| 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. A u u s T • . - I ' I .ill I I"' ' ( I • -- - • • • • • • ' r' 1!1 D .J OUR CO·VER " h ·om ' l t <:e !o Pnutt:d l'.tg'(','' ''C,ha111pion }, Pl'ople.' . r hc J ;·~ ard1 t•1n . -- '\ni'l lln <>tl Rltuad ·~ tmnbiJ e: 1 h '" · iJ! ·as on a fr;nHLWfH k of n •w r mslt uct kll1 for tbi~. Otlr annual npt)Jt i-'><n~: of TJ1e 1 OC. Blt l IH.IItl · at d pi.Cillr('S <\1 II C" ('(Jlll1nt tc!J the ~ tory, h .11 it fs f' tH!l "~ ·· a• l' t H I Ie~K ;~s th ' hopC' an I am1Jitio11s of 0.1127 Cha111pion fvlls. THE CHAMPION PAPER AND FIBRE COMPANY ' Gene (o/ Office . . . Mills a.t HAMilTON, OH-t·o . . - HAMILTON" QHJO CANTON , NORTH C A~ OL lN ·A PASADENA, TEXAS SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA Editor, STEWART JONES STANTON NEWKIRK, Ohitl JAMES DEA'TON, Caroli na JOHN WALKER, TeKas Editorial ll.s.s istant : JOAN MESSNER EDITORIAL STAFF • 01:110 DIVISION - .\ l l.'rlt fi;, ync,, J oe HI ·vCIV'i. V\ 't.:~ k· ) C<;hh, llcwey l\ f ill ton , Jat k ~ l ulfnt , ll<ll utl t> l'u ~; h , Otto R eid , Ma 'R ouk-.;, j <lltll $(h1J,Ii l l , (; enrgc ~fcl D l't', fiJll T h )Jli fN)Jl . CAROLINA DIVISION - h t' d D1t} lOll, ( h ·d e I I :t Il l I c l t, \\', $ c u l1 II a rvt ') , (. I) d t R . floc\ , .J r. \\'al1cr Jlnl ton , J;t(k Jnsti c·, l . t'1h '~ L \ 1 <·~-.c r , R <n,· ~: ";' \ [<JJt i,, B lltffC N: tllnc) , J. I·. W il l iam .~t • ll . TEXAS DIY[S I0N - Hl' fl\' lk!ln. }t't, L ut · Ch t n~h . ,\lice :opd· nc\, Jt:n y (: '" '' ~iu ,. Cctil.i <~ D1i'l.: t'J ~on , S""' F lli~. l •c·d l1n• i!~'-l. ,\ . W. H at •l iltnn. 'S P ECIA~ REPORTERS- \1 111 i I J . ,\j k,J, C t· t!C I H I O tli ·; Cbd ).~ E. H nd~i:~. Sa ~t dcr s, · i l k . ' In Ot::tr Jv[a issu e, the Inquir ing Repor ter a ·ked " n umber o£ Ch ampions to ;1n swcr ome q uestion. a bo u t America whi ch had been po ·eel by a gr o u l o ( h igh ·clwol sl udeots in France. H ere is a le rter we rece iYecl r om the stude nts' ins tr uctor: " [ IUl \ 'C \·11el l r cc~ i v cd , the l :l th of .Ju ne. rh ' ISStte< or 'T he Log' th at yon h . an~ ·eut rne fo r mv' nt d Cn L . '' A s~ u t·honght . they ha v !J •ti ea.,ed > o p~ncd '" 111 1 tccn ·ag · IIO)S. Fin.t of a ll, th e) '''e r ~ pl ilSed to see LI H:lll ~ 11· s in Yom 'L< g·.' Tbeu th " appr ' ci r dl · \\' , · r n ·h . h:1vc ~ t a d mtr t >Wll n:~ p· • n iJ, iliri•·s in n ut d (e i\ r oC jtJ 'Jl ' HliO. and in rhr· llt'·tt·-s, uY dc.,tnlcl i( " ' Of the llHJdtl l> 1';11 , :tnd in l•ile 11C ~: o; · ary d e a t h ~ f fl' i('lldS <J IId r•lu~iV ~ : hur all LIH ~J t t tHI k~ I lh Wt!l fd. t r: t \· ~, l! ;~ d t i t ·it o ~> 11 re 'JH:J ll ·ibilitil'' in th ,j w.tlion <-r~:: H. ·d 11ftt·• the \'\ 11 1 I<L \ \';1 1 is.!, :tnd in r.l u~ rt-:ct !l' l i · Ill don o f th · Ct 1 ru, n trti l! t ;u \ ])(I I tr ill ia l. ,\ II lit l'l 11 1. de 1-' t il llfC< I ·~ ~ un11g , ,,HI tl tl1t f' ' ~t!n c r :1 hi••· , . ·· B1tt I swp ht:t <'. I l l nk I O tl l't' t y nw cl1 . l ltt' <~ ll itl · i,. a \ Hill tlr\Hi l{IH , ll10l! gbt [ •10\ll f. ill ~ lot Hs, ;!l nd l · J,o pc: it io; lnt .\mcli t an, . · " tl.'- Pro[. .\ . l eChc, nl in ,. 'l lll l :lk•nh ·rt ClJ lk g ·, D ttll 'II,. l' ~;l ll tl' . I ' ' I ! By means of this tape-recorded interview w·ith Champion's president, ' STEW ]0~\'ES: On bell nlf of ow· editm·ia/ staff and our readers. R euben, I -uant )'OU to !mow that we afJpreciale )10 111 ' tnhing the time to h old this "j ress conference" on ow· 19 -1 nnnual1'ej;o·rt. T o < et dire-c tly into the qu. •stions . . . we believe our n~ ade~·s would lif,'e to know just how the company made out in the fiscal year 1953-54. Tfl ould )IOU sa) it was a u ccessjul yefn-? REU BE:K: \Velt Stew, I would say it was very definite· ly a good ;ear. In many respec;t it was the best in our hi LOr . We hit a new record for sales, of about $ 129 mil1 ion. .\ : regaTd production, we set a new record there, too, o ( 563,000 tons of paper and board. The in· crea e in o ur production were ju t about equal at a ll rec di v i~ ions- which shows that all three of our teams were ·working v ~ry well tog ther. Onr n et aming. also ' ere up slightly; b ut that wa primarily due to th fa t that t1le Exe-s Profits T ax ex pit ed Decemb r l anrl lightened our tax bi ll for the last thr(:c m mths of the fis al ' ar. ST .L X FWKIR.K: How about our comjJe titor--? Did ot hn 1Htj,eT companies do as well? RE r: The year pr · n ted a hit of · a mixed patlern , Stan . . ome of th o her companie . bowed gain. wo. By th · \'igo:rous progTam that w :follov- ed, v- ., "ls-e1·· abJ to men som wha l l c tLer than the indusu- : a nd , of rou.n. , 1 llop ·w an k ep it lhat w, y. ]li\1A1J' J)F.1 TO ·: R e1.1ben, ')IOU 111. 'ntionrd inc11~Ct se d }Ji odullwn. f-lo t did thr11e inr.reMes om.e af)(mt REUHE. ·: Well , s T said , Jim, no on uill . Lf>Od out >vcr tl1e otl t~rs. '1 h • board wa hines did pan icularJ · we] I and wrre a '>l.rnng £, tOr .in our in T< a ·d JYI·n· (lUctinn . ,\JJ tlrt fom Jr}nier. itt Ca:roJina ltlOV0d tl!Oll f.;" Vfl) ' w li. A I ig g in., at O!Jin wa rn. 10 Machine, whi ch i-, runnino- stt•adi ly on AI! -Purpo" Lithe . .\. T!\ I'E -R ECORD CD ''J r . s confct .Jtc ·· with Champio n's pr ·sident, R cuhen B. Rob •I !SoH, Jr., was held lo gi vc LOG diwrs- and 11\ ir r ad · r~- o clo•e look ar .ba rnp lon's p.r ·ent ondition and o ullook for the future. I•ront left to r ight: Ohio Editor Stan Newkirk. Te. a~ Editor John Walke! , a.rolina Editor Jimmy D .~t ton . C nera l E: litor Stew Jooes, and Reuben. • I I • Jn Texas, we successfully teppecl up the sp eed on the LIFE Machine (No. 22) and increas~d production there- as well a on No. 23, r.he new coating machine, which is rapidly getting its bearin gs. "We've Made Otlier Gains, Too" I tuight add that we've made o ther gajn,. , too, u ch as the big improvements in our Finishing Room per Jormance, '"'here there is so much handling and where there are o many opportunities for little errors to -creep in. Better Finishing Room operations impro ed om complaint p icture co nsiderably. ]OHN WALKER : I !mow we''/Je had a o'aod deal of co·nstruction unde·r way at: the Tf.Yas· Div ision, R euben . lias thne been a large building fJmgTmn t h rcm ,-thou t the company? REUBEN: Yes, John, during the year we complet ·d about a big a capital program - leaving out the purcha e of timber land - as we've had during the postwar ·ear . The bigge· t item at 01 iowa tbe 0 1Dpl te r l uilding of ·To. 9 1achi.n , to mak new and b tter coate l pap ' r bu t we l ·o carried out 'e 1 impr vem nts 011 Io, . !5. () and 7 Ma bin , . Yo•1 bad a tory .in The LOG about th · n w lirne kiln at th ::rrolina Di ision, and w finish d th new l ark bmner Lh re too - b th o[ whi ·h h lp ur ec nomy of op ration ·on id rall, _ That bar.k burn r help the cornm unit 1, be au, e it cut, dov n gr t d • l on the carbon in Lh ai . It 'llso gi~ s LL' • l :tn r 1 rocl11 t. ;\noth r ·tcJ t ' ·u-cl hrtter 1ualit_', a w 11 a. higl1 r producti-on, was taken with th · l11illln of Lh Har 1- "'-"-'00d Bl arh Plant. · ·ru Te ·as, we p rll in ou eigll(b dig si r. built a n w and larger evn.pnra t r rrnd r built the Washer R "om. \II of th ·~ :hang·r. ::n·c· <LCi>ipw(l t 1 b ·11 our p1· >duct ion ::Hrd qmdit. ·, and r •ducc ~:~ tn;;.,m pollution. Finall ·, we'" t>ntinu<'tl " in·all prograrn of ad- C:ONliNV~O ON NEXT PAGE 1 • 00 0 CONtiNUED .\T THE OflJO OJ JSH) 1, R 1Lb n talks 'd th 1 igJ,t . up dn· t ndC'Ilt J 1~d i Hi.l) '· le£t, a1 I ig ltt Bo1> · hfldnc 'J '(!nd~-· ··u e;t .Oil '' n gley, r igiH, in fron t ot NCJ. Papel htrll ine, which 1va.s n ;b1tllt chnin 1 h pa 1 yrar. " I 11 m<Ht)' I.:<;p ts, i1 '~i. fl<l(~ Ol'' t ye&r in our hi'to1y.'' R 11b n ~a:s. l~urtng tht: ~ .q·, t:h eon pany set a ne ,,· p·roo ucti n 1·ecor 1 f r-63,000 u .tl •f 1 • p 1. nu 1 1 d. 2 . T · l1 ~ Tl!:)' 1HV£Sl 1 , RettL n l'llll Gnn~Uil( t ion \1rllwright 1 L ' . . \rl am~ lnflk over the t ·I ·plt.tn · s it rr(\ in tlP fl{'\\ ( •rfi, ~· boildl11 • llnl\' in da. final .t 1 · " f (Jm )}rlion . . . ' justments to keep our nlill up to date and to improve quality. For ex ample, we've put cen tricleaner on alm st every pulp .flow, giving us mu ch cleaner pulp at aH divisions. 