The Log Vol. 32 No. 08

Between 1914 and the late 1960s, the Champion Fibre Company published an internal newsletter, called The Log, to share news about the Canton mill, the community, and its employees. After 1940, news from the entire “Champion Family,” which included mills in Hamilton, Ohio; Houston, Texas and Sandersville, Georgia, was featured in each issue.T H E L 0 li lN THIS ISSUE v h •n a I ' tlt•t· rr.iv :d on L ·c M Elrat h' ue'lk 1 u l rn :;u kt.:d, "' ' lin ·en, G ni1~ny" e ho tght i cont m unusual enough Lo p- ~s on to Canttm JJi vi~ion ~ofa H<tger Du tdl H ·' ldet. Dutch, in tun , bcli ve t th t a iJ Champi m" ·woutd b in ~a ·steel in s 'eing th , 1 tter. - bm, The LOG ,!J­tained on of it · Le t stori in many a df' dline. DoH' mi.s::; "C! a rn p ion Helps T Tell t.hc btory of D ·n cr· \:y/· page J 3-15. T he Hamilton Divisio n's en rgetic Sug ··es-t ion CrJm­mittee h as produced a n w method of study in an l screening workers ideas. For a nutshell ac ount of thi new system see "Sp eed , P lus Action," page 2 -2 . * * * '"' LOG ·writer Fritzi 'chne.ider does h r bit to arbi­trate the perennial ba ttle of the sex . . · \IV e re omr 1end her breezy items, "What Do You Like ~ 1o t About i\'l'en?·· and "\tVhat Do You Like Most About \Vomen?" page 37. * * * * Ralph Goforth te!ls about a group of Canwnite wl annually en joy the kind of va ·ation mo·t of u dream about but seldom find the opportun.ir ' to take. Pa •e 4 L Reading time, two minutes. * * * * Can you read sign language. Madtin · Room language? Give yo urself a little te t : paue d- 2~. • 1° ll The Champion Paper and Fibre Company Gen(!ral Offices HAMII.TON, OHIO Mills at HAMILTON, OHIO HOUSTON, TEXAS . CANTON, NORTH CAROLINA SANDERSVILLE. GEORGIA Edilor .• STEWART JONES Editori'al Advisors, R. 6. ROBERTSON, JR., D. J. THOMSON,. CAL SKILLMAN Editor Emeritu~ , G. W, PHIU·IPS HAMILTON- Divis ional Editor, Ray Garrett HOUSTON - Divisional Editor, Vern Delaploin H enry A lexa ndtl, Co rdon And s. Wesley Cobb, Hud Dunlap, H llgb Kirkp a tri ck, K.e n. Moore, J ack ' 'fnllcn. Mll rgareL Os· IJorne, Hel n Pi r<:On, Doror.hy Pu gh, Ru th Raqu t. Otto Rei.d , Fll tzi Schneid r, George ';L·i.t cr, Hill T hompson. Hc l ·n l~ i e rwirth , Sher. l' rt'd Fumt•'-s. Sam Card . • orn t<l H.a ·ker , Lur illc H:trri ;;. Ph II is K t.dwm, Od II 'and ·rs. CANTON - Di visional Editor, James Deaton R. f) . Col l'ma n, J r ., Fr" d D1•yton. Clnislin D t~Hvcr . F1 ctl Fcrg:tiSOJI , R a lplt Gofo r th , C.l)1de R . Hv.,y. J r ., R eb cca ll o\ .II , 1::. n Sl M s ·cr, Bt ure Na nncv Gen \ icv · J 1ll l l<•II S. Rr he rt SPI:CIAL REPORTERS r P;nre ,.~0 fl . Hclb l'hi:llips, Gw ·mini n f'k tYI OlCII)~ , K;Hitcrill,L' l'atll Cra ig. T he rilor ReporL r G lt dy~ II.. Hod ge~. Sand 'rsv ille \\' ~I ·y Cobb. Wh:t t '~ N w On Th 'fi"<lrtll Muriel All n. Ger.acral Q(fjce !'l e mmon ~. Gra ;e l'lfJLI , J. E. S l a u g hr ~J:r, ')t a 11 "1 )' Sm ith, C . C. Smtl '· J. :-. Wllliam ~on . VOL. XXXII l 0 U R C 0 V E R PICTURE This original painting b ,\nist Jack R ;;uns 'Y p )r· tra ys Ed Coon, I<.:H1g··tim Ch ~:nnpion and a nH·mbcr ol the Houston. Di vit, ion Ac ·ountinu D ' j.)