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The Log Vol. 26 No. 04

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  • Between 1914 and the late 1960s, the Champion Paper and Fibre Company published an internal newsletter, called The Log, to share news about the Canton mill, the community, and its employees. After 1940, news from the entire “Champion Family,” which included mills in Hamilton, Ohio; Houston, Texas and Sandersville, Georgia, was featured in each issue.
  • Champion's Half Century of Progr ss May 1894 - May 1944 OF CHAMPIO N ACTIVITIES CONTENTS Golden Anniversary of the Champion Paper and Fibre Co .. _ 2 Editorials _ _ _ S-7 CHAMPION FAMILY NEWS Hamiltc.n Division_ _ 8 Canton Division. ________ • 2( Houston Divtsion. _. __ ___ • 36 Sandersville Division ... ___ 4'0 MAY 1 9 4 4 VOL. XXVI NUMBER 4 Champion's Half Century· of Progress 1894 -1944 Our cover for this month depicts the phenomi­nal growth and expansion of The Champion Paper and Fibre Company, founded by Peter G. Thom­son, Sr., (deceased) in May, 1894 just SO years ago. And on its Golden Anniversary we are pleas­ed t o st ate that today it is one of the leading manu­fac turers of fine papers in the United States. Beginning with a force of t en employees, Cham­pion today employs approximately 6,500 people in its plants locat ed at H am.ilton Ohio; Canton, North Carolina; Houston, T exas, and Sandersville, Georgia. At the top, left hand corner of the cover is a picture of Mr. Thomson's first office building; Mr. Thomson standing at the door. In the background can be seen Champion's first home under construc­tion. .On the right at the top is an aerial view of the present parent plant at Hamilton, Ohio. Cov-ering approxitnately 35 acres. , The Canton plant, which covers approximately 216 acres, including wood yard, is shown on the left underneath picture of old office building. To the right of the Canton plant is shown a section of the large Cutter room in the Hamilton plant. Underneath the Canton plant on the left is a pic­ture of the pulp hydraulic presses in the Houston plant, and on the right, the world's largest book paper machine one of the 8 pulp and paper ma­chines in the Canton plant. At the bottom is shown the Champion clay mill, Sandersville, Geor­gia, and on the right is a photo of the· Houston plant where paper is made for Life and Time Magazines. . P U B L I S H E D B Y "T H E C H A M P I 0 N F A M I L Y" · HAMILTON. OHIO : CANTON, N. C. : HOUSTON. TEXAS : SANDERSVILLE. GA. Esfahlf•lled 1914 - - - - • • • • • • • • • • • .. fllfrtieth Year of Publication The paper for the coYer of thit maquine la Champion Kromek.ote. and the paper lot the buslde paqea ia Champion White Satm Refold EDameL We maaufac:ture maay vraclea of bleacbecl papen. Machine Finished. Super Caleadered. ucl CoatM. /i • • THE LATE PETER G. THOl\1 Q)J, R. F ou1 der of The CJ ampio1, Paper and Fibre Company ' ' •. Ey E merso1z Robin.ron A.r.ristant Editor { Edit-o,,.:_r T otr-: _ T early alf · ira nz,pions erre famtliar wi:.h tl•e history of this indus-try, ca,.1-ied e ·tt'1t.si·r,Jely it Tas L G tuld the former Ac-n\':J:Trr:s at Ht.1mi.lton:, How·­t' 1'ff, th~ f.car has takt?11 so man"· fro1n the m.1lis, th.at it uemx J>rPJpn io ac-quai11t 1/.I?UJ e1nplo_.·ee.s with the , organi atJ.en and ~he.;re is 110 luttn oaasion thmt this·~ l.e 50th a,J iversary of tite first sliip1Jt ttt of paper.) Fir t h:ipment of Gh~mpio n Paper A .ha f ce.nttJ0' ag-0-;\-iay 4. 1..:.9 ~ . a · ~ niall dr;ay puHed by one hot,e~ ,topped :at the 'shipping door') -of .a small and ne·w indu ~rry at H.amilto11. It ' ·a~ a <:rCI d 1,or· e a nd a Q:OGd wag'On a flatbed '-• v \1.;1 h stake~ t~ t the si J e and rear. It wa· backed up to the loadioo- doo-1.: a four or five . oung fellovv-, surround­in four ca e or "pad::ing t)oxes' ' of pa.pec awa:ited it­ta< fkin · and lau<:rb ing. ~ f.J . ._ The boJ~:e~ l1c;d b ~en br.ou o·h t to cl\e doo.f on a ·ma 11 t-t-\0 wheel ruck &.ucb a wer-e commonly u~ed i u th os.e da) . \r\ h n the dray was. oa-eked to the r ight pot, the drin~ r 0t out, pulkd the · take, from the rear, and the ~ ou:n_ me:n Jiftecl the ca e: of paper t@ the ,flat bed. The d ri,·er renla.Ged the take , dirnbed to his eat .aod ajd: . · - . ' ''Giddup ~~~ . '115us ~as completed tl1e f1r- t bipment of pa._P,er iw1:n Cham ion. ~ '· { rne of the yotm nl€'II who h€-lped to load tho.se c.a:.&es :wa CHarle \r. ou}e, the e nly Champion who · h .s he-en a Cha ro pi.on for 50 yeaF~ and who now half re reeL i u?e'tint ":s.dem of the Coati,n:g 'MilL Another wa-s J ame C Gi lf.en , now 4ecea ed. £r t ,,Jiipping clerk. Charley t.a nH~ to H amil on oy tra in from Ea,~r P ep­f. H?rdl~ :\t[a ... , 'Wl.' b-et€ he had been em:pioyed in a _paper coating m ill, aJ;ul \Va ~ one of the two ' experieneeq" men to get Ham11toJ'L CJ1ampion st-ar ted an it '\!i'ay. . He a rrived lil.€r t: April 2 and after much d~fflcn lty found Jii way f rom tbe oM C. H, and D. Depot to :\'orth . . treet ~ al ki ng aU the way:_ .He h-iked along the mtdd.v thorou hfare to a mall- bUJldw g wea r ?Il: 0~d hvdrav]ic.·· T hi. bui ldi n~ vva located a t thG we tern terminu ~ of what i a the~ the B1ack 'treet Br ida. and ~En a bt xle to -the nortb of wha:t is now !\'o. 2 mill, It \'ftl:S the fir st Cbampjon offi ce. He asked some one here . if "r\Ir. 'Thom n had come .im." l rtform d tbat be had n t 1t ,,.NlS -srill ea-r ly in btt morNino--~-he als0 \ ... as tdd. t hat thG bu)l.ili:ng haJ been . f r. Thom n's crffice · until the clay b~f0re when he 1utd moved w the new J:J la.nt aJmcst ac:co.ss the .street · .. ju l a ti-ttle to the ~c.mt h. · Ch<nle:~,r also "\-\:'a told t h.at .:. ·1r. 'l11.o.mson ca rne w Hamilton Jaily on tne C. Rami D. wmmuter t rain a:ncl _ '~'Ot o"ff at the..Sorth Hamilwn ucion -at Heaton t reet 'd wa ,ked ~he more than half n-Dle to he plant. ~t was n t lrJng blitor-e ~1r. Tlr; m &On arrived" He and Chll rley met fo r the fi rst time and thus began an a~ ociat ion \-~t hi ch continu . d until the day of ~ 11r. hom­s n ·s d eath. . 1\.f r. TJwmson's fi r t concern was to see that Charley had good sleeping quarters and a good place to eat. He sent one. o f the other men with him to see that this was acco~npli bed and Cht~Ti ey's ~mpl oyment as a Champion began -on that day- · pril 2, 1894. '}VIr. Thomson wa · a pioneer/' Cba d ey aid. "Coat­ing f paper wa being developed to meet the demands of the printing trad ·. H e had fa ith in it and saw a grea-t future to r it. .He knew paper f rom his past e7- periences \~rith books and other pa per products. ''l-Ie. pos es, ed a fi t1e persona lity although res.erved and not given to tdle con veFsation. H e was always kindly and gener01e1S and ... effi ient ." In the years t hat foll.owed the name of P eter G. T hon%Oll and T he Ch ampion P aper a nd Fibre Com­pany (originally o r:o-a nized as th e C hampion Coated ? a per Compan y ) became k~ww n t h rough out the print- Jtl0 world a · sy non yn:1o1Js wn;h o-ood paper. , . MJ. Tbom on h ad dld a J)Tosperous . bu ine s i.n Cincinnati a::nd in the early 1 90's came to H a milton to develop subdivisjon for res idential pm·po es, becau e Halilittop then wa-s in the mid t of an ind ustrial ex- - . . . ' ~ p aust o.n, . . ~'Ut paper- evidently was a patt of him ; he couidn't ~ get away from it, and the coating. of paper had such an a f) peai for his fl ioneering spirit that he decided to em- _ bbl,,nk ~on 'a new"imilust rv . Tbe Champion Coated Paper Company was incor­. ·. porated in Novemk>er 1 89~. \iVoJ;k wa b egup. imme-d: J;ptely on the p-lant on 1 orth B Street. · ~ The main building was of bric:k, one sto ry high , 55 feet wid.e ami 400 feet long. On the south -''aS a second ~ budd ing 25 by 50 feet, . used as at'l en gine and boiler room, At the rear was · anoth er mall building ahout tl.1e same dimensions .used as .a color . room. The north ~ waLl of the majn build,ing stood between No. 9 and No. · lQ coater today; the south wall 55 feet to the south, near the areaway by the coaters and reels. The smo.ke­' tac:k ·a small m~e · was where · o. 20 reel is today . Into thi new pl.am · for coatino- paper only ~ had b~en :in stalled f<HH coater , two s u p~ rca l ender s, two cut~ te r ~ and one tiearn press . EverytlJi!ilg was in readiness to ·start the wheels of tbe new industry on April 15, 1894. · Paper had been 'bought from the Fordham .. p·ape-r rni ll in Hart1iltoT1 and · taken by dray to the plant. Oaly Ten Employees On r:-rhat ·First Day According to · tbr} e d lil. hand at the t ime, pril 15 d awned brigh a.11d d ear as ten pe r& ns ent r d t he mill t , b e~ir.~. a mew adv ntttre. TJ1e ' whi s t )~ blew" for a stan at 7 a. m. Of the t "'n on band, t h ree were in the . o ffice "for e ' NLr. Th rnsolil, James .1et calf, seer :tary and u ea ur r, ami Kitty T~ in;~er, st noontph r .- '• FJ nk \ illia)1ls wa., superi f .. c:rtdent; J rry FHnn m~xect tHe co l o r ~ bad· y :oul. r· n the r,e Ls; TOJ:P. M - I '(ma ld and Cl-i ff Patti 0D, r .n the c0at r ; Ar 1 ~ kson • .. ' • Charley Soule, at the aqe of 19, taken a few days after he had arrived in Hamilton fom the East. • ran he Corli engine, and Jim I y ns fired the boiler·- tbc staff c;f hat first day. Th · fir t rull , weighing 300 pound wa lif ed by hand ; it ,osition at To. 2 coat r (abou .1 o. 11. to­day) . It was properly 1 hread d and th "' Jgnal g1vcn <1 tar th machine. In a fe v minute he first fe stcJ ns wcr c,n th eir way down hrouuh t he" t line" to he r · ·I s. It wa a hot rw,m in thos day O() d • ~; itc efforth to v ntiJ atc as mu _h a pc,&~.l bl · thr' r ugh' a s ~n. ~s cA w•m dc:w ·. J>r ·. en day ven iJa1ion th(:d w ·r · 1lt; cv 111 the m1r U' (l m ~ . . Lu;,in was · (Jt)d fnmt tht' )) arL and \-vi thi n two year it wa ne ·s.~ary t iJ almost d >U I · II · · ap· ci y of th hnt nd in ta ll anC>th ·r •n -i11 ·. Mow m n all i wrJm ·n w ·re m l<Jy ·d t~nd Mr. T hcnn s( n p ut (J Jl r' ni,_,ht !>hif t ( h ·lp m ~ ·t th r1 f< JWine d <1Il I f( Jf 'ham­pion 'oat ·d I p ·rs. 1 xand r 1'hotn ~ot Start. Work t 17 Th two shift &y rem, tiH;n i11;1 1gu t11t·d, rJ!tlint d tmtil I') 17 wht·n t hr · · ei rl1t l (Jll hift w n .ub ti l til ·d. J J wn, Mr. 'fl ( JHJ 6 () Jl p ·r onall l (JlJ'Thf n w ·mplr)y · • t cJ th · ' ill. It w:t hi · o t1 1· n J • , tl 11 J 7 y ·· rs rJIJ, wl. o l t lw · me l r · ic ' Il l , nd fi n ,JJy ('1 · in na1 of rl t J >a d Ut1 t il !J i. 1 ·.:nh fn y ·• r c,. \Vl ·n 1t · was a y(Jtf ll' man he workt•d in pr· ti -. II_ r· ' ~ry dt'partn ·nt of L mi ll he ; t is · • 1 r. 'I h< 11 (Ill h ·li ·v d ~i s son , hC>u l k1 ( th bu in · fr Jffi \' ' T )' Cl JIIC ·i rahJ angJ . I mi hf ~ II to ir t rrlu· h o d Ch m j,;n in I(Jint ,f n ·ic• b1t no r·i fa o Z lin. I '· b · m · · h mJ io vtJ . l ay• 9. l ( 4. fi d· . ft• tl' Jr I hipm ll (Jf ra •r. }f ~ )d many p) ir ion ncl . ni ,!J. 1Jj). itlt nrl nt ( r }J. c atiw 1ill wh ·n he p ir d . t mun 1 7 1r. ' ltt,Jnl 111 Ieard 1f fiJ' n' ·n in B111 h· mpt JTl. • ' . h ·r · to on1 r ·i h ch ·mi , \ ·;u; m L. 'lllpln} ·<..1 him th · fi r h· mpir1 c ·mi n · d · 1- I · ·e Jr rk. e ( rm r' d fur a upply of c- ein t'"> rcplac' he ~ hich h.1d b • ·n u ·cl in h coa ing JHvcc · . an lo I e 'peed in shippin'r wa £ 'OT The e<: CllC of r 9 - l (J8. It wa desirable but nqt alway, oLtainabJ . ham i(,n 's prr;duc s w ·r taken y hor c and ·ag(J fmm the mill , ·ithcr t he rai lroad rati(Jn. or tr) he canal ware bou · where hey were · cnt on thei r vay o !J rinters in all pan of the country. nc of the clerks at the . H. and D. in J 89' v s Harry 'T. Ratliff, a young fellow much intere t d in traffLc. H e came with Champion in hat yea r and h ree yea r later, A ugus 3 1898, signed a UJntract ;\·i h he Hamilton Belt Line railroad, bui lt o Champion through what i n w Armondale and along T wo . l ite Creek. It wa ba ed on a gua rantee of 600 carl( ad of traffic a year coming and going. Harry now i and has been gene ral tra ffic mana er for yea r . It ·a: hi rivile _,e to truck the first case f paper f r >m the mill into the f1rst box car to stop at Champion. It also wa hi privi lege to repeat t hi ac at Cant n v1:ith he fi r ·t roll of pulp, and years later at Hou ton with the fir. bale of pulp. And a few day · a o, he con en ted to truck another ca e into a b x car at Hamilton remini ·cent of the golden anniver ary of the fir t hi pment of paper f r ;m the plant: Two Flood and 'T\vo • -i lf s Llamil t n plant has uffer d wha wou ld be ca lled by ·orne a eri e· of di a ter . Th f1rst cam on Mar h 24, 18 , when flo d w r sw pt th ~ indu ry and caus d mu h damage. n De ·em r 22 19 I, th coating mill ' a pr c-ti ally wiT d out b n · f h mo ·t spe t · cular fir ·v r to visit H mil ton. Tw lv • y ·· r lat r 1lc r ·h 25, 1 1 , th ' entire 1 1i · mi Vall •y \·vas ra . T ·d by an un pr eel nt d A od ~~~ d Tfa mi lt< 11 hampton ' , .- in th mid ·t fit. Nh t d, m. ,. th • R J d fail·d tc l J \A. a:; l• ft t oth r 'P - t· ·ul ar f1r - , fir • which m, ny th 1t1: , nds f tL mil ­le ni JH>, rou h ~d i 1 tlw i r at i ~ nd u1 :, t:ti : r1l m. r e 'll!JI r f , le c 1i l a · :tkint J JoJm::;Jay-fr1t h· pen 1 ' ht.n tl . uud a , t its h i •ht ~ll J in th rni clci l · >f th 11i ht. I · r r fo i h · · ;nit g m iII h J l: • n l nu, I t r m , r ir u pl · JJt , mnil 18<J7 \ 'h n ( n · c h ·r , 0 c f th at y, r 1\11. Tlwr on h tr l.ll th •: I ~ t ill s in F r. nkl in, ~vi l n , r > m. lJ in ·, s J n · w 1 -tl I to m ' l k ~ his > n I , per. [n D(· t·mt er I'J l, it wa. i I. ·d to builcl mill h r so lh at I " m1 i m ' JU IJ I av i ht at h nd th C•Jrr · t pap ·rs to mecL i s • ·r · 1 nding bu :sin . Th i pb l I i the pn !illil N(J. 1 rlill j, H rnilt n nd • ~ '\ ' " • '• - Harry T. Ratliff. Traffic Manager, trucks a case of pape.r into a car at Hamilton, commem.orating th.e qoJden anniversary of the first shipment (by dray} from the infant plant on May 4. 1894· In the center. Homer H. Latimer. Mlll Manager at Hamilton. and on the right, Charley Soule. as he is today. it~ con truction brou ht another forceful noure into the organization- A. 0 . Rolfe-Big Al-wh; came here · February .2, 1901 and wi thin a few yea rs became gen·­eral supenntendent of paper making-his present title, although at 76 year he admits he's taking things easy. By June 7, 1902, the i o. 1 paper mill had been com­pleted and tarted operation . On the same day, the fire swept coating mill al o had been rebuilt and it re -um.ed .operations thu for th.e fir t time, Champion wa coaung the paper made on 1t own machines under he same roof. Present President Starts in Mill In midyear of 1902, al o, Logan G. Thomson, the present pre ident of Champion, and another son of the founder, be an hi ~ employment in tbe mill. He first went to the color room thence to the beaters and then to tJ e dry end of the paper machines, lea-rning, a his father desired, the bu in ess from the ground up or as would he more approp riat , from the tree to the printer. During the few y ars that f Howed the start of machines in the paper mill, Cham ion's largest market wa of course, in coat d paper. Early in 1906 an th r imp( rtant decision was reached- Champion must nt r the uncoated paper field. A new mill along the 1iami River, on the ea · t ide of B treet, was planned, r cted and began operations in 1907. Canton Plant Erected . In 1905 on"·id ra ble thouah t was given by Cham­pton to a sug sti n th at it would be well fo he plant to furni sh it wn uppJy f pul . 