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In this undated phototgraph, Johnny Bull, assistant general superintendent of Paper and Board Manufacturing, and J. Bruce Morford, Industrial and Community Relations manager, are part of a panel discussion on pulp and paper offered as part of Champion's extensive vocational training program.

This photograph of September, 1960 shows skids of paper stenciled and ready for shipment. The viewable skid is 12,000 sheets of Wedgwood coated offset paper for Frank Volks.

This 1954 photograph shows H. A. Helder congratulating Instructors Johnny Bull, technical advisor in Paper and Board Manufacturing, and Bill Goolsby, foreman in Paper Manufacturing. Their class was a part of Champion’s extensive vocational training program. More information about this photograph can be found in the Champion publication The Log. Click the link in the “Related Materials” field to view the article on page 23.

This undated photograph shows Ed Carswell cutting sheeted paper with a guillotine trimmer which cuts the paper square and to exact size, assuring trouble-free runs on high speed automatic presses.

This 1962 article gives an overview of Champion Papers, Inc. and its effect that it has had on the town of Canton, North Carolina., Profile Of A Town-4. THE ASHEVILLE TIMES Monday, April 23, 1962 Section Two Road's A'Building Interstate Highway 40 under construction along the east-west route north of Canton will help correct what has for years been considered a hopeless traffic bottleneck on U. S. 19-23 in the town. Major highway improvements are also being made within the business section. This is an 1-40 overpass over Buckeye Cove road in the Thickety section just outside the town limits. Canton Is A Community Built Sturdily On Pape r By JAY HENSLEY CANTON - This is the town that was built on paper. Situated on the eastern rim of a dual-range wall of mountains that virtually surrounds Haywood County, it's first on the route from Asheville to the Great Smokies to the west. Its people are Champions, and from the surrounding forest- lands where their ancestors first found a livelihood comes the raw material that fashions the town's way of living today. The raw material is pulpwood and the product is fine papers. Mayor of the town Is Hazel W. Ramsey. George James is town manager. The board of aldermen consists of D. E. Morgan, Bill Stone and J. Patrick Greeley. Sam Reese is town clerk. They get together at 5 p. m. every second Tuesday in James' office on the second floor of the Town Hall to conduct the business of the municipality. From the window they can view the smoke-belching giant sprawled along the edge of the business district that makes Canton something more than just another mill town. Champion Papers, Inc., turns trees into fine papers and creates better living for many more than the 5,068 persons living within the town's corporate limits. It is Haywood County's largest industry. Before the advent of the paper mill in 1906, the town was barely a village in a county that was largely agricultural. Since that time is has moved from the status of a rural mountain crossroads to that of an industrial giant. Canton's division of what was then known as Champion Fibre Co. played a large role in t

This article of January 1959 describes the No. 20 Machine which was recently installed at Champion. The machine is two stories high and takes up 124,000 feet of floor space, increases production of paper by 43% and adds 175 new employees., Champion's New Giant Paper Machine Begins Operation Next Month Industry in Western North Carolina will take a great step forward next month with the startup of The Champion Paper and Fibre Company's gigantic new No. 20 Paper Machine at the Carolina Division mill. As the monstrous Fourdrin- ier starts to make history alongside the nine other machines at the Canton plant, it will provide forceful testimony to Champion's faith in the mountain area, the mountain people and the destiny of our state and our nation. This giant papermaking unit will be capable of operating at a speed of 2,000 feet per minute and will make a sheet of paper 230 inches wide. Thus this giant Fourdrinier machine could pour forth a mile of paper every three minutes in a sheet 230 inches wide. Actual operating speeds are expected to be 1500-1600 feet per minute, however. No. 20 Machine will Increase paper production at the Canton mill 250 to 300 tons per day, bringing the overall output to almost 100 tons every 24 hours—representing approximately a 43 percent increase in mill production. Approximately 175 new employees have joined the ranks of the 3000-member Carolina Champion production team to meet the added personnel requirements lor No. 20 Machine and to further increase the $17 million annual payroll of the Canton mUl by approximately $1 million- Champion began this mammoth expansion of its Carolina Division mill in 1956 ' 'n response to the increasing demand of customers for more paper." Early in August of 1956 Reuben B. Robertson, Sr„ the company's Board Chairman, announced the multimillion dollar three-year expansion after Champion management had for many years looked forward to its start. Initial drawing board work on the No. 20 Machine was begun by Champion as early as 1953. Beloit Iron Works, Beloit, Wisconsin, was builder of the paper machine. Mountain Construction Company erected the towering, extensive buildings which house the No. 20 Machine, the stock preparation area and the new a

