| Summary: | Between 1914 and the late 1960s, the Champion Paper and Fibre Company published an internal newsletter, called The Log, to share news about the Canton mill, the community, and its employees. After 1940, news from the entire “Champion Family,” which included mills in Hamilton, Ohio, Houston, Texas and Sandersville, Georgia, was featured in each issue. • ' • ·' .a;,.:;.--- • • . IN THIS ISSUE Montezuma Cas·tle _______ • _ _ _ _ 2 Oak Creek Ca nyon __ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 Green Cross for Safety Campaiqn _ 4 Soldiers Servinq Outside U. S. _. _ 5 Editorials __ • _ . _ • _______ ______ . __ 6-7 CHAMPION FAMILY NEWS Hamilton Division . _ . __ _ • _ _ _ _ 8 Ca.nton Division ________ ___ ____ • _ _ 24 Houston Division _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 • Ol C·HA Pt ~ oN ACT IV I Tl ES MAY 1 9 4 6 VOL. XXIX N'UMBER4 . . ~ Our Cover Picture . . The kodachrome cover picture this month shows the beau6ful stone pyramid, temple, or . edifice at the entrance to Oak Creek Canyon. It stands in the center of the mouth of the Canyon which is about a n1ile in width. The base of the stone structure is about five or six hundred feet in diameter, and it is six or seven hundred fee~ or inore in height. . You \vill note that the spires, and columns are beau-tifully shaped, with a finish almost as smooth as glass . . At some time in the ages of the past, a large stream of · water must have flo\-\red through Oak Creek Canyon, where today there is only a small creek. ' At a distance this stone structure resembles a beau-tifully colored temple . • PUBLISHED BY "THE CHAMPION FAMILY' HAMO.fON. OtllO : CANTON, N.-C. : HOUSTON. TEXAS : SANDERSVIUE. GA. EstczbU.hed 1914 • • • • • • ~ Thl'rty-aeconcl Y eczr of Pullcatton . The lJ~er for the cover o! tbl• maqazine Is ChCI,Dlplon IUomekote. cmd the pczper for t~e iaalcSe pCI9e• .ltr CllCUDpion Scztln Refold Eocrmel. We maQufactUJ'e many qrczciea qf bleodted papera. Machlile FiDlsbed. Super CaJetsdered. czad Coated. •. 1\font z.un1a a.:tl in th \ ·crde Y lie r, .\ izona, 1- on f the ben pr sen·e l .1.nd mo t s1 ~ ra ·ttlnr cliff dw . lJ ino·s in the lJni ed tate,·. lt i, a fiy ' t r_,- "0-rl m strtn:tur · ( ·e • pi ture, ri 1-bt t uiit in , cavit) t f a diH th " f undati n of \Yhich i ~ a out ei;:,hty. feet UJ its ,. · r:ti ~a l f.1ce, and fr m th ·ound to the r f f the luildin.g, it i ab ut 120 f t. It i pr l t d bY a larg ,- ~rha 1gin r k. ,. ou ·w111 n-0te th .rc .1re pt·a ticall r n wind w ~ in th • bujldin0 , only a f w p · } h le .- 'I'h " -a ·tl -. \V hi~. h wa built more than 0 ye~ rs ago. 1 ~ nsLnl t d f st ne and mud. Ent ·ance i, by la d r:.:. . t ui ht \Yhen ll ·wer · safeJ within the f ld, th ladders w r rem v d ani 1la, d. afely ou. of rea h of th nemy-. Ar he 1 ,::;i al evid nee, v.·e ar in£ nn d indicates human . bein ~ \,·ere li \ in in V rde Valley Central Arizona, over a thou and year' ao- . They were indu tri us Indians. Lived a di tin tly rural life with no c.iti or large centers of population. They took up their abod on the fertile Verde \. alley and became farmer ~ . These Indian f,armer folk probably lived in comparatiYe peace in their one room dwellin in the alley until about the beginning of the eleventh century. After the year l,COO there was a gradual abandonment of the small one room houses and the beginning of large communal dwelling , or puebloes; compact structure.s in defen ' ible location on hilltop and in cliffs, near their field . It i thought the Apaches, a fierce warlike Normadic tribe were the principal cause of . the farmers building fortified puebloe ~ . A a result the farmen and their families being removed from the out-doors into closed dwelLings, with little ventilation, sa nitary condition bad, and knowing nothing about disea e germs, probably before long crowded village life caused a gradual reduction in population, and the di. couraged remnant m'?ved away. . . . . During the occupatron of these cliff dwellmgs, wh1ch lasted until about 1400 A. D., it is aid a maximum of 300 person may have occupied the several house clusters on Beaver Creek. The Montezuma Ca tle could have accommodated J 2 or 15 famil ies. 'I'hese cliff dwellers produced to.ne lmp)ernents, tu rquoise, and shell jewelry, cotton cloth, orne of it elaborately decorated basket , and pottery. Montezuma Castle js i.x y miles south f Flag- aff on the Atche on Topeka & Sante Fe Railroad, and i.xty~five miles east f Prescott. It may be reached by State Route 79, from Fl.a gsta ff through Oak . Cre k Can on, then via C rnville or Camp Verd . Good r. ads _lead f~ m the south fron1 Phoenix by State R ute 69 vra Mayer, Humbolt and Camp Verde. . . The name font zurna 1 , p rhaps, a mtsrt.Jmer. Th r ' is a Jeo-er1d that at ne time th is Indian Jiff dweltin " a used b 1ifontezuma, tbe la t f th Aztec ,mperor , as a hideout, I ut th re i ' n pr of to sub ·tant iat ~u<.:h a !aim. The Little Star 'I cann t do t o much,' ·aid a lit tl tar ' To make th dark world bri a}n; l\fy ilv r beam cannot ravel fa.r Thr u h the f !ding o-loom of mo-ht. Bu 1 m only a part f God1S r ~H plan S I'll heerf 1lly do the be I can.' ·Two • Monte.zuma Castle, Arizona . A .Letter F·rom An Old Friend March 1 1946 The Champion .Log clo Champion Paper & Fibre Company Hamilton, Ohio Gentlemen: I felt highly honored to be favored with a copy of your December Loc advising of the closin,o- of half a century's association with your company by Nir. Harry T. Ratliff. I think that I am now the oldest traffic m.anager emplo. d by paper mills in the country ~v~o knew, Har~ many ear ago, a, the most o-£ 1vir. Ratliff s assocrate m those ea~ l. days have gone where th traffic probl m' are, we hope, tar eas ier of solu tion. So while Harry "does not reminisc " v ry m u h, th re are otLers, bcsjde some f the old timers at y ur plant h can. Fo• many yea rs I ha e be n ass i•tt ·d with l\!Jr. l~:t~liff in rate cas s b for the Inter .,tate C nun r ' ommt r n and in appea ran :es b fore th' rai lro d c I!lmitte ·,_and I ~ not know f any man c nn ~ ted wtth the p ~q er mdu st ry s tra ffi ~ r blcm who w~ s held in ,I~i ?h c r .' pe t and had more fnend · tban our own Barry 1 . Ra Jdif. No matter v hat th' cas no m tter how h t th ()" ing· no matt r h w ver~J y h rni ··ht b eros -c. ami1.1!'.d, Harry ~.-va , ah ay · just ·x:tct:ly the san . , :-; you :>c w lum clay by da ar rh 1 lant. 'f'h . pap r ind u try 's traffic m n have al:.v _ s had the w rrue t welcome po ·t>ihl for 1:-[a rry aud w 1:nt ·s, more tl11:m ~·e can t 1] y u, hi$ abs nee from our meet111 s. \\-' • incerelv h >pc thal he will be' ith us f r man Y rs. · Yours tru l , J ame ' F . Dollgherty Traffic l\1a nager . . ~,fich igan Paper ~fill s Traffic AssociatiOn • • . . ' One of the vari-colored Tamparts on each side of the mouth of Oak Creek Canyon~ An interesting place for the sightseer and angler . Beautiful Oak Creek Canyon, as it is called, is one of the interc ting places in Arizona for the tourist. L1 size, 1t is insigni-ficant in comparison with the Grand Canyon, but second in beauty and rna rvelous coloring. One thing makes 1 - o attractive, you drive 3 5 or forty mile along the bottom of the canyon, with it varicolored wall on each side exLnding a thousand feet above your head. And every mile presents a scene more beautifu l. and entrancing than the preceding mile. Another added-feature, are th tree and hrubs n the side of the cliffs, and a tream f water flow in :r beside the hard-surfaced roadway. 1n fact, it is difficu lt t exp r s your feeling as you ride along the highway and vi w th marvelous scenery. We are informed tha it is a favorite • resort for the angler. At the southern entrance to Oak Creek Canyon, on each side of the massive stone structure in h"' form of a beautifully . painted temple with its spires and columns hundreds of feet hi h, depicted on the front cover of thjs maftaZin , th_ varicolored walls or ramparts of the canyon Sl nd ua rd. ( ee photo). It is a marvelous sight to behold, and n is awed by it grandeur. 