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Between 1914 and the late 1960s, the Champion Fibre Company published an internal newsletter, called The Log, to share news about the Canton mill, the community, and its employees. After 1940, news from the entire “Champion Family,” which included mills in Hamilton, Ohio; Houston, Texas and Sandersville, Georgia, was featured in each issue.

• ' ' • '· • ' •' • ' ' . ' r • . ' • ' -.· \ , • • ' ' 1 l I j l T H E L 0 li IN THIS ISSUE ;Jax Tltomp-.on o f (..:fJampion ' Canto 1 Divj-;ion i. one of the ve ry J 'w men in the nation cv r to win the cove ted c() l'l ''lTSSioua l l\1 •d a l of Holl()l [()r "exceptional military valour" in r.nrnbat. F()f Gwen lol , 11 J'lcmmon ·' .swry abmn .Max an· I hi :) famiJ y, urn to l;age 11. To maintain its lcade r'lhiJ in the papcnnak ing in· dustry, Champion continues to develop newer and nwre effi ien t rltcthods of operation. One f th late· t innova­t ions i.s the mechanization of woods op ~rat i on lllrough­out the Charupion forests around Hunt ville, 1 exa . Since last ta ll, Helen Bierwirth, LOG corrc: ·pnndent at Huntsville, .has been gather-ing d e tail on tbe pro•rre s o( this work. For th is i ·sue sh e turn Jd out the eHel ~e n r story, pages 20-22, enLitled, "Mechanical Paul Bunyan : · Calvin Ba Uard and C. Y. Townie ar credited "~· i L h ' an ass1sL. 1. he photographs, incid nta11y, arc Baflan.L. * * * * Are you in tJ1e market for some crow' egg ,? lf you are, see -Ernest Messer's column, page 13. for con rplctc information -and for a slory about one of Champion' largest famili es. * * * * For folks who like his 1 enetrating philosophy of the farm, \'\Tes Cobb spin another good yarn this m nth. Page 4 ... 'nuff said. The Champion Paper and Fibre Company Gener.a/ Offices HAMILTON, OHIO Mills at HAMILTON, OHIO HOUSTON, TEXAS CANTON, NORTH CAROLINA SANOERSVI LLE. GEORGIA Editor. STEWART JONES Editorial Advisors, R. B. ROBERTSON, JR., D. J. THOMSON, CAL SKILLMAN Editor Emeritus, G. W. PHILLIPS HAMilTON- Divisional Editor, Ray Garrett HOUSTON- Divisional Editor, Vern Delaplain Henry Alexander, Gordon Andes. Wesley Coull, Bud Dullhq,>, Hugh Kirkpatrick, Ken Moore, Jack l\·Jullen , 1argaret Q ·. borne, Helen Pierson, Dorothy Pugh, Ruth Raquet , Otto Reid , ftiui. Schne ider, _. org · ~ t ei H ' r , Hil.l 'J ho111p 011. .He len Bi rwirth, SHm E ll is, Jad. Fi:her, Fred F urne s, Sam G ~•r I. Norma lla ker, Lucille H·•rris., Ph • IIi ~ K etchum, Qt:t· ll &:tndcrs. · CANTON- Divisional fd.itc>r, James Deaton SPECIAL REPORTERS I' .111 C <~ig, The Pi lot Report r G lad s 1::. Hodges. Sanders\ ille R . D. Col man, Jr., Fr d ])a} ton , 'lui (>tine Jk:tll.'l , lred Ferguw11 . R:1lph C.ofor£1) , Clyde R . Hv y, Jr .. P · lptc:i H lwdl. Ff e r, 'flru :'\a11ne). G 11cvi H' i'atiOJh, Rc,l e 1l Pall r.son , Bob Pllilli.p ·, Gw, ud!JI , t1 Pl c nltlHlti S, K.u.l eri1t l'lctnll!Oth, Cn1 PieHl, J. E. Sla11gh1.t' 1, SL;lltl.n 'inlith , {; . C. Suttle . ] . E. Willia lli 'IO II . \\' sJ }' Cobb, Wh:u' 1ew On The J;11nt1 VOL XXXH \Juti I Al.len , e11er:d O(fi· · < ( ' 0 U R C 0 V E R PICTURE Thi original painting puwav lnd pt: nd e n c ~ Hall . l'hiladclphia, ene of the pro lamalit)Il nl dr D ·la ra ­tion of In l.ep ·nden ce. A full < >lor wp, of lhi~ p::tinting wilhout tl1e name, Th OG, and Lhc dat · . .J t.dy, lU-19, ma,' h obtaine(l b ' writing 1h G 11 raJ Public Reb­tiom Offi . The Champion P~1pe1 and F.i.b1 Company, Hatoillon, Ohio. JULY 1949 1 NO. 7 I ~u~r" ' ; ( "' J I lt 4 q • TilE I ... OG (!~ GOES PLACEs~~ AT HOME, Champion youngsters en•joy rea d ing The LOG as much as mo.m and pop. Here Joe Etta , Billy, and Morris Bryant, chi·ldren of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bryant of the Houston D·iv ision find an artide that inte rests them. I . , • • IN TH.E OFFICE J . E. Re.ister, executiv vice-president of t~e Haywood County Bank, on Can+on, takes tome out to look ove r The LOG woth Mr$. Tom Hyi!Tt, gene.ra l ba nk clerk. ' 1 ' ...,.