<H tmcnL. Lor•e Star on th.e map of T xa..s iu the tn ckgrou nd shows the l(IC<l· lion of Houstvn ri.ear Galv . LOn .Ba y. For a tor · abou t Ed Conn, see the tl <::X l pag-e. AUGUST 1949 NO. 8 ---~- • A u typical Champion" is Ed Coon of Houston Division Accounting Department. He has worked for the company for more than 3 0 years. '1~.- UT A t:NrFo RM on tomorrow, ki. d." \Vith tho. few ·words ca ually spoken by a lank y, lantern-jaw ·d pitcher at Buck­nell Univer ity, came one of the thrills of a lifetime for Ed Coon, the gentl eman . hovvn on our coYer this mon th . Ed wa · lh n a green young fre·hman at the uni ersity, making his first tr out for the team. The pi lcher \\' a ~ r Ja er-manag r of the team, a yo ung man ·who vas later to become one of the greate t figures the world has ver known - Christy Matth wson . Ed Coon played a lot of baseball around Lhc shortstop post in the years that fol­low d, and he has had a lifetime full of experiences - but h e r c-memLel the fi t" t d~~y he became teammate of Christy Matthewson a one of the bigge t thrills of all. Born in Fore t County, Pa .. Ed -pent tv ro years at Buckn ell and a year at \Varren Bu . in.ess College. From school he went jnto the lumbering busine s in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. In 1912 h met John C. Arbogast, then gen eral manager of the Champion Lumber Company, and . w nt to work for the corn­pany in a clerical capacity at Sun burst, N. C. (wh ere Lake Logan i now). Four year later he transferr d to the Account­ing Department of the Champion Fibre Company in Canton . ard in 1937 he went to Hou. ton where he now ha, charge of the salaried pay roll. Ed and his wife, L eila, live at 6 11 North Shaver .n ear the Hou ton milL A on, Edward Monroe Coon, form er! employed in the Employee · Store at Canton, di ed in 1936. Ed ha/) three o ther hildre n : Bob, who works in Canton's E1 gineering Office; Charles, >f the Houstnn Division Causticizing Department ; and Betty. who ;.., tb c;: wife of E. A. Cabc of tb ~ an.ton Di vi ·ion. t:D ·. J<.\ \' RJTh HOB.B[J;:S llO\\arla ) a rc r <tdiJlg·, li tc nin ~ to tl•e radio, and a1 g uing with rk er Bill Sf ear alwl ll Ll1 ~: re~pe Live m e r iLs of for.tLall t am .. .'\ b;t'>C IJall pla}cr fo t JJJ.an: )c;Hs, Ed still enjoy" th game .... arc!) mi ,se~ a i;"JCoad c •M or the Hn usion Huffs. • enetr.al • I l I ~\ I n\ \ I I ' I - I • '1 . IX ATTRAGTIO ' o£ Canton 's Memorial Rea-ea tion P<lrk is modem ,wi.mming pool. T bi picture wa snapped b LOG cameraman ju t bas run as high before dedicacion cer c-tJl.OJl) ' tarted. Patrona e • a l ,QOO young. tcrs in a ing:Je da ·. CANTON DEDICATES. 'NEW PAR c NTON\ M EMORIAL RECREATION PARK was officially dedicated in J ll n e with a ccr mony b fo·re more than 2,000 persons. The new project, one of the mDst modern in this scctwn, was completetl at a cost of . 