1o w nder it is so grand and imposin -", for it was designed by the ma, ter architect-the art:i t who put th delicate tints jn the ftow rs and the colors in he rainb( w. , s you view it yvu fe i that yo ar in the pr~.enc of the Great Creator of the unive r, e, he who created and color cl the beautiful w rld in which .e live. As one advances into the canyon; the eye is o-reeted by hundred, of beautiful vari olored stem pyramids, spires olumns, and temples, one of which is portrayed on this 1 age. At the Northeast entrance to Oak Creek Canyon in Ya api County near Flagstaff, the canyon end ab ru ptly, and you fmd yourself staring into the heavens looking for a way out, and cxclai1n "0 for the v in s J an eagle." But ju t ahead of y u is a winding r ad up the side of the mountain, almost perpendi cular (see photo) , and you travel up, up a thousand or fifteen hundred feet to the rim of the cany n, and the top of the earth. As you stand on top of the ea rth once more, and look d wn in the canyon one's voca bulary i inadequate to express one's feeling at such breath-taking beauty and grandeur. Such a journey will be long remembered and enjoyed. Windinc;r road at northeast end of Oak Creek Canyon Th rand s f b ·roic l.e ds .r th Mhi h are 1 erf rm-d · wiLhin f ur · , lls and in dorn. stic 1 r.i · a~ ".~R i ·htt?r . Nlis ress: ;fari , y u w r nt rtaining a man in th kitchen l st night, w ~ r ·n't your ~Laid: Th r' for hin t sa , ma'am. B 1t I did m ,. be ~t . Pa:<>~n r: Ha Co11du tor; : I marri d? e T ti tn don't to sa. t) clbye t m r wif" ? nm '. How long I a e y u be •n Green Cross For Safety Campaign ."It i unthink::tbl~ that tb nation ' illlo e the var again t accidents after vnnnmo- the ' ar ao-ain t th · xis. Thi mu not and hall not happen. ' With its theme sounded in h , · ord., f Pre ident Barr S. Truman the National Safety un ~i t wi ll ndu t an inten j-ve fund -raising can1paio-n duri n0r ~/{a to mak all t\ . b n.menca an armed camp in th rv r n a cidents and to establi h the Green Cr -:; f r fetv a th banner f that fight. . . The campaign marking th first time in 3j year of its ex1 tence that th National af t C uncil has gone directly to the general publi f r fund , is e, f ct d to make the Gr en Cro , an emblem . f sdet. in the h me n th · farm ' in the factory and on the teemin street and highwa s of the • natiOn. Pre ident Truman recently declared in a letter to Ned H. Dearborn, president of the Council: "Peace ha ended premeditated kill ing on the battlefront but it ha no~ ended unintenti nal k1llin o-, by accidents, on the home front. It ha , in fact, ironically increased the accident toll. A nation areat enough to win a war for freedom is great enough to pre erve the freedom won. One of these freedom is security from needless death, destruction and . uffering.' In announcing the dri ve, Mr. Dearborn pointed out that during the war, deaths and injuries from accidents on the home front exceeded battle casualties among the American forces. Last year alone no less than 96)000 Americans lost their lives through accident in the home, traffic, farm, and factory- a total equivalent to six full divisions of infantrymen. At least 10,300,000 persons were accidentally injured in America during the year-a total approximating the peak war strength of the armed forces of the United States. Economic loss du ring the 12 months was estimated at $5,000,000,000. '~The Public must. be educated in the ways of safety," Mr. Dearborn said. " It must be kept informed and on its toes . . Safety is a problem of every citizen, not of the safety engineer alone." "The popular campaign for funds/' he continu.ed, "is designed to promote two .important goals. ~ y havmg t~e men women and children of the country contnbute funds, It will 'make them stockholders in an enterprise working for their own protection. It wiLl make them .active participants in a program they accepted only too f:a.sswely ~efore. And by making the Green Cross and ever-v'ls lble remmder of P?Ssible carele snes , it will cut down the number and seventy of accident .'' "The Council," Mr. Dearborn said, "thus expects to create a strong concern for afety in the public at lar_ge and to broaden its financial support to such a degree thd:t vtgor_ou safety campaigns can be ca rried out on a scale Jmposs1ble bef<ne. . The National Safety Council has existed with the ~na~c.Ial support of a mall group. of indu strial.concerns .and tndlv!dual contrib-utors. Organized for pubhc safety rn 1913, the Council and its rapidly muJtjplyin r d;apteT h~ve pres-sed their fight in all area of human act! 1ty du:mg decad~ which saw life become in rea ingly hazardou Wlt~ the rap1d expan ion of mechanical proce e . T~e Co~nc1l h~s ad~ vanced programs which have been cred1ted w1th avmg at lea t 330,000 live that might ha e been lo t had the ac id nt rate remained at the 1 91" le el. • Theme of the popular upport ampaio-n will b : Back your Green Cro -wi.th ) ur ~re nbac.k ~ ! '. - l atw11al ~ fet. Counnl. Fo r WILL IT COME TO THIS? ~7"1 · · · • ANO • .f'IVS 'POUNDS OF' SUGAQ. ANO 1\.Vo ·; ·.J: ~-,~.--·:-if@~ 'f.)QlJN'OS OF COfrtE. =t. ~OW t¥1UCH? A Poor Unfortunate His hoss went dead an' his mule went lame; He lost six cows in a poker game! A harricane came on a summer's day, An' carried the house whar' he lived away; Then a airthquake come when that wuz gone, An' swallered th Ian' that the house stood on! An' the tax collector, he come roun' An' charged him up fer the hol~ in .the groun ! An' the c.ity marshal~he come In v1ew An' said he wanted his treet tax, t o! II Did he moan au' igh? Did he set an' cry n' cuss the harricane wee pin by~ Did he ri ve that his ol' }riends failed to call V\ hen th airthquake come an' ~ wallered all ? . "' ver a word o' blame he said, \\ itb a ll them troubles on top hi head! .1 ot !tim . He clumb to the t p o' the hill\~" har' tandin' room wuz l ft him still1 n' barjn hi bead ' here's what . he said: • I reckon it time to git up an' g1t; . But Lord, I hain't had the measels y rt !'' -Frank L. Stm2rton. ' ' ' For ladie only: All hu sba11d are al ike, but they ha e different fa es o you can tell them apart.'' J SPECIES OF THE CACTI FAMILY. 1. Prickly Pea r. 2. Hedgehog. 3. Barrel A Large Number of Our Soldiers Are Still Serving Outside the United States Accordino- to the late t r eport~ the United States is still maintaining armed arri on on every continent and 56 i land and for ign countries a follov s : Admirality I land , Au ~ tr a lia, · zore , Aust ria, Africa, A ·cension I ~land, Borneo, Belgium Burma, Bulgaria, Bonin Island Briti h Guiana, Bermuda, Brazil, China, Caroline I land , Chris rna I slands, Co ta Rica, Canada, Cuba, Czecho lovakia, England, Egypt, Formosa, Fi ji Islands, French Guiana, French IVforocco, France, Germany, Greenland, Haiti, Hun ary, India, Iceland, Italy, J apan, Jamacia, Korea, Lu_ embur Liberia, Mariana I lands, l\t1arcus I sland, ~lar hall hland , Midway, New Caledonia, Nassau, - ewf undland, 1 '"orwa)i, Philippin I sland , fhoenix .I sland, Puerto Ric , Ryuku I sJand, Sol mon I land, t. Thomas I land, Trinidad Tuni ia. Our Armed F orce are erformin occupation , d uti s, uard1n,. surplu t _k-pile , maintainin cr ba e , and in many ca e , markin-, time until it i · determined what (J crsca ba. e are t be r t ained permanently by th nit d States. 