The Log Vol. 39 No. 12

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.HO TO OWN A PART OF CHAMPION ... . pages 1-5 * * * • DECEM'BER. 1 956 VOL. XX XIX. NO. 1 2. General Office ......•...•.. . .... . .••..... . ..... HAMil TON, Ql-\10 Mills ot ...• . ... , •• , . , , . ••.. , ...•. .. . , .. .. ... , HAMILTON, OHIO CANTON, NORTH CAROLINA PASADENA, T.E.XAS SANDERSVILLE , GH>RGiA l!dilor •...... .. ......•... . . .. . . .. . ... . .• . . .. . STEWART J.ONES OiYi sion l':clitors ... . .. . ..••. . .. . • .. . Ohio . . . . . STANTON NEWKIRK Carolina .. . . . JAMES DEAT0N Tex.as . . .. .. .. . ROBERT HART Editor-icti A.ssislah.t . .... . . . . .. .• . . . • .. . . . . . ... MAUREEN I<EA TING EDITORIAL STAFF OHIO DIVISION- Tom Adelsperger, Merle Baynes, Joe El even ~. lond ie Caldwell (photog-rapher), Wesley Cobb, Nola Hesselbrock, DeH·ey Minton, J ack 1ull en, OtLo Reid , J ohn Schmitt, GeoJ·ge Leiner, Bill T hompson . . CAROLINA DIVISION- \\' . A.. Arrington , Otis Cole, R. E . Da v i ~. fred Da ~ · tou. Ra Ellis, I) de Hamle tt, Waller Holto 11 , J ack Ju ~ ti ce, £me t ~Iesser, R owena i\ l.moris, Bill Rigsbee, J. E. 'Williamw n·. TEXAS DIVISION- Virgi nia Blak.emme, Johnny 13oye tte, J erry Cor· neliu , Ceci lia Dicker.o n , Sam E llis, Fred I u r ness, A. \V. H amilto n , Liz \\'oodring, George \'ou'ng. SANDERSVILLE- C ladvs E. Hodges. Dece rJ::Jbcr brings on Lh l'.: busy sea on. C halllpiou . a.long with the rest of rl1e natio n, are wept np 111 ::. frenzi ed but plea urable h oliday r ush. Eve nin ~s and w k n h arc d 'voted to th ' perplcx i1 g job of lindLng th a t ''right gift" for each m ·rnbet of the fan lily - ee ·'Chri,-;tllla . s Shopper-," p age:-. 10-] I . (Ohio C(JIT · pondent J ohn 'cl tlt lill tnakes .it '~t ·' for his I •llow workcl''>- OJ' mayb • put ~ the •ll in the ·onp - h.' annou 11cing publidy whar .t.h . it ·wiv. s \r;.uH fur C hris lll)iit'>: ·'Merry Chri-stn J<tll, Mvnt:'' }.Y.tg- •:. 21 ·1:! : ~. ) And wl ilc even ings and Wf' ·k n ar p1· .tty " 'el l upt:nt g ning the huusc li g-hL<.:d and 1.1 illtll tCd f,,,. th }Jk;l!-Ul't• of pa' ep ... h y. ("Chr i-;t i1J :.t'i [) · (Jrawt < ' pag ., l ~ - 1 : 1. OUR COVER Cn~ ~ . . li'd . rattot ts <tlld H lh\ o! p l) i~i, _ii •ll . l> l u~. h o r QUr p;q> r i<; mudc w rn eer · r~ t.il~t•/.i <.! ·lin IT d 'IH' . For ru h dt•li,nv . Hit ·r order · n: fill ed f rom lhc 1 hoii'IOI IH:I. •f ton IV · J..c ·p 011 ill• nl o t . ChampioiJ P·'(JCI' 11i ll l11:lp to mak · ~hi . o btighf et Glni IIIJ <J~, th t<•u!'\)1 .'< tlth gay ·gift '" apping a• : lwwu Oil our c•1 V~J. THE CHAMPION PAPER AND FIBRE COMPANY J\leamvh. Ll e, .Mnrn is busy in the kitche u, Wtl. .