Advisory Counci l for the Department of Com­merce since 1933. In 1946 he wa.· a\ ard ·d the l.L . .Medal of Meri t for his services l.n 'World ·war J T. A Director for 61 Years Director Erneritlls Harry G. l?oun ford, one o( Chanl­p iun's original shar ·ho ld cr., help cl to found th e com­pany in 1893. Elected to th firsL board of clir nors. he ·ervccl in t.bt<H capacit · for Gl years. A na riYc t f Cincin· nati he be aJ)Ie president o( the T\ ~ttn. fortl .tationcq C01~ 1 pany and nwinta in d ac tj v . lea k rship ol the linn wui.l abr ul thr e years agu. Heruy .S. How ·rs served a.s a Ch.ampi o1 dir Clor for 18 yeat s. Born in Ading t 11 H e ig-hts, J\Jas .• he is a g' l'<H.lll cll ' of Har ;<trd lln.iv('r')t ly In 1 ?9~). he j oined Goldman, Sarlts ,'~ Co .. N w York Ci1 1. and in lUn Jw bc ·ante o 1 <:)fO::ttT uf th · Ji n)l. T-k h · $ n ·d a · a dir .n nr 1Jf nla rty tl tl1<.' ua tio11 \ l aq~e bus in s.) finnl>, ~ u dt . s S. H. Kr ' s tnd C lll.lfX1rt, , th · · nir.c 1: His uir Com pan n l \nJ(•l·.ica, :;1ml tLH' J ·wei T ea ' otnpa t ~ . , \I tho l:. h. n ·tit tnn· from <u Li vt: "'~ 'rk with Go!ehll ;IJ J. .'ad1'\ abo Llt thr€ Cal's <Jgt>, Mr. HPW'I'\ . rill vJ'\ {"'1) in~~~ ~ ?tthi ury qp:rit. 'l be JJICntl:wnhip ol \.h:lm p iun's 1\in 11 1· il htM.rd )f dit t·tt.OI')t lt{) \i i!lcludr· ... H C'rh t~ l'l \A/. . H t t'r, Hcrhc:n r . Randa tl , Rvuhen H. P t,l cnson . Lcwi:. C ltu k ··1 bom:t>n . lh\ i~ht J. rlHJIH '> Jll , r~~ J, n J. P tn c. Rcnhcn B. l' oben ­~ rm, Jr .. l Jc rrlld H. llelnt llllll .')idm') J. \' • iubc 1 ~· . I • 2 ' I ( !<. .\ .\.Jl , I·C I" , tl,·o "o:q• IJox t :t<e t ~ tl. t\lt dtolltt thv I<Jil j;\ hill ;tl ;1 \lit pli•;ingh Lt,r dip. llllli11g 111 <- d:t ) , 1110 cat' 1 ilrd i11t' th r k1u ·, lt'' til\" ' ~ It• 1111 l.tll l)t.tt tlot· J,H I ' ltl)llilcd huth ski ll alld 1i 1vc. I he :ll <.tr t \t ' lll t •ok pl.tn: in ll.llllt){otl 1111 ~ttttd~n. Jul ~'i. It 11 ;1s ' )H) Il ' t e d 11 )' th t jltllhlt ( lta111lu 1 of CouliH<.I <I: and tJw I oc t! C l1e\ rolt t agni L). • a a ' Hamilton's junior hot rodders -learn the thrill of competition L .\ST-ML ll.1Tt: 1 ~ , TR l ' T IONS are given tn urt ,' pen n.- b~ his dad. J3oh. Curt ~< ea t hcred th lri:~l~ onh· to nm into me han i al rli 11 in ,JtiC>s carh iu lhe rae . Hi t<tr 1~a~ p(rnsor d I v the Ham ilton R Jlary -luh. DE 'I\'TS ,. TE1 fPFLY. , n of Hate! , rcmptlv, built Jncl dro e 1he Ohio Divi:i n c 111n . Eliminat cl i11 at ]\ heats. Dc11ni sa id h 'd be ' i)a ·k again 11 e,· t ' (lr with :w ther rae r. ' B JH .\fc.CRL\ f ll' .. uu•d ;.~top hh ll r~ ed..l '~ Lx prc:s en waits l1i' tlllll a t tlw rm ring poi111. His dad. 1 t·d :.r Crew li e, Ohio Oil i­sion Con tru<ticm . had a fc·w \01 ds o l a(l\ i(e to J>:.l'~ aJon·g 1 o 13< h. L:uuLI-~ . ro CHID wer afforded several thousand Hamil LOn ian. - and spc ially 3'-1 boys- when the city's fir t ~tnnu a l All · n1eTican Soap Box D rLy was sponsored jointly by the l-familton J• cees and Central lotors. lib -ral prinkling of bampion fo lks in the Sund ay after­noon c:r ,,vd h erecl on four sons of Ohio Division e mplo yee~. and watched a number of their co-workers, J ·tycec m mber~; , as e" ·ry effort was pent to rnake the first derby a su cessf ul one. nd a su cce it was - ev ·n though D ·nnis ternpfl y, son of Hazel tempUy and dri ver o( the Champion car; Cun Spenny, son of Bob Spenn y; Robert ![cCreadi c, son of T ed 1cCreadie; and ·Ronnie Goi n., son of Carson Goins, all were ·eli rninatc l carl y in the rae , .. Champion .Ja ycee membe rs put in many ho1.1rs helping to ready the course, park cars, condu ct the race - and before that, ad ise youngsters, each inten t on building the winning car. "Bud" Fahrney, Merl Baker, Joe l\ [islovic. Jim John on, and Dick Nein were "in there pitching" on the day of the race. And so was Jimmy Standifer the winner. driving a , leek black car which outclassed many others. · Seated in car No. 3 after the race, Dennis Stem pfl y, builder and driver of Champion's entry sa id, " I may have lost this year, but l'll ure be in there trying again n ex t year." ' ·with spirit Like Dennis Stempfly's Ham il tonian~ a. well as Champions are looking forward to a bigger an ] bett r , oap Box Derby 111 year to come. • • • • I - ' B ifs practical appro ch t p p r m king problems. this Ohio Division dep rtment p off in dollars av d T1-11' '· \ t h- t when <>u d ,·,tsw ont1 o l J1<'ll tic tal g\ w HeaH'll. the arc gn- ('n • .Ul Ol' pnn \1 I Ill y u c<..p r cord < n machin whidt <U n·uarantted not 1 pr< ~ttl . '·.1 t nl a nY iw.L Fu1 thenn~ re. j t h3" 1 eeu rumored that 'ha nJpion:­mphl: ed in wa--re c· ntnl de1 ::.nmcnt· here on earth acwalh (hearu of ·u h au after life - of working in a de tial paper mi ll where there i 110 ''hay" or " bro ke," 110 ,Jab- 0r damaged rolls, and where the ai lcs are as "i(l a - city ~treets. WelL the~ e tbings a.r not true- at least, not a (ar a' Champi n i con erned. 'Vaste Control Co rdinator Tt m Zilio. · and Ray "Red" Lemon of the Ohio Division ' ha \e -pointed out that ideally, the fir t thing that a ; ·a·te onrrol man ha to rea li z.e is that all waste cannot be eliminated. • certain amount is ine itable. It's Like Peeling Potatoes •·Jt' ju t like peeling potatoes," said Tom. "To get t.he ·kin off a spud you ·ve got to ' aste some o-f the potato.'' After realizing that a certain amount of waste i., ineyi.rable in the production of paper, our job is to anal) z all ituations where there is an waste at all -- • then ee about minimizing and controll·ing it." And doing just that happens to be no simple task. A curious bystander would most likely be lost jn the maze o[ figures and sta ti sti s which are to be found on the desks of Ziliox and Lemon. But there's no rnumbo· jumbo in the unllpl ted periodic repo ts sent from thos d e.~k" t!) va.r i ou~ deparuoeu t hea b , and individ uais nn the job ·can ..,e_ cl 'arly wh c.:r tbcr 's control work to b ~ don ·. ''\N wast control an n dcm 'l lUt wa~ t c," rent rk d Tom, "we just poiut out IJOw indi idual d ·pa ln"lc nt ~ can cut th ·ir own. \ e f un ai .,)J rh · information - t.h<' ldlow-; ar d girb in th · lllill do the r st. " \Ve' <· unue fl lung,way in tire 1:• '1 <·igtn ycnrs and we' ll umLinu · lwc ;n .sc sup ·n i ... ur-. and lollz'> c,n the joh an· willing to c<ttt) the- hltll. In lac t, Llt -·y'n· 1 '>pon:. illlf· f,J about 9H 1 / !If llu: n ·dw lifJn <Ji \-\<l ~ tl' :nottlld Ia · c." ' ••Y IIIJ ·' wii<J ha ~ '\C I 01 •ed ir a jliiJH'l nti fl hW\~ I O\ l() make ''hay," or <,n;'l' papt·r hut v, l,:tt a lut of l o I k ') do 11 ' l 'k w 'w i:. U 1 a 1 w ;1 ., I(' c 1 JJ 1 lJ o I "H · n .n c I H' I p iJv r tJ ,c: lttan t ill the _i(JI! to redwe tht' J'f' l ll' lll : tgv .. nl '' IJ ;t\" ' (11)(] ntilk. u, r,re saleH hl p:q et . 'J hat \ ld t Cktrnpion.., ~H \Vwnc Co!ltrnl ' 'ain 't hay.'' \ . "I'L CO " I ROI \flo ·r 0111 lll lf• <II HI R.n ' Red· J • rums -.tan a rr Oh io [)ili~lorr rqwrl. Jh JHII P""''i11~ ;ne.r ~lu::J•' 11:l'IC i-. \' u ~ i11.•, <..O IJf'tlivr· llH'a 111 1:~ ran b· rnorc '-•'''h !OJ.~t:ll • • t I ' .__ . ""---A -- • • N RRO\,\' AISL 'S ''-ere 01 or the first problem$ Di \ i.'!J.o11 "a :te e:-...perts tack led . Thi. )Ji Ctl,l r , wk n 111 li.c.eo.·c plate) sho" the difficulty truck clr i'\ er had ing th t'otlgh an aisle \ iorh 11t daJla<>ing pape1', ' . .. > ·' C' ' " ·' Lhat Ohio 19c:!9 (note ' •• . ' ' BY RE-ROUTING N J.SL't.:., m re room ~\'a made for lectr ic tru ck d..ri vcr - ;nttl .le ,s damage wa · done to roll · and skid:>. Old ai.le used to jog to left in front of M utte t . . Trucker Autrey I rk tells "R eel" l . ernon tha t the ·hm1ge was an 1111provemci1t. • ·- ' a t • • t ANOTHER J 949 PICTURE . hows th.e damage th a t pa. ing trucks can lo to an overhanging­ron or paper. T his was an ­other exampl-e of a problem which needed 'look ing inr:o. AI- •• Lhoug·11 it seemed n egligibl e, the amo~1 nt of paper damaged rbis wa during :1. •ea t .. '·l'as con i ler­able. • I:'>! A lU~ CCNT PHOTO "iVa ·.t Comrol Coontinator Tf nt Zi liox $hows ' I ~aJ dlst.:m frorn roll 1 o ais le and. in addil ion, son) , 1111 lamagi'Kl roth. Allb,ough 1\'asle 'OilLfO.I Ill 11 ~O lll:' ti lJt~ .­h: nc ;1 tha·ok.les jt l>. rb eir p r­sc! cc r IH" . pa s t>ff in dol Ia r ' \IC'd . CONTINUED ON ('IEX'T PAGE 5 I ' OJL DRlPPl :'>iG fro 111 a p~1pcr machine otllO broke 1 aper in tbe basement is a consta11l prohfom. Here ~~ leak i!'> pou cd h . Bi ggel­staff ;md R pa~s during their to ur. T h(·y ' lt 1 a~s rile wonl i'l iOi l g' to Jllachine superTiso rs ~u th at pl"(lper adjustm ents ..:an be xn a.dc. PAPER REJ ~cTED on the Sorting Line i ~ turned ove1: to lbtc 1 tm.un who acl. as a rc-son-er. he liiSJWCts t he rC.JeCls ami ·these ;1r revie ll'ed \l ilh l'ini~llin,~ Room superviwrs. A J3R.Ol02i'\ , Cl{ of t tra~odium fJd·avho ph !t· i~ -,pill i ott! on the tloo:r. R e pa.s l>ri11g the maLL<'1 l<) th "lt<·ntion o1 1\nh Snehon, ceJJl. r , of , :I ;Herials H andl in);(, a•td I (• Ill L:dt.J't , Col01 Roon1 supen'i r. ' 6 \'0 1RL in Lh v\'aste Cont t. ol D part1n tH r un spot check' tlair; in the J:ini hin t' Room wher the,· li.l ree~;on Ph\ p.aper i t j~:ct d . .J ean ,\ mmon . I ft. ~tnd J e<tnn tte "I imler make on ol thei1 ·-h ck.~ 1.m che ' orting Une. ' -. ...a Dt:t rt R l .J'(JRT'>, CltJARJS aud ! · 1 t1~J a•e ru 1 1mpM- 1an t p l1<~_ oJ the \Va" r. Colltrol S -PI.imJ (lf the rr ex.a Did ic,u .. 'P<'f\ i <n R<tl ph .Bigge J., !a Jf. !;(~<!'ted, !Jand ' c1\e ' Ggm e' io K<!L Jof11Ho•1. in't CONT INUED • At · the Texas Divisi"n, reduction of waste resu lts in lower cest for a quality product Hl V'IVT b : COOK FOR T ROUBLE J· U ~ C cl IJ OUt cv.eryw 11 e r e l. ll t l1 .t • rlliU - trouble th at co ul.d re · ~d t in the ·was te of anything frwn ra:~v materials to end products.'" '1"h a t's t1'1e ~~ay . R ~lph · .Biggerstaff a nd J ack Rev~~s surn up the woxk ot the Wa te Control Dep artment at the T xas D ivision. And it's as a ll-embracin g as thaL. Take a look a t a typical insp ectio11 to ur (on ' of: the dai ly roonds that become the duty of the \1\fasre Co ntrol Depart­ment). Oil drop from under a p a [ cr machine onto a brokt pi l il'l the basement. T ha t's wast e, for oil and dirty broke \<\'? iLL p rob ably e<tu e rej e c t~:; a t the sortinO" tables l a ter. ·Or a 50:pouJ.'1Gl bag of starch is broken i.n tt~1.l oad i n g an I stacking and Glrain · 01.1 t on th€ floor. A matter of waste tbat sh ould be hrought ta tbe a tt: nuon .of the immedia te su p- • ervtsoa::. "Brought to . the attention/ ' T hose won;ls desuibe a lot of the procedure of the d ep artment in i t . " :ork with oth r depar tments oJ the rniJJ. Sorneti roe · it's it'n media te, ·onw­times it's handled throu gh r eg dar cl.a.il y or ·wec·k 1 y report . But always the word is passed a lo ng to tho e rno -r. -nnccrned with tile problem. Like t'!ew ·papernteo who ea rch for n e\ s Bigger .. taH a nd his staff ot four p ersons. litera lly sea rch for defect that re ·ult in waste . .. , ,Ve feel, Ralph sa ys, tha t w:hat 1ve find i;; to th , benefit o ( ever yone con cer ned - ~hro u g h o u t the rn iu .·· And h e's right. R ed uct iGn in waste me>ms tha t costs will b - cut. Reduced co ts tog theT with a q uali ty produ t mean gre_;;t.ter sales ·- ·wh ich , in th.e lc:lllg run , ·will ben efit al l Champions. ~. O R 1'. \. \ T£ is. hcdw t Gill a r 1[J of pap •r 1 v R :p.1 ~.~ awl t~ ~g:gt l> Laff. One M th l \, (,), ;,u1d ol'tcn ho rh, t~ ill H'l itke (];)iJ iw p nicm N ' u r~ ,)f the 1n ifl 'i ll au df1lft w . pot wa ~t e ~0 t h a·t .ic u H I be l'"l'l'etr fl . ' I ' • ' GEORGE \ :V . SMATHERS (left), chid ·ample clerk, In, pection Departme nt, Caro­Lina Division: "Th ere are six special points . . . and many others of course, why I like my community. " First, it ha~ adequate churches of all faiths .-· a definite a se t to any community. Second, it has a s]Jlendid school system with fai· above-the-average attendance. . 