| Summary: | 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. . f \ ·oL. . 'XXI NOVEMBER, 'I !H8 Jl CAL SKILLMAN, Editor The Champion Paper and Fibre CompaMy General Offices Ffamilton, Ohio MILLS A 'f : HAMILTON , OUIO HOUSTON, TEX AS CANTON. NORTH CAROLINA SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA G. Tff. Philti j}s, l~di tor /~me-rit·11-s Edit orial Ad visors : REUBEN R. ROBERTSON, JR., DWlGH'f J. THOMSON HAM1L'TON • Divisional E.dit o.1· ~Hay Garrett R.e porters He nry Alex ande r , Wes ley Cobb, Bud Dunlap, Edgar Farmer, Ifu.gh Kirkpatrick, Kel1 Moore, J<H·k l\h llen, Ma rgaret Os born e, Helen l'ier on , Ruth H aq•tl ~1 . OH o Re·id, Car l Robbins, Fritzi Sc.hneider , G-eorge S teiner. Bill Thorn pson. CANTON JJi '' isiona.l Editor - J a me Deat.un Report r-.s Ann Aiken, Mary Da i. , F red Dayton, .F r ed Ferg u, ot'l·, R11lph Gof()rth, E lain Gool. by, Oyd U. £loey, Jr., E-rne t, Me ser , Fay rfill r , Rruce NHnney, .Hob J'.billi p)>; G' endQiyn Plem J'n.on.s, 1\. a t he.r i ne Plcm mons, Dor is Plof·t . Jim Queen, ,Non;na "PoLly" Heno, J . E., lau' hte r, Sh)oley , miih, G. C. ut tle , Grace Tall enL HOUSTON ' Di isional Editor- Sl·ewart .Jone R.ef:lO:r t ers r.cne :Oelage, Sam Elli s. Fred 1.;-umess, Sam G~ rd Norn)a Ht~ct.ker , Clyde l\tiller, Jr., OdelJ Sand r:;. ·SPECIAL tHWORTER. Paul C'r11i g, The PiJot ReJlOtrter Glady · R Htldge , S<1nder ~-m e William R. FowJer, A.disf \\-e ley C'obb, ·what's N ew On The Far·m :MU:rit-1 i} !len . Gener ;1l ()ffie~ IN THIS ISSUE C-ENEKAL I I.EWS 1H V1 lO •. Ottr Cover Jli cltt re . ~ . ~ . ~ . I . . r~:( 1 it<) rial o•oo O o o o0o o~ •0 00 0 0o0o ~oo H O.o o., oo0400o 040o00.000 0" o """'' ' "~o o o 0~0ho•·oo o<;.ool 0oOOO ooo . 0 -0• 0 0 0o"O" KnoxY ilJe Lime Plan t . ~ . ~ . - . . • \"\That's 1 'cw on til .Farm . G \ 1Vow - \'\lha l a Pa rty . . 7 Old Folks Day . . . . B Cuna in Cart . . . 10 Fo lk Fest ival . . - . 12 Her N i ''h t Out . . ,. . ~ . .1 3 Ch arnp ion Gltcfs . . , . 11 r -- v S . G 1.' 1 ve l ear crvLce roup . . ~ . J G QL1ancrbacks for Safety . 18 T une 1"i n.1.c _. . ._. . . ,. . -0 Cornpany Store-ies . . . . --. 23 A 3 Ring Circus . . . . . . 1'1 Stt pervisc;rs Mee L . . 27. Best of Industry Award . . " . .? . 0 pera tion -Sou then'l Area . . ,. . . .30 F igh t ing '' Li ttleleaf'' . . . . . -.-. 32 Fi breville f lowe rs . . : . a3' DIVISIONAL NE\ tVS .Han1. ilto1:t . . ~-. 31 Can ton . 4•1: Houston . . . ,. . . uO OUR I:OVEil PII: TU RE ,\ paindng of hank Ftllgha111 h ol•'l. Ch an1, pim1 ·:-. Hou ·LoJJ D i\•ision. S ·c page 1 .for story of · Frank and lr is family. · --- ~ --- ~- - • F u l g h a m Family Facts might well be the title of this story about our coveT picture. Frank F ulgham is the mndel for t:his November cover. F~ank star ted to work £or the H ou ston Div i- • sion on Novetn ber l 0., • J 936, as a hdper. During h1s tw lve year ·with Champion, he has progressed through the gra.d es of hecker, dowi"'stair coatcr man, up, tair coater t'l'lan, and tlow he serves as the assistant . hift in pector. Frank was born on April 22. 1903, at Grapeland, Texas. H e fini shed his grade and h:i.gh schooling in Grape~and and worked the intervening years between Thoolmg and '\vork at Cha1"1'1pion at Sam Houston State Tea her CoHe.ge iB Hur1t ville, Texas, .:u:td on a [('lrm nea,r Hurit vjl] . · fraAk and hi · tv1fe, Mar · na, and their som, Dan, 20 year· old , and Frank .F. and Fred G., 18 year old twjns live at 214- Nonh Cr-•nter Stre t, Pasailena, T xas. Each member of the faruily would provick: material for an i1 teresting feature story. Mrs. Fulgham was a hool teacher in Pasadena fer \ ' ' twelve years. She has a bachelor and a masters degree with majors in English and education. She is the past president of the Pasadena Reading Club, a member of th.e Baptist Church, and active in the Pasadena Classroom Teachers' Association. · She and Frank express a keen interest in _ travel. They look forward to the day wh€!11 they can make .extensive trips. to the northwe t, being particularly intet"ested in the state of Washington and Alaska. Since they both enjoy automobile travel. they haVIe a great opportunity for a real trip. While at home in Pasadena, their hobby is modern and quare dancing and dominos, or 'forty-n.vo" . Dan, the oldest son, served 18 months in the army, .and is now a pre-junior at the University of Houston. Dau played guard on the Pasadena High School football Learn in the years 1943-44. One of the twins also p layed on Pasadena High's tearn in 46-47 and was an_ oHen.sjve gu ard . and d efensive t;;~ck.le. He is now going to Texas A. & M. l.l.Ddcr a footba 11 .scholars:h1p. Frank pLayed on tl'le Pasa.dcna High track team il'l 1946-•17 with a spe Ially of trLC ·HO yard dash an l Lh e miLe r elay. Edrtor's note : T he LOG Editor and artist visited Frank jn his ho rne on a terrifically hot, 100 °, July day, and long will they r 'mcmbec the hom m.ade ice cream and -ooki·e:s serv ··d by their host, the Fulg-IJ.ams. 1 I · '"'enetal A Tlta,nl~ · ttJ H art 1 y , . Tl • Phillip Go(/' novdtzr~ss Jwth h c·:r. arrYtt to tltr: ' - J> r tu•r1e1 ~ ~ da' no · ni{'ht tmlwlh wed j).(l s b!!tl ·till r('Jnrmb('l' ·whaf the Lord hotlt d uc -. Jw!? .5petrre. 1f th r i. one peril mor d au another whi( h threaten our future happine. , it i" indiff rene m t h ' bl ·sings whi h G d ·how r upon us, and ' h ich mi(,·bt L ro" ok: •· the Lord to withdra~·v th m. D ·v nd erful works to the children of n1 n!" "e ar taught that God ha two dwellin gs: o ne in heaven., and the tJ1er in a w e k. and thankful h eart. Therefore v.·e should cu iti ,.ate th I irit of 'I raising God fTom whom all ble sing fl w. ' Thank gi,·ing Day ori ·imtted with the N w England coloni ts. \V il:l.iam Bradford, the se ond governor of the lony, ·et apart a day for tbat purp.o e at Plymouth in 1621. On the third da of October 1789, Georg\.}· e \1\TashinR. .,' - ton, .President of the Uni ted States o£ America, is.5ued the f irst pre iciential thanksgiving proclamation, in which he aid in part: " \,\'hereas, it i the duty of all nations to ackrw:wledge the Providence of Almighty God, w obey his will, w be g-ratefu ~ for His benefits, and humbly .to imp1ore His .ProtectiOn and Favor: And whereas, both hou.ses of Co.n- . ' gress have, by their joint Committee :requested me to recommend to the People of the UNITED STATES, a Day of PUBLIC THANKSGIVING and .PRAYER to be observed by acknowledging w ith grateful hearts the many Signal Favors of Almighty God, especially by affording th em an opportunity peaceably to establish a Form o'r Government for thejr Safety and Happiness. ' 'Now, THEREFORE, I do recommend and assign THURSDAY, the twenty-sixth day of November next, t.o be devoted by the P eople of d1ese States to the Service of that g reat and glorious Being, who is the b en ef:icent Audtor of aU the good that was, that is, or that will be: . That we may then uni te in rendering unto him . onr sin cere and humbJe thanks for his kind Care and Prot ·ction." It s ems that ~h · many bless ings w · enjoy, day by day, should creal with in our 1 e::attsr a pirit of gt titnd , prai e and thanksgiving. Unfonun::u ly w ar :tpl tn take such things for gn.Lnted and fail tor c liz • that ·w • nr. ind !)ted to Almighty God. for aU 1hc hh;sings · · nj oy. Wh th er.in a ]versity or pro!lp · iry, sjdnc'is Ol' l1 ahh , we <~houlcl giVe thanks. 