| 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; Pasadena, Texas and Sandersville, Georgia, was featured in each issue. • v nth graders o oing day of One Tea oo Faculty ton. proval cover S.oner announced Monda '. pub' c cbool teaching beet1 completed with I of a ~econd Beverly 100 v poa~l!on , 1lf'r fH<l• it "Ill J II nit)!" H.lgla Ba 1 Kevser • • E. et-iUiam Ph)·sic.-,.1 c 0- unch Or f h · locat1ons for free lunch,., . r m n. for needv chlld thr • nd 1 . James Houston th< S tira · next and • • 0 • • • • - - pt. 9, I Date For 21,000: Hi h rm Enroll . p ck p u~ Ia tha , f 1 of t year, m'nU t e• i()OJ pupl~ than Deta I nfrr• lt>rably larger than wa~ est!· mated in the budget." The H.A.B.S. · said that expenditure~ for lunches for needy children was on the rise • • T 1e SepJ 1 Jn a Plan Propo chool Th Cit v hf lth d K. I a r ntz a l rhoolchlld 'i"''red to take grade Gallaher. Elementary Th full tim"! JJU rue by the Board lli l· de· . Lester L. Dickey. super in· (Tu . ,., r c.,::. f"t tendent of public schools, rep.)rted -·- • • • ·- vane .McFarl nd satd 1~h chool stud 1 have corr, • s of algebra, la e geometl') arland said h n was chose. hool ' wort Du -t, pr · tiCS at he! ptn ' xt k fo e. ding m 1 •n Hou t have b n in ad •ance a 1 e d months gtstratl(}n d tr Tflwn. hi l fl dent. ~&\e b PO n W ath r y, hool From the Editors J\ lew week · ao·o w ' recei Td a Lor ' from Ralph D;ni:-, Brazil harn p io n, about a '' lire \ralkinc . ceremon a gr u1 of ur folk · a t i.\lorri Gua\u had rec 'ntly wi tn · ·se l. An a - c mpanyi no- 1 tt r ad led tha t pho tographs of thi stran c ne might a lso b rorth- . com mg. \Ve r ad th e story with ·orne skepticismand we ·even wonder eJ if our ··sou th of the Border . £.riencls were playing a gentle hoax on u . But a b art while later our doubts were era ed. T he pictures arrived showing two native- ·walking aero s hot beds o£ coals. Bob H aynie president of Pan Americana Textil, as ures us, "all of our fe llows who saw the cene which Ralph describes vouch for the truth o.f wh a t he sa 1S, but no one h as an explanation for it." 'Ne think ou will read with the same interest we did, "The Fire vValkers of Sao J oao," on page 13. • v . h y would a busy, non-professional man give up hundreds of hours of his free time to attend board and committee mee tings. fight fires, conduct building ins pections and o th erwise take an active p art in community .,-~-~ Hairs !' Such a man is Gill Bashlorth, a ' T ex4s Champion, recently elected president of the board o( trustees of the Pasadena Ind ependent School District. H is own explana-tion of the principl that guide him as a public servant are outlined in the story on pages ll-12. • ,\ll Ch ampio ns arc not actua lly pap r rnak r . Many pl y tr son, Della Hicks . Carolina Division . R. E. Davis, Hill Kil1 l a vid W. Moris >n, Rowena Morris, Bill Rigsbee, J. E. \\'ilknnson . Texas Division . Johtmy Boyette, Jern• Cornelius, Cecilia Dickerson . Liz Woodring. 1 u.st-i11 Thay r. Sandersville . • . Glad y · H. Evere t t. GeAefal Office . . . Lo r ad · jtt'>te<l ttl his stu dies srJ quickly anrl ~'' I ast thinks It h a~ the an. wet' to the :nit lnnctic problem . .\. Cha ntpi on studcnr, no doult! Howev- r. :tL I a t Q tH~ CIHu t1pj!>n w•JY fund ly rcmcmb ·rs the tifne wht.'ll "Fvcr • Da • was Saturday," page~ 1-3 . Ohio's Mike Newkirk is typical of many youngsters returning to school this month who find it hard to forget when . S EPTEMBER COMES, Labor Day arrives and school bells ring. This to a young lad is the end of a gay three-month summer vacation. Gone are the midafternoon trips to the ·movies, the visits to the pool, the all day fishing exhibitions down at the creek, the baseball games at the park, and the many other things a boy does during his three months of summer activity. With school comes more serious business, and plea ure has to be pushed aside (at least until Saturday). School books and learning come first now, even though it isn't the first choice of man ' youngsters. It's a rough change for a kid to have CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE • S MM .R V CATTON i · gone but no[ forgotlen by Mike 1 'ewldrk . 10-year-old . on of Stan Newkirk, Ohio Di i lon 1' r.onn l AdminiM ation Deparun ·nt. !\Iii-. and hi frit-nd Doug l'urkc , s n of El rn r Purke , Ohio machin tcuder, ha.J n e citi11g acation, s ou can ~e on t hrS" page . I - • CONTINUE.O EVERYDAY WAS SATURDAY • to hi t th aek ·u nine instead of staying up to wa tch the nine-thirty T.V. cowboy h \i • But o goe the life o.f a boy or g irl d uring s hooJ days. T hi month.lwoch·eds of Ohio Champi n ~ •oung ter join with millions of bo •s and girl all ov r the countr]' in the readju unent from va ation to school life . Mike N ewkil"k, ll-vear old son of ' Stan Ne,.,rkirk, Ohio Personnel Adminis·- tration Department, is t y pical of a o u n gs t er suffering from "vacatiou dreamitis." As you can see, his thoughts go back to w.hat he a11d his pal, Doug Purkey, son of Elmer Purkey, Ohio Machine Tender, did this summer. • < BICY LE pr " id rl the t ranspm ta ti .n fo r Mike ami Duug. ' a turaJl )' they had to Lt> kept in good repair . -- A COOL DIP at the ~\.1immim.g pool wa~ great for a hot da . TWO UOYS nil ()OC pole -· bur tla en, RC ifin~ r ·ad)' fu r 1hc " big c .t h" is nv ·n1all job. A"' ICE CREA \J CON after :t hard dav in Lhe " w~s a 1·efreshing treat woods . • A PEP TALK from the manager meant the ball game was about ready to start. Mike, left foregro.u nd, was m:tive in Champion Small Fry League competition. M vm . l MF W;.\,~ llll'l'tito ·- provid a t~1ere .,,s a loo~ quancr in tht- pocket. • The combined assets of th - MILLION , , ' three Champion credit unions represent -. . - • • • • • 10 ,--,--~---r--~--,---~--~--~-,--~--~---r- 7 6 - • 5 4 3 2 1 1946 '47 '48 '49 ·so ·s1 ' 52 ' 53 ·s4 ·s s T oTAL ASS£ TS of Champion credit unions passed the $ 10 million mark in june-just 27 years after Roy Bergergren, a leader in the American credit union movement, was call ed to Carolina to help establish a credit union (or Champion employee in 1932. Credit unions were la ter organized at Ohio and Texas in 1938. The $10 million repr ese nts savings of over 10,000 Champions and their .famili es wl1o have · become members to save their mon ey togeth er and to make loans to each o th er for worthwhile purposes at a low in tere t ra te. Each of the three Champion credit union are numbered among some 600 in the Uni ted Sta te· today that have over a million dollars in as ·e ts (total value of loans ·o utstanding, cash, fur niture, ancl other inve t- --- . - - . SA VJNGS , ;ill mean a n ite 11 ·s t· ·gg (or a ftuu t"c- lt ·u r . as T xas Clo a l!t pJon Wilh111 Sn ell d ' ovc•r I when he:: r cc u Jly l}o q ght a n ai rond ititm• r foT hi ~> :w tomobilc. .\ho e, , ' EU 10 .is aT• important cr Jh llnion service. Often financial arran.gem.enr can be lflade that wiU mettJ• a substal tlial saving-s for an )J ,dividual. Here M arv A lic.e Robe lS, Caroli11a c edit union rnanag r, proddes Ted V.