\tid R o\ e na iV.Io rri · o( rhe Carolilla Di\'ision mak ·s .her on· tribution by ~u ggc,· ting- a couple q( tri ed -an.d -true re i pc~ for the cantl j a r. page 30. Ohio's 1\'nla H e$:el l ro k b r'i'II !={S LL~ hack 1 o the true igni fica n e o[ Christmas. H cr column reca ll.~ the tracl ition of h r famil} in rejoicing· the hinlt of C h r ist. ("Om hrwt111 l'IS .r\rotl rHl the Crib.'' page '27.) .J nltrmy Bo Ctlt: n[ th . T xa · Di vis io n. hoWl' I Cl', ·is uumovcd b the b ustle about him. H · is prGo cup i d witlt his Lomille tomy. Don'c n1i~ · hi ~ rib-ti ·kling ac­cn utl t u[ tb t: oprrat iou, page !16. 'i' ' ·, 1kn.;mhcr is a b usy monrh . But IT III t.'rtJ f) r, y· o 11 '11~ ' ' ' '01' 1 loo l>~t ::. w rc:1d vour LOC l I IN ·.~:: - M E~ T ~\S. 0 lATE~ at Ohio r-ece t>~.IJ celebr~ ted their ' t. hth •ea1. Th . otgard~a lion . inaw•ur:1te.d "iu 19-HJ b 11 em· 1 I e . ·now ineu t 170 Cham piQJl ltlC'JJ a.ncl W(Jtne.J1l fmn1. ll pa rls of tht! rn ilL · a ted hom le ft co ri·.e .-. ht a.rc : Clatk Ha.' nc r. Harold W~g:lll , .Norr,n Ooornb. t.. ml i·ll !f ~\ 1:r. Th ~~~-~~. Tom. . J;1 - cob t, _IJa f..JCb.el, ullJ Wngl1t, Cha de: Sw hb$, Jjn, B f!1 r, Witl Holm!' <:~ nd' B·oh 'R(.lenig. A L E a. an yoi:~e can remember, Ohio's l n ·e u 1ent As ociate wa born on a brain 1 ound f:Or tl.ant.a, Ga~ Non11an CoOtnb~ and Harold ·wright, fi>i Hing si d l· ' sid , talke<J of an org:an.iza tj on or a plan which 1-v-ould allow hampio:u em.p16ye to bu . tock in their c<i.lmpaoy. :'he ult oi that .a· u1s.sion wer appat' nr (m(' ev ning· a month or , o Jate:r. when Sales D ·pa Lmcnt off-i.e s w 1e used fo.r <1 mt:.»el1J1g ot Jl m·n who "anr fl t 1 · t their mon-ey in h <unpir n . " otrnnitLe wa· appoint rJ tl1at r1igh ," ; O:tt)l · .. oomh Pcallu l, ''w (tra)!. up J -law,., awl a u:m..,tiwtlnu lor lH ve.)twent r\ ~tK-iaL6. Di :d Jll,.r with Ro n ak ·, Juim 'udin. Au.dy nu · :-.(J ~_, <:L~u u • - ~ • More Ed - Ellison , Cliff Rekers, BoL Sleph nson, Haro-ld v\frjght, Earl Morgan and myself. , "'\1\Te knew that by the ery nature of the gr up, 'we could not be 'sponsored' by th company - no did ' e ' v;ant to be. A11d we bave not or do not attempt to out-guess marke( prices. We were, and -"tiU are, jut Cham­. p ion -employees who pool our money in small amounts w buy Champion stock over a period of years a an 1' 1.1.ves tmen t. "I will say," Norm. conrinued, "that the group and the investment have gro n during the pa ' t 10 .rears right along with Champion." To ay that the group and it investments "have grown" is an understatement. \!