1 ben followed month of sear h thr uo·hout vari '1.1 e<:tions of th country) and e ~ ciall: many mi~e of f ot climbing o\-er North Carolin mountain , before i was determin-d that a si e near Ashevill wa the be t location. Con.stru tion of the plant started in 1906 and op­erations began in J anuary 1908. Reuben B. Robert­son, Sr. now xecuti · e vic -pre ident, assumed the man­a. gement soon after production began and during the 36 year that have follow d ha uperint nded its great de~ l pment, not nly for the . making of pulp and paper but the many by-products whi h orne fr<t>m wood . . H rbert W. Suter took over sales on January 11 1911, and now is vi -president and general sales man­ager. A R esearch Department was e tabli shed in charge of Don Bradner for th sole plll pose of improving Chamr ion papers and developing new processes. A lay mine wa . acqllir d in eorgia. In 1934 the name of the company was formally chang d from The Cha1npion Coated Paper Company to be all inclu sive a The Champion Paper and Fibre Company. Pulp and Paper Mill at liouston Four years later a great pulp and paper mill was built at Pasadena, near Houston, Texas, giving added aci·eage of woodlands for pulp and, like Canton, for by-products. The offieers, other than those he retofore mention­ed, are: Retlben B. Robertson, Jr. , vice-president and gen­e- ral manager, now Major in the U. S. Army; Clarke Marion, vice-president, now in \Vashington ; H. T. Ran­dall, vice-presidet~ in charge of engineering and re­search at Hamilton; Alexander Thomson, Jr., vice­president in charge of advertising, now ill in Florida frnm effects o'f a fever contracted when with the Red Cross at Cairo; John P. Osborne, New York, and V\T. 1\II. Benzing, Hamilton, vice-presidents; Scott Zoll€r, secretary and treasurer; J. L. Henson, controller and as~istant secretary; Charles S. Bryant, assistant treas­u ~ er , and Walter J. Damtoft, a sistant secretary. Plant managers are: Homer H. Latimer, at Hamil­ton; H. A. Helder, at Canton; W. R. Crute, at Houston, and Clyde Hutchinson, at Sander ville, Ga. The Golden Anniversary of the foundino of Cham­pion finds the country in the most horriple war of civilized history. Its demands have called more than 1200 men, and a number of women, into the armed forces . . It ha taken many from the organization to help in arious capacities in Washington. It has practically co nv erted he indu stry into a war pl ant, for paper and pulp are recognized a nlo . t es eB.tial in the prosecution of the war. The balf century has seen u h a growth in plant apacity and rapid development of fin pr · ~ u cts. that ev.en the dream of dream rs could n t have OllJured. The ten persons who reported for v ork on that first "Jay-April 1 5~ 1894 -have multipl'ied 600 tim · . Th four cas s of paper which were shipped on thal flr t day~May 4, 1894--h<.tve gr wn into hundreds if n per day. 'T'h · one single tory \Duilding- 5'" x 400 f t- has be. <Jt:ne acres and acres of Hoor paoe. "An indu Hy i il't bujlt," a sage sa id the other lay, ''it grow .'' • i ! • • •• PublLhed , . 'The h m~ i n amil ' a yrnb l f th oo~ ration and , d F llov · hip ·i · ting at th Plant. of Th h amp n P· ~ r and •ibre C mpan Hamilton. hi · ant n. r rth a r lin a· Houston, Te ·a an nd r viU , · or ia . G. W. Plfil.lJPS ___________________ ____ __ Editor. Canton. North Carolina REUBEN B. ROBERTSON, JR. ____ _________ __ ______ ____ . Associate Editor DWfGHT f. THOMSON ________ . _____ ________ . ___ - ___ . Associate Editor EMERSON ROBINSON _________________ _ Assistant Editor, Hamilton. Ohio A. M. KOURY __ __ ________ . ___ ___ ___ __ . Assistant Editor. Houston. Texas A. l~ art icle:s in this maga~ine are u.•ritten by the edito1· except those ,., hich carry the nam.. e of the author . Miss Anna Jarvis, Originator of Mother's Day is Blind and Penniless T he originator of Mother's Day, 1/fiss Anna Jarvis, ac­cordin to reports, is pending her la t days in a sanatorium at \Ve t Che ter, Pa. Mi s Jarvi ' mother, the wife of a Methodist. 1t1inister, died on May 9, 1905, and on the first annive rsary of her mother's death Miss Anna Jarvis invited a few friends to join her in a tribute to her mother. Out of this developed the idea of 'Mother's Day" which swept the country, and in a few years sp read, not only to every state of the Union, but to many countries. By 1914 it bec.ame traditional to ob er · e l\tlother's Day on the econd Sunday in May. Mi s Jarvis gave much o{ her time to spreadin the b­ser ance of Mother' Day around the w rid. Today mo re than 43 countries ob erve "Moth er' D ay'' on th, se nd unday in May. She made th carnation the fficial emblem for "M ther's ay," b ecause it was her mother's fav rit fl ower.--Whi e ca rnations were orn by sons and !aught rs in memory of deceas d m thers1 and r d ca rn.a ·ions for tl wh were living. L ater sl e d moted h carnation nd sub-sritu ed any hite or r d flow r as th fficial mbl m. I. o cellul id butt ns were recogniz d in la e f whit r r d fl owers. 1is Jarvis, wh i 83 y ars of ' ·, wa. b Jn ir r aft ,n , West Virginia, but spent m st f 1 r lif in Phil l I phi . . Tntil rec •ntly he ' r d f r a blind ist r who i. u< 7 . M.i s J arvi kept u her ·orr 1 m.den c in b half f 1'1 tlwr' ' Day un il a few month ~ ag vvh n . h t 1 ·me t tully blind. \'ben sb c uld no 1 n r v rk , b r · 'nt h rs lf at a ho pi tal, and a ked to be admitted a a r < ticnt. A f · day lat r, when h r friend h · rd h w .; in the h ~ pit;ll they formed a c mmittee and pl d ,.ed fun l for th, Upf rt f Mi . ] ar i and her bli r d i ' r, nd tran f rrcd them t a anitorium :vi h a more hom -like atmo phere wh r th y ould pend th rest of their li Cti in peace. • • 4th War Loan Exceeds Quota by Two Billion Th ~ f1na l · reof th t> ' t h \V,rLondriverport a otal < f 1 6 . 7 ~ ,0( ,000. ~,·h e 'ni ~J Sta & Tre sury only a. ked for f )Urtr 1 billiun , hu x e ·ding th qu.uta by $2,7'0,- 0 0,0 .-Which reminds the ll xis that the Ameri a-n .. people are determi'ned tr win th is war. Accorclin r to he la test report available it shows tha 1 o rlh D ak ta led all the ta te vv ith an over-subscription f 53 1 er ent.. Th · ta e in which Champion plan s are l ated ov r- ub crihed a f llow : North Car lina --- --- - - - ------- 37 Oh .. 10 - - -------- - ---- - - --- -- - - - Georgia --- ------- - ---- ------- ~r xas ------ - ---- - ----- ------- 33 2 21 per cent per cent per cent per cent Am n, the state with large quotas, I llinois led the li t with an over-subscription of 34 per cent ;_ Ohio second, 33 per cent; New J e rsey third, 30 per cent; ew York fou rth, 1 l per cent; Penn ylvania fifth, 9 per cent ; and ::v.Iassachusett sixth, 4 per cent. Alaska over-subscribed its quota 102 per cent, and H awaii 7 5 per cent. The grand total. over-sub cribed _by all the States, Territories and po sesswns were app roxima tely 20 per cent. Individual purchaser of bond in the ~ tate in which Champion is represented were a · foLlow : 19 1 7 cent cent cent cent Texas exceeded its quota -------­George exceeded its quota .. - - - -- - ­North Carolina exceeded 1t quota Ohio minus its quota--- - ----- -- per per per per Corpora~ions, Associations E;tc.: North Carolina exceeded 1t quota 73 per cent Ohio exceeded its quota --------- 69 per cent Georgia exceeded its quota ------ 39 per cent T exas exceeded its quota -------- 24 per cent The date of the F ifth vVar Loan driv is set f r June 12th. The Fifth War Loan Dri e call ' for $16,000, 00,00 · two billion dollar hi gher than that f the f n-th wa r loan drive conducted in January. Theref re, w mu ' t 11 bu a ll the bond w can. The treasury departm nt i a kin · indi iclu al mcri n· t _pur ba · e .<pt , 000 , 00 , 000 1· n \'V a. r B n d s t o k ' p t h ' w r gotn . numb r of h mpi ) 115 wh nr p ur ha in.: v\ th u rh our P toll Saving Plan. ·an , nd s.h ulc.l purd1 n ~.; -tra l· nd durin ()' th Fifth \V· r L >an 1 nve. ba t picms wh< ue n L [ urch,. ·in" w:.tr b nd!i thr u ~h our Pa y rull Sa in Plan ·h uld j in n ' '. Rcrn. 1~1b r uuy· mi b' intlu cn · other ' ' h · H ' n t m mb ·rs t J nL l anti H lp Win '1 h \V ~u. The Thought for the Month Tru ·tin tl Lor I with. all t h].n hean; u.ncl lean not un1 thin , uwn und ·r tan lin . In all th · va •s c-knowlt: d him, and h will di.r t thy path ' . The Bibl - Pr rb -: , . (6) ·. Another Texas Tall Story, But True Texas is not only a big state but does things in a biq way omeone aid, you can tand on a hill in Texa and see two day ahead of y 1.1. That' nothing, J a k Earl, a Texan iant, can tand on hi sockle fee and ee ov r th head of every other human bein ,-he i eight feet i and one-half . i nche tall-the tallest person in th world. l\!Ir. Earl was born in El Pa o, Tcxa . 38 years ago, and it is aid: in earl childho d h wa a per{ ctly normal child , but in hi teens he be an to row out o[ all bout d,, and before he was fifteen he waL enga ed by a H llywo d m vie producer for the rol of the giant in a ilent film 'Jack and the Bean talk." Recently he visited Atlanta, Ge rgia, a·nd cr ated quite a sensation. In his tra\ els it is diftl.cult to get sle pin a a - commodations. Ho·wever, he secure a room with twin b ds, the sprino-s are removed from both bed and plac:ed on the floor end to end, then the mattr es are added together \lvith sheet and blanket fmm both bed , and ~·1r. Earl is made comfortable for the night. All of his clothes are made to order, including his shoes. He drive ~ a car m:ade to order- a four-door affair with the front seat where the rear seat usually i . There is an ex­ten ion on the shaft of the teerino- wheel to make driving comfortable. Should you see a man driving from the back seat you \vill know that it iv Jack Earl the Texan gia nt. It is said hi draft board called him last September but the induction center put him in class T.D.B. (too dam big) . He reside in California and is engaged in the wine business. Blood Plasma for Our Soldiers A suggestion for increasing the blood supply ten fold From far and near and at frequent interval , we hear the cry for blood donors-men and women who wil1 give a pint of blood to save the life of some soldier injured in ervice. Blood Plasma i , perhaps, more important in the treat­me: lts of the injured in our Armed Service today, than any drug known to the medical profe i n. Repeated ca lls are made over the radio, thr u h newspaper and magazines for donor ;-while there are twenty-fi.ve million people who would gladly give a pint of bl od very fe-v m nth~ for usc in the Armed Ser ice, if adequat faciliti s wer provided for collecting the blood. · At tl e .Jr ~ent time a don r has to go to lanta~ Cincin-na i, V.l ashington or some lar e center, in order to ontribu t blood for thi. purp se, and when 11 cted the blood must ?e placed in a refrigerating yn.~t keep it from spo"iling. fhere ar nly a few ~uch um m the country, c n. equ ndy only about fiv per cent of he people arc iv ·n an opportuni­t: to donate bl od for the Armed Service. We w nder why the Red Cr-o do n't build a portabl unit-equi a large t ru e · with a refri eratin unit and all nee ary apparatu for gathcrin blood, fr 1 h million who w uld o-Jad]y crive it if they had an o p rtunity, and tran~po r t i · o the central unit wher the plasma can be · roper]y prepared for use on the battlefield. Such an equip­ment cou ld vi i th stna1ler cities and town. , and we ar" convinced that at lea st tWenty-five milli( n people would gladly donate blood regularly. . Champion Commended for Record in Handling Cars If there were a medal for handling of {reight car , The Champion Paper and Fibre Company would rank among the list of recipients Hauy T. Ratliff, general traffic manager, was recently informed in a letter from H. F . McCarthy, director of th division of traffi. movement of the Office of Defense Transportation . The 1943 record of Cham ion is an enviable one, the let­ter disclosed and 7 ive some idea to Champions of the tre­in ndous traffi. necessary to perate the industry. A total of 62,421 railroad cars were loaded and unloaded, with tonnage for the three divisions (Hamilton, Canton and Houston) for the ea r 1943, ~ hawi n g 2,612,025 tons, and, of thi total , 60,584 were handled within 48 hours and the av rage detention of each car was only 1.3 days. · The cars, by the way, would make more than 1,200 trains of 50 cars each, and at 45 foot per car, would make a single tl-ain more than 540 miles long! T he letter from Mr. McCarthy says: Office of Defense Transportation Washington., D. C. April 3, 1944 Nlr. H. T. Ratliff General Traffic Nianager . . The Champion Paper and Fibre Company Dear Mr. Ratliff: Thank you for your two letters of March 31, summarizing the car detention on the 63,421 cars handled by your com­pany in 1943. Your ability to load and unload 60,584 of these cars with­in 48 hours represents a commendable record. _ Also, I notice that on those few cars that were detained longer than 48 hours, extenuating circumstances made this detention un­avoidable in most cases. If we were able to establish some sort of a merit award for car handling, I am sure that you and your company would rank high in the list of recipients. The average deten­tion of 1.3 days per car on this sizable volume of business is most commendable. - ~1any thanks for sending me these stati tics. I know that I can count of your full support in the conser ation of cars throughout the months of 1944. (7) Very truly yours, H. F. McCarthy, Director Divi sion o:£ Traffic Niovement Reuben Robertson Jr. Now a Major \Vc have b n informed that Reuben B. R bertson, Jr., Vice-Prcsid nt of The Champion P aper and Fibre C n:1pallY, ha · been promot d from C<q tain to ~1ajor in the Armed Scrvi . F r some tim Major Robert on ha been stati ned in tlanta, re rgia , and i connected with General Summervill'. Det artmcnt of he l nited State Army. His promoti n om a a:s no surp rise to us, for he is · nc of the most ncr ~t> tic per ns ''"e have e er known, - a tirel s · worl er and a sti kler for ob rvin the most n1inut detail of an task co in under hi · uper ision. ~1ajo r Robert,on po ses es ~ ry quality neces ary to s c · in an . busin s r lin · of work therefore, we were not su rpri d when we heard that Reuben had b en prom t d. l J • mt Emerson Robinson Assistant Editor • ore rom am1 on er • • erv 1ce 1n arc _ n additional 69 more entered the armed service at Hamilton Champion during _ farch. A majority were as­signed to the Navy. They are : _ 1alcolrn Borden \' m. Robert Leak Paul Baker Guy _1assey Paul A. Crawford Claude Brashear Hoyt _ lordeman, Jr. G. Edward l\·1arsh Howard F. Lipscomb John Schuler, l avy Robert Vonl\1aur, 1 1avy 1 ~ rman Bitter, 1 y avy Cha rle Owens, Navy Jerome Graham V m. Hardeb ck, • avy Harold Casson Earl F anter, avy Brad ley All n, 1 iavy L 'D0ra B ·k lh ymer, V..' .A.C. ] hn Holli ter Maynard King Ray Ra-m ey Shelhy Parks, Navy Ral ph H arris barn y Wagers, avy Cllas. .1raes r .'tanley ell er, Navy Ja k Adams ~ Clar ·n Hiv ly,Navy ·walter Simp n Ray ra rrett, avy Otti oili er, !\1arine 0 n Begl y, _ avy F rd \ agner, Navy Earl Field · Carl T ackct Lorain Gabbard, lavy Donald Pierce, Navy James Baker, Marines Wilson Stewart, Navy Arcl}ie Wright, Navy Edgar Botner, Navy Ralph B. Lee, Navy Henry Alexander, Iviarines Earl J. May Robert Begley, Navy F red Piper, Navy Robert Ferris, Navy Trigg Pendergrass, Navy Lowell l\1ichael, Navy Joe \Vall ace George H enning, Navy Earl Farmer, Marines Frank Hol cr I•Jzie P oynter, Marines V rnon Pac Cl tus St ri cker, avy Tes' Hale • lara ;,m rson, W. '"f h o. l'.ll iot John \lalkcr • •ran i Jcnl r II Columbus L h . a y L _wi !'. Bl s, om . 1 ,- B 11 1 ~n· y Lurh·r H 1r r R h rt B. rt r . . vv • Theo .. 