•ood uff with intormarivn and advice WJJceming use of I he credit union servic >s. Eedend laws, depe nding· on theiT type of charte r, but members deierrninc their own opera1ing procedures and vote on cbariges in their articles of in cOJ-pora tion or constitution and by-laws. her family. nother borrowed money to start a bee farm. And a Texas Champion wa recently given financial. assistance when his false teeth plm1.ked in the Houston Ship Channel during an unexpected sneeze. Loans to other Champions have provided funds for sickness and death emergencies, vacations, education for a daughter or son, or such luxuries as automobiles and boats. Champion credit unions have for many years paid dividends on savings equal to or higher than most savings institutions. Last year alone, $319,800 were received by members as dividends for their savings. · "We have an obligation to both borrower and saver," pointed out Harold Drawe, treasurer of the Texas credit union. "Not only do we try to help those in need of financial assistance, but we strive to pay a fair dividend which in itself helps to promote savings." Each Credit Union is a Corporation Our credit unions are individual corporations apan from Champion. Champion, being intereste l in the welfare of its employees, encourages their promotion b · providing necessary facilities, which include spa e, light, heat, and janitorial service. Members determine the policies under which their redit union will operate (providing they do not conflict with state or federal laws). They elect th ir 0\vtl officers at an annual meeting and from time to time are ca lied on to vot for chang s in their perating procedures or amendments to their by-laws. At th · p.resent rate of growth, the assets of Champion's three cred it unions would triple in the ne ·t ten y ars. Uut as Fr •d Fergu ·on, treasurer o( the CaroJina cr dit union put· it, "The amount of loan w n1ak or s::t\'ing we lake in i relatively unimportant. Our main purpo is tn help as man· oE our folks as po sible, for Lhc on] 1 pm lu r wr ha ro offer is s rvice.' ' 5 . r l1 r th th l I • • (. I l , Ill' ' 1 dl Ill I f1 (ll'fd , Ill l I I I• I 1111111 h til th . t r . • 8 c H' II y I I ' I tJ · r re I j I I Jghl IIlii II . ltn · I i h s ll(. lTl i Ill lH I l r lounclt d on th flo ·• t" rn n fJ, It in I h th · gun." ''> •t i <~ ( h.111 p11m. Hi ,f I• I JH'IdtH tion o£ qu ht · prt> iuc.t r built u pu11 rhe d vo tOn, ene _ .ntd know-h,Jw of • ch h· mpi r .\ nl)tiad of ill an I 1 U1mbinc to pm luc' ··ch ·J- Lie ll of papct. J nbs th t ~ r n · t directh involved in pap ·rm.tkin n ' nh lc~s play · major r le iu pr iuui m Down in the ht;.!rt of the miJI where the ntotnr hum. 'here he -welder'> torch ere a r a mini t •r firewMb di pla~ . mi. the c; rpen r' '\ '\ -\\ ~ R \C r o Hi-li' c rio tl u tt• I arl' u ·cd e.tch d.ty :1t 1 he <.tr ,fm.J Dt ' '"u J ,. \filncr i. hoi\ 11 "! . 1 tin • h l.<.'l I\ hirh drops rh<· w I 1111 • 1.11 ., h I' I r saw i heard, Champion men ply their different trades to help make po ible the uc e s of our compan,. :Ea.c h C ham pion em p 1 o e e, w herher working in the shadows of a pine forest or in the lighted a lleys of 4 paper machine room, h as the same common endeavor - to do his part to help produce a quality prod- • • • uct at a compet1t1ve pnce. Every roll o£ paper th at is produ- ced in our plant is the end res ult of the coordinated effort of every person who receives a pay check from Champion. All Champion , whatever their job and activity, make up a vital part of the Champion story o£ production, profits and progress. LE 1 CHANGE ROO 1S, howers and re. t room r quire dail atlentivn to in LtTC the clean facil.ities a~,d b l.ter w<)rking conditions for Carolina Champion . Charlte 'l'vleadows of tlle Transfer S ct ion is h own dusting t lothes lockez in the nell' fjrri. hing Area change room. R E 0 R D K E E I' l G is a necessity to the operation of any ind us try. Labor and mate rial cos ts on capital work ord rs are kept by the Propcrt y Acco unting Seclion . .Jtl n i.or acwuntam :'-Jeil l\ lcKinnish is pi ctured at his J esk in the System Office wh re much of this important work is accomplished. • FOUNDRY MEN produce many vita l ,rarts for our equipment and machinery. Joe Green is pictured as he prepares the ear 1 y stages of a castmg. A TRl;CK. LOAD OF WOOD is weighed by Bob Washam of the \l 'oodyard. Sine March of th is year, an average of 1-17 tru cks p ~r day haYe eros d the e cale . Woodyard employees help assure a re-ad. ' movement of wood raw material to our pulpmill. A;'\/ AIR HOSE is run into chip chute by Doyce Pu tman , Pulp Manufacturing Department. to dislodge ch ~ps passi ng from ch ip bin into a digester . To insure a constant flow of pulp. digeste rs are loaded and unloaded in the shortest possible tim e. •• ' • • 7 • I 8 - ' I, TC ~ Rt.l'l-1 i$ th l ne uv ' h 'o Umtupirm dth -16 . ear of ronl inu u. ·en in'. He 'as hin:·d on March ~ '. Hll 3. Clint 1 orks iu the hit> Oid.io11 Beater Ruom. . • J f :i I ,;.,11* " ' , . :="'•s •' ~" JOHN STORM. general for eman of ' o. 1 Beat r s, began work at the Ohio Division on J une 15, 1914 as a !)eater fumishe r . I I I I • CON COJ .LOPY, fon•w )ln rJf th i' ipr; ( htJp. llrriph ted his 11 rh rc·ur at C:hampu o11 ~Jgwn t l. \<l;tt:IJ known ;~tnQtJg O f• ·o Cha,n.plon!., ~ m j<.>in d Champion i11 191:!. Ol:U~ RT I. :E CR YCRJ\FT. better known .u; " Pappy," has 4.7 years of co ntinuous Lim se rvice. Hob, a v t· nw of the Generator Room, b gan work at hampion 011 April 30, !912. BILL 1 HH f. 'SOS, the Ohio Divisio11 cmpln}e • wjth th l o.ngc~t time '!el'<lCC reconl, 1k vc:ars. b a ~uperd"!ur (J:£ (,f•a ter!! and Re •Is - EDITH MAE KENNEL became a Champion on January 31, 1912. n employee in the Sa111ple Office. Edith say her job at Champion ha provid ed h e r with hundreds o f fr ie nds. She is second at the Oh.io Di ·ision in the a Live contin uous ti n1c service categor . • i' • IH JRNS, ~ro d uc t um l the Sample D - panmerrt, where she is a clerk . BREAKING 45 .years do7\lvn into months, using bask arithmetic of 45 times 12, we arrive at the a nswer o( 540. Carrying this a bit farther and multipJying "540 months · times 30, the average number of days in a month, we come up with 16,200 days- or 38.8,800 hours o,r 23,328,000 minutes. - Now ·you might question why anyon wou ld take the time Lo break do·wn 45 years so far. Actually ther€ are 1 I very spe ial reasons. in a recent survey o[ Ohio Di"Vis ion Champions., it was discover <1 that no le than ll emp:ro ee-s l1ad the outstanding scrvi e r.ecord ·of 45 years of time service with the company. \t\Then thi anide was written all 1 1 wcr · activ Champions fi lled with 4:> years of memories f<Jr the o>mpany th y h~d ~erved . This month, we wonl<l like to pay tribute lo the c veterans 0£ the Ohio Divi iort. Shown on th" e two pages ar tht: nin me:n a 11 l fWI> W<.>mcn in the " U ltl hardJ y h. vc d mocracy - it would be repb cctl br. the rule o( the few." • ' ·'A \'0 :-:c WOM.'\ slipped oft her -~hoes and staned acmss r.he hot bed o{ coals. 1 examined her tee t a· she tepped off. The · were cool and soft and nor blistered in any wa ." Our Brazil Champions witnessed a strange custom when they saw • • • The Fl By Ralph Davis I will describe the events leading to and including the events of Caipira on the "Dia de Sao Joao" or St. Joh n's Day. \Ve of the tart-up team and the Campinas office force of Pan Americana Textil were invited to a Caipira party at a private home in Americana. This is the town that was started by the American rebels in Brazil. The event can be better de·cribed a an American barbecue. We were told that some people ·would walk on hot coals of fire. This -we looked forward to,· but I might add, with a lot of doubt. \Ve all left Campina.s in the compan bus at 7:30 in the evening and arrived in Americana about 8:30. After meeting a lot of people · and exchanging greetings with many fr iend among the Americana rebel descendants, we were erved barbecu e and quentao. Quentao is a drink made from pinga and ginger. Pinga is a strong drink made from sugar cane. It is similar to rum, bu t I thin'k it is stronger. It mells a lot like a mixture of coal oil and a pulp mill. · I believe anyone who can drink this mixtUTe can also waJk on fire. There was a large, old-fashioned bonfire in the yard that was roaring at ali times. After the barbecue was fin ished, mu ic was played and a fake wedding wa held by 'two men dres ed in proper costumes. Then ''I AL 0 CHECKFD a man 's f( ot in order w show no p re (e renc . T hey were also soft and not bli.sterecl .'' 