\lith the Lir,·t cledttc i n ($ 10 a pay {o:r most members) ·tarring with the pa_ period !';:nded , pril 30, 194.-6, the g-roup made its fir L · stock purcha e on Augu t 12 1946. "We bought 15 bare," Norm r lat indo.ding- brok r ' tee'. On Novemb r that ame tock· wa· ·worth ·4,680." tl, '·Eor ' 1 of this ' ar 1 In 10 , cars m en'1b rs h.ip ha · Tuwn t< o. t< ab a t 170 Champion m ·n < 11d women [r()tn all P• ns c f th rr ill aDd offi ce ~ Th Te are 1na ·1: ini .;;t., ·ng.ineer , crrters, . - s& n' · ri c.~, ma. .. hine t n 1 · r ·, SLlJ n isor · and .inspec,.urS., u) atnc .a tew, \ l:IG> n"'\>\')l she ,re · in th e-ir Oltlf any. In .I 0 years-, as melnbe rs of ln v<~. tu1 nt A~S• J iat s. 1!Jey ha v<· ~ ~trch:a s d, collc cri ~ 1 ', m :..~re th:xn 1 :~. 000 . ha <·~. L<t t Fcbt·tt{ll iu a J" pent o f th(' org:u iza tlou's a c livi4)', LIH>"l' llh ttr ·:; WCH~ v:du d :ll Utor · lh:m .'8:}0 000. h(lm a ua in 1 id to , \LJ Cll ::-!i tJU :III \ tVi lbw .Kdk1· pi cked H.p lti ~ g;n f'~, 'kwl j ) i'm ;md trw L11 J cut i\ · soci~tt · · h, 4.; un · a ton • wav. ' ()NTINVfQ QN NE"XT PAGE l API'L\'1.' · ]\ R \£ '\tlU R, lUI~ iu ln\ ··im 11 \~" ·l,•t ~ . l •h R ;nlt~C\ (til ('I.Ut an ,lpj•I!Cuttnn .f.nrn. llilt LnJ,,r, th. J!l'111 'Hl 'I tht' m nl . llip cOt:11ll1~tl&. t'HHf ulh p-1 mrd Jh,H ih 1>1 '.IIllitltinn i~ an jndei mdent t>Ht Uh'. l.t j, u>•l<luctt.'\1 ,utd fin llli •d ~ tn •h b · 1 he nt<:'m n lflt:'lUc<.d VJ T JNC '\ _ tl l ~ iJO•· 11n1l C ., tt d\. owl r in J-[J.JJri'IWn, No•1il Coom!; Cll fJiaiu how ~~ut:}!. is pun ha ·d. Hmk A. · willt· poin vut lb ~ [•ti . vf Ch' u ~l i()!l Lo 1, , whi 1'1 is list c1 ;~long wi h ather . "-~ AP P.RO f. ' · BOJ''S PPLl A 10.1' fm membersbtp in ln1· sLm.cnt Asswiates, cr)1Jlm.iueetnen ·~n hi t'6nn. •ated arc E· iL JoHe , John Zimm man and Fritzi chneider. tand­ing at rear is ·arl Prince. The Ohio Division's Bob Ramsey new Investment Associate, learns I 111 )I IH ~ I. , A f F V 101'UR, J~ • l1 IC1111 ~>'-'.Y h'•" 11 d th ;,~ tJlil> n\ nt.l t hin!' is ~ ut 1 h ,dJOitf <JU • 11h a o ( vi ~~.m p ou1.1 ~ tn< II.. I ~ h lt •lit•v• s tlo •r ·' O\Jthinl{ )ikt mvu-i,n, t 1 ,u 1 , 1 Lh onq"~<sn y wh 1 you ' n k . R I J\ 1 ll l"i C: d i ly .. ll<I[IV [ t,, lh•h kt'Pps a. do ·· d wek on Ch;unpiu , ow a f,d l·l!. ·t.IJA :d. tll ' U\ IH.' of Jn t ' fm :1rt t\ ."'~­d .>t ·, l-\o)l ~ \' •H 11 Ins \ to ownmg - t oli · .;h mpion, 'l 0:h lC 1·'.\ \'ROLL DEHL ~TlO N , Bob I a •tt. :;:m -il e.~ Ill Nom! ~00 11 bs. lr :;sur r-tnr t e o[ ln •·cl'lin "'rH ;\~. o ·i:lf ('. . Frcjm . 