1\tlore than one and a .quarter million ldiers man the ba es mention d abvvc. \Ve ima ine it i difficult, as v.,r ll a ~ dang rou:::, _t r lease s Hne { th e ou tpo ts to(J q ulcl ly~ om will have to b main tain ,c.l or >rn ~ tim , CJthc rs wil1, · pcrha , be p rmanen · defen 'S, but no dou , most f the pr ent ba e- will be maint ain d until surplu ux: k- piles are ld and r e ~ e n t int rna tic nal t n i n i ~ r licveJ. It ha b en e timatec.l hat about 400,000 rH ··n ill be kept on ouq ts f yr ev · al y~ ar ~ab ut 125,000 in Eur' I , 125 0 in Japa r , anc.l pu sibly 150 000 tr Jop 0n pennan n· bas jn Ha aii ' nd the Canal Zone. I t i predicted ·hat he f 11m ing ba, c may b- ret ainc<l permanently by the nit ·d Stat ·s in 1 h · Atlantic--tl Panama Canal Zoue, S~n Juan in Pu rto Rico~ i\rvcn ia in t J wf u_ndland, m Burma, an l Cu?a. Air ba . may b ke1 n Canbb an and ~ort.h AtlantiC lsland !S and in the far 1 orth-pe haps, l, land or .:- reenlanJ. Haw ii . Juam and n Manu in the Admirality Island , and the leutia~ in the Pacific. The Life Story of a Little Chinese Boy The Father of Madam Chiang Kai-shek It is aid that General Julian S. Carr of North Carolina, while strolling along the waterfront in Wilmington one day in the 1870's, saw a little chinese boy itting on the pier. General Carr said "Son, where do you hail from ?" T he boy pointed to an American cutter at the clock. The boy's name was Charli e, and a very polite little fellow ''vas he. After que tioning the bo General Carr di - covered that the Chine e lad had no place to tay; he took the lad home with him, · and rea red him a , his own. vVhen Charlie Soong, that was his real name, grew up, he became a Christian and a few years later Charlie became anxious to return to hi nati e China and pr ach the Go pel. S on after returning to hi nativ land the Re . Char1e Soon ~ marri d, and in due tim , i children graced the home-three ~i rls and t hree bo . When th ey grew up-the Re . So n ~ had not forgotten hi ~xper i ence in America, h decided t · ha his hildren educated in the o d Old U . A. 'Th olJ ·st da 1 'ht r Ai-ling marri i Dr. runo- fammr Sl au si s h Jar. Chin -lin()· th ~ 'ond d ught r, be me th wi f c of Dr. 'un Ya -~ n, the J1r~ t 1 re ·ident of the Pro isional .JO ernment f th R publi ~ f China- a11d Ieiling, the th ird dau ht r, be am· l\ lacbm Ch1 ng 1 i- h 1- th • wif [ C ne r, 1 Chiang 1 ai - h k rul r f Chin . T. V. Soon r, :m ·of hnrlic' s ns i · Premi -·r ,f bin . ' \Vaitr ·: \Val y u lnve ymt pie lU' , Bi er B y ? Y un~ · [an: Is it cust 1 ar ? \Vaitr· 's : Naw- it's l ·m n. • ' On · J he mo;:;t m r iful . nJ t" ci u ri ile s f hun anity is th s ·c J1U ·ban - < r a new PI rtunity t ri e ri 111 pi antly ab< v · any f ilur s or l f at f the past.' " llav · y Jll aid y >ur r· cr ?' a. k •d v\ ill ic's moth r. " f cr ur::; ,'' aiJ th · child. "And did you ask t) be· maJe ett ~ r little bo ?' "Yes- and I put in a word for you and father, too." - Fivt . Published b · ~h ham ion F'amil ' a a ·mb· l f he C op ration and Good Fell w hip E L in th I 1 nt of Th Champion Pap r nd Fibre H amilton., Ohio; anton . orth Hou t n T - . and and r_, vill • omp ar lin a· . ' eor 1 . • G. W. PHILI.IPS .- . . _- _- __ - _. __ _ . __ •• ___ . Editor, Canton, North Carolina REUBEN B. ROB.£RTSON# JR. _. __ . ____ _ -- _______ . ___ • __ Associate Editor DWIGHT J, THOMSON _____ --- .- --- __ --- - --- ___ . Associate Editor EMERSON ROBiNSON- - - . __ -_. _____ ._ . Assistant Editor, Hamilton. Ohio A. M. KOURY __ -. _______ ____ __ • __ • __ Assist.cmt Editor, Houston. Texas AU articles i this ·magazine are writt ?t b . the editor except · those which cat·r} the 1Wme of the a-uthor. Getting the Drudgery Out of Your Work-Think of It As a Game 'Look at your 0\\711 occupation as ari interesting game and play it ,;v-ith zeal/ aid Charles R. vVa1green, founder of a chain of drug to res . p anning the states. ' If you don't get a kick out of your job you're doing, you'd ·better hunt another one", said Samuel Vaudain, president of the Bald·win L ocomotive Works. "If a man does not find romance in business", declared the late Andrew Carnegie, " it is not the fault of the business, but the fault of the man." Your 'job- a game, a thriU, a romaiJ,tic episode, will turn drudgery into fun, and create enthusiasm, is the opini·on of Walgreen, Vauclain, and Carnegie. For several years, Charles R. \Val green, owner of a drugstore, disliked the drug business ·and wanted to do something el e more inte resting-he spent part of his time looking for a better opening and a good deal of his time at play, leaving his drugsto re to shift for itself. One day the thought occurred to him, "why try to get into some other bu siness about which I know nothing-why t ry to get into another game-why not play the drug rame." He decided to lqok upon his busin ess as the gr ·ate t. sport going, n 1t as a drudgery, but as a game-and p lay Jt tl e very b est he knew how. 'J'he dru cr business { 1V[r. Walgr ·en began to pr sper and s on spr ad from one town o another from one state to ano her, and today y u ·find a Walgr · ·n drugstore in a lmost every city . Samuel Vauclain ecured a job as la1he-hand in a machine sho1 and was giv n be j b or turnin ut bo.lt . He compla·ined, "h w arl a fell w ret ~nywh 'fC !I kmg bolts?') The man on the lath n xt t htm was dolll th same kind of work-b d.in 't lik i either) bu th y n ·w if they complained to th boss, it w uld d no r d. Tlky could quit and look for a.nothe~ job:-but jobs were h t·d. to g t. So y ung Samuel Vauclam a1d t the m<:u: eratwg the lathe next to him, suppose we make a gam t our w rk, it might take the drudgery out of it. . ou ro wh ~h >mturn o ff the rou ~ ur:face n ymu machme and I wdl tu~n th m dm n to th ir proper diam ter on mine) a d e wdl ee \' ho can do his part o£ the work the fa ··te t. If you g t Six tlPd o( rou~hi_ng_thc b hsJ I 1·ill change wilh yru andy u can d th • hm 1m •. Th"y b ·ttan th rae , nd urn ·d 00 .h olt& . > h t th • forem m ave ll ·m , 1 r ;· bs · 1 · 1 . . . mp am~ 1ng ~nl f,!'"tltng sour, du '< n't pay, b 1 when .h y .thought of t h Jnh t a garn '-Lh g >l fun H of dom Jt . . mlre · \ t 1Wgie . t ted hat hi . ·ucce s in life wa" lc_r t'!.' d1t' to t h l al: (ha he f< u 1d juy in hj ,. bu ·ines ~to lum 1t ~va s a romanti " v nt11r , • i 1 y, i.n \'hid1 he pu hi b~s cHort. Said .L "' " lt is Hot th • j b ym1 are doing so mnch s i is · , }llf atut_uuc t JW rd it which d ·terrnines wh thcr i. wilt be a pl as ure 1f u would lay h" fi.r . to e in he foundation f c.~ al u a b I 1 i f c." The Accidental Death And Injury Toll for 1945 lin ty-s ix thousand killed and 10 300 OJO injured 1'-' the t 11 ·xa tee~ by O~cl 1.an Carelessness 'during 1945, ac~ording to the a u onal Safety Council. Forty-f ur thousand workers were killed-16 000 l0st their lives whi le at work-28,000 ff-the-j b deaths' occurred to workers. There were 4,500,000 inj uries to workers on the job. The traffic toll '"'as 2 ,500, a 17 per cent increase over 1944. It is stated that most of this increase occurred after V-J Day and the relaxing of gas rationing and the 35 mifes per hour speed limit. In the seven war months of 1945, traffic deaths went up only 1.3 per cent. But from V -J D ay until the end of t he year, the toll shot up 36 per cent. Speed must have had something to do with the increa e in accidents. In addition to fatalitie s, the 1945 traffic accident toil chalked up approximately 1,000)000 in jurie . Strange a.s it may seem, home deaths· exceeded all other types of death, with a toll of 3 3,500 killed and 5 000,000 injured. This 1s a 2 per cent increase over 1944. An increase of. about 3 per cent was recorded in deaths !rom home fall s, 5 per cent from poisons, and 15 per cent from a sphyxiation s. Felling Trees at the Rate of 300 Per Hour Fellin0 trees at the rate of five a minut m.ay be a fact but it sound fa nta: tic to ~1n . ld wood nwn. Ac rdin report , a Sa n Ant ni o, T exas, '[anufact· :urer b a ~ dev loped a 'trc hnip" or sh ar ) tbat \vi ii ut down trees 30 inch s in di am ter, ju t lik , ll an cut a. stra \ with L pa ir of sci s rs at the rat f 6 p r munn . ~ That s m win cr th m. down. Th , h ' rlJ to wh_ m th -\7<lr y~ar have n ,t brou. . ht a dee1 er rever n. f r rno .lJ ·r.·, \"i'C pn, thaL man. \V · would o-ladly giv alJ our worldly pas. ssions if w c mld hav ·.,our n · ther f r ju fa 1 alf hour: or even 10 minu~ ·s on Morh ·r s f .' 1 h ' d J?