'Third. the people are friendly, neigh­borly, and always wi lliHg to help you. Founh, vve ha e the be ·t plant in the country in which to e · n a liv ifllg- T J e Champion Paper and fibre Compar1 y . '' Fifth, we h ave gflod climate and b au­tiful cou.ntrys ide. ixth, our local o vcrn­ment cooperates smoothly and works un­tiringly to irnprove our community from day t0 clay. "All of the above r:ea on . . . and many more ... make this community a c•ood place to Ji ve and bring 'up our chilclren ." ! . • •• '' ~~I nqu iring Reporter" A } I>.W . f() l lJS en t nr In-quirin > Rep{~· ter ~k ·d lh question., " Wht:r . w Jl.dd. on lik " tc;} Jive- i{ ou lla l to mo\'(:?" ~\hno~>t without t• xceptiol'l Llw lnterv i ~·• Ct',; be:·( ;Jn bv seemed m be the ''o·anlcn '))Ot of the ;!) world" for him. So thi-. month we interviews some Carolina Champi.ons ' , a 'ing. " \1\ 'dt under;:,wnd nu-w. 1 like it right ~~ n be ~ o I' a II . • . " Whcnh 't th.~ti p r on liw d in Ohio, T ·.• or N€ rth amlin.a , it d ecide l to find out what it i that i: :;o ' OlHi erlul nbouL ''right h 1·e.' ' Ac­<,- o t r~iJ~gl y, we asl::ed 'Ol11e Carolina Chanq io n ·, ''\VkH i:; it ou like abmn VCH ll' hr~mc town :-;· Here ar th eir ' nn \vvr!il; pel'h;;Lps in [ollowing- monlhs ''ie' ll let T xas and Ohio Champion-.. ll:btT th i r say too . Hl'GH K •ENER ri<r ltl ). Carolina a h­ier: ··sure I cnJ·ov' li irwin \IVes tern North ;:, Carol ina. I t': one or Lhe wod cr mosl beau-ti ~ u l l'pot. " \ •Vhy thousand of peopl come ea ·h year (rom aU part · of the 'vorlcl to eujov the cenery and climate that we enjo e r day. The summen are cool , and generally the winters are m ild. ··r like Jivino- in a mal l town becau . e of the fricnd li ne.s o ( the people. You speak ROY S. H.\Y. TES (left), recovery foreman, Pulp 1 fi ll . Carolina Division : ''There are ·o maJI)' tbino:<> tha t appeal to me in my community, near Cl yd e, th a t it's difficult to 1. arne t hem all. ''Those who know me realize that mv Gt·st lme i. cattle raising-. And 'rn v area is' CJ ' i eal for rai!ling regi. tcred beef cattle. 'fht n , too, J am mu h :impres.·ed with the pmKre. · u in made here- and throughout H aywood Co un ty for that matter - in con-tO rn.o t everyone, and ye t it's not too 'im­portant if you can't ca!l them by name. Mo:t of us ·were born and reared near Can­ton, and are independent mountain people, genuine without pretense. Yes, I'm proud to he called a mountaineer. "I like to Jive in or near Ca nton because it's convenient to mv work - and I think ' 1-ve' re doubly blessecl by being prjvileged to work for The Champion Paper and Fibre Company, Carolina Divi ion." n ection with Comn1Lmity Developmen t ac­tivi ties. T his is a program that bring ns aJL together in a bond of friendship. "Being privileged to work for an in­du, try such a Tl1e Champion Paper and Fibre Company is another feature of this community ·whi ch appeal to me. The climate is perfect in my area, with an ade­cjtlate supply of wa ter and grass. And it's qu.iet and r es tful . .. that's just another of the fine fea tures of rn community." • • • usoup's on" at Te as means a variety of food anywhere in the mill W HI~ :--; .'-\ I J-1 EH 10,'J J S" H 'DY fr~~·h. hoi ·coH .e migh t ~ till h the' ordel- of tlH' day luring lu11c.h hour it .orne p3rt ~ of th •. 11 ill . H. 0 . Du ~l ­te;, <ell op era tor, hen£ 1m.'\: · up , b;ltcb in the )•:. B. plant. 10 • r-. . J' \.'l - > ' ~ • "Bl..UE PLATE peci.al coming up" co·ulcl he the c:r) of this group as tbey prepare sp ecial iJ iate lonche · to b taken to Champions ul the mill. Cafeteria p ersonne l pre1 arino the ltmches ate, left to r:ight : Iary ]V[ayo n, Hoi> Per ·ons. Yiolet ta ryx , E.thel Everett. UNIQUE vV Y of prepariug a hot. lunch is found high in the Digester Building, 1 here the ex treme heat atop the digesters is often wsed as a l1ot p:Jate. Fr.ied eo-g and home male soup are tbe order of the clay on this particular occa 1011 for 0. D. Guye, diges ter ook , left, and . V. Bay les ·, second h •lp er. ,\ _F.\:'-.liLJ .\R CEXE in th . m il l during lund1 ho ur, th ts setnng v C\ n more fam iliar in 1hc vicinity of Can 1een , 'o. J. 0 . K . H ughc;, l efr, weld r . and .\ . J. I' kcbka. pipcfiu er, a rc .·bown in tb i, pi tmc. T HE LL "CHL RE.. \DY, th y're ( f to the mill 11 here, ho1 ;md reaming, Lhey,.ll rece ive a welcome re.:eption from Cbm;n pion who prefer a ho[ ooon me. l. Bob Person ., r i ht, hei r · M.t.·. Styx: ready the lunches fot deliver ·. · • • • A LOT OF BOOK. have been written a bout th e eatin cr habits o( America ns, uy authors Crorn Duncan Hines to E ntity Post. he 're cov red correct table m anners, e - lwive at ing plac , pro1 er prepar a tion of food . Bu t vhat the · h aven' t portray d i - the American wage earner on h is job - the man in indu -n·y who mu t cat without leaving hi rn chine or mu t take nly a short break in order to keep the wh eels of indu try turning. Take a look a t a rypical J.un h hour a t Ch ampion's Texa Divi ·ion, for ·xample, wher ~ ingenuity i com­bined ·with conv nienc , where (]U a lity i. every bit as tmportant a · quantny. Coffee on a Bunsen Burner You'll ee horne cooked foods b ing h ea ted on top of the giant diges ters, or coffee perked over a bun . en burner. You'll see hot Iishes going from the Ca feteria to men and women in the mill who ca n ' t leave their jobs. You'll ee lunch bucket. and lu nch ·acks, packed a t .home an d emptied during the mid-day break . . Perha ps i t's a ca rry-over {ror.l the idea that an arm y tra vel on i t. stomach , but Champion pla e a grea t deal of importa nce on the idea tha t ·a good meal leads to a good work rlay. T he Champi ons pictu re 1 on th ese page. might be tlrawn from any lunch h o ur , any da , a they pau. e to r efresh before continuing their clay's work . :\ WA'I' .FH. OI\1 "l' H I~ .A1"J F.. I·.:\'S (JI' caf -leria ·, it beco n.~>s nece sary f.o t.. !I J V . ni <: n cc '~ 'ilk. to ca rry i!ltH h from lim , :1. Will 'T . Hi k. rs ltas don ' h t c. Will j ) an a l 'k~o r i H•r upl'n11or in the Te:o 1' nil i ~ inn E. B. Pl ant. 11 I 12 J l\'l . 1 T 1 f• .u ' tnlh,t<h. J',, I .an llllt~: { lutnpiml it~ h II rtl th.tt lll• Oht 1 .;uu -lrll tot •p;H ' l c•r 1 J4 · to th•. Flt••irul .~u4 :!lifo 111.t \<Jli('l , l:n11n I h H n l'H •h' "' }\ i I H u,.t fk•tnl ( umput.ll lflll: " HJ~I) Qh 't l~ t.f Ch,l. n; .1 •d 1) .,t ,h . . Atll•n . \ ~ • \dnttt>i ~l'.liWil . • \. 'V;: ~: ~ ... • - wliJ "' l)J ( HXJI 11'; spi lh itH() S! JII t ln (''\i('l"ll O hio ·a ch y a r, Ohio J)i v is~on Glt<11npi ms take 10 the outd11ors HtH I rapif'ily b ·come e ng1 ·o~H\C d in a ttu.l t iw lc of )> pc·trl s. M't.:n and W()r1J -n ~v i H1 wt:.nld ncvu: 1:1 ~'> rh t· nls ·I· l"s . ' all tl <: les l'lnck r_n S"\ jHl!l tj n g po() l'>, goH ( n111 st;.,.,, ball park.,~. <W rfo rae ing bowk arC'hcry n.ot ~C'I. ~tmJ oth r ret tl'at.intwl h ~t \'t.; t t S.. llhnugh Ohio j., ( fdutt) rrkrrc I to ~H a ''1c'iorr ' ' ~La!~. rt>&i l ('r11~ nlJI t ind withl.n , lt·w lllik~ u\atl 1 p •s ll{ rcY t'Ca t it:Hl whj :lt arc ;~d v (; r· ti )) d in 11 t il1i ·ulorr•d un vd fuld 'f~<> . J wlt pi ck any ,urm · Sunday ;tfl('lft<HJfl during tl te ~wm:1 'f 1 1 nrh,, aud , rJH ' Il fitrd I hat. Ch tnlpiml fo lk!-. an• '' li iu' h 1Jp' ' in aud .arr unrl H a ro1 1t ml, Ohic:1. CONTINUeD ON Nfl(f PAGE 11: .. • JERRY GRAY..!. \J retrieves hi · ball as Clatk Hayner stands ready lo ~-c , >]ace tJ1e flag. \' n n Hann11el i·. on the right. Mo·rgan · Roluri .on, ,,·ho took this pictm , com pleted the foursome. Through­om the :ummer, Mon&ay is '· hampion Day" at Potters Par k. 0 .' THE C.REAT MIAMl Rh ·er, Ann Arthur o{ Machine A.c­co IJLtio•~ awJ Bill Couch. '\'o. ~ T r i.mmer., prove w be quire TOURING THE COURSE on a Sunday morniryg are Champions . Joe McFaH, Ev Hall and Dick Scott. Lou Florio, Hamilton High coach, completes lhe foursome at Hznui lton's i'v{unicipal Golf G(}urse, Potters Park. T'en Champion teams play in I ague ompetition . adept at water skiing. member of the Mohawk • :Bill, like many o.ther Boat Club, a city-wide Champ. ion. . is a organJza(..wn. • I ,\; L'MllER , . '\1 cuck': .'.p rial, ,,-a_ f h ~o· RraphE:-d la. t ' car as it no «eel tb find1 line on thr e tires. "1 he dri 'tT · • hold­ing rhe 1 icton flag in his right ha.nd. C nsitlcred ,1 h hh ll\ Hnrn ~f oenck . • '(>. 2 :'lla(hiue R< ·om. radn(l. r::m be quit co!illv for a Jo~e-r. ' .-\ T THE THO:\[ 0:'\J PARK Archery Range, Bill :andlin abh demon u·ates the use of how and arrow • to a do e .friend, \farilm Koeller. Bill is a .member of Champicm· Archery ·cluh. • :\ THE FIRJ:'\G LL 'E, Champion ar her Bob Kru e, Bill Sandlin , Matt Doyle, Bur t Dixon, Tim Riggs, a 11d Art Brown eye the bul I ere. T he rch ery Club meet's ach Sunday afternoon at T hom on Pa rk. !1r "-· , "'' ' ~ • ~ • ·: • - ~ T 4 ,"' ,'• ~~--~ ~~ ~' ' < CONTINUED HARRY :\IO"< 'C' E."TE. ' O. con ramlations to his dii,er ::lfte.r ,,·inning he r:Ke "on ibrcc tires·· (a. »ho\n in p ictorc al Jdt). Ha.-ry sene~, methanic at tl1e track. leuin ~oung(• r men do his dridng . . Fiu<~nciallv. he clai !l)<> he lnol..e cH~ n la't q:·ar in \ ·hat can be an e)o.,-pcn i1·e p stim . HARRY alwa · gi1e · hi' race• a careful checkup I efore leaving for tbc track. Harry huilt the tar in hi; gara"'e and race:- it a t ~peedwa) all o1cr Ohio and lncliana in hi• spare time. The hood of the or was mad lrom part of a 193:> 13n ick; two :\fercun· fenders sened to make th tail. · W.\.TER SKIIr G 11 TRG TOR Jim Slnith. ph sica1 education teacher a r Buchanan , hool, shows hi ~ tud en ts bow in done with "no hands." Jim ha · taught Hlatty ; ·ou n cr HamilLOnian. to ·ki thi s sumnH:T, free of cha ro- . <> ... ....: . BEFORE ·THOUSANDS of Hamiltonians a t the ·tnnu a l 11 -Star Softball Game are a fe''' o f the Champion employees rcr re­senting tearn. in Hamilton. From left to right are hu ck Hacker, Eddie Simpso n , George Young, Danny M cS 1nli n , Wad Fannin, George Spears, Earl Alexan der. Several other , including Ron Wilhelm and Dave .Blower, were named ro . ll -Star teams but are not shown here. The All­Stilr Game took ph e at Hamilton's :\'onh End Fi eld in Jul'y. 15 \ j - ..... -.f".:. ... -._... ', .li.) ..... Q-o Pict r·au pr sentin Champion and Champions happenings tn and around the miiJ. CA 'TO, 'S EW RAIHO 't ;-d if,n \NWl · w nt on rhe air at!) a.m. Jnly 1 ~. (uJrillin <J n ·cd in the Cao ton-W , r rn ·£;rrh Car()lina nr •a. Above, l' rug:ram Jlil L~1r Jim Odom, · ·a ted, •xphins clisk jo key ru ,1c~iun~ w Garolfnil Lh arn1~jon ~ .1\-und•w Hn.tg " u~1"l W. B ·kmtt•J ling r. Hocl~ 'l> is on th , lroarrl of dir r rurs fm• the n 1 "Til E BIGGEST T ll R I LJ , in 20 y ars" is the wa · H b R~ IJ, of rh . Ohi Di vis.iou Store· roun\, d scribed tt:Je ho'le-in· on<' that h..e made at Po tler's Park thl suHHllc r . He-re lte show hi . on Turnm , th e iron he us d Lo sc rc the ·· ace." The grea tn om nt uccun d ott 'o. 5 ho le, a di tan ce of 168 yard!(. A GUEST OF HONOR at the Chemical. ,Progress Week h eld .in l,asadena recen tly wa. \1 . J. l'bilpot, super\'iSo·r o[ w<n ch ­me u a t tJ1e Te, a D i isio 11 . Mayo of Gal na Park, Bill is shown chatting with an0ther of t he gtte&ts. The g-ath ering \•\las spon<;ored by the Manuf.a turing Ch emi ~ts A ·snci;tt ion . • L::JtilJTL Rcubei'J fi . R.oh .1 LA(lfl , r!t;'til 111<111 •II C..ltampioH's l'o"nl M dh ·tlOJ',~, wu~ a sp ·a. cr ; 11 r h (&'fll'ia.J d "rlic:.ttit)11 ll J ' H''>l ie'!>. , Tllln YDUr Woodl _ A W HliJ TO TH I•~ VOH, J~STER. Hf .•.a ·t Tt ' is tl1 i& ruitd ~ign 1.1 <11' Li vingston. On qf !Wt> ~~~ It sigHs spon<:>urcd h 'T <JS Champion, it L" aim d a t cdu< !11ing tlte pttb l ic~ in rbt care of th e r ich pille fo1 ~u; c. f [h ti:' fi t a. T lH' l wo ~t rr· thr· fin.r i 11 a ~eri es which is to t'c.mti!w tltmw~;hntJ t th • )'(':ill'. Th. · will IJ hang d p f'J io fi lly to bt i11g tljff · nl nt e~'ag s to the pa '~ er b . 16 H £ CHRMPION PHPER PI.S~li£HA • • RNO FIBRE f£ X A S ' ' COMPRNl TH£ GR ND JJIUZE 11t the Ohto Division 's Fam.i lv l'i cnic ou La bor Day i~ this 1 95' 1~ Buick Sp ecial. :vh1 rge Bar , T1 lOt: OHice, LC111( t­ingly holds the keys lO Lht: wr which is ileing aw· rdcd rh rough donations to tJ 1c Cham pion Em­plovces c t i vi 1 i ·. ;\ ~soci ~tlion . ·otti 'r priws are also offcn·d thro ugh the C£A . A CHAJ\H'JO _BOOTH W<F' open lo vis itors a t the ex hibit oE the Sou thwestern Graphic Ans Assso­ciation in Houston ·s Shamrock H otel last month . T he Champion di ·play in Exhibition H all . bowed the · ·arions stage (If paper mak.