5 of Sao Joao a circle was formed around the fire a mt dance were in otder which for the most part were different from any we had ever seen. They were not like our jitterbug, but a typical South Atuetican dance. This continued for about an hour. The logs Were Moved Back About ll: 30 the large unburned and partially burned logs were moved back and all the live, red hot coals were raked out to fonu a bed about four to six inches thick, four feet wide and six feet long. I was all ready t0 take a picture of someone, just anyone, walking across the red hot coals. A young woman slipped off her shoes and started across the bed of coals. I was so overwhelmed by what I was seeing that I neglected to take the picture. The red hot coals were all around her feet. . Then the second person came through and I made a picture. The walking continued. T he first young woman walked sjx or seven times. I finally was overcome by curiosity so T ask ed the young woman to let m e examine her fee t. I examined them just as she stepped off the coals. Her feet were cool"-- seemed cooler than normal body temperature. Her feet were tender and soft as any normal foot and were not blistered in any way. I also checked a man's foot in order not to show a preference and also to see what were the effects on his feet. They were also soft and not blistered, and these people had not been drinking. "One Walked for His First Time" - There was one fellow who had walked for the last 10 years with no effect whatsoever to his right foot, but there was always a blistering on his left.· Another walked for his first time- and after some hesitation he made it across. The story behind this group of fire walkers goes back 10 years. It is said that a man's wife was seriously ill. He prayed to St. John that if she lived he would alwavs I give this barbecue and have the "fire walk." So every year since then the members of his family have walked on coals - aU, that is, but him - he burns his feet every time he tries! On the eve of St. John's Day you can see sm·tll fi.res built ·in front of many of the homes. \Ve found out that anyone nam cl John has such a fire at his house. lt's a strange story - seems al most unbelievable. But it's true. 13 • • - MOl 'TURE TEST ru-e el11g run lr Jim h ·Weld in a new insp~ office bui lt espedaU~ fur No. 20 M achinc. v r 29!). tons of 1 paper h:l\'e r lied off r ·o. 2"0 :sim:r prod.ucti n staned in I•' bruary. u••o u bl COLOR 1 .\DD£0 to pulp i11 the h ·dt·apuJper b engineer. Sin produCLion star.(c(t. N"o. 20 h.ls run gx·aph. emdope and ouvernrnen t Hriting pap r.~. l'nlll !\l ed£ rd. b ater tablet, h nd, milnc - v • If ' " •• • • • • • • I Operators of Carolina's No. 20 Machine NO. 20 MACHINE WINDE R S a re capable o f reaching a speed of 6000 feet a minute. t left, ·raul Rahy operates the push-button con trols. It i~ estimated that in the near future No. 20 produ tion will average 250 tons a day . . NO. 20 PAPER MACHI NE at Carolina became Champion's 11ew "Speed King" on June 25 when operators set a new record of 1700 feet a minu te . The previous record o.f 1650 feet per minute was held by No. 22 Machine at T exas. broke the record long held by Texas, to become • • • T EXAS CHAl\ti>IO s were record-holders for many year , but this summer the Carolina Division proved th at ''records were made to be broken." On June 25 Carolina 's No. 20 MachiAe became the company's new "Speed King," running 16-p.@und tablet at 1700 feet a min ute. On August l 3 another record-breaking perfmmance of 1796 fee t per mjnute was made. The previous record of 1650 feet a minute was held b y No. 22 Machine at Texas. Starting up a t about lOQO feet a minute last February, No. 20 opera tors stepped U(:'> the pacesteadily until they made the record run in June. Th,e operators, well pleased with the performance of the new machine, ~xpect that it w:ill reach 2000 feet a minute in the ncar future. As further gains are made in operating efficiency, improved recovery and higher speed's, a conservative ,, estimate for the big new papermaker, considering all grades and weights it produces, is 250 tons a day. More than 29,500 tons of paper have been made on No. 20 Machine during the first five months. In addition to tablet paper, it has produced White. Ariel Bond, White Scriptic Mimeograph, White Radiant Envelope and white government writjng paper. No. 20 was "tailor made" for Champion. Among it imricate parts are many innovations designed by Champion engineers in conjunction wir.h the machine builders. For many years to come it will undoubtedly continue to be the most modern high-speed white paper machine in the business. Jt <lppears that our Champions at the Texas Division will have no easy time regaining the "Sr ecd King" title· their No, 22 one hdd. 15 ks: If mon y was no object, n acation? HETHER our ncation ha come aml gone, or (lucky you!) if it"_ ~till to be en jo ·ed thi is the sea ·on for thinking f all the wonderful things ~ u could do and the far places you could visit in those few brief weeks oE freedom from daily chores- if only that old expense barrier '·ould ·uddenh dis olYe itself. ' Ju t to proYe that mo t o[ us have a dream vacation we're planning when ou~ "ship comes in" the Inquiring Reporter reveals the "some day" plan of a few of our Champions this month. MARGARET LEYDON, Switchboard, Genera l Office: "Thos who know me won 't be surprised at my answer b ca us it's Irelat d to be sure. All my grandparents cam from the1·e. My sister, Katherine, recently made a trip th ·re and sht: says what a ll th songwri ters and poets say about Ireland is tru . So I would love to spend a va at ion there because Ir e land must b heaven sin e my grandparents came from there." 16 JOE N1CHO LS, Chemi al Labo atory Section, Carolina Divi.i n: "For year. ( have coterta i.n l a great d sir · to take an unguided tOlU of r~ra ll C - 'S p ' iaJJy th f· rming area~ - wh ·r · I could :iC • fi1 sthand IJow the '>mall farm~ in that countr produce such hca y yields oJ high qu. lity Jruits and v c~gc tahl ·~. Odwr histori vnuld greatly appeal to me tl1at is. i( m<mey wc·r no object., I BETTY 1 EL FF, Time Offic . Texas Divi ion : "H mone were no o bject, f would lik · to fly to the Hawaiian IsLands and take lei urelv ' v;1cation . [n addition to ba king in tl1e sun on \Vaikiki Bea h, I'd lov io take part in the f · tiv . "luau," watch Lhe nati e· in th (~ ir Pol yn ian dancl's, tn<~kC .1 c t 1pl te tour of th i ~ l ands and list ·n tn the beautiful I L1 waiian HHt. ic. Th n I would om h•>mc on a ship with all th glam ur a fj rst·t las:-; trip lik • that affords." BETTY LJPHER, o. 2 Sorting, Ohio Division : "That's easy. l( I could go an wh ere I wanted to go, I'd take my children and pend my vaca tion in Alaska. I have alwavs wanted to see Alas-ka. and in- ce i t's our 4·9th state now, J would enjoy the trip very much." v , ' • _ ,.,.-' • ' MARY LOU TENDAM, Secretarial Pool, Ohio Division: "If money was no object, I would like to take my family on an ext€: nsive tour of the United Sta tes. We'd be gon e a long time .and see all the places we've read so much a bout. In our travels, I'd be sure we stopped a t Hawaii, our newes t sta te. " SARA BOONE, Tabulatin g, Carolina Division: "If money was no obj ect, I wou ld choose a LOur o( Eu rope, visiting major cities and landmarks and observing firs thand th e people and th eir way of life. T hi ·, to my way of thinking, would prov an excellen t vacalion." 0. K. HUGHES, Electr ic Department, T exas Division : "lf I had my choice of a vacation and money . was no obj ect, I would like to go to Africa on a safari, beca use I like to hunt and you'd ha vc a chance a l every type of game there is on that continent. And while I was at it, l'd like to make the trip a crui se.' ' -. ._ ' ~ ' (' PAUL PETERS, Research and Development Division, General Office: "I h ave always wanted to take my family on an extensive tour of the U nited States. When I was in the Army I h ad the opportunity to visit many interesting places in this country and I would now like to share some of these experien ces wi th my family. I have just retumed from Japan but my first choice would still be the USA." • 17 . CH:\~fPIO:-.: YOl'.NG, rER, we.re pan of :a group >'hi h made a xccent trip to 0 lley lslau(i. The Ohio Di\·i jon Gids" ~ ocial Ccun :1 pon-or «i the trip and eight bus loads o£ Champio11 kid · und their parents m:~de .the trip. The youug. rers purchased pecial r.ide ticket a ud enjo~ cd an aften~<JO i l ar C ney. SOAP BOX DERBY eur.r1es from the Canton area were, left to right, Stephen Jimison, son o f 'M.r. and drs. Sherrill Jimison; Jimmy Helms, son of Bill Abbott, Plant Engineering Departmem · and Robert Sparks. son of W. A. ' Sparks. Stephen's entry was sponeored by Cbampion. The Soap Box Derbv was held i:n Asheville ' during mid-July. EXCAVATION of the si te fo.r "the n ·w Genera-l Office building h a~ b ·n prog .e&sing on scbcdule. T h , fcnmdation has been dug and pile .driving is pre. ntly tmderw:ay . ]8 - •• CHA'MPION' E\\'E T certified professiona l sc etarie are, ldt to right , Helen M eha , ecrclary to Het'l Su t r, Jr .; Libby Schuler. cretary to H rb Randall: n::re of a minor nattu:e. Ho" ev r, there w re fiv , lost-time . ' . Ill]Ufl"'. Durina thi three-m nth petiod, ·w.h.ich was considered average, n1ore than 00 X-ra · s were made and interpreted by s~aff member . There w re 6 .