< ~ about mothers is that w don t realtz ·· hc1 dear tln:y <JrL t u unnJ 1l is t late. Go and ee your mother n Mother' I tt r. Don't put it ff 'till next tim.e, n Day, -.lJ , , or v·rit her that • xt t1m mav n ver com . . . Eight • Leave Them l o Lie Leave them to lie where glory hrouded them. ' Beneatl1 the hallowed round wherein they rest. T he d esert sun, or waving of the palm . Shall not disturb the bivouac of the best. Leave them to lie where their full mea ure paid fb e price for all the ·world a f r • JU t one; _ T hey aved the world1 s have the r ight to r t In "onsecra. tion where their d ed wa done. Once l id \\'C s e this tra;edy i m· k d J n all its ru lti s f reb rn pain. And in the haunt d e es w rea .l the thOll 0 ht . , Tl1 at t his heroic 0 'tur -;nn 111 Venn. J.eav · them to li- with Cod in co" nant- T he vou ll n t drt V\ new tc" rs for homey f?rav s. , . _ . For vcr wd l the henJ s sp1 r1t ·1 cl . t h rne-'ncath any s I where lory wave'. - Otto Reid. Moth 'thad ju t Hn ishcd , stern lt:ctur · on th subj ct of Bubara', vayw ·ard li ale 1 laymate. "N "'.r t ll m· , dear," sh . c nclt1 led in a kind r t nc . '" her(,; do b~ d Iittl girls o?'' . -garbara .miled win om ·Iy: "Evt:r.'· where. • - HAMILTON SAMPLE OEPAR.JMENI • 0 No. 1-S.herman Ogden, sitting, supervisor. and Stanley Keller, assistant. Sherman is a veteran in the department. No. 2-Lefl to right. Stell(! Welling hoff, office work manager; and Ruth Scheering and Edith Kennel. Sample Clerks. No. 3-fohn Pierc.e at his Trimmer. He cuts and packs the samples. No. 4 Maude Weismeyer, left. and Madeline Jackson, collecting samples. No. S-Violet Asher. lett, and Sadie Phillips, Sample Clerks, making the final inspection of the sample sheet. No. 6-Ethel Welsh. sorting. Sample Department At Hamilton Now In Nt!w Room The Sample Department at the Hamilton mill, ·now is in its new quarters, the first time when all of its activities have been centered in one large room. The former garage at the north end of the Coating. Mill has been converted into the ideal location for the depa,rtment. Ext nsive impro emen s were made, the major one including he c nstruction of a mezzanin where the offjces and hundred ~ of samples are kept constantly on hand ready to be mailed to any plac·e in th world on a moment's notice. The main floor contains the trifll. mer and larger sizes of pa peT) to b cut to an desired size. The Sample D ~partment was started about 1900 by Alexander Thoms n, late ch~i rman of t:h. Champi n Paper a~d F1bre . Company, in the coating mtll, and the nr t memb r of the de~ partment was Ernma Cook, now of the Sanitation D epartment. Perman ent fi le rec;01·ds were maintained and samples sent to customers. Another sample oHice for No, 2 Mi-ll was opened soon after the completion of the extensjon to that mill. Wher . t.l e main ofFice was built, a sam le depa rtment was opened there also making three in the plant. In 1934, when the st rc was cl •d, the sample Jftices w ·re com.bined and aU moved t that ror m, r mainin · ther until the mill offices n d d at space. Thts .ffi a rain was n v d t a ro m ~ :uti of the ._ afet ria in. he c ating rtJJll and $Upplles were k "Pt: in a p ·ial r om built in th" s rting line. The departrncnt c m1 l te with all · quit rr. en , only r ceo ly g t in.to its fin · nev quart rs. 'Th r" are 500 re .ru1 r weights ar d racles f pap r and OUO pecial ' eight and grades kept co~1stantly on hand. JULIA FULTON WITH CHAMPION 40 YEARS Julia Fulton, who cam to Champion on April 28, 1906 to work on the Cutters, ha continued ever since a a Champion, even durin her retirement which began veral ears ago. J uli a o a ion all return to the mill to preside at th r cepti n desk and t CJ>re t h r friends. Durino- her active mployment sh worked in ' everal department . Oth r who ob rved anni er ~ aries with th ompany during April are: Jam ,. ilbert, 30 year John Zimmerman 15 yt:ar M deline Do ley and Jeorg, S hneid r, n ar Edwin 'Turpin, Loui GlinJm i r Marje \-Voedl, Elaine G , r nd And_ McGee ·6 e years. The great~.:st thincr in the world is n t o mu h wh. re we stand, a · in what dir c:: ion w are goin0 .~0livc1· Wende-ll Holmes. · • • Linda c•aire Kramer, tour ye a rs old, and her brother. Jimmy Kramer. two years old. niece and nephew of Marcella Loqe, Accountinq , and J, W. Loqe. tabulatinq, and also of Bo Bennett. formedy of the Houston plant. They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. James Kramer, 105 Hancock A venue. rum By U1 esley Cobb Thought for the month . . . Our dad alwav preached the philo ophy that each· person had a respon ibi lity to leave the world just the least bit better off because he had lived in it . He did his part by b1.1ilding lovely homes in which people spent many years of happy li ing . We can see him now, itting in our living room, explaining to eager home builders how the dining room, hall? p~ntr~, den, a?d clo et wou ld all comc1de mto a hvable dwelling . . And later, ~n- the job, we've .seen him tear_ out partitiOr:s, rip off dormers, and d1sn antle staircases . with no trace of tempe r or impatience . merely b.eca,~ e so m~one had "changed h is mmd : . ti1 only )'oal wa the complete sau.sfactwn f the people who were to live and raise heir families there . i ot lona a o he wrot us that on of his supreme plea ' ure as he ret in tl1e shad w f a long and ca llous-ha rJ ned work life is in the memory f the h n st, s tu~d y home ' he erect d, and th number of re le he made happy ther b r ••• )) )) (( (( orr ction . In numeratir g th Kromekote b "''h have not yet return d from the er ice we ovcrl oked hu k ' black-h.a ired arl Hou e th 22-yea r-old !anne veteran . . • Ttn Carl was home on furlough recently but will not be d ischarged unt il late this month . . Young House had a rugged time in the South Pacific, being one of the worst mala ria cases in his division, but has improved greatly durina the last year . . )) ) ) ({ t( Our own long and lean Ted Garrett made the trip to Houston with t he Champion Green 'Nave basketball team, and helped to mother Koury's terrible Texans, 52 to 37. Y u know, we would like to give that Houston team a bia hand but after learning on good authori 'y that Kour still think that if his quintet had b en in peak f rm, the scor might have been different . \V can nl r say that we regr t that Iunz, Dallm r Shi Ids, and o. didn't pile it on t the tun uf 7 5 to 37. » » « • · rl .Meyer h ~ b~.; u riou l iH at 1fer y 11uspital, .vhcr he nn~ ·rent at 'I. ton· bl od tr n fu 1011. He is n \ r· pidl} n th m nd ncl retitin at his horn a 233 rth 11th • ree t . \ all h re h . enial ·• 'u rl ,' ha a pc~.:d. rc ov ry and ·e re u re he'd ppr i t '' t \1 elJ'' card from all f u . )t » « « Lafe Kin , who sen·ed with a . I rin · ir , qu· dron. L \ pt y a W't \' f) [ no. tal i whenever he he~ r~ · h roa1 of B -2~ (J v~rh ad. He CHn re '( gn!zc th ir p '<.uliar engine be· t ;rs on ;, he hear· the fatn tcst hum of h ·ir rnutors. \\'ith four drum rolling fJUt tha b •autiful high fi ui h drum <.:rJateJ beet on April 1, r r ,m ·kote ca t ()ff it ;,waddling c:lothes and came of age. Hencef r h. Kromek te will ake it ria ·ea. on> of the (.Jllf5tandin~ ·pecialty pap rs 011 the n1a1 ket. and from the pret;ent demand, and the plan beinJ? rn de to meet that demand. hi· is "unly a beginning'' . Hobe \Vea ver says that S(Jffie perJpl · " ain't sati sfied unless things is .(!oin wrCJng" so they can growC and show their teeth. Such critters o1.1gh a be put in a corner by themselves "O they can practice mayhem on each other and not bother the rest of u . )) )} {( « Note to Bud Dunlap and the Boile1 House boys-"Windy" Gillum huffed and he puffed when he read your note of di sparagement concernin hi comeback attempt. He finally sputtered out, "If I pitch in the Champion League and meet tho e guys, rll ive 'em my moke all the \vay, and they'll never know whether they re swingin' at a baH or a flea". (The only trouble is, fellows, that "Wi ndy" is hard put for a springtime warmup catcher. Hi wife u ed to perform yoeman service, but one evening when the big bully boy ,,·a: breezing in hi dipsy-doo curve ball, the ball "dipped ' just when :\Ir . Helen Gillum thought it was to ''cloo", and quickly landed r ainfully in the pit of her tomach. That w~ · the end of · Irs. Gillu m' ' cat hmg. But "V\tindy'' is eri u about hi ' comeback. He bought a ne\v b:.dl th · other day, and pr ssed his 9 year-old · n into s rvice as ca tcher. ld Black Jack unl ash d one of hi , fi t.