10 w , 10 It pa ,. wlll b • pon·l d , l o t~g. wi th ( UI.t( ls set a.'ld ·' b ' other meni:l er r bu-y a pa.J.t u£ Ch.ampJOn. A cn; us lbere arc a couple of ·way~ to 0~'11 a part of Champion. Au individual ·who wants to own a part of Cham­! ion an talk to hi broker and arrange to purchase . tfi. k ar the pTe ailing mark et pri ce. Or jf he's been a Ch.,mpion for two years and is 2L he can join Inve t-m "nt ociates. U ually an individual who's il'llere ted in owning stock will talk to omcone who's a member of lnves.t- . ment As iates to find ou t for h.imsel£ the advantages of ·helonging to an invc t mt:."11 t group. Ot ~ he ha: · mad up his mind to join, he'll cornact one of th me.tJtb ·rs of tb mern_b rship committ e - BilJ Ta ·lor, J hn Zimmerman, Earl J ones, Earl Prin e or Fritzi ~..:hneider, .r possi blf one of th offi rs o f t1'l.e grmap. \Vilbu·r K ller is rvin a h airn~an this year , J:Wl \t\frio·ht, ·-cretary, aud Norman ~o om!Js, tr asu.rer-are that a prospec tive memh t will 'h rnade fat:niliar wi.th th ri-,k in:volv d in ·q oity stock Qwn ·rship by one of these peconl>. Jthou ,·h lnve rm nl A e;o(.iate\ m mb ~r,~ ar h •!peel uy pa_ roll cL du t.i n , it is a l.way. , Lrcssed tltar the or14aniza-d o1t .is a.n inJ p •nd ' 11t ·cnturc onductcd and manu·cl euf i1 .·1y lxy mew l>crs, They tell · n .w mcmb ·r Lon, rllat th g1·<1wth of [tl\· !;tmeut , · ~o iat ·<; has been w.ltlwtt t .ollatatio :L ' ' ...__ I '"'- t .. HI'.ING WE LCOt\4 ED by ll1 J r ~i rl nt of f nve!ltm ·nt s~~~date, Bolo . bakes haud ' it.h Wil bur K.ell ·r. ln 19." Wi lbur was S<'cr eL'I:ty, and Lhi.s year he was elected t hairman. H<1 lJ Raro ey·s dad, john, ha. 'been an J.nvcstmcnt A "oda te Jor a bou t ight year . ' After a11. individual ha applied for member hip he is ad'\'~ised whether or not he has been accepted. H l e has, be obtains from Norm Coombs a payroll deduct:i.on card. Then, 011ce he's a member and h i · payroll deduction of $10 to $40 a pay have start d1 the indi 'd ual i on his way to owning a pa:r:t of. Champion.. His 1none is pooled along with fund. et aside b othe1 member . W'hen · the pooled funds r each a p:r -.-deterrnined amount, a block of Cha.111pio]1 tock is p urchased by an · -investment committee made .. up of Wilbur eUer, Bill ·wright, Norm Coomb , Glen Augspurger, Tom J cobi, v in Holmes, Charles Baldwin, Da e Eich el, and Ct a.rle Stubbs. From that p urcha e,_ and mad. , tock i allocated t s ociat in propo:rtion to th h as -- in tb.t p0ol at the . time . wh ·n a member ha IO b::tr s . ach time a ·t:t'l mba - of u ha i Investm lit amount rhat the m mber of 1h pur ln . h ll, to h L credi t, the . tc -]< is ' i.thdtawn fr Hrt Inv stfn ·nt As iat es and i ~s lv l in the mcmb •r 's narne. By purcha. ing toc k. p ~ dod j aUy o er