2 The poet, Gren vi 11 · t< lc:i s "'r, sa i(l: I'm thankfnl for th ' d aw1~ of da v, For bt<Scfu 1 work .and hu ,y<:~ n t pia' f'rn rhankful for the f(lith of l r1·nd , For Jwmhl h .art that cord ·<.c ntis. l l'm tl1ankful for the sm1 at n f)on , Ft)r sil n t star~ an 1 cres C.JH moon rrn thankful for th ' gifl of pr y . r, For bJ ssings I an fr el:y sha.re. J'1u thankful £or the right Lo liv , For daily chance to ne a n 1 gh'e· l'm t.hank{ul .r:n st l'o Cod above For hi. 1 rotecting perfect 1< " , By Paul C1 aig lndu ·tri · J aviat.i 111 i · on the in r a~c and seems to be here to s.1ay. for nLl ni:ore cothpanies are using air· pJ, nc':l, and from arc eh t ·urvcy by C.A.O . . , there are now mo rt~ t vin -·ng ine aircrah b -·ing used by indu tr · Ll.1<:u1 Lht lola I number of ai liner!) in. operation. .c\L he time W" a · tuh cd the Bc -chcaft, it a. ex· peeled. tl t (me pil t would 1 · used only about one half th · tirnc, wh would dnub'le on , omething else th other b alf. VVc have long sin c had three pil c on the Beech, and. arc [lying an average ol far more honn p .r momh than a~yo nc with whom we ve c.he ked. Re ently during even consec tive days. we flew a total of 39.4 hours, overi-ng iO,Yl"' mile, whi,ch amounted , to 15,925 passenger miles. Rememb ring too, that a part o[ Lhese miles we were carrying no one at all. Based on tbe ame individuals tra:velino- to the arne ' 0 pJaces, except by pullrnan with lower berth, the compari-son as against the plant is as follow : Pla.ne Train This . . Gin nat I of all. Milel'l Pa e nger 10,915 ? hours 6 .7 4 7~ .o Out -Bf-pocket co. t 1072.50 953.12 includes only one trip one-wa~· be tween inand Asheville which i. the rea e t £in'l'e an:r The accompanying photo hovv the hand orne addition t > £h . fle t. A Cessna 195. This shcn.1ld bring abm1t n.dditiG>nal air r:ravcd. 'Th.i patti uL r ' .s.n mod l "vas s J . t.cd {or srveruJ teasons. The high win T 111, k . r( h··uet timber r om1Ti, san e for whi h pup s it will b 11 '1 cl 10 :-;om ' e ' Lent. lt is powc1• 1 b a · 00 hp Ja ba •rtgin ·, an 1 i.t' 160 mph indicalc;:d air ' r 0. d 'l uld mak iL v 1 popular for trans portntion p.urpos s, spe :iall Jo shuncr lrip. >f lesT punlheTS. It. is 'quip} d with VHF and low frcqucn r radio, full im;Jrnment n, ing p e n ' }, and lmill -in -;cat chnt . It i ' v ty c m[ortabl a ppointed i n, idc •ntd is q u icr ;n ugh f >r ru.n:1nal on ver at ion . * • $\ * CHAMPION ADVEllTISING-ppearin~ · on ~ ;;tb · !J I) of thi·s is. oe is 'fnll pa,g; r pro· dw·tlon o( a Cham1 ion advcrti · m nt wl ich ·will b r lea. '·d thi · month in a nnmbcf' of paper trade jo~u~naL ~I c LOG will publiSib ~)th r Slt h mat rial ifl · ub~ .tPCtll .ic;"u \ so that all Champions ma • b • (amiliar "tvith infor-wation lhat is L>e ing giv n to 1 aper buyer . . • ' - . , I FOUR l,.IME KI LNS. Each turn out approximately 20 tons of lime ev:ery 24 hour~ . Rock is burned at approximately 3,500 degrees in producing lime. These .ki lns stand 72 feet from the grou.nd . Although the project.produces approximately 80 ton oi lime every 24 hours, Champion's Knoxville Lime Plane is little known among Champion employees at Canton, Hamilton and Houston Divisrons. Employjng only 30 men, the Knoxvm e Lime Plant operates efficiently around the clock. During this time, approximately 50 board of rock~ each weighing 3 ~ tons, is burned in the iour huge lime kilns at 3,500 degrees temperature in pro.duci11g · lime for Champion's asw11i 1Jing consumption. A stockpile of approximately 2,000 boards of mck is maintained · egularly for emergen cy u se. Thi · stockpile will keep the pl:mt in operation for 45 days in case of em rgency. . The Knoxvi.Be Lime Plant, a e y definite part of Champion's matnmolb operations, is headed by \Vay Kinsland as superin tendent, while Mrs. Nettie Lee Wimberly is I ookkeeper. Bob Vest, 58, is general foreman and lus followed hm activhr teadil y foe the pa t 30 years. He also has four s0ns with the Knoxville plant. ·. • SHOW;N HERE a.re a mgjority of Ume plant employees. ·Left to ri9bt, are: Henry Burnette, Robe rt Vest, genera l foreman, Haas Laugherty, La{e Bu rli:harf', · J ac:k t+aun , C1ycle Hi ckma n, Sam Mond l!y,' J. W . B.urn ett, Jaroes Rowland , .Deh:Mt Law.son, Jim Manney, Albert Monday, Jack Monday, Ernest M. Burkhart and CharleJ Hic:~mal'). • •' 4 ' • . • LAFE BU RKHART, derrick operator, i ~ shown concentr.;rt ing on his duties. Handl.inq d erri ck is respo-n sible job a nd Burkh art takes much interest in his work. WAY KJNSLAND, le-ft, superintcnd•en'l-, and Bob Vest, 56, gen.gral foreman, talk th ings over a ( e nt rance to foading p.laHorm. lime is re le a-sed from kil ns at left background_ KH ·O~,-I· I.t.E HERE IS THE ROCK QUARRY w lch ' pplle.s the lfme plant witb approximately 50 board:S of fock a day, weighing 3'14 ton.s each, ime kilns and two 30-ton oapac:Hy derticu an pic; ,ed in badg.r~und. · l f. KNOXVILLE LIME PlANT, where approximately 80 tons of lime are produced -every 24 houn, is pictu.red above. lncUne is used in dumpin9 rock hoii!rds into kil ns. Boards are controlled 'by iki.lled operators. Virtu-ally aU lime ·manufa-d ured is c.onsumed in Champion oper-ations. PL ~OAOED LIME CARS have just pulled away from plant re.,ealing the plant proper. Tlle fou·r lime kilns above -operate around the clock i.n sqpplying Cacnton Oha·mpion with its tremendous daily · lime 'Consumption. - JAKIE VEST, son of General Foreman Bo·b Vest, is shown un ~ loading wheel barrow of lime into car. Cars are loaded with ap,p rol!:imately 40 tons. ' . - 9" • - ,. , -· ONE OF THE TWO powerful 30-ton derricks is shown as it picks a board of 3V4 tons o-f rock to be placed on st:ockpile, right, where approximately 2,000 boards of rock are kept regularly for emergency purposes. This stockpile of rock will run plant approximately 45 days . JIM MANNEY, nearest camera, and Henry Burnette are shewn placi_ng empty boar.d a.f.ter derrick unloaded its capacity of 3'h tons of rock. · • • 5 ' NEW • marnage pla e in Illinoi . ?vfi hio-an. FR.OM CHI AGO n January 25, 1926, M i s B e t t y -1 i hi ·tart d to work f o ham im1 in the "h l a""n al , Of£i . 1n Lbe pas i ng y ars h "r narn h a app at d el dom, if e · r, in The LOG, bnt this ·tory is to anno un ce a change of name. 0 n August 14, Miss Reichl w a s joined in to Harold John \1\Thiffin. T he ceremony took the E lmwood Park Church, Elmwood · Park, Th couple honeymooned at Blaney Park, The now Betty 'i hiffin i still performing her duties in Champion's Chicago Office. • By Wes Cobb THE RAIN has come, which marks the end of summel" time and the beginning of fall . Yesterday's stifling he~t. is forgotten with the chilly breeze that swing·s no1slly through tb.e poplar trees and dots the air with floating leaves. The sun no longer smiles on the hillside and yard; instead, i t hangs all hidden behind a murky, gray-white curtain of sky. FOR THE fi.rst time you srep in the cellan.vay for your light jacket, and note with warm sati faction th at someone had been thoughtfuJ enough to have it dry-· cleaned and made ready for use. Outside, you button it dose and the turncd-uJ <;:ollar fee ls go d around your neck. ·vou pump the pails full o[ well w·u:er and walk briskly toward the wat rjng trough, bPathing deep o f the cool ai and fe ling a sens. of x hiliration Lh . t tbe whole won derful summ . ncv r brought. You know that yol.l never f 1t bett in your Jif . THE J ,EAVE sn ap and crackl mel rfoot for th - grout1d .is still bai·d and dry from lack of raiu. Th · 1 r , are gr en hur brush-Iik Wttch s of ha.z l and amlY r art: sprinkJ d among their branches. (It wi ll b' :,otnc tim. before th _ c:Jjstant woods will ligh t up in a gold n haz(~ oi Indian summer . Th g rden . is JJQ l on~er , 1 i lor of str-aight green row and cu ltiv· ted dirt. lts wngl •d mass of weeds, tomato vin s; lim b', ns, and corn $Wt1k stum ps awai.t th g rcl n tra tot · ith it mowing har and rotary plow. Jusc wb. "n you think th t rh tom. to harvest mnst , 'tlr ly b a.t an end. y 1 pi k anoth r lushel and a half whi ch y(ur 1.vife qui kl 1u1n. tnto juic . Th · n you both tak a trip to th fTu.it c llar lOg th · and vro:udly admire tho orde;r·l sh "lv · of canned goods with thejr prosp cts of good winter eatin g·. ON A damp . chilly morning you go down to tl'le barn and find Peggy the milk cow laboring for bceath and bJeedin fr. ely from h.er nostrils. 'V\Thich m an.s a 6 hurry-up r r · ham pions vho _·pent many ar · in Cham pi n enrk . Fath r 'md moth rs of . • 9 UAY SMA HERS •. left, taUs ove r tlli gs wi h b r-et eor, Vaughn Smathers,. seate-r( of He deno. v!He, dlltiiTCJ prognm. Qu.