· in;r and off'ered sampJ s of Cham­pion paper. • Jame~ Sharp of the D alla · Sale-s Offi.ce lo.oks over the registration book which recorded 3500 visitors to t he booth .. P RJ TER.S ·repre, c nting onh an4 South CamJiua w rc guest' of the Ca: ·ofina IJivision in Julv th;~.ri •~.g the ;;U1noa! com r=ntiot1 in A:.h vi.ll . hm n in Lht? } 'i11i bing Departmen t, Chuxl , \ arcl, ex · ll' 1.ue ri)?;IH , of. ln perti.on sh(H\ · l he gro1 p ;l ' t a_.k. (l~ uuisb tl pap r. t the >:nettle left <1 re ,\fl·. and ,\J r~. J am s Hall ; he i;; :1 .nteLT\h('r of the Epe ·- Fi ~1ger;lld l'a.pcl' I'll ran} ;md the- $011 of .awllna :ham pion J. lt HalrL 17 l ! SECRf I' RJ F: \ :.ll ilm ,!JI I- m, l t and Donna . \Jm , at d n; "< rl.. in th t' " vffk : L)f 1 he c:-..ecntiH' wing:. ln a hhli\'11 to .1 b1·~ , H' plion n m1. -ofli­l an.' alsr. l n:n id t ft•r 'Uton•. .\SOTHER J\10\'I from the Paper .\fill w more Hicieot quarters \'tll. elfened I.Jv 1he TrafGc Dep<utment which cx;cupied new quarter in the lJuilduw .. Fraak "1\'oodard, at right belm , a ne,,· addi imJ to the de­pm llllent, Lalk.s with T r n ma n Griffin. , ., nv s.wn CFIU0ARO J('Np o nd ~ to !he d •lt. t<n• rh uf Lu< ill<· Ford. Tlw 11ew_ board will !Hov.i.dt' in•pro v•d J;C rVlf · (or lhe c11lir c mill. For )ear~ r.ncilJe has heed known a) rlu.;: d we ry " vt>ic:e Jf Champioo" at rh Texas TJi isi(Jl l. 18 1'1 £f. l' OT H L of Dn i'Hm Ltll.tt.: ~:l' ..1rl R . 1\cndt'l Jl i I f.Jtt·d 111 the •·· Lllli e '''g uf rh n~·" uittliJJ~. H 'H' K li uk~ dt•I~H fot :. rl.l · ~ 11 ork on he fl 1 t HHJllllll!l ol c til p.u•n ul !111.: t· ' 11ffic !'. -­• LEEk E:\Tl' \ :-.:CE H,\ LL \'<" I co m<> ,j~itors t• Chamtion's 11t:W dili ·i,n oltit:. l"be r el Liunj>,l 's desk i. ::tt lli • far c11d r ( the hall. H r \Lu )- llll ll ·ingham ''' et. . ulesm n aud <.llbt:'r \ i itor,_ "' ,. • - - --"'·~- '' · C u 1\-TPlON's TEXA::l or J ro took on an even mor lin •d app <u: n ·e thi ' ·uuurter ·with the op ning of the doors L eam­of the new Divi ion Office, ompl ted little mot thai a year afte it was Cin t put under wa ·. Th mn e prov icl . rnuch-needcd addit ional space for th con uli­dation of di isiun activities. Many departments moved from offices thro uuhout tl-:te mill to join uch reg·ular divi!:>ion offi e departments as General A counting, Pun:h<Ling, 1ait and Division J\lfanageme:nt in the new building . T h building is " ·u·eamlin cd" in more than just outward appearance. For e 'ample, all accouming ection ~eTe brought together, including the Tabulating Department. J a nagen1ent Planning wa brought untie o ne roof and the Tra Hic Department ~as moved into th new buiJdil'H!; f ro1,n its former o (£ice in the Paper Mill. New features inclvdc a commurtica tions room where all form · and multilith work will be clone, a sleek mail room, a shining entrance hall and receptionist's desk, file rooms and a king-sized conference room . All in all, it made Tcxa Champions re-ali ze that it takes paper vvork to ntake paper - and ju t as it's important to st reamline ne>v nia­chinery, it is al o important to treamline the admini tqttivc pr e ses. O~ J~ HIC i\lOV I~ in th conS(·>l i.d3 lit•n of :tf!Oltllt"ing IUli U.iort. aL the Tc as Di\i ­, jr,rr W<1s rite li a r' ~~ r of the Tabu laL i11g LO, ·C , LOW ~utd , ll<'an)lill ('d n.igl11 w~~ ~~ rt ~· c r i l u,~ IIW tJ t"l-\' TUct · Di vi'ton ()ftk · Bni ldin~. < :omplt·l<: l I hi. ~ lllllllt <'r, it i ~; otnrpi t•d II} lll lHf' I !"I:JH ;, dtllt:ll d •prll' l - ' D p ~1 rt n1 n l fron1 o f(i e. in t h Paper ;\ lilt to a brge room in til .,, oun tina w.i ng t thc ucw orfi · · bu ild in . • tn c·w • l"hc avorrnting \' i11g i. in th · forq;t<•UIItl. and "''"'Ctili'e vffi · ·s rt> <It 1 he l<~ .r u(l. f he old huihl it~ . :t Ltndmal l.. fo t tu:t~ty ;ear~. 1,iJI he tl'<t-d fm· ,w,a•' . 1 ! • • • Classmates of - 1924 B) Bill T homp on ' ''Mt: 1 o\.LLY l'OLR ' ., could be the tide for 1924. Paul w ·hiteman introdu ed Gershwin's never-to-be-for­- uorten ''Rhap ody In Blue." Al. Jol or~ let ,?ut with "Cahforn.ia. Here 1 Come." The mu 1cal, . N0, No, ... ~ anette:· a\>e u "T ea for Two." • . laude John on oL Everton (Indi;m~) High, PeaTl Reith 1 o£ Manchester (Kentucky) H1.gh and _Edna O'Dell of Darnmv:n High were no doubt partial to rueloclie su h a, "Tbe Man 1 Lov ," "Somebody Loves • :fe,'' ""When You and I '\1\lere .Seventeen " and "June Tigbt." Our m.anly qu-ane1 of George_ Mllnro, R.i~l e U!l_ion ·Lfhrh Ri.He Colorado· Thomas 1 urner, Hardmg Htgh, ~ < t t I , • Marion, Ol1io; J hn \'\TiJljams, Lo klancl lhgh.; and Jolm Truitt, Norwood High had sele cions lik 'Tll See Y~u ln :vty Dr ·arn.s," "h Ha<l. to be Y()u,_" "?h; Ho;;_} m1~s You Tonight," "J want (0 h Happy, and J here y s. . ·s, i rl y ()Ur Ey 'l>." . TbJ rnal s ·xtet ,{ Ca 1 Kehr and Frank Crossle ,, Harnihon High; Alben Craefl', !Yii_Jl 1 !;w r~ ( P uu~ y 1- vani.a) H igh; R~1ss ·U Th(Jmp$1Jn , R ·JI )1 'J ( \·vn~;h.tp Ha_gh; H.arqJd \VriJ§.hl, Logan High; HJll'l Fn1'rcst Maunu[:;, Uherry Higb, Gi ll ~pit:vi !l •, Ohio p~~~ td it up {~ h•,~ with " Mah Jong·," " CharJJ ·, 1y Boy , · Do Wilck • D~a, "Strik • lJp tl!.t: H~lnfl ," '· J low CclJne \'qu Do r>.'lc L1k Ytm DJi'" ''0, Katb.a in~! " aurl "SiuiTlg Pretty." 11 join •d in witlt the sfntiuwta.t;.l !;vorit ·s n.r.Y! yaar: "J \'\T011d<..:r What's. B. conac ol S(dly and th I n · on r ' s ,(._',- ong. ,, Carl K.chr~ "City Slick .r" TIJ l(K(ll annual ploph si ·d Lbal Fank Cwsb.ky would b a <.ard sh;up and Carl l(ehr ; city slic ( 1 . Lt l was driving a Reo thos · d;:rys. The nc:w Champi_on Ofl ic · Building wt~ . <ornpl red . E · er 'On had gone 'viltl ow t he r(J"\ ' WO.I'd 1 unl a.~ w ·11 as, tl l · Cl'iarle •ton for thos!; da.nrjng. Coolidge 20 HAMILTON HIGH GR D ATl~, o[ 19'74 cut up a l_}it a L l:te~ recaH the ir high sc houJ da ys . . Car;J Kebr i pict~rect _at left _we<l!ril_l~ the "d un ce" ca p , and th at" .hank Cro.ss le putting 1t on llmL Stll T h6mpson·, in h·is co lumn thi,~ rnonth, li. ts other grad c f ~ { a-nd revi<nvs e.-eu t of that }'ear. I was President an.d V~_ce-PTesi:dent Charle Dawc, rnade the up-sid e-clown pipe' popular. N ·llie Ro's \"a · electe-d g.overnor of Wyoming, the f.ir t ·woman o honored. tone Canyon Dam was ·ompleted <tncl Leopold and Loeb .k.idna pped and brutally killed Hobb · Fran~ :- . Cl. r~ n e ·Darrow, famous crirnina] la:w er won th 'nt l.de 1mpn on ­tnent for their b eas t!) crime. lnventOrs and di:covcrers produted tltat ·, •;tT . . \ • · were in troduced to th d naroi .loud speaker, the lused bifocal lens, frosted incandesc nt laJnp, alomic h rdro {'ll welding, and sea bror,nin '. Cro ·swonl_ J uzzJ. acldi t · \·V_ re t. kin): time uu~ for som int re tmg pons. T he Bi~ Bh1 gndnon. lnths won igh t.. lO:-il n l1 . tot~dl .ing 1Clh point · to Ll~ ,.ir oppon­e nts 1 wo. Blt 1 c~ bnsk<.teers w n l1 and 1 . t I onr. Hornsby Sets the Modern Record Rng-crs IJn n1 ~>b baLt ·d .•l211· for th · m l m r 'nnd .. , Bah Ruth 1 ·d 1 be A1n •ric<tn with a ·~'H~ and IIi hut~t l'r~ . . . 1 ·~sit· El::t i.Ae!\ o · J1a 'Lon pi trht' 1 no h in r fm tb · Canlinah .. .Til · Cincimnti R l k:~' lt< d 1lwir lar · ·st openinh da · cnnvd . . . Tht' \ f\/a, hi l,lgh1D S ' n ators d r ·alt'lir Jnhtl McGr',l\ ~~ Giunts i)l tl ., s I ~cs .. . ~ ~ WIIS i\ 1< Ct "" \ 1 ·urh. ancl la sr prnn;nH, and pt.t ·her \':. .ltt·r Jollll snn's fit ·~ t \ nrll S rks .in lt_ sc t _·tms wi.tll \ ·Va ·Jnng· wn .. . ' J'It , Four HorRe:1HCn athtcved lan\C' a.s th l' greal('Sf h. ck lidrl ev r tumcd (JUt by Knul: RL) .kne at Nt!ll't: H:1111e .. . th ,.ver(' ji111 Crt)\•d , J~ hmr L:r ,dcn, Hal -:- ';ilt tlddrC'h 't. ;;tid llo'n Miller ..• Paaw ot Tnrtli . 1 he "Fl~ in~ fi1tn,'' wns the trn rk se nsrl ti n anc1 Cnlnn ·1 E, K. J rwlf< · ·\ " Hlnck Gold" won the Kc>lllltt:'ky D ·h , . '1 h '·Roaring· TwcnLits'' w ·re roaring along-! I How To Stay Married B)1 Otto R eid We r 'ad of t ong rl'a r'i of wedd d blhs . . . probably a misprim f01· blitz. 1arriag is like drawing wa tcJ !rom a well by the old bucket st m . .. quite a few u 1 · and down . .HaH ( alt div r ce ar the res ult · of }jttl ' quarrels, litrl tamr un.J: ·, li ttle lubborn kii ks that grow and ·prea l iuto a co11flagra tion of hate • nd ven eanc tb tt each hope to i11fl ict. M n are n)o t lt) blarn · . My uncle .nd h is wife li ed 60 · ears without one ar ·ument. • n edu ·at d ·Jwol teacher who wa · vaca­tionirw · in th n eigh borhood ·wdied their situation an l ~!led them a l er( ct ,·ample of don~ stic tra!"l­quili t_'· ucJe h ard rhe r~mark ... bu~ 1gnored tt. He dtdn't know from notlnno- wha t the J. ller m ant, but thought a hm that if he wa belittling him, h would contin ue. Uncle wa' all ·et to bo1 thi bird the first time h m.ade a crack that un le could under stand. But afte.r li tenino- to the feller for Lwo or three weeks, uncle -was ,·till tr mg t > pin hin1 lown . He Jef"t the n eighborhood vvi thotn clarifvin o- anvthing:: even hi$ board bill was / ~ " o,...J the re uLt o his own fan · · figgers. He paid more, less, or th. proper amount . .. an d only he J1~ll ever know. Forty ·ea r~ ao-o we umbedand mountameer were a li ttle j uberiou · o£ a gu who could read, write and figger. A ''Somewhat Purty" Wedding Day ncle'$ ·we cldin o· day was 'Omewhat purty, and being a bu y man, he hated to lose too much time with the preacher. But he tied a tring thru the bib of his over­a ll. to hold up the gaJlus that was missing its button, unhooked hi prize muJ·e from the bull-tongue plow, and m ' t hi' gal and the preacher a t the llttle cllUrch . . he aid, "I do," and he aid ' I reckon I do," to the e ·idenr sa t' faction of the pr acl1er, and be took his wife b the hand and led h r to · h i r ig. ,o , a mule is a tud in c ntrasrs and tubborn b ~yond red mption - and da ngerou · ti ll he dies. This oupJe he ""as hauli ng ca used waves of implusive lone­liness to inflict hi already or ely tried h eart. Poor dumb, dumb brute. I or h ybrid . . . born to be a bachelor and / or old nraid! Born to r esent it, and fight it a. long as they liv _ Born to b mean, can tankerous and "take th tud ·" (refu ~ to move) because they want a mate . . . omebod to lov , begorrah. And, tl e saddest tl ingot afl i · that th y di without t:ver ·nowi1 that they ' cr proba bl betl! r o (f. D ep in the doldrum b ause o.J his a ssocia tion wi th thi ~ romantic; ~it u ati n, t..h mule b 'gclll w daydr am. He ·oulcJ almost fe ·1 a hon ey-col01· d n ar ~ Jay ht·r j, ·ud over his neck and dr f>l a liLtl J a1 an .'>e d Qv r ~>ali va on hi'> should s. H e ·rumbJed ov "r a rc k in d te (.J' _ k bed (v.•hjch was als the ma.d) anrl f ·H. nde int<:: ru p t ,£1 hi .. it n e t frown a11d ''That' funnv. H 's a 100 mul ·. H ·· t arou d ' . . . never did th<-H b fc1r . \ •Vell. tha t's fJH( •J" A mile down t lte n d the nwl . wit11 hh tho 1ghL on a lady oi hi'· own, f '"1! a:gai11. Wa rtied now, un ·1. looked in la wlsthd as h t~ ai'l in a aip fn l r ou )tone: ''That' · t \ ic ." . n<;~her mi le . 1 he mul t i1 .cs." ·1 k ~ h1pved out. .. mack h t'\.ve n tJ1 e.ar~ . fi (! fdl again "T!.at.\ thr~ " ''h · gl · " and "hot J1 i ut we11t r tnu le-hea ~u with- Okio out a ki ck which is tmna tural for a mttl all the critters in Jove act kinda dal:fy . are. \ '\fe ll , 1 r eckon . . whi ch they My uucJ ·s bride :;inge l his whiskers wi th iJ look of scorn Lha t only a marri eu wotnan can poruay : ''Why you knock-kn eed, sawed-of[ h ammered-down, lantern ­jawed excu se for a man that's too sorry fnr dogs to hark a t, wha t do ou m an bv killin g· 0 11r mul ?" I ' She r minded him th a t wll n his broth ·r was taken to Lh · as lum somebody h ad blundered - hat he was lhree tim ·s too smart to kill a g(10d mul ' . She storrncd that an id .iot was lO be pitied and pu t awa y, not ptit up with. She Damaged the Peace Pipe She clinched the pipe-of-peace between her Lee th , bit off the stem and blew ashes in his yes. She o pined that fonhwi th, and h enceforth. they wou ld a ce in ad­vance to do things - her way. She slu k h er turne l. up nose under his tur ned down walrus musta he and oHer ed the informa tion tha t except (or th e value of the mule, ·he coulda married " betteT-off on th e ' to th cr side o' the ridg·e.'' S he closed rbe tirade by saying: Now that the mule is gone, you expect to use me. But, you got anoth t:r think coming. 