-,.,._. / ACROSS THE FENCE, Mrs. Walter G eisle r, wife of Walter of Hamilton's Inspection Department, offers her LOG to a new neighbor, Mrs. William Davidson. Mrs. Geisle r had kept every issue until a few years ago, when she broke her collec­tion to provide the LOG editorial office ,with file copies. To AN AIRFIELD in Britain, a large paper mill i1 Au.tral ia, a vice-president's office in South Afri·ca - and to thousands of home , offices and fa ctories tltrot:ghout tbe United States, each mouth The LOG carries n e,. about Cham_pion. Though pubhshed primarily for\ Champion workers and their families, the magazine also provide. int resting reading for n eighbors, local civic lcader f), magazine and newspaper editors, customers, fores ters, and b usincssrn en .in the many fields re lated to paperniakin g. The LOG'S monthly circula tion o[ nearly 9,000 CO(.HCS go s to 41 staLes ancl 11 (ore igJ? coun­tl- ie:;. LOG readers are con scrva1 Jvcly e tnnated to nurnL·er more than 30,000 pcrs ns. ON THE STREET attractive Krome­. kate cover, caught the attention of white-~loved doorman at the Kin.g Edward Hotel, Toronto, during an editors' meeling . Taxis tooted and bagg11ge piled up while he scan.ned fhe pages. ACROSS T H E D E S K, Hamilton Journal -New$ dis­play adver+i5ing personnel - Ru sse ll C~:~mmin s, Wayne Jerden, Phyllis Konrad and Earl Bur<;~ ess-- loo~ at the new LOG. I FR,OM THE EDITOilS ) ) Independence Day Nineteen Forty., Nine By G. W. Phi llifJs The m , t momentou event in the history of the Unite l tates of A~nerica occurred July 4th, one-hunched and seyenty-thr e ·ears ago, when the representati es of the thirteen truggling colonies passed a resolution in Congre s proclairning our independence from the Mother Country, Great Britain , and ab olving us hom all ai­le iance to th.e British Crown, thus becoming free to li\'e a life of our ovm choosing. As a resul t, America has beeR · transformed within a few years frorn a vast wildeme s into the riche t and most powerful nation on the o-lobe today- a leader among the nations of the euth. · . Those were dark day· for the little handful of coLo­nists- hostile Indians to contend with; land to cleat and prepare for cultivation; houses, church es, schools and manufactur1ng plants to erec t; h ighways and railroads to b~ b uilt au l ~ranspo:rtat ion facilities to b provided. D1sease was WicLesprcad throughout the colonies and poverty attra ted little at~ention. There were practically no amusements and busrness was transacted largely by ~xchange of: ~me _commodity for another. Yet, through 1t all t he sp1nt o£ the colomsts ne er wavensd . The population increas d ra1 idly, the wilderne -s began to di sappear, pro&p rity ap.y 'arcd in th d istance and the sava.~e Indians were ddven far ther and fanher into the unexplored wildern ess o·f the west. . Jndust_rics were estalJli sh cd, tlv people w nt to work wrlh a wtll, and the New '"' orld, t.h Unite 1 States of Am.crica, began to assume its prop ·r i lac an1on - the natron.s. It is hard for the people >f Arll rica . li vin g- in th ~i~lst of pl n ty a.nd enjoying t11c highest s t.Tr;,d ttrcl of h ·mg of any p opJ ·, to visu a liz on r-his [nd ·p cndcnc, Day what a transfor n1ation ha s tak n pta , sin e "' oHr for fathers fi rs t land d on LJli • ron tin flt. 9f cour (her is some po r•rl , still pr ·scm , 'btrt the natron as a whol h as th ~ grea tc:sf <•h h o f :tny nation in the world. And instead of sm ll v illa ~re · , the · · nit ·d States has not only the larg £t cil in th wnrld - N ·w York, b1tt mor -· than JOO ·iti s wi th a pnpu lacim' pf more th, n 100,000 each. \1Ve ·a .l o bav Hpprox imal ·ly 22r,OOU m;:m,Lfactt ll'lJlg plants, . mploying Jnillions of "o kers. Railroads cover the nation (rom ast to '\:V st, anrl lJ ()rtb to south, with a gr 'at n · t'"1or·k of t I rail . Sup­pi mc.nting railroads are more than r::oo,ooo m'il ·s. of ha.Hl- 11r£aced. higlnvay f(Jr the con venience of r:.ru k-;. bus s an i more than bO,OOO.OOO pas· nger ·ar. Tran ·• p ortation 'Ly plane i:, more comn1on toda in Jlle ica, tJJan th ·stagecoach of t.h ei""ltt 'nth cenwr . Th . omfoTts and r,onvcui ence: of )i\'ing arc within rl1e gra:;p of the m 1 rat ly itt.1at · d a ,..,, 11 a the l\' alt.hy. Tb s · arc som of tl1 thin s t1nnks to fr <) - > en r rv isc. th _ Anwriorn people enjn, toda ·-the one­hundred tOtJ h tbc Board o f EducrtinH · hy · ] . :\ etiv i11 commonity af­fnirs for"' n t~mh r of cars, Dick i. tl rorrncr C!)lllHllS­sicOncr of the Y.c:nt Hamil­ton ('(Jll (,cil { the noy .Scouts, and pre cn tl y i. llle leaing exercises early in June . • HOUSTON REACHES I ,000 MARK. Ronald McKenney signs on the dotted li4'1e end the HolJSfon Division reaches the I ,000 employees marl. I. D. Wells, assistant mif.l manager, at left, and Mike Koury, industrial reiations ma nager, !oo~ on. The Housto11 Division has grown from 404 employees in De-Gembe r, 1938, to 853 in December, 1947, and 902 in December, 194 8. By lVes Cobb The screen door b anged shut and \Ve recognized the loud, _ hearty voice of Cou sin Ed. '\Ne hadn' t .5een him for years a lthough we knew that he was now a successfu I contractor in a thriving New York town . He had stopped by to see us before he drove back home. He ducked h is head through the doorway, rushed across the room almost before we could get to our feet, pumped our hand in a viselike grip, and began talking in his rapid, confident way. A 1 i ttle older, yes, and we noted tb lines creeping round his eyes and the frown v. rinkle th ~H had made a permanent home for itseH; ye t th ese. details were obscured in tJ1e picn.ITC o{ a strapping man of acUon in the prime of hjs life. He protested the chait ·whi ch Dad wav d toward him , saying .be 1 ad men working on fum· d iffer nl jo bs ·md. must o;oon b on h.i !'l way. H e compromised by s.iuing on the arm of th · co L1 ch , stv ingiug on' l •K 11c rvomly . F ift en minut later , with a boornrng: "Take ·are u l' yourself, \\Tcs," h · was gon and th · s r en door ba~ag;cd shut again. It was as thmJ gh. a giant be hild be.,,, bu u ing through 1 h how, h Cor ~ find ing its fre dom and rushing headlong jn1n th op '' air. \-ve turced to Dad rtml said, ' 'o11siJ1 ;Jld i~ t hr ·qm as er. A lways in a burr ." Dad smi.Jed and thougbtfvlly $trok ·d tlw Cfw lwt d Riec of n ~cia li s t~ to pot ltim back on his f · t. h , 1 tt <,on ­ta. irPd no " I I old y.ou ·o 's.'' Th · was mer l · the 4u ict dal m nt, "I think 0 usin Ed will ha. <: to low dowJ ." ~ e thii'IK of th ~·e thing witl HlJfC or h:! · ol a uilty to ns ·i ·nee. Th ·r arc 111'('>rc tim ,.., Ll an we care tQ n.:. member that we Gn I o rrs 1ve<> caught ln thi am . whirl· pooling ta ·e with T I f£. i\ gain and again ,..,,e hav· sympathized with the philosophy, "Too rnucb to do and too liltl time to do it." · Tbcr i th work at th , mill and th wo k on the place. The house, tl1e yar l, the fen e, the ard ns, the work with the dog. , and the wuntl ss Jittl job as-so­cia ted with them. We find ourselves nettled more rhan we care to admit by the fact that we are alv.'pponunity. as photography is a hobby whid1 requires compelt:I1l instruC[ion and supervision tor lwginntt . Some of the member ' have pent years in the pur uit of photognphy as a Jiobby and th eir expe.ri­t: tl< e and kno,.,_•Jcdge will be pas-;ed on to the others. Fellcm hip, e. change of idea:, promotion of exhibi­Liou -., <-OrHbb, exd a11gc of print~. lectures, demonstra­tion . tour-. anJ photographic courses are o ther objectives of th Champ.ion Shutteruug. The club wi ll also pro­mote the athaucement of photography as a science and 3rt, 3nd endea\-or to imtre ... t more people in photog raphy a a hobb)- Darkroom faci l ities will be provid ed and a mean~ of pr )(.Uring photographic ... u ppli es will be a\ai l­able w all < lub mcmbcrs. Withi n the fr.iendly cum pe ti ­t ion '"''h id1 will he fost crul uy the < I u b I in the 111ea ns of improving th<: tu hnique of <.: \ -r) Jllt'tllb(:r. A piu11rc (Otlle'>t lung witJ1 the Champion Fa111il> Pi e.n ic has been \\'OJ e d (} ll t. Offi(.(.·t-; of the Chatnpi(lll SllliiH'l bugs, who were cl ·ctcd at a Jt:Ccll t nteeting. arc: Harold J oiner, pr<·-; i­dent; .Jo Rapp. vice-pre id ·n t; .Johu Young, trea~ urcr; \fac Rook.,, 'I('(J'C' lary. ' I h <'rt Wli'!l a total ()I ~!) Jll t lllhc t ~ i11 the lir!