· b ~ ll s, and th you ngster de fl ected tt J_LJSt nouJh so that it '"' nt . r bmg chrou h the back d or, scattcnn gla 's a ll r th house. J3ut wdl, \ ry comcb·tcl r d is t es ·t with irs bumps and ruts- omc on, " \\ 'ind y)'. J\mon .,. u r n vv mcrs <1 re P:1 ~- k ·r Helton tT rizz led veteran who r 'mtnds u, for ' all rb world f li ·hrweight x-pug, fr m his loping shoul t r. s t on a 130-p unci frame, the way he m )\! abo:ut, h i ~ gr y-streak ely n:.radour hair, and 1 is 1~ S \ V1ll ·.h IS far from the way ) d tnt end d 1~ t b Sam Barrett wh i ' a qUI k, energetic young ter who has a lot of initiative and drive; and " Big Boy" · teele 1 who look like he should be out in the field, behind the handles of a furrowing plow, with the rejns draped lightly aero s his huge hould t ' , and his 200 pounds fir.rnly anchoring· the big teel blad · in the moist black ea rth. )) )) « (( Genia l Don Pierce found out how heavy ur coating tubs were the other day when he inadvertently pulled one of the wheeL up ont his big toe. (And gentlemen, he did n t have safety hoes on, n r do we wear them!) Incidentally, Don is one of the nicest mannered fellovv ' in the Bull Pen. \\Fe could all take a les~on from him. )) )) (( (( lerrv l\1eehan' mother. Ivirs. E. C. Larigd~n, who operate' the beautiful country place Slant Acre . placed 'econd with one of her Boxer bitches behind a sen ational Boxer pup at the recent Day ton Puppy Nfatch. (Believe it or not -our own 0 m~mth collie, Lance? wa topped .by th1 arne Boxer m the V\ orkmg Group after o-oing Be t of Breed in the collie clivi ion. A Hobe \\Teaver says, "That old Rover hound dawg can have the be, t bed in the hou e now, cain't he:" ) )) » « « . What's new on the fa rm? . April 1s a treacherou month . . Sending a cruel, biting wind down from the Tl'?rth to hurl fruit buds to the ground without mercy and cause smoke to bekh once more from tired chimney . . . And then on the morrow she pread her sunny blandi hments over the field a though a king for forgivene s .· . . Yet spring marches irrepre 1bly on, and one by one the trees burst into b lossom . . It is a ('lorious experience to stand by the ba~ · tep and 1 ok out over the ravin and behold a huge nowba1l emerge by t.h fence where only ye te rd ay st od p. forgotten haw tree . Th · ix een pullets continue to lay very well , and ~Hl One OCCassion they ran r the b !l for a full 16 e gs in vne day . Tl c fence work oes n apace. but slo ly, · ~ slowly . .' . Yet as \vc 1 k out th · VIndow nm~ and ee the t>turdy ced#ir uosts fla nkm the iron - lawn. w know that eventuall it will be done and \Ve will be proud f ur work . , : Su re pre of tha pring is here am n. the day .that _t e big_ c )lLie Lance, retJTed to h1. pn ate larr beneath tl~J pore~ oop to escap the hea . . . H 1s more than twic a:S big as h wa _last fall when h t ok hts lat't nap Jn the hade~ and we dr;~u t ·d if h c uld cquirm his way in t1'l is sprin . But in he went without a moment' · hesitation . » )) (( « Buffing the drum . Two of the cleanest 'haven_ men in the Bull Pen are l'vfarvin Hacker and "Butch" Allen . George Br:ock, the youthful "Hard Rock from Down Yonder' , is in. the Army and stationed at San Antonio, Texas, for three years . . Bob v\leaver .is painting his hou e . . He i one of the few fellows we know who ha the patience to tay with a job like that and do it like a profes . - ional, t boot . . . Rumor has it that "Nfick the Slick" will sell his country home up on top of B street extension . \Ve don't ee how a man can sell when he has put his heart and S0\.11 into improving a place, and has laid all of his hopes and dreams on the doorstep- . . . "Butch" Allen is still unmarried . vVith the man shortage still quite apparent, we can't under- · • • • • • lUIS ID ' . stand why a man like "Butch", with his ab.ilit.v. to sing "You Are Mv. Sun~ shine" and "Ab, Sweet 1\1ystery of Life ' isn't picked up at once · . . . "Buzz" Barrett will tell you that the Japanese people are probably the most friendly people on the face of the. earth . . . He shmald knmv; he was there for some tim€, was taken into their home-s, and brought back several of their beautiful and valuable kimono . . They say that Hobe Weaver knows how to " bile" eggs to the queen ' s t. aste .f . . )) )) (( « P. S. Marvin Hacker says that you have reached the height of domestication when you unwrap your clean work clothes and find that your wife has mistakenly g i ~en you a pair Gf your 14-year.,old boy's pants· in tead of your own. And you wear them anyway! By Helen Pierson Welcome to the . following new employees: Lane Lewis, Viney Barger, Spater Starkey and Kenneth Turpin. We wish you hJck on your new job. » )) (( (( Vimms! Yes, we will really miss the_ girls coming into the office to get thetr supply of Vimms to distribute to you. And I believe from what I hear wh-en they come into the office that they really will miss you too. Hei·e a re a few of the things they will miss: La Von will really miss all the good lo ki n:g fellows. Tish won't get to see anymore pretty sights. A k her about th~m orne time. Martha won't get to tl row anymore water. ·Mary ~ ays, he's really glad that he won't ha e o t ravel the C I r Room steps anymore . ,_ V\T r ally miss y u girl and w1 sh. you lu ck on your new j bs. )) )) « (( B b Flick was allcd poppa his month. 'Vb r ''s the . i ar B b? » ))· (( « Ruth "V\' ilson say lo. weigh ~ b 1t I Every im · I ,~ . her, .b · is ryin t d >U' e h \V, h . . . a 1nrr. }) » « « With B,Jwhng s a: n abou ver wi h, we began t ca t nlJr h arts · nd mjuds to <?U d J >r sports. } rom: t1 e lo k · of htng th b ys and irl b tL - hall t a.ms r · goin_g t · b . hanl l<J beat thJs yea . It reall · w 11 to k!1ow that we. a • oing to hav " 'n-nw team tht ear. S port fan ifs up to you, show the teams you're in back of them and I know you will enjoy the fine sportsmanship and well played games they will play. : "Funny people, th se American ," said the Chine e. "Take gla s 1 ut in sugar to make \Veet, and lemon to make sour~ fill gla s with gin to make hot,. and then add ice to make cold, say 'Here's to you, and drink it themselves." At sev•n weeks. Hebel't Cox. sOil of Mt. a.nd Mrs. Harold Cox, 320 Hc:misqn A venu-. and nephew of Lucille Toel'ner, No. 2 Sorting. (I.Od Rose Locker, CM Sortinq. · The McQuinley We~dinq Party in which Daniel McQuinley, son of Harlan McQuinley, Boll ~toraqe. ~d Eva Mc.Qul~ey, toz:nerly of CM Trimmers, and Miss Pauline Chaney, were united m wedl~c-'<. Lett ~o nqht m the p1cture a re Thomas Freeman, Jr ., Kay McQuinley, Wilson Chaney Jr., Maxme. Sandlm. Mr. and Mrs. Dan McQuinley, Pat Rittenhouse and Tilford Sandlin. The boy and qul are Ralph Robinson and Janet Johnson. • • By Bill Thompson There has been a noticed improvement in Clyde Botner's vision since he invested in his new spectacles. Prior to the acquisttion of the cheaters 'tis said that Clvde could not locate a mark in a roll and would be compelled to file one ·or two entire rolls · to make certain that he erased that particular mark. However, the situation is well in hand now as he can quickly spot any ma rk; blink those snappy dark eyes; bite hi lip a bit and poli h · off a perky mark in jiffy time. )) )) (( {( Sc tt \Vill is i among he mi ing at thi writin due t a mi110r pe ration but i exr ectcd back in a f w days. Be t of luck, Scottie! I nspector '\Vhitey" Roemer o-iv s u an in. id tory on mill-\vright Ora Manrin . R oemer claim that Ora r port , to duty at Champion at -leven o'cl ·k harp -for' the late hift; lips away to his leeping quart r for a Y n hour snooze · ha a f ri nd arou him at six a. m. · \\-·a hes up and takes off f r B ckett "'"'here he rings in Ttaelve under an as umed name to put in another good seven hour day slumber. Question is-where is Manring's secret hiding place and who is the one per on who can find him to do the awakening? )) )) (( (( The month of M:ar h a" t \;o;ro turdy v teran f many year , rvi e 1 ave calenderdom for k ep . Th i r records were ao d and yet th -y v ill not receive the cu toma r tir ment pen-irm b cause th se v' , do n t happen to be men. They a r nnmber 13 an l 15 calenJe-r which bav b >n lisman ·- 1 d. Lik t1 e '·Old n H ha " whi h WO Ollt ~ omplctel r, the af( f m<:nti n d :::d nd r h· V" s rv 'cl their d y. 1\1 y they r ~ t in pea c. )) » (( « Nia be D w y ' t-' t i. n. 