month and y ~a rs . th · m mh r g·ain d t dvanta;;;, of a -rag·ing the o. L i\ml as HQb 1.. .. ~u11 c , th · n ' ntc rnb r pit U1Td 0 1 th pages wi ll v r ify, theec' · nothing ljk · vning p r t f th orn p·my wh r ·' Lt ·w k. COl\lfiNU I) ON N;EX't PAGE With some 7 3~ million persons owning U. S. corporations,· the stock exchange is r "'WO ' fE HWR HROk.I·.R'i U>Olpkl <I f lilJI'-.tl dtll ,lt l1 c t.f til I ·!>rmr. •d tn1d ing po~ t~ vn tii1· N 1· '\o1!.. '>~• d.. L:-.· h<t:ilg floor. (Jn ;:m a1erag tfa ', :-.t.H'I a! rnjJljUI) bnl '' of l k r 1 1U hr and ~ ld tn tlil tn •• nnet . 4 M~NY , l'EOPLE still cringe wh n they hear the words "stockholder,'' "bondholder,'" "vVall treet Capital­i t. " vVhy? Because the·e people live under the fah: impre sion that these word di tingui 11 the well-to-do f~eont persons of modest incomes. The truth lie in the facts. The great corporations are o' ned b 7Y2 million Americans- hou ·e'.·\·ive , machinists, clerks, and busine · p )ple. Some of these people own on] a fe·w ' hare of to k, others own many shares. But put thern all together and the make up che financial backbone of the gTeat corporation . "Wall Street capita]i t-'' ar " likely to be fellows like Bob Ram ey, Don Hardebe k, and Otto. Reid, to men­tion onl r a few here at th Ohjo Division. At;ain, let' look at th £ . t . In I 1ew York ,i t , at the ror ter of Broad an l ' .Vall ' tre t ·, js a b uilding with a va t tradi ng floor. 011 tlti trading Clonr i located the n ati n'. largc ~ t org n· it d e uriti · rnarket. H r hundred of Ex ·hange rn ' Otl er brok rs b u a urt sdl dai lv, fot rhou. and · o I . p~op t e, the · tnc k, and bonds of J\n:.t.erica's lea ling ,(}r-pon\ 1 ions. T h i~ famous place is th . N w V rk Stu .k E.· h·mg - Amc:r io1's {ark t Pla ~ . ln ha~t.Lm mal , en:; , 1• 1H:~v ~·, th . mot diaJI '1 uadi11g {lo r. Il i. rh · on •"'" Ita ng-" is · ncr 1 ·a ·lity ' Ill(· ;\ ~ r\ FOO 1 1~ H .. J. I'I J;.LI~ . fi,c ' l iWie~ h igh, the.> btl ilill ;{ fl0b·r t th II ) urk- SltJc J,. •xdHll lgt' is the nati ut's tMll ke t J>l ctie. Jlc1 · mcml.cr ln0k .r. buv a t <I -:d t , ), ,t,.es oJ A I~JC1'i c ·s g1ca• l• •)siuu~~es for i tl\ C\tPr' tl rougho11l th • . S. (;, ~P l ' L\LJSti.f JJl ea t•' tb ;lt )(''' 100 can h tt )' ~~ '>h;u·c PI' . \11') . rinw btt. incss. a~ t.hi.