-.t < liJ,., and th i., wtal i-. t"-)Jtll ·d 111 i~tcrca '>('. :\-. mo'>t Ilt<:ll with lung t:>. pc.:rit ll< ·in the all o l Jj, i11g a bala11n't ~ and iulo111 ation. RAMSEY WINS G-OLD AWARD AT ANNUAL ART EXHIBIT ew.e'ta.l To J a('k Ra111scy. I.OG ~La lf arti._t, \\'('Ill th<' Gold A\ ';Jrlltd<'nr ol the Ccntlal .\cadent · nl' ComttH.: rcial \/t at g-radual ion <' ·cn·i,c-. .I till<.: :J. J a c k. who l ormcr l ""or ked in th <' H<~tnilton Em p Ioyce Sen·­i< C!- S ~< ti ou. It a .., been doing- LOG o\·cr!'> and page layout<, for the past th rce yc a r!'l wh i lc attending school. He i~ the son of 1\1 urray Ra rmcy, of No. I Ma c hin e Room. Thi!'l photo­graph s h ows Jack's display a t the annual s c h o o I art ex­hibit. It was this \vork which. won for .h im au al­most unantmous first place vote by advertisers and prtnters ·wbo judged 1 he ex hibi t. Two LOG covers, painted by .Ja( k, mav ue seen in the background. *' * * * \ RANDALL IS NAMED TRUSTEE OF PAPERMAKING INSTITUTE H e rb Ran­dall , Champion's vice-president in c harge of Re­s<.: a rch and Engi- • n e c r 1 n g·, was e lee ted in l\-1 a y to the board of l ·cs of the lmti tutr of Pa­per I a k i 11 g Ch c nti ~ tr v. Ap­p h' 1 on , \Vi ~t . Th e lmt i­ttllc. a gn~thmt e .,< lwol of Law- 1 CII( C Col lt·ge, is 'Ill ppot L(•d by I he JlCI]' T illdUSll' )' lor advan'-< c 1:H_tun . 1 k c_omplct~d :l:Y ·ars ahva y'> popular ha nq w :t ev ·n l. following tbe din ncr hour, .B LLrt \ \ 'interha lter opened bri e[re ogi1 ition cer ' nJOn ies, .in whi ·h Ch, m­pion pa.id h mor to iL "Champions of harnpion" oJ. th 1948-49 ·port Json. Leo Gei · rand John Zim­. mcrman rep resent 'd rua nag rnent in short talk ·. Bol> Conq 1·on pr 'Sent l th · r ' · pccti\' · "Chnm­pions" with trot h.ie an.d n tcd ·:tl s. , yrnbolic nf th · , · a ri ~ HI S laur ·Is won. Si Burick, nat i nc lly (anw:u . p )l·fs ligur ·. d c l i, ·c n~ 1 Lll . c ,·cnint>· · pri11 ipal cl ­dn . -:. ;\ n Ganln •r g:1\'C the inYn ·aciott. FOU RTH ESTATERS- John Heinz, Journal-News; Ray Motley , WMOH; Bill Moeller, Journai-Ne•ws; Si Burid:, Dayton Daily News, principal &peaker; Fra nlc Thomp son, Champion Employee Services; and Bill McDulin, WMOH. E.A.A. BOARD FIGURES- Howard Lipscomb, Garland Mun1, Charles "Cap" Stubbs .and Bob Compton.. Lipscomb nd Stubbs are representati¥·es to the Hamilton and General Offices Employees' Activities Association Board of Control , sponsoring th-e banquet. Hamilton • • GEORGE YOUNG, Green Wave softball and basketball satellite, accepts his sports trophy. Both George and lorraine House were chosen in a poll of Hamilton and General Office Champions. THE BOB-O-LINKS- Joe Fisher, Noble Minnich, George Ferguson and Vince Laud.erman- sang " Barber Shop" for the large gathering. The la tter two are both well-known in Champion song circles. AMONG THOSE ACCLAIMED were Herrick Poelen, Men·~ Golf Re prese nta ­tive to the E.AA. Board, Edgar Wiseman, Mrs. Wiseman and Louie Robinson. Herrick and Edgar won acclaim in men's golf an.d Louie took down high honors in tennis play. A "PRIZE" for "The Little Man Who Wasn 't There ," is held by Merle Johnson, secretary of men's bowling activities, and Burt Winterhalter, who took the toastmaster role ~t th~ banquet . ... SOME OF "THE BOYS''- Lew Bri c kner, Lee Doellman, Adrian Brunner, Nid Massare ll i, Howard Pyl es, Don Cenaa n and iony M nzer. Mas>ere lfi won a trophy for ' 'outstanding" golfing ac hievemen:f, 7 • The Houston Division shows customers why Champion products are superior in order to .,bring home the ' paycheck." A ,·1 1c TSSFliT. i\ lr\NUFACT R E.R on sa icl : ' 'Th re are l"WO I hases in developi ng a nourish­ing bu ine ··: l) i\faking a UJ erior 1 roclun, and (2) Convinci ng the customer your 1 rod1.1Ct is 1 t. •• harnpion know the quality of their prod­u .L G uing it ao-os · to the cu stom er i · ano ther matter. ·without ale ', ChatTtpion's fin e production rc ord would mean nothing. Sa1e · mean money. i\loney m ans paychecks. One of the best ways of impress ing the c u~tomer w'itl1 tlte quality of a product is to le t him see the care wi th whi