~y ted Old Chritti,a H<11r ony sin9 ing liho a ve teran. io!h a n~ br-othen of Gle 11 S.mathe n;, o f H-ou~ on Qi i·$iOn C ham·p io Jil. JO N & SMAT'HERS, has missed few pro- 9rarns during. t·he pa.st 60 e.us, Mr. Smathers is t e oJderl M~tson i M.aso ic yean i Haywood -ceunty. VARNEL SMATHE-RS, oldest person atieftdin g O ld fvlh day p ro.gfarn is 9 1. Mr. S nathe rs hcas since f a chired lt~s hip, but his c~d itio n .fs not c.ritical. ,, , man} acti e Champions are till carrying .on with that n ver-die . pirit to k ep the fri nd~hip fire · of Old f olks Day Yer kindled. in e this annual occa ion ti in o definitd , with the Champion Family, Th LOG p nt the da at Momin tar 1ethodi t church dlis fall and recorded the even t. as fully as pos ible in picture of ~oung · and old alike. The· e\ nt i always featured b, the ingi11 of Old Chri tian Harmony h ymn in addition to pre enr· da hymn- inging quarte . "fhen there axe short talk · from gue::.-1 ~ who e. press then eh- · about the whole program and , . ,hat it mean . w them to return again to M-orning ~tar wh . re the r can cb:a with ba refoQt chum of year ago when Canton Champion ~''a in its infancy. Old Fol · Day is colo-rful .and fell of genuine a!d time religion • A CROW DED CHURCH AUDITORIUM hears etee ltent musical p rogram during after OO'Il pro. gram. Many of the men a nd women in the audienGe are fo rmer C hampiorts or m.em~ers of the fa milies of pt~sen t employees. BEFORE ,AND AFTER- Th ese ta&le scenes porir.ay the " before and a ftel'" ~to ry of the an nu-al gat he ring. T able.s were heavily lade11 with picn ic lu-nches befor~ servin g_ started. After- ~ea l only empty table rema ined with lowly can of c ream. He a rty appetites contmue to p la·y .an nnporta.nt p.a rt in the go.od fellowsh ip of these gathe rings. ARTHUR CODY; feH, Ca·oton Champion m.achinist ., ¢hab it}, g.uesh on ch:u re.h grounds. Conve r&atlon amo1:19 g roups. and couples wils conti nue ucS as old frien d $'1\ips were renewe-d. FRfD TRUll, right, Can~on Cl\a.rnpion's Ste-am a41d Power Department, (white shirt ) is s-hown lea l eg Mor,n.in:g Star C k.11rch audito.r-1\un ofter pro-grcun Woas over. f ,ed w.ts co-ch.si:rrnan orf. arraog;&ma.n1s. • • . • I • eneta.l JAMES R. SIMPSON- ''Jim'' Is man c:J"9r of Ch•mp·on mechine coat sales d s r•ice. His wor with Ch mpion has h~en him o m4ny "corners" of the world . WEGGIS, SWITZERLAND on beautiful lake luzerne. The snow ti pped Alps are shown in the background. Th is city was Jim's headquarters while he was in Switzerland . The Champion Knight is forging his way around the sistance that trials were made at Hamilton to demonstrate world. According to James R. Simpson, we ~an soon the feasability of machine coating board grade . During truthfully say that the . un never sets on the Champion patented Machine Coating Process. the war years he supervi ed the in. tallation of the Cham- Jim Simpson was born in Muiravonside, Scotland, and came to the United States in 1910 to work with the Great L Torthern Paper Company, Millmocket, Maine. He started there as fifth hand and left there as bo s machine tender, and a naturalized citizen of the United States. He al o met the charming and attractive Nellie, who later became his wife. \Vhencver po si bl.e, she travels with him and is his most ardent fan. In 1921 he went 'th the Consolidated Water and Power Company, Wis onsin Rapids, Wi~consin, a<> pape:r mill sup ·rintcnd ·nt, becoming- mill manager in 1928. Jim's con nenion with Chan•pion b g; n in 1!1 . \\hen he am tO Champion a. a . siwmt upe1 itn nduH to th, late A. 0 . Rolf . During tho~ fir t [ w y ::tr , Champi< 11 pat nt ·d a tna bin oating ptoccss and ]111 a ;,i,tu.l wirh the den:lopm ·nt. In 1938 two Scotfi ,Il mill, u . r hi. per nal supervi ion the oatlng stem was installed in the J;>ap teric Navarre Compariy. 'Vith this inst l · s\i t l b Mr. Percy U. Pa tz, Ch·unpion' p~an n: pte'>elltativc, I lter kn wn lO u a. Bob. \VIi ill' in Europ' Jim vi ·it d miU · in Englan 1, ,. . .-.- land. and S\viu rland , a w ·1l as hos · in Fr.1nr '. t r 1 • . em, rwo S ouish mills and one nglish n-lill • re ~ - ing ddi cry of n sltary ·quipm ·nt tor in · UiPg the '1 am pion machin oating procc · . Ther ar at o ~o holdin compani s repr s ·nring mill. in Ind1a and Sou,. ,\hica who, 1e awaiting d li\' ry of the machine coating • t qwpment. r GRENOBLE, FRANCE on River !sere with the French Al ps a11d M'o·n+ Blanc in the baekground. PERCY (BOB) U. P.AEJZ. ri.ght, and Jim Simpson. Bob repres.ents Ch:ampion in Europe, with offiQe.& in lon· dan, England . CABLE liFT over Vihnau, Swiher· lan·d, on the shore o-f Lake Luzeme. The lift or elevator box is one means of re11ching the hotel on the mountain side. By 1\furiel Allen J im speaks enthusiastically of the beauty, order and deanJiness of the five milts visited in. S\\ritzerland. All madtine room floors and many of the inside walls of the vaFious rooms are tiled, and gleao;1 like .a modern dairy. .,.- - :-" ~ r- this y ear ~l!Pl:y ne:x , Champio9 Rlans to send - ' - J ' - _ im on another trip to ~stralia, this ti~. to a -i • erent photograph shows one method 0£ transportation, the ele- • vator box, which travels as mtich' a$ 6,000 feet sus'pended 1 I • r{;- in mid-air and in which he rode up to his hotel At other times he traveled in electric or cog wheel tram car s which i.n some eases go up and down the mountains a t an incline of over 40o. Jim has made movies of some of his trips, the ones of ' 1 - mill, 111a ·ng book grad6. and situated on t _ - Is!'.!' _ - ·- ~ - . - \'·J rhe Australian . trip being particulady beautiful. For eleven years he led a band and still plays a wkked ,T~smania, SQ,udi of the Alt~ralian mainland. --- \. trumpet. During the war years he conducted a Champion .J -- -- J _, " h r r , . , _ ~'f the pre~yt ti)ne ChaJDfli~'s . _:;.)~be@ . l'n of mixed voices which gave performances befme -- · vari. .u local civic organizations, and also made several ~l' a· -es over nearby radio statio~s. He is a genial ,are awaitt.O~ ,.,.> :,.< ~eiT eqtupment. "". ho~ n~ ' lYas the ability to make people fe-el that they · d p 11:8']1 A · · ~.1. N · · an ae_er h n· . He ts no me n shakes as a go1Ie1, ha:vmg a row of cups lVll l SSQua,tJ.o.n •. w.:_J,._e . Oft West· lY . . ~;;;-.·. --·-- ._. ~ - -· . --- :-- · ___ won ' various t · n~naments, which are th.e envy of many aztl tttSlJSt'yGLhe was a or1t'. rientls . .-" ' 'osL successful chairman ·of the Coating dhcisioo at t~e ut, jf you want o know th interest which is closest Orleans meeting. ) to i.- heart, just ask hjm about Sandra, Tommy, and .fU."".is most enthusiastic when talking· of his \ tra:vels. the lovely $CCaery and the peculiar charact€ris. tc::>untcy, the many people he meets, and par-u . , s~ of which he is fond. Wllile .zerl uu, ;he Qad · the pleasure of doing not ~ ~t. An accom:pan,ying ,.~,. ~J ' Li a Mary. Sandra w ).O is thr e y iuer, Maddenc, :wh:o i marri d to Paul Blocher , is 1lw mother of Linda Mary, who is_ a y ar old. 'They live in Uatavia. Ohio. ll • J I [ HAYWOOD COUNTY FOLK FESTlVAL DREW MANY ENTERTAINERS for VVWNC, A ·heville, alternated a., master of erem nies. F aturcd paJ·ts of t1 e I rogram were broa cast over two radio stations under the sponsorship o{ The Champion Paper and Fibre C mpany. Haywood county' first annual Folk Festival, given on Canton High School's H)-acre athletic field SepLember 20·21-22, attracted many ouLstanding rnu ·ician , in.gers o[ fo Lk ballads aild mountain dancers ·who drew loud and extende l applau&e from hundred~ of spectator . So successful was the program that already plans are being made to repeat the event annually during mj lsummer. FiddJen, dog dane rs, olorful square dance teams, j ndivi~ual folk sung art.is{l> and string bands supphed the hJgb.llghLs of tl c three-day program, along with a beau.ty ontest in which "Miss Ha)'>\'Oo<l Co mty High S ·hool" was selected. · The program was sponsored by the Edwards-ClarkMesser po. t o£ VeLerans o( Fo:reign W.ar , in Canton, with Edgar and Joe Pressley acting as co-chairmen o£ Read \ J\ ilson and Harry Varner, staff announcers arrangements. PATSY SMATHERS, second place beauty contest winner, receives her award from Bruce Leatherwood , Champion's Garage crew, who is commander of V. F. W. organization s p on s or i n g the festivaL LITTLE CHAR.lES HAY~I~, 3Y'?