1 adit. Alb rt Rilt·y BIRTHS IN MERCY HOSPITAL To . Ir·. d n ven 1 hom :sW t r. 1120Car­on, homa · J e ry. T . 1r' . lh rt , · ri ner, J3J Pry­t nia . venu e a ~on, Larry Lee. (8) i -- I S IO S/ SGT. ROBERT JOYCE PRISONER -- -- S/Sgt. Robert D. J oycc, f(Jfmerly of ~T o. 2 ~ fachine Room, now i a pri 0n­er of the German rovernment. He was reported missing in action over P oland Febr ua ry 24 w h~ n his bomber failed to return. Information that he was a pri soner came from the I nter­national Red Cross to hi parent ·, '1r. and Mrs. Earl Joyce. BORN IN FORT HAMILTON HOSPITAL To Mrs. Leroy Ertel, 723 S uth ev­enth Street, a dau o-hter, J udith .\ nn. Lawyer: "You mean to imp! · that ~ I andy then cut hi acquaintance? '' vVitne : " \\1s ser dan da t, :: uh ~ she ut his throat.' Beulah Smith. daughter of Georqe Smith and slater of 'Ebner Smith. PFC Douglas H. Daniel. formerly of C M Ship· pinq. now stationed in North Africa. His ad­dress is APO 600, Care Postmaste r. New York. • IDS Acti\'itie of the Champion Paper and Fibre Company won the highe t prai, e at the annual convention of the Indu trial Recreation A sociation con­ference in the Ed<,ewater Beach Hotel, Chica rn, for three da) · starting April 4. .\ t Jtal of 120 delegates, repre enting indu trie ~ en ployin more than two million men and women, '''ere present. Di, playl) of many employee activi­ti of the e indu trie were exhibited and Champion· panels vf it prooram attracted con::.idcrable attention . H amiltun Champiun was repre entcd by Cal kilJman, Erne~t l '"el~o r , and Alcie Andr .w of the D ·partment of Em1 loy ~c Relations. One of .Lampi m' di'lplay:-, awa rd ­ed the hi :he ·t merit, wa:, f ur l an l · howin'1 tht publicity feature for these activitie-,, Tl is included T il E LoG OF CH slPJo · Acn ITn~ , pronounced the out ·tandintr plant publication of b • countq, Chip,, ChiT tt · and ari(JUS special publi ity feature.... A notb r 1 an·! wa confined to ·a tivities in be­half of men and W(Jmcn in th' s rvice; a third to the era p d1 iv , and a noth r to gardew. Delegates frum th er indu, tries wer nthused by m thods originating in Calvin Thomas, S 2/ c, Port Huenene, CaliJ. He is a member of the Seabees and a brother of Hazel Dyehouse. C M Sortinq. • ra1se a Champion to awaken interest in ac­tivities, and Champion's represe nta­ti ve were be ieged with individual con­ferences for information. Copies of all pu bl ication were asked by the visitors. Great interest was shown in the Champion Garden Program at Hamil­ton. \Vh ile the number of Champion gardens, 25 · was small compar d to that of orne oth r indu stries present, Champion's method of handlin r th m was p rai · d by a r pre entative of one ompany which had mor than 18,000 crardcns. · al, who \Va5 J'Cl'SOnal\y honor ·d by th cunvention by bein r nam d on f th natiunal dire tor ·, j1(>k · on four differ ·nt 0 casions durin r h pro ram. The subj cts in lud d: Publi Rela­t ions in I ndu. try ; B • lin, Toky , Th n ''/ hat ?; The Psych lo(ty of Industrial ~1o r a l ·;and a one f th · 1un he ns. 'al, Frni and lei· lso narrated a 45 minute Lolor Ll nwvi · a tiviti s f th" Dcpax m ' I t of l<.mpl y Re-lation . This icture r: ted rnu hinter st that many rcqu t · \ ·r · c ·ived to permit i · s showin in ther plants throughout the country. (9) PFC Paul Ortolf. son of Mrs. Minnie OrtoU. C M Sorting. and cous!n of Edith Fanner, also of C M Sortinq. He is a nephew o.f Clay An­drews, C M Beaters. He is now in overseas service. address APO 12764, C 22. Care Post­master, New York • PLENTY OF PLANTS , Allen Moorhead, 226 vVebster Ave­nue, now retired, i spending his spring days , as usual, with his hobby of many years, growing plants and flowers. Scores of Champions u ually remem­ber Allen and cro there for their tomato plants, cabbage ~ and other seedlings for their victory gardens. His p hone is 2159-vV. The three children of M. E. Stewart, Watch­man. They are Jonice Faye, 5: Anna Mae, 4, and Geraldine, 1. I I j • l • l • • i ! ' ' • ' I ' Mo. 2-Bamilton Champion Safety Cammittee First row: AI Cates. E1ta Smalley, Ruth Clark. koldi.nq certificate. Mrs. Muriel Allen. Mark Wise, Carl Kibn. Second ra·w: Elbert Scrivner, Walter Barr, Tom Jacobi, Ead Bel.qert. Sam Olsen, Warren Current. Third row: Clift Cooper, Con Bruqman, Joe Fiehrer, Hubert Brown, Forrest Mandnq, Eldon 'Lenhoff. • IUS war a Hamilton Champion took its proper place in the march to greater industrial safety at the annual rally held in the Moose Auditorium in Hamilton, March 29. 1\(ore than 1,100 persons, repre­senting every Hamilton busines. , were in attendance. The affair was h Jd under auspices of the HaOlilton Safety C uncit, and was occasio:ned by the annual res,en­tation of awards . 'arrest M.anring, C M Calenders, better known a Tonnie, r c:eiv d a No. l_:Forreat ManriD9 zeceivinq the s.tety lfophJ from Mr. S.t~. ' • I • • am1 trophy from the hands of Harry L. Sain, Columbus, superintendent of the division of safety and hygiene of the Ohio Industrial Commis ion. It rep­resented the fi.nest record of any Ham­iltor; t firm having m r than 200 000 man hours <rf employment during 1943. It was based on accid nt fr q uency. Miss Ruth Clark, tru ·k r i m C r{ Fini hing, re ei · ed th c rtifica tc f r an th r re rd- the fln . t . ~ fct re­ord in th.e pa •r making gr up durjn1'1" he las ix m n 1 s f 1 43. Th hi f 1 ker wafl D . .hades . ~ mith , N w r ork, f th Iati n l lndu tri al lnforntati n mmitt e of h As. iati .. n of Manufa ·tur r s, n ·wsp p nu n and r cl:i b o dea tH r. NOW A GRANDFATHER E, <.::t Phillip , af ·s. h· r ccivecl ~¥~,rd a son, 1i ha 1 Lawrcn e, has b en born. to hi dau ht r, irs. 1. . Da i'. Jr. ~ at anf rd, . C. Sh for­m r1y vas Ectt Ruth Phillips. Her hu band now is in t11e air . e vice at Fletcher .field, Texas. (10) • Patients in Mercy Hospital h m arr ili · ; !On re r member d in ~1 rey of their Hospi -1 J• · rd bilpot, 324 ,'outh re t · ~ ' ' 4 v r "' om on on of Mr. ad 1frs. · rvin Thom on, 2 J. 1Iain Street· M r . F rn Bowling, wife of 1arim~ B wii g, 23 5 Rae _tr ~e · Barbara Strong, dau hter of Mr. 'and I ,1r.,. R ub n .s~ron~, 2 ·1 ~ Beninghofen e­nue; WJ!bs H ambhn, son of ! l r. and irs. H. E. Hamblin, 226 \Vayn ve-n 1e; Patricia pdike, da 1gh er of 1{ r. a~1d Mrs. Robert ·. 1pdike, R. R. 6; George Leak, 213 Cereal Avenue;~ !J:rs. Lutie Simpson, wife of J arne Simpson, 264 · -· Toble Avenu e; James NkKinney. 4 9 Home Avenue ;. J oyce Branden­burg, niece of Mr. and Yfr . J ames Gi lbert, 1201 ummer Street · 1\il r . Marguerite Bayne , wife of ' Merle Baynes, 720 Chase Avenue; Otto lo­neker, R . R. 4; Be rnice Collopy wife of Patrick CC?Ilopy, 6 10 P ry tania Ave­nu e; Jane Ge1sler dau hter of Nlr. and Mrs. Walter Geisler, 8 0 R oss Avenue; Claudia Hoskins, wife of Charles Ho - kins, R . R . 2, ·o xford ; :Nirs. Grace Roop, wife of Ray R oop, R. R. 3; Donald lVliller, son of I\1r. and M rs. Charles Miller, R. R. 6 ; and l\tla rvin K. Dean , son of 1lr. and Nlrs. Kelson Dean, R. R. 5 . SUMMERFIELD ENEY, JR., 15 YEARS A CHAMPION Summerfield Eney1 Jr., of the New York office, probably felt like a little personal celebration on 'aturday April 15. The dat marked the b ginning of hi employm nt as a Champi n in 192 . Pvt. Eatle BiJ:tl'~tt. folfn&dy of Krome~ote. and Ml'-a. Bat'.rett. EMle'• addresa is Service Buy. 36Sth FA Bn. APO .98. Ca.m,p R.scker, Ala. Mrs. Barrett a the former Hilda Maie Knowles, Here­ford. N. C •• clauqbter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Xnowlea. Th•y were manlecl Jut February-U SA leueti.W., 8. C. Left: Sgt. Elmer L. Smith, APO 9527, Care Post­master, New York, formerly Scout leader of Troop 24. He is the son of George Smith, No. 1 Beaters. and nephew of Dane Smith. Old Papers. Left Center: Sqt. John nee, formerly of No. 1 Machine. He has been in the service for 16 months and • ore 1me During _ larch and April, 77 Cham­pion got pay increa · e~ "the time ser­Yice \Yay~· due to the poliq of the COm­pany which gi' e::- an additional five percent for each additional five years of employment. One, Jack Baker completed his quarter century with the mill in March, and three others, August Dattilo. Charle Holbrock and Charlev ' D. Tincher, completed 25 years in ApriL Tb ~y are thu drawing 25 per­cent time , ervi ~ boo t . Fourteen cm . pleted 20 year:-; 2 completed 15 yea· ; and 3 3 completed ten years. ho ~ e getting the booc,t in April Completing )() year : Kimb r Crank Rob rt Gilbert L1wrcnce \Vill ey \Yilliam Conlin, Jr. Taylc,r Jackson F u :,ic \Vinans Completing 15 year : Ro coe _ eynam Roy John on \ al er L. Roberts \ ayn \Villiams 'u mmerft eld Eney, r r. Clarence Richardson Auvtin Lee Rus, 11 tumph Ed ~fclnto h Jos ph K rr \V m. Knorr, ] r. Freda 1 1ueller now is with a medical detachment at Camp Stewart, Ga. His father, W. E. Tice, is in C M Shipping. Right Center: A/C Harold E. Hill, Class 44 E Brks 208, Shaw Field. Sumter, S. C. He formerly was in the Finishing Department. He is the son of Mrs. • erv1ce James Hoover Robert C. Witt Completing 20 years: John S. Retherford Robert I. Pollard Bob Gabbard Preston Purvis Allen H. Slusher Verl Kennedy Fred W. Laubenstein Marie Converse Those who got the March were: Compl tino- t n year : H. Elmer·\Varren H nry Runncbaurn Rcinh )1d Schwarz Sam Arnold lack R b n s ~ Clar n e D ri -k ·on Paul B. Sau r · • r, nk Water. on Eth 1 H II n J) ·nzil E. \Vii n Roy . t wart ;} ·nn St ·ph · M, ry . Hlli ston Ruth Cloyd Earl I· armer Raym m<.l Gat · Ruth ttman Loui v arman Olah v...r alton . 1ary Lo 1i . Z·ttl hri tin rant (11) oos • • mcreases 111 Elmo Hill. 222 Progress A venue. He entered the Air Corps a year ago. Right: Cpl. Roy C. Moore, now stationed in Ireland. His postoffice address is APO 813, Care Post­master, New York. His father, Truman Moore, is in No. 2 Finishing. Ella Adams Fanny Sansom Clyde Austin Antoinette Puma Luther vVilloughby Robert 1tlcQueen Completing 15 years: Robert Barrett Roy F. Flanery Lorel L. Hapner Wm. H. Ayers Olaf G. Strunk Howard Reynolds Russell C. Spicer Charles F. Back Joe vVallace Col on Dean Claren e A. Stirn Samu 1 Vaughn · Clabe Fugate Compl tin, 20 years: Brittie r hibald Orville \Vill e ' D ra Piers n John Bu kle ' Perry ~ t ard Blan h -J. ' m n PVT. HUBERT CORLESS WINS MERIT A WARD Pvt. Hub rt , rl , f rm rly of Trimm rs, ha, cen award d th m rit f h r ism f f Olltstandin ser­vi · in h ... .' uth Pacift d1 r he has be n stJ.ti ned, c ording to a m ssag r<'CCJ cd b his wif ~lari , f rmerly of ~l Clo ·kl u e. · The -v arJ as o-ivcn, it wa stat d, aft ·r h h .. d hell J to r cu thr . fel­low soldi r fr m Jr wnino- wh n th ir sn all b at up · ·. I • j S Sqt. Louis G. Meyer. APO 37. Care Post. maser. New Yo~;k. Lou was in Kromekote be­fo. re going into the service. He is now wearing a mustache and friends w ill be glad to know he is very becoming with it. From hi~ bomber ba e in Eng~and on Februan· 17, STAFF ERGEANT ROBERT JOYCE, formerly of ~o. 2 \lachine Room, penned a letter to Champion. "I hould be v·:riting you a long let­ter,' he aid, "but we are kept very busy. l appreciate the articles that have been ent to me. I have been on nine mission over Germany and we are doing our part to win the war. I hope I can come back soon, along with other Champions. J got my January i. ue of THE Lo , .. , few days later, ir f r ceived that Robert ''is ( . J rmany. " . tm auon was • • mJ~SJn over R latives and fri nds hnpe tha he wa able to rarachute to saf ·ty and is rerhap · a pr;<.;(JTJ(>r. From rhe bl ak Al .nl ians, PT1 ' TH01 1A~ ZJ LIOX, A J'O 730, ~ar · Po t master, Sea tl , \¥a h., writ ·-; that the veathcr rlte r · is ju. t a. had as it ha ~ bcrtt pictured. '' I hav b en (JUt in th' :u nshin ·," h writes, "and with­in 30 minute.:-; have sc~ n il rain, . now, lcet and hail , and th \Vind hie w a hurricane. fn a few min nc, it wo11ld b(' bright and balmy again . "~1 cn who n ver bcfur heard of tl Champion wait for THE Lc r; and read it as th roughly as I do. l·.ach time the mail ome:-;; they ask ''did ) ou t:t any mer of the 'hampion mao-azine,· .'' It'· th fin t corH any new::. bool any )f u~ ha\e .,. t" 'n nd} 11 c<m t I'm r 'c lh· ·ts proud of it a if I had done it m,.· , df.'' .' S ;T .. \J DL'U~ L. ARPE~ - TEP, \1 2 .Ca Po.tma.t r cw Y)J-1--( 'pw in Lndia)-CDt back here tT l' 11 h from l hin:-t. \' ' nt < ver ''Th • Hun r'" \'hich y ll ha\' r ·~tel S (J m I ·h ab)ut. and its quit· a sight from the air. \'e ha,·e been in ome hot potl'>. .Ha,·e a bronze st ar in my tb ater rib­bon t~), p rt in front of the fell ows here ani kid them a bit about bcin cr HS c mmandos. m entitled to wear the ri l b n that goes with President Roose- Pvt. Kenneth Reynolds. APO 545. Care Post. master, New York. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Egar Reynolds. His father is on C M Calenders. veiL's reLent cita tion to our ou dit. All t!ti . won't mean mu 1 over h ·r but wlten '~ · ~ t b· k '' .'11 rrobably I 't • )()ll thinkin,' \'1 won th w·tr sing! It 11 I I, ... o be H·ady fur ~ >m tall taks. J>\ '' 1. KI·.R~'ll' I R. lll 'l h R T , APO 4f> , 'are P o t!lhl u 1 , ·w ork -- I row ar ·all th • buv:; ou. o. 11 1a chine~ I , rn fut · ,n.vr l cr :, n .om­plaint~ to JlJ,tl ·.bu t 1 u uld h v rn:tcl · ~on <· • \hi!<: h, ck fur hi place 1 hen wa on! . Ht rol r.t ·c l I' t' S, tb. 1 in I that rui1 on a ntndd v, t r. ·k. T he w~.:ather i c1 • rin r 11 >W. T· nr • tim • T thou -'"ht I n v r \ ould ce th pl. c they II ' unny ltal '." l 1· T ~ 1ES .. ~ 10 RE, P 3 , · rc r·o. trna t ·r, an Fr, ncjsco-1 (12) • foqk fr.rv ·a r l () l c lVI n r T w: Lr)(; a I W()uld a I ·t er from JrmH·. l k J <1, rn · in tr11H'h ··irh my b•td i in the . · rv i u· 8 n h rJ 1 g in , i n . PI· . I' RI·.IJ JJ. KL LL . PO 464. ~ar · P J:-.lma-..t r .. • .,..,. YtJt ·-f n the ,\nzin b·achhead)-Jll-1 receiv ·cl. u 1 pi ~ fJ f T 1J E Lor, and C H I P · a n d r; h c r arti 1·::,. Ali the f!thcr br1y like o read t be rna razin '. I '~>viii be .rlaJ to hear ftnrn the buy. anJ will be hc1mc or;n trJ aga.in wfJrk with th m. SCT. ROBER'T K. -ODEL, APO 698, Care .Putitrna er, _ ·ew York-'! he ba eball ·cason i · nearin~ and I ~,·j} have to mi , the g-ame, the fir t year ince I can remember. . I ' foot i healing nicely and I was able o d a way with my crutch e.. ( Bf~bby \ ~h vvounded in Italy a few \·eek back. ED\lARD J. FAR. IER, AR\I 3lc. Bldg 504, Radar. _ -l\.TTC •. ravy ir Base, J acksonville. Fl2.-There· a a ilor here \vhr make· $7 a month. He's married and hi- wife doe part­time worL and earns $40 a month. \Vhen she receives her gQ\·ernment check, she ha a total of $145 a month on which ·he pay rent. buy clothing and o-roceries for herself and hu~band (his clothing i not f urni.:hed). and they save $100 worth of \"ar Bond. a m nth. How manv are doing thi- ~ • < Pvt. Clyde McDaniel. APO 4J2 . Care Po t­maslet'. New York. He is \n the qlider lnl ntry medical detachment. Clyde formerly was . on No. 1 Beaters where his father, Price. work . P\'T. L .\t'l E CE. ~TRY. 6737.­u3:", .\ -9, ARTl. Flrt hno.·. 1'\.- I • u:ed to work n the :cr en.· and in th Old Papers ~...y:tem and once in a while w re a a- mat--k . Helien~ nw th at training came in handy for ' ·e n0w han, t g throu.;h gas cbamb ·rs in our t raininu. I han~ heen here six ~ \Yeek" and must sta\. 11 more. ETHEL H.\LF. Y2c, Brk, 5-l 3, \ aYe Qu< rtcrs D. \I a, ~a ·-h u -ens and ~ brashl A \ c n u e .· . \Yashington­:\ lan .· th nk · for ::dl the thin~' s sent t me but I pprcciate mo:t Tnc Lt ' for it keers me in tou ·h ' ith rnY friend ­in the armrd f rce: as \'ell as ·at home. I <"•Ot a thrill out of s · ein~.,. .:m e. ·cerpt fnm a letter written h; my brother • . ome time a.:!o. .. GT. T 0. I \YOL:TE ~HOL:\1, . \PO 974-b, Care Pcstma ·ter, New York, ..... Y.