1 STAN: Reuben, what new products did we b-ring out duting the year? REUBEN: As I aid earlier, a major ·tep forw;:trd was taken on No. 9 Machine at Ohio. '\1\!e are nm making a much higher grade of enamel on Ne. 9, tan. '"'e're also making r aw stock for cast coated mat h flap. with a good deal of success in that markeL Al o, "' ar producing on No. 9 a sh eet for two- ide ca t c at d enamel, which is really one of our great new products. We have shown we an r:nake a distinct} ' high r quality sh eet on the LIFE Machine t Te ·a , and w ha e made real tride on No. 23 Ma hine which i producing higher gr ade" of Falcon Enamel, Temr. lar Coated OfE et, and Forma t · namel. T hen too, we introdu e 1 the new Daily Mai l Bon l in th outhw . t n marke t, made on No. 25 Machine. t Carolina, o ur bi (ij'g t gains h ave b ~.::n in th 1 u lp rnU l. T h furth t· d velopm 1t f .arolin - , li michemi al l ulp ba shown UF q ualit.y-·wi · in ever. 1 ·h t. ma.d a t Ohio. Also. th [o ut - t;.~ g bl earh.in g. both ;t t Car lina. nd T . ·.s;, h as :r ·sul t' 1 in be u er O \ ' rail pc per qmtli ty. • Our "Best Levels of QuaJity" ll in a ll , w . r ached tb ])est le cl ' ·ofqualiL lu ring th ·ar tha t ·. w •' · , . C\• r had Tha t undou bt 1.1' il> on nf th · factors th a t is l tt.i n ~ u nm ah ~tl of th indttstry tori ::1 r. .J fMMY: Re·uben. l th ink we'·• . month:· abou t a '·busirt. ~s lu. 1rtjJ." effect on the j'ape1· irulu ·try? all 1·ettel Did that • 1 J-1 <r·eu· n t hn t'J.U'V ' AT . H \R LlL r Dl \ '1 lON. Harol l Hausf'n, as. ist:wt sup r· intendent of ' ti litif:!, [ oims out some ot Lh features of th , c ntrol i a 1el go,·erniHg the new ba rk hoi! r. , Looking on at right i H ad REUBEN: \V 11, Jim, let me p ut it this way. ·w hile K had a good year in total, there wer ever al relatively " oft" period . T he paper indu try u ually has a seasonal letdown during the summer month , but on top of tbat v.-e exper ienr d anotb r dip from October to January. That wa the ·la kc t part .of the ear. H ow· ever, we had a urpri ingly , ood fo urth q uarter, from January through March- better than we had expected. "More Fear Than Fad " I think there ·wa more f ar than fact in predicting a rece ion. I believe we can be much encou raged by the vay business ha. held up. Indu trial con tr uction a d home building, for in tan ce, ha e held up w U, and there are many elements of trength in the wh ole economy. It reflect a high d · :rre of busjne confi len e in the future !JTOv th of this coun try. · A far a Champion i .on cern d, .Jim , whil ·we ar bracing for om v ry strong competition , we xpect th:H to be at a high lev 1 of l 1sin s · a ti •ity. \V don't n d to feel that that m a ns ec ss io t~ . r d pr si n . .JOHN: How did Charn jwms as a vhole make out financially? That is, in their wages for the year? REUB • _ 1 : , ery w 11, I t}Jiok, Johll. Y< 11 rna.y recall that lasl A.u<ru::.t 've put through a r0m pa 11 y-widt three per cent '"'·ag ~ increa. hat, toupled .vith th• la -t that we added ;y()0 m re pcopk to th pay oll, j11rrea eel our wag s and J· ·rwfits lm n . 42Y2 1n illiun lD tvad y . ,1 million -an ·t ld iriou of more th:w . 5 rnill irm. .n.1> I I oin t ·d out in w y la-, t yua . terly Je il c.r, w- had a fe, dayo; flow nt ime at Ohio and "XOl.r. rn T xo~, for i115tanc >, t)J iowntim · \·\'aS COIH ntr< efl lJa'>l' all on • ro. 23 lia hin . O n tlw t mad1.in <: w w ·r • ju t g t f i llg t'>tabli h d Wit.h ll \' gFH p 0 1' g1adts tlr ,- rvi . . \ e a • in • , ood p os iLiml. 1 J con! inu to get u r ha:.r d{ th avaib bl bush'l . ·. 01 k1 ow, tl · r ,'s rwnnou;-. ro. m fo · gro \'d. in th.i, . \mcrican I on my f Ollt'S. A mi f r >1 saE in b ' licv. nv th a t Ch::unpion will gr o' with it. 3 • I J I ' l i '\ nKG H \I . at the L.l.ft or the d. V, frank. ki .· s hi> wife gO!: dl ve. while K r. thcie ' ~it~nger daugl tcr, ea<rerly al •ait a hu.s h tn dMl. I· ra nk u,uath arri •es at hi tl ·J. at the ll1 1ana 1 . f><'l' 'mn-pany abollt · 'ghc nnlt 11lls ar . m:tdc n the '3'\' to w rk. All Champions depend a great deal on men like Frank Mayberry, because, as he says, ·. tt ' M osT •OLK who work at T'he Champion Paper and Fibre Company bel ieve afteT a while that th ey constiwte a part of the b st pap r 1n.ill in th world. T h at oHlel be tn1e. And some even get tn thinking that hampi.on i the r-mly paper mill jn the world, ::.jmpl b cause iL'<~ a major part of th ir live · . .frank ·M . . b rry an knock th i.s la st b ] ie£ foT a Jo p - t e se11$ paper. . nd a Jot of it is Champion p.ap r. " I look at it thi way," ::tid Fran a~ he sLro I l:.r)ward hi') car p9 k d 0uts:id the lndian<l Pap 'r o nqJ:.m y in Indian a pqli s, "H1orking· ~or Tnd:iana, I feel like 1'rn a Yat k ·e ba11pla yer as [aJ a$ the pap r bu,.inc:.s go .s. r d hl'{Jlher, ·you <'atl ' t ~c·1 ] in th at kin.d o( comvmy with l:nd1 lca~t.~ . papt:r. "YDu\.t' got Lo hJv a tqp-notrh pt od11n bo .;how tn your W,l ()H J€t'S • . ' llfe. r sell C hampi01J pap r. lm1 'Wt' ha11d I ~ 11the . paper.~ Uw, ynu st· . " He started the fqrd 'Which s.i•o'"'ed . igns of h. HI u. g , aml pu ll ed ;;n-vay f'ro·m Lhc cud:.~. On the :-iC'at i ,1tlc him W<l~ a sn'lall box. "See thjs bo ,'' h aid hoJJing it np fot' a ntomf'tlt. 4 • l ' HR · I C \J.L ot the day fur fJ , nk \Lt) ll(TI), ~a l mau for the .l•tdiaua J'vpcr rnllr n.y in l11<H, u :~ po·li . \ l;'i' to fl th· t' tlil:' ord. ·1· l':<m tai uc(l iu t I •ox nnd I his ;11 r.tJ , ]' ra I!}. clli Vt't.t:f! ardos "'-~ a . fa\(11' ro his 'u tom r. •• • H .-\\ L ·c; CJIL K I~ D Jl\ at t ile nffice, Frank look~ at a new print(;d ~llmplt~ of Cliampion'F \1\' dg- 1\ tlfK.l OffscL \1a yiJ<>rq i:. t o 11 r i. n < t• d 1 h a L pape 1 duC:s11·1 s::l l it-dl, a11d he :j. (IJIIlitlUa J J} 011 tl\e [O<Jk ( Jtll for n e\~ ''a ~ of J.ei'p· in~ a <> hr:c t he loH! !tis cu>l.(!lliCT'>. Hi~ ompan • I ndian;J l'apc1, h ''''C of m<~ny papeJ 111 f>r c 1, ants ha~tdli11g Charnpiv11 P:t p ada he ro tJ: e pl·e sroom fo rexnati al Pa u.le\ ·. in Indianap 1i . Frank ta tes tb at indi\' iduai perf rman e at the mill an m ak:e it eary or tougl• on the alesman. _, ' ( ! . / I • -- r A T TfU~ L IBLL~ - 1 )J 'S !4I J1UAL Jn. tt l n ·c .nmp, ny it~ Indl.an apoli , Frank plmn ~ the ol'fke b Core taking au onlcr. Fumk \ a~ a bl · t.o !live his cust orn r. d fin ite rl<·li very da te for a .1<:1 fi€' 01 1· r (!Jf CllarnpiOn ' fnV I flO f) lndcx. ' ' THE BEGli N LNG of a " n1 sh ord e•r'' con>es wher:t a printer i in a jam . Fr<1nk. phones tlle office of Jndiana l':lPer from a ctl.'tome-r's pre.~ roonL t GEORGE JONES ha ing taken h 11 k 's call , phones Jack Blackwell at ·ampion in Ham i-lron to s.ee .if t11c paper requ es te f i'> in s tock. ft IF YOU wJ~RE To 12:1:: Frank Mayh rry in a cro\ d, you'd never ingle him out as being ·ale man. · He' · re en·ed and er sinc ,re ·wh n. he' dealing with hi cu. tomer ·. The like him. Frank i. jrnply th ,on of fellow that you' l want to ha v - as a friend. and the same hold true for hi famil t - a wife, tt<\'O daughters < m'l one mall kitt n called " Buttercup." b :M ayi 'rrys live on a shad street in Jn !ian poli , .