• son of Gladson Haynre, Champton s Pa~nter fo reman, proved buhta!lding f eat u r e of Festival with his clever sing ing of moun· tain music. He is shown here at mike with Big Brother James Haynie, playing g:ultar. Crowd dem&nded that ne appear on prog r.am e.a ch of the three nigh h. L. ONE OF THE LEADING DANCE TEAMS shi.ft into high gear as LOG camera recorded thi-s action at Haywood County's first an·nual Fol ic: Fes.tival. Ten outstanding te·o~ms po~.rti~;ipated in the squ.are d ance program . • BEAUTY CONTSST WINNERS are shown here with Mary 01borne, ~eft, da gh+er of Mr. and M r~. W. W. Osborne, of Bethel High Sehool, witlning flni plac.e. Seeond hen.ol'$ went to PCJhy Sm'athen, center, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Carey Smafliers, Canton, and +hird pl·a~:e fell to. Dot Noni:s:, of Waynes rtfe, da~ghte r of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Notrts. They are sho tt di~playing their respedive aW 1familton . " 12TH STREET RAG'', lef-t , Clara Witham " stole the show" with her rendition of the " 12th Street Rag" and appro. priate gestures. GROUP SINGING, right, Muriel Allen (eJCt reme rig ht) leads group •inging as the girls await bu5S s for their .return trip home, afte.r ona of the gayest evenings among many in the history of Champion girl parties . MOONSHINERESSlulla H~ey - " shootIn' iron ," " [ug" a nd all - depided the m ode r "' mountaineee'. li daughter, but cuie. THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY Hamilton Champion girls can't be wrong . and that is exa tly the number which made-up one of the largest groups, in two partie, ever to attend a Champion girls ftmction - the occasion being the Seconcl Annual Girls' Fish Fry and Variety Show, staged at Camp Chapaco, laLe in Sep-tember. "On sage" e ents, held in the Chapaco Lodge, included a quiz show, jitter bug contest, square danc:ing, singing, poeu·y and dramatics, and a·ny number of additional pre entations in the no-name class, o to speak, All tuet with popular and hilarious approval. ' . DRAMATICS, left, lsa,bel Bard., C har lotte Glins, Lill ian McC6rmick, Betty Gover, Arlene Reigers, Vera W ycoff and Millie Bergerson presented a comedy sk:H, ''The Brut.a l Miner." KNEW THE ANSWERS, right, Alma Croncky proudly displ ays a radiophpnograph combination, which she won as. the top prize on the Quiz Show. Mary Ell en Hussey oHe~s her congra t.ulations. TWO-FER'S, teft, Pearle Steele, leona Snyder, Amy Allen and Genl$va Perrine gGt a "bang" out of this ad. POETRY, right, Mary Ann Packer recites "Mary Had a Little Lamb"- fittingty enough,. wh ~le Miss Hussey. seeks another girl f of "on ·sf~ge." . . • . ' : \ "MAMMY"- Doinq an AI J olsen, Miss Witham characterized the famous personality. • 13 • A POWERFUL NEW HYDROPULPER mixes bales of dried p ul p a nd water to furn ish the No. 22 Pa per a-nd No. 26 Board machines when the Pulp Min ~s shut down. The hydrop ulper is 20 feet in d iameter, has a capacity of ISO to ns a day. J. L. Jody is the operator . atLL McCREARY, left, beater eng ineer, to~es ~ ~omple .of p i"'e slush for laboratory t est$ of brightness a nd dirt speds. BOARD AND PAPER, center, 'l"bich fail to meet Champion's exacting req.uirements go back into +be brok-e heater. Here " Poppy Joe" Moffett lo,ads the No. 26 beoter. GUS STEWART, ri<]Jh t, adjusts th le el of the No. 2b broke b eater. When reduced to pulp ogoin, the broke joins other furnish ·for ano~her t rip th rough the board machine. HousloH. . . 'Mix Million Dollar Recipe'' ·Irhough they d{)n't wear French moustach s and taU bite hats Hou ton Divisio.n beater cre·w might be called the "chef " of Championfor tb.ey ~i x: colar • starch. v.u:ious grade of pulp, aium. ro m and other mgredtent according to a "recipe'' w turn out uch :pieces d'occasion as Life Magazine paper and Champioh milk bottle . toc.k. Each t pe of board or paper j prepared according ro exacting peci:fiqttions. uch ('recipes'' ·will require varying amounts o{: _ Pine and oak . pulp for fibrou trength; ~-'roun;:h :ood pulp for shon_er fibres; color (even LO vrh1 te paper) of reds, blues, blacks and yellow for readability and ap earan-ce;; starch a a cohe jve t-O increase bur. ting strength; ro. in for waterproofing; day for ".surface''; slum and acid to control the ac~it . \'\lhen the pulp and chemical ha e been mixed. the ma,terials -or ••furnish" as they are now called- are -;ent to jordan 'vhich cut the fibres to proper length. The beater "chefs" turn their million-dollar recipe over to our machine operators - and another Champ:ion sheet is made . • A NEW PANEL. BOARD, above, at the wet end of No. 2o Muhfne 9iv~f rudlnql' on PH (acid ity 04 the fu tni~'h), level of ~h~ stoc~ c:h~st, ate. ~omat•~ c?'niro~s c.om p ~nsa te fo.r sli<;rh+ va:riatians in t he q.ual1t.y of furn~s-h. W. M. Dutch R11+er 1s ta kin9 the read ings. WHEN i HE FURNISH , be-low, hat been thot ou9hly t'l'liJtecl, the fibr&& are .:ut to proper len9th,. At ri·9ht Brt~dley Philpot, Seater Room ~uperviso; , help~ to start the big jordans. • RECORDS MUST BE. K.EPT, feft, of pro-duc,;lio~t. amouots of .color, ~-toak end ~;ther m-dterlals used. J , 0 , lii+le rcporh 1'ln fhe lHe M~tga'l'i_rte fur-l'lisk. NEW METERING lBOX, cen er, io-r No. 26 indude$ all the t.-ted· impravemenh. U eal'i b $et ~o a.wfomottiearly mix all furnish m<rteri~h. in eJtad amoJc~nh. l4e6-ier 6-ngineef' 81!'r-rtard Hooker c'heGh +he brok-e met rs. PINE AND GROUNIOWOOO PUl P, l"ight, i,n l ift;t Mlfg.~-zicoe p.apor. l}re used ~f about a 6£)·40 ratio. Hete Afton Joh ~<m te-sts t.he ~O'tltitten-c:y o--f dri.ee urnple$. ' 15 ' . - • 1 DIVISION MANAGER · H. A. He ld~r gave the address of welcome. ' REUBEN B. ROBERTSON, Champion's President, made excellent taLk to party members. More than 200 Canton Champions were eligible for membership in the S-yee>r club this year. GRACe TALlENT PLOTT, Transfer oHice staff, · responded to Helder's address of welcome in clever fathio·n. Note expression of .Mr. Robertson's face as he admires way in which respon-se was handf_ed. TULL JAMISON, charter m~mber o.f Old Timers dub, injected a lot of humor in to the p rogfar:p with his " Tul l's Tales" . PARTY WAS GALA AFFAIR • More than 400 mem bers of Canton Champion' · five -year cr nt.inu.ous ser vice group were entertained by Reuben B. Robertson, Champion's President, with a recreatjon program and buffet supper at Canton armory, Saturday evening, September l 1 . Upwards of 200 Canton Champions were eligible for member hip in the club this year after having completed five years of continuous Champion service. They received the customary service pins from their respective superintendent'; prior to the annual meeting. G. \IV. Phillips was master o£ ceremonies and Mrs. Glenn Wil1iams had charge o£ the menu in the absence of Mrs. Ben Grube who was on vacation at the time. Champion's President, and host to the annual party made an excellent 20-minute talk to club members. · A PEW OF Finishing Area girls are shown at this table as meal got underway. THESE !>-YEAR CHAMPIONS posed for thi$ picture before supper time on armory field. 