-I met rec ntly tbe first Champion l ha\ , el'n since· •etting in-o the ,enice. He i Clarence ''Fat' Thoma , who u~ed to be in . To. 1 ~la­chine Room and n \ i in the eastern art of the C nited tates. ... GT. AL \lcGCIRE. in Enoland­I am thankful for tl e many thino- you ha\-e .-ent to me, a. I know every C urn ion in the er ·ice i::i. It will be 3. ~re t day 'hen I can come back and grJ tu work ' ith , 11 my good friends. Cn il tat o-reat day doe come, all nf ll" h. 'e a big j 1b o do. L tter- al::-v ·ere received from: ''(o-. Luther A.\ illollghy, 7107 . 1 . \'Ie\ \ v nue. H 11n in!..'t m Park ' . ' Cali . Robert \rn1 .. ~rot !..', 7 th .\ viation .'qd., Randolph F icld, ']\: .. '/:p. IJ ... Callahci, APO 467 Care P t n1a ter, . ~ · \ urk. :jScrt. \ 7illiam Rent ch ler. 1 )( X2- ]9, ·,. 1 J. Det. t<J -. !1 .\ \ .\ (:\V) Bn . ."em., 'amp :\Jair, Ore. t. be,·crl) Clark, .\S, <r~ 16')2, c, H. 1 ·s 1·.1 ~ ( ' ) Bn., F rt Jack - c - ~ n, .. . . P\t. Earl Hedge., 35 ·7 ~37c;, Cu , 11 hn 3rd I nf. Re$? .• · J, 1 J ep Jt R ·pl. C nt ·r .\ 1F, l•rJt C ·(Jr 'e leJd , .\JJ. John, m(Jni , PH 1 2/c, 'a\}· o. IG<J. Care Flett I n. t OHice, · \ \ (Jr •• PI· Robert \V. I· 1. Le1, Canq' ll o I, T . a . Pn. \Y ·fldcll l:H.Jrill(T, \PO 5'J7, C:nc Po<t a ter, . · \ Yor . P . \'illiam L. H 1ehnn, PO 511, ~~t. H nr} C1il Jn, AP 0, ar· PJtrna6t r,JTcvY r·. Cpl. ] >hn arri n, 1 P 597, Care Po tma ter, • ew York. Pn. Earl ,-hL:J ard, 1\PO ~65, Care Po.:: tma:tc:r, ,'an 1• ran ·i.::co. ali f. PF . lam ·s .\fat .. um 1\PO 7 ... (), Care Po: tmaster, Seattle, \Va. h. 1 ·t. lbert F. \'i :cman · ~ SHR2- 2l)_, H allll S 2 Oth Lng. C Bn., Camp Swift, Tcxa:. pl. \Villiam F. r IO~"r, J\S T,35801 - 053, Hq. Co. SC(T ]C)50, Camp ~l c Qtni 1c, Calif. S/ Sgt. Donald Troutman, P 63 8, Car" P -tml .:: ter,. . ; 'W York. 'crt. Paul J. Cook, AP 70<), 1. ' nit 2, Care Postma ' ter, 'an Franci sco, Calif. Sgt. Joe Creech, APO 635, Care Postma.::tcr, New York. Pvt. \'alter L. Gctz, l ... 0, Biloxi , l\li ·s . pl. Ralph H. Elliott, APO 625, Care Po tma ter, New York . J. F. Schuler, S 2/c, K2-2 Brks 411 l~ P, Service School, Great Lakes, Ill. PYt. Harry J. Nichtino-, Btry C, 3 79th FA Bn., APO 102, Camp Swift, Texas. PFC Ernest Allen, APO 520, Care Postma ter, New York. PFC \Vilson Browning, APO 717, Care Postma ter, San Francisco. Pvt. Annetta ~I. Lee, Co 22-3rd Reg. APB, Ft. Desmoines, Iowa. Pvt. George F. Sch neider, APO 464, Care Postmaster, New York. Cpl. Alva 11cQuinley APO 528, Care Po.:.tmaster, New York. Pvt. Marvin K. McMillen, stepson ol John Wertz, No. 2 Cutters, was killed in action over Italy February 7, the family here was notiJied. He was a paratrooper. His last letter to his mother, Mrs. Odella Wertz, said he was "well and line" and advised her not to worry as he was alright. PFC Simon \ ierscma, 'IS 8-A 3 5- 6649 '3. :\aval Air tation, Pen acola . Sft. John A. Bryant, H l· Dct. APO 9, 1, Car· Postma ' tcr, "'cattle. \' a ~ h. Capt. \Y. E. \Vright, 26j ."outh 22nd , treet, Philadelphia (3), Pen na . Pn. \Yilliam Cramer, Pl 7 6th R n. 13n., Parris Island, South aroli na. 1st Lt. Gerald E. -:\ Ieehan, 1\ PO · 13 , Care Postma · ter, ~ re\ York (1 L . y . Y. M rine PFC CurUa Ponder, formerly in the Ch mic 1 Building, now at Camp Lei une. N. C., and. h11 brother, Rovy Poncler, formerly of No. 2 Ma<:hine Room, now Seam n, !irat cl a. (13) ' Staff Sgt. Webster Epperson, husband of Dorothy Epperson, C M Sorting, is stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss. He was formerly on C M Calenders. His little son is Webb Carr Epperson, fourteen months old. ' B y Otto Reid You knO\v we are inclined to believe that joke about Tommie ~1 anring get­ting old. \Ve ee where he is discard­ing some of hi ' heavier duties for a pottering senility. On the broad, cap­able shoulder of Jim Pelley \Vill rest re ponsibility of meeting THE LoG deadline with Calender Chatter. The picture of the year wi ll be showing Jim with his 300 p und (or le ) hooked f1rmly to a puny lead pencil. )) » « « Recently Old _ 1ac Powell laid that bear crushing emhrace on our ony boulder and con~ratulateJ u on writ­ing a fe, column without m nti nin0 Old . 1ac. \' e tuuk a dtep bm in il­ent humiliation, n ver mentioning hat n ·o f our b t laid plan~ had fuund their \ ay into the crap ba~k t of th .. edit rs. \ 11, '' ain't the fn t 'll}' to take credit when a kick in the ribs wa due. Remember the .Jn1- r\dtniral wh vva d C( rat d for on ly lo ~ in ~ 22 hip in a 22- hip c nv v. H ~ h ld hi j b until h :sank ou r r{'av fi\'e time · in on week. I will repo~t th:n Ra\ \r te r•a, -eJ :\lac hou e after th. e. blizzard , nd saw -nm · drift:~ over the cr vd1 -h lake until the mounJ- looked lik E kim \ill e . harlcv ~ ule ' . cu ed ~1 c of l u ·in 'H·n·thin po edly plentiful 0 th f rm, but he won't deny the snow makes plenty of good water for 1-1ac. · )) J) (( (( From experience, we can truly say that the man V·iho exists without chari­tv- in his heart has never lived one si ngle day, and the future holds an c\·er bleaker hope. In Eternity, there are no creati n and no reform . The entire procecdincr will be conducted by neimpartialjudge. Hem ,haw .and allied excu e~, \Yill be blanketed by brutal facts. A buck th. t yuu n ded badly yourself \vill outwci(~h :~ th us­and ca ual dollar . , » « « Prt''<. it"W I dr •, meJ of you t ni~h( and in my d rc , I SJ ,,k · until • OJ\ l\11-\'C ·• (J\n-It • • I' 'Ill ... o real th.1 t it lH dd be · . h1 r 1bcr f · n t.~.:>' . • ~·o H'·L ye. it\. bor h Jrt t'C-t' \ . h \·a. u· 1 rc\·ic\ · ·t i1 b -tJ h::dc.:~ked relief. It \ tlo a • • inunJ t . 1nn JO} t my n f. the h of million • It lfl th dr , m of n . • The r, :li~ r r I ·h n the deed • I 0 e. ( Bill ,,im '"' and P rker riel rm are in · ·para I ~. Bill r ·c nth call ·d un P· rk ~r auJ f und him J•r;J trate \lith , Ir -. He it n h ndling a raz 1r ' ith the . w ' Tin motion lH gr· ndd, d 1~cJ tq rra 11 · f1<1h. ml h ·r wo 1he newlv hlilch ·r ·J bog. It a explain ·J tha·t P_ark ·r wa& ick f Jf hog killing time in h1 ; old h me t wn and imrl:> h' d o have its duplica eat hi . rlace-()nlv he got mu~t of the blo d on hin1. · )) » « C( 0 car Barnc remind u he Ita n't t ccn m nti ned lately. \Vel!. \.Ye '·rote th ' t ry of hi dog spli ti nl! it elf ()n a ap ling, of Oscar putting the dug o­oethcr again with two le up and-t vo clown. Then it cha ecl rabbi ::. on \V, leg and flipped over to the other t\ ·o when it got tired. The stor: was kill­ed. P erhaps we are gullible. but then a lot of hioh priced ne"~<v ·hawk went out on a limb for the Lacy tory. \Vhen they looked back, the limb was not even close to the tree. )) » « « Earl Beigert can't figure out why they call money dough. "Dough tick to your fingers," he says. » » « « Children are a blessing to mankind -especially to those who have them and to those who don't. )) )) « (( Bill Thomp on must have developed that salty brogue of his, he's in the Navy, c.ro sing the :Nfississippi River on a tram. }) )) « « vYe saw a "1-A'' card today and further inspection showed our name was on it. So \Ve expect to be going to cl iff erent localitie::. oon. )) » (( « !If ani! a Bound She' oing b, k; Old lorv' • go1 ng back. ~ ee her surg and toss ab ,.e the ~ wa re! Throucrh th l: 1 1d, thr ugh the bull ts nd the ft, k-eeking tho -c who dared humiliate her brav ! ALEX THOMSON, JR., IN FLORIDA ,\l l'. Th mson, Jr., Vi c-Pre· iJ nt in eli, rgc f advertis ing, is nvalc·cin at · u. r t, Florid a, f r m an iII n '.' · w hi · h ha:; pia 'l' ·d him :i ncc his return fr m R ,d ro. , fi l t Wt1rk, t .air , E ypt. H e . l c ·r,. t) b tn Fl )rida {ur ~cve ral \t:'ck before cumin n01th . '" Putt in ~7 a pin on t h • r' .· c h a i r i: ' n 1 ld j ke.'' "\"e ·, -,ir," huckled Al fie; but it hasr 't lo t it point yet.' Reuben Robertson, Jr., And Eugene Bennett N Majors Arm: promotions for tv.· 'ham-pions. just ann unced, have ad ranced their ranks from Captain to l\1ajor. They are ~lajor Reuben B. Robert-son, Jr.. Yice-Pr sid nt, and Iajor Eugene Bennett, Research. l\Iajor Robertson is stationed '''ith the Fourth en·ice Command at tlanta. Ga., and ~Iaj r Bennett ha been at Camp Da - is. ~ ·. C., since his return from the .\frican theater of operation:::. 11ajor Bennett recently \·a- on lea \'C, vi iting \·ith his \ •ife. -Julia, Research, and re- ' lative~ and friend in the mill. DO YOU REMEMBER - - - When Champion letterheads (in 1912) proudly proclaimed that total production of paper was 150 tons a day? When the platers were located in the present machine shop? When the coaters were powered by a rope 6.000 feet long? When No. 6 Board Machine was moved to Canton? Martha Geiser. third child of Mr. and Mra. Leo Ge ser. She is now 15 months old. The oth r children are Leo. 12, and Mary. 8. Mrs. G l er i the former Julia Kettman. Nurse. 1 PFC Richard DaHmer, formerly of the Adver­tising Department. and his brother. Robert Dall­mer. with the Coast Guard at Curtis Bay, Md. They are sons of Clifford Cooper. No. 2 Ship­ping. Richard now is in England and had a meeting with Champion's repl'e~entative in that country. Robed's address is AS 7022-956, Co. Gll. Brks. 107. U. S. Coast Guard Training Sta­tion. Curtis Bay, Baltimore. Md. By James Pelley Here is a maiden effort in journal­ism. It seems that reporters may come and reporter may go, but the column must go on. Tommy Manring took over when Uncle vVhiskers took Bill Thompson and it eems Katy and pring hou e cleaning cau~ht up with Tommy and we don't kn w what will catch up with us. ] n the n a r futu rc we will n t att 'mpt to plagiarize either of our pred c s ors but just m 1ddle along. Anyon having an item will pl as pa s it on nd we ill attempt tog ·tit in THE LoG. )) )) (( « ' Don" h gl y ;1 nd Earl ' Brother'' l\1ay , w ·r · indu ted (Don to th ~ 1avy), th ·ir traini11g tartin th 10th and 12th r)f J\pril. ddre:-., ·slater. )) » (( (( H r are ddr · ' l'S of s<JilH of our fnrm •r folk: Pvt. i\nn ·tUt ~1. L · , ~22 .... 2~. o 1, 1st R ·gt. PH, Fo1t f , .-~vJ iu s, l r\a. ~ 2/c. j ,m Jo n. 274 LT, r, ir Sig. T g., ~ Tavy Pi r, hicawJ, Ill. Pvt. Joh \V. H lli r, 3~07 47 g3 Postal nit ·<. 2, 44 I, Ord, II ~ o' am Cooke, ali f. (15) And a former Champion several fel­lows have asked about: PFC John vVendelkin, 35797388, 484 SEFTS, Aloe Field Victoria, Texa . }) )) {( (( Carl "Mickey 11ouse" l\:1oss paid u a i it while on furlough. )) )) (( {( rt vVil on, Mil.lwright, formerly f C nton, on night hift with Harlow, would go to the Cafeteria to eat. Art alway ot a glass of ice water. One nio-ht. Harlow asked: '''- h do ou get that i e water? n n 't ou know th y charg you a ni kcl for it?' vVil son c a d taking ice \Vater for few ni hts u til it dawn don him hi bill was n small . Now he take t\ o. )) )} (( (( L ui · Pann ·1 ha - 1 st hi, fi hing fev 'r inc h wa, r ady t o- one Sun­day rcc ntly. It rain 'J, it ·n v d, it ~ l c 't d and it fr z . Buses had to al Jn l n s rvi , and Louie abandoned f1 ·hi n . )) )) << (( • Think 1 ig. lk li ti e· Lo much, ]au _ h a ·ily; Work hard, ()>i e fr ely; nd be kind ! • ' I oom __ _ Ey Jay \Ybat ,,.e thought to l <:> a l " llyin,.:: B-29 B mbcr turned. out L be P ·arl Little coming t w rk on his mot r- cycle. Pearl' · .:ay · he get - 4-0 mile n the o-allon. an Fren ·h .:hould Q:Cl a bout 0 n1ile · if Pe;1 rl :ret · 4U. ' The bo~·s ~ave H \YC! rd Lip, mh anJ Paul Cra1dorJ - fare\Yell part at the : merican Legi n H me. Both arc in the .. a\·y. .- fter the party uOITI of the boy~ dropped in n ,eorge 'teiner for ·ome of his fam us 'Chili ' '. )) )) C( (( Of all the bm· from th l\Iachinc Room in the armed fore ·, none i. as con::istent in writin lettec and cards <..; a' Gordon r nde~ . Not a week pa se without a letter or card f rom him. In his la t let,ter he plead : ''\ -hy d on't you gu;rs get together and crat ch me a line.' How a bout it. fellows? His • addre~ i : PFC Gordon . nde , Co C , io-nal Bn., Camp Lejeune 1 ew Riv­er ~ ·. C. . )) )) (( ({ P aul Cravdord, who runs Gordon Ande a do e econd in vnitina letters and ca rds, write : 'v\ ill drop a line to ay I am doing vvell. H ope to be an admiral in a \reek or so. H a. H a . You fellow drop a line real often. Keep them machi nes makin bay. Sincere­ly, F at." O.K . fat stuff we will do th at. P au l's add ress i : Pau l .\ . C ra\1\'- Dewey Reth rford, on o1 Em ry Retherford. Coate rs~ and Mrs. R th rford. the former Ros - ary Hate, dauqhte• of G n tt Ha , Bo Shop. f c rd . . \ . S., t . 1 3 U. S. I f. T. S., 11C<.H Lnh's Ill. )} )~ (( (( c iscr and lbert Kind, ttcn-ti ' n! \" c h. ve it from v ry reliabl sourc ·that H mer Latim er and C le­mau Bishor , a t th .:H gam of golf they played with r u Ia ·t year and b at you .-o bad y, tTSED SLll ~SHOT TO CE1 OlTT OF THE R TGH. H om­e r, b ing the b tter shot, wo uld use the ·ling bot while Coleman houted ' F o re ! ~· \ e bel ieve Leo and Albert ca n beat the ab ve gentlemen on equal term . )) )) (( (( T he boys of t he In pection gave Ge01· cre H enning a fa rewell party. .eo rge will be with the Navy . )) )) (( {( J ohn Broun, of No. 4 l\1achine, and now with the Coa t G ua rd, was a visi­tor at the Niill. )} )) (( (( Bud Penwell is home on furlough and a fi ne looking soldi er is old Bud. H e i the son of Alva P enwell, Sr. , : ' ight Su per. Alva s oth er son Russ, i with the fighting forces in t he Pacifi c. I n a recent battle Russ lost hi s wrist wat ch and identiftcat ion ta g, but came throu gh unhurt . Russ was backtender on the big machine in No. 1 r·v1achine R oom before going into the Army. )) )) ( ( (( v\'e can ex plain that big mile on , ven and eliu s' face : hi son, Theo­dore, , ent him a box of cicrars h om Cuba. H e i ,~~,,. i t h the Coast Guard and su re eret around . )) l> <C ( , quart of icc cream and t \ 'O pound (Jf cake is \1 rl Bayne ·' idta l h av­en. » « (( ''An\·bCJdv fuun l n ·ar Ill\' ch ick n • • • I11HL c ut night will be f(•un 1 there the nc t T1l1Jrnin r,'' read-; a -;ir-rn m the hl'nllery < f I 'rank 1-li e •.. ~i •ht uper. )} )) (( \' () ·erhc , rd thi. the orh~.:r l.lav: Bill •· 1.'' K orr :1 al·inv: ' I'm vend m, n whcr '\ l:f I .!U." _li1 {Philo. ( pht:r La T L e: "Y but ~ un ne\ 'I .roan)\ ·here.'' • De n 'ouclt.:r i.: 1 Lt nc. m n r- ~ in the . 'V~\. I ·an h - l een vith u.­fur · · n \.e r ~ and i · lhc l e ·t k n lv m:m anv ·. Lchin Rc HTl ' r h d. e .. n t ok f u lh r) on the mJchine ~ , _ d ·11 dr ·er felt ~t:· m~ wirh the ::. ~ ir -rw chine ook re of Nancy Lee Blume, 8-year-old daughter of Paul Blume, Reels, and niece of Miss Helen Blume. Nurse, and Christ Blume, Beaters. the wires, felts and dandy rolls. Dean is not only a good man on the job but a lso a swell f ellow to work with. \Ve ~ i sh you a peedy return, D ean. )) )) (( (( Billy Bowling and Eddy R athgens a re just abou t the be t little '\1\·orker we have seen at their age. Both are ixt een (almo t seventeen, a Billy ha it ) . o matter how much "hay'' there is to load they stay with it a nd when you ive th em a lift or push with the b roke-b ox e~ t hey o-ive you a mil e a big a a house. Yes, and they can '' ork n the winders as good a an man w ever saw. They always hav a bi er mile {or you. )) )) « « ur th ank to C. \i\lalker of t he clea n-up ga ng for always 1 ohng out for ur afety . \i\Ther ver ther i. a lipr ery place in the l'vi achine Room ;. _u w. i ll nnd \Valker cleaning nnd ra pll1g. )} )) (( (( P at ( B·lck t Bo nsvill ) .l\ IainmJ wife i ab ur th b st k in Hamil­ton. \!It" t w c, n t und r. tan l is ' by P a t d sn't p ut un a litt le weight ? dd uews: L rt a r In r can be s ·n !mo. t cl: il a t th 6c lf-lin l.. . vYh at n al··· thi · dd n w i th tArt i.:­u::> in tf < n Clld door- kn b ( )r a o- ){ I II. Pr ac h ' r- F or ·hamc, t .