\ FTER CHE KC 'G, J a.ck repl.ie that Champion dll be abl to fill the ottler - <~nd. deliver i·t. at the time requ ested by th cu torner. • ·I N T H E .E V EN l N G l' rank attempt t.o ruap out the n ext d ay's ca Us. Kit, his daugh ter, and " Huttercu p·:· the fa mily kitten , have other id eas, however. Like many otl:ler salesmem, Fra nk fi nds th at his da ys " jost a ren 't quite Jong enougb.' ,. . . . ORDER FILLED on time, the printer starts hi run . Cb.amp ioq's sa les la ·t year, about 129 mill ion, were d'll.e to t[uality products, dependable service and mill sched uling - as well a top-notch sa lesm.en like FTan.k l\·fa)'berry . ., • C0.NTINUED • "And that's where Champion, as a company, has other bea t. Like I said before, it's all gOotl pape.r - but Champion is a good, solid company. T h ey sell u · ,.vbar. we want, when we "varn it. It means a lot for me to be able to let a nrstomer know when he will get hi paper, what sizes he can get, and, of co'Urse, wh a l tluality he can expe t. "That's wh re cveryon · who warks at Champion can he'ip n1e sell ~he sheet that he .makes. rf 1 [ woti · a customer one thiJ1o', nd he ge ts something else, h ' · goio,g to shy away from Champion pap.er on hi · nexl ordec lt's ~ irnpl c , r ~. ll , . vVe d pend n th iodi idn a l p rf.on'nan · of each and ~v ry Ch i·Otl t th::ndc-t· lJp Ct alln , fe· ls ~ Joll of )Jilprr lh it J IIJ . \lick), l ike· JliUh ~ g<wl "'P •t<Jtm s, WHI:.dwo; c;li<"full lnr wrin k l•·<., Ill' Ot ltc' ! <ktc· t> "'hkh ml~)Jf· J(J ;.tll: tho mllR tl hi s nJ ftl.hlne :liHI t ;flt ' • exlra Wii ~> l . it. lill)e, m:•t t r i: rl t . HU' CH ET' Cr\1 L T ffO 11' 'l0 \/ .or rlw c. •nlin,l IJid i•m nt ~tkt ~ <J fill I dt ·~<.k M l;k;rrlwd J a rdw, od p11l.p lwi·114 1ldivet t rl to hig-h d u ~,il)' sun age. '),'hi is only OJ~ .,{ IlK m . Ir e· vatching !'or wrinkJ , or m:wbe s p1i~ee. in th<: rfJlJ. Allowed to run lhrough his Sblpercalender these detect) w uld mak.c an impr sidon in th calender roLl - th ·n maYk hi'l pap r. . \ nd ''\ r.in k.Je mark " mean wast I pa1 'r, often lost time. Of course this isn't news to Car.! "Mickey'' ~ f o't~. operator on 1 o. 4 Calender at Champion'; Ohi Divi sian. Nor is it new to tht: ( lh T operator , \ 'ha t i intere ting to Mickey is the fact that '''a'>te in hi d - parun nt ha b een In ore than. cut in half in the pa t year. His concern primarily is in No. 4 Calender, ju. t as o ther calender rnen are interested in tb eir machiu :-;, And therein lies one of the key Lo cuuinv· co~t - the care and sk ill w h:ich each individual op rater applies to his own parti'cular job. Here's the way Mickey looks at .it: '\1\'hen you ge~ rigb t clown to it, I like a 'good run ' a well as the ne t gu y. If I can put good paper on thi a lender for eight h ours, I'll have good pro luctit n and low wr-~. te. Bur you see, it d oesn't alway come to ns that way. "I Have To Watch It Real Close" "Th ere's tim,es ·when the ha e trouble on the p<q r machine, and we get pli e and wrinkl s. Then 1 h:.tv . to watch it real clos . I try to ke f fron1 Jetting m · ro lls get marked up, a riel not sl b an , m 1 than I have tt . I s' po e th at's the be t way to cut down on broke.'' arolina's Carl Thompson, for Of'H:·, wou'fd unfkr:t< nd f ickey's 1 oint nf vi w. For , ltho tt nb th ar ]ina Divi- ' . i.on' · new ha:r dvvDod bleachin<:t sys teBJ i operated largely hy aut matic con~rol , n11ooth fun tioning of the department requires ale.r;t and killful operators. Carl and hi mat - · must clo ·ely observe the final thickenino- oif the hard,,vood bleached pHlp as it is deli ·ered to high density torage. Thus, as in many other functions of the 1nill, Champion who are "working , marter'' team up ' ith the company's new and modern equipment to reduce the unit cost o.£ its products. At the Texas Divi ion recently, the girls on Cecilia Dicker son 's orting Line et a n e:w record when, by applying ome of the techniques they have learned in recent months, the · sorted papJer at a 65-unit-hour rate. "'We don't figure sorting costs are in line unless each tyiJ-1 reaches a 60-uuit hour," says Cecilia, "and, o.f course, e·very unit hour that we can make above that, the lower ' our fi-nal -orting o t will be. In the e times, cmnpeti-tion i: forcitJg u to cut e ery corner we .can . "Chau1pion has to compete with many competitors ' n price as well a on quality. Our company's costs must be uch that th e competitive prices will allow a reasonable maro-in of profit; otherwise, I do ubt if we could )tay in bttsines very lono-.'' These girl · also ha-ve a big hand jn the intponant comp titive facto!" of quality. ''Throw a:way too mud) paper," e. plains Jobn Hacker, foreman of Sorting and Fan-Count, "and ,.ve are adding· extra c0sts to the pap r . Therefore, H 4 girl fi'nd ' a consistent flaw in the pa per, a'nd call her fol-elad y, th information can be BOB6Ll\ GARNER. left, anu ecilia Dicker ott are two n ember of tbe Sorting Line wh ich r entl e t a J-lew pr dnct.ion rccoxu at the Te as Divi sion. Their -kills a lso · help to m .i otain the qual~ty o·f harupion paper 11t a high level. taken back to the source of the difficulty where it can be corrected immediately. This quick a11alysis reduces waste and helps keep oUJ: costs on a competitive basis." Another poitJt of view is expl-essecl by BueU "vVhitey" Huber of the Ohio Division, who was awarded $100 this year fm an employee suggestion. His idea was ro fit small collars on calender roll h eads, thereby . aving the heads for re-use. " Looking For Easier·, Better Ways" ''It's a lot less work for me during a day," \1\Thitey says. "Those roll heads must weigh 150 pounds and ' they're 1Jard to handle. The edge are sharp, and with that weight it's easy to cut your elf. Now these collars only weight 45 pounds and th ey're easier to handle. "S'ure, I'm looking to save the compan y money, but I'm a.lso looking for easjer, better w.ays to do my job. "As far as Champion goes, I think it's a good polic to try new ideas and put new methods to work. _That's the only way we're going to stay in business. I know, because I've got a farm. If I let my fer~ces get run down, m.y buildings go to pot and my fields get in bad shape, I'd be a bad farmer and a worse businessman. "Hent at tbe mill, we've got to K:eep ahead of other paper companies, and new ideas axe one way of doing it. The man who doesn't try to make h:is "' ork easier for hi:msel£, and at the arne time cut down on expense for the company is only cutting off his nose to spite his face. That' all I tried to do - and besides. that check (or a hundred bucks looks pretty good!" TO "WHlTEY'' H .aER, a sugge· tion p nnitting th l ' · USt; of .ro'll head· 1nean t doing hi:: job , . icr and qu .i: kcr - pith a 100 he k pr- se,t1t d to hin b)' 0 cor R-\ke-v. !tis ' upen·isor. T_o Cha111pion. the iJca lU ant a ,a in,. in 1i111 e , m<Hel'i J and monev . • 9 • • The Paper Maker "\·\'lw lllt ~ '"h. 1hnt' ' h; t th . . 11 n~ . - ' J 'f •: 1 maJ.cr. fJn: 1. ·hill<' i~ 11 b l \ - •Jll t .{ u. mJ~t r, l'!ot ju 1 tlw !-'• t ) u'rl' lo"0king ·H. \\'ht.•n it' . tllltltirt,e: .-tc dY li thi,. l'm h:1p[ · n 1 thf' u flljl c-au w·c't ' b th ma ·tng monn. \nd lrwl1 \ har I hl',lf. Ch;.~n pif n did ail r 'ght !:1 t l-i '1 ·• (r o -- tool-. io ll:!'l l , l'\l\Hld l ~l} l Ulli{ I) . lil ll lo K11t) · that th('n' · a }{)t < f 1 art-: to 'cr. udth. lt'/. JllY j b to l.n< ,- • m alL n 1 hm · t.ht:>·y ,. tk. If 'iOllH~Lhin;.; ~ wtntl .,, 1' e !!Ot l knm · >dtat tO d - and ri ~>·ht nn\1· . • u YOH cnuht r ll m a jack-of- U-tra l e~. I tuww ' ·h n l>~l ti11ker and r ·h~.· n tn 1e.t> her alnm·. T ok 111 • ~)~ear w learn ho\\ t) mnk. paJ er. n\J;ter, b u r it's 1'0 'lh j "You bet "e turn it out. ~fv bud li .s an cl J rnade F l Si3 tons a rla.v hLt Year en,·een u -at all thre divi- _ion 1 mean. h:n'. C3 tOn a da • n:wte tb an tbe year b n e. Yep. ri, ht TO:tmd the l .k we make paper the he t dog'(Toned pap r in the ,,.orJd." ' I Yes, it takes all kinds of p€ople~ / with all kinds of know . how, to rnake a great company like Champion • 1011 n (. I [ IJ· I WJ 1\Htl.: If I I ('lei II ( [ 24 VI! 0 in t h•' < h1" ti , ~<>tl" llhtrltiu ;t•<llll 't!H! 111 j(ll 'n" r r~pJc. r of t11f tn• 1• hu rlt_ o •~ 1lln• l11 · l•t tl>t: niltl< Lt t. I C ll r\ 1\'11 ' 1 0 1" 1s f'lU >I' u . • . That\ th w ·1 -· ~J.O:. I l' l11J lu ·. -~ ol Champion ar·e r 'harded - <~'~ h111n:m beings. r ~, t t' _rd lllltllh<•J s or dcparun uts. or nr:•d in·~, hu t ilHLi · ' idn:d p r. vm~ . S1u·c•, thi ~ c;,on,tpan y Lla. m:tdl-in <'s. plen1y of tiWHI , sO il! (: ()f the hr~Lst in ~h : ' odd . hill it'., rhc JH'"Jill'· . ho run tlu.:o1 d~<~t h ~i\' · nt:td Ch ~m1pi•) n c)l tC ~1 r th e· g1·eat 1\ct lli (.