h it is made. ·when number 25 Paper Machine went into production; the Houston D ivi sion se ized the oppoTlunity to how o[l' their p lant. Shown here is the process of cr eating a large group of ·' atisfiecl customers." ' MO RE CHAMPION TALK i$ hea rd by the customer, Bo Watkins, at ri ght, as Homer Lalimer (l eft) and Reuben B. Robertso n, Jr., hold a li ve ly discussio n. , , J p REGISTRATION at the Clubhouse. Jeanne Cole an·d Bernece Ha rris t ake care of t·he two custom· e rs at the tab le as Cal Skillman , .assistant d irec­tor of publ ic relations, watches the procedure. A Y C H E C EXPLAINING THE DISPLAY of Champion products are Frank Ahrens, second from left ; Charles Dabne¥, the man with the bow tie ond dark rimmed glasses; and Herb Suter, Jr., wearing the polka dot bow tl . TOURING THE MILL. t his group stands beside a ma chine discussing what t hey have seen, while Glenn Smathers, Houston Division Pulp Mill hlperinter>dent. ce-nter, listens in on the conversatio n, 5 • -- I N •. A WARM WELCO ME is extended to ,R. R. Mos·er, Sr., gen.eral sales manager of t he Carpellter Pape-r Company, by Champion's Herb Suter, Jr. T H E A SATISFIED SMILES h eam on t he faces of Hre t'hrtle customers siftin-g t-o the fef't of Dwight Thort~-son, vice- pcres id e nt. 9 -- BEFORE THE DINNER, Herb Suter, Jr. , Champion's gen­eral sales manager, addressed the guests as Reuben Robertson, Sr., president of the company, W. R. Crute, and Hubert Foster listen .. K I G HOUSTON'S Fl RST CHAMPION, W. R. Crute (righ t ) gets across a point to Genera l W. G. Heavey; port director for the Houston Port Commission. ' ' ) ARRIVING BY BUS, the first group of visitors pauses f.or a picture before entering the Club House. \ -L • THESE LADIES handled advance arrangements. Seated, left to right: Mrs. J. Frank Pate, Mrs. Elwood Ebie, Miss Jewell Graves, Mrs. Harmon Moore, Mrs. J . M. Alexander, Mrs. J. R. Westmoreland, Mrs. Garvin Cole. Standing: Mrs. Noah Swafford, Mrs. Harold Hanse n, Mrs. Bob Anton, Mrs. Logan White, 0 0 D T Mrs. Herschel Keener, Mrs. J . B. Mo.rford, Mrs. J . L. Reeves, Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, J r.~ Mrs. A .P. Cline, M'rs ~ J. C. McGee, Mrs. L. H. Hartshorn, Mrs. C. E. Mclain, Mrs. Clark Dickerman, Mrs. R. W. Schofl. Mrs. H. A. Helder. Th is commiftee had p lans re:a.dy when the h>loodmobi'le arrived . 0 s A v E Seventy-one persons 0£ Canton and Sl.llTounding commm.J.it , m.an , o£ whom are members of the Champion Family, responded to the appeal for " blood tO ave liv s" when. the · bloodmobile from the ree; ionOod program is shown in this photograph taken in Cham.pion "Y" gymnasium· iust before operations started. L I v s FlRST TO GIVE B-LOOD were Mrs. J. R. WeshM•reland and Carlton Peyton, ef t'he Acco-unting Department. Mrs. J. Bruce Merford, volun- Canton ANXIOUS DONORS await their physical check-ups in above photo­graph. Many of the workers and donors can be readily identified. · ieer as~istant, is at the extreme left, while Or. Marga ret Burn~, Ashe· v-Ille, supervises the procedure and observes the blood flow at center . • ' • ! 1 • MRS. L H. HARTSHORN, wife of Larry Hartshorn, Bookmitl Machine Area, and Clar~ Dic~erman, of Paper Inspecti-on, gave blood dur ing the afternoon. Both were edive rn p romotir.g pla ns for the arrival of bloodmobile. DONORS REFRE.SHED themselves aHer giving their blood . Th is can­teen was location o·f refreshments. Left to right : Lee Matthews ( bad to camera), Mrs. Dick Scholl, Mrs. Elwood Ebie, Mrs. Hartshorn, Mrs. Westmoreland and Mrs. J. H. Duckett. nasium by a team oJ technicians, nurses and physi­cian fr m the regjonal center in Ash eville. The firsr donors appeared on chedule at ? o'clock and from then until nearly 6 o'clock a steady stream - of volunteers registered, were given a phys ical d1cck-up, gaye th eir blood, a nd enjoyed refresh­m nts ervcd in the canteen. A large grou p of local women, who had volun ­t creel th ~ir servic s, as 1s ted .in the operation of the tc:m porary collection cen Ler by performi n :s: the many non-technical tasks. No time has been lost in putting the