75,000. The spaciou s s' .vimming pool i a popular rendezvous for youngsters and adults morn ing, afternoon and e vening. Life g uards are on cons-tant duty and the rec· reatim:la] program is hm tioning smoothly. C ach C. C. Poindexter is superviso-r of the proj cL Square dance:, ar h ing held .in the ev uinF;"s atop the bathho-use and plans arc u _ing ·ompl t. d to ins tall a ·huffle board court_ ring b::tlL ourt also is in ac-tion wl1 cn kids or grown 11ps choo~S c trJ play. Mayor .Floyd \'Voody offi ·iall d di .ate lLhe park . l"orm r 'fayor J. Pnul llurra al so spok . hri -n, during- t.h ' program . Co<.t h Poi ndexter, a. lHa SLCr ()(' (: 'l' lll<Hli t: . . recog-r1ized many Cant n idzcns and ci vi · chthll fot th . part lh y pla yed in ruak.ing th · p!'Oj ct I ossibl . l.lTTL!i SAM D 0 . "'. E 1 '1', nine- )~ar - o ld , ) !1 ()[ Dl'. \ ', llowm• l Pnckert, \ tntmt plw,i ­d • ~n, dj ·pill , p i nty of nei'H' :i · he di\' s (rpm h tgh board uu ~kr Otcl 1. T"'ll' .ICA L UF t-~ CIJ ltD is MaJ sha I Owe11, son of 'I'<O) Owen, Ch :~mpit IJ. TIJIS l'HO' t (H ~ ft l'l'f ; ht~w ~ , .·uuH porrio r1 of L rg> ro, rd. , tt , m'li11g 1pen ing ' ' rrtrltlO' a MrrHJ1 j:J I f'Hi k. Sq 11M· I;Hwin · ra s p l t~c · ~liop ln thhon: ' cit. ri g'ht tor gr~nr1t I) in th ewnlng-:-<. ) - • f1 E. JC\f PI?>!'~ H:oL wa .. hotter" and 01ampion lhe oia}lt, bm the mu i wa danced long an tirele s.l . . • ev n C 0XIAL G£:\.'TL _, fAN~ Champion's ( e 1 raJ'f Director, L o·ris Clarke Thoms n, conferred the 'Lady Champion " honors. BRE f~ Zf: BU WlNC - The Fun [-l u-.;e d<lid ~ lt<HI Llwir moment., althQ~I h " I i ' f" thev \ere. ' Klf Pli\:G . '0 TEl.<. - Yonng man (Llpp r I ft) make<~ a hig -p l ~l.:h a-. h tol oggan into the ,,,u ~:l of L .Sotnd)\· vi1 1c Lak . • \ • • • PER . PRFTT'\ PA TTY- HamiiLml Division Offices em· p! )CC, Her :\faie. ty, 1\H Pat , 'e w man. "Lady hampion .. of 1949. < • - I ! Hamilton THE AMERICAN ; C L 0 \>\' N C A P E R S - No Champio n Family Picnic would ever be comp lete with­out its zany clown and their antics_ AY ... ' ' COMELY CONT E T A;>oi T S-J-hunLILoll Di vision Manager Leo Gei er {left; presen-ted bracelet - to the li "Lach Champion" asp iralJtS, FEl\fM E FROUC - D6 ·ing ho n1 a 1 o i1 1C , a only th worn •n could, in the 'lrnr g)ner pr01okin:g na il driving c nlc t. OBJFCTJ\"F OB. ERVERS - 1\ porti0 11 f th e: u1' rllow cro\1'd, g-:1Lh ring (or Lh · ·' La ~l y .. h<J Lnpion ·· on test. ' C01 TCLUDING CER£J\.f0. 'lES - On the b-a nd , tand at t.nidni g-ht, '' Lady Champ.ion" (aboYe) told racl.io aud ience. '"Tt's wonderful ," a11<l Hamilton·J; \VJ\fOH a nnouncer, Don Meeks, agreed. RADIO ROU, DUP- .Midd letown's WPFB listeners got an "on t.he scene" report (above, right) from the picnic chieftain, Ernie Nelson , and his "girl Friday" Ruth Haver land. I.' TRADITIONAL r:AsiUON, another highly success ­ful Hanlilton and General Office - Champion Family Pknic headlined Hamilton's Indepen­d nee holida · ·weekend. Tl1is, the ele\·entb a-nnual outing of its kin ~t, attract d another ne>v a ttendance mark- 28,784 -replacing the 26,700 figure established at the Le ourd ville Lake Sile la t year. From early morn until the midn,io-ht hour, no end o£ games, ccmtests and exhibitions met with the _picnickers' fan.cies, climaxed with the crm<Vn ­m. · n f "La d y Ch ampw. n. "· Fe' indaStrie . . if any, can boast of a yearly eY~ nt o popular- it ju t doesn 't happen - and Champjon eem ineel'lt on eeing that the prece­tlen :is never endan er ed. All tln-ough the Chantpion ranks:, even into the retired employee group, the Cha1upion Fami­ly Picni.c means d mocra-cy at iv b es t - the American way of li fe. , • .. \ ,, ·•' • • PICNIC PARTY- A typical scene, when Champion · get together for th eir <Hiting lun ch or upper in the picnic area. YOUTHFUL YEARNING - Young Champion divers 'ith a nutrkecl ilote of anticipation in th Famil ' member watched • .. • ' By IJ"p· Cob& Frc m · notebo k of coumn· livin14: Tl e e arly­mornin()' hour in the ~ummer ti1ne are th · he ·l hour · o l the da'-'.' ui L, ool, wit b a fr ·hn •s.:; th:l t can on1 ' om · witha' ne'"' day. :\nd neo(the l estwa ,· to · ~ endth " m i · to :if here in the d ·n, in the blu -cov "' red ~;;as .hair '\:\·it11 t11e l Iy •;o 1 ·writii g boar r . ting on it arrns, jo t­tin · down n t fc r thi~ Iinle pi · ce. . \ read\. br eze blows i11 throug' h th two w s win- um,· . If th rei · a br eze t IJ found an ·wh r one wi.ll be found blo' •ing· entl ' ao·o· · the hill. fany time we haY left the mill in till-air summer heat o nl ' LO step out of our car in front of the gat and fe I the pleasant urpri e of the 1 ni O'llt air blowing against our face. 1 1eiohbor Jim Ma sey, in times of tre s, open irontand ba k door and lie · on tl1e floor in th path of the draft ,\·bile the hilltop breeze keeps him cool with electri c-fan . . preCl wn. The di ·rant caJl of a killdeer breaks shrilly on the quiet morning air ~nd floats in through t~le <?pen win­dow. The killdeer 1 one of the most fascmatmg of all countr · bird·. \\ h en eYer we hear his piercing cry, we instantly visualize the time and place we have ,seen .him. ' Vinging hi way in full cr ' ac~oss the meadow, hke a ilver hip in the sunlight; comm.g to rest. on a plowed field , standing like a gxay senunel agamst the dark ground, then gliding swiftly forward on his long, pipe­stem legs. The killdeer ranks with the meadow-lark as a symbol of spring and summer, and their haunting notes contain the no. talgic "call of the meadow at eventide." Today will be hot and humid again , as the weather­man predi ted. Another link in the long h eat-wave chain that has gone two weeks unbroken. T he mercury in the thermometer tells the Lory standing at 80 a lread y. Out­!> ide, the shaft of sunlight t'11at arc pu. hing a ross the treetops. are brilliant, it.t 'ns . ·the droning of a ~ oc_u st addi> a fmal m s3ag o( lazy surom r h at. T he whJrrmg nojse begins with a oft, tuuering beat, ris ·s to a full res ·endo, and finally [ad ell a\vay in a st ady dron . ln another hour or two thos • wh0 can \\i ll IJe drawing sh ades and s! king r .~piL fr Jnl the h ea t.; U1me' ho lrliiSI wj]J b · sta ing ou n "Tl · Big w at." Th r i <J anotbcr 1· ·as0 11 why this morning\ arly hours most b cla ~sccl at tong the " bes t." This i'i the fir t day of ou lwo-w • k va ation f om th ~ 1nil l. 