>.; in lht' JMp 1 ilnlu str·y. ChniTipio-u OJ l TiuHT recently '- ~er Dcp.-trtmenr. Tran.~ferred to. l xa -in 193, he.servctfa a d-ime ter .c o.k,cau. ticizing f-o-reman , slnlt foremau. H t 9}0\\' mperill1endent of Pu:lp M ;mu fa to re. ROl'<NIE . f KENNEY, n of lon g· ti rne Chau-.tpion .Frank McKen l1 ', joi neu tbe Te ·a Divi ion l nspccfiCI!1 Departm.ent fotu ' ar ago, l•a · Wlil;rked a an insp · Lot for tb pa.st )'€:.tr and a 11, II . H.e i~ PlOW <1 11 . inspe tc~r on :-.IQ. '(" HUid Jin e. Ronn-ie. lis t<ri[c and nvo cbili'lren tiv at 218 OLlth 8.poone'l', Pas ra.n on tn\ o\ n 1.kp lllll n t '\ tl ll nm · h )Wit i . I 1t th i., ' •holt' <dmpnn · i ' ndll\tl i'11 ret Lit ns 1in IP l - not ju't ou tkp rm 1H. \\'h !' \\ ·ll, ru tell ou. " ·eem li1. it . t.uttd Lh.n w· '' t' en I { d · 1 . g-at I l · ' an iudi \ id l.tl hct . \\ c ,trt·n·t ju:;t .tnt II litH-e - w 'tt' pe 1pk·. 9.0:.i penolt !' in th "hl>lc comp<111)'. n \ ·a\ , that·~ the \\':lV Uh lllagc m nlt lHI' ,tl\\:l} ~ r lt . . \:' ·r ha: changed. · ln ')Ul departm 'Dl. w nnkr ba. kcthall ant.! l ndL- 11 ti -ket f r lnl1.~ . order lie n ·e plate , a rra ngc trip o tl1e Cincinnati anten. ' ·itb thart ered bw.es :wd ' 11. et'_ ~ce . \-hal ch' . l l1 ~ c · . there' a ll th bowling team and ba 1-.etb Jl ::m d s~l ft ha ll team. . T hen there's the ·.en i e partie in the ~ uuuner. Do ·ou know that he e in hio there'. o ·cT '00 in our Old Timers lub? ·· .an't for6rr.P. t the Familvi Picnic eyety vJ e:u, either. Guo· abou t eycryouc bring · the wife and kid . ··co h. 1 ould o on all night telling you about -hat e on around here. You know, each division ha a recrea tion area- here it's Thomson Park. Fiftytwo acre of ground 'with grill , picnic table~ , cabins. , lake . a n ic pot for a picnic. You ·ee, all that goes through our department, and more. That's why we're called Ohio Di,-i ion Emplo ee Services. I guess." The Good Neighbor "Yes, sir, that's what I said- a good neighbor. .Ju t luok around this company a little bit and you'll find that our f lks a e as well know for being good ·itizem as Cham ion it~elf i'> for being a good c rporatc ithen. " You'd think a fi rm tl ta t e mplo y~> 9. 0 ~7 p opl - p · oyJle who earn d ab()ut 48 million dolla 5 last }Car could affo d to r>st on ib laur ls. \ hy, top rna nagct) ·nt (mild point Ollt that fm n c ]jn~ 1H lftill ion d01lar~ ror 1 uman nergy into three c:OJ)lmunities i. ht illg 1H:igl1 borl y nr>Ug-h l "But t l. al''l lltJt tll ' w;;ly it wor · ~ <lt 'hawpi1m . You' ll find everything £row .th ·,mayor right dow11 to a P.T. t\ . prograrn chait rtJan wor inK h re. lntQSt ' t'I }OJH' tak ·~ pride in dr-,ing hi · !'.httr fu1 th • wnlJt iUllil) . "A tu lly, tlw cotnpany (·nco ttJagt<s ih fo l :; w I t· a Liv in ivic a lf<.ti n. nd h's n >t ju ~t l1 p .,t 1\ ice eitlwt J'v gott n 6me off on .cv l!-11 f ,,jom wll 11 J'v(' lwl'll busy wiLh commlmity p ojeet~;. Oth s I ave done tlw sam thing,. "What' mor , coo1m1Jnity, for n 12 • g00<llwighborlineos:s pa r:; •, nd for h,mpi n." uff - fo1 Llw (.\fU \ . IJ \II / . 1 11! ~ 1tnwu ,tfld I\ II lt~t1 l atJI<lllg f )()ll, llnl ' ' •n ( · h a ~ttp intt'>. I" '·" ' ,,,,d t n~ ·•1 lh• 111il l rr, " '•" .tgt• He h,> l>t . 11 'HI p i " ) d i11 th(' ( ul• •t {( ool (tl n •ri l.:~n ·l ~l trWI! I Pfllrlli '"' tl ['It ' ' nt tw i 1\0 t ls.i llg ,, , ,,. ., ta ut ""II' t 1 i•nr iu th r I • tlu tn,.t I{ ·b111011 Dt•p .l ll mt nr' , '<r li< • •·tt io 11. 1\ lr.T ' l 1'.\C. 111 .1' , S. tl •". (.,.,, tal Offi ·,., J.w , ltntg h " tl atril <' it Jf.t JII iJIIlll\ (!l•l lttl ll llit . a • it'-. i\ p; t.'f · JliP'L(k n t of tlH• l\ i1v:1IH' ( luh, h t: i'i 111 " 1\ t .ll l l u f tli r ( il tc r, ,,i. · \ ~!>(l(i:tlion , 011 t tll l''l. 'ttl tiu· ho HI •JI tiH• hllt l l.tnJillott Bn S Ottl t:<JHmiJ, :111 l a mcnthco ol !1 1!' liutkt Coot 1~ Rq>u h li1 :111 J•.x •r uli \'1: Cntnt.nitl cc. lip tdl! h • ont • it 0 yt·al' Clia&ttpwu in <. ctu h<' t . , CGINTINUE·lil J E J 1 WELl. is a c ns · r\'::ttion fopster for the Caroli na Divi.si u. He ret r s nls Champion ir the .Ruthc\·fMcl. Goct'nt}' area, wh re he i caxr ing ( ll t a 1 r~g ram of dn ;LtiO!I and service o p1 hat \rood lot op ra tors. His <.htLl, C II )' \< ell '>. i a Carolina hn111pion Old Tiruer. H ER.lH.R J Kl:'\ , \'\'ATI i;j • on · o[ 3 0 -t~ 101l~• 'C'> a1d < l 1h roug l1 nt the ••mparl · la~ ~e ' · H< is 11 IW a m. •!ntl~ Jt::tn< e lll 11 i ~ion. Hi'\ t lad, ( ,<JHhm waus. is emr.ln) d m til l•irli lling Dep lllllt.IH, hi I J~Olh !· Gotdun . fl., i<> .a papA<: iuspettur, artd h i i ~t er, Jtntn• ~ Waits, is eruplo ed in tb For· Lr Offic. . The Forester ''VVhcn 1 was a ttending high school, I never dreamed that one day I wou ld be a onservatioo forester for Champion. Even though my dad. had been employed by the Carolina Division before I was born, 1 didn't feel that 1 would ever bewme a hampion myself. "But th n I attended a 4-H Forestry encampmenL, sponS( n·ed by Champion, and that sold rne a 'bill of goods.' Upon graduation from high c hool 1 was quite interested in Clampion and its extensive ioPstry program. I entered college determined, if possible, to become a foresteL "Through the Cooperative Forestry Training Program; sponsor d by the State College and industry, I was able to work for Champion six months in both my junior and senior years, which greatly h elped me to finance n y college work and which resulted in my degree in forestry . thanks to the cooperation I received from Champion. "Nowadays, I get a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction frona helping private land owners with the management and overall improvement o£ their private wood lot operations. "As a conservation forester, my major assignment with Champion is one designed for greater educational and cooperative service to those who produce pulp wood. The way 1 look at it, it's a good job- for a good compan~." The Apprentice • "You know, it's a funny thing! When I graduated from Canton High School and did a hitch in tbe Arm , I thought 1 was finished studying. Heck, I just started learning. You see, I'm one of the 300 additional ern ploy€<es put on b Champion last year. "vVhen I first came here in Februar ', 1953, the put me in what they call th Tran fer Pool, where I worked at different jobs in all parts of the plant. Mo t of i t wa hard work, but I didn't mind 'cause the fello·w here are friendl ·and "Y to work with. "In March I applied for Appr ntic Training at d took tl battery oE elc tion tc ·t . hq, e t $~ · along with my high school r cord, work records and int rv.iews, must ha c jndi -ated that r'rl 1 suitable for 1 p nti e Trainjng b - cau · I wa ace ·pt d and o "gm m training th laH ·r p<n-t o · · 1 a1 h. ''For the past 16 months l'\· b 'en wodJr1g , a maint - nan nrc hani with ·\ rious 6 ·ot;~p in all part' of t11 mill, Jn adJJ tion tp this m-th -job training, an a ppr n ices tt.en t Ia 'i tJu (,: h ur ea h Wt;ek to ~wd . ' lbJ' crs lo 1' reiat d to th i · ork. T go a jol HOW in tl R.M. and C. D panm nt re, '~hile nnaining an le o f Lb fiu1 e tu~n<•th. rue llp a ltJT .is Che . ter Jeane. A~ ElGH1 'l J)JGI- ST · R, which b a!Jlc pan o( ch r ·xa. lJi• i•io,n thi y·•u, will alll v llie older Hnit!i to I e Lak n " ol'f the lin ·· o ne by one for 1·q ait'> {lo 1 ini[JI'OVeu:telH . Loui L Fori, h t h lpcr, t;.tk· a ,'arnpl from th d .ip; tcr's S<'lt-npl blo~,- lioc. g · W Dl Vl I N 0 I'FJ C. I~ building a.l · c.