~ disp ta · at t.hc New \'o r!' SLI)ck Exrlla tfAf' i.nrl i,·at :;. f'nda .mne 7V2 n ul.IH)n Amehlan. own . h<~ t e~ in publi com1 ~ nic~ .. tl end R~·c~ptiotJ!s t C~( h ~ rio WhJIL · J IHH ~'. ldt, and Onrnb]1 1-li gg·iu ~ sp II o~t t lhe mean1.11 ~ O( captt.ah. m (or· uncr l ,~ilO vi itor v 1 day. which pen lit people erywhere to buy and sen owner• hip · in the gTeat corporations which have played , a \1taJ rol in the. :.rowth and de el.opm· nt of At'i'ler: ica, It's A Two-Way Auction VJ1l.ike the conve-n Lio rtal au ction- where only buyers compete a.nd tb.ere i b ut one eLlcr- t:h i · is a two.::way auct ion market. Buyers compete "ith one another to purc.ha e at the low. t possible price the shares they want 10 own. Sinn~ ltaneo u ly, sellers compete with each Oth~r W geL the higbe·t pric for shares tbcy "vant to seTl. A tran·aLtion is compkted when the buyer bidding d1 hi hest price, a1'td t:he selltx wiJJiug to tak.e- the lowe~t pTj e~ ag. e on a f ignre. ·. Practi a l1 ever it , and rur>st of the town · in the • Unite i State are linked te tb.e .E change, eith.er thnilugh a member firm office or a lo aJ bank. ·orne 500,000 mile of telegraph and tel 'l hone wires conl'lect the trading floor with nearly 2 noo memb n,' oHice., an l t.;h · latt ·r, in turn, are ron nected with near! 3,000 l lOJl.­memb r corrc pou(lcms. M mb r finn b.a:v- uW b in omc. 160 citie1l in 47 staie.), t11 Di ·tdd of C(J iuJllbi ~l, llaw;aii, PtH.:J'Ln Ri T>, Canada, c:.nba. fng larld, -r [ r,Uand, Swiurrhtnd an ~l \ft·n ·zuda. In yea pa l m,an p ''>Ofl~> ·\,Tere und r the iropl' %iQH /' i that bu ying stock cost a lot o[ tnoney. Here . f Jate, h owever, ways h ave been cl velop cd to permit people: of modes t means lo acqthre Oi-VlJership in America's g-reat . corporations. T J1e Monthly In e tment Plan, 1nvestment club. ( like - Champion 's Investment Associates), and mutm1.l fuml make the buying o£ stock a easy a. bt1 ying the family • g1·ocenes. The Exchange reports il big jump in the nmn l er of shareowners in recent year . On the ba i of a recent stud . the Exchange estimated that 7,SnO,OOO ptop1e now own l1otrcs of pt.tb licly-h eld corpo a tions. The aventge invesLor has an it::,iCODle of l ~_, than •1 7500 a ear, is about 4 ears old, a t1d lives in a it of 25,000 peopl . The tudy a1 o indi at 'l that n arly as numy women a m·n o\lvn stock. T he Ne'w York to k · 'Chang doe ·n 't buy lock , and do .,'n't fi, th(nlgiJ , pr vide th ma.rk t plac d o ll ar ~ of ·t Kkl and b n l rh a 1w~:: do n't U . tock , tock. prl ·. It do · 1\'l re 01i1ll n, £ 1 and dail ·. The Si o k Ex ·h a~ · i an Slli - ntia l link in the h<~ in ol 1.1t0 nati<HI ·~ J· u.,in . s lif . It e rr able.~; people to b om p ar tn -r. i 11 Ot.H' lru sines · ' tc trt - to ain ~ncum' or JUa.ke: a proti 1. - t(i) a1 c p L r.i k and r •wards of then~ · '\vn (l , isiC)ll . 5 l. \ I ) J . \ 'tl p I • \ i, 11"< tn t f nr l h~· n • • C'" CII lOll tn tlll Jtl ' tit' ( cumri t 1. ><1. t ;tt J a ·c o•. 