't head man in hi own hou . b ld but he i d finitely head man when it come" t . ringin u at qnittin tim . D w y i · alway fir t in lin . om hav tried o b at him but-no o. Can t b · l ne. But l\{r, a t makes up for 1 hi l!} ! 'avit1 r I j j. 1 r h j b 1 dJ y hisc:·l ncl rin,r .o )j , (( •< ·ady and ondi i 1n . Th ·n there i Bill l\ f< 11pin , ·ho reI c rt · I ) ' ' r k ' t le ~ ur ~r t t.:ran 1 11 in order. < '-C I1 ht) lf c r!y arrJUnd the ·ntirc b t verythiwl" i » 1.J ~ J[rn Rawlinr had b ·n s.uiT tirp ' i ·h a nerv 111s crmdition in hi ston1a -h better known a ut erflie in his , ys em''. Jim co ult d a c.l c-t r_. ~ JC inf rm ·d him tha he mu t qu1 ert.hcr hi tobaccr, cr ffee, liquor r .p c>' SJb-) y all t h r ·e. ' ome nme ]a e, we noti ced James s •c med o be feclm much bet er and a ked him how he did it to which h" repli ed, "I quit dri okin c ffee' . i\m n! )l » « « Wi ll never for et the time the new girl helper a ked us if we had ever had any finger pinched in the calender roll . To which we howed her our a ort!llent of abbreviated fingers on our nght hand and an wered, "~ o, I never had any pinched, but I 11 never forget the day I went throu h number seven''. )l ) ) {( « Take it from anyone vvho knows him :veU-Bill Harris is ju t about the be t mforf!led as well as ob erving younoman m ou r honorable department. If you want to learn the where-a-bouts of someone you are missing, just a k Bill. In ca e it is a ba eball question he can give you the dope. Hunting and fi hing ad ice are also Harris specialitie . Howev r ,~·e are afraid hi latest fi Jd of adventure will make his usually accurate prediction look bad . Yep, Will has b en having rare succe ~ in playing the ponies of late. Careful, Bill-the will t ou in the end and not with a h r , 'h ei h r. They tell n1e that \Vh n a o-u trie to forecast ho " winners h i delving into th unpred ictabl . }) )} (( ( And n w- inc, th se pril sh wers hav" brought us ma.n l\1a flov er I t' all r h x and enj 'l anoth r reat p acetime ba ·ball s as n. • The brid rroom cam h me one venin to Jind his bri 1 in t ar . "Your m ther in sult d me, h wept. ' 'But, darlin /' pr t st d the young nnn. 'How c uld sh ? She isn't even in town." ' 1 I k:n w,) said his wife, 'but she wr tc you a letter. And th ver r last thing she aid wa. : 'P. S. 1\!Iary don t forget to show this letter to J hn.' ., • By Otto R eid Thi.: i- a rl u -, for a high-octane ·cheme, and f r a Charnpion who rat s the up port and encouragement of , ports-loYing Champion-. In 1934 Bill Harris and ·eventeen oth r oruanizcd the Butler County Sport - man'~ Club. 'ecreta ry Harri points with pride to their many accompli shments- the brms they 0\\'11, tbe monie~ ·pent on propagation of game and f1sh. their 1lan- for a clubhouse. and their effort to make Butler County an enjoyable place f( r _outdoor reu-eation. Bill knO\\·: Ius story 'Nell. Please lend him your ear. you cannot a\·oid being impres~ed. » )) « (( It i, history that civilization moves in cycle~. The survival of the fittest i- n·atu re ·- cold blooded method of eliminating tho e who fail to keep pace. l·ncle Sam is a ' trong runner. I do not knm\ how lonn he can ~et the pace. carryin,. the "~Ye-ain't-d?ing-_sowell · ., that are hangmO' on to h1 flymg coat tail. Handicap arc univer~aJ, but tbev don't have to be elf-impo ed. • Great empires are not bludgeoned by chance-th y dry rot from vithin. The fing r write n the wall-\\ e cannot tnter Tene. )) )) ([ « . ly pro, pective on-in-law told my daughter to fr him an ego-. Knowing ·-ht: couldn' cook. he explained that ~ obody c uld ruin an egg. She broke (Jnc? into a red-hot killet, became in-ri• rued at the way it bloated and wdl·d, and forgot tcJ turn it. Result: it '~xplod d, tuck to the killet, and other rj e lo t all resemblance to tha humpty-dumpty which at on a \vall. One sid wa runn , the other a ):t<J< . 1d r-rade vf ra\ ·hide. Just as he \\a pa- ing out, I a ked him an irrele ·ant que tion about hcJw i tasted. A the convulsiun hit him, h murmur-d hmu 'b Jrawn tiff lips, "Ro l"h' ! \\.ell he', a graduat of ~ 1iddletCJwn. Bill Th ,r p. n, Bob ~ heben, P ·te Bard Earl Bie rt, or any of the <;ld • ··ang of 2 y<:ar ago at I I. Il. S. will ~,.c,n ratulatc me f(Jf rai in a hild wiHJ p(Jisr,ned a l 1iddl town"' alumnu . )} ) " « Br<Jther fcJ!m . 'etht:non took oiT a fel' da1 r.e ·ntlv. ll· l<J. t a f 11 to a bHJtl;ct p1 ofc ;ir.~nal at the YMCA. Bc,b "l'ent mc1 t c f tl time fi .-urin" r1ut the prJ ition he wa in hen he umceded the fa I I. r rJh n () ]() 'S tlH: • •arne that medav he '·ill \ a e a magic hand CJ\ cr a ·hulk of rn npuwer and turn it intu a barrel of f1 hhook with the ·ramps. H Due to the he vy srring rai ns, I am offerin g, free of cha rg , all ,~h o will come, a chanc to , e,. a rt s1an wel ls on m } farm. Even if they w e ~·· fo rm ~ rh era wfi sh holes the are sttll intere dn g-. Come one, com all. they won't last till fa ll. YouL reg retfull y, ]\ lac P owell. ' )) )) (( (( A man cannot help hi race nor his color or creed. He cann t help being a c mmunist eith er, but he ca n move on. America has eventually t al en t he ting from every rising ra di ~a li m. ~ex t on the list is the commumst. All we need to do is sell our soap in collapsi ble boxe -without a box he is as muzzled a a mad dog. I admire a communi ' t, but not in North America. )) }) {( ({ I'm klanni sh, begorrah, and I admit it. Once I stood beside an uncle who was being hanged for boss-stealing. Until he got still and cold I was extolling the virtue of the boss he had been wise enough to select. After tea sing J ohn Holland for years, I'm di sgusted with me. \f./ e put our heads t o-e th er a couple of years ago and m~de a di scovery of which I'm justly proud: our grandmothe rs are sist ers. For the protecti on of J ohn I will expla in th at the horse expert was a crooked limb from the other side of he family tree. On J ohn's side the ::.train runs heavily to doctors and deacons and mini sters. )) )) (( (( On cross e.·am in at ion, via the third degree, C cne Collopy will not admit that the t urk<·y yarn i J. an cott >11 . \VII, uut l1 i.r .tra ng'r t han tction. F(Jr th.tt 1 ·a::-.un, fe llows like 1Cn and mhcr. oo unbc ·ominh to menti n, ar (Jften ridictJI ·d for their ext nsiv clfort l() further th · nlightcnmcnt of <~ . keptical Jlrblic. 'f\:ar:s of c.:h~grin a 11 d of help I<' s s dis g r < c · :") t ><JU in t h · hab~ - iuuc<:cnt e•e:s <Jf th· ~ rol ifi C(Jllr)p. <:l II · lie a v J ' h~ luad )f cut mortihtati~>n <Jff hi n htf'<Jll chr:t. . \ Ian va:- IHJt 11\a lc tc1 l·t Jon . I do • · <: <.: n 1 t hal tl 11 v Jl1 an \ h c a::;, · u n e ~ a 'Jtqjj ·r tkm tllll"t r'' 'Htirude b<. au c· of (ITJC: Jf ( r n ';-, ruthful •. ~eninn~ d(>t' uot l c<.ognizt the Iitt:r<.d truth f tit at oiJ stanJ-hy: ''Th<: ttuth, iL l'lf, i':) llot ·rm ei v ·d by <Jll~ \\. ho nn ·r h,ts I eli >v J anJ martyr lctl1no1 be relt cd, hile liars liH \ h() h:tve J - c i ved." Dwight J. Thomson Returns To Post After More Than Four Vears D wight ]. Thomson has come back to his post with Champion after . a se rvice of more than four years 111 the Kavy. He reported for duty on April 1 and resumed th \York he had so auspiciously begun when the war broke. His duties in the personnel department, ' ·ill a u ual, take him to all Champion plants and it hould not be long befo re h'e wi ll be rene\ving acqu a intanc ship in very division. Dwight ' a, called into active service on ~f arl:h 20, 1942, soon aft r .P a rl Harbor an f was as~ i gned to d uti es in the offic of the a i tant se~r 't ar- f the ~ Tav in th Sh re E'tabli hm nts Divi i n. H" wa ' cDmmissioned • n en~i n. IT · wa - pn mated t · LiL'Ut nant (jg) on r l arch 1, 194J , and in J une of th· ,"lnH' 'ye:tr \ \ a' tran~ferr·d to the Brookl}n .1\Javy Yud as ~n .: ss i:ste~ n trai11ing offic r for the . Tavy VcKatiou I trainin,. ~ ronTam. a a t CJ.ch r. l T wns promot ·d t > Li ut n._ nt n Apri l l , 11)+-f, a nd rema in 'd ·n Brookh- n unti l .j unt: of 19-1-5, making a .t \ ·u yt:ur ~tay in that irn1 1rt . nt ·l~St•n-m nt. lu Jul} of I•J.J-5 hl' was t ransfcrr d t 1 the _ r~ l\·al ,\ ir St:.lti< n at P art 11 <11 bor a:> a~i, rant traiuin~ officer, and in 1 oH·mb -r lwctnH' the stati n'll ain in ofli , ~r tor 1000 men. D'¥\ i ht a: rei •, -ed from ctivc Juty m t\ lanh ( :1nd •riven termin al leave until 1ay 25. Thirtee» • P rtUc:- oi di~· nd da t a~ swept up fr m ( h:'llllf'ton}s ,ofLball d iu . By Ra arrctt I ,1milton Jomnal -~cws I rt · nlurnni~t Forthemt}1atinquir f h n1pions' so~t~all )'' domgs, ·'\Yhat' · ki kin· ch1cken. the answer 1, ··pJ nt\- littl mel t, 1 nty." Y ''-blare the.br< ,, · trum1 et · and rre ar th vi tor~ crm,~n -the _1 r ~1 \Ya · rill wGa fl emp1re p anorhed 111 all the mi ·ht [ old i · on the l -e again t defv th u hi nball realm in ii:s lon ta~ lin traditional fa hi n. !