1'11 see you in the midd le ke t tle o[ H ades before I'll p tdl that bull-tong ue plow, or tote a sack of corn to the wa termi11." Uncle was no philosopher, but he ·was a patient man. On many a cold, b lustery night he h ad r~ursecl a little, fitful fire, witb soggy wood, under hi ~ small boiler. H e kept one eye p eeled for re ven oo -rs, and one eye on the tiny trickle that in h qurs WOl;lld become a fi ve-gallon jug of the vitamin that's po L1red in to the atomic bomb. He heard her thru . . . it can b~ done. An an&ry women can 't go on forever. ' ta tictics . ay that women outlive m en by fi e years . . . but they do pass on eventually. - U ncl e's sho ulders sagg d, his face paled a· he !:>lowly spun the cylinder to replace his he ll. H e looked at her ·with all the morral hun you could p tin aHecti ona[e eyes . . . eyes that thou ght they w re raking their last look at some one deeply loved. His adam's apple eemed a littl sharper, a little bluer, swod a whole pas el higher in h i · throat. He held up th indv fin ger of hi · lch band and in ton 'd a ·o l mn b n diction . It wa shore: "Tha t's once.·' Aunt Liz Did Pull the Plow T hi mos tly oncl udes the tru r mind r that liule argum •Ill s can r ~ m a in . neh . or be eliruin ted . Or th can be let gu, to O· erwbelm our -a ~ tl ', lik a tiny leak ir1 a dike. (Oh y ·s, I forgot to L 11 'Oll that uiH Lil did 1 ull the plow ... a ll by her11 lf . .. ex ·ept tha t when Ull lc plowed a rnoty Jl w TOtul:d h · w m ·Lim · l .0rrowed a neighbor's st. er tt> h .lp her. H<' cVtts a g•m I he, Hod . u s~ - ju.st f I th at , nne Lj, wasn't ·1h ay ~ ur to tha t. kinJ oJ h rd , ork. Th .; t·er , < ~ a h •a . s, '"·as a liu 1 'l low but A urJt Lit I ar ned lO low dm ·n , w\ pull 1-vith _ him .) · . an we t il leam to ·work u · u ~ r wi th other, ju. t <t'i ·<-'OH a ~ e can g ·t the ' hanta •ts to tJ netra t our thick ~>kuH s . -nd rl e plac • to ry the ban :! st is at b~:mP. It ain 't no ·in arrd no honc,n w 111 .• t ·,our " match' '; Lmt it ls ttn lwncn to lll~lkf' 'Our lll~1t ch you1 maL( . 'Cause Lh · wntr11111 · of p'trcms a j1t' t irllpon. n ; th ( bildn·n th hn ld itt ch old o t·~> t a1 ~ . ' 1 • I l O~io SI'O:\TA>;H P . L \ l 'GHTER ~~ a. abundant at moc. At tlw l1l('mem thi. picttu'{' 1ra t ak L' Il . ~fa ing J lijhtid, n mmen·ial. boLh G.S.C . . ou t ­Wya lt '' ~1 s ,. 'ad-uests 0 Honor O ~ T'r~ c _ SECUTIVE TH R "DAYS last Jul y, Cham­pion ·women honored a pair o[ their co-worker at Thomson Park . The annual fi h frys were garnished this ~-ear with a pai..r of program centered around Edith Kellnel who h as been a Champion employee for 42 years, and Hilda Grimm. al o a veteran of 4? year v\rith the company. Pre ented under the banner of the Girls Social Coun ~ cil, the women' or<Yani.z.aLion a t the Ohio Division, the program ,.,·ere ba: eel on a "T his is your life" theme. Both were compl ete with a barber sbop quartet, style show, and other entertainment, revolving around the starting dates of both Edith an:d Hilda. Cbmaxing both affairs wa the pre entation of g·ifts to the honorees. A B ·\..RJ3ER SHOP QC RTET, or rather a bea uty parlor four ­some. co nsisting of Jane Goodri.ch , lVfargie Andes. flora Gray and Pat Baker sang- tunes of 1'91 2, the starting date for both Hil.da an. .j Ed ith , Jeyce Moore is at the piano. £J IT H KENNEL, a 42-year lu mpion. ace pted a gift from th Girls Social Council. 'Ibe g.ift in J pre entccl by Do lores Gardner, .S.C. p sider t. "·farge _ ic'hard n served as ll.li tre ·s o( -er - moH.ies (or the powam honming Ed·ith. " hi I our Life, _ditl K nnel," v as tb th eme. 22 • CE'lTl1 G A BIG J< JCIZ nut of lltc Lyl ' ~ htHI, arut i111 parti uhtr the .mod ling: of !'earl Sirnpson , wel' R.ttth Hu m , L eudeH H u b­knd. Anna Mae Chuhak and Peg Junkill . HrLD GRJMM, also a 4_- ' ar en.1plo ee, '' 11.' honored 111 the se ·ond of two ucceeding aff<tirs a t Tl10n1Wfl 1\n·k.. To permit both Lhe !1 -1'1 anti 7 ·3 'h ifts to :mend an o c1Lin g, l\1' ;u·e \l. ually h ld . Others in the pLcture are ,L mt Pric.e. Beatri ce I KellJ i and Mabl £ ,, rsol . M istr ot ceemoni s was .\rle ne R ei · rs. A BALL ON BLOWJ 7\G co n t ~t for girls of a ll ages ,, a. one o f the man conte. t held for :oung anu kl alike a t the Fo~n l h Annual Tbom n Pa rk Picni . Boy- ' ·ith piw helped Lbi s o ne alon con. i dera bh . LC · CR L \~f ta ted m igllly good to lit t le H c1111:Jn . pe,trma n . b ut his dad, Clin ton ' pearman . could hardly keep the . upp ly up to the de 111 ::u~d . The pJw togTapher h:1d to p · r ·uade ~l r. pearman not to clean her son·. ch in befo re w king the p i('tu. te . H 0' \' .-\RD J 1-:L . 0 . . tf a1· righ l ) wa con-cent to sp end the a ftern oon u Dder tb.e roof of the '11wm · n Pa rk pa •il ion in his p i a~ -p n. .hal liH he ide 11im al'e Eh ·y j ohason and !\ l u y Joh nson . MOD£u:-..·c n n : S \ LES of ears gone lJ ) , Eth l H allen " b rought tlo;,'Il th hou. - ~ du ring rhe . l.'r I ,ho' with ha fJl c malion of ihis 0n ce-p<•P ' 'Ia1 1 e t ion. • 0kio un for the am1 J LY 17 lllrn ·d out to be a big da for lli Of · than a h undred Champion. and their fa rnilie · ~d10 trav ·led to T hom on Pa rk for a pi cni _ arid a good tim . Capabl h andled b an em plo yee ommitt e ev.i Long, Rufus T ro uunan, Bill Hickntan and Terry Kimmon - a planned program occu1 ied tbe ~1fte r n o on and c cnir g. T h re ' as bingo Jor ev r on e, to start things off ncl then sack ra es for the buys, loll yp op r aces fo tots. a tr asure h u n t, a b a lloon contest for girls, and a sack bursting ra e for bo · s. Mother and dads parti cipated in a nail dri vin <> co ntes t, and h r se hoc contes t. R ajah Ke ppler was there too, wi tb a park ling new illusion - T )fl1 "s us­pen J ed" hi · daug hter in mid-a ir bringing his act to a uc essfu l -1 •c. Jon T homas and his orch es tra "gave o ut" with m u i for dancing and a jitterbug contest proved popular " i th young and old alike. Sleepy eyes of the youngst rs o pe ned wide abou t n ine o'clock to . ee a fireworks d ispl ay. And wh en the las t roman ca ncll ll u ndered a colorful close to the day's fesli · iti es, Champion folk headed home, ti red but looking (orv,·ax·cl to another " [ami! ' frolic" nex t year . . . . 'L \ GE-FRH.a'l'l.' wa di.splttyecl b Beu y L'\E WYATT acted as "a n nounc r .' ' r eading a lipstick conHn ercia l which had m any in the a udience r ling w i.lh la ughte r. ~ote the activity in the ~ ings behind the p i;w o. Honoree H ilda G r imm is "ea ted in Lhe (or ,ground . Ann B li ki. a t left. Acluall y. she sang b eau · ti fu ll \', withoHl a· trace of ner voH. ness. t • right a re Ba rbara Kirk , rvh y ' yatr, 13 tty R ;11n« ~ and I' arl Simpw 11 '. a rm . I 0/tio .h.E. ' S:SYDER i · sho,·n at his tlc.k in Ohio Di\ision lndustrial Relations shol'th h fure h.i~ rleath on A U<>'USI: 7. K. n wa · ma n ageT oi l ndusu-ial ar;d Communiry Relations. and \Vc Cohb \'rite · a fitting trib\lle. lest We. Forget • • • By Wes Cobb Thouo-ht for the month ... In a few days now, the poplar lea.ves will be fa lling in . the Septem.ber sun and the bi vellow bu es " ~11 be rolling clown the road bear­ing thei; cargo of youthful America back to school again. Thou. and of youngsters will experi ence the . th:ill of pending their first day in new~y erecte? school b~tl?­ings ... Beautiful structures, eqmpped wtth m0cler.msuc · da room , cafeteria , gymnasiums and workshops. Our driYe for new sch ools, set in motion by va,st in­crea es in enrollment, is nmv reaching its peak. l'vlillion dollar chools are mushrooming all over the country. And the thouo-ht behind this building is: nothing is too .good for the citizens of tomorrow. A Good Teacher Fulfills Education In our zeal tO perfect the mechanics of eel ucation, is it possible that we outbalance the main ingredient in the process o( prod.tiCing the ·citizens of tomorrow­namely, a good teacher? For it is just as true today as it was in clays gone by, if yo·ur schoolhm.1se was a wood­shed, and your teacher a person ·who filled your soul with ambition and high ideals, who sent you home at night aware -of th beauty around yo u, on fire with turiosity about things and peopl e, and dream ing of worlds w ·onquer, ynur . edu arion fu Ifill d its noblest purpose. T het·e is no substitute for a good teacher. . Tt i~> alway refre'lhi ng to r-er ad J s e t uart' s ' . he Thread That R.um So Tw ,"an ac '(Hlllt l)f th(' Kc:.: rn ucky author's school teaching e ' pc::rien 'CS. wan' p ass icm for teachrng' as o nl y exc eel d by the d ·she for k arni ng- n the part of h i~ nwunta ineer pupils. At one point, 1·vh n his &tudents had 'X Ilaust d th tiny Ill rary and ·w r beg~ing Jor n :a<.ling n tak:rial, Stuart wa.lk d Jl': mik ~ aero sa mountaintop in a sub:r ro blia.ar·d to brin/ had. a dm!ll · annful of books! A rLd <~o w bulld our fine rbon1Jw 1rs ~>, and w · fill th rn wi lh teach t•s such a'i .I ss.e . ll'l <Jfi and thu w in <:ure th future of the iti7en!) olt otn >rr w. Ami wbil • w • nJ a inL<~in our lin · lJuildings, ,let us aho maiul:-tin t.he hjgh standard of <')Ur t a . h ·rs, rcgardJe -.~> ol· the· < ov. The LO, ti' ju<;t what i · a J:~;Ood tti\(h ~r \Vn rt h ? Th answ r i · si mple: It is impo sibl to ov\.:'qJ 'hlm, lor h , i!> worth 1tis weight in gold . 2·1 \ h th "r h knows it or not. ery Cham pi n · rn-plo ~e. n w and old. lo~t ouc nr hi b<·st fri 11d-. on A11gust 7 wh n K n nydcr pa 'J-ed away. K ,:n·s qftitia l thl · wa~ man ger ol lndmlriaL and Connnnnity Rcl tion:, but this wa~ a n i"'nt>mcr. Or t.: th t> r, wo ' t and11fl i h lor Ke nny. H w~ a p rc,onne1 rna11 pun: and simpl , an l hi -; w~ rm p rsonaUty well ui t~.e I hi rn for hi~ work. The door to Ktn' ofli ·e was ahvay Oj)('Or and with a cheer , ' ome on in," be W('komed in ·ide a hmt of Ch.amp•on wi th every ton.cei.v· bl , ·jnJ of rcyue t and gnevan . It was his intimaL onta t wi.th ca h erup1oyee tha nabled Ken to make indus-trial r lations work a li in~ and vital part of Champion life. t-:is sincer inter st_ in the welfare of the men on the ma hme k pr moral lugh Lhroughout the mill. No problem wa too small to command his attention or take up hi: time. As Kenny would say, " If a Chal~U­pion is concerned, and we can help, ·we want to get m on 1. t. " No one wa a stranger te Ken. His typical grcetjng of "How you doin', Eella?" will long be rem rnbered among Champions. Lafe King Moves to the Inner Sanctum Buffino· the drums ... We salute the new head man of Cast Co~·H, Lafe King, who gave up hi duties as night superintendent to take over the reins in the Drum Coat room ... Lafe brings to hi new job a wealth of exper­ience in drum operation . .. H e tran £erred to the old Bull Pen from the Calenders in 1938 and wa · one of the original Research gang who readied " K.romek.ote" !or production . . . We all wi h him the b~ t of ever ythm, in the inner sanctum ... Elmer ewktrk, former Cast Coat bossman, l1a moved up to become assi tant Coatino­Mill superintendent and will work with L.eo Ro ~ . · .. Charley Tinche1· js a friend of the McGutre fam1~y m Miamisburg, Ohio, more famous for the three . Ist.er who have developed into a famous radio and TV ·m o-1_ng trio .. . There must be a way to keep tho,e large chp fastened to the bunch o( cards which the foremen carry in their hip pockets . .. ~.in ce th Ye i _n 'r up until now. if you see anyone crawhng around m the C:t. t oat office on hands and knees, under table an 1 b tw en chairs, it 'will be either Jim Thompson or your corre­spondent conducting a on e-man ~rch for said ·lii . .. Congratulations to the Ernie Foi te::.r-, R ewincler , on th · birth o£ a blue-eyed I aby boy on August 9. Sammy Barrett Passed Away R ebu ffing t l1e dnm1 · ... \ 'hit tl::t drum roar 1 away 0 1.1 Lh aftern on of .July 10, S<iu11~11y Banett ga\ e up his long fight again~ t illl~ ss ar,ld l1 d .. . . An t so ;moth ·r chapter ·wa · wntten 1n ro Ca t oat In t I ' . . . For uwr thal'l two ' a rs al'IHTl has h en a ·mbol o·f t.h ..,pirit of Cast Coat and th , month·by-mont.b tor .' nr }ti :s grim illn e:: .. has b t:n a b ·w0rd wuh v ·r ' mnn oil t1H:! dt·ums .. . In :lJ pr ·itttion for c . ·.rythin.r; that the fellow in the I panmcnt hav Ll<1n e, d s. Sa nnn ; Barr ·u· e1 d '> rhis mess, ge to \ t ' 111 11 in .a-st Coat. "Thank 'fHI a n<l Cod bless ,'OU a ll' ' ... Lyman Br nks' FiPil Chu-rch of the azar n not o.nl has one of the . trong st churd1 1 gu ·oflhall u.ntn~ j u th · it , .. Hlll, b golly. Lh ' bear Hndep )h I and C.l ~v P udc:gr? s· iu tlte C.:it S ·ri cs 1-0 , .. Ani out o ll .lnend ,\n Srn 1tb tum l th tri k , . . Linlc Kell<Ju ~ Percrs jumpe l u p in cxcit ' IIH~ Il l wJr 'II 'n l( the pan pulled in a big pike wl1ilc fi shing in Mi higan - and lo and_ I ehoJd, he .k ll o 11t >I th boa£ ... M , 1.1.1 • • . ducking and no tl shl Famil , Portl'3it: . . . T h ot.h ,. dav ve were la ·ing !