Yoluntccr blood to work to save li ves. The Jirst deli,·ery of bloocl to the Haywood County .Hospital ·wa made the clay follm" ing the visit of the bloodm hil . A second visit of the bloodnJobi lc to C::mton on Ju ne 30 also met vvith succe . . T his program will ·continu to be carried · ou t from time to time dur­ing t·h.c year. BLOOD COLLECTED in Canton is d e li vered to Hayw-0od Cou nfy Hospital, Waynesvi lle. wi+hin 24 hours Left to rig ht: Le.e Davis, hospita l administrator; Dr. Tom Stringfield , ®ld est member of surgkel staff< receiving blood from W. H. Kidd, di·rec l·or of t he reg,io na l ce nter, Ashe vil le. Mrs. Ell en Freeman, suF"er­inte nd nt of nur$.e~ . looks o n. B L 0 0 D TO SAVE l 12 • THE OFFIC IAl PARTY - Mr. a nd Mrs. Elme r Newkirk, Mr. and The Reverend Pay Le Meadows, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hac ke r. Elmer introduced Revere nd Meadows, pri nc ipa l spe.ake·r at the banquet. Bo b is the supervisor bod y's ener­ge- tic preside nt. • AT THE C LOSE of t he e ve ning, supervisors stop a t t·he hat c heck booth. Th e d inn er is one time ea ch yea r when supervisors , wives and guest$ can get toget her in the tr ue spi;it of Champio n. u tn SUPERVIS ORS SlX O 'F A KIND - Orvi.lle Tabo r, J a,mes Wet , McKinl-ey Powelll Bill Stephenson, Bob Craw­fo- rd and G ovan B.egley qet a chuck le f rom a ." s-to r-y'' p~io~ to the. b11nquet dinner_. _Six of a k.ind , they are re g ular attendees a t Supe rvasor Assocaataon fundaons. The assocaataon number-s 1 -8~ members, an all -t ime high. ELKS' CLUBHOUSE, showing a portion of the picturesque Clubhouse and the ouHyi~g golf course. 'Some 250 supe r­vise rs and gu ests asse mbled here to e n­joy the second a-nnu-al supe rv i-sors ' d inn e r meet ing . H igh on a hill top, the location and general ·u r ro undi ngs of the Elk's Country Clu b are ideaL The £i r:.t glimpse on the scene extends promise of fr iendliness and gaye ty within. Inside the Clubhouse, it is near perfect for a celebra tion such as ~ h e Han'l il ton a nd Gen eral Offi ces Cham­p ion super visors' and g·pests d inner meetmg. As one gaz about the large as-semblage of Champions a feeling of cordiali ty and the tru e spirit of a u n ited p eople comes w mind. It's the sp ir.it that gives Champion and Ch am­pions a proud p osition in the paper making fi eld - h igh on a h ill top. FLOWERS FOR THE LADIES- Bob Hacker, pre siden,t of the Superv iso rs' Associatio n, pre­S'ents flowers to one of the lady g11es ts. Many such door prizes were g iven out. I • HousloH • • Q NE •. H UNDRED TE "dt tor f rnachincry ' probed, listened, and th n insp cted the l'llC h ;tu i ·d produ t · of th ir imagination thrmwh ut the H uston Division of t e hampion P a per and Fibre Company. After on, id r ing their [i nuings gravely' they pro­noun eel the pati nt a fine, growing young­tcr v,;it11 a h ealthy aptitude for making fine paper. The "doctors" were membe1·s of the American Society of Tool Engineers, gu ests of Champion and Division Manager \IV. R . STUDYING BOOKLETS describing the process they have seen engrossed engineers {left) after dinner . PRO £D Crut durinJ May [or a guided tOur tltrough th mill and dinner of Virginia bak d ham a t lhe Clubhou:lc alter the Lour. t: Ann Sullivan, cafeteria managbr; Edna Turman; J ean Braxton ; Callire Wither­ington ; a111d Jerry Smith. 14 THIS PHOTO shows many of the approximately 200 persons attending Canton Champion's "Y" annual dinner meeting in May. L U .P\VARDS OF 2 0 perons jnteres tecl in Y. M. C. A. . :tetivitics enjoyed lhe at=lnual Champion Y. M. C. _A.'s dinner 1neering here duriJ.1g May. · Principal speaker "'as Dr. George D. H eaton; pastor of the l\rlyer Park Bapt.i t Church, Charlotte, and one of the leading orators of the southland. His subject was ·'The \1\lonh of the Y. M. C. A. to the Community." Louis E. Gate ·, Canton Champion's assistant chief ' • • ,, • EA D E R s M E E T \ chemist and recently re-elected presiden t of Champion "Y," presided, and gave a report on ·local "Y" activities. A detailed account of "Y" work during the past year and propos~ls