Careful inspection of the finished product is maintained constantly. Finished rolls of paper are converted to flat sheets on rotary cutters. All paper is both mechnical and hand counted. Any stacks containing substandard paper are sent to the sorting line for culling of defective sheets.

This undated photograph shows skids of paper in the finishing department.

This undated photograph shows skids of paper in the finishing department.

This undated photograph shows a roll of paper stenciled and ready for shipment.

This undated photograph shows a skid of paper stenciled and ready for shipment.

This photograph is one of five taken April 5, 1962 showing Champion Paper mill from various locations around Canton.

This photograph is one of five taken April 5, 1962 showing Champion Paper mill from various locations around Canton.

This photograph is one of five taken April 5, 1962 showing Champion Paper mill from various locations around Canton.

This photograph is one of five taken April 5, 1962 showing Champion Paper mill from various locations around Canton.

This undated photograph shows a roll of paper stenciled and ready for shipment.

This photograph is one of three taken January 13, 1967 showing an overview of Champion Paper mill and surrounding area.

This photograph is one of five taken April 5, 1962 showing Champion Paper mill from various locations around Canton.

This photograph is one of three taken January 13, 1967 showing an overview of Champion Paper mill and surrounding area.

This 1960 photograph shows Canton High School boys listening to Mr. Preston speak about pulp and paper technology. High school children who passed all four levels of the Pulp and Paper Technology classes were exempt from the test required of first time mill employees.

This undated photograph is an aerial shot of Champion Paper and Fibre Company mill in Canton, North Carolina.

This 1959 photograph shows an example of the Champion Papers car tag issued to all Champion employees.

This undated photograph shows A. M. Fairbrother presenting a Pulp and Paper Foundation Membership certificate to Walter J. Damtoft. Damtoft began working for Champion January 1, 1920 and became one of America’s leading conservation pioneers.

This undated photograph is an aerial shot of Champion Paper and Fibre Company mill in Canton, North Carolina.

This undated photograph is an aerial shot of Champion Paper and Fibre Company mill in Canton, North Carolina.

The Paper Bowl, sponsored by Canton “Y’s” Men’s Club who each year create two strong Class A teams in the western part of the state, was played this year between Monroe High School Pythons and Waynesville High School Mountaineers with a score of 13-0 Pythons. This photograph shows the Paper Bowl being officially opened with appropriate remarks by Mayor Floyd Woody of Canton and Mayor Jack Way of Waynesville. More information about this photograph can be found in Champion publication The Log. Click the link in the “Related Materials” field to view the article on page 23.

This undated photograph is an aerial shot of Champion Paper and Fibre Company mill in Canton, North Carolina.

This 215 page document written in 1963 by Corydon Bell covers a wide range of topics relating to Champion Paper and Fibre Company. This document has been separated into five different chapters for easier reading: Chapter 1. Founder and the Enterprise ; Chapter 2. Corporate Image; Chapter 3. Champion and Forest Management; Chapter 4. Champion and Forest Management; Chapter 5. Executive Succession.

This undated photograph is an aerial shot of Champion Paper and Fibre Company mill in Canton, North Carolina.