'o < Jl ·gc boy (•vcr cro~&cd off th - days on th ode dar with au m r anti ·i] ~:ui o n than we ]o1>k forward t y, ca tion t ittle. s the boyb wo !I I ay, ''Pap, you ;uen't mad :Jt an IH d 1ight now, are you?" L,. t w · so many fo lks ·1sk · 1 us 'h TC Vt· ' ten; gt ing­on our , cation. \1\Th n we n :pli ed , " mdwrc in r:' ti<u · Jar,'' L11 ,y look d a bit S)lmp· thc tic It' ~~.., 1wnl f 1r tht'm w r ·c:tli:t.e that Jak r ~ oru., , l.lJ tcl tdps in lo; l 'll ·nd simply l eav~ us cold. fr ·r n .. , l .i lllODths of wai t iug for th s Lwo weeks o[ re la · ing iu th · lt a nJll!O( k nd th · ·wing. walkin over ver iu ch of o ur g ro1tml i.tl th ' morning d w, doing o ld jo b. a bo ut t lu~ hou: and gar­fl n wiLh no thought of tim or burry, and pJa ·ing ball with th boys in th big yard, it wou ld b sh · r her y to s nd the t ire reaming down th h o t. road to find \-dlat other pe pl on ·icler th 'b tt r things of lif ·." H( W<'\'<.:r, the foreg ing i ju t on man's opi nion , r pr ·.~,:n t. on man's in liJl alio n ~. ( vcn that on man (:i lll tlst nsid · hi f· mily - t J th , · t t1 of t.riJ to ·wim­millg pool , me: i ·~;, th • ball 1 ' rk. · nd un ~· oth ·r pl s lu ring rh · ) nh1g day . Whl h i a it Jv; d be.) 1 h 1 . is no "ide· I'' v cation I r v • on . \.Vl mak a rn n happy is wl1at h.e . h.o, ul1l d .J on 1 i vara ion. W ba ve 1 lv to look out he win I()W to w1 v th t I w · bav ~ on · of our b tt ·r gard ·n~ thi yea , Th · p('tla-toc:, <..arrots, corn, L ·et ·, ud be" n ha e c0me alon r b ·atttifulJy and tmra o • han~ m the ·ines lik. .pple. Otlr only · tback a! ne in th b-ig rd<::n by the road. I tcr j t was planted, th r followed r rai.nles~ d· n ~cJore the ground wa soake l and the seeds cam· tagg ;r­• ng through tbe sur fa •. As a re. ult, . orne of the tuff ·s snmted. But every experien c:d gardener take~ .such thing philosophically. Except where irrigation i~ ewplo ·e(L only one eason out of ten sup} lie · the ighl proponiom of sun and water at the proper time.. \- c will al·wavs look back and say "if we had had a little more rain here" ?r "a little more sun the~e" we would have .had t11at per­fect garden or crop. Whrch mereJy teaches a ain the !e!-l­son that few thing in life are ideal. J n everything w ' do, it is commendable to ·hoot for the tars, or a 100 per cent rating. t the ame time, the wi e man ·willin l> concedes that h e will be happy with an average of : per cent. Anyone who demand perfection will break him­self on the rack of worry and fru tration. By Paul Cra ig About every rw·o or ~hr ee ·we ·ks we rea I ' ·her someon e was killed in a era h of the li0 ht plane \'ariel ·. Aviation suHers a black e ' in the min I of the publi each time this o urs. U·ually th cau i apparent from the start, and almc sl a lw ay · ~ h n the ith' ·ri ) ·< ti on:-; are compl te, th n rus is found to be that th l ilor trie I tO go b ' yond what hi e:xp ri nc justi(ie ' . Pages coul.d be writt n o [ jncident · of rhi · kin I, the d ta il , of " hirh ' Lre knowu 1 this ay 11othing· o( th hun !reds whi ·h ar . m t • 1 well kuown. T~• meJllion onl one r cent l ;.ts ~ which is typi c;,~ l : \ 1\T p ostpon ·d our lak :-o ff fr