\ ' 1' d. \ h, t have th ->:;e po r litt le fi h done t~.> be impri · )n ed upon a d . .' of ·est ? Lad- T hat-l hat' w.h.dt they g t f r - for ha ing rm n unday ·ir. • I Bv- Patricia Hanunerle Bcliev it or n )t- unn r Smith ,,-a the first of th , ch duler to meet the Ea ter bunn\r. Th, Thur da r be­fore Ea ~ tcr. Cun-ner' de k" a beauti­fully de oratel \tth everJ.l barl b il­ed egg,, s, all of different colors. H w Jo you suppose he doe.: it~ He claim: he a nJ ?\lr. Rabbit a r 'enT g< od frien h-but wa ~ h :ur~ ri:ed \~he~1 he found out that the eggs \'eren \ hard b(1iled-H :l, Ha. · · » » « {( Otto I ersteiner and ~Ltrk Bur r \·ere two 'ictim of ci rcumstanc "S on pril the fir:t. ~·lark hunteJ for an ht ur for £, erett Hall onh to find out it '.a·' nothing ?ut an .\p;il Fool joke. whd . Otto burned t .... Ir. ~ Ic~ I aha n~ , office o talk over bwine -. He was al o a victim of an April Fool's Dav prank. ' )) )) (( (( Helen Power ~ is -till 1 \mting for the Sports Gazette ma Tazine. Helen re­cei, ·ed a call from Cincinnati the other da: a .king her f r her picture to be printed in the , -called " 'ports Ga­zette' , and to her di -may ~he can't find an_ information concernina the outfit. If anvone knovr - an thin about thi ' . maf[azine plea ~ e cnntact her. \Ve ha e tried to convince her that she should ~ nd her ric ure. but she i::. inclined to think it i all a joke. Could be? Patty Brook • dauqhter of Margaret Brooks. Wet End Control. and qranddauqhter of Nelle eeci, C M Cu"•r•. vVh aL d · )ll think of Bett Loheid · vvho t ok a Lr i p t ' pringfteld on ·at H ­day and dic!I t ge back to v ork until the f llowing Thursday ? Bet ·y claim he wa, stranded b "cau e of the in­d ment \ ·ather, but she al o made the remark that sh needed a li ttle vaca­tion. Fr m now on she will be known as "Ali bi Loh "id ''. )) )) (( {( ~'lr. Rennie ha - returned from a two week vacati n and Don S andefer ver 'apably fulfi lled the du ties of mail man. He found out that he not only had to carry the mail but he had to give a full account of the weathers to we Schedulers. He really was O'Kay wa n't he, Ruthie? ' )) )) (( {( Thi i about all for the May issue, o I'll see you in June. Write that b y of yours a letter today. )) )) {( « Question: Why was P atty Hammerle running around with her :finger ban­daged?? n n Answer: Trying to fix the same add­ing machine she was ribbing the fel­lov. about a month ago. BURG-DAVIS WEDDING ~~Iar y Burg and Phillip Da vi , E.M. 2/c, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony in a quiet ceremony, held in the church of St. Mary Nlagdalene, in Omal a, Nebraska, on Saturday, ~larch 25 , at 8:30 in th mornin0 . The bride was lovely in a suit of soft blu w ol with navy blue acce so rie white blou se and a corsa -T of ardenia . Mary Ann I ritcha rd and F r J ot­t r attended the t ridal m1 lc. After a brief w ddiqg trip, Mr . Davis r turn 'U to ham ion, where sh wi ll r main wit! the 1~1 achine Sho1 Offi ce. ~ f r. Davis wen on t(J the w t oast to rc-ume hi duties with th ~ .. ·avy. SGT. KNODEL AWARDED PURPLE HEART Sg . l b rt KrH1del, rm rly of : o. 2 Fir i ~ hin )', who '\.<is in the t hicl· nf fi '~'htin 7 in tica and 1 al , h · b n awa d ·d the Purple Hear f r wound. uff·rcd J.anu~ry 31. Th· m age cam to hts 1f ·, Ruth , , u. 2 Fi1 ish­inrr. he re ~i ·d th m clal re ntly. .Bobb~' till i·· c nfm d in a ho pi tal at aple . (17) . Matt Munz, Manager of Cafeteria, Called :Niatthew Munz, known to almost everyone in the mill a K.·Iatt, died un­expectedly of a heart attack while in his room in the Deshler-\"allick Hotel , Columbus, Ohio, April 6th. He was 49 yea rs old. Niatt and iv[rs. ivlunz had gone to Columbu to attend a con­vention of the Ohio State Re taurant Association. ' ' On the morning of hi death; the..r went to a re taurant, and returned to the hotel , .lvlr . 1~1unz tellin O' her hu - band she wanted to walk to a :store. She told friend she had a prem nition and returned in a few minutes to find ~.1att had collap d a he evidently was preparinO' to lie down. ~fiatt had b en ma 1a r f the cafe­teria f r se ral r . H e was a men - b r of th l\1 nic and Jr. . l . A. I. frat erniti e and of the ] i" a bl d Am ri­can V t rans. H l a · his wid w, Carri ; thr e ns., · arland tim tudy ani coa h f ham pions ba k tball tean, anJ d' ·a rd. Hamilt n. nd ]') nald, n win Ha\ aii; tw d u ht r', l\'[r . Paul R idin O'er and ~·h -. R mil­J , H r hner; tw broth r', arl and Alfred l\'[unz, .:tnd a ' is c , 1rs. ~l ri \Y u rtzl a h. WILLIAM R. ROETTGER \ illiam R. Ru 'tt r, 1, 34 Bu k-ey ret, li -d in rt Hamilton ti - i t a 1 p ri I 1 l. H a th , f t h r f C; · >rg R cu g ·r. H al o leaves his wid w, K tie. an th r n, three daughter~ and two si ters. { • • I \' 1 1 } d A()' t i II ' • Eunice Keck tn k th n "'\, Jg, in ' by haYine>- h d an apr(.'ndcctom; . .. we ho e ~he ''ill he [\J ·k ' ith us l't'­for thi , i ' SUe •nH.'::- t ut. « « Bill reagmil rccunh c nductcd '- . ei~ht girl·fn. . m ..~. ale: thr"~ugh the mill ~ '- t inrre e their kn "·ledge of th c n-n \'ti,)n between mjll <.•peratiorL and ~ale: en·i e. . '( one .t... t tatu.dni in the machinery and all returned f.afelY to heir ba.:e: · « « ~Iar a et Levdon i hereby inform- • • ed tha we all realize times are tou h and tha hit hing: ride~ i ~ really being patri tic 'On~iderin the o-as rationino-, but realh-. ~ lar aret, an ice truck!! • I n't that oYerdoing it a little?? » » (( « . Iar; Ellen Scln\ ing, Yeoman Third Clas ' of the \Ya,·es. came in to see us ' while home on lea\·e before going to Great Lake . She is a knockout in her na\·y blues and feather cut. vv ith her good looks and brains she is definitely an as et to the \Va \·es. She will be stationed at Great Lakes indefinitely. ),))((<( A urpri e birthday luncheon was s rung on Katherine ~ · ewkirk this past mon h at the Anthony \T ayne. Some of the things people can think up for Myrtie Weat. Air WAC. DeaMoines. low . She ir. a daughter of the late Walker West. Watchman. a aiater of Mrs. Lillian Schulte, C M Sortinq, aiater-!.n-law of Gilbert Schulte, Krome­kote, and &lao a. sister of Mrs. Mae Stirn. Cafe· teria Cuhier. and aiater·ln-law of Cluence SUr1\. No. a 8hlppl&l • ,\ • :1 o !- lik the \olf tJp (rx m )ll r tr,~l. n modl.'led gift frPm the hilari(lu- 1< • lead n. and th .. t : ·cntcd (hold >our n ~)snap. \e hat· to .a) an} ­thin~. but d) •, Fnnk Thorr p on eat that much ~til the time? Y •s, we un­derstan t he doc::-. )) l) (! (( If ther is anvone \Vh ha. n 't been • cnli •htcned as t what all the excite-m nt was about in Sales a while back, it was because Helen Schubert's boy friend returned to the state . He had been gone for two years, and had just called her upon his arrival. ,, )) (t (( Three former Champions are back \Vith us agai n. They are Martha Kel­ly, Wilma (Cookie) Hamblin, and Ruth Augspurger. Welcome back, gi r Is. )) )) (( (( A big time was had by all at the Lab party out at Camp Chapaco in honor of Dan Fuentes who, much to our re­gret, has left Champion to accept a position as export manager \¥ith Sperti Incorporated, Cinci nnati. The weath­er was ~ little cold for picnicking, nev­ertheless the baseba ll game was enjoy­ed by many. )) )) {( (( J\'leretta Burnett paid u a visit this past month with baby R amona, who made q uitc a hit with everyone. She wa on her best baby behavior, too, and didn't cry al all ... well , not much, anyhow. ,, ,) << (( Th gu ·~ s at the r ·cent hamb r of Commerc<.: dinner at the Elk · lub W"r' cnjoy,bly cntcrtain"d b th beautiful singing of th · Champion 'h()J u. ably I J by ill) Simpsot . ») l « On \londa , i ptil 17th, fifteen '~'i rl s nH t iu th · confen·nc rnnm \ ith h' . \ nd r t'\1 , a11d \I uri ·1 /\lien t:1 f Jt' tll a (;irb \<..ti\it) l'llttuniac·. Th· pur­p< Jsl' t,f thii) <Jttllllittcc i · w arr. r gc all :.t tiviri· fot a )C:.tr. ), ing t th . . hun a. • · of ti r,·.., :H1d • uli nt:, < nc n ~ ration ·d I ro}.! r .un n tll t be a rr · n ' ·tl. J\hrg ... rct Leydun ·md 1111 ;rotbaus r ·pres •nt ·J dH.~ l\L in OffK and th y ask j( i ny rid in the~~ in ffi ~ ha any sug£ ti n or id ·as, to t in t uch with th n and they v.. ill pre nt them t the next m etin . omr on girls, let' t to ether. (18) • Capt. Francis S. Hapner. formerly of Research, being decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross somewhere in England, where he is a navigator on a Flying For1ress with the famed Eighth Air Force. The award came after he had ta'~en part i.n 20 air raids over Germany and destroyed one German aircraft a Messerschmitt 109. during the terrible attack on the baH bearing plant at Schweinfur1. The award was made by Col. Harold Q. Huglin. Captain Hapner is the hus· band of Mary Louise Hapner and son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hapner. A brother. Loret is in No. 2 Embossing. Mrs. Deborah Parsons, 90, Formed 22 0. E. S. Lodges 2\Irs. Deb Jrah Par~ •n: 90 veus )ld. • mother f Harold Pars os, \fillwri .~.dn . died in her hum\; in 1 crea. Ky .. ~larch _ 1, at 2:15a.m .. a ~ h r s >n sat by a ·ouch n which sh \as n·stin~ ~llld mly a le\ minut ~ aft ·r ::>h, had h 'l'n talki ng to him. ~ Ir s. P ~usons, wiJU\v of rhe P e ·. lam •s Parsons, \as on • of th · l~ ·-.t knmvn \urn ·n in Kentucky, ,n; \e ll .ts une of th · uld ·st. During h ·r lif~..·rimt•, she hel1 ed 1 ) mganiz · 22 l':as t ·rn ~tat I .odvcs, tiiVl'lll} t)f th '111 in h .. l..'ntuch.y and t \ <' i u T · as . In :tdJirion to IH•r own ·hildr n, sh<· k-t ·s 4 gr,lndd tillrcn, Jb g·reat ­gr~ tn l · ltil dr~..·n and ltv• rr,•at -gr·,t- ~ . <> rn nd ·Ill ld rcn . ~-> Sh had l L'l·n ·t tnernb ·r t)l• r l1 ·:-', out I1 - <.: rn BapLi L 'hu tch ft r 7) year:;. ---------------·---- " J low I n r 'tr · ou in jaii f( r. m man.? " ·•'fwo · ·l·s." ' '\Vh aL i · tb ch< rg ?' "No charge. Everything's frl:!e.'' Pvt. Stanley G. Gardner is stationed in Lin· keep th.e home fires bur.ning. until he comes ooln. Nebraska. while his wife. Nancy Gardner. back to them. C M Sorting, and his son, Ronald Lee, · age 7, oom--- Hot Off the Dryers-By DRM Leo \7inkler celebrated the pa ing of another milestone in life's , pan and duly brought to work a bio- birthday cake. Peo: \iVilson, Tottie :Niarvi n Ru sell .~picer, John Ram ey and oth­er in the l\1achine Room will te tify that thi- cake wa < ne of the best ever baked by ~ir . \Vinkle r. I n't it pecu­liar that the back tender for Leo \vouldn't eat anv of it? ' )) )} (( (( teve Chas , Jimmy Dunn and \~· alter Dyle were ou r Texas Yi sito rs the latter part of rvl a rch .. /\lv:~ y: glad to , ee all of you. » )) (( (( . rvl r. and .Ni rs. Ge rge Hi v el~ enter­tained, over the Ea ter h liday . their dauohter ~ 1rs. \Valter Z-1chary, and. oranddauo-hter, Leanna , Cant -n. )) )) (( (f The Old Paper system ·: tabli shed a record for the 13th P eri od wh.ich is commendable. T he in-put for thi , reriod was th e highest iJ the history of the sy tern. » )) (( {( w1r. and _ fr . Robert ~\lcKnight "pent Easter wit h r lativet, in 'onth rn Indiana, and now Bob is out of gaso­line unti-l J u e 21. Comin hom v.rjth 20 dozen ego-s and a six pound ch icken ju ifies walkin fer two month '· · Our concert pianist announces sev­eral appearances with the Champion Choru s. \Vatch your papers for the hour on WKRC June 17. On April 11 , the Kiwanis Club was entertained by Simpson, Brecht and Company. This group is scheduled to appear at the Pulp and Paper meeting in Mid­dletown the latter part of April. )) }) (( (( The sisters Marie and Isabella Von­Hagen spent the Easter season ·at Camp l\/[axey Texas. Did they go to see their brother ? )) )) (( cc To you ex-inspe tor , it may be of · jnterest to , know that Tottie Marvin and Sadie Durham are print inspec­tors and hat Zena McGee and Ruth reer arc te ters in No. 1 Machine Room. Sadie looks swell .. in her slack ' and To ti will no longer abide by her di et. )) )) (( (( Th Fir t Bapti t team in the Chur h hasketball l agu · won the hampion-hip f S uthwestern Ohio at Dayton with Whitey Hayes and Dick y Martin, No. 1 Room, a the two go d Baptists from this department. C~. ach Ducky was nameJ on the- All Star Tourna­ment team and we'll bet he gave them a big ljne for the sele tion. (19) Fred \V agner; Bob Barrett and Carl Tackett have left for the armed ervice. You hould ee Pe \Vilson takin Barrett' place on No. 10. Francis Gambrell has left \Vhite \Vater to be with ncle and '1arga ret Brook has taken hi job. Fred Guiler ha gone back to the farm. ) )) {( ( T hose pa sing their pre-induction c,·am are Earl S uth, Curt Doyle, Bill Quinn, Earl Bol er ; from the Beater Room, Ed Hol tein, J ames Porter Ev­erett Pi gg. \Vho will get Doyle up in th e a. m. ? ,, » (( (( l\tfi ghty glad to hear from some of the boys in the service. vValter Getz, Camp Shelby, and Dale Davis, Florida, wer~ on fur1ol! gh. Jimmy Segers, emt-Coat, Manne, turned up after 15 month in ~he South Pacific; if he could only talk? Ed Marsh, San Diego, has gone high hat, signing his name Pvt. Georoe E. Marsh. l\ilarvin Puck­ett, Burt \'interhalter and Don Jun­kin are in the same naval outfit at Sampson, N. Y. 11arvin Hayes also is there. A V-letter from Sgt. :Nia r­shall C. Vaughn, now in England, was received by Leo Winkrer. » » (( (( Some Sense and Nonsense-The as­sistant superintendent in isted that the clerk of the Niachine Room send an Easter bouquet to Leo Geiser's. secre­tary. Latest reports were Paul Was looking up her addre s to deliver it • m person. )) )) (( (( Bob Zeller, Beaters, has taken up bowling. Bowls 1\Jionday njght at the Nloose and when on one shift hits the maples on a Sunday afternoon the cores counting on Monday. Bob's average is 110. Can you imagine what Bob ~!fcKnight said when hjs team wa bowling Zeller's team and he Law Bob's Sunday score, 171, 16 , 148. vVho kept score for Bob r >> )) (( (( Late Flash-Bowling sea on ended April 11. The Champion team bowl­ing in the YV\ CA Monday ni ght came close t establishing a new record for the Engel sy t m. The team, compos­ed of ] hn Ramsey, John Wittenback, Lee Wehr, Sam Arnold and Wilbur Keller bo' led 703 for one game. The pede t i' 1 ,000. The record i : 731. \Vilbur sizzled with 11 straight strikes in ne game artd a three gatne total of 447. It fini hed the ea on in a blaze of glory. I I f ' ' t ' • ' ' 1 l i ' l I J ' I 1' • • • I I • rum e a s--- ------ By ~~ .rley obb Thought { r the m nth ... It' ' a cro d idea to ne ·er mak a promi, · if there is any chan <that y u \'\' n't b able toke pit. But wh n ~- u d mak a promise, KEEP it- ~ n th ugh it means s.tayin0 ur all night, or tramp­incr th rou h the rain and th ~lu h ·0 '- \vhen you ·would rather be by a c zy fire. (According to Carl ~ lting ales Department, one of the big reas ons ,·.,.hy Champion ·tays · n top of the paper world i be au e of its reputa­tion tb rough the year of ahvays keep­in its promi ~ e~ .) )) )) << « tar of the month ... . lfarin Carl House ex-Drum Coat ~ro rker , who came back to visit the Bull Pen the other day for the first time in over two years . Carl has been convalescing in a \~est Coast, hospital for orne time and completed his tay in this country with a 30-day furlough. As Carl stood in the center o.f the Bull Pen; quiet and trim in his uni­form, we couldn't help thinking that here wa still another V\ ho had g·one out through the big red door a boy, and came back a