The Paper Bowl, sponsored by Canton “Y’s” Men’s Club who each year create two strong Class A teams in the western part of the state, was played this year between Monroe High School Pythons and Waynesville High School Mountaineers with a score of 13-0 Pythons. This photograph shows the Paper Bowl being officially opened with appropriate remarks by Mayor Floyd Woody of Canton and Mayor Jack Way of Waynesville. More information about this photograph can be found in Champion publication The Log. Click the link in the “Related Materials” field to view the article on page 23.

This undated photograph is an aerial shot of Champion Paper and Fibre Company mill in Canton, North Carolina.

This undated photograph is an aerial shot of Champion Paper and Fibre Company mill in Canton, North Carolina.

This undated photograph shows Curtis Clark and Jim Downs checking skids in shipping section .

This photograph is one of three taken January 13, 1967 showing an overview of Champion Paper mill and surrounding area.

This 1972 obituary announces the death of Reuben B. Robertson on Tuesday, December 26.

This 45-page booklet titled The Story of the Carolina Division, The Champion Paper and Fibre Company, created April 1959, outlines the more important phases of pulp and paper manufacturing. The booklet briefly introduces the top-level people, the mills in Ohio, Texas, and North Carolina, and goes into depth discussing the papermaking process. Includes photographs and illustrations., Jhe Stor~ o/ the Caf'oAna ':lJirlidion THE CHAMPION PAPER AND FIBRE COMPANY CANTON, NORTH CAROLINA Mills Also at Hamilton, 0 hio and Pas adena, Texas - A Papermaking Giant Carolina Champion's new No. 20 Machine is one of the world's largest for the production of fine white business papers. This giant machine, which stretches nearly the full length of the SlS.foot building in which it is housed, is capable of producing more than a mile of paper every three minutes in a sheet 230 inches wide. No. 20 Machine has increased paper and paperboard production at this mill to nearly 1,000 tons every 24 hours. The machine manufactures principally bond, tablet and mimeograph papers. No. 20 Machine towers 27,0 feet into the air at the press section ~nd 25.0 feet at the calender stacks. The hooded dryer section is of latest des1~n, incorporating features that assure high efficiency and uniformity of dry~ng of the fast-moving sheet of paper. The hood also provides improved workmg conditions in the areas surrounding the machine. J rom Jore6l lo Jini6heJ P,.oducl J ms BOOKLET, briefly outlining the more important phases of pulp and paper manufacture, has been prepared for the information of those who are interested in our industry. May it also serve as a reminder of a pleasant trip for those whom we have been privileged to conduct through our mills. We are happy to have you observe an industry operating under our American sys­tem of free enterprise, employing men and women who live and work in a spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation. VICE PRESIDENT AND DIVISION MANAGER THE CHAMPION PAPER AND FIBRE COMPANY FOUNDER The Champion Paper and Fibre Company was founded in 1893 by Peter G. Thomson, a Cincin­nati printer who realized that the printing paper of that time had to be improved in order to use it for printing pictures. His original firm was known as the Champion Coated Paper Company located in Hamilton, Ohio. He was among the first to utilize Southern forests as a source o

This 38-page publication titled Champion Magazine was created in 1981 and is issue number 9. The magazine examines the impact that the Carolina Division of Champion Paper and Fibre Company had on the region, its economy, its folkways and its people since its founding in 1906 and includes a variety of articles and photographs., ==:o::-::--- NUMBER 9 -----------j( , The Champion Magazine ,) f------------------,,..A--=c=-=E--1:- r Seventy-five years in Carolina. It w-as in 1906 that Peter G. Tho111son arrived in North Carolina's Haywood County to survey the virgin forests of the Great Smoky Mountains. Champion's eventual decision to build a mill there, near the tiny mountain cove of Pigeon Ford, marked the begin­ning of the forest products industry in western North Carolina, and to some degree, of the New South. This story examines the impact of the company on the region, its economy, its folkways and its peo­ple- people like James A. Trantham, a man in comfortable equilibrium between two seem­ingly contradictory worlds. Trantham is a supervisor of ship­ment control at Champion's pulp and paper mill at Canton, North Carolina, and he lives in a 200-year­old house that served as a patriot's command post in a pivotal battle of the Revolutionary War. When he is not working at the mill, Jim Trantham builds exquisite musical instruments-fiddles, banjos, gui­tars, and dulcimers-from the wal­nut and native red spruce of the surrounding Great Smoky Moun­tains. He is also an introspective man who thinks a great deal about the meaning of his home commu­nity and its place ln modern times. "There are trade-offs in every­thing;' he says. "That is one of the lessons of our world. It was a mixed blessing, the coming of industry to western North Carolina, one of the last strongholds against modernity. If your main interest is nostalgia, you might lament the loss of some of our old ways. "But practically, when Peter G. Thomson of Cincinnati brought his new Champion Fibre Company Canton's No.12 paper madJine in 1932 (facing), the most efficient unit of its lime. to Canton in 1906, it meant that the people of the Pigeon River watershed could, at last, rise above the subsistence level and gain a measure of assurance and self­esteem. The people here had been cut off and ostracized for too long by both the state