·as is nearly compl ·· te. IJndet wa-,. . in · l a~ L wlnt cr , the buitrHng is b ing fin! i'!ed thi year. tn th ' lOfej:(IOltnd lll ' Jack fJ;ub.s, a pahtting c r~ ntra tor, ;wd B .1dd ~ Lo h• uo<l. \.on tmction, • "Y· E. , .JR, we'v .had a pre tty buy year." Claude Pace, con truction upe1·~· i or for Champio n's Tc as Di:vi ion, looked out the '\c\Tindow at the b ier, black evaporator down at the (;nd of the road. "Thei:e·s o ne uf the project we'\· comf leted tb.is ~ ar. "Thb wasn't the bjvo:e t vear we've ever had - · 1 ' "'. ~es~ that woul.d have b-een ba k in 194'0 and -ome of thme year when \ve put in ro. 22 ,\lachine an 1 late1· ·o. 23 and To. z~. The fa st job ()Ur own c mtruction crews did saved tbe com] any a lot of mon y when we pul Lbose tna h.incs in - d e to a mi ll icm doll'a1cs. '"But ' · ·v~ <;ur~ kept going his year. t1 o. Som •time as oon a I cotne io in the norning, tbat r hone ' <;tarts ringing, and from th u ( n \ve ne r t p.'' hart, graph" and blueprints litt"r d bjs de.sk. " \I e k ~ep a runni1 g hart o( "ve ythin g we' r' doing at Ll en:rytl. ing <:omp1eted, trJg thet with c.o upl lc r ports ot e\ e , j lJ ,~e· e on at th ~ rJr¢ ertL The 're not 'rut tape,' they really keep u up to <Jate." . laud Pace 1:1ras right. Ke Jing tab. on m.illiOtJ ot olla w rth of omr u tion · no ca y task. £·or xa rnple, b caking the who.le :h.ing dJ)wn to b(>W th }J!.:fl t on t1 e '' •• fourth stage for the B Blea h S · tem ~ this wa · all part of the p roject. . Claude cont iiJ ued . " I rue we're pretty ·well on ch edule now. orne th ing have ro be 1 ur IT, I ut when we get ready to go n a big projc r, all of the cre-w are pulled in t work on that one job . Lik · tl'-e barking drum, and the \Voodroom j b which we'll be tru'ling very -oon. '·Once a job is done, we don't hear to mu h ab ut how it i doing in pr dt) tion e. cepr ·when we mak minor acl ju ·trnent . But beli ve me, i . it wa n't ri?'h t, I know w 'd hear ai>t ut :it! · "The ·way I'm taJkin , its md like ·' 'e ju st ut in nc' ma ~hi.n ry and hui1dir.tP's. B~ut that i ll ' t alway the .as , J n " look at what we 1 . m last year o rl n nnal additions ;;u l rep la. m nL. •{ 1:e than a milli n doll. rs. 'IJ at\ what 1 caJl TO~;.in g- dclinn and st ill kcep,in,.?; up \! 1: at 1; c' 'C g_o t! · ''YO'U\' got tu rct1a m er that th t:hing w ~r · fi.nish<:d t di(t r ·m tim . , lik the d i .,. · ~ · <; b ·k in January an1J th · '\V · h 'r R nlTi just ~t ccn~pr · ol n1<)pth ago. :'But that <.Jo .s-n't u1 '<.m '"'e l·t ut - it just ceor like 1-ve g() on bl)lJuil'Jg - alw~ :. buill.ing . m · ll i.n u.--w for C.ha pion!' CONTINUED ON N~ T PAGE ' l • • • l TB :vt~OC PARK P \ VlU N all-cady has lx~en pn.t lu good u,· h • thousa.IHh of .h<Hhpiv\1S. 1 t proyide a dining ~'ten la 1 g o: enou~rh 10 ac<"ornm y that's willing to lay it ot1 the line tO keep its pruduct aheacJ · the pa k, and a ere'"; of men that ~r wiJJing lO pitch in and wmk toge ther. Why, )'O il nc:ver ~:;a·\ · an thing htc it --~ 01illw ighr'>, pip ·fitL 'rs, electricia.n , con ttuuim~ t 11 € 11, rcsc--,rch n \.V.S, machine rews . Gu s I'd b t t r l'>lOf> I lot 1 g t c rried away. ··w.e had ~ lot of oth er prnj ct gojng 011 ·wound b re, too. l n the Ca!it Coat Dc:partLnc•H ttlc)!l , ome 232,000 wa · :.pent last y ar. M·o t ( that w ·nt for n ·w e pxipmen(. I believe. 16 '' Then we did a lot of W()rk on Nos. 5, 6 and 7 Paper Machines. ' 1\Te put uew clryers and new jordan on No. 7. If I remember 1·igh.t, that work cost lot: to , 400 000 - on all tho e rnachin s, l rn.can. ''You know I've th01~g-ht abcJut it a lot- all th . r mOn<'y. And every ti rne I w m.e ba k to the , (m~e conclu. ion: uhe more modern our t;q\lipm.ent i:. th ~ b tter a .s] ot I'm in_ " :T mean rn >, p .r ·nnaJ l . My job t.vouldn·r be worth a nick 1 - andy, UJ · w >tdd n' t cith r - if Cha rnpiol'1 w::ts nm dO\ n as far as cqu ip n1 m g0e . He k let's f c, ir. . uy ·om party's jn b usinc ·s to ma.ke a bu 'k. and the . . ' hctter !.Jfj th cot ·tp. (t · js, t:.he b Ltcr off l <:HTL I don't k n o~\r al o u t 't>U, bul its worth !1 Jot H rn · tn hold lown , job wid.1 a ·nniJ any Lh<~ t '. on th • ba ll . . . There l trf.J a:g:ain. Hut ~m \.\'ay, T got it 1 H rny h .st. '"H y, l al rno"t foq.,ot. ' Vha t. ahotn the n \>\' p. vilion a,t 'l h:o n on Park? Onr b:oys c 1n:t p l <!>~:od it· .i n. r Lffi' 1 ti11 la t StUlnH.:r . Ta lk ab HH nice "POL"'- th a t ' ' a d ividend to elll plny t' ·, t b;H jJ l1m pmnps. I <~ve Ei hel i. s_hown in th ba kgrolmcJ. AR HJ£ :\1 ORE places a harrd 0,11 nne of LWo n _ jo dan In talled fur Ohi"''s Xu . 7 :Paper M:u hine. The Hew jonl,mfi, ;d011U with a ffil!Glt:tll tile madiin · dl('!:>"'., ,, Llle kiud Df up t(;HI!lt.'c J;:tjllip· ment 1-1h.kh cn<!.bJe.o; Gbainpi>n l ~ keep :rhrea t uf il wn'!Jp.cl·ilic)JJ . Ln aQdition, uod I'll cont1 ,,J:s Lake much of t-he gtt >S I ' rk off t.h~ ma bjn . t nder's sh(mUh s, mal>.ing his job :o sieJ. OUT. TANO!t G PROJECT of the ye;1r at Hami.lto11 wa<> the moder ni zation of No. 9 Pap r Machine, which meant au oul.l ;Jy IJrLtcr tluw th rce q1ntHers of a rn ill ion dollars in the last fisca I )Car a lo ne. Millwrights ''rc in ~f Od. h.a J'd work for cp-n ' U'ttction JUCll lil~ e .}4:>1 n .\:hJ litt, pkLill'l."d al9ovc. .Most oL tbe impr V:C!ll HI rn~_,jj . dvriug th p >~(')l y ·.u· ,,- ~,re done l~ y Ch, mpio!'l 'mpl.oy ·~- 'tan ltng 011 a. 5-ca.notd. John nse a powe cl.rill to drill d r " hole$ iu a steel beam. ONfiNUEI) ON Ni.Xt · P~Gf 17 - ' , • • row1n~ , '' • CONTINUED Several major improvements add to the capacity of the Carolina Division's Pulp Mill N W Wl.NDER-5 on Nos. J3 and H· Paper fachin • pct•tn it. mur accurate s(iHing and windiug of rolls, and hav u 1 down ·On 1 a te in ·ev ra·l ways. f. A. Cannon, third ha11rl , ;~ ut th nut10l~ ul o. 13 Wind•:r whflc Bohlly f <.>c ''\f(·a e kds til rol.l OP :.RATOR GORDO, ·SH J\RJ' is ~ h m•n -~ r.h · amlinn Blvt si tl.'.s :o:.:111i· 'hew ·iGa l Pl :mt. This depnnm nt hu ll'H lnp "rl stc;tdity am] i · now prodt1cing a p1 etnh1m qnaLit pulp. 18 "J. ~1' T-K · 1 oo\\. ar und yo u. in lwost any direction, a nd ·ou will . ·e owe of th tbin . Lh · XJro1ina ivi ion ha nrupld1ed iu the wa of n ·w t.:on truui0n, nm rna! a.dd itic n an t <' placern nt'> lutin rhc 1 ast 1 ~ month .·~ '>< id Bob A 11t n, ·hi f ronslruc ion o.ngj neer. " 'lt <.unl ion i · a lwap n1 th alert to impr()v d. in o tb . fuma . , and compl .t I bun1 d. 1£0B A, TO. , tb molina Di.vi ijj,c)cl 's hi ·f otl trnetion en · ginc ·t·, i: sbmu1 on Lh op -rating flGor of tb • Hardwood llLach I epa1fJ~ r Jc£. hi·· 11nit , 'hich h:ls r\·pla ' ci ~h old ~ .•t 1n , m<ck ~ 1 os-ible hi b ll'ightl'l.e .s p~tlt of superior tt ugtb, pr d11c ,1 frOP c riou ha1 rh •oo J . 19 GORD-\. \L\RKO\ .\. lndu trial nut~t·. 1-JJmiltt~n"" elL I know · Jot t f prop! ' Jw \\Ill k at Ch.1mpio11 . o 1 had ~t)me n\Oll " to inv . t thi car a ml a 1l m~ friends aid to bu) Ch:unpion , to -k, I ~ca u st' i l \\·as a onod thino-- a g·ood COH1J1:l.l1 . l ll1Llk th ir ad •i1 e . nd t't ~ \;._ ~ y n.1 l.n~Yw, later on l wa. talking ;lhlut bu)ing Champion :o.tlKk: :o one uf the Innse~ wh worl<> \'ith rn(' w nt Jo,n and boucrln 'me t( . l jnst p;ot m :-hare-, in J.t:nttan. but I'll bu~ .omc more 'd1 n l c.n." ('.orda w~s bnrn near Be.: lgrade, Yugo l:n-ia, moYed to this tountry at the age of -1. and i a 1 ng-timc resident or Ham1lto!1 . •\ r ,g -i. tered nurse. o-r, luat rl from , l. Vin - cent h )1 o( Nur ing in Indi, napoli , sh i, employ d at the Fi her Bod· Di ·ision in Ham.ilton. EARL .I\10RGAJ 0f Ha1 1jlton, employ d in Cha.rn pion's General Office: "'i·Vcll, fit t I want d LO own an in te est in the company T work fur. Tlr. ' II , too, CJ1a , l j> ion ~to k pays a r. t 6 p t ~nt returu on saving,, a1 d it has lrad a fin -· rate of growth nv~r th yrar~. A;;; a mauer of fact, it\ djf'ficull fo - nl LO fin I otlrc·r ~tock I have as rnuch conHdcnc~ iu, l1 rauM.: 1 know WC' ha c a good L am. Whe l stan 'd l uying tock, I I ()ught Champion wa~ , go d. i1 vc·stn ' Ol, and r 'itill Lhjnk it' a g <din estment." Earl sla red (I} work in (tUlUIIin~ ,1L the ' rolina Di,·i:.ion in 19:tl he rnov d t•> I r.uniltcm in J 938 and n •w i $ l l pc1 v i or ()f ( · Cller;ll Sd1 ·dul i Hg. He ic; one 11f tl found •rs of lm•·'i tJn tH . \-.~()( i tes at HamiltOn. 