_be ~·een Y\ aye Indu tri. 11 aguec ~ p1 rlt ' 1Jl ,.,h and tuned t the merr m od of the ,day urped by th r ·_ app aran e of face mi ~ ed the past quartet of year du to military all , have alread.- be n tam · cL ' T he team to beat'' out at K orth End the e f?rthcoming Tue day e ening . Highllghted b) the return of Earl F arr'ner to the helm a record number of candidate - reponed in preparation for the • 1 n e Industrial lid lift r with b tat I st ~,. "~\: . and '~ ki r 1 ~ r ' F·1rm i 1 r~ - n m<•,.tr< ubi : n . end i1 · l cting th be tter _c n1b tna t1on fr m th w alth of mat nal at hand. R lyi .n ,- chi fly on the chanae f P. ·e. arti·t Ev r tt P tt a tl e pn ch1na main t.1 Farmer can als ~ ) ~" ~r m a d 10 f oth r capable fi1pper m Ducky M:.utin or he himse lf, if n e~ d be. Th · b~cl st pping ~1 res w n t go for want wtth the ser- . VIC s of Adri an Fowler and Henry h uhak, b th plenty able and more than v\·tlling. Infielders are tacked deep with such famili ar names as Vernon vVilh elm "Chuck" Hacker Di t~ Dallmer, \;\Tally Faber, Stev~ Holbn and l\!Iark Wise. The pastures a re far from lacking in talent with the heavy hitting l\1erle Brunner, umors· ~- - B y ] oe Blevins \V ell, another month has rolled around and most of us are getting over the strain of pring cleanup- so it's now dig in the garden. )) )) (( ({ T hi month fi nds some pretty wild tale fly ing about the machine room. F or in ta nce, Bob Ba rrett, No. 10, swear by t his in hi own words : " \Vhen I was a tin y child and st ill wore dre ses my mother would lift up one end of the ta ble and let the t able leg down on the hem of my dre s tQ keep me from ru nntng away. vVhi l I was fastned up like thi , a thief came in to the hou e and stole all the ilverware and do you kBow my folk had t wait a year unt il I 1 a rned to talk o I could tell who he ' a and they could have him arres ed ?' )> )) <( (( And then there j 'borty - bney to tell about the gu \~; h o went t hi favorite fi hing hole and e in th rein a catfi h ab ut fou r feet long- r ju t a little horter tha n horty him lf. Abney aid h tried ev ry ki nd of b~ it to et that fi h but with ut any luck and he couldn 't fi ur the rea n f r it. On mornin h '"'e\ er h o t early and neaked up the cr ek t th fi hino hole. .He heard a no1 in Fo1trteen the bushes .and, believe it or not, there was that catfish with a shovel di o- f~ i:1g his own fi sh worms! U'-o J) )) (( (( If Shorty had caught that fish , he V\ ou ld have needed Earl Fite's truck to ha ul it in. And that's some truck. Ea rl used to permit his dog to ride up front with him but several people were scared off the road because they thou rht it '"ra one of tho e foreign ri ht hand dri e ·. )) )) cc (( Another ve ry int , re t ing and, we a r informed, w 11 \"i ritten a rti -le, is b J hn Y un and it deal v ith t he billy goa t J .ill in power f th mod rn rifle. It i no doubt a ve ry auth ri ta- . . uve trcatt ~ e . - )) ({ ( ( Sam Arnold f S ·mi-coa wa one of the m ·rnb rs f the lnmpi n t pnotch a k ·tb~JJ team that trav led to H u ' t n uive th b ' th cr" a chct:k ut n th~.: h, rd \ ' 1d. Sam -ay h · had a v ry f1n • tril u J n et up with T hn Ha 'kcr tt \V. ' r ' and ~ arn e · f tht; ot h r b y \cv ho 1 f I re [ \Y rk , t the H u ton plant. , )) ( ( (( £ycry one had r:t 0 ld T in r- ban 1u t. ~ . eciall n. joyed hi tim · at th L o \\ inkier · Lf although he vc r , ti•l e lfob .rai nc.:s , ncl th . teran larenc_> Hiv ·Jy < vailabl . Further h · r enm,r, Farmer will have he aid rf _Jarla? l . ,. e tcht~ lunz in ·he mas~ r - J ~ltndmg del r rn nt, the latter s rvm tn a oaching ca acjty. 'D.1e J ynas y of rlum having pa, t ti e lnl ·a-dcra:tm n al 1ill circui i' l.tnr 'lt a c r_tamty once again. Howe~\: e r, _at thJ. wri in 'J', lill A hie ic ~ . rdm~ r Frni<: 1'elson elb u he 1 ·~ p_enencin ~ no _li lc difficulty in ~ta1 nm~ pl· y111g s1tes-Muni I ecreatt n 1 ~ector s Ed Braun· and "Hib ., l ske havm~ a full eekly ·late out at o ~th .E nd. s . diamonds. But ' the or- ga n.Ization 1s m progress and is expect-cl to be worked out soon. I> )) (( ~< Plans for an entry in_ the popular T_hur day North End Gtrls' loop are Vl rt~lall y complete for the Champion l ~ s 1e . Hav ing long advocated a h1 gh e ~, class a:f {emine_ pi~lowball for ours . The Fnendly C1ty;' we'd like !'lot ht_ng better than a banner season Ill th ts re ~ p e~t . for Champion- all but assured With Bill Garrett in the leadership roll for the o-i rls' combine . complained a little about the red sauce on the walnut kernel·. It eem as though a guy who ha eaten as much carp and other kind of fi h as Leo should recogrtize the ta te of h rimp. ~r alnut kernels? Why Wink! )) )) (( (( l\!Iarge l\~f a r vi n, wife of ou r one and only '"- illie Ma rvin, was ve ry plea ·a ntly surpri ed recentl. by a telephone ca ll from Bill in T okyo. That i:> what ou mio-bt call lono- di ·tance and we do m.ean lono- ! B.ill' li ttle s n. Bobbie ' tall'e I t his dad and was told t et out the fi. ·hi ng equipm " nt as Bill h pes to get home oon. 1 he n xt day Bobbie wa ~ out in th e a rd with a ·h v l and a caD . di ggino- fi sh w )rms. T hat's what ·we all .,, ell-and t u b-ing too ! n n << " Lat Bash- If you want t sc a v ry int restin ('l" tr icl· o t vVhit y I~l a y e · t tell rcu mtr ge and ho much monc. ' u 0 0t in yo11r p ckct! )) . )) (( ( ( I guc , t his \Vinds up anoth r month of n " . Ho-v about y u fall · s on. . 11 a nd. d wn in w t end brin inoin ·om · tuff-al"o ::.; m pi ·tur s. Mr . J n ( displa in n- a n '\ lamp hd) :·'In t it l ly, }oe ?" J e ( d ' I'erately) : "If you wear that to hurch tomorr w, you go alone.' ' • • urmurs~-- By Dorlore.r Lovell R-R-r~r-i -n-g-g-g!! Herrumph> ahh obh, muzulph, u o-h, (stretch groan) RI · 1 AND SHINE!! Keep in{)" one e e half open. tagger over the chair, hit the corner of the dre er, turn off the bla ted alarm clock, tart back toward the b d-b\Jt NO "!___.you must not weaken, vou ~rfUST go to work! Sit on the edge of the bed making all orts of exc~ · for NOT go.ing to work but outtalk y urself each time; dre very carefully (after two tries ou final! get )-'Our clothe on rio-ht ide out ), run a comb throuo-h r over vour hair da h some cold water on "' v"' our face-brrr !