11. ,J ere- ' .\ l}(h \ n dt'r'l ll, dis'('( tot l' )f in•1n i:lt r d<) ll\Hl;;, ~1 Hl"'H \ <tll t t• ' . l'ln1 o( th . pr\!ln~ut t ,\11:. ~hen · I lh ~ n m• no < vn r<' tKE'. • '' At e tension meetings supervisors hear a report on 1956 Council Tr-:~t 1•1 AL " wrap up" of Char , c. > ConJ1 cil for 19~,1) to( k plar Jw·ing October. t Ohio, Ca:rolina and T ·xa e. t~n~itm Hl(' ting-' wt:r · l1eld {or supervisor who di J not ttend t}Je con i •renee:. a t Lake r.r. an this summer. Each year about halt o£ ham pion ' ~ management group ttav ·I to­. Lake Logan £or the three-day eli cussion mcctir1g . T he reotainin _r aiJ participates in "Chapaco Exten ion" at hom . Enjoying dinner al 11mg with their mcetin s, the tay·at-homc '>llper­vi ors heard summaries of .the talk giH n at rhe oun il thi . ummcr, capped by Vice-Pre ident n"~igbr Thorn on' ~ on luding rernark) on "Champion for Champions." Shown on thi paO"e re picl11re f Jme of the ext~nsion session · jn progre s. OHIO DIVISIO, ' FOR ELADl ES, Illa EllingsM, Lonls · Miller anti L ttieo .- !hmi " ta'lk slaop" while ~ aiting for th eir x teo ion ntee t ing to b rrin, S lJ HJ I (. -( F 'l I I k l'l!')J; 11 '\ P \ < 0 ( o I ' rl £. ~ ,, ·, "H uw t ,, H lp !1,0(}0 Uwmpth ;ll l' 1\l n ; e , luj<'1y l\f111 ~' " In the pi t!JW ~ ),,,,, , JJ li'l~;hJ }. 1 bvw rm, Vier l' tc- idc' llf llld ll'>lli tl ; ttrl ]'UIJ!i r. H vi ;J\. il>lo ~, · d IJ'l' ~ c· , Uhtll ll iH~ i<JJI np n 1 " . nlN ERliML ( ' 0 ' \l· l~.S i\Til ' d ·.dt l.lrgd1 \ ith ' !1: 11'• r (:uundl J :1 ~1 · •;JI', tlo k vl!,;n: dll~ l ).. Ul l ' . 111 •''' · \tll'l h<twfL in tbi'l p1: I til<-' .11 Ohiv .l)'l' ( ; , ·ur~•· Monh l , J i nt f.t ''I . Lh· dic• • h dth, 1\H·rt•fl l l:tf'l ci.Ud Fl tn Cll it , 6 Champions get together to t alk over their common goals and problems in a series of DLSG ,'SSJO ; [ol lo wi ng Lb l ,.ad r 's I n: ~ n t11tion cvv r d vadou · pha!> : of 'kTl'n plo1t·. o p :· r at i n1 a n I Profit Slt :nr11g. H t Lead r T o t11 Lat im e r , Ohio Divl.:ioll , tel'er · a t [UU.I i. n abo1 tt n~ li r em e nt h · n e fit s w ;\ i s t:t JJ t H n. i R:llliJ , a t .right. By ]ohn Schmitt • A "PAR'l' RR '' some 9,000 Champions put their heads toge ther to tal k o er their common goalS and ptobleru. in a eri of mo re than 300 busine s meetings dtning the month of 0 tob er. Di$Gu ssions c.,overed every­thing from rhe detail 0f running ~, papcF mill to the beneGt · paid to a s~ k employee Hundreds of questions, comm.er:it and suggestions a m om o( th '-" meetings. And they how d ·that Ch,Jtnpjon.