>- 111c thi ck flag.c•ton , in the back}''ard. ztnd con SC'(jU ntly rooting vig<1rous} • <~ round iil the dirt. Pr ntl w uuco ered a marble, a blu " . hoo-ter" with sen~ral lu ·tv deut<- on it::. urface. S on we unco - red anoth ·r, ant'i another , and ·rill anotlu:·r. all in ·varj-ou ' ~t;.~ge· of di repair . . \ltugcther th re were eight. Suddenly it d~rwned ) ll us that thi. wa · the sptJt· \rhere Jarr ll lid so mu b of his m:nble pia :[ng Jour ,- ar' age . \Ve . at back on th flag lon · and fi11 gerccl the hrui ·ed · pot on on o[ the '' hooter ·" . .. Four y ar · ag\) ... T he snapsh lt in our ,..va ll ·t ni Jarre ll, tongue ·k nched in teeth. shooting o ne o u t of the rin• . .. Th , day '' c bott~· ln him l1i s fnunh bag of mar le after lo ·in~ all th r st and B"ctrry aid, "Thanks, Dacl · ... . \n 1 the way he ::.lept aDd a te witlt the marhk in his hatHk umil ~ l1ir'!ey Fl 1nn and a Juuior High boy " :ere the onlv ou in clwt)l who co uld beat him . .. • And marule" were C\ er .,\'here, even in the manure we fork d from th ~>table ... , nd. tl1e d ay he "cJeancd om" Barry· last marble an l whispered "I did it, Dad" . . . Th Lhumb that , ,,·c lled and fester ed and final I y had to be lan Ll twi c by tb Doc ... • \ e left th flag tone _ walked in, ide, wa h eel off the marbJ s and ca1'efu lly laid then t in the top dr~m r of our dr ' cr. DAVID . l ; LD, o l'l[ '''ally AulcJ , D ru11 R , a1 ch , 1\'011 a ·our-\· <Lr -cholar hip to Hamil· wn C lholi<. High . hool IJv t IJtai lJ in~ 1 h hit?; he· t hono• ' · for rho larl>hip iH d ondu t . . in fl l .l4. ~ ~-- d tHUitw das c.( S1. St ph<:n Ca 1 hoi ic A houl. H a lllii ­Lon. .-- --· TOW-HE: DED R o b yn Lee Witt, daugbt r of aomi, Pro­duction i\Ianagement, and Bob, R e earcb, jn ' t has two little han J s and t'\0 hu!Jb leg , but . he rnanag to cO\•er a lot of terr itory, geLLing into :man t hing,_, mucb to her paretHs' disma y. That, LOgetheT 'vith her censele s chatter, makes her all the more lo eable to Bob and . Ta omt• . \VHii. '.J \1 L .ou.r ". fa:·· Bor­dcTl w. , ~ lntll ferrt:d f(J lh I'I ,Jnt J'J fJ Ll·t rion JJ ,l'arllneJJt , ., cta l 1110JJ i h.o; <tg\>, hi~ d i JII~h! er tnok lwr LHld \ j<>ll pu.: ll \' ~ - riou . l y. . IJm c, lltwnv .Honlcn dl't ll oti • st t <JLf"> the W<lV a lf )_l( t<>d llliJl poh{ '.lli CJJ holdd bcll ;11 c , 131lnJJy i 1 1~0 \C :,r~ o l<l. ant1 nt<, of five _ d;n;ghl<:l ~ in til · B(>rden fa mil '· PATTY \JlLLE.l 1. 10 vean; • o[ ag a {I(J in 1 h [if! lt grade :tt cllooL ~h e's Lhe (hl u ght er of Rul'h Knipper J.'\o. 2 fau nud OU JJt. T HE ABRAMS CHILDREe , both w ith a twinkle in tbe.ir Qye , posed receml for a pic­ture . At left is Timot:h ' Duane, itged 2%, a nd be ide him, Paulette Faye, who is 3Y'Q years old.. MildTed Abrams, 'No. 2 Sorting; i th -ir moth er. . •. • . ..~ · . -•. - • 1 SH0\';-..1 O t TilE DECK of th USS Ko'k.1, .\ . I •. \ . 11-ir,, i~ Jarnes H <tddl". ~ .,, ot StHu l v· and • .Juanita lladdi . Slanky j, an Ol,io lli1 i-;ion nlilhvright. whi le JttotJi!a IS C' IJIIJ IO,Od in C!\f ~!'l tll11 g. "iv11 Jilll g ,·ad tl<tll'd lr ~111 Jl:t JJJilttnt High in l ~b-!.... and juin ·.d tllv IJ. S. ;'\;11} sc 1· ~r. l Jll ()rt l h~ h (t'J'. Okio JA ET l\f lLLER l& lG ye a r.~ o[ age and a sophomore at Ha mil­ton 1·1i gh Schoo l. J anel's 1110th r i8 Rmh Knipper No. 2 ;\·Jill F~JJJ and Count. ... ~ I £S AN'Nr\ BELLE Lue Scott, d a~t g bt er of J\fn;. \'i rgi.nia coll, lo. ~ orting. became the 1 rid o[ \Villiam r\. M Cormi lz on ~la y 29 :Jl the Unile I Pr · by· terian Chnr b in HamiiLot . Mr. , nd l\[r.s. 1'-I<'Cormick ar resid­ing at 1. 24: , bpi \1-c., Br ok­vi l.l e, 1tio. I Oltio \ -\1 D:'\ FOR T HE DIN . 'ER BELL l t'in at Lhe 10 Lo 20 ' C<H p:ntY l<Jst Juh. ar (rom left t<1 right AnH 1\i"cN"tlf y, Sop·IJI..J l imrit'i. Jar·gan:t t; , hunt :md Mab \ Potfen_bargc.: l. G~ lll r i n Jentn nd "ar a ret chuk· are standing. J.\Lh :B \ ,K\"ELL rved a toast t11a. ter for the 10 to ' :.!0 ~ ar banquet. .-\.bott l ·t2) hampion ttend d -the affair, the fi, ·t t'\·er held a t t he Ohio Division . • ' ' '­' I JIMMY LT' 'VLW B 1 1 prov.ide:d boLh dinner mu ic and m11 ·ic for dancin~. Hu ld Ro'l.' pro\ eel to be q uite a favm.ite with gir ts fmrn the Ohio Division's No. 2 1\on!ng. ll usb nds and wives 1-l'el' im:i.tN{ Lo jrJill ernpln c s a l'ter the pro•crr, m for d;:w ing. 00 ·00 an un'' OHIO DlVLSJON MANAGER John \rV. Zimmerman struck a note of accord with 10 to 20 year Champions assembled at Thomson. Park for their first annual party when he d d icated the affaix Lo "good food and fun." And that's exactly what· it turned out to be. Ptenty of good food disappea.red trorn plate of hungTy Champion a fter tlley had passed by SI orgasbord table - set in the pavllion. Having eaten, they listened as Jack Blackwell introdu ed John ZilTimerman, who wekomed the group, nwight Thoro on wb.o briefly reviewed Chan1pion operation · for the year to date, and an employee arrangement connTlittee, Lu iUe Gill . Fra.n,k Holcer and Robert Pa1vlowsky. Excellenr en lerta.inment was provided 10 to 90 year Cham­pions by T ulara Lee and "George." Dan ·ing after the pro­gram, with husbands or w-ives i nvited, completed the evcnin . ACROBA l wer taught ''C ­who pQsed a a timjd hu. band Llt.e a.u rl.i t'n c. lw T 11la ra L e. ~rh • rge, .. from. pair k 'Pl JO t •l ~0- \ ' 1 ('IJJ11lpiun.s il1 , 1 itrlw . at th Thnn-t on P3o k. ,1fLtir. . ppra. iul,ttd · 4"'1) p "t ·on ~ :u~cltdnt. \;1 IVF 'ilC.HLO I T I·, RBI~ r.K ;11td Ctlldcm Ut mbw r' . L\,~l Ch;JIIl)lion Jllt' ll (If H11l .~r i·L' . pui a d ·' lll -in 1he '-11101 ~:I brJJ d 111 blc a,s 1 hey p.l'l't•tl h~·, 2G • • ' E.\ r 1:. ECTE);;l OF I _.,ER of Lhe Scotc l'J;tb p rfoun d their fir-t <ill{\ in t>Hic ~ h::tdn g t!J·ir pinlll'e tilk tl. F1 om l •f1 w li >hl He 1~ 1 ;mk. rJJo ll!J · n. 1 1·· idcnt: :\lade h.c ling. , l"CH' l <JJ'Y; a11d Jnlm .Bu nl\, ice 1 rl!~ id 11 t. core eets B u ... L TH :. tPSO. r at th Ninth nnual S ore Cl.ub Banquet said, "'\ of the S ore Club are mighLy proud LO ha\e b en Ghampi n employees fen- the pa l 20 to 25 ' ear . . . 'O' l offer w the be ·t all -around conclj tions for I earning a li\ liho d." Bill' · rat m n t won nod of approval hom man ' of hi, 200 co-worker a sembled at Thom n Park, J ul H. :\!ember- o( the time- en·ice group had n1 t, partaken of a morga bord, and seule l ba ·k, awaiting the words oi Bob , roufe, master of ceremorue . Th ' had b en introduced to more than 50 new member · of their organization by John \1\ . Zirnmerman, Ohio eli ision manager. Alld the had heard Lewis Clark · Th m ·on ably re,·ie\ Cham. pions foreign operations in past year , a well - o-i_ve them a word-picture of Cham­pion's mo t recent venture internati0naJl ~ the forma­tion o The Char11pion Paper Compan Ltd., in Lucerne, , wirz rland. Bill Thompson' remar were capped by a business • Oltio me€ting, out of which there emerged new S ore Club officer . It proved to be a nigh l for Lhe Thorn I son , for Frank was elected president o[ the Score Clu b. John Burns was voted to the vi ·e-pres idency, and Marie Keat-ing '\-vas eJected ecretary. . In a mood for fine entertainmen L, the Cha1..npion congregation wasn't disapf o:inted, for Tbe Wades and Jackie Bartell provided a fast-n10ving, ex ·ellcnt. variety show, round.in g out an even ing cho kful of plea ure for eve1·yone th re. • }',\ · l~Y KL'\D OF }()OfJ illl <t f/:lll <~l>le was 1h1· m 1g-a IJ(H<l Ln for HletniJeJ s vt Chat11.pion·~ ~l.Ore Clu b, "' he'll tltL:) hdd their 'llilllh annu<.ll IJ<Jnq ner. I HE \V \DfS !Jill(! Jadu l) ;u1 el l p1<l · \ld d SUJI<;' 'lub Jll ' JniJef~ wiLh · 1'·11 1-, . ling 'H I CIUlinrnnd . 'Th e gro up , houkcd 11(11 of (.11 it.lgu, h:1d :1 1'1.:,~ · JH(Hil114, c'cell t iJl \;:uietv ·j)l)w . J~t.l<h ~rnttft• wa: nwsl< 'l ~~ L •1TI\J n w~. j 0 :\L\ .ri/.f.E. \'I T£ wheLher or nOl ~ nrt l' nder i · g i1 i.11g Jobn 'i\'ert? the " bi.,. puxh·· n ed ·d lll rtet John starLed in lhe en t nainment world~ i\'lerJe Ba\OC~ rq :orts that th.e pnsb i, all that 1..he h o, needs t.:• launch a car cr with llb harmonica Curt Gives the HBig Push" B'-v"\1 erle Ba1-•nes Every per)on ha a burning a·~nb.ition at one time or another in hi · lite to do somethmg that he ha set h1s hearl on. uch i the ·ca -e of rn friend John, \ 1\T enz. John is determined to shm·v his ability on the har­mOJ) ica ·and through the in. is renee of Cu rt Ponder, he ma ' be able to. Curt, in the accompanying picture, is - ·iying John the necessary push needed to get the lad tarted in the entertainment world. · EveJ· 'one wh.o knows Curt realize that he is big enou h ro push anyoi_J.e around in a friendly sort of way- and bashful boy that he is, John couldn' t luve found a better pu her. John is anxiously awaiting a reply to his request to appear on a TV program, and should you see _ 1~1111 som.e night on your set, you'll know that he has ach1eved h1s one ambi tion- as well as Curr's who thinks John i quite ·worth, of a chance to prove his ability. _ I v•ouJd like to remind. Curt that O llie Bennett of the Machine Room claims his buddy, Bill "Quack Qua k" Miller, can al o make a harp talk; so maybe you two an get your boys toge t:h r for a r eal jam ession. That's Not a Golf Tan . Jow iL can b Lnld! .Con but not forgotL n , this year'. state basketball ch.amp account for EllPrt Neuen· & hwander's r d face and r uddy contpl x ion , w!Ji b m: friend \rYes Cobb sai.cl wa o lJtain. d. on tb · golf links. Seems like Elbert and my la'ismat • of ' 4 , · 1ik Shield ", (Jtddn 't ~c ·y L() y on a cert.;'dn point t 1: the gam . Then Elbert prfJCCede(l to a.;;k. J\1 ike if lr had ever playv< l th · J4am , or Jollowetl i.t lo~>e l . ' '\Tell, it's a known -tact tlnl Mike Sllidch was on of the b ·t \e to p lay for t.h . Big Blu e. H • aL·J play d for vne o[ the b u r army r -t-tnl ~ durinh \Vor ld w~~~- J (. S friend ~, wl!cn you se · E.lb n wiLh hi ' red lace - kur bitn n()t. -He i~ th - fri cnd li c~t big [eJI<~\'' an !)llt· on!d care tn k.no~· . 'Nhilc we'r ' on the -.ulljcct of red fa(..es, II t J.., • '"" IH1 S'iiH him will n ~ver f(JTgct Dil k Sciu t ti ' ~ u.Hrlll(·n. thJ' th nig h t h ' pulled a " Might ·a:; ·y at tltc Hat ," 3.., a m mber of the Chanipjon sliJwpitdl tea-rn. .E~ l:'n thvuglt h ·tru k ()Ut:, Lh re was no loom on th ben h, lor the Stallicms had t:l'lG ga,m pr tt well s wed \ p. 28 Tl1e kdlo vin1>· we •k, lJil' wa., pre! ··nted · \·irh a hunt -lW d · h "- t, fu<i llioll <l L\'Otn n pi(' ' u[ vt e I }' '>ix. C. ·orge .S t ,I anu .J t lm .Fug:J.t t: mad the pr(·scnration. "1 ~ l · wi. h 1 h' d b en working 11 ig-lus th:tt Wf' ·k;· :mift Dick a h" 1 call · ! th · ''red face·· ordeal. Cog9eshall Tells of a Modern " Rip" J\[ gfm I [ri •ud and vcr dJoJf~ fliend, \'alt r -'(Jg­~--" hall. to1cl lllC a tory about his youthfu l pa tn r on th J ipc Shop gang. On 'l r Tent j(;b that T quin :d t.lleir · rv ices [ron igh t in th · morr i11g to tbc eal Ly hour'> uf the (nllowjng morning, ·waiter' - buddy stay<:ct ri •ht w' th him. \ hen tll job wa. complet d, Walter a ked h~ it he was comiHg back in a t th regular ~taning tit ·ide-ki ck said "y· s.'' bud I} ·. His A ~ th following day wore oo, v a lte-r and his bell er had an unusu, lly easy day for pipe fitlen, and the lad began tt f · l tl effe cts of the lack of sleep. (That's the way all the men in the Machine Room feel after quj ck shift changes.) ·well, lhe day wo c on, and \'\'alter's bw.ldy got to the point wh ere he just couldn't keep his eyes open any longer, an l with hi.s foreman's permission , he decided to quit an hour early. "You know what he clicl?" sa.Jd ' J\Talter. " H e w nt clown to the locker room, and before he knew it, our mocLern Rip Van Winkle, fell fa t as leep on a locker room b ench. Yep, my young h elper Don Statzer, now ex tends sy rnpathy to all people here at the mi ll who work all night long." Because of his experience, Don has earned the nick­name of "Rip"- a moni cker he is bound to carry for a long time among his fellow Pipe Shop worker .. SHE'S VERY SWEET, this Devon Gav' F'ar. mer, 8-morJth-old daughter of David Farmer. Dave works on No. 9 Cutters, .wh ile Devon's gra ndJnot.her · Denna Mill er,. wo:rks on th e Ci\il' Cut-ters at C,lla.mpion's Ob io Division . I t(JI rfOO ;vi' ! 