20 I 1 - • • • The Hlnquiring Reporter" interv.iews some of Cha·mpion's shareholders J UST A YEAR AGO, th€ Inquiring Reporter as~ked a number of Champion emp~oyees, "vVhy did you choo&e Champion- as a piac to work?'' This month, the same question is given a new twist and asked of the wmpan 's common shareholder : ""Why did you choose Champion~ as a place to inves t your .money?'' BtH fir t, a littl . about the shareh Jlclers themselves . '"fhe1~e ate §1.,66 · £ tfiera, anJ they 01A'D £.204,000 common slu-.res. many wom Il nr adng . At th .sa:tn time, 1 figuved Champion was a · ·oo.d In $lm ·nt in the h 1t.urc, and now t'nt gla l 1 we:n.L imo it. • ·lso, l thin €hampi.oll. will < lwa '·· be a .g(l ()d c a1p<,).n bo in:v t .in. It' the onl ornpany I h ld tock iH." H ·nr is · mern bcr of Hou ton Investm ttt A~ :<Kiate ·~ an rnploy C-$tockh lei r gr up. Born iu M~)!l·al · s, Te. :!l.s, h " ent to work for the T 'a lli ision as ''t l ~bor. r in 1939. N . w h lock for a ntunher ol r. N, awl I lltoltghl it wou l<l b<' inl TL·sting to lind out wh. t th -, lor·k Jtt ~ll kcl was lik '. But as I !) why l ptekt.:<l ~ h ampioH, w ·11 . ~ cL 1d 'l\'ork '<l there for i or ~H ·ar' umil I L· t t•tit ed Lt :.t fall : i\t ly uwthe1 \Vol k •([ th re be lnH· site wa~> lHillt icd. Awl I h;nt· a t<wpl • of unci " <llld half ;1 d o;cn uHt"in~ at lh l' lltill. Su I tlwughl it WtHihl I~< niu· tn h ol. '>IH· aa 11dvd !i;11n i lJni nsiL anti hHC'l tutJk .t g<'lll'l a! bu ~ i11 ' " t tWl ~c at Lll f' 1-huuillon Bu-.t n ,<; C :o lkgl' Sl1 t h.t:s ht'l'n t' tnployt•d • t th ' S . out! Nalio11:tl Han · ol lb.tllil l<m lor the pa.,l thr yea ts. D_ ~ \ . FOSTER, a druggi t in We t she ille, N. C.: "I purchased Champion Paper and Fibre Company stock because I feel that the paper indu try is a fast-growing one. Why, in our daily living we are using more and mor e paper product all the time. Then, too, I know that Champion enjoys excellent management-employee relation hip . This, I think, i one of the gr eatest asse ts any company can have." Dan is a native of North Carolina, ha ·ing been born in the Leicester ection of Buncombe County. He i a graduate of t:hc University of North Carolina chool of Pharmacy and has been a druggi t for the pa t 26 year··. He owns his own store in \! est A he ille. SOL LEFF, Pasadena clothing stor owner: "I bough t my Champion stock in 1952, b t.tt I'll tell you one thing, I wish I'd bought it a lot sooner. I think it's a wonderful buy and I'm just proud as punch to be a part of such a company. My advice to any elJlployee - and if I were just tarting to work for the com pan -would be to buy a share of Champion slock every month for retirement. I tudy the market a littl , and as far as I'm concerned, Champion is among the ery b st buys anywhere, any time." Sol was born in Poland and m.igrated to New York, where he sold new paper f r six years. He opened a whole. ale house in Hou ton in 1919, and moved to Pa adena · in 1 39, where he started a general store. In 1948 he turn ed it into the pres nt men's furnishings store. ' I 1 • J To start with . THE · 1 'T ~ IK who bu •s rhi r U of milk. c llUtHH' t' I rd will h lp t pa · ""'mu1pi m ·" ta e. . u ·o ~+an ' ' pa · it t .·e, of ur,, witt m 11 y it o· ·t fn111 tlw ,:,:.tl f ur pr du t . H rc .Jiti1ey Drh cr Bill \ Vil. on, f the , rolina Di\·j-· n. t re ar to , hip . r . U of ontain r b 1;u-d b in · ld t Dair ·p:tk. fn( . m nuhclUJ.'ers o( l1'l '1k carton . I - rt of the pri ~ of thi · bn. rei will 1: u d to 1 ay hampion·s taxes. B u t t h a t i s j u.s t the beginning . THE CONVERTER, lfke Champion) pays its bill<; with the mrmey it reL·i ~s frlilrJl custom ' C'>. T hese wilk ar {(JJ1 ~, bt:'n. produced at Dai:VYJ a.k, lnc.; will I ~ sold 1.0 on· (Jf its claJ1·y ClJ'>tome " - and sn tbe d~t iry • u ·m will, i11 the l an ~·· n 111, h lp to prodnc tlll TlltH Jey hat pay<> CJ arn pion ·.~ ta xr·s. 24 ! • .;,. : ~ . i. ~ .t ~<f.~ .~ ~ _;.· ' "· . ' . ~ ~ d ~ . , ' . .,_ I . . • • f ! . surprise you! ~-r--~ --- 2 --- 5 --- · --- ~ --- ~- In the next place • • • TH.E DAl RY elL it product, lUill< i)ackaged in Champion paper, to its customers. T hese cartons, being filled at Biltmore Dairy }"'.arms. '\>ltill go to a retail grocery. Lik.e e ery other business the dairy opera Les on dollars it re eive from. customers~ o i11:duded in the price of each of these artons of mUk is a fraction o£ Cham-pi. O n's taxe. Now we're getting warm • • • • THE R •TAIL GROCERY, in turn, sells these cartons of miJk (packa:cred in Champion papc1:) to ir cnstQmers. Tlm , the gro·cer ' · u tomer pt~t up the cash which will eventually b.e u c:d to meet Champion's anmtal tax biJI. Thi pictur~ as made at th.e Champion Employees' Swre in Can mo. The d rk · Carmll ToM e. \ -. ~ . ' So WHO actually pays Cha-mpion's taxes? . ·. ' • •. . • I • I I 25 I I ' I J I Actually, it's you, the consurner . YE ', T H ·0 .1 S 1\rEB put' tq tlJ c tsh to 1. a · ,hampiou·.s tax . And it" · the .11 , ~ ith ,, r · oth r . corponui.on. T ake the m nufactur· r · of autt mobil s, ligh t lulbs, pa.int, t . ter r r .n · · Hh r pr d:u ·t ,. >tt can ima, in<::: ' 'l h oq oration pa ~· it · t.axe · (and all it: othu ex pen of doing bu · i ne ) b ' elling it nH:Tch::mtKe to ow rner s. That meat · all £ u - 160 million (onsumer- in the UTlited Stat ·- ar pa ing orpor tion tax ~. A right. th c n ,um r is Hilda Ri e, a "arolina "hampion. 26 Duriag .1953, lJ.S. orporation in ct>m ~all'-':'l a lon ~ amoumed to nearly $2 billion - a hill whi h wa paid. by all of m as co'n ·ume s. tocl· holders, employ ~ ·, jusx as ur 1y a w · paid tr &ales ta. c" , petsonal in ·orne l 't ('S and Sd ial • e wnty ta e ·.· • ' . ' ·' ' ' CONTINUH> · ~nd you as share ~ holder or em.pl,oyee ·STOCKHOLDER AND E:iVfPLOYEE al o hare the tax burden. In manr cases a corporation cannot pa ta increase · on to the consumer in the form of higher price. because it would price its product right out of the market; the shareholder pa the axe b rece1nflg lower arnings on hi invested <Lollar ·. T he empl ee, too, is a ffected when heavy tax s hind r a ompan in expanding and building new jobs. Mark l\ i~e. at left. i an 01).io Divi io·n :rnplo hi · n.eighbor, Bob .Zel1 r, at right, is a Champion tockhold r. :Boh is n ·al , man (or th Goodyear Compao jn Hanrilton. • Champlon'. taxc chis pa, t fiscal &r were ' nv .r 'II millilJl), or eqwtl to l 240 per t tfl ll l-<1 "', H tnxf·. a1 • .high, it '· . be ~a us • Lh rost t ) ( g·overnmcHt is b.igh. T h < nl $()Und wa t:o get ta ·" dt1wn j ln U( our n . J H"~ ~nt1al exrwn C.-s of g'0 \ rnment. . . I I I I f .I I I I I ' I I I I f I t A bird's-eye view of Cham_pion's fiscal year 1953-54 (April 1, 1953 - March 31, /954) -WE RECEIVED . • . .••. •. • .•• • ••. . •. $129,140,000 (}.; And this is how we used the money: -WE PA-ID FOR GOODS AND SERVICES .••••.•.• - 53,800,000 -WE PAID FOR HUMAN ENERGY. • • • • • • . . • . • • 47,970,000 (Pay!'oll, pensions, benefits) ( Tax es) -WE PAID BY ORDER OF GOVERNMENT ••.•••.• 11,210,000 C{) . - WE PAID FOR TOOLS ••••. ·• • • . • . • • • • • • 9,390,000 tj)~ - WE PAID FOR USE OF TOOLS •. • • • •• ••• • .• - 6,770,000 (Debt r-e paymen.t, interest, divid ends) TOTAL PAin .••.• $129,140,000 TOOLS IN USE BY WORKERS ••••. $1 19,300,000 _,__ ~ . /ut-tr . -- CJn:,( . ~ ( T otal assets M arch 31, I 954 J . -- ~4 I • • Now, fer a little closer look . . . Turn the Page 27 I 1 ! CO!'*JINUEO . WE RECEIVED . . $129,140,000 ' . ' ' This is a new all-time record for Champion, and is due to two main causes. First, we made and sold more pulp and paper than ever before; and second, prices were increased sHghtly last fall. - WE PAID FOR GOODS AND SERVICES • • • • • • • • • Wood 01her row materials , . . . . . . . . . . . fta>ein, rosin, st.ordl, chemirol~, etcJ . . . fuel and utilities . . . . . . . : . . . . . . 4,940,600 (fuoJ, · gm, elertricity, etr.