rn C l •whnd Jnr four huurs clue to ather. A {ronl. '" hich \ · ' r "P >rt l to ha e h a rain and violent turlldt' nC'. lay JlLlrtll :m<l ~o uth b ' t.W ' I'l1 Cl ·vc l:uul and Chi .g. \ 1\Tc, \\tith mu lt i- n •itt p lane two pilots :.md ·ill the h ·st 1.' Jllipm nt va il b le, dicl not ,· · fit to t'tk • a chan .c of · •uing into jc ·nroute to Cin cinna ti. On rite ~ nw day .Hill Odum, whose reptu. tion is w •II knnwn . vH1 ·IJ · I ~· st cak.in • cng;.tg Ill ·nt ill :trvclau t br ·au ·e h · would 110t fly his plane !'!Ho ugh 1 h t' ·Wc'ath.tr r ported •n rmttc. Also on the n·arn , da :t prominent ph •s i~,. i a11 in Chic:tgn i11 it cl a prmHinc•H lawy ·r of lhc :silntc r it , , nd his wife t ac ·om pan hints If and wif · on a fl ,ing Lrip to New Hatupsbirt'. Th • ph ysi inn held a pri\''H ~ l iccll'l', ltad a bo ut 1 00 hours rota I ·x peri ·nee and le · titan l.!l hours in rhc phu · 1n olvrd. Only r' ·enll ' aft a hi · fligh t check by a CA \ inspector t ) acq11ir · hi: privale lie ·ns ', he was a lvi ·cd thar !tis exp(•ri w · lid not w·n·rant ro. s-country fli .ihts in this part icul,r a irplane. Only a. hurt 1 im a[ter takc-oH d1e plane . pun out f lOW·}lallgtng clO\ldS .in Ll dge of [n<li::tna aud •tll rour "" rc killed. A11 im tigation shovveu that ther · was no recurd of any member of thjs pany having ~ . e n te le.pl:ioJPd the \\. ea tbcr Bur au to il l<J.ttLrc of . til" weather cnr(w tc. Th . rea Lion of John Q. Pt~b l i c when readin, th s· ace un1 " in the n w ·paper i that "airp lanes are de:uh trap . " Vv'e \ ou ld like t) point ont. rh a.t this parti ·11- br w ather con­tlition o u l d have b n nego- 1 ia ted w i t b a hi o- h deoree of 1'-\,,~ .. s a f .. t y in th proper airplane, .properly equip­p: ed for weathel' ftvino- and flown ' b by experien ed • • m ·rrument pt-lo is. The di - comfo t to pa ,_ sen (Ye rs o£ bcino- THJ ~10S "TER almost swallowed Smitty o "hole l efore he wa re cued. bat1ged around; the soum~ o f po ur i.ng rain and flashes of lightning in the ~·o rn1 ara u.\·~ darkne · i ~ o.ne of the big reasons for keep­mg out ot It. It 1s hard for anyone who has n ever tried to lo it l1im elf to b lie' e that witho'ut the n ecessar it~ l..rume~t · an? tb kno,•dedge to u e them, uprigl1L flight LS 1mpos 1bl be ond a Yery Jew minute<; without vi ua:l referen .e to th ground. T h imited couple in the above in, tance were victims of: '"Our good frjend has a pilot' l icense and a nice li ttle airpl~n e .. . why . houldn't we go?" The p ilot wa a v1crun o( "A llttle knowledge is a dangerous .rhin o-." ln as some r ader u1ay profit by a b it of time-tested ad vi ce: be , ure you kno~ \vhat ou get into and who you ar getting imo it with. FLYING KEYS By Mu .. riet Alle11. H<n-.