£ ot clinic cases which included seven fra-ctnre . _ The iepanment is headed by Dr. John v\T. Sloan and is staffed b -e · n registered nurses in addition to a secretary who handl . office administration. The ·taff includes Mrs. Vella 'VVilliams, head nurs-e; Mrs. Johnnie Reno, assi tant head nurse; Mrs. Audrey Blalock, Mrs. Sarah mathers, i'>'lrs. Joan Browning:, Mrs. Louise Leatherwood .and 'i\frs. Mabel Barefoot. Mrs. Carolyn Holcomb is department secretaJ11• Carolina's Medical Department is considered one of the finest in indu lTJ' . . . and there are nearly 3,500 Champion empl oyees who are glad that they a;re always "at your service." 2(} MRS. JOHNNIE R£ ' (), ;.ssiswm head mJ.t~e. often l:1nds i.t n ' Ce , ~ary t<J make fJuj. k .oh r 1 wit-h h11~pimh fn I he area. 'fh • M dk 1 D ·partHW!ill sl;t l'f indudrs seven regis· t red nllJ;s ·s and a sctr<'!lli~'Y· ,, • i\1 RS. I mRI£ BLALOCK pn.:pm·es w r •rnov n·th· b r g lovr• ami insrnqn , · ut~ tr'OAl the s•tc r il i~:.·r wlt.tn . II nee s&ary (.!~Jll ipment i ,~ rendered g 'rlll · f'r .: bdurc bd ng u~ erl in 1 Ll ' Clll rgcncy roonL DR. J H . W. LOAN. d irecwr of Camlina·s . .ledical Department, read an X-ray. The :\{edkaJ OefOartm rH received Sa patient · during Aprii;May and June. MRS. VELLA Wl LLIA MS, head nurse, files X-ray for future refeFe nce. More than 300 a:re taken and interpreted by sta-ff members du ring an average thFee-month period. • . -• t ,. . . lo!_ - MRS. SARAH SMATHERS. wife of Hugh Smathers. Pulp Manufacturing Department, is shown in emergency, room pouring an antisepti<; into a small botHe for quicker and easier handling. MR . i\f. BL£ BAREFOOT adjust micro wa e diathermy generator preparatory to gi ing patient heat treatment. Many treatments of th is type are given throughout the ·ear. MRS. CAROLYN HOLCOLM. secretary, types a letter, one of her many office administration duties. She also gives psycho· logical and eye tests to new employees. MRS . LO U ISE LEATHER· WOOD, like other staff nurses, makes cer tai n that each entry is promptly recorded in the log book. TI1e Medical Depar tment's"' dai ly log book carries all cases handled by the department. • MRS. JOAN BROWNING locates a case from Medical DepL. fil s. Records are an importa ·:nt administrati've functic;m. 21 DIVISION Dis·cuss·ing The lone Star State B'\1 1\fe·rle Ba •nes l'\'e heard so much ab ut Texa· and frankl e\1eryone has built it up :o much that l .a ked 111 good friend "P p' ' l\binou· to bring me back s m plain facts about the place and its peopl when h. visit d our Texas Divi ion. l\1 curi it r was brought on by 1;1. visiting Texan who started to brag about the typical T xan who is six feet tail, a feades fighter, a straight shooter, oil rich, friendl y, generou· and a big, fine, tough hombre. I reminded him that if it hadn't been for a Yankee there might never have been a state of Texas to brag abou t. H istory books tell us that Col. Ronald Mackenzie cleaned up the Lone tar State and made it a fit place for peaceful settlement. I have friends who left here to become Texans and from them and "Pop's" version, I'm convinced now that Texas is going soft. Take for instance the fellow you see in the boat in the. picture on this p age. Up North · he was known to his friends as "B1·u te'' Brown, but now it's just plain John or .Mr. Brown to Texans. A long time ago some smart fellow discovered that sitting on a floating log was easier than swimming. Later, he hollowed out a tree trunk and made the first boat. That fellow didn't know it at the time, but he really sta~ted something. Now, in Texas they have gone . boating crazy, and it's become their number one family sport. There are Many New Lake.s in Texas . I've heard that £Cores of n ew small lakes in Te:x:as are challenging the boater and the fisherman. By the above picture, "Pop" and " Brute" were prepared to meet that challenge. New lakes by the thousands are causing ,.-~·J .l.U. J g and boating revolution and the end isn ' t even ' in sight. "Tank" is what farm .ponds are called down there, only they're so QJuch larger, I'm to ld, than our farm ponds. A few years ago it was dry land , now the rancher has a sure water supply plus a recreation spot. To BTUte Bn?>wn, Earl Stanifer, \tVhitie Holland and Fuzzie Hoski11s, just to mention a few, this h ange has made Texas toji}s even though th~e fellows ar .st ill Yankees at heart. '' I t's like r.he old saying, · ,~,hen you're in Ron1e do as the Romans do,' " sa.i.d Pop. " M')' vacation in Texas wa made enjoya ble by my Texas friends. 'fhcir tall tal s are just as big as_. thefr h earts which. 1 '0: s ~.l~e is the reasof.l why the expresswn southern hosp1tahty 1s used. ''Texans are just prqud· people hk you fjncl in any other state. Their history is no different than ours ~lnJ their stories no bigger." The vacation d id Pop a lot of go d. There wa~ no thing like being Texas mosquitC> bitt n, Te~· s sun 22 "POP" M INOUS AND ''BRUTE'' BROWN load their gear as th y g t ready £oT their Texa fi shing exhibition. Thi.s month, Mede Haynes talks about Texan in his LOG column. burned and over-drawn at the bank to make him appreciat his )ob a t home. • Thought for the month . Don't kno k! Even a tombstone will say something good about a fe llow when he is clown. • Chuckle for the month . . \.Yhat amaze me about the modern young wife is that she can knit the most magnificent argyle socks in the world but doesn't know how to d arn 'em when they wear out in one or two 0 strategic corners. A Salute to a Cast Coater By Wes Cobb Thought for tbe month . There are ever so many quiet, efficient people who contribute more than their share to Cast Coat success. H elpers, backtenders, operators, maintenance people - folks who quietly and unassumingly do the good job . today and every day. These are the ones who are the backbone of a produc- • . tton team. This month, I'd like to pause for a moment to salute one of these quiet,-efficien t people and give him his day in court, so to speak. He left shift work to take a day job in the department years ago because of his health. But he never used that reason as an excuse to spare h imself. He is one of the hardest workers in the whole Cast Coat or- • • gamzatwn. While so many of us are trying to get "untracked" in the morning, he is moving up and down the aisles in front and b ehind the <hums, under a full head of steam. H e's not only a "fa t starter", b:u t a firm. believer in the th eol'y that staying on top of the job during tl1e first four hour IS the secret of hav.ing a good }a , every day. . H . is a p r fe t e · ample of a person who t·.tkes pnde in his work. No d tail is too smaU to Olllil'l'tnd h1s ·tnention. No job i · too big to tackle if it will help out in the overa ll product ion efficien y of th depart-m. nt. In th<.: cour of hi job, ]J ' o[ten e.ncount rs tl:1e ar less ness and 1 bought! s.m e ·s of: otb rs. Ranly. do .he complain . Wh ncv r he sugge ·ts n ~)Ctt .r pracnce, Jt i.s pr .n1pt1 put .in to effect. . . . . Hu JOb c lllS mast r dunng the e1ght hours h ts in th tniiL To him, talk ing i th thief of time. WI nev 1.