~ . Operatrn-g · suffflH'es , . . . . . . . . . • . . ' {Wtr~; felts, luhr.i,onts, et<.) • Pucking wpplies ~ . . , . , . . . . . . . t.t.umb:er, nails, stropping, 't.! tc. .) Repair mofertals . . . . . . . . . . . · Mis_cefJanaous . . . . . . . """ . ~- - WE PAID ,fOR HUMAN ENERGY . We .spent more than a third ( 3 7% ) of all the money we took in on wages, benefits, etc., for employees. We paid higher wages during the year (a 3 o gen ral w g .inrease was made last August) and we employ d more peo'J)le-an additional 29& for a total c-,[ 9,027. 28 As a whole, the prices of things we buy rose only slightly during the year; but since we were turning out more produCts, we had to spend more for raw materials, etc. At left is a breakdown of the major items. • • • • • • • • • • • • · fl€lw m any_ go& ho;w much payt (Bef(;rre ta,wt.s) 38 received more than . . . . . . S20,000 120 received between . $1 0,000 and $20,000 439 received between . . $ 1,000 and' $1 0,000 2,896 received between . . $ 5,000 and S 7,000 4,286 received between . . $ 3,000 and$ S,OOO · *1 ,24'8 received ress than . . . . . $ 3,000 9,027 received . , . . . . ~ . . . . . . . $43,210,00{} In additim1 to the e wa.ges paid directly to aclt .mployee, Champion rrM.de stweral other H-uman Enrrgy payrmm.ts: Retirement Income Plans . . . $3,.600,000 Group ·Insurance . . .• . . . . , . : . . 280,000 Sodot Se n fnmr Ht!tb ,' tl!'r, Jr., hampion·~ piun·s tliT ' • tl- J.or . tJiru w;'s on ll&l1 1"1 i ll Ltt • rune at dinm·r niC ' I' ill!f Sl (t!i, d hy the 'n nd-.'\,1n kr 1 apt.:r 1mparry ol • ·a. hliU. Tu Jumvr th, c' ·nl. D. 1'.1• • nd<'r'-. <~'Ill 1, l'1 • id •nt of the IHJJ>t 0 mp:tn~ , H."(~·hcd a I!Wn t t tn tJt the oe-g m :tal . ttr~ w;magcr. , .''o !h !T \'CT/' C. Blr th•· Bon•t \it p11owien t of lkrrrdSandets, Chant r'ioOu \ it"·l've~M.l nrt 1)1\·[ght ., ]. r hun m, ami. .1: J. :\loctll' o[ Gham· pt<>lt' SL l. 111i OIIJr . \IOIBERS F TH ' .H : a£l'1 ) , ' Sl'P · R\"1.:; R:'' .'\ '\1\iatltul in Olli rolled Nit tlle a:rpct f\ r th ir '~· i , . la, t Juuc w h ~ll the m·ga.ninnion .sta<>ed a "Ladi.e11· •'ight" ar 1l01ll' •n 1\trk. \ sroctg. bor!. foil " d b. •t'lfnta.tam ni fr )ffi ·•c '!0nd" J;:t f. \fajr>r. mad th .• ,. ning llJ'Chabk fnr the "little "i0111("11 . ( r the familv. ' ;: s _[ ;;:. . I 0 --0 I HERB _UT R . JR., g Jt cral a lcr matHtg- ~r , ta lk \ to memb , ~ 01 the n vunpion 11 a n::tg mcnt. te 1n dur ing hi. \1 i( to t.llc Texa~ Di·vision . R pr Cttl al'i . \'<" of the ~t rp :: nl ·t P.ap r .omp; toy a lso m t with H ,rf.> dJ.triug hi~ S'tay in •, <~ S. Ste11lng TJro \' 1 , of tbe Gene tal Office Sa l e~ D ~ 1 at til ent. nn.f'l Di cJ,. Ste"an, of the D.a llas ales Qf(icc, as i ~{ ed wi th tb ' fiv, - -,c~sion ptogram . I ))Otlt3LJ>: S I •:R V I CI ~ ;\ 'j [ Vl'.t'{ r P \ ' \\f:I . OIJ ~f'IH:d Jun· l hy Cit· rlie Lab r. left , and hi' ~i teL 1\fj lti (~ Laturr, IJ t l1 oE Cham pion l hHad I( h i, 'al ' Ollit e. La~Jl r.ecdwd a uiar11ond r'ug for OI ;·nfFRi\ R! JL\\ \ \' ·X f'CIIUie, s p <: tll a rni !·June \1 ·eJ. c•n I .tt 'Lnl. Log;;u a CHt.o l.,i t~a did .iun 11 , rfk tll :lll.l$, •r, II. \, J1 Jdct , YlCt·· pn·sideflt illld diYi: ion flU lUI • , J;:U ·,r of ' h·tmpirm. llttl IIi · P,ll·\.!,1 ~ ;,ttH l lt<N t !l l'f'l on rh ~· !(,d ~ Jln1 C'lt hi ng. Jlu h ~'l e, r·, g ·~·r. :uHI Jul.m T ruitr. gc.nc t.tl l.t':l fli, . ~ n ~ ~ ~t gc1, a r t ' ci as hosH f<;.'l 1 he week o·nd. vhith. l.t n+> b t~;on t e an ann11al e cl\t'. 30 - ,I j I J I ' l •' . . Pictorially presenting Champion ' and Champions in everyday happenings in and around the mill. HOLDING A BIG CATCH C. J. Setzer, J r., ri ght, a Carolina Champion , and his fr iend, Joe Hi11es, di, p1a. sorne mf the big pike they landed cluTit,g a 1·ecent trip to Hiawassee L~tke . T bey aught 20 pike, which totaled more tb.an 40 pound of fi h. Asked their secret, C. J. Hlid th.ey_ ·n -ed ni ght cnu,•\ers 11 11d fished deep. • • ' I t I j I • ' j ' I } \ • Meet the Boss ' ·JH>\ C . ?\" BEGLEY i~ Lhc " Jiltle o·uv with rhe o:re t I i<> tll' iukl c i1' 1 hi s eye; ' ac ording to Jack Mullen in his ":Me€t the Boss·· column . The Delilcon has been \ l' itll Champion (or 42 ·eal' "the Ia. t tl1n e,'' and works now as ni gbL boss machine tend r. B·v j acl~ MuL!e·n / h ':; 5 a .m. on the lntll-dog hilt. The boys in the No. l Machine Room are getting wear y. Their tr01J b1es and the tnonotony of the graveyard tour weigh h ea-.;·ily wpon them. They begin to growl at each other. AJong comes a little guy with a great bjg tw.i.nkle in hi~ eT . H e break into a soft-shoe dan ce and tells a funny joke. Thi breaks the ten ion an l all is tit:rht '"'ith the world again . A prince of good fellow ·, a man among men. That is Govan "Deacon" Begl y, bo s rna hine tender 1n the No. 1 Paper MilL '11e "Deke" has earned the good will and respect o£ his co-vmrkers through 44 years a a paper maker, 20 of thos ears as a bo s. H e first tasted Champion's good water back in 19l0 wh n he went 10 work on the R eels. Aft r eight months, Dea on left for a ihort while btl was 1 r · - a far ·r from Da ton· present "Big en::n" high sd ools. _ ·rb-e local new ot.tllet of the time was young Plor:ner Carers Brain· County Democm.t. One editorial ·iren1 ran Lb.u~l "There m u ~L l ·' a ·peed or lirumce enacted for the regu lation of inter-urban .n l Th way thef;e big cats tear throug-h Hamilton is a burnincr . ha:rr.H:: !" Other items of int est of the da a f und in the Dem ao·at were: the lib:rary trustees purchased the Heisex property at Thixd and Bucke ' Su·eets for $6,000; com- 111 ncemcn t '-Ya hclcl at the Jefferon Theatre.; the city pri on wa condemn d by the Board of Health and ordered cl e<l by .Ma :qr Thomas; the Miami River reached a stage o{ 14 f et; the Sc ldier ', Sailors' and Pioneers' · -''1onnment ~n1s dedicated; the Citizen Saving Bank and Tru ' t ompany opened for business in the Rentschler Building; Jerman .Da · wa. elebrared at the Fair< froun I anJ "Bear" Johnson was killed by "Bud" Stitz at the .Keirh Saloon on Chestnut Street. Another item howing the trend of the tinles was: ' ·Merom, Ind.- Five well-known -women of this town, belonging to the La' '" and OrdeT League, raided a saloon h re. Doors were broltel), windows sina heel and liq_laor piUed on the floor." · Nati nal n w o£ interest was the San Francisco earthquake and fire, in which 452 were killed with a $ ~() n.'lilljon Gr and quake Jo ~· Harry K. T h aw, Pitt burgh :tnillionaire, shot and kilkd Stanford ' .Vhite, on the roof of Madi on Squa:re Garden on the ground ' of a,veRgin.g the honor of his wiFe, Evelyn Te ·bi-r. The Dem.ocm,t lacked a . sport . sectioa. However, ports h.istm ' wa. acmally in the making. • AT HOM 0 . P RK. hampion.' w~to lll er · "dig in" to :i smcrga-sbord et for them. :For II~. 1110 t par t. the guc ·t vere prodwtli<m m n. F tnis. a1 l .ft. autl atiCTHkd b · Doroth} Rc bbin:. Gl.1dys Young. G1· ce immon~. \'ilian Hi~l . Fr:mci~ Jenkin,·. C ia l ·s Sbarp , G(.>n\mlelon Denn~. J uu nila H::tdcli.\., Carrie H11 y and Ada ltarr. "Ti ~-· i · e.\.penin ::1. \i 'il from th ·tork. fried chi cken .and gifts we1·c in a.bu n lance at the C { S rri 11 affajr. A Well · of Mernories By H s Cobb Thouoh.t for the month . . . One morning, during our recent vacation trip .into \1\Testern New York, we took the bo ·s for a drive thr ugh the east end o.f our home town of Lockport. · \Ve drove slmvly through the familiar stree ts; pointing out the home in which ' "'e spent our boyhood, the place where the neighborhood gang played ball every _ da ' until Dad uddenly built a house on the vacan.t lot. We sav.