man- v;rith that cold, con­fident look in his ev- es that comes to those who have met the supreme test and found themselves not wanting. A veteran at 21 , having een action on Guadalcanal and a dozen other South Pacific islands, young House is typical of the young ters who have lift­ed the Marine Corp · to undying fame in this war. We' re proud to have his name on the Kromekote H ono'f Roll ! )) )) « ·(( Bob 1V[elvin, of tbe R0ll to ra e, live out on the Scipio R oad1 but he i definitely no farmer. Hi s land com­prises .35 of an acre, and the 'um total of hi stock is one cat. He claim that at one time he maintained approxi­mately 14 dog , but he decided o ll out, and reduced hi holclin s to one cross-bre d, tri -colored {d in . ))))(((( Les HiO'htower, ' Bronco' ] hnny Stephen m and Gi lbert .'chtdt.c all passed th ir physi al e aminati n at Indianapolis recently. nd Don Pierce the lad who I v d to hunt and ride hor e y ha depa rted fr m the Bull Pen t o o into training \~: ith the !v1arine Corp . Good luck Don! )) ~) ({ (( 01J.r K nny J,f oser Our Kenny pound ~ the rvori , Hit the hicrh n t • in the choir But oh, the ..,.0\lr not ~ he: 1ve . out wi h \''~ h en ]1 1. s car st a rt - actt. ng " qut' re " . (111 e has on . f th se undergr< und ara e, in his IJ \ hom . where yo 1 havec.: to climb a ·t ep Kentu ky hill to rea ch th tre t lev 1. J he hat py \·vhen he c me out and finds the bat­tery d ead ?) )) )) (( ({ <'Beau Brummel'' Ben Dirks didn't get a new Easter bonn~t because he has o m.uch trouble gettmg one to fit. So he had the old fedora cleaned up and made ready for the parade. (It couldn' t be that the Old Boy is getting swell-headed, because he ju t "ain't that kind of a guy") . )) )) (( (( After Hobe Weaver had been gi en several sizzling hot tips that the race­horse Argonne Woods would win in a. certain race, he ph.mged all of $1 on its nose. The vVoods won going away. \Vhen someone suggested that he would probably have bet his clothes and the family teaspoons \f he had known the horse would win, Habe drawled laconically, "Naw, I would have bet my other dollar". )) )) (( (( With a letter from Butch Allen in Italy came a photo showing Butch, .an- ot1 1 er sol .d.1 er, and nvo B n.t i. s 11 "W acs " astride horses near the pyramids, and Arab guides leading the ponies. (Writes Butch, "These native guides in i ted on leading our horses, o we let them. Little did they know that I'm an old cmvbo r from Kentucky, and have roped more wild steers than they' ll ever see' ) . The same old "Butcher"! No won­d- er that one of hi s ... rgeants once ''vrote, "If they took Allen a wa from us, the morale f thi , utfit would go dm n 50 perc nt!" La ugh of the n nth ... \Vb n · me­one ask d ttartin ~fi k. wh · i ~ 1- 0 . K . in the Army,\ ·h n h was , inf b in lucted, the ~,1i ckey repll d facetj u ly. "T ht:H'en't made up my miud. BtJt I c n\ for awhil Y", ·f · 1 sLill have , me \Y rl· t do ar >UJ'\U my pla e'. )) » Buffin the drum ... A l tter from 1 · a man who i. ttend ln cr a X a val Electric I ch J in 't.. L ui . nd liking th Na · - betr~r everY. av. .. . Lou Ril ' o'f the Arm) . ir C rp .. , back hom on furl u h . . . He ' .: rh a me .. ]. 0. - minu orne 2_~ ou nd ~ in w i ht . . . tintyp of uperintend nt (20) -· James Ramsey-just call him Jill'l-a papeT maker from Scotland for a half century. Jim, in No. 1 Machine Room, has been with Champion more than 20 years. He is now spending his· off hours at his home on the D·<urtown Pike with Mrs. Ramsey. his chickens and his or· chard, plus his ever prese.nt pipe. Jim stal1ed to .learn the paper making trade when he was 13 years old. in a mill in the small town of Balemo. near Edinburgh. Joe Piggott in 25 words . 0 • Hu ky, six­footer, with iron-grey hair, a hart­clipped mustache . . . Ago-res ive, rap­id- fire talker, a ready listener ... Likes to make deci ions, swinging in his swivel, smoking his inveterate pipe ... Carrie Hensley of the Belt Platin cr is a recent bride ... Sure sign that -pring is here . . . lVIa rvin Hacker and Paul Peters have begun to talk about that universal sport-fishing . . . One of Fred Walkers vVhite Ro k hens laid a re ord-breaking eo-cr t he other lay ... Double-yolked, perfectly form cl . resembli.ng in size a huge turkey e g .. . Earl l\IIeyer , the boy with the sh ining pate, ha given up the ordeal o{ nxin? flat tires , and has crone into the bicycle bt1 sin s (al ng with y ur tru l_-) . .. Lafe King reportecll g cs to the , outh Paci£1 · ,,·ith th e }..'Ia rine Corps ea rly this month .. 0 (The Bull Pen ha ' lo ·t a crack /[arine.) » )) (( (( P. ·o • The p rson vvho · stole our :f del Ford can l"tave th ke s fer lh ~ a m by · ll]ng at the Bull P 'n . Oth ' rwi , t he· wiJl r ma in on our dc ·k fr n1 noVi~ and h ·n f rth, as 'l last r ~ m c mbr, .n f a gnwd old Lizzi that ju t wouldn't 1uit ! Rh umat ism,' aid the lod r, 'cau · . a man to ima ·inc t hat his j int ' ar much lar er than they ac­tually are." 'I kn w' e. plain d lVfr-. mith . · Our butcher h · 10 t . " I Pvt. Donald Paul Vauqhn. 9235 18, Pl 970, Parris Island. S. C .. with the Marines. and his two brothers, Jimmie 3, and Basil S. They are the sons of Sam Vauqhn, C M Finishing. • • • em1ca Ul IH ~~ntn from the B leachers By T om, 1¥ ells The ReJ Cro · \Yar Fund \·Vent ove r the tor in Champion and our d epa rt­ment \a~ th first to turn in a 100 percent report, \vith all gift- $5 or more. » » (( {( l'ncle ha~ vi .. i ed u again and left ,,-ith four Dl(Jre of our budclie , all bad­l) mi ,<.:J by the remaining boy:· . Rob­ct t Be rley and Fred Pieper left April · for the_ ~av ·;Claude Bre hear and \'alter H. Simp on \Cnt tc1 the Army m late ~larch. Pre, ent addre. se. : Pvt. "'~'alter H. Simp:o-(Jl1, 3507477J, 5C4th <1. ,T C<J A. Rail HeaJ Co C CH), CamJ. B ale, Calif. Pvt. Claude Brashear. 3 S0747 H6, Co A. 6 )th Tng . . Bn 14th Trg. ]{<rt. , Cam1 Fannin, Texas. )) )) « (( AI Laycock and Jultn Rrc ch w ·r · lookin rover :,omc clean up w<Jrk in the chemical bu ilding. I· ume:, from th Cl'll room c_auhcd }cllll1 to Cf;ugh. 1 ?ave him ~orne round pepp ·rmint can­dy wl ich we u. e (Jim :!\1 Jn ison, pur­chasing, ' -on't bdieve thi ) when w get a little hlorine ra s. I noti ·d lohn Wa!-> } zn·in r tf(;ubl• l11 brea hin o.' and \a ~c ttin red in tlP face. J u,· a~ C. Stephens \Vas going to give a little fi rst aid , J ohn recovered. Al Laycock wanted to know what the trouble was. "T hat v.ras the harde ' t pill to wal­low," John told him. Better go easy on pill s, J ohn, you mioh t not be so lucky next time. >> )) (( (( If vou isit our out fit and find ever - • • one, inclucl inv C. Step hens an 1 myself, acting like gentl cm n, pl ease J.on't laugh; we arc only tr ying to show our rc: pcct for the fa irs x. Yes, we hav • felt the n_1an1 ower , hortage to>, ba e taken J.o\'11 th ld :,i n, '' N Women \ anted", and p ut up c new one " \tV ( - rn a n C >okin, Siz ". She is th fi rst W(Jruan to ook iz · in thi: d •pa rl nH:nt, and i, doin a r() JCl job, and will be able ·ourl tc cocJl a~ much or m0r ' than Bill Ston . ----------·-- MRS. PARKE BATSON ILL 1 r, . Parke Batsoll, wi f of Phar­ma is . 1at ? /c I arkc Bab n, Pa rris 1-d nd, S. C. re tu rn ·d home J uri n .r rlJ ' 1 ()Dth f(Jr a major op 'fa tion. 1 f r hu~hand forn erlv wa. ii th lab. ...· 11 ' j the dau rhvr l}f Jr. an l ~ 'fr · . \'il - liam \Vi . (21) Cpl. Georqe Hileman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hileman, now a Marine in the South Pacific. He entered service in February, 1943, and left the states last January. His father is in C M Finishing • AN OPEN LETTER TO CARL ROBBINS Dear Carl-You are now in ~Tew Guinea and say the mosquitos are so big they have to run a mile to take off , with mailer ones, like quz­zard , acting a e corts to the bi bomber . T hat's nothing: l\h. \·r oo vVoo \V ri oh t, of \-hom you used to write, has been accepted for sen·ice, · b roken arches and all. \Vonder if he'll still trade when away, lo king out, of cour , for Woo \V o. orm Bitte rs, ho uccee led you, is having a big time in the ;r at Lakes a rea, learn ing the ropes , and ays he ha , met three )th r Cham-pions in his mpany H \rar l Lip-s omb, foe urad en and Herbert ~ Tir t m. S he' n t lonesome. Lookin forv a rd to tb e tim vvhcn we can ~ t your mvn vi icl desc ri p­tion of th ma rch thr u ~h 1\Ianila, <. . our old stom1 in o-round and lat r your · tory about th ta kin of T( . 1ood luck-E(litor. P .S.- "rl ' as fo rme rl \. )f TnE L , 'ta i1. Hi · add r ss i ~ SK 2/ arl F. R bhi ns, C'trc Fl et Po toffi , San l' ra nci · o. • C b: ' ;J, y f kiss you? lay I pi , :e 1 is: you? S.1y, are you deaf?" She: ' r . r you P< r lyzed ?"- • I ' Morris Cayse. WT 1/ c, Care Fleet Postmaster, New York. N. Y .• . and his wife. Ida, C M Cal­enders. Right: Pvt. Raymond L. Harris, now in Aukland. • • • • • I 10 New Zealand. formerly on the Coaters. His brother. Ralph, is on the Waxer; a brother-in­law. Charles Weaves, is a Millwright. and a cousin is Amy Stoneburne-r. C M Sorting. Ray's address is APO 3225. Care Posbnaster. San Francisco. , oans an roans_ B'-V C. Soule We are lad to have back with us, Mr. \Villiarn ingleton, who was out for some time due to an appendicitus • operat1on. )} }) {( (( Lucille Nelson says if any of the boys need any sewing or buttons re­placed she carries her sewing kit with her at all tim s. )} )) (( « Pom-Pom Bitter form erly of the truck iL i. now s ationed at rea Lakes, Ill. We are wondering if there if any garden to plow up th r . Bathead Tice is in the dog h use again after th episode of Ia t week. He and , everal of th boys f th hip­ping gan , paid a vi it to Fort Thomas vyh~re .f. ~- l?eck is rec iving his pre­} Jmmary m l ncle am's rmy. Tohn s· ys he i beo-inning to like to do di- hes, [' }t an I J."'an · n >W. )} }) (( Dm !vforri~ is visiting dO\·n in So 1th arolina. r .ctin h r back 0 n. her hubby \Ve are ex- \Vc would like Lawrence Wil l·ey to tell u just what a no $43 single action truck is. }) )) (( ({ F olks, if :rour telephone keep ring­ing and both rs your sleep, little 'Jeor­gia Hyde of ..-o_. 2 !\1[i ll ha a s !uti n Lo tbis problem. Just t ie a knot ;n the cord and forget about eve rything. FOLLOWING IN DAD'S FOOTSTEPS ] arry obb, d c e ·n and a lulf yrar olcl son of W slcy obb, TnE LoG'. writ ·r f Kromcko( .. , is fol~ win :r in hi dad's fnot ·t p ~ , j·ud ~ing f-1 m tb1 contribution in the ~~ign l) the pap"r puhli. hed for 'e\ en _ -Iilc hofJl whi h he au nds: I like to he r the bird3 in . E -pccially in be .· prin.._, But v\'hcn m t ptctt: bir l::~ g Th y l ok lik little ,com' . • There\:; one bird I lik the be t . QUUl 1 nd that i th Rt bin Redbre t. -By Barry Cobb, 7,Vz yn. GradP 2. {22) • The Fleet Foot Tribe Brr, a cold win cr night with snow n the ground, that WJ March 20 but that didn't st p he hikers from t;uck­~ ng out in h • country. Starting out m front of the Champion we made our way d wn past the Columbia Bridge, to the first road to the right and then cu t through Potters' Park and back over to "C'' .S. t reet an d to Charlotte Clins' house. 1 he committee, Adele Faber and Charlotte Glins, met the hikers at the door with a big welcome and proved by the eats served that they knew we wou ld be hungry after that hike. Those present on the hike besides the committee were: guests: Libby Abrams and Dot Fritsch; hikers: Ed ythe Beall, Julia Bennett, ~-1illie Borgerson, Elsa Wehr, Clarabelle Hall, Ethel Current, Jennie Die \Jfar, Betty Gover, Esther Gressel, Wilda Loheicle, Libby Schuler, Connie Trownsell, Dor­is Jane Henninger, Mary Hoel and ALice Hogan. - Millie Br)1·ger.son. CLYDE PIERCE, SWIMMER, ON WINNING U. S. TEAM !\Jfrs. A. M. Pierce, No. 2 Clock­house, received word recently her son, PFC Clyde F. Pierce, was one of a quartet of men from a :Niarine defen e unit defeating a New Zealand team in a dual S\virnming meet. Clyde took fir st honors in the diving competition, outstripping not only the New Zealand­ers but all of his fellow Nlarines. He has been overseas for 14 month s, as a witch board operator and lineman in the communications section . He was a member of the Hamilton High School swimming team and it capt ain during his Senior yea r. He also was a life guard at LeS urdsville Lake and apr arcd in many s-vvim and div ing exhi bitions. In 1941 he was s cond in the diving nt of the A T di strict competition t 'fi amisburg. Fiqure this one out without the diagram: Seven men in the Aleutians got toqether one day. had the hair on their heads shaved a cer· 1CJin way, stoope.d over and their comrades saw the word VICTORY spelled out. One of them is Don Atkins. brother of Lily Coruad. Mill­wrlqht oiler. Farmer- Gleason On Eater Sunday ... pril 9, at 12:15 P. ~I., ~Ji -· Hazel F armer. dau .,.ht r of 1 lr.. Etta fanner, . 1\ t Cutter , wa, united in marriage with l\1r. Ba il Gleason. The ceremony was held in • the Fir. t ~leth dist Church with R ~v. Benjamin Duval offici a tin g. The bride \'ore a .oft v\'O l uit of R.A.F. Blue. with black patent leather accessorie' , a \Yhite embroidered blou e and Hm\ers in her hair. Her attend­ants \'ere !\Irs. \ era l -nger and her '- sister. :\lrs. Benj. Downey. ~Ir. Benj. Down y wa, the o-room' only attend­ant. ~Ir. and ).Irs. Ieason will stay with the bride's mother for the time beino·, and ~~ rs. Gleason will re turn to the Chamrion C ~I Cutter . l\Ir. Gleason is a c ok at a local re taurant. ZIEGENHARDT ANNIVERSARY ~lr. and ~Irs. \Vm. Ziegenhardt cele­brated their tenth wedding anniver­ary. on Friday, ~ pril 14th, with a p rty at their home, for their familie and a few close friends. Bill has been with Champion for nineteen years, and ~Iaude ha been with the mill for fifteen yea rs. Both have taken an active intere t in the ports and social acti,·itie~ of Cham­pion. Bill was director of boys' and men's athletic for a number of years, and _ laude \·Va ocial Director for sev­en year . Bill is with Sales, and Nlaude i 1n the Department of Employee Re­lations, having char~e of maili ng for Champion in Service. CAMPBELL-CAMPBELL _ 1i .. allie Campbell, daughter of _ 1r. and _ Ir . Sam P. Campbell, Kryp­T<> n, Ky., and ,'/Sgt. Bert Campbell, Fort Sill, Okla., were married in an impres:ive ceremony, Tbur day, ~larch 3U, at the Fir. t ~1ethodi t Church, in \ :inche~ter, Ky. rl he Rev. ]. E. Coan officiated. The church wa beautifully d · orat­ed ith pring flower and whjt tap r.. The bride wore a uit of d lr h hlue \ ith ro~e acccs ·orie , and a !,h(Jtdd ·r bouq t et of pink roses. ~·li _ ~ancy ampbcll, c; i ·t ·r of th bride, w a maid of honor. , h · wore a ,_ >ld dr ·s with bla k ac ssori · , and a cor age of talisman r e . ~1r. Hug-h Da i.d ,vn, 'in innati , sen ed ~·gt. Camr bell a b t man. ft r a hor vi:, it in Winch ter, gt. and ~11 ·. Ca1 pb .ll returned o Hamil­ton, where he will c ntinue with .. . 