· the d panm 'IH js due f oT a rigorous in- ' spection, he work. dou bl hard to get everythi ng ship· hape. He greets th r eport of a good rating with a slow smile of atisfaction. He is Ca t oat · q uie t, Hicien t Man of th Month. He is Bill Crawford, without a d oubt th e best clean -up m n in Champion 's Ohio Division . • BHHing the drums . . : Latest p roud fa ther in Color-cast is one of our new st •oungster, ".Jo',}o" Born. J oe's bo was born (now I'm o nfus d !) on June 11 th, and weiV"hed 8 pound , ounces. He had a mid-season crop of ~urly, black hair, and bids fair to be a six-footer just like his cl0;1.du . Foreman Flo rd ''Peach " Becknell, one of Castcoat's mo t solid performers through the years, tripped ligh tly to the altar during the g lden month of Jun . "Peachy" and the former Jacki Robinson hone mooned in F lorida for two week . It could n't happen to a nicer gu y. Frazier Crain i absent from the firing line these days and we miss hi pleasant smj le and easy-going ways. \1\Thile Frazier is at hom fightin g a stubborn liver and kidney ailment, every man-Jack in Castcoat sends this message: " \t\Te're with ou every step of the way, boy!" The vVitts, \~Veavers, and B'ra hea rs are back from their favorite fishing grounds in north ern Michigan , loaded with an abundance of bass and pike. T hey report this summer's fishing to be the best ever, without a -ingle ''off" day during th e whole week. Bob Witt, r. landed one of the bigge t bass, a 3-y2-pound beauty, which I can personally testify tasted as good as it looked . P·aul RosseJott leaves for the Army . .Rebuffing the drums . . Dick Witt's 3-year-old son Rick recentl, brought down the h ouse while pedo.rming in a church play. Ricky not only did yoeman service as a flag bearer, but by his constant twisting and squirming and facial contortions, he conveyed a pantomime roes age to the audience that his sole mission in life was an immediate trip to the ba throom. Paul ''Catfish" R.osselott, one of Cas tcoat's rollicking youngster , entered the Army late in July after . a far~well party at the Stone House. -shed no tears for tlus fellow; if there i anything gay and light-hearted about " orking for Uncle Sam, "Catfish" will find it. . J farvin Kees, and many o thers, h ave been castmg appraising e, es on the foreign-make economy car.s which are dotting the highways nowadays. Some of them must be all right . Don Trumbull (never sick a day in his life) last spring went through the sort of operation (removal of a non-malignant chest growth) that could happen to anyone of us. He will be a year re cup~ra ting. Blessed with a perfectly dry Brookwood basement, Bud vV'hite has pine-panelled his walls into a beautiful game ro m and family lounging area. It was a do-ityourself project from start to fini h. Drake-Swinney Win Golf Tournament Powerbuffing the Drums . . . Golfers Corliss Drake . and Bill winney won their way into the fin als of a recent ''Loa l and Lift" tourney by defeating Ray Steffen and Ray Root. The turning point came miqway in the match when Drake's looping S-iron shot went in and out of the and trap and roll•d .onto th green within four inches £ tl e cup . Speaking of golf, it will be a Ioog tim before Reed Owens orgets his r cent defeat at th e hands of John Reiff. After winding \l,P their match all ev n, the boys agreed upon a sudden d,eath playoff. On the first extra hole, Re d hit the green with his s cond shot, in good po it:ion {or a_ par four. J ohn p~omp.tly dn:~pp. d a 40· foot pull to nng down the urtatn wlt.h a bJrdt three. Ohio l t is good to se Estes Sames back on th e job after a prolonged illness. Sammy b one of Castcoat's quiet, effici n t people. In one short :season, Earl Burch an l h.is wif Malley h av ~ fa ·hionecl a beau tiful ro k gaxden a longside their gar age. Look fm· it the n ext time yo u drive out to T homson Park . Life is full of surprises . . Floyd Cope ha a yen for playing the horses, and what's more, he does something a bout it. The big, silent guy goes into a trance wilh hims lf a nd comes up vi th a lo t of r ight answers. On the last clay of racing at beau tHul River Downs, July 18, Floyd rook the ponies for a solid $400. Colorcast Softball l eague Proves Popular Washing out the pan . . . D i k Willsey has been floating on air a ll summer, cruising th town in his eye-ca tching blue co nvertible . . . Harold Long is . a sadder and a wiser man after playing softball immedia tely followin g a session in the dentist's chair and a shot bE novocain . His face and jaw swelled like a dozen hornet stings . Inciden tally, a big hand to Colorcast fur promo ting in te r-shift softball games a t Thomson .Park. Fellows who play well together a.lways work we ll toge ther. . Don Pier ce is still looking for new members for the Champion Fish ermen 's Club. T he club n·eeds backing to promote all of the p rojects which the organization h as in mind. J ack Sowder and his wife · recen tly took their first vaca tion trip together in 10 years. "Ike" Isaacs and his wife H azel, No. l Sor ting, celebrated their twentyfifth wedding anniversary during the last• week in July. I h ope that " Ike" Rowe will forgive me for trying to change his r etirement d a te (he meant working d~ys, no t to tal d ays !). An yway, a great guy and a great pipefitter bowed out when "Ike" left the mill during the last days of June. Hightowers Return from Trip to the West I' Inspecting the sh ee ts . . It takes little prodding to get Inspector H arold Stump talking about his baseballminded son R oger, who is star ring in the North End Babe Ruth League in his first seaso n. T he l 5-year-old youngster alternates between pi tching an d p laying the outfield, and shows great promise both as a hitter and a hurler. Says Stumpy, laughingly, ·"He's getti.n' better every da y. At this r a te, a ll I gotta' do is wai t for the scouts to come around. I won 't sign for less than $50,000 I" The Les Hightowers are back from a 4400-mile motm trip through the Wes t, including the Yellow Lone area and the Dakotas. They liked the city of Denver (rated by many as the best place to live in America), and drove up the winding, 21-mile t rail to the top of Pike's Peak, filled their cooler with snow to prove tt. THESE F IN T•: YOUNGST,F:RS are the chi.ldren of Melvin Scar th . Fmm I h to right a,re: nouglas. 2 years; Gary 4 years; arolyn, 5 years; St.eve.n 7 y ;1rs: and Monica, 8 yea.rs. Jlad<l works in lhe Wet t1d ntro l 'D panmenJ and mo1ntny in 1h Coated Sorting Section. Grandpa, (~ . Bond, works in tbe Co.lor Room. 23 Oltio GLADYS ESCHENBRENNER- Needlecroft ' VAUGHN CAUDILL- Model Airplanes Interesting and unusl EVA Bl LLMAN - Souvenirs of the Ph iii ppines JOHNNY SMITH- Parachute Jumping BILL HICKMAN- License Plates DOROTHEA REAGAN- Dinner Plates 24 IRENE BURNS- Salt and Pep.per Shakers tbbies are displayed by Ohio Champions • By joe Blevens THE Bl "PLA Y OI' HOHJJIE which have been shown in tl1e hobb case in the Ohio Division Cafeteria conlinue to crea te interest each mon th. Many unusual hobbies ha~e been displayed since the 1a~ t hobby article appeared in The LOG. The hobbyists who have .put their collections and craft in the case since last December are h·ene Burns, Vaugbn Caudill, William Hickman, Ray Simpson, Jim Schmitz, Dorothea Reagan, Johnny Smith, Eva Billman, Bob Sroufe, and Glady Eschenbrenner. T h eir hobbies ha\·e been of se.