-draa- v. ourself down-sta irs for breakfa t. only to find-that i ' SATURDAY! i I t:"'s little thing like that, that make life worth living, don't you think? \Vell, I uppo e thi wonderful plan of having Saturda. , off will ju t have to sink in ort of graduall becau e it's almost too ood to be true. Of cour e orne people can di cipli'ne themQelve~ to this routine. while others do it in reverse . • Take for jnstance, Carole Munz. When Caro1e alarm clock went off, she went throuah all of the above de. cribed motion , except that he turned off the alarm. clock, taggered back to bed, and went back to leepand woke up later to find that it was L OT uA TURD A Y! ! That' alright, Carole, just takes time to get it all tra· ghtened ut, that' all . maybe. )) )) ((. « C okie, down in Purchasjng, was the center of a traction not so lona ago, all . ecause of an inn cent little mouse. \Vhen thi poor ·little rodent darted cro ~ the floo-r, bothering no one at all minding 1t own busine6 _, it very accidentally placed itself in full view of Pe gy. At the time~ Pe gy was sortin the mail for th day> and suddenly\ itbout any warning whatsoever, he ave out with a blood-curdlin :r yell and threw the paper v ry which way. Both she and the m U.se turn d white, they ay. And they had to car the mou e out a str ·tcher the littl darling d i d of h art faiJure!! And C okie ? \\ 7 11 you ju. t b .re-ful not to w ar squ . aky b0 when you'r.e ar unci her becaus . she ba n~t 1rott n over th sh ck f it yet l T.hey to p-t 1~i ck up a dime! Jus to h n thin s up a li tie, we placed a dirn ~ in an i oc n picuous 1 ot on our offJ · fl or, to se · \. h v·.rould ha sharp enouoh e . ' to ec it-and , ·hat they w uld d{J with it, jf a d :v.hcn they found it. And 1'11 ha ·e you know that not only do Franl"' Thomp ' 11 and \Valter Holzberger have 20120 -i ion the - are also a honest as the da is lon0 ! B< th of them rett1rnecl that t.lime t u a ' soon a they found it and we weren't even watching them at the tinP! vVe' re reaily proud of them! »· )) (( {( vVhen an immovable object meets with an irresistible force-and when tl1 e object i a ei li ng and the force is Claire \Volfe's head-well, that knot on Claire' head isn't there ju,_t to hold her hat on and that's for ure! Confidentally, I th ink Cla ire wa ~ trying to act like "~Tonder ~Toman " (in the comic book you know, of cour e you do f) and take off through the top of the house. Could that be the explanation, Claire? )) )) « (( You know~ some people have lost week-ends-bttt the most unusual week-end we have ever heard of is t he one t hat H elen -Argadine is becoming _ .n oted for. . Ask h er to tell you about 1t sometime . )) )) (( (( We've had · quite a few lu scious la sies added to our midst this ti me, and they are as follows : J osephine Nli ller (who by the ·way is wearing a simply beau tiful diamond ring given to her by a very nice person by the name of R aymond P owell. R ay has just recently been discharged from the se rvice.) Josie is working with Dorothy B y l~n ga in the Addresso (~raph Dept. Then there's Kath ryn Moser -vvho's be n working in the Power Office she's a vet n i e p r on; Dorothy Friday, at p r sent in the In 1 ection Office sh '· the t{iss v ith the pr tty black hair Vir in i a L )m j s, h a l ls he charm t the sch dn lc offic , ~iary Skillman, y u'll r all li1 h · r as et in th . t no Pool n I Rub 'ra ford , the a urn haired l\1i in th · Steno P ol, t o. )) )) (( {( I ju st ~ i h w tid ha s · ·n D( r ~thy and A ·ely B I nga cha sing hatcowand alftLt g 1 o. intb~ir 1 as ur · f I au" s D 1'() ·h i j 1 ·t ret( fl . I t~ ti -. f r th pring fuot r~ct' · beca1:1s J heard :h \i a really makir1g spc cl t ·o ds .r tnning aft r t l , t alf. I id y u . r · at 'b tll t J , D<J-t? - . You c all h ·a rd. t ric, a b u tb · erV(Jll'S bride · nd gro ~ rn · . fur w ddi .:r I know bLJt did y , u hca - vvk~ : tt R id did a his daughter • .,~.~·~-~_o ""'"- ~,~·,.,--.o- -~.,.,___._~,._ - "' Gilbert Popp, No. 2 Shipping, is read'y to start the day, an ideal one f~r him 1o:r it will take him on a fishing trip. weddino-? Instead of him supporting Betty as they walked down the aisl , she was holding him up, and he a lmo~t collapsed while he wa sayin her vows. . And then, after the groom kissed the bride, Otto tu rned around an d kissed the first person behind himJ ''vhich o happened to be a n eighbor of hi s, and which urprised both of them so much that he i still blu sh ing. The la t. thin · I heard him ay to h im ·elf '"ra 'Hm am I aoing to explain thi to my wife ? (I wonder how he -did.) » )) ({ (( ;rOll , do we ver mi that Ollie R o e lVIe r! Ol.li ~ p r on that the bett r ·. u kn \.V her, th b tt r ou like he"r and 'he ah a " d · d t the fun V'.'h r . r he h pp n d t b . '~V r allv d1d ha te t e u ] ~ -~ , OTli , ai1d if y u C:han e y. ur mind and com back, w lll b ·· awfulfy htd. vVhat? o "'n ra ·m . nts or mar-ria s thi tim ? 'fhat d sn't ound ' ri rh t b - ·. 1.1. ·l H r ld vV ri ~rh . _ said, "tn th f dn a Ollt v man' f fl y ttlrr.t to-:-v h r • y . unn . man's has 1 c n an ar ron ~" j ('¥ 1l that~ w 1 at he , · i 1 ! ) ~ , w '· i !) tt r tak€ a ·I v~u'l t au·e £ h ~ , d n' y u think, id '? )) ) ) (( (( \V elL nuH , aid for thi 'by or no _ • liD ' 0 -· AL ROLFE A CHAMPION 45 YEARS R euben B. Robe! t on J_r. left, _vice-president and general production manage r, and Ho~er H. L.atm;er, n g~t, mdl manager, congratulate Al Rolfe, center, on the occa wn of h1 4)th anm ersa ry as a Champion. Bier A! was sit6ng in his office chatt ing with a friend when Reuben and Homer dropped m unexpectedly and took him by su rprise. Al came to Champion in 1 ?Ol when ~o . 1 l'v1ill begari its operations and worked fi rst on the pap ~r machmes and later in a supervisory capacity until he was m~d~ >g~neral supe nntende~t of paper making, his present post. . . Al IS I year old- 79 on next December 8-and he can be found at his office every day, although many of the deta il s about the job are left to others. His great recreation, of cou r e, is fi shing, and he and J\!Irs. Rolfe drive to a Lake 1\,.fichi an re ort every ummer for a stay of two or three weeks. AI admitsand not too reluctantly- that Mrs. Rolfe now is the better fi sherman and has pictu re to prove it! • • • ar .e I HIS IH By L orrai1u Stewart We look around our depa rtment and see a number of new faces o we extend a welcome to Nancy Hobbs, Alfr eda "tvi aize and Delmona McPh ers n who ha e come to tb sortin.; line. )) )} « {( P ina Sharp spe n her tw \ eeks' vacation at home and repo rted she had a wonderful time, ju t lolling ar und . . . Ancl Dorothy J one su rpris d aJl of u by etting married on her acati n, ' O w xtcnd congratul ati ns . . . \V have Ruth Zimmerman ani l'v1a rtha 1vfcCarter, f rmerl y of t he Box h p now n the ortin O' line. AJ. I 1\f \Y L T • 1 t r ~n )) )) « (( DO. ~T F RGET 12 I .\!OTHER'. LL E E BR~ T : . TI-LT DAY. Pfc. ~l\1e rl e Sowder, on of Bonnie S wder, Sorting Line, and formerly ou r brok box ha ul r. \>Y a • horne for ev n da in late Mar h and earl ' ~ ApriL H -- ha been ta ti ned at Fort J a k · n, South ar lin a and 'I cted to go to th • Caribb "an tor. H :erv d a ) ear in th 1\ Jerchant fa rin b fore nli tin? in th Army. , od lu ck ). 1 rl , fr 'mall ·f u ~ . ) »« « \ V n \ h a n' wi th u R u f n, C I t 1 n H ay, on .7:o.'.lTi O . G 'I ' n.m m r m. N~ . -? M. 1·1 1. • H er cd in th ' \: avv. f Jr 38 m )nth. and pra tic, II all o rhat t ime wa · in the Pe: if1c ~ rea. Cl~ y h a big . -mil a ll rhe time f r ver nc au l \re r · , urel Ia i ) h{JY him back. ,\ !ben Youn<" and Lorraine ' t c- \H lrt comF ni d ~ l r ' . J ~ss ie \Vait . •o . -' ,' .lf l 't h'1 ng, to mp tterb ry I•:a rl ]. Hicks. wh , h r . tr > vi i · h r ·on . . ~ ~ nn\Y . 1 a to e l )) » « (( Alma I i ' · has I ·f our g r() .1p : inc h r h . ·b· n r urn,dfrom crvic nd th ' gr rls pr s nt -d b r wi h a ln •e t • blank . 1•, ~ l y n H ns r"s hu ba n;! ha · r tu rn l fr m uve r a scr ;icc and 1 · .~ ·lyn c c k sh()r vaca tion tn be w 11 h h · 1 . •• Thelma Hm nn. ,·ortin ~. lei u.- tc n t0 Por land. Ure . wherr> :·h · will be m rri d. ~nd her cumpa oJ ns l rc, ~ n ed h r : ·t h fine ho ccoat. )) )) « « 1 1 'e h n now ave a new Br ke Ha ul r Cir: th line, ye girl . t lte littl mv \V tl1 t l1e curly hair, an I he i . r1·1'e thcr than T d Cummin . He r"·d lv keer"s f'h e paper off h • flo r. Hmv about it girl s, a ch eer for T e'.l! » )) (( (( You can bet that · Iar ha )rote ~ both ha ppy and unhappy th _sf; day·. Her on Cpl. .:\elson l\IIerrill ha returned home after a ervice of 3 month with the ~ · 1a r ine . He was wounded on I wo Jima and afte r the surrender went to J a· pan ' here he spent about
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