16 LOG CAMERAMAN caught these Champions jud a-s they were $e-ating themselves for t·he meal. H. A. Helder, Canton Division Manager, gave the address of welcome and Mrs. Grace Tallent Plott, of Transfer office staff, re ponded cleverly by using all letters which spell CHAM· PION. Her re-ponse was labeled the most interesting and unusual heard here in years. -- WALLACE LH, proved s~ popular wiih IQ-year group that he played a return engageme.nt for the 5-year party. vV a 11 a c e Lee, nationally known magician of Durham and Christine . Langworthy furnished entertainment highlight w i t h Fred Carpent.er's tring band -upplying preliminary dinner CARPENTER'S STRING 8,\IN,O furni,shed preliminary dinner mus•t c. • lllll IC. ./ TH!SE BOYS ar.e loyal 5-year. Champions and their appetites were not lagging. ., . ' THE MISSES ROBESON AND GATES, who a.ssi$ted with table service, familiarize themselves wlfh pr9- gum before rnfi!.aJ startEtd. ' • C H R I S T I N E L A N GWORTHY and her accordion p r o v e d a music.al feature • THREE ATIRACTIVE "GALS" just before they started. "hopping" tables. !i-YEAR PARTY ·was huge success in th.e opinion of this quartet of Champions. ANOTHER GROUP of 5-year Champions await supper hour. -. ~ " EVERYTHING WAS O.K. with these fellows. '· • ' ?LENT OF FOOD- L<~dies of the Ol:eana Methodist Church provided plenty of food, to which ou r Champion re presentative$ gave t he ir un divided attention. Cha rlie Hays {left). works on a choice piece of chicken, while Ed Nunnery passes the rolls to Pau l Sho.lle nba rg e r. PROUD WORKERS- Art Topmiller, Champion Safety Engineer; Mildf'ed DoreAbusch. Hamilton Safety .Co1.1ncil Secretary; and R. ltf'andon MarshaJl. Diredor of Safety were d·eli~Jhied with large turnovt. GAY MOMENT- Champion Supervisors found much to talk about in one of many informal after-dinner chats with Ohio Safety chieftain, Jim Fluker (fifth from right). and Bob Clark, President of the Hamilton Safety Council (second from righ·f) . . ' LEADERS GO INTO A HUDDLE "THE MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER" is what they're aying about the Sixth At?nual Fall Foremen's Safety . Rally, sponsored by the Industrial Division of the Hamilton Safety Council in cooperation with Hamilton jndu try. Th.ree lmndr d and fifty Hamilton industrial Foremen turned out in mass for the ev nt, staged at Camp Campbell Gard. In. the overwhelming_ rowd response, 55 Champions were observed for one o[ the b ~tter representations among the largt; numb r: of r ogml! d Hamilton affilia es. After the dinner hour, h Rally was highlight. "d by the introdu ·tion of state and lo a) saf ty fi gur ~s, and an inspiring address by the principle peaker, Mr. Clyde Powell, Personnel DirectOr, Endicou Shoe Company, Endicott, N. Y ., who illu trated his remar ,. with , ct o£ magic - topped by a hypnoti demonstration ·whic.h kept his huge audience spell-bound for rn . re than a half hour. Principles involved were all Hamilron people. Purpo ·e of this 'R.all is for th exchange or saf t ~d as and innovations. while t;te .in . lh import 11 of the safety program. In: .pirati Jlal talk w re ivep particular a tten tion b hatUpion f >lk·- 1;-or m n, A ·cid nt Prev ntion Conunitteem ·n ami .~I; t · lea le s who t"tc 'i ed. mu h pleasure front the , ·. l ua h · ring, while benefiting from it · rn · ny ontributi n Lo the ·af t ' 1nov 'm ut, in ·which Champion lan· gem nt h . , a vita} and con rn"d in.tetest. SUODiiN AWAKE!NtiNG - A. P. Zlatykanic: t o·f the Fo,rd Motor Compaoy, awakens from being hypno!ized, to flrrd hi5 arm arou n~ petite Miss Gene Roe, Ameriean Home Food. Inc. Powell's hyp:notic power mystified his audienee. CLYDE POWELL - Pertonnel Oiredor, Endicott Shoe Company, Endicott, N. Y .: CHARLES CL6MENTS - ParsC!lnnel Oi. rector, Western State1 M aehine Com· pany: "A$ G~neral Chairman of the committees re,pensible for this Rally, may I thank each and every committee· men for a fob well dontt. It's been worth everything we\•e given." 18 "We mud Mver lose sig'ht of one fact and that is the wggestinq o·f safety practices, rather +han enforcement." He enterta itted .snd illustra·ted his talk with feats of m4gi~. • GEORGE STEP HENSON-Personnel Relations Advise;, Hamilton Arm co Steel: " I have always contended that people tallt to;o much and too long, thus I'm makin9 my talk brief. Anyway, this !>afety business requires more worlt and less talk." WALTER S. CREWSON- Superinten· dent of Hamilton Public Schools: "In my short time as a resident o·f Hamilton, I have learned that the Hamilton Safety Council and industrial safety leaders have a well-planned and progressive program. " Hamilton JIM FLUKER- Superinte nd e nt, Division of Safety and Hygiene of lnd ustri<Jl Commission of Ohio: "I always derive a pleasure from visits to the Hamilton Safety Council." Bob Clark. President o·f the Hamilton Safety Council (seated). presided over the Rally. . , CHAMPIONS IN EVIDENCE - Fifty-five Champions were among +he 350 Hamilton Fo~emen attending the Sixth Annval Fait Safety Rally a·t Camp Campbell G.,rd. Here a group of Champio ns found .something to ehuckf.e about- propably 4 story by Govan Begley ( lecond from right) . 19 I -·~-~-~ --- ~---.__ _____ _! ARRJVtNG EARLY for opening ni9ht !ho.w, Mrs. Jam s Hayliie, left, S.aNI Boone, blllth of Tebulatin9. and Bob Sn~kenbur9, Champion technician, ~hec -up briefly on their line!l. ~ U · ICAL REVUE MAKES HIT l ITH CHAlVIPIONS Champjon Y- ·ponsored ''Tune Time," two-act musicalreyue. Slao-ed in Canton High School auditorium September 2"-29- 0 f r the benefit of Champion employees) theix families and friends, proved a definite musi- ' WOODY ROBERTSON, "f Soda-Sulphate aroa , $hows louis G tes, Canton Champion's assistant chief chemist, a p ir of over. s!Jed pants. Both Robertson and Gates to<lk prominent roles i·n the production. Gates also is president of Champion Y 1ponsors <1>f "Tune Time." ' 20 utl f~at\H ' for th' h tndre liJ of person witne sing the olorful pre~ ·nt4tion. The ~ala show, f ·aturing r<~gt.ime tunes, ·kits, dan ing girls anrl hnnwr g-alure, was. produced by the fohn £. Rogers Pro(ltH tiou Company under the p r ·onal direttion of Paul T. Haa.gen. Champion Y offer ·d "Now and Then" a year ago by the ~ame production company and those who ~w ''Tune T jme" this fall compare it favorably with ''. 'ow and Then," another colorful pioduction. Approximately J 00 persons. both adults and teenagers part.icipated in "Tune Time" with unusual cnthust-a ·m. The accompan ying photos will give idea of the attractive and colorful produ the reader some . tiOil. WALTER AND MARY LOUISE COWART handle.d .this duet ma - t erfully in their special 4et with group o·F chorus girls. Each did sp ci(ll ol in mindrel feature f show. BARBARA HASS. daughter of Mr. nd Mrs. P ul H ss, of Canton Charnpion's En i rv~erlng Oeop<Ht· ment, is &hown receiving peci 1 ma ke-up behind the se ne • THIS TRIO, leff, of Champion Girls open d the -show with a cl v r opening voca l numb r. Loft to rlght are Muriel Powell, Anna Lee Owen and Virginia Randolph. THE "COPS AND NURSES," rig ht, scene res ulted in much i a ~ghter a nd applauso, HERE IS COMPLETE MJNSTR. E:L CIRCLE of "Tu neTime". production. The minstrel act as always proved \ to be ·o ne of the sparkling parts of an ALL HIT production • • MRS. LOUIS GATES, left , drew much ap plause with her special rall!io-kitchen skit. Her role called for excellent acting and she came th rough with flying colors, HERE'S ANOTHER OA .CIN·G C HORUS, ri9ht, in action in "l'une Tim e." 21 - • • .• • ' THESE DANC ING Gl RLS d id grand job with thei r routine. "SCHOOL SCENE," above, proved another feature of first act musical revue. Barbara Hass, left, was teacher, Woody Robertson and Louis Gates are standing. A " BUSY EXECUTIVE," below, scene featured P. B. York. (sealed at desk) as busy executive with secretary Tom Reeves, of Traffic office, standing. Chorus of ste nographers added much color to the skit. . . .