'V \ '£ .\ R.'\ [nu~l tl (cH~' . lilt ! • 'lh t T ~ l .ec· I l'a rnro wi ll n.r , kc tit ' ll -,ns of rn ;u 1v. ) Ollll<.; me11 hcgiu to null(•t . :<;ht>l rv h 1 h< •la11ghf ·r ol' Tow 1-hHnn , Sll'am l'lat\1 . nn e! th l-1 :•ltfld II htl'l' r Uill .Hatnlll , C::u pen lt'r hop-. THE PHOTOGRAPH of Rich· ard Ro · Hacker, soH of Roy Ha ker, Jr., Ci\£ Fin iclhing, wo1 \ bqt orable menti n in a Cut st Chi ll CoiJle:t, p0ns red by th .­\ \'I'll u Srudio, DeMoin s, I O\'ll. Tlte phowg·enic y ung. t r i: ~. 1 ill'S o ld . ' • LOn~ .\PCi\ R , 10- eat· · _,harnpivn thi s car; p lal.l ,· Lo re lit' €' nex t year, go tO FloriJa For :t l"c\1· 1110nth . . a nd 1 hen "ta ke it a-y:· OC Clcampion, Lou i · 1 e­markc 1, .. , couJdn 'L ask · for :1 hc u.er p la(' to work. I't1l a ll f ive o( ll1Y chi ld reu flnough sch oo l, :111<l rnad it tbrotl gh the dc p1 cs~ i 0 1 1 all r ight .'" HI Got Nanney's Nanny" 13'V Geo ro·e Steiu e·r ' Righ t a fter World V\ ar II nded a young squirt ju t om f the Nav , b ' the name of Jo Bleven s, got g y with u .. Jo had wri tten a m ·t ex cel! nt column for Th LOG prior to nter ing the service. VVe had a.d­nnn:: d his fine · tyle and his a bility ro spin amusing yarns a bout h i fellmv worker . ·w e had looked forward for J oe to pick up his gifted pen a nd resume where he had lefr off. And what did he do in hi \'ery f ir t cop ? He took us to task for a p iece ' "'e had wri tten on th venerable Harry Ratliff, and the collar he wore in hi early outh. Bm " ·e. a ppax-ently, did a good job of qustin .. g Joe's bell-bottom ttou er , for even hi dear mother -in-law ent a le tter oi thanks, aying, "Joe n eeded that dusting for a lon o· time." And now our j!Jusni.ou confrere of the Carolina Divi'ion , Hr uc' Nanney, has tak en issue with us abou.t a piece we wrote about tha t lovable character, Hill Betts, a nd his rr1i b rv han lshakc. ' This Question of Venus de Milo Bru e say, ·'I wonder i ( Stein er ever met our Bill R obert on. Certain ly 11 nc er hook hands with Bill or h wouldn'L b writing for T he LOG. Our Bill is a real bo ne ,r usher, a n l he might go for a vi it to Ohio ~ fter h.e retiT s an t ma ke" a Vernt. de Milo out of Bill Bett '." T make a Venu. de Milo out o£ Bill Betts would b a nice tri k if it ·o uld be do ne. (Will someone pleat-;e tell Bruce t ha t Venu de Milo wa. a womani') · .As Jar as Bi lJ R obert ·on a1Jd hi · i it to Ohio is con rned , we, including Bill Be tts, will welcom.e him v,"ith open arm . But as h i a memb er of the Cha'mpion Family we w uld not r i. k a handsh a ke between him nd Bi ll B ·tL . \ 1\lh ,. man, our Bill d oesn ' t bother to us po,·ver sh ·ars w u t h a\'y he t n1etal ; be sirnpJ t.ean 1t apar t, and. ir there < r :my jagged piece!:> sticking out, It bi e th m ff. l3J"u e Nanney, ha · e (·are bow .· ou deal with o ther peopl,>' linJb ·J \Ve ar- a t lo. s on what tn do about Bru c; g · uing O"ay with u1.. \ 1\f ' ( a n 't very well cb a ~ ti e him, lor we both ba ve som{: t] ling in omn10n : both our n<nn s a p­pear in A1 1eri car~ h i&t(J r, bo<1ks. ·1 he name St in ·1 r<11 b foUI1d as far !Jack a. the 17th entu ry wl1 'll a S tc in ~c:r help ·d shape our g l < Jri (IU~ country. HrtH <: ' anney'<; n am (·sr~k ' came p rominenLl y lt> th fore, dlll' in g- til Jl.<l , vVi ld \ '\lest days, wl en the vigil a n ((:s h<:.tngul a. arul c,' for ~ ! <.ding h or. e~ . .. * \V ' holehea ttedl agree wid1 B1uc e ' auncy 011 the \ . P . \Vriti.n Ha 11d Bouk . n1~u ce sa , :., " Jt'<> no gt)od ­nr1l for 111t anywa •." \ Ve love and a.clmire B LH ' {fll' h i::; courag· · tu s t<.tl ~ O~io hi · o t1\'i.cti on . SoJ lle of ou r 1riends had at t imes po .ntcd out to u s wher ' e dig-re. scd on th ' J ing· · Engli sh and :.o we purchased quit -· a number of th ese~ Jl"-help book · for would.·b wri.tn . Like Hr uc wt· found n ot lti ng r value in any of them . On book te lls us a ·en ten e sho nl ll n ever he ve more then 19 word to nnke good reading, b {l t th author of lh book uses 38 word to conv this bit o£ wisdom t J hi . r ead er. Oue sa the quickes t way to inJI rove yo ur wxiling a bilit is to acquire a wide c<mtnlancl. of wonb. There ·1r [ew thing m ore _important th an words, but what to do with t1P m is sometlli.1 g ch :: again . Pro­p "r u .age a ( words is gov ' rned IJ good l:ts t , and a: pa sion lor purity and brevity, but none o[ the ·e books teach this important fa ct of the " ritin g art And . peaking of wo rds r eminds us that rnbrose Bi erce in hi. book "Writ It Right '' ~ a ys, "T hat word banquet is a oood eno ugh word in its p la e, but its place is the di ' tion ar y." '\ ay dinner ." Th · o th r ex­cellent magazine Conect English pi cks th is non <;en e up and sa ys, "There are hundreds of u s who would pay plenty to abolish a custom for whi-ch there ought to be a bett r word, the o-called banquet." Dinner Holds Ne Magic, But Banquet .. . The word dinner which AnJbrose Bierce and Correct English nmgazine advocate u ing in place o f banquet, holds nothing for the workingma n ; and remember the majority of r eader · arc worker s. The word dinner, a t the most, uggests merel food. \h, but there is magic in th e word ," ba nque t" for the workingman! A banquet doe n 't only spell extra SJ ecial food, it makes the man who i invited to one feel important. A banquet is some thing to look for· ward w, something to be long r emembered. Such th en, are the people who want to be our teach er . The English language is just about the ~rid1es t medium of expression. It affords clar it and eloque1i cc. But it has many pitfalls, which ma ke it a lifficul t tool to conjure with. Gato a ys, "Learn from the learn ed ,·' and so we study the Bible for truth and kn owledge, the dictionary for definition and grammar, and the weav r of word. , the master s, for stvle. ' * * * * Bruce Nanney's mention of Flo d Gilli·· br o uo-h t to mind Jond memories of the da ys "hen .Flo d wro te a column (or The LOG. His le tters to the ed jt r. written in Floyd G.illi s' inimitabTe h ound-dog Engli h, were a treat that 11ever fai]eJ. to bring a h earty ch u ckle. We wi sh Floyd Gi.lli w 11. IN IH JSTRi t\L \VAR_D<;- llGJll Cot the ll a ndlt oll · a re~ ' C0 nn· d l w:t 11cld , t T hot\)son Park ~ n Jtttte rllis "·a . T ll(' fea tu re-d SfW<l k<:r . pictllfl"d <t lJOH ·, IV~I S .Jilll J>ittt"kt-l. s.llp l·illt C'IIdt:nl 0 ( tit•• j) jvi,ioiJ of S!IIL'l ;111d H y~ i e n e, lilt• Jndll ~ll' i a l C:lii1"1111 L·s.ion oL O hio. St a i cl oil 1lt t- speak · r·~ 1:t!JI • wc1 c Cit . IIIJ'i0 1)" B\11J 'teph ·n · \Pil n (lc] ,-\n 'J pmillcl. 29 • ' THE LARG£ T DF.LEGATIO.i'\ at tending Lbe thin ' -fifth annua l Somhern lndu trial Relation, C nfe:rence at Blue Ridge in mici ­J uly rep r esented the Ca-rolina Division .o( T he Cham pion. Paper and Fibre C<>mpai1y. The ladies ill lhe pi cture are Champions' daug·h ter and were waiu·e ·es at Blue Ridge during Lhe conference. -They Piled Up The Mileage Se,·eral Carolina Champions sp ent their vacations thi year miles and miles away from Carolina mountains. Take the case of l\11-. and Mrs. R. C. Looper. They vjs.ited their on in California, co ering upwards of 8 000 mile during their four week stay in that area. Looper is a Carolina Champion electrician, and Mrs. Looper is a member of the Canton Schools faculty. The H ollands - Bernard and · Bes ie - spent their vacatio-n in California. They co ·ered omething like 7,000 mil~s while visiting their daughter. Holland is a machinist. In order to v isit the ir daughter Dorothy, and son-in­law on the west coa t , Cbarle · and Rose Hawkins also t.ra\' Jed doc to 7,000 n1i les to a.ncl fTom that. area . Chark-s is a rewindcr room foreman for Champion. T lP n .. f eel and Marti a }urnes · decided to visit Ted': old hom.e in rvianch ester, England. T l1ey w ~ r<.;: away more than a mon th and njoy~.;LJ every 111inute o( tb · boat trip to and from. No rou gh seas w ·re enrou n terr d , said T ed, ~xcept for a li Ltle d10pp warer out" o l New York h arbOl' wh n they de pa t ·d. T ed is a tor .man in Caml.ina Champion's R . 'L and C 0 panment. Floyd Lowrance Goes A-camping Floyd LiiWl'flf.H.T, Cha rwic 11 el·ctri ·ia n, who has lon !4 h en active in Hqy Seoul work in this an.:'a, 1ook hi ~ troop lu. IG, spon'>cor d hy Lh · Canton F ii" t M ' rhodi t Ch urch , to Carnp Dani el Bo0ne during lh c: ).llntmer s • son tor a week's nuting. Low a ll(:e, t:l e ir sco tlt J Ha~wr, tled·iJ(· t ti.H: en r<IJn pHlen t v :1s lar a LcJVe th·e aH':l a~ . .. and he's b en goi ng LO Ut.mp th ' f · for seven! yean •. * * '* * Bill Cool. hy and R 1:1 by Smatlnns w ·1 ' marri ed July 10. BiU is fl night sup · 1ntcnt1<:'1H in Pap r , ffa1ufa ­tur ing, while R ubye is mpLo ed in. the Finishin De· partment a t Cha1l pion. 3,() J. :I. ''Hau k" lkn, o( Carohna. l.ha:rn pion' \V-alt'r a-uJ ' tre~ml h •lpnHeliPnt n ~partn ei\t. will tell )Oll 1rankl .'h the·.· got_ a "n .rrow ('" C p ' trom d atl ·· '>tory. Durwg H !aL -Jul , clenrit wnn tigJ~tning f>lru _k Lh • bac t-. porch o l tl Allen hnn1 ·, knockmg ~nul, f rnily Jllt:lllf- cr from lht'L ct irs ~ nd igniting tf:!e ffiO{ r)( ],~ 1 r ·lh ' •hi1 h was e. tinguish ed ' n.lat:l> nut. all ! ~1 he ll g lttni~lg tra,veled tllrou ·h an k. tnc lt~h.t lm ' to th . barn nearby, starting a file which {Jtndd dc!lLro cd lhc barn and a ll i s o t ·nts. Tl t·• t(Jnn, well em ·mb ·red b ntany CruHOli rebi­dcnts. was ·onsidered nile of the wor l Jl it~ kind ev -'l' to as. ault the Canton ar ·a. Season Brings Success to Anglers C. .J - SeLzer, Jr., Board Mill Machin · · rca. wcrk a lo o( Large pike f om Hiawas ·e • Lake on two different o ca~ sinn thi sun.tm er. But he was not a lone. Seyera.J otber angwrs had good ·u e ~ also. Gardner Calvin, long an ardent .lry Oy anist, took his limi.t of ra inbow · from Catta looch ce early in . ugtLt. The fi sh ranged from H to 19 inche. . This was an exceptional catch of trout. . Bill Howard h.olds the record this u mmer fcxr snag­gmg the h eaviest brown tro ut. Bill has caught no le s than four o£ these fighting monster which measured in the dose vicinity of 22 jnch es. Bill is ernployed in the R . M. and C. Department an l r eally know how to get around on the rugged trout streams. * * * * Raymond E. Macfarland, stationed with th .-\ir Force in .Michigan, and Jean R ogers, of Buena Vista, . C., vvere maniecl June 21 , at the home of the bridegroom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Macfarland, Beaverdam Road, Canton. The senior Macfarland i · a member o£ Champion's ·Engineering StafL l .* * * * N . C. Bellamy, Carolina Champion 's safet upervi or, has been named· to the· board of directors o£ th \'\!estern Notth Carolina Safety Council. Bellamy is the retirin co uncil chairman. * * * * Ben H. Grube, carpenter in the R. 