• an t pt-\ifri cer keys move r.ha t fast and not jam? \V hen J ean Stri,zlder 1 >'PC) you huld your IJrtaLh in amazewent and wonder haw sh,e can rnake h e-r ting<::r-; nov that rapid! . She i"> right-hand man and Git·l Frida . to H enry Rigby -- taking shol"thand nr>tcs on a ll rh0 e :,frange un-prflBOUIKcabl leg-al t 'nnl'l, t pillg up long legal [orm:, and blflOoth ing t.IJ • j;)::t:lh for Hcury as a good se retary should clo. · _ I~ t:pt mber 1932 Jea" am~.: to Chatnpion tu :,tai"t tram.mg a · a e<..rt t.ar 1 umler Eba \Vthr in the Advcrtis it'1g Depann:.tent. She wa~ there abuu~ twc, }tars, then wcot to th ·aJe Depanment to work on. the Cin<.innati and St. Loui · de. k. Advancing from tht re to act as · enetal seer ta<ry to Mr. Backus. ·h.e staycJ with hirn until abo~t tt:O years ago _wh n sh e went to t l.te L egal Depanm ·nt wtt.b H "Hr R.igb . . DaiHty little J eani "with the lignt brown hair" and parkling ulu C)' CS is never still a m1mn . She is as active in h r hobbi ·s as in her wo:rk. F r fiv . y ~ars in:nn 1938 to 194S sh was ac ompanyist on the piano and o:rgan to Jrish Keegan ''The Chaplain of the ir'' on D<:t ton's radio station \VHJO. He ·ides accompanying, J ean arra,rJgcd and composed ba kgroun l tnu~>ic for the 1. oetry and m ·d.i.tation program. She trav eled with M . K gan all over the Miami Va ll ey pr scn L.ing heir pro­gram to groups, hur hes and granges. When l\IIr. KecgaJl Left the radio to lra ~ el tlu·ougbout th ' Unir ·d States J au took o tlr tlJe entire program; Here she stayed until wa:r !lhort,ages made it so di fficult for her o ge t back and forth that she gave up radio work . This Uttle lady plays the piano as naturally as she breathes - transposjng by .a ir, comp 1sing w suit the occasion, being equa lly art.isric on the organ or the piano. For a lon.g time sh '· was chur h organ ist at Camden. · Not only can J eanie u se h er h ands lc> mate beautiful · music, she can. also ·draw intere cing a.nd fa.Kinating ljkene. es of people and objects- using as her medium pencil or oils. Many a Champ.ion-ite or a ' 'isitor to Champion has um itt.ingly been the model for one of J ean's sketches in a moment of creative i1 ·piration. She . prefers h er p en cil sketches of profiles. Another hit of creative ability i shown in the beautiful tatt d o bjects in her hom.e . Born and raised in 1\![ason City, Iowa, where she went to high school and a year at Iowa U ni ver i ty, Jean majored . in Fine Arts. Stle graduated from high sch ool when very young and moved to Camden, Ohio, s'Oon after l e~tvi.ng the Un iversity. She live with her mo ther in a farrn home ooe mile east of Camden. She comes. back and forth each day to Champion- alternating dr iving d ays wi th ' "' a lt \Vithrcnv. The pride of her heart is her new lit tle Ford, and the group who ride with her e njoy it a J.mos t a much . With the exception of these talents the fact that she can cook, adores te> et a fancy table, bakes deli ious ra isin p ies, a nd is alway · cheerf:ul, Jeanie is ju ·t a quiet li tt le gi.rl who says of h erse lf ··\ 1Vhy nothing- ever bappens to me.' JEAN STRICKLER • I I . l • 7 I • He us ton ' .\LT F R T JIE BRI. F making pwc >" i, 1 red in th e huge , .~H~. \\' a 1 e r poured into the tan k ~ di, - 1h· ' the ~a l t . then i t is pnmp d into t ltc brin ta nk . . CELL OPERATOR Walter l'hilpol conne t 'i a r 11 b;J k into the li ne a [Ler rcp ait s hav heen mad on i l. - • • - .. - Ul T H l ' rR'i . ah~OibC l o perator, I