-eral t pes, such as collections, handicrafrs, gardening, aHd trophy awards. One of the more unusual bobbies, parachute jumpiPJ. g, is pursued by Johnny Smith. His "hobby started in. the service and now he has his own chute and equipment which ~vas on displa)r in the hobby case. Johnny reeently ga,~e au exhibition jump at the Thomson Park opening celebration . Bob Sroufe, No. 2 Finishing, dispLayed a number of ribbons and pictures '"hich represetlt some of the re ·wards he ha obtaitled from his eight years of raising dahlia . His hobby is a:n example of an interest which has turned into a profitable business. A d isplay of trophies was shown by Ray Simpson, 'rho has won many cup and pLa,ques . in spor:ts car • • competltwn. Four Champion displayed samples of their collec- • RAY Sl MPSON -Sports Car T ropliies f t I ~· ' l Oltio BOB SROUFE- Gardenrng Lion hobbies. b-ene Burns, C.M. Sorting. showed dozens of p airs of salt and pepper sh akers of all kinds and materials. Bill Hickman displayed old licen e plates which . he has collected the past two years. Bill sta ted that he is interested in old cars, but being unable to afford them, he s ra.rted on the liceme plates. · Dorothea R eagan collects d inner p lates from each state of the United States, which made a very attractive displa y; and Eva Billman, has a very fine and unusu a lly interesting collection of souvenirs of tl:e Philippine Islands. · Among the handicraft type of hobbies displayed were Gladys Eschenbrenner's neecllecraft-applique work. She is very active iH this craft, having been interested some 17 years, and she h as won five first p lace ribbons at the C:0l.lnty fair. · Another very practical and interesting hobby is the weaving of tile-bead mats and plaqqes,,. which is the specialty of Jame:. E. Schmitz, ,,vho is em-pl, oyed in the Box Shop. . - Ex-Air Force man Vaughn Caudill ca rri ed his interest and liking for airplanes over into his ltobby of model construction. He has many scale mod.els of planes of aJl types which represent many hours of: skill in assembling the hundreds of small pans. Eacb hobby displayed seems to be more int eresting than the last, and no doubt through the com ing months tbete will be many more unusual hobbies placed in the hobby case . JIM SCHMITZ- Bead Handicraft ·- I 25 Olt.io • • lSI ith Th .\1" 1 . fR~. B\Rll T'T r rnJu\lng !if of r tin•mtnt CLlH'Il{ i~ a I i t'.lr h tlllrl{ln. He 1' ir d a tl( ni· 1 11 tht> ltp<" lu'>p. Th1 tn<•nth Otr,l R.:tJ t ll , f u:n:nt 1\ll ' lfh C. h m• Th!' Hank 11 rc id .u ;o. n~ ill., 1 1111\ in 1\ al • 1113 l'' '\1i h . Bartletts • • • Bv Otto Reid \\"bil on , ·acation in K:llamatoo, li h . l I k • I up n · n Ch. mpi n·. grand ·tOld I im r ·: l\Ir. ami l\1r ·. ClJr nee . . Bartlett 70' I willard Orive. laren e retired in 1951. Hera su pcni · rof th Pip Shop. \\·e pent a \nmd rful d.L, at Joyerdal Lake, and th ugh th fi h pulled Yer) lighti)' on ur lin , nobody ~t. med t mind. \\' ti d the O<lrl on our boats together and 1 mini ced of da) , gone b ·. ·while the waves lapped enth at the ' ide- and our boat rocked dreamily in the deep, blue \\-ater. Claren poke from a vivid memory an l a '·arm affection of the people and highlights of his 41 ~ear .at Champion. He talked at length of Becky Stumph Con Brugman, Ro: • ·eal, Frank Turner, Con Collopy and many others. He spoke of hi incere re pect for our late president, Logan G. Thomson. He told me of the time that "Mr. Logan., (Clarence always refers to him as "Mr. Logan") asked to be -hown the ystem of heating the hotline. After looking over the floatline and explaining things; Claren\e said, ''1 'ow, we \·vill go down in the tunnel ,and I'll show vou where the heat comes from." ' \Vith tongue in cheek, Clarence led the way to where hundreds of live steam coils drew air in, heated it to 1 GO degrees, and forced the air into the floatline. Claren ce, at first, was very slow and methodical in his explanations- all the time waiting for "Mr. Logan" to get enough of that heat and sugges t that they leave. But, ". 1r. Logan" ~eemed engrossed in the system. . --- ·-· tfr. Clarence" began to gasp like a fish out of water. He couldn't leave with explanations not w mplcte, and since he· was trying to give "Mr. Logan" the heat treat- U \ 1 I \ I \J l' 0 lett tr d \f olltll It .nt Ohio I!. 111 l'rtJ r tlion. .il on . [IJI!Illlt!(' r td (111Tdin• •1 OtlrJ ~td lh I< r ll • h1111 nf Iii,. I JU l f •r \\ fll · aug riJ 1 th \ Jl • '"u~m . tn nl. Clar ~ nce coulln' aHQr t high-tail it out until Mr. 1 hoobon s em d ready to go. Cl.trenc 3id h never f ·Jt more r lievcd than when M1. Thomson finally d cided th· the had seen and heard enough. Th · joke backfired, IJut today it i one of Clarence's sweetest memories. 1 question_ ·d Clarence at length about man) things and found htm easy to interview. His charming wife helped to kee1 him straight on all details. Clarence was born up-river from Cincinnati, and t lr . Bartlett across the Ohio in ewport. Clarence will be 79 shortly (I wouldn't mention Mr . Bartlett's age e en if I knew). They Will Try to Attend the Next Old Timers Bonquet I iss ued to them my special plea that the) be with us at the next Old Timers Banquet. They promised to try to make it. I believe they will be here. The) have h ad some health problems, but both look wonderful and rearing to face the future with a zest for a full and wholesome life. They love to fish, row their own boat around rhe lakes, and Mrs. Bar.tlett handles ca ting gear as ~ . ·ell a any man. They r etired to Michigan, according to la rence, because they have two sons living in that neighborhood, and southwestern Michigan is a p1a)ground. Of Champion, Clarence had thi to say: "If I were a youngster again, 1 would start with Champion. 1 was good to Champion; Champion wa goo 1 to me.'' I asked his Views on current trends, a it affected retired people, and people hoping to retire. He said that prices, and ta.·es had practicall • doubled ince he retired. 'While he had made a few wise inve tment earlier in life, he wa deep! concerned ab ut the average p erson who r tir d. He believes that unl ss Ame1i a learns to live with in h er income, inflation i· goin to pu t our retired people in a grievou po ition. (He is --- 26 · 1 V A .\ , (; R I !Vf M F is Lh 'f-rnonrh -n ld daughr r nf Ill' cc C:rim e, 'o. 9 l'dpcr lachine. l-1 t g-t;.a.rlfaahn i ~ Trd Elliot t, fndu ·trial Engiaw rir g EEl r; TS B _Llf:\.'1 G . Her is p.trl of lit suing of hannl'l n llf i.sh c. tttght I • !)de Gret'l an I Chu k llari- r. Boikr Pl nt C' tnpl o~cl'~. The fish <'ight\l a ror;d ,,r !lO pounds. H ·n· cl .d and hi , '!'11 , Lan v. hold" the {t h tlwy <ct ll l{h t ;11 i-!haton Lak in ~h:' "'t \ill·. Ohio. - - a prophet r)'ing in the wildcrn~ s, but he 1 · right . . o terribl, right). • Ed ,\ mos and I oben Gabbard, bo th of Plant Protection were buying some 1 o._ in a n wl ' form d partner-hip. Bob gallant!; allied imo th · rnidcll of Lhe hog lot w look over a sow and ·ome pigs. 1m. , the only cdtter m an r rhan a ow with pigs i nvo ' OW with pi . he bri tle l and woof-woofe l a coupl of times, and brother G bbard et ·ail on a our e laid ou t by , fagellan qu ite a pell back. Ed claim that corn obs, du t and gravel were settling fm· quite a pell a fter the . ow wa glaring through the ten e, O\'er which our h ro h ad hi. ted his carcass. Bob didn't lik h r attitud , and so he sold out to Ed. From now on when he wants to ge t huffy ver her youngun . he can take her spite o ut on somebody else. Bailey Says Mount Is Jealous Bailey Simpson ay the main reason !vlount Stewart is tryin to discred iL him and hi beagle hound is that Mount i jealous. Bailey ha a pair oi old saddlebags that he takes ou t when they run their log . He says that li ttle runt of .\fount' is worn to a frazzle by tb_e spee I a nd stamina of hi big hound. After :1bout an hour, Mount's li tt le pee wee cl imbs in tbe sa ldlebags on Bailey' Jog's ba k, and rides along fer company. He does let out a spa modic bark occa!