'L and C. DepaTt­ment, retired hom active Champion :ervi . e effe tiv August l. Ben, employed Septemb r 2G, 1934, received several gifts fron1 hi cO-\· orkers on the da of his r - rjrement, plus a dandy meal in th e caf teria where his wife is employed . Janet Foster Wins 1-fonors Ry Ror.ueno ]\((orris J a net Foster , 15. d.a Lwhter >£ ' Chick" Fv~t r. Nll. G c11 tt 'I' op "rator, won runner-up bo nor · Jor !he b 'auty gu eo at th ' sev rHh annual \ . F. vV. Folk Fc:stiv<tl .. Virginia J-:ldl has n~ turn ed fw1n a ·a 'at ion trip tu the )oi\'e ·r C >c : l and Ca na la. She travekd arnuud 7,500 mil :.; covc:ri11g 20 tal :;;. \1\h lter Brown and famil a r ' spel'rdjnJ th ir \'aUt li ~ n north of th ' M ~t son - Dix lll Line in N \.v Jersl' ,, h r ' the . <~re vi s iLin ~· th '.ir ' 'Yankee'' r e latives. · B. S. PI rnmons h:.u1 · r t:tt'rnl'd to 1•ork a.,(l cr several t\ICCh o[ a bscncc from til R .wi ncl er R (j( Ill d11 tc ill nes0 • B. ~;f. Lc>c, Cha mpion Old T imet and For~_·fJ·um it. R12 '' incltlr Roon1 ~ cnnfi· r<'~ ~I th Haywood Cewnt ' Hospi­tal wh re lh .· r ce utly nndenNc·ru sur .' -ry. Hi co tH.I itim i ~> reponed ~ tislartor y. On(' of tn · tn<"~ i n topi cs of co nve rs;Hi<)ft , rnong Fin­- i~ ll ing . h a mpiou ~ th ·~ · da y · is th ·'New ld.ca." Look:-. <t~> if \ c will hav(' to add Teann ork to 1 ht· n.1ouo - "Co­op ration a ud ;o >d F. llow hjp. '' T HE._ H EAVY TRO r v rc taken fr0111 Gatta loochc earl ' i1 All,'IISt I \' Gardner Cab in . l ,fl. and hi · ~o n - iu - la w. \< • C. Johu ­. on, Juring a we k's ,·a a tion in the mountains. r\11 1he l'a'iniJo" s ran \• ell ilno the " ten.< ' a.nd all wcr taken on artifi ial lu re· ­rhe onl ' merl1od theY ' 'r we. Is Reid Trying To Join Us? Rv Bruce Na 111 ~e1' J • Otto Reid, of the Ohi) Di isjon, just doesn ' t Lea e anvtb ing for me to wri t:e about. J < J han? ju.'t finished readi ng his Jnly contribution f()r the second t im , th inking rnayb l1e had left a crumb he1·e and there. Kt10\•>ing that Jam a "crumb" reporter. h . could haYe tlmppecl on . \rhe1 , doe he get all that stuff? And such an ex - 1 re ion. If I should happen to think of some thin~· like that. none ·would ·want to hear abou t it from me. But Otto can put the color into it. I don ' t know hin1 per onally, btH I'm in favor of him as a LOG reporter and a ' Champio n '- amba · ad<)r from the Blue Grass ta te. T think h i aeuing around to where he can say be i from l 'o rth Cawli na .. ome day T plan to go again lO Reid Yille to ee thi city founcled by hi · forebearers. Those Horrible Waist s::,nd Pockets H eck, I've unfolded the map again and it wi ll take l.mtii bed tim to find out how it should be folded. Dm 't s e wh ' they d n 'L put the ·e cu.• sed road maps en roll.<, whh p in()' like a window shade. BLH the map i not th ubject of my main gripe. I j1L r u c it for batting p acticc before g-oiug into the • • matn 1.., u . :\nd on the "~rip • of the age" I ha\·e good It lp, narn I . \Valker Brown. • \ Valk r and I lta b en .ll1ll h barrassed a11 1 ow· Lc mper~ ar ra ?·, d 011 tJ1 c<lg s abrJtll. these new-fan g led men's trou er that l1 aYe whar l11 ntaker · caJl a wai ~ t band " 'a ch _pock -r. T< u il j on!. a pl- t f' on th front ski of th · b it(.hes wh r the "·wing rnad1ine skipp d a f w st itchb. ',on of the b(Jy'> sa . t.h ''>e b i tches a · nothi ng new. I ht) are new w n1 · and J re..;uw ' hl to \Valk 1 . W ju.,t lat l) grH anmnd to lll ) iltg 01 r rir: t J o st -war I , lllll. H th ,'r a1 utwmc f th ·\·a.r, w think the 'enturc was ~t failun;;. Our fri nets, ver)' con itlt ratel , h<n not s uggc~lf d that '"e trad f(Jr wr'i~ t wat< h<--;. ·1 hey know how d ·cpJ we: f d abou t ll1e D1<tt1 ·r. Jt wa'l only tla.lttral, 1 uppo"-e, th<.~l VaJkn's < )Ill · p ht.int i-10 n eaJJy ~a.raltcled f ))CI5. tfl ~t f hfld Ji_~oo teJ )Ill(' tla/s ago h b t: 11 I fir~t ~taft ·cl pH' JAtfl)l~ a de , 1 'J on IJH' ~u b j ·~: t. 'J Itt old muck I IJ1 itdre) had a Vil u h po( k{·l l\ ith the np ni:ug be low l11c IJ ·lt, IJUL in th · OJWII u '<•a where y Ill could g ·t at it. • We will not I joined b . n1an in our cr"usade for h~' pco p Jc car · " h:u they wear .in tlte ' · <t ) ( a wa t h . The (lthcrs don ' t know abnut th · :.- pock ·ts bccau ·e the. h a' en' t. found the111 yet. . The l.cw of u,s wl1o do s til l carry po< ket watclt s (m (JU r hands mr :;L nl' th tilliC beca use WC can ' 1· get thCJJl into the u ew-lauglcd bicl e-a•way) are h a ving an awful ti.me with the wai tba11d J>lit~ . \1 ith t> o I auJ.s unincun bered , and pl nty of room for mane11vering. it is pu ·&ible, with a li tlle lu c k., to work the wat h into i.he ·lit 1111lcss il1 ~:, lit i .~ too S11lal1 or thc watch too big. Howe er, the trou ·e r and the wearer's temper wiLl both have a ragged ;:t n~l bagged down appear ­ance. The ituation comes to tea.! l::>r ·akdown wh en you ar ' dri ing, or in fact do~ng anything req11 iring menta [ or ph ys ical activit , and ma<.lverla ntfy pull your watch o ut. Un d er this condjtion, · ou wr stl , one-handedly with the watch, belt, shirttai l, and trousers ; trying in t lte n1eantirne to avoid alarming cnt passengers as to th(:;ir saEe ty and give 1 h em some a ·sura nee that you are noL uodress ing. fina ll y, ou ither leave the wat h dangling oulside, >r down in side in the sJ1irttait reg~i on. TJ1 shirttai l, by this ti.mc wi ll be ou_t if not of(. . Corn_e to think of it, a pocke t in the s hirtt.aJJ would be hanclt 'Y. It's Easier To Ask for the Time After such a strugo-le, you resol e to s tay , t bo1ue with your watch ancl ~sk your wife for the time. The drawba c k h ere i that nobody e er aw a ·woman' waLch that wou.ld keep time, even if she r em ember to :•;ind i t. '1\le don't have any plan to get us out of our cldcrnma; we are just griping our wa out._ . .. " ,. Getting back to the bn&'hter Sl_de,. we f~nd that Do · Li.ncr has done a bang-up JOb palntu~g lu bot1 s, in the Peach Bloorn ·ection . " Doc' ' wa. castJng abotlt for so ~n c place to go on his vacati~m so his ·wife tu ck a pamt brush in his hand and pomtecl up the ladder.. . "Doc" says he is glad ro get back on the JOb to get a little rest. Bruce . lexander figured tb ings our a littl b~tt r than "Do ." H e loaded his fa:mil ' up and rook oft for :Mobile to visit his wife's hrothcr, Harvey J ni ght. B-ruce says he was glad to get back to high .ountry again to cool oH. A s-,\'IU.J 1G CHI\ p is Danny Freeman, 1 -yea r-old son of Mr. and 'Mrs. Thurmn1 Fre man of Buncombe C unl . Hi' g-rand ­f'al her i,~ R a lph St1rrc tr , \1'110 works in the Ca1olina J)l, i<;[on Sh ipping D partm nt . 1•: \Tl . · " I 1 t ' CII , P. B. York, ~ ltf" ri11fu1d( nt ol tiP E. 1:. Tk · p.u tuH·ut , i~ '>IIL!Wtl lilkwg a }jflit- lotlllt' J h ill Ill dUtll g 011(' of hi 111aov tlt>llt l i 'hiug j.Jttlll ' . 1'. H. is fli t td <' J<.: I ;l.m rttg tht.> It ,l lt '•Hit ,n~h· , , in 1111' a t e;t. ~ I • • ! ldZF. PL l , \ l l' \dtl u tio1 e· hono · d ut tom. Carl Ca · s ho1 \ a '-tt 'n r r nl' 10 pik ' caught r rnm L.thc Hi 11 a~s _. c, t l i ' ;111 Oil l i·mcr in the 1\n .,. I .· 1 ann ent , ''here he ha. ~ J> C11( ~0 1e<t r. ·. He lm · de id u tlwt he 'n •etls to pnt ll\fll e time 0 11 hi. fd1ing . . , it -c'C !ll ~ LC• hJI' ' been a w is de isi n tu rnak . A Champion Makes a Decision By Clyde R. H oe)', ]r. arl Ca e, Chan1pion ld Timer of Clyde, N .C., and a~sistan t for .man of the coal unloader, in the Power Department, \·em on a fi ·hi1w ujp to Lake Hiwasse recentl~. He took along his pa wr, the R ev. R. A. \Nard, and ~1r . ·ward. · Carl is -hown with the string of ten pike they caught on this trip. Thev ranged from a "small'' 17-in ch one ' ' . to two oyer 23 mches long. _ He ay - he l1a been stj~king pretty close to the job the e "2 years he ha been ,,vith Champion. Then when he would et home there was always plenty to do there, so hi. fi hin activities have been rather limited. This . trip ba made him ee the error of his ways and he intends to put in a little more time giving the fish a chance to O'et hooked. ~ . - Being a good Bible scholar, he knew right where to turn to show that froni. Jonah on through the Disciples a lot of fi hjng wa. o-oing on back in those days. Carl doesn't tbink that good a custom should be discontinued. Carl has spent 30 of the 31 years he has been in the Power Depattment on the job of unloading coal for the boilers. During that time ha helped handle between four million and five million. tons of the black diamond . . Much of thi 'vas done 'in the day when "­sledge hammer was used to beat the ide of the coal car. and a shove1 to clean the bottoms . row the car sb ake-cmt, while still leaving it a noisy, dusty jab, has liminated most of the hard work. But we believe Carl is still justined in figuting he needs to put in mor · time on his fishing. . ... • UOR j t:JNE , Ph llis J ean, left, and Phillip Jlean :1n- t v. in :~ of G org , Sirn1 '-OH, ;1 11 · ear t'ulp ?.1ill e mplu~ . l'inun:.l he 1c in dco!p an(l pcacdtrl J m1he t , Llte:·v nre irt f' tt' f n ltt·~drh ;wd a.~ neady idenlicnl a~ lngtl)ar li lld R i ~ ~ eJ 'an be. Books Sail on Time River By Fred 11. J Jayton Th •r ' i, a litn , " pi· v, and a puTpo- for ~very­t1' li llg. 'l 'l tr ugh dw cone ·rt cl eJ Eon _ of the 11 t · rJJ b r · of t il ' \"s M ' a ·i> : Jub in coll ec ting and t mil in ~ in can­cel~ d po u.tg Lamps d y rai!~;eJ $ 1:1,000 ·whi( h e na hl · d d l b'3tes {JCmJ ~!) f reign countries to ~Ht · r d there enr: International P:JC ting h •Jd in C1 ica o. Our t·epr<:semativc, \ J\1. Le , MLElrath, attended and had as his roommate a man from Lima, Peru. Time i a riv r . Books ar boats. Many &tart down str am only to be washed ash ore, while oth r<; go on [or time imnlemori.aL Tru , ome are not. fit to read, but o tl e can be read over and over again and the conten ts IPver be thcroughly dige, ted. Robert Jnger'o] J, the wor1d's noted atheist, aid that hi · theory of at:hei m would do to live by but you oulcln't die by it. On his death bed Inger ·oll asked his butler to read to him. "From what book?" the butler asked. Inger oll replied: "There is but ONE BOOK." A finished product is what we strive for. 'We wonder soi:netimes if we are trying to ma.ke our elve a finished product. '\1\Te go on from one de. ign to another, ma ·e plans for many yeaTs until we are suddenly approached by the grim reaper at a time when we lea t expect it and at a time which we probably concluded t be th~r· meridian of existence. A job considered hard for a fe-w.- is made ea ·y by many as was recently demonstrated by the serie of meet­ings on the New (Good) Idea. A job weU done! • McMahon Pa.sses the Cigars By Cl~1 de R. H oey, j T. R. T. McMahon passed the cigar upon d1e arrin d · o.n June 27, of Marjorie Susan. Dick 1, an erwineer in the Instrument Shop and is very acti.Ye in the Canton Kiwanis Cl ub, of ,.vbich he is presid nt. H -ays usan is alway trong en ough to make hirn do e.-a dy a ' h wants hi1n to. Vaca~ions have been a ,-ery popul r ·L:Jbj ect in the Power Departn1ent larely. Claude Hardin went to Y 1- Jow tone National Park aud o ther point · ' st during hi . According to some repon h also vi. it d J ,-a Scotia· but thi has n ot been con finn: d. Hays J- Chikler and his wi[c wem to Darl ington, S. C., Lot til Fourth of Jul ' auro ra €:es. - !Ky report a v ry enjo ·able tim , spc ial1 · ~ in c t bey \V rc fortunate enongh t< find. an <air-c~mdiLimwrl cah.in . Ray E llis was able Lo 1 er.·swtdc l:li , wife to <lee mq.wn , him lln :1 trip to cw Yorl, CiL tu atLcnd th . lnLerna­tjonal CcHl\'t·nt ion or Li.nns Club ~. H · :-.ay. the h d som )·oml Hl t! l ings ;,wd saw a lot 1.1f sighL'. indu lino' most of the pande of ~h · Lio1"1s. Ray h a-; r ccntly ·wnpped C• r b11t stay d vi th th ' s. me br•tnd. g·etting anoth 'l' Ponti <~e . Cknn Hm ... · ll. 1 a ' ·k 4t5C, ;<tnd Z. l R c ·•· put th mil l in a b ig ll>tta in. Nh en t:h y ;1 11 wt nt on :tfali n at (me l i1nc; httl !t ad it going 'veil enough wh ' ll th •y l ft thar ir kt>pt ro ll ing until the) got bal ~ · Cl ·•im ha.- :1 small pMch o il ne" nf hi · np::,t:::t irs Led lYJmn , an I G rady RngL·rs , ays h thi.nks a ll tlm~c sp nt mo~ t l~ l tltcir tirn • on thl.· " pouting poH·h_" Let''l a II ].,ave a big rim Lab< r Day! \fA Xl.J.'\ E l\1EDEARI , ri ht, pauses to chat with Betty Stamper d ll l i ng her dail rou n.d;; a. a fore lad · in the Texas Di \'i ion fi ni hing Room. Speaking of Supers • • • • By Alice CofJr-'lrmd fi ve ·ears a hampion and still go ing stro ng- that's t te arec:r ut 1axine JV[ dearis, popular Soning Line Lm::l<tdy at the - . c.