2 I\lill Sortin . H e will re urn to his po~t at Fort ill. Pvt. Clifford Cope, now somewhere in England. He is the son of Eli Cope, Roll Storage, a brother of Ruley Cope, C M Clockhouse, and nephew of Floyd Morgan, C M Cutters. His sister, Helen Cope, who was graduated from Hamilton High School in January. now is aHencling the Sevierville Bible School in Tennessee. • • u I IH By Bill Th01npson Accordi ng to reports from Hamilton the draft boards are really playing havoc with the male element at dear old Champion. Glad to welcome Don Bealey dnd Don Junkins and all of you fellows into the Navy. Hope you like it, fellows. Just keep your ears and eyes open and mouths shut and you wi ll get along in good style. The eighteen year old kids wi ll r m you to dea th for a week or s . The 'sh t ' ' wi ll Tive y u omc or· arms. If you are the imrati nt t f'C 'OLI will defi nit ly learn to be p, ticnt in a h rt time and. h w! Y Jll wi ll have to get lh cr · " n the duubl ·" , nd thcll wai t u1 11 JU r or . and lik • it. t1aybc you fl'll · ws arc n H accn s­tomed to \VC ·p ing and nwl pin r J c k:, wa~bing winduw · c nd ·1mht:s an l such hou ~ ·held hor ·s. But bo} s, you ll rnak • your wivl':-; \,(> tuc: s vvell hou se­\ · ·p •t whe:: n y HI do 1 turn. \'e sur ·ly rut ir to sou · amu ing incidcn s C1l1 ()Ul r ·cn1itinp t 1 i1 :. )n 17 ~ar Jld b >Y am in ca rryin ,' a Ia r ' , ui tea, . \'hen 0 1 l ·r d to ~ ut I i · clOT ltinu c n hau<• t:rs , nd on ra .. k · he sa id, "'J ' ir, 1 am 1 utt in' mr clothe in this suit ca c". (23) 'How come ?" 'We asked him. "Them's my mother's orders'', he promptly replied. Another thing a bout this recruitina business is that one ne ·er knows to just :what important personalitie he might be giving orcleL. It pays to be our­tcou to all we have found. In Ro hester ~e had the plea ure of mectino· two well kno n St. Loui .. Car­din al ba eball 1laycr · as th y were be­ina amined for pre-induction. One v.· ~- Ho ie Kri t, th sen ational pitch- ·r wh ·was ace pl c.1 int th rmy. ' [ \V da )' · la t r K n O'D a, ardi­nal c tche r, cam th r ugh trying to get int the N'a y. Ie wa · r je ted. Or )ld l n vcr know th wer " tar ' b , Lh way the condu t ,d th m elve:.-. B th ere quiet 'l11 l at,r eabl and i:lS ~d nt. fa \ 'O T" {.n kinl. Even an old "ardinal hat r lik your · truly must al.lmit th t he w s thrille l al n1c ·ting th • b s fr m t. Lom·y. • But ,atthc m tirnc,w•don'twant rabid Cardinal fan Olah V\1 .. lton t aet th n ti n th ·tt ·we hav · f rs ken ur cellar <.h ellin "i nt . e r! .I • ' i I • ' I • I Building The Only Real Foundation B y ·C. K. 1H atf.et"''J R evie\Yin m r afeq record I have tried to think of omethina I can give my elf credit for but I find noth ing encou ra gin .. However, it does seem like 1 \<vould come in omevvhere. I 've been here for quite a long while, with the e~· ception of a fe"' days off to mourn the los" of th ree fin ers,- t hat vva n t caused by playin a fe ,-it just happened,- or wa the r esult of ca re­lessne s,- becau e I hadn't begun to play safe. Have heard quite a bit about afety since then, instru ctions about ways of safety, mechani cal safe­guard , upervision, corrections and puni hment for nealect for obeying the rule of afety fir st, but I have not hea rd anyone come out plain and own to the fa ct th at be or we haven t s a rt­ed at the bottom of sa fety. o, if Bill had had a substantial foundati n un­der the scaffold i w .uld no have fall­en, and BiH would no have be n in­jur d-it it is too lat now .~- Bill is reaping what h ow d, b cause h bui lt upon th e wrong foundati on. Yes, we bav l ts lA m • ha nical gua rd , t l urh , s me peopl hav · ·y but th ey ·cannot 'ee, ea rs but th y a n­no hear, tor ( r u but c· 1 't tal. . All th s gua rds remind us oi a fety but, t he f undation was bu il t of th " wr n ,. material-and fail ed. We plant c Jrn and it will err w and roduc c rn, an l if we ow the e d of saf ty it will prod 1,1ce r ul t , bu to pr due th be t results w · mu t reali?. · th t we annot d much vith ut Cod tl e reat r o f "1 1! thin • . Y , H ntr l ' all thin becau , e the foun Ia­tion j ~ God. \ e go to Chur h; pay • • a lOn amt DIVISIO For Safety the pr acher, sing in the choir, teach a unday School Class, and many oth ­er th ino· but we come in on the job on Moncla)-' and find fault with the grea t est as· well as the least; breathe th e f ree air that God gives us and never t hank Him for what He has given us­plenty to eat and the privil~g~ of work­ing and earning an h on~s t l1vmg. \iVhy, \Ve go to Safety l\!Ieetmgs and 11ever in vite God to be with us ! How can vve expect a · good safety rec?rd wl:en we haven't built upon the n ght kwd of foundation-we have not started at the bottom. Let us start at the bottom - fea r not who can only des troy t he bod v but God who can destroy both .I soul and bod y. Let u invite ocl t u r afety meet­ings, let us cl our jobs ri ht a~ d, 1 t will n t have to be done over. ' 111 " fear of the Lord is the be innin · of knowledge." CARD OF THANKS w ~ wish t take t lt i . pp< rtun1ty t<') c.xp1- s our h anf ·It tl anl<s and <"~P - } r ·ciati m to I'h ~ ham1 i 11 J per a nd Ji'ibr , Comp<·m y and mpluy · t> an l es cia lly to tv1 r. 1 I. R. E a rley and A. · I . Hold 'r for th ·ir s ~..: r ic · rend ' J ' l, all:><, Jur fri nd · nJ n i fhbo rs f th · m ny ·o 11l ril u jon an 1 kinJn t:iS ·s i11 uu r n.:c nt <.k a ·t ·r, wh ·n our h )Jll • u n1 · I ~ n d • 11 of , u r h o u. el t I d g )() Is. T. J. I e lin and F rni l . -------------------- rd al vo1 . : \..a, 1\ .. f:i hcl, may I h t. ' • c m ( v -r tom I t rnal " v ic : " ' ur c, llill c H11 u1 o r. \1 1 · Yoic : ··\Yhy thi i,· n' i tl.' F em· l . voice : '\YelL th i ~ i: n t l\1ab 1 eith r, but com ou. over.' (24) 1 INCREASE YOUR PAY THE AGE SERVICE WAY The followin li t of em l(Jyees re­ceived a 5 per cent increase in Aae Bonus, the previous month : H. _ 1. J!eclfo rd __ _____ 5 to 10 years Chest er I ngle _________ " to 10 year George Lawrence ___ __ 5 to 10 year Cris Brown__________ to 10 year ]. F. Broyles __ _______ 5 to 10 years Chauncy L. Byrd __ ___ 5 to 10 yea r L. E. Chaney _ _______ 5 to 10 year l\!Iarion E. Davis_ _____ ,. to 10 yea rs C. E. Gregory ____ ____ 5 to 10 years J ames Hyatt_ ________ 5 to 10 year T om F . HI. pps ________ .5 t o 10 }' ear~ \i\infred Hughe, ______ 5 t 10. ea rs lifton 1\1iller_ __ _____ 5 to 10 yea r vV. P. Wil on _________ 5 to 10 years Earl \iVhite ide _______ ,. to 10 year · R. L. Saunder · ___ ____ lO to 1" yea r - \ . T . orrell::;_ _______ 15 t 20 y ars E. Z. /[ill r_ _ ____ _ __ _ l 5 LO ~ 0 r • rs L arry ti· nn tL--- - - - - ~ 0 t C) 2 ~ \.r', . ·a r ' •. ]~ . T ay lor_ ________ 2 Lo ~ - CPL. WALTER H. SPENCE ARRIVES IN ENGLAND ye~ r p 1. \IV a 1 t r H. · p 1. , s n f ~· [ I" . Sa lli ' Sp n [ 1\_sh ·vtll ·, h - <:1 rr:ve l in l ·~ ll gl a nd a-. rdmg t vv.or l r c 'l ... d b his wi[ the fonn ·r !\'f1·s L\.tnh le ·n Rh in ha rt. (pl. Sj · n · e r "· ~ i v c.l r:~in ­in b~ t F urt B •wg, F rt. J ~ · k s 11 , amp 1d' tl c..lin g, J· Ia ., ' mp I< r s t, 1 n n ., nnd 'amr ttcrl l.l ry, In l. , l •f()r go­ino o ' · - ~~ . Jlarr. ,· t t:n ', a t r th r, is ···rv ing in t h ' ·omL' '"'" 'r oY- •r· · 't - ~ l . • ''F r hea en s · ·t I, ~ , r >t r[, mm to hi wif ' dn'ts nlan y rn or of th ·e n ~ )'. •in~ 1 n r ~ whil ~ .'m at tl:e f r rn . 1 wa nt to fight tht ' vi·ar m peace." Letters From Champion Men In The Armed Service I rece1\· d y lll I ttcr today and want to ,ay that I appreciated it \ery mu h. -I have been .g ttinl! THE LoG ,. r ~ . regular and look for" ard c\·cry m nth t gettin._ it t'O 1 can read about Cham­pic n bo) s in t h Arm J en· ice .- T know I will en 'm.· Th Re.:~der', Di!!e · t '- f r which 1 thank YotL--1 ack rnath-ns, 'omc\ hen.· in Ttah·. · • » » « « Thank: fc1r The Reader's Di c:;t Champit)n ha~ ::.o gcncrouJy sent me. -~I~· wife " ·ill keep ) u informed a· D mv crrect • d lr ".-1 don't want to mi~::- a ·or y of THE Loc; or Read r's Di~ t.-Ever 3 tt cro r~7s :c mewhere in _ · rth .\frica. Re eiH~ l pack.a e and sur' io thank you for it. It make · u-.. l oy~ feel good to knO\ · Charnpion ha"n 't forgotten us.-~lay I th< nk you ag-ain.-Cpl. Han·ey C. Crisp, .\P ~ew York City. )) )) « I would like to ·xpre· my appre­ciation for the Y-mai1 informing me that The Reader' ~ Di~e:;t wa- being ent to me. It i very gratif~ ing to knm\· that I ha\ en~t been for otten.- 1 ~in r 1~ hope I may be able to re­turn to Canton re~ I "-OOn.-S/ 'gt. R. L. \Villiam Care Po - tma ~ ter, :'\ew York. )) )) (( (( La t ·week one of my. dav" wa made bri 'hter bv. the arrival of several be-lated Ch ri ·rmas package ,-Amon them a deli,.,.htful packa e of mi cel­laneou item~ from Champion-Also The Reader· Dig- st and a welcome i ·.1 of 'I'HE Loc.:_All of which bring men1 rie of mv a . ociation with • S/ Sqt. John Braml•tt. A.P.O. New York ham pion.- pl. Bill Horton, A P ~cw York. )) )) (( (( Ju -t rccciYcd your letter re •arding the R ad ·r'· Di ' t.- 1 \ ill b glad to get it.-Re eivcd ''g cl luck' pi cc, 'hri~trna~ bo. -. THE L G, etc., andy u bet I really do aprrcciate the things Champion has d n for me sine I have tc n in the ,crYice.-John R. \Yells. )) )) (( (( \Vi ·h to thank you for the Chri tma, package which I received rccently.­S. J. Cody, l 1 S~1C, Fleet P. 0., San Francisco Calif. )) )) (( (( Received package of writing paper today for which I really want to thank you. Am enjoying my stay in Eno-­l; Jnd.-Lt. \Voodrow \V. Cooper, APO _ · ew Y rk, N. Y. )) » (( « \Vant to thank you for the "lucky piece,'' 'T'HE Loc and Christmas pack­age, and your continued interest in me. -\~7 oodrovv Queen. )) )) (( (( I would like to thank you for the Christmas package and other presents I have received, including THE LoG and "lucky piece."-Thanks again.­Pfc. Nlorris 1vfitchell, Oceanside, Calif. )) )) (( (( I received you r letter but have not received paper, THE LoG or "lucky piece." I would like to get THE LoG ,o that I can keep up with the boy in the Service.-A/S Hubert Pless, 1!liami Beach, Fla. )) )} (( (( Am sending my address and I would like ve ry much to get THE LoG. Thanks for the tation ry.-Pvt. James H . Shook, San Antonio, T xa . ,, ,, (( (( T rec ive THE Lo , and get gr at j< frrJm reading it. J als ) r t the ''lu -ky piece'' but lo. t it and would li k v ·ry rrruch to •ct another on .- harl ', S t ­z r, Jr. )) )) (( CC \'i h to thank Chan rion for h nic Chri:-;t a. 1 ackag(' {. nd , tation ry that I received. AL o a knowl d. e r , i} t of th· ]ii(· Y .ar ·mbl·m.-1/St. \ o ll Fnrd (Juantico, Va. )) « (( Thank f(Jr Tl R ·, J •r's Di .,e ·t, T111: Lo<,J and pa T and n lo . I enjoy rc din r Tn · Lc c v ry much.­J ohn Braml tt. » » « (( Rc ·civcd packa~c . f r per and n­\ ·lop·:, al ·o THE Lo and Canton En- (25) Carol Mae Hill, dauqhter of W. B. Hill. Pattem Shop. She is three and a half years old. terprise.-S/Sgt. L. R. Lovelace, Some­where in England. )) )) (( « Want to thank you for "lucky piece'' and my other thing I have received while in the Service.-Pvt. Ray Rector, North River, N. Y. }) )) ({ (( I received your letter and the la t issue of THE LoG. Am over in Eng­land and have rec ived my "lucky piece" ince I arrived. \Yith be t wiJ1- es to all.-P t. Wallace . Cole, APO Ne'v York, N. Y. )) ))• « (( Wi ·h to take this opportunity to thank you for the "lucky pi e" I re­cei eel today.- / T Robert T. athey, 1r envill e, · ~Ii s. CARD OF THANKS \V vvi-h to th. nk ur friend: and n .,i rhb rs for the many kind expre - sions )f s mpathy in our b r avement. J\Lo f r th b ,utifu l l1 ral offering rc ei cd. - Th Raby Family. Ta k: "I wa lo ked ut the oth r night and had f r '~'Ot t n m key .. · • - ry win lo and I r \ as lock d. ' J )h n: '\Vhat did you do?" l acl...: ' I walk d around and ar und ut1til 1 wa ' all in." ! f • • -. • "• • Fourth Annual Banquet of the Junior Old Timers' Club Reuben B. Robertson. host B y lvf ay Holtzclaw ~·fore than 175 of the 196 members of the Junior Old Timers' Club attend­ed the fourth annual meetin of the lub held in the ymna ium f the Cham ion "Y" Saturday evenino-, . ·Ia rch l 8th. Each n of JUr group meetincrs ems xcell thos.e that have u ne bcfor ~ and ertain ly he Junior Old Timers' meeting wa, on of the m t deli ghtful m etin . hat has yet be I.J held. ur v ry ffici nt .rvl as­t r f Cerem r ie ·, G. \V. Phillip , Edi­t >r f THE L c and \V lfar Direct r, n nl planned a fin pr gram , but follow d it through t the compl Li n f t.he minu ~t detaiL H le ·erve and has th.e on rratulati n f b th th management and th m loyeev. Mr. Helder Welcomes New Members ln intr du it g 11r. H lder :'v1ill ~ l anao-er, ~1r. Phillir : ca lled at' enti to th fact that ::\ Tr. H Icier had v r 1irht V h proud of the 1 v .. h\· and . o~ eration 0f the Old 'Tim · rs, th ' lun- 1 r Old Timer~ .nd all other mpl 'y e­who mad p :-. ~ 1bl the splendid pro­du tion record f the pa ~t year. · In Ma:r:ch 18th, 1944 expre ing his very great apJ reciation of the efforts of all Champions, ~1r. Helder aid "Little did we realize ev­eral years a o that Champion pulp would carry the specification and re­quirements need d in the r w product for th manufa tur f corclit , the ammuni tion u ed b th Briti h F leet · or that Tro~ tol ' oulcl b one f the in­gr client nc ·ded in the qu ick f rma- · ti on f runwa . f r u r b m b r . ne f the n wer thincrs d v 1 ped in the pa t f yea rs are pi ic and wi ho 1t doubt r ulp , Ji nin and even. ou r pre - nt r ·ft1 e r r m the pulp mill \ ill ev n-tua lly find Jace in 1 hi mark t. ' 11 thi 1 ad ' up t n hou?ht vd i.ch is-if " e a r rn to k cp up with th ·tim ; if..,, , r g in tom· k · JUr job 11 the m rc c Qr th ·n \ r mu b<: a} rt nd a ·rive in th . d ·- vel prn nts o ch t ' • abl t t k our plac ~ m on g th 1 J r f inclu.- ry, n I th b t me h f a p r h 111 thi robicm t' b unit •:l ff rt nd faithful coopera ion ·on l'he rt f e.:t .I n f u . ' By e h e f u doin~ our j b tbe {26) H. A. Helder. plant manaqer ve.r y best we know how bearin.g_ in uund always that even thou gh our jobs may seem small and trivial at time , yet betw n the tim the w o l leave the wood ya rd and ~he pro iu ct leaves tl1e machir e , ea h one of u c ntri­bm s that 'intangible m thin 'whi h r -ult in a. d or badly fini ' hcd pro­du t. "Vve have th F ri vil o-e f < re tin~ 43 n. w m mbers int tbe J uni r Old Timer lub toni ht and in d in ' O l t u b mindful f the fD t that a the ovc nm nt ontinu t. ·1ll upon h mpi n t pr du e materials th"r; Lban rhos w ha r b ~ n c ust m d t mak'; pr lu v whi hint rrupt our JH rmal w.- y. f p ·r tin th rni ll, and at tim . an y u v ry mu ,h, that th .r , r 10,000,000 f u r bo " in the un·i( rm of ur nntry · ho t o have a j b to d j b quit diff r nt from tl e they would h if th ey had t h i r ' a b ut it. ' ~1r. Helder clo ed hi s remark bv- ur in that we all cr forward deter-mined t doth· very best j b that we are able to do aud help end this ' a r ~--~~--------------------~----------~~----------~· . 111 the ngb t manner and a, qui-ckly a l o sible s that n rmal life and way f living may s n return to our home ~ and our plant . D. L. Bailey Responds ~1r. D. L. Baile. , a member of the J unior Old T imer Club_ made the re-p on t the wel m addre , and exp re sed on behalf o[ th rou~ ap­pre iati on of th management's gra­cious ho pitali t . He al~ thanked the ofl1 ia l { the c mpany for the art tha t they a re ta kino in helpin to bear tb · burden of the emplo, e s and f r the intere t ho' n in our men in ser- ·ice. lVI r. Bailey expr sed the belief th at I\ [r. Peter G. Thom ~ n. tlP f und- • er of tb Champi n organization, did not me t th mountai n · f \ estern l orth Car ]ina and establish the Can­ton mill f r the akc of m ney, but becau e of hi inherent de ire to be helpful to the pe ple, and that this pirit of h el p fulne ~., e ·isting 1:hrough­out the a r, ha made Champion what it i today. I\lr. Bailey a1 o prai ·ed the fine work that the women of Ameri­ca are doing today not only in our factorie but in the service of their country as well. Mr. Robertson Speaks ~ · fter a brief introduction by the ~1a ter of Ceremonie . ~.Ir. Robertson addressed the group in the following words: 'Time and the hari ng of experiences a re important inoredient in a fo rmula for Friend hi . You and I have spent a fifth of a centu ry in v ork for Cham­pion and have shared many experienc­es. \ e knew and hold in affectionate regard such men as Dr. Reynolds, e ncle Joe Clark, Da e Kerr, CJ yde Hildebrand and many other . We have worked to ether for Champion in tliPe of triumph and in t imes of dis­a L r. We mee h re t onight as fr iends. ' 1 1anufacturin activitie rada ions o£ authority. Pre idents, Vice-President, requ ire the \Ve need Mana" crs ' MorrlJ Lowry and WlU lmatbera CHAMPION HILLBILLY ENTERTAINERS Virqinia Randolph, Anna Lee Owen, Muriel Cavanauqh. Lenoir Swiceqood, Berlyn Bumqa.rner, Mary Sue Shwnolis, Edith Abbott and Marqaret Mease. · · Superintendents, Foremen for the daily operations, but tonight all titles and gradations of responsibility are forgot­ten and we meet just as folks-folks who have the one common aim of get­ting as much comfort and satisfactions out of life as conditions permit. 