fo~ the coming year were presented to the guests m wntten form by G. C. Suttles, general secre tary. Gen~ N~ahnke, of Canton Charnpion's engineering staff, hrghhghted the entertainment with violin solos with Mrs. ]. Frank Pate at t11e piano. GENE MA HNK~. of Champion's en.gineerirtg staH, p,layed several selectio'fl.S on the violin wjf,h Mrs. J . Frank P9te accompanying at fhe p ii!no in furnishing. musical enter· DR. GEORGE HEATON, Charlotte, held t he atte ntion of guests for more than 40 minu~es as he d'elivered principal address of the evening. LOU IS E. GATtS, "Y" presiden~. and as~ista nt chief chemist fo r Canton Champion, presided over the annu·al eanquet. tainment. 15 • OPENING A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL - Julius Harrison , Store Room, cuts wire tie on a 7·00-pound bale of wiping rags. In good hard cash, the bale rep resents a $100 investment on the pa rt of Champion manage­ment - necessa ry for clea nli ness, comfort and safety. NICKELS AND DIMES GO TO WORK- h11est McCorrnich {fe:ftl . Millwrights, requisitions a bundle of wiping rdgs. McCormkh takes only the amount needed to do the job- takes only the necessary nidels­and- dimes worth of rags required. ' ' WORKMAN~ SPARE T H 0 S E RACS I " • ' Everyone has h ea rd a favorite ex pression) "Ther e's Gold in Them Thar Hills." At Hamilton Champion, it m.ight be changed to read, "Th ere's Gold in Them T har Wiping Rags." Of course, nobody has probably bo th er ed to disclose · the tru th that wiping rags are a pre tty costly item. As a matter of fact, the rags now being u sed over the n1ills cos t Champion ma nagcmem someth ing like 15 ceoL a pound . . T hink of tha t, J 5 cen Ls per pound! Considering that Champions u<;c in the neighborh ood of hal£ to three-quarter of a ton of w1pmg rao-s every vveek, it amounts lo an inves tmem of n early 200.00 Going a littl e · furth ~ r, the figure amount , t almo t $10,000 a year - all hgure con · rvat.t"Ye. '1l1is :is an inves tm.en.t of omethiug like .2.00 per employee O\'Cr tb .. e span of one yea r. Now, top and think what would be said o ( e rnp lo ·ees ·who pro ec.ded. lo to:·-; two bu cks here and t.b ·re ar und Hallli lton Champion. J\lost fo lks don 't hav two dollal':> to throw ;rwa in . o ·h a rid iculous ma nn er , and the ·amc g.o s (or Champi n ma nagement, }Tl this very thing i ~ hapr cnin6 e,·cr J d .. ), BUNDLESOME " HAN'KY" - Unexpla ined, ~-o me wor,ers il'f6ist thai wiping rags a re to be ca rri d a'$ handketchreh. Some men have been known, uptln ot.ca~ ion, to use wiping rags for sods. JACKBOOTING THE JACKPOT~ Nickels ond dimes being wasted away: U$ed once, d wiping rag ;s seen here, d is,..a roed on a piece of machin&ry. It 's ea.sy to un i nfe nt i on<~lly jackboot tbe jaelpot. COSTLY ABSORBENT- Oil and grease are hazardeus te t he safe+y o{ Champions, but wiping rags werll never meant as absorbents when sawdust is available. 16 • • days into weeks, weeks into ye.a r , with the improper u e of . w1pmg rags. Th company cannot afford to throw money away, ju t as individual Champion · could never do. Again, ther i a solution to the problem~ just a little common sen e and £air play on the pan of every Cham­pion employee. "MOO LA, '' AIIJKLE DBitP .,._Here is a wiping r,a~g supply box in a typical Mill are-a. Almost as many good, dean rag~ are $eEHI on th~ floor as in the- box .. • a cos-fly pradlce. CASH IN THE TRASH - No Champi on would allow a coin to remain 1n this ga rbage can untou~hed, yet_ +his wiping rag is money, money go1ng to an end without being spe nt soundly. . ' . • TENOERLY AND CAREFI:/LLY- l'his picture Jhows a wrping rag dis:posal C'c\11, where rags are plaud for lavn.dering or final djsposal by burnin.g. Here, used rags have beiin properly treated . Hamilton THE WAY THE DOUGH GOES ...,... Thought· lessly, some fo lks hav& been known lo fake wiping rags off Champion properly. The result is usu a lly as shown here- rags stuffed into the glove compartment of a car. • MONEY IN THE GUTIER ­To the lower right of this North "B" Street scene, a wiping rag can be seen unnoticed , de­sorted. No