-. COMPANY STORE-IES B1• Fred Fr r {!, 'Lisotl - ' Members of Ch ampi( n Empl :ces' store staff ('njo ('d their annual recreation program Jt Lake Logan Lndg-c duri ng Septcmu 'r will ~0 1 et:om att •nding. An ppeti7i ng fr i d ( hi ·keu supper w a~ dl'nw rcd at Lake Logan Lo lge a t l,\·ilight ·m l gues ts enjoyed at iott fl type of reneation d nring th ~lft ' rJJoo n. Squar and rou nd d<~.n c in g tnok the scene following the su1 per hour in L a ke Logan L<Hlge n•ccpl inn rontn. • * Th ' tore bttilding e. 1 an sion p rog-ram was sta rt ed in the early pan of , eptcmbcr to p rovi dt' lot· more sto rage fa ilitic , and for th g-radua I conve1 -;ion of the mai n part of the ground floor to s lf-.en icc. The swrk ha~ been makin • his r un ds tc the lt mcs of Mr. and ~1r:-. Roy Trantham <L' the~ h:n l' a. nc\ boy in their home. " frs. lra. Massie prccntcd papa Tra with ;J beautiful daughter. and i\ fr. and l\ lrs. H ('n ry \'::lllcc h av<.! • been ravin about a bou n<.i ng l.w • t il a t is rl'a ll to ps. BETTY ~UE WH.ITTEO. lat ~ t ddition t? Employees' S+or• steff, spent mu ch t>me dur •ng ~h e af-tern oon b h•nd h• r Brownie box c mtre. What's more she came up with many int ertsting "shots." THESE GALS ENJOYED TH EIR HO RSESHOES despite the bt~rning r ys of e late Septemb r $Un , Left to right, er Polly Holder, Nancy Wells, Mable Rickman , Ethel Stu art, Al ic Hall 11nd Betty Sue WhiHed. J AMES HAYNE. of Champio Y staff, uiit d wit square dal!c mq$tC during the evening. Ed ''Biaclcie" H~trdin, 1ore 't Her, '"lOY\ to refr esh. FEM I NlN E HANDS, rig ht, dive for c:h~colate5 at 4iflt opporhtnity. ,.,. • I Hau.sfon FOOT-STOMPING RHYTHM, left, was furnished by this threoe-division string trio. Left, Texas' own Woody land center, John Bryant, ofiginal~y from Hamilton: and right, G-rover Bradshaw, who transf.erre·d from Canton to Houston. BOTH MEN W&N1T SPRAWLING, center,, after this head-o collision, but the Mechanics rack up another score as the ball (left) sails out of the catcher's hands. "OURS THIS TIME FOR KEEP.Sl", ri,ghf, says J . E. Simpson, Operators' softball captain, as he shows the trophy to Steve Chase and Glenn Smathe·rs. Th·e Operafors won two out of three contests since I 946. ' • "FORTY-TWO," A FAVORITE domino game in Texas, drew crowds to .the game tables. The player-s here are J. T. Anders, Roy Bryan, John Cockerell .and R. E. l. Boggs. THt OPERATORS-MECHANICS STAGtD a real softball thriller. Tbe Ope'rators rallied ·late to win 6-4. • OLD TIMER AWARDS Five Houston Di ;i ion Zl O"rk rs we e added to Champion's growing list of O!;dtime1· u heu th e ) rec ived th eir engraved sit·uer watch fob f? om •h. Cn~te at Flo11Ston/s Qnmwt baTbecue in , eptember. Three joined the 25-yew· group: Roy B ryant~ ] ohn- 11')! FVittenback and ]ach Robin ·on. The two n w 20-yf'ar men m·e John Bryant and Clem Nliller. 24 THE "RIP AND SNORT'' is demonstrated here by the 9 a j I y bedecked coJJple.s who danced to the crowd·'s del1ght. "GRAB YOUR PARTNERS . , . " Square Dan«!:e CaUer Gee>,rqe Yovng put his group lhrough lively paces. IF FIERCE LOOKS C.OULO WIN, the Operato rs would have w~l-kecl away with 1he tug-o·war. But despite the gl'imaces of Pau.f Smith, left, and John Brya-nt, the Mechanies tugged them over the winning line. • OHHH, THAT BARBECUE! left, lib E(iw-a rd.s ' delicious barbecued beef, bean$ and trimmin 's, ice cream and soft drinks took the edge off famished appetites. " OUT!'' " SAFE!" ''OUT!" "SAFE!", center, The Mec hanic's S l-im Blount, left, and the Ope rators' Jimmy Dunn, right, argue a point in t-ha hotly-c ont~asted softball 'game , Umpire R. L. Bogg.s s·eems to have his mind made up. THE SQUARE DANCERS, right, whee led and whirled thmugh i>h•e "Texas Star," "The ArkaMas Travele.r," " Birdie in the Cage,''' a.nd other colorf ul· figur es. LACKS, ONLY PINK LEMONADE Auoth r. Hou ·wn Division "Old timers" Barbecue was unfolded at the Calve. ton County Park September 24, and might well be labeled the "biggest and best" in the hi tory of the Longhorn division . It was obviously lhe 'bigge •t," b ecause a large share of the 140 eligible "Oldttmer ,. tHTn d ou t with their fam ihes to aggregate a round figure of 1,200 picnickers .c- and \,) long odd the ( best," since from the starting h.our of 3:~U, the fun wa · under way li ke a three-ring circus. · · \\!hiie the Rext gen eration ·n joyed the freedorn of swings, s~es a ws,- chute-thechute and pony ride, the sl ightly-gr ,,,rn-ups rook part in footraces and cracker eating contest _ The ladies ten. ely watched over their bingo boards; 0ldsters played dom inoes, checkers and h or:se:;hoes; and the Operata.rs and Mechanic ba. ttl ec,l for supremacy in · oftbal1 and ru.g-o-war. Around ix o'clock came the LIB ED\1\TAR.DS BARBECUE SPECIAL, dished up by ~he '"'ole ma ter" h im elL But. carcely 1iad the last bit of food been downed wl1cn the vening program got unde:r way. \ bile rhe little tykes gasped and g iggled over the antics of Donald Duck, La rel and Hard and the ir HoJlywood pals at an out-of-doors movie, Champion workers an,d. their wj e · thronged into the recreation hall to enjoy an entertain ment hour tarted orf with· Bill Pah:ner's acco.rdiari music and the heart-bu sting ballads , . arbled by Champion's own. "golden-voiced .tenor," Ted Jiocher. '\1\!ith Mike '"Champion's Bob Hope" Kou.ry ~m-ceeing, Lh crovvd roundly applauded tb:.e melmly by a rnake--ya-wanta-dan e lrio consisting of Guitari sts Woody Lru1d and Grover Bradshaw, ar1d J ohn Bfyant o.n the bow and strin g ·. Then followed a fast-pa ced demon stratio11 of, as CallcF George Young put i t. "the way we quare dan ce in Texas/' which, Judging [ronl Lbc enthusiast'ic crq·wd approval, lhreaten w be a "mu st'' on nc t yea r's barbcc u~ agenda. T he fuur couples in the hoedown were R ed and Mary Port ·r, Edgar amcl Ebie Ft hrenkarnp, Clyde and Rose Miller, Gene Ddage and Mr . G orge YotJng. Divi. ion Manager W. R. Crute took over the show, caJ1ing up 'the .J u:nior Oldtimers and Old timers to receive thei:r 20 and 25-y >ar awards, .and putting silve1· dollars ii to the f ands of the t.o g-o-war winning Me han ics. !'Nobody come · to a barbecue to 1 ·ar spccche ," Mx. Crute aid, "so I atn gojng tO keer m ' remark · b:ri £. Bur l Jo w:-til t yoLt to· know tba 1. Champion n1anageroent since ely app1" · iate. the loyalty and pl ndid W-Mk of you 'Old time-rs.' As a compan , ·v,re depend upon your knowledge and ·experience tO maintain our leadership in the paper making fie ld. '\1\Te want .to justify your faith in us by recogniting the service you have rendered." ' . - ' ' JUNIOR c6.W.MtSSES and cow-misters enjoyed Texas,styJe fun , ri.ding through the purple ~age- around the p ony track. _.,.__.,.,, . OPERATORS' BACKSTOP Jimmy Dunn finds an empty glove as Ray Priest, Jr., batting fer the M.ec;hanics, slugs the ball a country mile. • 25 ' ' I t • ' t I I ' CARTOON ANTICS kept the little fol ks rapturously concentrated on fhe movie scene. The sho.w was sf-aged- whae Mom and Pop were indoors taking · part in the everiing's entertainment program. 26 ' SPEEDIEST SPRINTER was Claude Pace, Jr. , center, shown here with s.ome of his competito.rs an.d their all-day sucker pri zes. FASTEST . CRACKER-EATER of the day was 12 -year-old Wesley Dr-ew 8:l.tnk, w'ho is shown. receiving h·is silver dollar pri1e from Mr. Crute. • SEESAWS WERE ANOTHER .PASiiME which kept the children enthusiastic while the ir mother~ were winni'flg or c om·i n9 oh-so-dose to the pd:z:e-s .:~t bingo. THIS CHAMPION MISS. is enjoying her first fide on a slide. Unused t.o su:ch " newfangled cont,raptions,' ' she fi rsot experirmonted w th the idea of goin.g down backw trtson, Jr., Chan1pions Executive Vice- Pre iden t, attended Lhe 111 eting and told the superviso-rs J1e was pleased with Chan1pion's overall progre s. He also lauded _the quarterly m ering$ of foremen and supervisors, declaring that m etings of this nature paid divilt; nds in rnariy ways. J. .Bruce Morford, manageT of Industrial Relation for Canton Charnpion , o-peu d tL'le m-et.ing by presenting H. A. Held ·r, Canton Division Manag r. Mr. H ld t w lcom d th supervi ors and I raised their spirit - of coop ~rati on which plays s:uch an important role in Champion's steady and continn ·d progre,'ls. Tb dinner :rn ·nu i as I rc par d and served under rJ e direction of Stanley F. Srnith., in h . rc; Champion' . ca ltnc ei a i n Ca n to 1'1 _ 27 ' I l I t , '· t ~ "111 • . Ll . , ' . '«:"' ~ BEST OF INDUSTRY AlVAitD The Dire ·L Mai l f\uv ·nising 1-\ ))so iation recently a\ ar 1 d Lo Tllc Champion J>a.p •t and Fibre Company Lhc DM ,\.A best ot in lu stry direct mail award. Pro ·enta tion was IHadc w l'rank C. Gerhart, advertising manager of Champion, at a JihiladeJphia meeting of the as ociation. It was the second top honor awarded Champion by