> i• nall), making it sound like it was a two-dog race. \\'ell, I hope the day never comes when these two cow.ins top l)ing on each other. I t would mean bad bl ')Od 1 ctween them, and I know that Bailey ca n be tough . he ta k d w me.likc I was a sheep-killing dog fc,r writing in The LOG that h even knew Mount. H e aid l wa n't .:;at.i. lied to hun him, that I destroyed him b, startin the tal that Mount was his cousin . ' ·- THIS LITTLE FELLOW is K vi n Donald Roc ttgcr. lie was on ly 10 mnn rh. old wh n thi. jJicrur<' was taken . Donni _'s cbd, Don R() ·ug r. works: in Oldo Acconuting. Betty Kay McQueen • • Carlos Ray McQueen Oltio C harlotte Fay McQueen THESE THREE YO UNGSTERS a rc the cJ ildrcn of Ead 'fc(! u ee ll. ~: ar l works in the Color Room. T he ~r Bett y Kay , Carlo R ay a nd o lder sis ter, Charlot re Fav . • T HE ·l i" DUSTRIAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE of Hamil ton was having diffi cul t in round in g out a league wi th an even numbe r of teams in 1938-39. Ch ampio n decided to enrcr rwo teams to comple te the league. T hey were the Knigh ts and the Stallion . Pictured above ar e the Stallion of the 1938-:19 .cason . ca ted, from le ft to r ight, arc Gene Best, "Tigc" Lemp . Charlie Kemm and H a r ry Brooks. .'; ta ndi ng: C. Kind t-ed, "Bo" Ben ne tt. and Homer Barg r . H a nyo ne h as a pi ctur of the Ko igh ts of that yc~t r please se nd it to Bi ll T homp o n . i\ f'H I:.R IN E K A l '\ obsen d htr rhinv-fiflh service anni•r r ~ aq in .) ill y. She work · on the C.M. Cut ter . ll cr . he i · sh wn rcc •Jvi ng a w;ttch from her su p •ni If , John J\rCh fU . 27 - H ARLEY TEVE 1 0 1·, a 27- year Champion, reti red from the Board ~tanufacturing Department effecti,·e September I . Harley boa ts an excellent sa fety record of neYer needing medical attention during this period and he has neve.r lost a shift as a result of personal illness. WALLA E " NEWT" COL.E , re tired fmm tbe Vulp Manufacturing Department eff cti v Septem her I with 17 years of continuous service. Newt, with a jo lly disposition. always looks oo the bright side of life. . 28 E.R::'\ - T PR - "SLE'l' . a 1-ycar hampi n, r tir d a a patt ·rn maker in t h J lanr Engineering D partment o n 'q t rnber I . He· - "hown workin~:, at his trade wrtly b fore hi · r tir ment. HERBERT G. JONES. trostol maker in the Chemical Manufacturing Department, is show11 carqring ouf one of his job assignments shortly before his retirement August 1 with 23 years of continu ous service. - I Firemen Take Training Course By Ge11e Hyde S ' \' n of ou~ Lop J i:c~H:'n hav · jtt t cornpl ·ted anoth 't ' c J. of tnl<~n. 1vc traunng at th J ·onh C'trt>lina ·wte Fire · :oJI g · in ·harlou ·. Guy Hughe, Phn.t Engine ·rin , .x i ~ t:llH hid of Champion's Vo!unt · T File D ·! .rrtm ·n t, was th • o l Cicer in char ' f nur l i rem en durir g this w • ·k l training. .-uy tnr)k full a h:antage ot thi Pi orr unit h nt olling and pani ip,tting h imself in th , OUice s Tr:.Jining our · . Roy Bmwu, Finishing Depa tm n.t, \Vho graduat ·d (rom the Fir College in 19!)6, w .~v~,members of. the 15-year group a nd two additional • J UD(,E DAN K. ¥00RJ. . assistanJ s cre1a1y and Carc.!in.J Divi ion ,;<:Hu selor, en tertamed ~he Champ1 'ns at th 10-year p rsonnd . dministration manager, who present d the prite ·. priz s of 25 si lver dollars each to lucky door priz w1nners. At the 10-year group party, B. H. Brown, crew leader in Materials Department, and Ray ·whitted, trimmer operator in Finishing, each garnered a bag of sih:er dollars for grasping the palm of Mr. "Hi Nabor" at the appointed times. Ben a! o raked in a econd bag of silver dollars when all the odds were overturned an.l his name was drawn for a door prize. Friendly Gene H yde \-vas revealed as Mr. "Hi Nabor'' as the awards were made fo llowi ng the dinner for the 1 0-year service group. M. D. Messer, wood inspector at Pulp Mill, also carried home 25 silver dollars as he held the luckv • nt1mber when door prize drawings were made. A. M. Fairbrothe-r, Carolina Division manager, wa · host to the party and welcomed the group. Dan Moore, Assistant Secretarv and Carolina Division ' counselor, entenained the 10-year Champions with a humorous and informati ve recounting of the highlights of his extensive 1~1 experiences. The amiable and efficient toastma ter for the even ing was Don Randolph, ass istant manager, Per onn 1 Administration Department. Rev. Horace Smith of the Canton Fir t Baptist Church rendered the invocation . tlf JCK FAlRRROTHER, Conrli na Division rnan ag-cr, wdcu sn <l tbe 1 0-yGar group. l)oJII R andnlph , as 'istant ma nager. Pers"n nel . d · minis tration [)epanrncn t, was toas11naste r fur the ~VC illllg . • • Story of a Knight On Horseback (Editor's i\ot : Th e following is the fo ~nth in a se1·ies of article about Canton and Champion, written by j ohn Parris) di t ingaishcd West em NoYth Carolina colwmnist and au tho1'. The y are reptinted here th rough the couttesy of the autho1· and the Ash eville Citizen-Times.) By john Pa.rris The story ot this mountain tm n is the story o( a knight on hor eba k . lt j the stor of a vital \merican product . of the men who make it possible . . of the people who produ e it. It is d1e · tory of the miraculous and wondrous tra nsfo,., nnnation of trees into fin , strong white p aper which speed. the course of civili zat ion. 1t is the stor o£ Peter G. Thomson, a printer who became a papermaker, and of R euben B. Rober tson, a man wh ose accomplishments in industr y and in human t·ela tions have added stature and distinction to the cause of free en terpri e. It i the tor of The Champion Paper and Fibre Company which came to Haywood County over 50 years ago . T he tory of one interweaves with the story of all. Just as the heanwood of a tree is its past, so is Champion the heart\· ood of Canton. Built year by slow year, the heartwood runs from root to crown and is the buried strength at the heart of the tree. Cut the tr ee's great trunk through and you can count the ringed year , discover the tal es they tell, of weather and the tough upward struggle of growth. So it is with this town's past. And of the 90 some rings that mark its expansion, none since its sapling days are so significant and monumental as those tha t mark off the story of Champion, who e symbol is a knight in medieval armour on horseback. Canton a nd Champion have grown up together, sharing the enjoym ent of prosperity and enduring the gray c:ouds of adversity_ · Peter T homson, with patience and faith, carne down hom Ohio in 1905 and began building the first wood p lp mill in the South. Mr. Robertson Arrived in 1906 , year la ter, in September, he ent R euben n. Roberton her to direct Champion's lumber and pulpwood • operatwns. R obertson came to Canton at the beginning of a finan cial panic. Champion 's mills were unfinished and in ·ufficienr Junds were availa ble for either completion o( construction or oper ation of the processes. But Thomson had picked the right man for the job. Robertson staved off creditors .until the plant could. be put into production and profits began to come in. From that cla on Champion grew and with it the town of Can ton. R obertsqn, now ·hairn:nn of the board of Champion, r ca lled r cently that the experien ce of those early days provided valua ble les on in caution and in resourcefuln ess. "Tha t enfor<>ed resourcefulness resulted ultimately," .he &.a id, "in our developing many new and profitabl lines of production and in bringing to reality Peter Thom on's belief that Canton would grow into one o£ the la rges North a.ro lin:t town · west of the Blue Ridge." V\Then R obert on cam her e in 1906, the town 's popul::ttion was les than 200. Today it i more than 8,000 and still growing. In those early days n o one co uld foresee tha t in 50 ·ears the number of employees at Champion's p lant h er would e ceed the I 906 total male population of Haywood ounty or that the corporation's annual payrop would be four times the total tax va.lue of the county. T hus, just as wood is the product of Life, p aper is the life-blood of Champion and Champion is the heart that keeps it pumping day in and d ay out. From hundreds of privately owned woodlots, and [rom Ch ampio11's own forests, in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, comes the wood from which Champion papers are made. . In coming to Canton, Champion pioneered the paperma king industry in the Sou th. This was the first mill in the world to make white pulp from chestnut wood. It was the first to make spruce sulphite in the So uth. It was the first to produce high quality white pulp from Southern pine trees. Champion Helped Establish First Forestry