· have a deep interest 'in t.hejr company, their job and th ir ecurity. T ogetl ·r, emplQ ees probed the wa) lO make Cluunpio n a beller place for l'lU to work. " It' the IittJ things that add up to higher cost and lower prof.i ~," sai<l one Champjon when the talk got awunJ. ti) damaged paper. ''On nxan nrakes a l:ittle m i ~ta k e and it r uins all the good 1·V rk thai the folks ahead of h.im h.a cl.on ·." "Tlnn 's right," 'ipok:e t4p a truck.er. " .Bttt some! imes it can't l.1 h lpe:d. lo uur depa tnr-11t thing lik · that ometi:nJ.c happen I eca use \ e:; don 't h;tv enougiJ oonJ to 'ii\1 tJt'·k . .' ''\Vt JJ. tl en, that' sorn ·thiu • that r.uana:-g m nt Ol1gJ.n. to umv. Mavb , s(nne tilin - n. b lone ahout l t," >;aid I the d.isntssion leader. "Let' write i t down a~ on of u . comments. .' And so it went wjrh a contimwu . give-and-ta,ke of · questions and ans' ers, ideas and comm nr . th a t made Champion's communica.tion a heavil traveled twO· '\-ira " street. · Literally thousands of ma n-hom vveTe devote to the e meetings throughout th company. T he r pre ern a onsi terabJe iflvestment of time and effort on the part of Chanlpion . Wa thi, great e,. perim nt worth the co ·t? Only the ftrtt,JX CUh tell. nut b J their en thu ·ia ill ' and s in:eerit~, r, Lh - di ' usi·on 1 ad I'~ awl a.. ~is t a ll ts-rep1 ·e ernatives o£ manag n'l. nt - e::en.1. to ha e saJ d: " By the ' mee tin gs Ckunpion r ogn .i.zes ·a ·b of yo u as a real part11 r ·JJ pnper alld pr fi t. As Sll ch, we :ltt: placiJlg' olll· tt u t i 1t Y:ou :.ll;);d a:.s kjn:g yon tO U't tSt u;y in return ...... o tlntt we can work. t( g; ther ;;ts a tea ttt .. · (( tb ~;e mectin .)', h a vt· improved \J.P · •a .. in ' hich C ba.rnpit;) tL~ i. ork to~:,e th r, uJ tll h· a t. t,itn re.s Ltrwar l r:hcir j0l>s lh u StJreJ, (h b;w e b en inva lnahl . CONHIIIUU> ON NEXt PAG! 7 - I{ l \ I n 0 I I '\ R S 1n• u~t! to shm "har hilppt·r ''' lilt' ll1'11l'l ''c talv rn. fff>H: Ohio J)i\ ulioll llr..c u .. -ion f t;"1 't • ltcd" Lnnun p<.HJJ!~ I}! If th<i\ tO of f VCI\ //}It doll.rr; W' If> j'J' ''" Ll \ \H.It4' ll.lh , ~ 1~!)1 II 'I 1111 '>l'l \ l!i' .. (it I [.') I J () '\ •t tHI 1 <Jm ~ rn<·rH" 11'-'l'llly to<Jk up mu" 1 h11n t•aH of tbe lwut ·t11ng meet in~. !'>inre gnfll l'~ ~Hr' l i rn1ted w 2~, pe1 on fll'J ' folks gQt lJ d1a t~ u.' tv .. ha\< their :1y'' . l leh, Rr1• LP': ( .ody flf fhr> ( ,JI<Jlin.t r'J" CI Pep<tt lm .ut a'~ lor the flo11r. CON'Mtt AFTER \IE ··rtNCS. em· plo~·ee ,,·ere gi ~· eu question bl:lnks an l em·elopes. rhe\ were ntgcd to send in uther q u ~tiOJ 1 . c t> m m e n t " <U ttl idea., - ei rher ge n e1 a J n 1 pe r-.unal in n.uure·. Ht" rC' at·olin, ·. " But:!- '' F.1ir b1·orher han