the as ·ociation during the last three years. In making tlle award Mr. Charles .B. KonselmaD, president of the Direct :Mail Advertising Association, said that competition Lhi · year wa. keener than evet before. He pointed out that hundred of advertisers '"'ho have not previously participated in the contest were represented this year. They employed mailing pieces as simple as one cent po t cards. and as larg.e and elaborate as an issue of For- . tune magazJ ne. Champion·s award winni_ng campaign consisted o£ an extensive sampling of Krorn kate through it· national n.tercham organization and in m:tde publi ca tion ~. Jt .ir eluded K.romekote insex-ts in packaging magazines, .a seve1ity-four page sample book snowing the . wi l · variety of uses and adaptability ol tbe 1 rocluct, a serie of paper mill pictures depicting conJpauy opcnuion · a pjdm ' po ·t canl ::.erj ws and Chalnp.ion s annual r ·p rt to to khold rs and employ es. ''Tl1c ampaign wa · an t o.:.ll · nt product cl m n~ tnuion ," Kons ·lman s-tid. ·· lt pr ' .ntt l a bro , d pictnr · ol th · unu swtl t'C!S ttlts YromekH · mc. k ·· jJl)SS I. bl C. I) •• 194 B IT F fl:'lll>U. TRY DrRE\T fAlL A RD THE DIRE T M1\IL ADVCRTISI G CAM PAIGN OF HAS P.Et~ SELE TED FOR A 19 $ BEST OF l1 'DUSTRY AWAl'D t.' R.ECOGN1TJO . ' Of ITS EXCELLENCE !u''m TI-IE R£ lJLT ACHIFVED. THl OlJTSTANDI:-lG CAMPAIGN 'll.L S.E PART O.F A."\ EXHIBiT T TOUR THE V li ED TAnES Al'.'D C~ ':\D:\ TO COl'RAGE T};lf! l CREASED ·.·.E Of ELL·PLA ~ 'ED, ffFECT IVE DIRECT MAI L. DIR CT MAIL AD E'RTt l G ASSOC IAT ION, IN C. IJ< < 'I !I '(I< ,f i!IAIR.MA/<1 • • j 0 vvvvD f ~ (_ • • :;~3~ AT WORK . - IYI'ICI.t s:at~J II• JHf Tlftfl r~. ~ . r MllU "'r . OH to · . . CAmo~ ,. , "" ~ · • · HO\lSlO"f, It~ -- --- --- · - --- · --- --- ~ f DWIGHT THOMSON- Vice President and Director of General I dustrial and Public Relati Jns at the Champion Paper & Fibre Company, who will be among speekers at the Middletown Area Meeting of Ohio C:edit Unions. HACO IS HOST TO PLAN lNG GROUP Elc~ \ n Buller Count) mcmb rs and ~ tat e r.c pre. cntati\ C'> of tht Ohio Credit Union League were guests of Chaw Cr ·dit Union lnt. at a planning sc~sio n held late in 'I ·pt<·Inhcr at Camp Chapaco. Purpo~c of the gathering wa'~ tc1 di.,({t~'> and IOJtntdate linal plan' 1 )r the mu<.b lookul -fc.Jrwanl to 0< tol.x:r :30 Sout hem :-\1 ·a M '' I · ing ol Ohi() Cr<.dit l lninn, ro b !'>Lag(·d in the Hold \1anch ·.,tc·t Balhoom . \Jiddl ·town. Ohio. P1 inciplc "P('aker l1Jr lht ou;,l' . ioll wil l ht· 1 Tatu iltnn'., l.iuperintcndt:nt ol J uhla )<hooh, \Jr. Walt :1 ~- Clt>W">Oil. I>'\ ight I holllsou , Vic(' Pt t'lideut of tltt· ( .lta tttpion WALTER S. CREWSON- Superintendent of Hamilton Public Schools, who is listed on the Area Credit Union . Meeting agenda as the principle speaker. Mr. Crewson 's among he most qualified speakers in the country. Paper & Fibre Compan -. i · a! o on the _ p ·akit ~ pt :->< rram. Ernie Nel on and Otto Ker:-.teiner o[ th Chau1 Credit Union, In c., arc to ·ene a'i Tua una ter and Chairman of the Procrrarn Cornmitt'e, rtp(ti\ ·h. at the Ar ~ a con(crenc ·. A fi. h fr ' pre edcd the Cha o -.pon.,or · 1 mt.-etin~. with Chaco oUic 'r. and their wi\e~. along "·itlL redit Union per ·onnd, joining the large a~; emhl; o( mor · than I 00 iot ·res ted credit union people. .h cnont. w ., hi ··hi ' ddiglu ·d to ha c the opportunit; oi )t.·t:in~ ht<Hlliful Camp Chapa o. while .t.ll expre~ ' ·d 'HH<'thing more !Inn atisfa ·tion in tht: to >d, ptepart'd on Chapa<.o·s outdoor gri ll ·. On ' of the orthem Ohio Rt:pn•;; ·nt - 1 i" 'S aid, " l.'his Chant{ i >ll t OIH Tn and :haco reuainlv lo . ., tilin g;., i11 a big way.'' KEY, OTING MEETING-G org L mb ( •landing) opened the Chaco meeting. asking att nd es voice th ir opinions in regard to Area M e ting . Lamb is President of Butler County Chapter of Ohio Cr dil Union Lugu s. Secretary Otto Kersteiner is sh n, preptring his min utes, WILBUR BROWN- Chairman of !he State Legislative Com itt ee: ''I urge th t ach of o ep our I gilla ive program uppermost in your mina, We sh:uld n er miss a single opportunity offered to bett r our legisl at i¥e pro· grtm ." BOB KLOSS - E~ culive Secretary of the Ohio Credit Union League: "Butt r County's enthusiasm overwhelms me and I feel that we should be especially g rateful to the Champion Paper & Fibre Company and ih Chaco Cred it Union for this fine tHeir here toni9ht." 0 • IN SESSION -Eleven member groups of th1!! Butler County Chapter o'f the Ohio C redit Union League and guesh - nCJmbering some I 00 p.ersoos- were in atter:tdance et the late Septel')1ber me ting of Butl er County Credit Un·1ons, held at Cl\mp Cl\apaeo, with Chaco as the host at a hamburger · fry. COMMITTEE CHAI RMEN- Front : Dave Smith, Black & Clawson: B·onnie Keefe, Economy Pump and Otto Kersteiner, Champion Paper & Fibre. Rear: Mnlard Schrofe, Middletown Armco; Ernie Nelson, Champion P.sper & Fibre: and George Lamb, Hamilton SchoolsButler County Committee Chairmen for October 30 Area Meeting . . . Hamilton STATE BOARD MEMBERS-- Fron+: Henry Albefs, Cinci nn ati; D ris Cuthberhon, Cleveland, Dnd Willi m Spoone r, C levela nd . Rear; Ernie Nelso n, Butl r Counify, e.~ n d Wilbur Brown , C levelaf'ld. INFORMAL GABFEST- Dave Smith, Chairman of the Area Meeting Publicity Committee (second from left) , and a greup of representatives. from the Middletown Aeronca Corporation . FRANK GO ESLER- Cindonati District Representative: "l c.ap assure thi,$ g.!l+h• eri4'1g tha+ Cincinnati ll(ill be weil repre· sented at the Mi.ddlet~wn Area Meetin9. We are a pregres$ive qroll'p and intend to rem~ n that way." KENNETH HAM E R- Dayton. Ohio, Chapter Presl~ent: "! hope that Butler County can br ak all attandance m~rk$ at the Middh~tewn Are Meetin g. WHh the entlH.t$iasm shown tt tms meetinq, l arn <:o nfid11nt that it will." · VANCE CRIBBS- President oJ . the A:mco Credi1 Union : "We $hould be ever so edref.ul to properly pr f!Hife the n c ~sary groundwE>.rk, btJfore ttemptitH:J to broaden our membership pcograrn o.ver too wide of a fi 1~." 31 ' • f. • SOUTHERN PULPWOOD ind u~try a nCil state and federal forestry offici.als met .at lake logan September 20, for the first group discussion ever held on ways ar)d means to combat the fatal ' disease. of Shortleaf P-ine called " littleleaf." Guests pictured here are: Wm. S. Edmu nd s, N. C. forestry Ass'n.; W. J. Crumpacker, Union Bag; Willi·am Ernst., J r., West Va., P·ulp and Paper; G. M. Jemison, Southeastern Fo rest Experim·ent station; R. R. Rich.ardson, Gair Woodland Corp.; Nic Dellas.liik, N. C. P1.1lp Co.; S. A Bowtwell, Gair Woodland; lee M. Hvtchins, Forest Pathology Bureau Plant Industry, U.S.D.A.; George H. Hepting, Bureau Pli!llt Industry, Asheville; Eugene B. Price, S. C. Sta:te Commissio-n of Fore-dry; R. E, Haynes, West Va. Pulp and Paper; F. C. Gragg, lnternati.onal Paper; I. f. Haig, Fores:t Exp. Statio-n; T. H . Davis, Champion; Erie T. Newsom, Jr., Macon Kraft Co.; N. R. Harding , Macon Kraft; H. J . Malsberger, Southern Pulpwood Conservatior:~ ks'n, J. E. McCaffrey, lnternationel Pa.p er; L. V. Kline, Tennessee Valley A1.1thotity, Noris, Tenn.; R. B. McGough, Union Bag and Pap~r F. M. Co.ssiH, U.S.F.S ., Atlanta; Tom Alexa nd er, Champion; Phil H. Bryan, Atlanta, Ga. J. H. Kee·ner, A. C. Shaw, D. D. Stevenson , Frank Miller, Walter J . Damtoft, Cha.mpion; and B. H. Corpening, North Carolina State Forest Service. FORE-$TRY OFFICIALS- These three fare stry officials attended the meeting and playod an i mpo rte~nt role in discussion o·f "Littlel·~ af' ' problems. Le:ft to right are Dr. Lee M. Hutchins, chief of division of Fo test Pathotogy of the Bureau of Plant Industry U.S.D.A. Washin-gton, D. C; Dr. I. T. Haig, diredor of Southeastern Porest E:~.perirr;erat station, Ai"heville, lN. C. and Or. George H. HeptfA9, senior pathologist with division c;~ 'f Forest Pathology of t·he Bureau of Plant lndustl'y, also of Asheville. They a.re lhQwn looltin9 oyer forestry date. 32 • ,. . . CHAMPION TAKES LEAD . - IN FIGHTING "LITTLELEAF~' Bv- T ed Davis The Canton division of The Champion Paper and .Fibre Company wa host to 29 rcpa,e, en tative of th Southern Pulpwood industry, stat' an l f deral for -·u· ' oHi cials who assembled at Lake Logan 12 mil · outh, west of Can to , Se1 temLer 20, to· d.i 'cttss f r tl fir t time ways and. mean · for figluing the 1. tal dis. a~e £ Shortlea( Pine call d "Littlelea f." 