School Up on the Pigeon River at Lake Logan, once the site of Champion's Sunburst timber operations, there is a bronze tablet commemorating the fact Champion cooperated wid1 Dr. Schenck, the famous forester, in keeping alive the first forestry school in America. In the fi eld of human relations, the (::anton plant was the first pulp mill to organize a safety committee, first to establish a CTeclit union, first to provide an old age bonus, a wage incentive pl a n, and more recently, the first to establish profit sh aring. Under Robertson's wise leadership, Champion was one of the first to institute a reforesta tion program. Millions of seedlings have been planted on the property . it ,. has acquired and each year it gives out several million seedlings for planting on private lands. · In addition, Champion helps educate fam1ers in the region in proper methods of tree-farming. Much wornout land has thus become useful as a producer o£ pine. From the beginning the Champion axe h as been laid with purposeful aim and never with r eckl essness. As trees were felled , leaving a hole in the sky, there w.as someone to come along behind and plant a seedling so the hole again would be filled. All this is a far cry from the attitude of those who cut, burned, uprooted and rolled into rivers vast resources of virgin timber throughout the country, imply in order to clear the land for tillage crops . In 1950, when Reuben Robertson was named "Man of the South," he expressed a sentiment tha t could be pointed to as the core of relations between Champion and Canton. The company's growth, he sa id,· was due to the efforts of many people and was an adventure in friendli ness. Thus. this is the storv of a m untain town and a ' ' knight on horseback. The folks of Canton sometimes g ive a recogniza ble fac alltl a r cogniza ble voi e to the knight on horseback. They'll t Jl. you he walks amung them and is one of th ern. fie's a tall rnan straight a tb principle (or whj h he sLands. Ancl be ha been a part of th. ·tory of th town and of Champion from the beginning. 31 Building for the lord • • • (Editor' ~ 10te: Tlli i th {i r t in a . ene of nrtidr abou t the clwr he; o ,anto11 ami titc surrotl 1dz 10 ar and the paT/ arolina Cha npion. lzove ph1yed in' jn·o· vzdinu . 1uidance and leader liip i 1 1 •li T£ott a tir 'tic .) B-, C. H . Ha ·di l In th plea nL and 1 ictur squc hill . ,. ll nd OYe of the .a nlon - B n llt ~ I - .I d ~ to!ll!UIIIlJl , , l 'C m ' ver-n ca.r. and m n , h·omcn aml chihh 1 r a h UJ. w. r l and ou ward tO . ain hi pre:-~.::n . ln in cn:a.:in numb ' .f' church spi1 , t w r hca · n · ;\'::trd ::md h.o u,· of wor hip. f ~ Ito"· hir nd hri tian cdu ation ·pr ad ut on~r th unlr " id 0 • h _ land it lf s m t cho the ·train £ "Om ·a n] hri, tian ( ld ier '· a · fa ilitie. o f manv d n minati. n · dot t he land , a1 e in m::tn; dire ti n . , Iandin'"' t 11 in thi, uncea ing moY ment-a if in harmonv ,. ·.i.th the hur h pir - c re m ~my Caroli n.a :.h mpi n · td1o d ' in th f r front a leader in th eir cho n den minati n . The ~ ea ·nint- f r br, er. beu r and mor up-to-da t relio-iou l iliti h re ult d in the expenditure of almo ·t three quarter of a mill ion dollar within the la::.t fiy }ear . . a Jar p::trt f thi has come from . c the po ke ;~ of many 'ham pions and their families. Man,· of our onununity churches had their beginnin in the early 19th entury, orne of them being e re ted of l - and other uch material that was available at that tnn . Morning Star Methodist Chvrch The 1\fornin t.ar Methodist Church, which is located three miles ou theast of Canton on the Dutch Cove Roa !, held its f irs t ervice in a log structure in 1825. ~Iornin tar ha experienced a steady growth since that time and only la t year added to its sanctuary a modern educational building. The , building fund and building itself were b9th start d in 1955. Chairman of the building committee at rh.at time i~'a · R aymond Miller. Others who worked do ely with R ay were Arthur Cody, Carroll Pless, Quay mathers, C. . Rhodarmer, and Hugh Cook. The bui !ding "Vih.ich contains 10 Sunday School classrooms, a pastor's study and a social hall, was completed in 195 at a cost of $30,000 and is now paiu for in full. The finance committee for the building fund was h aded by Gor<.lon harp. Gordon was a sis ted by Mrs. .,.-.,._ , . is Dry·, Eldon Burnette, James Paxton, Robert • YO NC ADULTS 0f i'vforning t ;~t M c ch (>cli ~ t C:hurd in rheir new Fc llc> wship Hall ror S 111 day ' cjti)(J I. C. V. of Champion J' urr hasing D part•n cnt l th · l ·aclwr. . 32 as 'embk Ft de kk TEO l r as trcasut''r for th • • T HE R EV. H . L. SMITH, s 1-ving his twelfth year at the First Baptist burch ia Can ron, pr· pares to baptize i'o[i·s J ane Smat-h en;. daugh ter of M'r. and · 1rs. Ralph Sn1alhef$ , building fu n d. W hen the fi rst service was held in t he new building in J anuar ' of 1958, more than $100,000 had been invested to provide the 2'50 hnrdi members a bettel- place to worshj p. The bu ild ing has a modern, well equipped kitchen and a fellowship h all ·tha t will accommod a te over 200 per son . It also ha, t4 rooms to serve seven Sunday chool departments an d a S1.mday School office. All cabinets in the kitchen were designed and bl!lilt by r etired Champion T ed fuyness in· his ltome workshop. He was a sisted by T a te Barlow, a Champion machinist. Re , .J. C. Lime is pas tor of the church. Frank Vokes is superintendent of the Sunclay School which h as an average aaendance of over 100. The church ground have been landscaped, with addition al parking pace being added at the rear of the church . First Baptist Church On a d ay long en visio ned . by · many, members and friends of the First Baptist Chu r ch gathered to dedicate their new sanctu ary on September 14, J 958. Strengt hen ed by their unrelenting faith in the future ol their chur h, many committees and ind ividuals had labored untiringly to h1rth er their mammoth building pro.gram and bring their dream.s to rea lity. vVh.e:n the buiLding pwgram was lauflched in March ·of 1957 the vario us committees were appo in:ted, a.J;ld .in le s than two year. the n ew, h and orne bnck coloma] ~an c tua ry was construct d at a cost of $278,000. The 'ery succe sful finan cial program was h eaded by Champion Rudy Barn<:s. ·working closely with R udy in the financj ng of the n w church were Wesley F. Holtzcl a'\j, lidwin H aynes, J. L Spr in kl e, ]. L. D uke, and Loranz.f) .mathers. The fin ancial campa~gn was cnthusia tically s1:1pport tl by the cl w:ch' .1028 m embers, fri ends anC:l mh'tn·s who r eached into ~h e ir individual resotJre $ to make the new san . tuary a rea lit, . The pla nning com mitt e gave much tim · and thought in tloing their as igned ta k. Thi group was capa bly head d by Dr. H . A. 1att he\.,rs an l included Paul M~:~.r ta , Edwin Haynes and Mrs. Noah Sw;;tfford. Champio11s wh<> a! o a s i. vd Dr. 1auhew were CnarJes Ray H emp· hill, Ernest Mess t and Miss May Boh"Z Jaw. Georg:e M. Tro~>tel. retiFed lo mer Carolina Divisjon mi.ll manag r, · rveul. as ChJti:r:man of the building cornmilt e wbjcb: was a ~igne d tlte res pon.sihility of dc~igning and on tracting for <:unstr uction of the new build-in. g . . This important c mnti tte made many visits to other church es in the so utl.1.ca t wher o ther buildings were closely ob ·ervcd for style, eq uipment and other important angles. Mr. Trostel was effi cien tly a siste:d by Champions James G. Ba rl.ow, Emmett H . Pauon, Miss May H o ltzr h w and Ernest Messer . T !~c eq uipment a ~d l ecorat in ~ co!Dmitte wa r e-pon: tble Lor the eq r.11pment and h ltnJt wre tlw, ugJwu t the new building in cl udi ng carpets and window glass d esi_gns. T hi s onn n ittce t raveled to man y dis tant po int · in lO(Jk.ing o ver dwrch properties. vVorking should er to sho uld er on th e committee wi th chairman \Vesley F. Hol tzclaw were Maur ice T. Brooks, F. C. Holland, Howa rd H emphill, Ml"S. Virginia J ames a
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