• o much that was fami liar and nostalgic; and · e saw equally as much that had changed. · On sudden impul e we turn ed into Lakeview PaTk ·way, rounded the beautiful oval, and came to a stop at the heacd of the drive. Yes, there was the winding gravel road that led to the springhouse at the foot of the hill. This \·vas the route we h.ad u sed a thousand time as a short cut to the golf course. \ 1\Te wondered if the s ring was still there. "We Walked Down the P.ath Together" So the three of us, full of the spirit of adventure, wa1k.ed down the t ep pathway toget.her. vVe were disappointed to find that the springhouse was padJocked and the pipe apparently gone. Alter a brief seard1, we found the spring water spilling from its pipe rnore than WO feet beyond, on the edge ol the golf course. And we (ound the 'water just as c ,IJ and a , satisfying as iL was ~ome 28 or 30 year a:go. \IVe left the sp1·iug and stepped out unto the wur. e. where we had sp nt i.ght happy y ~ lion:., we stood on the fairway longer tl an we knew, s tlw wan11 June sun dimbecl high in.t) th · 11 av n s. \r e ti"tlked o[ tl.~ings that carne mlling up su<lfl nf}r o 1t of the tHi r.y past wt1 re tJ1l." I ad lain do-nnaut. and unnoti d for many year . . , nd th ~ trang ', int to just h( w hi s feat ·was acc.nn tpli.::hed, ·wh ·tl r throngh a fall, or orn sLight rnisca l . tb t.inn f)( "cud chewing," nr whatever trange qu irk n£ htt:, no or1 ' will ever know. H (n ever. this llos 1 is h tirm bc liev r in the t lt.l adag-e ''The ·how r tust g-o o n." She continu to ea.t gr S'i quite url toncemcd and the tllilk ro lb out in a happy .~ tream . . . 'l '~o more Ca-; t Coat.cnncn have joined the Ben ·dicb recenll y, - the lik a ble n hlete fr m1 Seven JVJj Je, Mel CroHmu'l. and cur ly-l1 airecl Hucl Whit . Bud 's wlte is the former J ~a n Mos · of Mill.'•iJI. . . Big G 'm'gc Sams .i plagued w1Lh a badly sprat ned <HJ.ld ld fireh.or ·e, you can 't keep hin1 o iJ the . oftball diamond . . . At any ·1gges lion tha t he quit foT the seawn, t11e old veleran gives out with his fam ous horse la ugh and poinr toward the right field com er . . Says George, "Nev r f ar wh •n Sammy's h ere." Lee Wehr Revisits the M111 Rebuffing the drums . 200-poun l Claren ·e Steelman, who looks like he couldn't be cut down bv the Grim R eaper himself, is convalescing after being tri' cken with a sudden illness in the mill on July 3 . Former night superintcn lent Lee \1\Tehr wa: a recent visitor in the mill. Lee is one of the happie. t and health.i.e tlooking of our retired. Champions . . Congratulations to the Eli Copes on the arrival of a boy, 10-pound Donald Floyd, on the morning of Ju1y 6, and he nam.ed it after his twin brother . Bud Evans has in "ta1ied the latest waH tiling in both his. kitchen and b athrootn, and has done a b.eautiful job of remodeling. ' '*' * * * Powerbuffing the drum · . Ken 1\lo- er is eujoyin · the summer in hi n e·wly-acquired car which is really a L>eauty . The philosophy of life of 'Wooly \ h itaker, the fellow with the serious look and tlle twinkle in l1is eye, "Can't complain, and wouldn't if 1 could!" . Ca t Coat thank Lyman Brook (or his efforts as a memb r of the Service Association . . \tVe've been fortunate in having fellow . like Lyman and o rl.iss Drake to fulfill this important function . . Jim Lewi · former Cast C at man, has returned to Phoenix AriL. an l his job as a Sears and Roebuck S n ·ice t'd anager . It must be true what th y sa about the Southw ·t . ' Li ll o u t in [r nt by a onntry rnile ·with the car 's b st tan is Ed omb · - Bruth r, he r a lly " li ves ·wi th. it" . . , bi,g- hand to :Rill El>el for a job well lon " a: d rk in the Hi ·whtl Harty Lutkeh.aLtS is vaca tioning . . . ( 1\ I that d) sn't DJ ean that we don't n1is' ou, Harry!) . Congratul"tio ns to Les Hi ghtm~' c r who ha. heen promoLed l · a ~ . po. itio n ~'lS a ~s i ttuH to Elmer Ne·wkit'k in handling tb J1lan coo tpl '' 1 roblercn in e · pnndi1~.g 'ast .oa • op ~ , :uwn, . . . Domino Ma:y Be "Champion" 'atllting d ~ ~ prn , roll , . Eth ··l Kirk ' · pri1.c:-winning 13o xc:l', Domio ), ILa~ been r tired L'Ot' lit ::;umm r . SlL · ·wil l h<' catn pa ig rt ed i:n th · laJl hy the r::t pablc b an II r, Phil l ::~r. h, . b e t~ if. i.s. c.· !! ned th at h. ~-~m :1dcl It eo n r~:: l pTe ll "Chanq>JOJI to her nam . So m:my fdl (n ·~ are joining- the no~:t -smokin g brig-ad(> that 19!1'1 is lik 1- LO be om ~ the " rear t)J R b lli.on a11ain t Sir Wa lrct• Raleig-h" . . And the ' re all dojng it. o T'iJy, ' hich l wves that we II have ~:nor ill ~ --- ? --- ~ --- ~ --- ~ po ver than we think we hav . . . pem an aflcm oon in. Rich ruond , I ndian a, d uri ng ur recen t vacatwn . . . otddn't help but 01mnen l on the low and ea pace o ur Hoo.:ier n eigh bors travel through Ji(e . . . It "';a · Kid ' Da · a t th theater, and on of the 111a in street wa p ra ti cally block d \ ith 1 arked bi c, clc . . . No one eemed a bit con erned . . . tly, My! . . . lf b oil arc worth -<~ apie . t y u, Norman Lamb . h oull be r ich . . . Boy. h ·. had 'em, a nd h 's still got · · ro l . . . T l1e old -fa:sh ion ed kin I .•. AI Cements a Neat Block \Vash ing ou t the pan . . A 1 Staanna n i. o n · of the better cem nt block lTta, on in town . . . 1-:le doesn 't k now it but we're plan ning on hi · b uilding a tlvo-car ga.rag for 11 about l o ye·ars h ence . . . D wey Taylor i. a radio and .~v ·er\'ic Ul an . Ou r recomm.enda tion would imply l thi : \ \ llave ye t to see Dewey d o a job that he 1id n ' t do we ll ! . . . Floyd 'Peachy" ll cknell L becoming· a rabid a u to racin sr fan . . H e n ever ~1 ~· fai ls to tak in th big race at Indian a poli s, and take e 'eral lriJ ca h ' Ull lmer to I ndia n a and Ohio tracks to watch th boy roar aro und tbe u rves in their up" rspeedster · . . Charle McCra ck n's boy Jim will take his footba1l talent to Ohio ' tate th is fa ll . . Dick ' r\!iJlsey made the fatal mi: tak o f fa lling as leep on the sand of Le ounle vi lle Lak . . H is legs v.rere so painful he waddle l like a d uck for everal days . . Among Florida vi i tor; Ray Harri ', former Navy man, who got seasick while d eep ea fishin o- (i t was on e of the r o ugh est outings of the ear); Auvel Saylor, 'Nho brought back a spare trailer if vou're inter sted in a life on wh eels; and Bill ' Kro er, who found the F lorida weath er be tter than the fi hin o- . . . Wes Observes More Cwaz.y Wabbits Family Portrai t.· . . . Jarrell is the ou tdoor man of the family. He ·1 end: a lo t of time watching birds and animal of the fores t, and strange are some o f the tale he tells. 1 10W ' ·e have o ne to tell him . . . The other e\ ening we were i tting by the north bedroom wind w d uring the h o.ur of twilight when all dte counu· ide i. si len t and till . uddenly out popped a rabbit from the ' eed · onto the spaciou s back yard of nei h boT De1'·ey Miller. A few seconds late r, out popped a nother, and then a no ther, and then an o th er ! h first two bunnie wen t scu rrying across the clearing into cover again, but the last two r a bbits boldly stayed i.n vie;; and began boppin g o er o ne another in a strange ame of leap frog for n early half a minute wh ile ·we wat he l in amazenien t. "had s of Flop-Ea r, the Funny R a bbit, o nr. fourth • rade hero of the Animal Kingdom! CHAIR 1 , £R . ' I F. ELS • , righ t, n<l . o.ci:ll · Cl\ai rrr~ II' T Lter is on the market n o\v a new ki nd o f fu se that will n o t burn ou l , c t gi v all the pro tee Li on the o ld style fu se gives. Wh en we recorr11 tended th is new fu se to a friend, he ·aid, " J know o ( a fu se tha t n ever will burn o ut, and .i t costs very lit t le - it is a penn y." A safe ty per iodical, Engin ee ring for Safety, sa id i n a rece n t issu e, the words, " ln Cod vVe T r ust," were placed on pennies for th benefit of those who use them for fu ses. Using a penny ~ a fu se i invi ting [ir e. "Peanuts Are Getting Too High" Sp eaking of pennies r emi nds u s o£ [our In !ian head pennies tha t Lawrence Go rge, Instrument T es ting (S team Plant), put under th e gla ss o ( his d esk for good l uck. Someone n eeded p ennies for pea nu ts, so while Lawrence was out on duty the p en n ies were removed and in their place were left a dime and a note reading: "You owe me. " . Lawrence left a note for lhe un kn own peanut eater, reading," Intere ·t 1,4 penny a day, which com.es to 20¢
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