one bothers to pick it up and put it to goad use. Yet thi.s rag is money and va luable, wh en pU '~ to us:e for which it is intended. ' ; • .17 r ! ' DED ICATION CEREMONY took place on ·$tage of Canton ,Highr School auditorium. Front row, left to right: A. J. Jutchirns, J. R. SechFest, Will is Kir kpatrick, K. E. Silv.er, J. E .. , Henderson, Rev. C. W. Kirby, and the -Rev. D. 0 . Mci nn is. Canton school band is shown playing "America," in background. UNDAUNTED BY HEAVY RAIN greai throng lihes Canton High Sehool ath leti-<: fi eld for final p rt of dedica+Jon program. "Girls In Whlte" a re show.n $+andlag b •ide markers where ·they bave plac d wreaths of f l-owers. Honoring the nH.mory of 2 ~) Canton 1'-Iigh School ·tuden .t · who g-tvc their lives ou the (idcl of battle during Worl 'ls du ri ug- tbe cerclllon.y. Cnncrr t:c an l br rue nl BRONZE markers s+ t~ n d a.s lasting tribute to 23 Canton High Scho ol stud ents who lost th eir 11ve$ d uri ng World War II. Uncle John Dotson, a virtua•l Canton landmark ( leH) was last +e le-ave scene of ded ication. Uncle John knew "all the boys pe rsonally.' a - ·ot e - MARKER HONORS THE MEMORY of Pfc. James Ca.rl Kirkpatrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Kirkpatrick of Canton Champion. ' ' . - • ' memor · of tb.e.c \-·var dead, maoy, of whom had made their lettets on the spacious 10-acre athleti.c field luring their high school areers. \Villis Kirkpa trick , · of Canton Division Management Pl an ning, and cha in nan >f the B ave-rdam district sch ool board, dedi cat ed the stadium and a thl etic fje]d. ' The R ev. · . \V. Kirby. pastor of Can ton Cen tral ·Methodist Clnuch, delivered the me sage of dedica- • tion of brome marke-r- and trees p lanted in honor of the school's wa.r dead. The Canton chool 4-fJ-piece band played two patriotk numbers du ring the p1;0grarn which opened i th high s:chool aud:itari um as a resu 1t of a steady rain 'which felt during the e~:Jt ire program. - Girls of Canton Hi, dressed in s0Jid whi t:e, were flowerbearers and placed wrea ths at the foo t of the ~~> brom markers. T)oy Sc ut abo p layed a part in the Memot.ial Day cerernon y. 1\-larke1·s w r dedica t cl ~o the :memory of the fo llowing war dead: S/ Sgt.. Gilbert H unt Bailie, Fir:>L L\. G orge \ illiams Barne , Cpl. Hoyt Allen Edwar ds, F irst. Lt. J. Fran k Cur tis, P·vr. Lawrence Ens]e ·, J r ., Pfc. Eston E. H olland., Gunners' Mate Lewis 'Gibson , Pfc. Jarnes Carl Ki rkpa trick, 'F-1 / c Carl Jam · · Keylon. Sgt. Gonnon \ 1\T. Robe n s, MM 3/ c Marvin Joe Drake, Sgt. Henry N. Penland, Pv t. Max J. Muse, • Capt. J enn ing :Herbert Mease, First L t. R ex Willard Muse, S '2/ c P te J ohnson Mo(':>re, Pfc. J. "'r. Taylor, ·AS· Ma k Starney, Jr., Cpl. Ralph Renr Robertson, Pvt. Lest r Joseph Tran,tham F irst Lt.. Logan Mil-lard \Vhite, 1/ Ch arles Dupree v~ hjte and First Lt. Paul Sarnu l Glark, THE AR'MED SERVICES pe rformed mili,tary hanors Jbelow) during program on the athle-tic field. \ \ • DIXIE SKID LOADER equ!p·ped truck . W yrnan Hok& hold, one of the paifeh whiah ar pulled u.p the ramp onto the bed by o winch on the tn.l ek, • COMPLETED RICK of lfl slin9 1o~td unih. Marshall Roark is 5hown leanir•g a9oinlt o ~ep•­rato~ stick. MARSHALL ROARK 5tands in from· of a ri~!t; which s OWi the method of ricking % sling load units, Houston Woodlands Workers Adopt New Techniques. By Helen Bierwirth Champion ha lon " l>een intere ted in de eloping mechanical method for cuttin . handling and loading the pulpwood u ed in its 1niUs. There are a number of rea -on why 111e hanization is· d ·irable. During war time and oth r labor h rta ..... periods me 'hanizecl method , can incre wood pr luction when m n re not av ilable. \1\foo Is work i - ·tr lltl lll lab r · nd ln•o~ t nothing has b · ~ n done t '"''anl it n1e haniz.a­lion a om par d with o l her induMri . B n rn ans the least con. i·d ralion, a su c :,.· full ' mcchani;, d job i f q11 nrJ ' a rnor Lfici nt • <)perauon. The 1-(o uston 1 ivi. ion r ·enrl pi ced ll l.Ol'C c1npha:i. on th mcch.anization of wo d · work I y as'> ig ning on· ol rh' \ 'o