'Our Nation is at war and we could never allow pleasure to interfere with war effort. War is a grim and terrible thing, and this war in which we are engaged i the grimmest and most ter­rible the world has ever known, but its grimness need not and should not create glumness in our hearts. Our daily tasks are important for the war work and we p donn those tasks best in a cheerful atmosphere. As one com­mentator ha expres ed 'glumne s grease no · un s'. ·'The Briti sh have done a remarkable job in maif!.taining a spirit of cheerful courao· ' in the fa e of di ·aster. · S me of you may hav · heard f the sh p keeper in London wh( se hop was bad­ly mauled by a (Jerman bomb. He st raighten "cl thing up a well as h could and put UJ a ign. Op n for Business a u~ u al ', The next day his shop wa bomb d a. raj n anJ , till { u r­tl'ler dama red an~..l enti rc front bl )\ n ut~ o he put ur a ne\ ·i n M·or p ·n f r Bu ine, ,· tb n l r~ u a l' . Eng­land ha · off r ·d thou. anJ :.) of i nstanc •::; of similar ·our·age and ch ,erfnl d ' l r­t 1ination in the face of di saster. 'Hary En mcrsun Fo, dick, the great preach er, has said that some Ql th greatest sati sfactions of life come from (27) the way in which we react to our obli­gations, the way we handle the 1nusts of.our daily work. - "In ancient times, when the Romans dominated Palestine, in exercising the rights of the vi ctor over the vanqui sh­ed, they issued an edict which said that a Roman meeting a Jew on the hi oh­way could require the Jew to carry his burden for one mjle. Th at wa com­pulsory, that wa the law, th at was a 'must'. . "Fosdick av that Christ s ad ice • to His foll owers wa not only t cheer-fu" lly accept this obligation to go one mile, but to voluntarily oo a econd mile-not in a pir.i t of servilit , but in a spirit of help{uln e s for it ' a only in this v luntaTy act of helpfulne that really great sati sfactions could come. The spirit f lui t calls upon us to do n1ore than ' e a re r quired to do. '\¥ ar nece ~ iti c mpel us t ac­pt man mu t that \ ere unkn . wn t o u ju ' t a few ea rs ago. v\ e hav musts in th vvay of military r · i e mtL ts in the way f tc xe · , mu t in the v ·ay of pric ontr I ~ must in the way [ wa e ntr l. "S rn a ·cept th ·,· 1:11u t s obedi ently and he rfuLl y, nP vvith , ullenne s and unh apJ in ss. ( In ur Champi n orbani:.crti n there is an e ·c 1 tionally fm spirit in regard to chc rful · ~..;c eptan e of the . war time 11u ts and I am v ry roud of the r ·c rd which ChampiOI m n ar making at home and abroad. "It is absolut ly unthinkabLe that I I ! 1 Junior Old Timers' Banquet (Continued) an Champi n m-an w uld d an thing kn wingl_ that ~; ul impe ~ tb" :v~ r eff rt. Ch mpion m n are o- in the e nd rn1l . Thi ~ is n in R d in \' ar Fund contributi n, in numb r and pirit ftho 'einth a·m~ f rce · . -e ·terda r l ,-a t ld that Hay' o d Count has made th . o-reate~t ntri­bution in man \'V · to the armed r­Yice~ of an ~ ou 1ty in the entir l. nited tate and wh .n v\·e r m mber that Champion men omprise a ·.- r. imp r­tant part of Hayv;rood C unt , it i re ord of \;vhi h "" can all be extrem - ly pr ud. )Jo one can ~a of hampion inen that the w·ear the out r o-arment of patrioti m oYer the under wear of elf inter t. '~fadam Chaina Kai hek one of the reate t v..-omen that thi world emergency ha created, ha aid \' e live in the present Dream of the future, Learn eternal truth from the past'. "One of the eternal truth which you and I as member of the Champion group hav.e learned over the t\venty year period of our a sociation is that the way of friendliness, of considera­tion, of cooperation, is the way of pro­gress for an. It's a way that hould not lightly be cast aside. "I want to thank each of you for the part you have played in creating thii Champion policy. "I want to add my word of welcome to the new members and to express the hope that they will go along with us in this same spi rit clear down to the end of the road." After Mr. Ro~ertson's address, the t wenty year serv1ce award was present­ed to the 43 incoming members by Mr. Robertson. A brief pau e in the program in memory of the memb rs ( f thi roup who had passed on du ring tb ear was follm ed by the ann u ncement of of­fleer for the comin year as f ll w : C. A. Allen As ista nt )en ral F o re­man in the Electric D epar m nt, Pr si-dent ; A. B. R bins n, in char of th Printin D partm nt, Vice-Pr siden · and c. . w· ·ll ' ecreta ry. The ent rtainment of th e e enin wa furni shed almo t ntirely by 1 a l tal nt f r m employe of the 1ain . Oftke and Nlill. J\1is Kathryn Hu in s · Atlanta. a., v r d liahtfully nt rtained vith a number of on and h r accordi n durin the dinn r h ur. he ntir r U[ j ined in the in ing. ne f tl~~ out:tandin J' featur ~ b in a duet b l\Ii Huggin nd ~ 1r. Robertson, " \Vh 'll Y n1 and I \7 "r" Y un , 1\tl ag- • <"rJe • Aft r t b " bu in s ~ ion nd t l e d li · "ry of th mblem , he "H ill­tilli ' c 1 p s d of Muriel a­nau h, Anna ee " n, ir inia Ran­d lph i\.far a r ~t 1 ~a e, Edith bb tt, i\lar ... ' ue hum li ,, Berly n Bumga rn-r and noir ' i good Niain ffi.ce oi r1 ',a om ani d by fr s. · !lari Keva Bell. ang and danced. Among the used ·were "Pi tol Packin' Mom­ma' , \Vh n l 1 B lue Moon Turns to ) ld . a in' and " Never Throw Stones at Your Mamma". A quartette, al o composed of local ta lent from the Main Office and the M ill, rendered several numbers. Those particip ating were N. T. Blalock, Jeter Martin, A. J. Reno and Harry Fisher. Tull Jamison , otherwise known as the "Will Rogers" of Canton , enter­tai ned the group with a number of humorous stories. · The buffet supper was prepared and served by Mrs. Ben Grube, assisted by Mrs. Glenn Williams and others: Each of the long tables had a center decoration of varicolored candles with large crystal bowls of snapdragons at either end of the table. The buffet tables were each centered with a large mirror reflecting a crystal bowl filled with snapdragons, backed by varicol­ored candles. The menu consisted of celery hearts, radish roses and stuffed o li ves, baked ham, green beans, Italian spaghetti, deviled eggs, stuffed pear salad, hot rolls, coffee ice cream and cake. The flower arrangement of the table and stage wa supervi ed by Mrs. Thomas James, the former Mi Vir­inia Tro tel. 'Speakin £ ~ piritua li m -aid a feJl w at the 'Crapy rd, my fath r knew the yea r, th m nth and the h ur hat he was g ino- to di e. " osh,' aid ~1ont · P ea rs n 'h w did he know th t ?" r_ h) jud t ld him, id th e crap man mocrn ull . Th h t 1 v, , on G . n ix.th-tory l d' ·t o i · I \. ly fih trc -s, whil' L 11 ' .ra kl J ab ut h r. I c- 1 w tht: fir rn t r' holdin a n ··t, ~ hile th .r I waited in a nizc l u pen ' C. Finc:l:l l a strained " ic cr m d: ' Jurn -f rh v n s,ake.') Th · film a . tr e~ ' f klcd l r arm~ in calm di:sdain. 'rll d n thi1 ,., f the rt, ' 'he n- S\ red. '~'"fell the dire tor to nd mv double here at once. (28) • • ' • • T eny Metcalf, two and a hall year old son o1 Mr. and Mrs. Edward MetcaU. E.d. works in the Extract Depar1ment. Terry also has an aunt, Willie Justice, of Schedulinq, and a qrand· father, W. S. Edwards, of Electrical Department with the Champion Family. 0. V. HILL DIES FROM INJURY M.r. 0 . V. Hill, an emp~oyee in the Book l\1ill, who wa str.uck by an auto­mobile Tuesday night, March 28, and eriously injured, died April ll. He was on his way home from work on the 3 to 11 shift, and while cro ina the street at the intersection of North Nlain and N \ found Streets, he wa truck by a pa . ing car and seriously injured. N.lr. Hill wa ru he t t the hospital for treatment and di d a a result of a blood clot. Funeral ervic s were held at the P re , byt rian hur h Thur da y, April 1 ". H i urvived by hi wde; f ur dau )·ht rs i\l[i s tlary Loui e Hill, lVIr ·. Paulin H. Clark, tf r . Vir inia Smath r , 'Ni r-- . M. · rie · rnathers: and • • n on, Vern .o Hill. Th · rich man ,~- r laxing. \Vhen the t lcph n ran g, h stured lan-f! Ui lly for hi , --tl t to a.ns\ r it. " Lon' li ·t.:m c allin ir," th · vkl t rep rt I. '' 1 ran - . tbntic all from Lon ion.'.' ' Th ~ ri ch rna n n dded L l · s " ' h aid · t b <1t • rl b mil . ~ fr m h r ." ' 'ari l . Ll t .) 00 · Just ab ut ' the va 1 Th rich man i bed. U[ , ' he d ire ted. 'I m t that far." t aore d. PThen hang tir .d to talk Pulp Drying--~---- By Clay t on Afiller R obert in~ let on, t · the yrac of our draft board, ha, received an official! t­te r, tating that hi fr iend a nd nei h­bor ha<i de ted him to rer r ent them in thi · , 'a r. If R obert ldier like I Lhink he ·will the J ap will be 1 oking t their risin ·un and the Hun~ ~rill be calling upon ' 'mein 10tt en bimmel". )) )({(( Our mo.: t able foreman. in fact the a ' ista nt sup erintendent of the pulp d ri r ·, has been playing "sugar daddy" to ur "lj ttle " omen''. Howard etzer bo ught a doll a r' \Vorth of candy to take home to hi candy hungry wife and his mouth ,,·at erino- on. On the da. of the purcha e he ta red thi large bag of . we t meat here in a filing cabi­net. 1 ToK this other fellow that I re­ferred to a bei ng able i a l o a tall , nooper. l"pon pilfering the fil ing cabinet , thi foreman of "C" hift, d e­libe rately anJ vYith clutching hands helped himself to nearly all of Mr. ,'etzer ' candy. Did he eat it? No, he tried to buy good v'ill :vith it. T hose lovely la , e' follm\·ed him around p ret­tv- much all during the week that h e ~ doled it out to them piece by pi ece. But hi popularity died with the la st piece of candy. » J) « _\ , J. J ack:: n i back to work (more Left: The late Pvt.. liildred T. Scott. Center: Pvt. Charles E. &ott, serving with the Coast Guard somewhere in Africa. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Scott of Canton. noi ·e ont th er now). His injur d hand he le l i go d hap . )) )) (( (( \Ve a re relie ed to ec :Nir. Willi ams ba -k on th · job again aft -r a c k of illne ~ . )) » (( (( Annie Cunningham is all that the fir st two syllable of her la t name im­plie ·. )) )) {( (( At thi tim Kathryn Noland is sick with a evere sore throat. )) )) (( (( \Ve cong ratulate vVoodrow Dayton who announced the birth of his new dau ghter in the usual manner: a smile and a cigar. )) )} (( (( Did we laugh upon finding out that our overly handsome \Vilson Harkin has had his name changed. It seems the WONIAN out there where he works prefer to call him BILL. Come to think of it, Bill is a good name. For instance: When one thinks of the wild West he could well associate the name Buffalo Bill; minstrel entertainment with Big Bill Childs; war bonds with Bill Suttles, etc. But please, dear ladies, what does one think of in con­nection with the name Bill Harkins? )} )) (( (( Did you know: that a chanticleer is a barn ya rd rooster, that a car-buoy is a large glass jar, that the word luna­tic mean moonstruck, that a boa-con-trictor is a non-poisonous nake, and R ght T/ 5 Archie J, ScoH. riqh.t, formerly employed by The Champion Paper and Fibre Company. is now ttervinq in the anned forces somewhere in Italy. He ia a ton of Mt. and Mrs. R. M· Scott of Canton, Rt. 1. (29) George Bedford Lanning. S 1/ C, 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lanning of Canton, volun­teered for the Navy April. 1·941. He helped land the first ~roops in North AJrica and be haa been serving in the South Pacific for the past 15 months. lastly that ~Ir. Helder has been known to raid Mr. Walker's tob acco box. )) )) « {( A vacation was spent in Oklahoma City by Woodie Jones. H e reported ood weather, a wonderful time and a pleasant trip. All of his childhood sweethearts had become grown during hi 20 years ab ence, howe er; This he regretted very much. PRIVATE SCOTT DROWNED ON MANEUVERS Pfc. Hildr d T. Sc tt, on of Mr. and 'lr ·. R. I. S tt {the B ave rdam Se ti n, Canton, . . Rt. 1, was acci­cl ntall r drown d hile on man n er near Camp \tVh.ite, Or bon October 24 1943. He had be n in the arm ele en month . B ·fore nt rina th ~ crvi he was mplo ed by rl he Champi n Paper and Fihre Compan . B · id his par nt h i ur i red by th re br th r , " rchie J. and harl s E .. who are r in<>· with th rmed for es vrrs a. · nd tt f n­ton. and on· i·t r ·1r ·. Ralph vVorley of nt n. Rt. 1. Hil lrccl as b rn pril l .19 ... 0. Cr t red h ~ mplo of 1 h hampi n Pat r n :i Fibr n pany July 16, I J41 , and t to ent r tl rn: d er­vice ct b ·r 10, 1942. ' ' f • ' 'j I R an·d A News-------· - ·-< - B\.• ' f. E. lau hter Bill Bu rr~,. f th ounrlrv i rc- • orted t ' hav attended Chur h in \ e-st ant n n aturd ,. . ni .... ht ani \·a, out until tw .o' ~k k , unday (Ea..,ter) m )rning, then ~ ur• at at­tend d a · ... un i ·e en ·i ' ·· that -am mornin . \ - c n·id r thi:s 1 alt} to hi cJyurch t th .. ' h d ._re ·::tnd· 'V ' ar fry u 1 perc nt. Takina time by the f r 1 ck-Boyd Stamey ''"a adYi e by one f the irl in the " tore R oom to all a c rtain phone num er and a k if th r wa a bo there for him. Boyd ' a ujt It is r por ~ 11 g d au t h . rity th t -ank Smath rs ha had a y ur g lady ·si ned L hi cr ' u m • hat1i . . n he fir t d i · m. th at h •m I Fr nk w r ·abs nt from th cr"w all da and reall uld not b fo wd until 1e. rl ' uittinq tim . Fr nk felt th l it ,,..~as his dut t sh w th lady over the mill and "' ~ raciou to her as h · uld. th l a pa eel s . pleas­anti r that follr ' lock arne b for · h rea liz d it. It i further r port d that n the s cond da Frank was gone for s 1 na a time that one of his men went to hunt for him and found Frank :itting on the floor of the old black ash building reading and studying one of Emily P ost's books on etiquette. The n xt hing Fran ... viJl b earing hi b .:t n lk -·ie 0n h job and pe haps hi" · mday h t. t o. V e ran across his pray r in · lit le b' okl t a day or tw ag-) which we thi k is v ry a ppropri, t~ 1 our needs to l· y nd whi ·h we think ·ould benc­fi t most ev , ryone if 1 v. ere properly appli d o ones veryd· y life: L Jrd, tho gh I am bese with he frai lti es of my being; th Jugh the wo ld strive to blind my sivht of 1 hee; though the clamor and tumults of life' trials and doub seek o deafen my ears to 1 hy voice; hough the worJd lure , so tempting and testing try t<"J draw me away from The ; even thou h I waver, L ord, be gracious to me; keep my faith sure; strenathen it make it steadfa st; make it to bloom under the sure comfo rt of Thy bles ing; fill it with Life. Amen. anKiou, 'O he immediate! called the number o inquire about. the box in question. He 1va told from the other end of the line that they had boxe there to meet the needs of most any­one if they would call in time. The phone number wa 23 71, J. :rv1. V\T ells, Funeral Home. ·. Schedu

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