·as Di' i ·ion, w ho tbis year ob serv€d her fifth anniver arv. ' . Champion is ju~t about a Jami l word with tlH:: . l edeari-. dan . Hu~ba n d .AlJred is a millwright. , \ na tive of Oklahoma, whe1 c he attended schn(lls • in C.a pan, .M<,xine be ant a Te.·an in 1945 and ,, Charrt - pi (,n in 1949. he work ·d fi1 .;;t a~ a sor ter, th ·n moved tn Fan and Count befor b(.;ing mad· a [or •J4dy in 1~): I. lkt.w en tine w iLI1 her th ildre n, Til!Jmy, 10, and Juc1 ', !. J . 'laJo. in likes tu work wi th c ·ra.tni cs as a hobb\' '. ·11 )r(ed-e a.rtse~ li" ' L r; I 2 J\'la pi in Pasad ·na. \ II . -, ''i J Tll':i l 'lll 1 IH i ng 11ithr laugh-.. !Iitle J{id, ., I .,. R :JIIe, II I"JI(IIllh olrt Mil l ql n. J. 11~;, R· 11<· (>1 1he l e' '" ll i1 ;,;,u , 1 inishi11g .R()(l!l . Jt\ Jll<>b;thh· C•IIC: ol tt Dth i \ j>tii S( ·.;, T l w lm ~t j, 'la 1 ~i l g IIC'r tl1i1<1 y<!,J.I a ~ <' J ,.,. · - Ctl.~rnpioll. JOHN BRYA 1T , right, diwJsses pap r making . afety with Sandlin. T he fh•e rn n mentioned in Lbe ani le h~l ow have been ,,·ith Lh ·am lll a(hi nc duri11-g a ll o( th eir yean o[ s ·r lee, fir•t at H amil Lon 'lltd then in 'L cxa~. A ~~Rookie" Speaks ... B y John Bryrmt (Editor's Note: Five men on No. 26 Hoard J\tia hine at the Texas Div i ~ i.on have compil d ] 57 years' accumu­lated serv ice without a lost- tir:ne a ciden t. · They are .1 ohn \!Vi tten back, j 1 years; Roy Br ant, 3 I years; A rt Spicer, 34 years; Al Sandlin, 35 years, and .John Bryant, 26 years. H ere the: rookie of the crowd, John Bryant, ·e ts down hi views on this record .) There have been a lot of. hanges an<l improvement in the company's safety program during the pa t 26 years. (I'm the rookie on thi job. All of the others ha"~e been with Champion longer than th at.) For example some of the change include more safety equipment, better gu arded machines, stain ays and plat­form , regular safe ty inspection. , anq irnpr v d a( ty programs and t:rai ning. Besides that, more employee are interested in saf ty (or themselves and their fellow workers than ever before. .But if you think o( :increa eel speed. , higher pro­duction, nwre employees and mor equipment, then you realize t-hat C\'eryone has to be on the alert aJI the time. Today, with all of these improv mem, it' e sential th.at vve watch our step e ·ery minute .. lt's much different these day, than in th da s wben sc>1ne folks w ·nt to work barefoot and had n ever h ·ani of a 'af ty sho . Waves Defeat Hlhe Victory" By ] ei r)l Com liu • • . ,\ustin Fittg ra lcl . Pool .·up · r \'i slH, was 1110 ning about the high wind and ' l'n ·s \'Vhtch ca nce llc l the annu a l ~a ilin g race from C a lvest· 111 lO Corpn ... Chri~t i . "The ViLLory,' ' ( lll whi h b · wa.'S a cru m n ·~h r, ,.,.•a:-. far out in fnmt n l Lh rest of th. • 11 .- L: b ut· ~LO- Jl'lil -an­hour vvinrl:, and 20-l.oot w;1 c·~ nn1 .~ed th nt to r t11111. T. B. \Valk ' I ', T lHll' ll Bkad1, aw;ndc I a fill nitur s!J rnv in t\ orth. Carolina rcce nLh·. Pa.c lena folk ' will )taH· cllt ·vcn ~l'l~U.c:r Clt o i<c of frtb r it.., ~111d des.i ru. , ~ a n·~u lt. I . H. o p(' t ate, a ... w n • ,ful wholt;:--;t! ' h ' )L'I ~:>C I :-t l· ing i tt upii)I \ LI'n lltatcriak ' \' . .J. Pltilpot , ~ll p~'rvj~t) t' ot wat h1 n. 1 frs. Philpot llltd d ttu.g hl ·r Bi1 die\ \'aca.t i(H1 ·wa~ llt<~lt ·d hv '' traifi ani l t tll ;n n ytnn T e)(a . Hi ll ,, a~ u ttin ju;-cd, whit 'Ir s. Plti I po t a ud Hi 1 d it> ~tr , ,~ , pid I)' r mv ring. Rnb \ValdmJ t a rt nd ·d a r uu inn of hi'i high '>l·h0ol gr<tdu<Lt ing da s ol ~~~9 at Roclte.-tlT, !\J it1t1 ., reccnLh . l\ nd Bnb\ nut (t .)\1 t·d ·. . I I • r ,. . ::r:· " TH \T NE\rV Ci\H ~ t.· ;1 fir~r - class p111i 11 ns fr,nklin b aves the hl t T a utf !u gi1 c il t be on ovt. lig:ht l> trcatrnc tlt. CitiletJ~ qt l'a. d<:JJa p.J n d him a new aut'o ~ ~~ ilnnor o( hill r<::trtnJ horne fro111 a Kor ·atJ p~· i'?On camp la•t fall . . '\T T H E PRESC;\'T, 'FrankliiJS ~.:areer i& molded a.t<J •rnd ~ ·o. 3 Su'Petc LencleJ·. where he work,· with J. L. Qwcns, Opera~or. The Big Difference . • • ' On a bx·i ht. sunny dav last falL 'Fra nklin P. H all ~ ' ' at sh~ly atop rhe back eat. of a shinin.g yellow convert-ible and waved at the o·owd · who lined the streets of Pasadena. For him, a to an ·· . man of 20 it was a new and different ex1 rience- -ometh.ing ·which he deeply ap­preciated but ,\-j h ed vveTe over. lt was a little different, too. fwm tll"' clav a few motJths before when h e had r e. ·i ted in a North Korean prison camp. Franklin P. Hal.l wa. Pasadena ' firs t and only re­turned pr· oner of war from Korea. Last month h e starte l to work at Champion's Texas Division, --working ''A" hjft on ' -o. 3 Supe:rcalender. CH .!\:'1.11)10.\' .. ' WERE PR0\11:\' £ '.-T ­in the recent in ta lla~ion a l' oHiccrs at the Pa adena :.'-fa.SOIJ.ic Ladge. .'ie11' officers are, left to righ t: C. D. l'o~,· ell, ~ nior warden; Jh1l \Vht , 11· r 'hipful mast ' r; R. 13 . Cul!Jrirb , jtwi ur ll'atd ell; :\f. :\. . 1asf.('l'>, trc:.us u-rcr: \'. .\1. ;\JtCr ;iJ~ ·, chaphdtt ; 1· .. 1·'. C IJilclles.s, ~n i-or deacon ; J. V. \1cCiain. jqnior deacrJH; and J. L. G Ja rJucy, 1 }kf. Champion Installation lt was '\' Cr~~ nearly a1 1 ~1 1 -C!ul t ~lpior t in stallation at rh Pa'iad .n. lVL;:l'>On i Lt1dgc: , F&: t 1, thj ~ ~ u1nm r •.vhen Jj u \Vilt, 'illperiJ tcndcpt, I ~Vh1rhinc~ Coat ;.'lach in ·, w.a" jmra.lled ~~ wm·'lhi pfu l m· sr r. Principal addr &,<:; duri11g til · ceremoJJiC'~ was dt·Ji, ·reel l;y Divis i1ln M-anager I arl R. Ikn-d t..: ts 1. Othe C1Hil llf!i on1i im, la ll ·d as oHit er r,f th • lm ,Jl lodg ,.,·er:' Bill \fcCreaJy <Uicl H . 1 . Sn'l"gc. Wi lt rflok m C" hi e, dulic) 'll(; nt F. C . i\ nd r">. Jlhi-i(lll 1 Lt••.lgct K.~rl K. lktH.ktst.:n phH·e, rJ,e lt<ll pf tit<· 1 111 hip· rul IHJ Ler un rhe 11e~l d of Jim \ \ iu . Orhu ( balt1)1IOJI< lll .. kl t ll{ ! JJ1 Jl f' BJII :\1e.Clt·:tn , Jr-l t, <lHJ.f F. (:_ \ ttdl"r ,, . 31 Now Ftlarr ied anc.l se ttled in a pl asant home in outb Pasadena, Franklin does n' t thi nk. ton much of the day between August, 19:'3, and ugust, J 954 - the day ht spent a · a pnsoner. Jnstea.d , he's .more likely to talk about the h u. c he'£1 like to buy, his car , his job at Champion . 1Vlayu:e he'll g·et ser ious for a morn.ent and tell o[ his appreciation for the American sys tem o[ free enterpri e. "That's ·where the bjo· d.iHer n e cou1e · in , a l ec it," lu~ · n say. "It seerns lik · over here profit. for one mean profits for a11. But ou don' t hear the 'mrd profit very ohe11 ." F:ranklinis really very much a pan of the Champion family. · His fath r-in..-law is Eugene Staley, :\Iachine Tender on No. 25 Machin e. f • Ill (, I:, 13LOCK. ( If ,..u!p!Har :n e h l .1~reJ. loo.,e to. he l •.HHled in w "'a i ting ru i lw ::1 1 c;.~ rs. F om h TC, the ~u l - 1 lwr goes to mil.ls luke Cltau1 phm nr 10 h 11ndreds Of <Jih T indU!Il ·rie~ Lltrt1\l g-h - Ul 1hc nali<H. \ .... • ' .~ • .. . ' ... this active element plays an .important role in paper making - By .\am l.i.l h IT H . HE.£N . AID thal the ccon mtti<.: condition o[ a country can be judged by its production and use of ulphuri acid. S 1Jphur pia eel an import.ant part in the d1e-.mical de' clo_pmem of our country. Every· thin in our daily li\'eS- our home, cars, doth ·s, rocd i­cioe- i sum-e·where alon-g -the way connected with sul­phur. One eJ the ba ·ic chemicals in pulp and paper making, sn lplmr has pla7ed a b-a ic I an in both old and new · wtl -ods o1 makiJ:Jg pulp. In the sulphal process, sodium • ulpbi.ci h lp. tfJ rerno"re li-gn.in from the cellulose te 1ea,--e a strong J..wlp. The newe t method of n1aking pulp ( emi--chct)1j al) depends on . ulphur to produce S•Kliun:J uJphite, the active rookino- ch emical. 1 Lll'. \,l J._PIH_, I B l "-1 a1 Ch-<J n pir•o'. "l t·'\~ J)i ~\si<m i rh · n< x• tora:g !'ilc fm- the ,ul ).t'i1t u , ~ rill ilJ it 'i n aw futlll. \Jilk of Li aaw Op<aa.lor J~·(}lliO inl J c· nkln..: ~\ieJdx_;t _shov lio u :UJ-pr•l't lhf ;'tll jJhlll t,r0111 iln.: lnn wto !Juan p. IJcf-or · tt IS pXH w use at CJtaml>Hm. " ... . .... . ....• • . ' The large t sulphur procl uci.ng area in the world is a uarrow belt along the Gulf of Mexico in the states of Texas and Louisiana. Sulphur is rnined by the :Frasch Process. Holes arc drilled down to the bed of s-ulphur several thousand feet below the urntce. Pipes arc then in~ tall d to take clown super-heated steam .and air, and w bring the melted SU]pfiur ba:ck to the surface._ rJ11e 11Ylted sulphur C01- 112c ts in pools underground and is forced to the s1.1rfa e by. com pressed air. It js pumped in to bin. · to solidif '· · Sulphur at the Texas Division is unhaded from go11dola cars into a storage bin, and from the:re it goc. into a steam-heated melting pot. The melted 1ilphur · is fed into a rotary burner and is burned with the proper am.ount of oxygen to forrn sulphur di.oxide ga . . 'T his gas, at a ter11perature of J,_oo to J ,500 degrees, j-)a se~ throug·h coolincr coi ls and to a_n ab orption tovn.:r where it is dissolved in •~ater to forlll ~•dpl:n t rou " aci :1 • This acid h u ed in the Pulp lill bleaching , ste rn to remove ash from the p-ulp and to prevent th - rc\·er 10u ot color after bleaching. t· J'\' \Lf.'r th-.:· sulphti Js J"l1 to v~>t' ''' a hlt:a< l ,i1!.. ng nt ro Thont 1\h Ur h . H) II 1:(11llhin<Hio11 o[ pn;J <,'i..;c< 1dt h lh- St!lp1Hll i1. :tti(l d• ·• h ·<t fr(lm n lphur , the pu l!· 111Jitt> pulp, \l laich HI«'<Hh 0}> '1 lfQl t lou ·nt. \r\'ltit~k ·I I\ '! - ' Ill' t~" "· j, rl)<.: end ~"' ' ttlt. 1exas F1R T s I-TTY DRA Wl:'li , wa.· held i ll the offi · of Mi II l\la.lla, · J. D. " ' lL, lefr, ~ · ho 11·it:ne st·ll tbc drawing conducted by . l'etY upenL r ( rw , \',gcr~. and Doroll't\' \ \'bile . \ Vo rkcrs h :td ~4rued pledl!t!s <Uld dropped th em irilo the safety box . Pete Freeman Cops a Prize E,·e f Te.'a Divi ion Champion , were on the calen­dar th.i :mnmer - not so mu h to watch for their vaca­tion period but to ee that as n'lany months as possible ,,·ent b · without a lost-time accident. / By the end· of June, one full calendar moi1th h ad be n completed. The end of each month without a lost- ·~ . . • JJ IE /\ :-.1 ,\ ! i. \J . HAK.Bl':Cl ' r,·at St~l l\l c r ~ \· ill · w; · ~ field w r Jl..d y :! thi ~ )(;41. i\ s jq pa'l\1 )C";Irs it wa~ h lei a t the m iru:~ . and aft r the hm lft'CUC .fl3HI fJ iOJlS <) nd lhCil" f I 111 j j i~S e liJO) ccl t1 [j l'CI'.'ttr.k ' (ii~· pla y. n ']()\' ,..110W>. Wi•lliam Tan ner luu<Jin g- hot i;(l li CC Qll Iii b O:!I IJ<:HI • as o1h ·r pimit' c • ~ file pa t Llr fqo 1-l.ad n tallk , 6 ... , / "T J·L\T CHI~ CK LOOKS i\<l!C f>l r y GOOU,' ' ~a .· 1\inrrer Perc • Foeman, A· . l<J s. Mill wrig!rt, who here ~how s iL to fcUo · , ·,urkc·r . . From left to righ L arc Don a ld Don h, P te rr etlan, \ '. L. \1ilh and Stan eel Cobb. cj me accident means a .1'50 cash prize to om· Champi""-' But to earn it, all Texas Champioms had. to help hjm, because unless an acc ident-free month i · real ized, no drawing is he.ld for a lucky wim1er. First winner was -Class Milhuight Pete Fte man, whoJ like hundreds of o ther Champ ion ·, haJ sil)· r~t d a s.a{ery pledge to "work sa (ely . . . o that I ·wiU nnt cau se injury to myself or fellow worker." W lT l C FOR THL ,ALL ;,Let's 'Cat ." som of )'Ollngct• 'Ct it IJ ·n cath. the tall [ti ll · W.'t" '' a t th joying the ' 'llnrnrer e vel ring . Llr .Sa nd L' l's\ i ll e cla Ntin e. e1.1· El JOYING T HI•: :tE.\. L. th ese.; ~ ~ H • n g~tcr:> v\'Cte pl'obiiiJI ) hnl. ­in ~ fon ard Lo tl 1e fircwud, :-. tli ~ p la y. T he aPfair 1\' <t~ heiJ (ll\ Frhht · evc n i11g so tlra r· en1ploy ·e~ and th ' ir f;1mi li '. cou ld ~· 11jo ' a long· FO'u r.rll ~~ r July week ' JHI. i\ lar, I"Hdl l C\'.~'r rt· and Frll llk ' Lnnr<.; l' (n L shm111) prc:pareu rhe harl t C , ll'l~ uvn nrc11 p ih . r , • • ·"' ~~.:-- • ' • • • • • PLEASANT REL:\XATJQN for Hcnnan Ch:.tin a ttd War­t ·en Han 11~1el of the Gen cr;~l Research Depilt t tncnl is :t , . round golfer •• • ...•..• .... • • of golf at H' ami lton's wunicipal course. Fellow and Researcher .. J\1organ Robinson snapped the • ..~.-· ' • pi cture. ll lJ p" ~ It was a li pare of rhat Ohio Champion5 the sum mcrtintc •· Livill ' enjoyed- St.:e p:.tgrs 12-15 . • \

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