'l he program opened with lqn h at · a kc Logan Lodg and conthJUcd thrmtg~wut th aft ern on and . enin o· with rttl.}n ' of rh guc ·t ' sp ,ndi.ng th night in that • pt ' turCS<JU Jrca. 1 it tl ·lea( €lisca ·e was first (li ·cov ·r d OH sh r tlea( 1 ine in Alabama in 19!H an I since th en h as ·pr ·ad fro.tu }.Ji.$si · . . ippi !o Vi t.· >inia. kill'i11g large olmnes ( shor-rh.tl pin· ill t h C :'lr·a b ' I Wt'C 11 . At tht; Lake .Logan w •t rin g, Dr. G~.:·org' H ·pt.ing, the UlUIHr ·'s foremo.st auLhorit 1 on thi;s dL" -·a · ', ·. pbin <l its y nJptoJns and tlH' ucti vit it:s _ •f rh guven111 cnt in s ·:1n h· ing r n· rlt • caus '. ,fn a di:-~cms ion led by Mr. A. C. ~ha w . Champion's Cl i ·f Fm est "r of ~ neraJ offices, the group [ f re ten; au 1 · ood. . m!lnag rs _on ·]n 1-d ·tJutt mor supr on mu. t he gj\t'n w tbc goven'lm nt ag· ncies cone 'rn l with rhj:s probkm to help thrm .c]jsro ' r n ev wa · s ·£ IW n. gin th fore ts wher • Lhe Lit Jeleaf diseas oc nr . Dr. Le .M. Hutchin , Chi £ For .st Parholovi. t for the · D p. nrn m o( Ag;rict1ltu e, and Dr. L T . Haig, Dir tor of the Southea ·tetn fore-·t E.xt>erin\eut Station . at Ashevill , also gave brief talks. ' OAK MURR, o·f Shi·pping Ar.ea , takes pride in neat concrete walkways h.e r-ecently completed to the sid'e and rear of his Fibreville residence. - RESIDENTS TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN PREMISES Realizing . that many Champion residents of Fib:revi.lle take unusual pride in the general ap• pearance of the~r respective premises, The LOG recently vis,ited that area of Champion ' prop ny fo:r the pm·po e of f'shooting" a few pi tur · of homes f:earurjng fall flowers. . Flowers were rnore beautiful sev ral cla .s arlier, resident said, as a hea~q hail storm had a. aulL d them three day be[ore The LOG arrived for pi - ture . D pit.e the hail stot"m, flowers prove 1 :x.ceptionally he~uriful Milling around for more than an hour, snal)ping pictu:re here and th . e, The LOG came horne with the accompanying pho o. invol ing four F'ibr ~ ville residents whos inter H 1n fall Dow s appears to be outstanding. • ' THE HOME of Mack Stamey, Steam and Power Department, is a d eligkt for the eye at this season of the year. F1owers were more beautiful a wet1k bzfore picture was made as three days before they were as·sa ulted by hail st o.rm. THE RESIDENCE of Lawrence Goolsby, Fin i~hing Area, puts up a "nice front" with beautiful flowers along the front wall:. SAM McLAIN, who ret ired from activ-e- Champion servi.::e several mon-ths ago, takes gre-at pride j.n the a ppea ra·nee of hJs Fibre¥ille residenc~. Sam fo rm.arly was with R. an~ A. Oe par·tment IS$ Boardmill ·Oiler. Baekyard of Mcl~tin l,o l'lle i.s neat and contains many vMif.lties of hll floweJ>s, 33 • i • I I 0 FLEET FOOT TRIBE TENDERS . AN OPEN LETTER TO RAY STEFFE.N By R uth R aquet Dear Ra. ·: Thank a lot for Jetting us use your camp for one o·f our r cent hikes. \ e had a wonderful time. \\ heJl the girls arrived the were awfully mad at J oan and Mary for making them walk so far on such a hot night. .nd such a tired bunch of hikers! You could tell h~\\: tired they were by how q uiet they wer e. . fter a 1i ttle welcome re t, and a lot of good food, however, the girl perked up considerably, and were r eady to tak.e a tour of inspection. T hey all give their most hearty approval - the Fleetfooters like Sunnydale! The girl gave every appearance of being fixed to stay the night, but were finally pri ed loo e. \1\le squeezed them all into th.e available ca.rs, and gave them a mer ry bumpy, crowded r ide home. 'Betry Lej brock daims she wore out a pair of rubber heels on the way home, even though she rode all the way w her door. We haven 't figured Lhat o.ne out yet! T he car she was r iding in b ad fair ly g·ood brakes, so he d id n 't really HAVE to drag her fee t. -. Th rc were no oth .:.r casual ties, th o 11gh, and We all had a grand time. Thanks again for ta king us in~ 34 Yours very truly, T I-lE FLEET FOOT T RIBE II . . ~ . . ~ ~ . . .' ' . '. · ' . DANIEl; WEBSTER GHO 1 lVRIT.E THIS MON111'S O.FFICE NEWS-· ·oTE By Pr-itzi S,chneider " Lo'~ b a:; t11() tgh th li tic h0med and r d man on om l ft shoulder won ov "r tbe wing 1 and hat1 d one o-n our t·igln: sl ouldc:r last month, a1 l w ' g.(}t .our col mn a.ll sll c<:d 1;1p by th c n sor '. v e wer r pnmanded. (We_lr ·tcr's Collegiate, pag 1;4. ) :har hly to b ot, but tt.'s· .ttll i ,. · 10 know th t Lhe c n~or read our stu H. (Wa kind of ~ hort olumn, wasn't it?) So wi th Dan W b ·ter's roasr:erpie e f literature at our elbow, w will try t Walch our language thi time, and get the whol copy into prjnt. Seems as thm:~gh Cupid ha slipped up this time, or maybe he fi gure he has done a!l the damage he can docan' t find a new roman ce any pla ·e- so well can the safer side of the news, consi_ ting of: Joan Sarchet and B i]J Phillips abandoning the Employment Office confine . to return to p.rofe ors and prom . The Standard -Cost Accoun ting annual stag being taged for the second time this year, and their own " eries" game ending up with a score of 12-10 respec tj vely, and ore muscle collective1 . . . Harold Noe revealjng to t he day-shift why the nightshift didn't mind working the night shift. . . . Bobbie Alexander cop ping the women' tennis crown and bri_nging new hon ors to our ide of the dri . eway . . . . Ra Lmn enhancing t:he masculine appearance of mo t of our men with a vibra nt assortment or neckwear; at lea t they . looked good for one day . . Vet ran ' Club tag breaking all past records as practically everybody hewed up at work the n ext day . . Ralph Gilmore mo ing to upper Park Avenue, so that he can join the Fir t Ward Breeder ·' Club. . . . . So far, so good - thank to D. W. on roy left - nd no te to readers, censors, e litor etc. - ny resembla nce to pe rsons li viag. or married credit r m· Den1ocrats, football players or bro~vn -eyed female i purely complimentary and oblig·ates the above nam l in no manner, , ha pe or form (or rn n tarily) to D. V\ . or bi · . rYit.'CS. * * "' " Nex t month. w 'It c if '1-\ .an.'t get another gu st ed iLor for our n ws-,·icvvs - fri _ncl o£ Dan 's m£, b \ lik Flluk and \1\fa,gnall, or Bond an l l.ilbrd, or an n iH r of those . p ir iled bo s. fiRST TO REGISTeR- Ben All e n, CM Cuttel' empl·oyee, re ~iste r ~ as Dennis Gabbard, Hamil ton F0undry employae looks on. Bill Wright o-f ~he C hampion Tr ai ning Office i! nd Receptionid Bet-ty Brusch, New Mlarni Jr. High t eac he r, are 5hown on the right. ' • . --- · --- ·-·---4 ! SCUTTLE-BUTT GENERATES . . VERBAL STIAM FOR RUMOR FACIOltY "LATEST" B: Bill Thompson ,\ crool word i · cuttl e-butt. Jt is a Navy word me;;:ming techn·ically a drinking plac or fr sh wate1· corllaj.ner aboard ship. Bu t the ternl i · rn.or cotTimonl 'used throughou t: the ervice as des ribing will rumors, lies, propagan ia, and tall swri e:. The daily qtt estion -atouncl any l;>,ase ·or sh·ip i . , h al' the la r:est scuu1e-bu tt?" N b t one in ten uch tori i r true. T heir onl ben f.it i · making the originat~):r feel b tter a h " 1 t ' off with his verba1 steam of imauination . Howe e r, . cuule-buttli no· is not lirnit d just to the Navy. Ch~mpi on itself (;mld b likened to an ' Naval base i ( it re-quired on I . ·cuttl -butthng to qua lify . And the target for most of thi. unfair gos ir . and ta l e accusa tions is our own Cafe teria. Off hand we'd ay that three out of every fo ur employees enjo_ making their d aily slur at the "Ca£" and its produce. Yet three out of the . aJne four ither eat in th Cafeteria or end there for their lunches.
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