This 68-page publication titled This is Champion, created in 1959, tells the story of Champion Paper and Fibre Company in Hamilton, Ohio, Canton, North Carolina, and Pasadena, Texas. This publication also discusses the papermaking process and the people behind the company. Includes photographs., ~J if Champion This is the story of a vital American product ... of the men who make it possible ... of the people who produce it ... It is the story of the miraculous transforma­tion of trees into fine, strong, white paper which speeds the course of civilization. It is the story of The Champion Paper and Fibre Company. • Published by the Departmem of Public Relations in the imerest of increasing knowledge of the papermaking pro­cess. Copyright 1954, 1958, 1959, The Champion Paper and Fibre Company, Hamilton, Ohio. <11111111 Picture on the front cover shows Champions leaving the Texas Division 111ill at a shift change. It emphasi1es the philosophy that Champion's bigge\t competitive advantage is the skilled, loyal people who work here. Tall began with the birth of mod­ern civilization. Or, to put it more properly perhaps, modern civilization began with the birth of papermaking. The two are inseparable. Mankind learned to write (in a manner of speaking) many thousands of years ago. He used the things at hand: stones, flat bones, the walls of caves. In Egypt, two thousand years before the birth of Christ, he was using thin sections of a tough reed, papyrus, cemented together, to record his work. The British Museum today has an example thought to be more than 3000 years old. It is known as The Great Harris Papyrus and is in the form of a scroll 133 feet long by sixteen and three-quarters inches wide. Parchment and vellum made from the skins of anjmals, was probably used a thousand years and more before the beginning of the Christian Era, as were bamboo and silk. But it was not until the Divine Event in Bethlehem- more than a hundred years after- that paper as such was invented. This great discovery is generally credited to a Chinese court official, Ts'ai Lun. The year is lOS A.D. The paper which Ts'ai Lun presented to his Emperor was made from cellulose fibres by the same basic principles of maceration. hydration and mechanical matting which are used to this day. New i

This 26-page publication titled Annual Report to Champions for the year ended April 28, 1946 covers ten years of growth and progress in the Champion Paper and Fibre Company for all locations: Hamilton, Ohio, Canton, N. C., Houston, Texas, and Sandersville, Ga. The publication charts all income and spending for the past ten years. It also shows the relationship between each of its locations, future plans, and includes 3 full pages of photographs., FOR THE YEAR ENDED APRIL l8 194 6 I. To TEN YEARS OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS THE CHAMPION PAPER AND FIBRE COMPANY HAMILTON, OHIO ... CANTON, N.C. ... HOUSTON, TEXAS ... SANDERSVILLE. GA. D1slric1 Sales Officu NEW YORK • CHICAGO • PHILADELPHIA • DETROIT • BOSTON ST. LOUIS • CINCINNATI • ATLANTA • SAN FRANCISCO TOWARD NONE; WITH CHARITY FOR ALL; WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT, AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE RIGHT, LET US STRIVE ON TO FI ISH THE WORK WE ARE IN, TO BIND UP THE NATION'S WOUNDS; TO CARE FOR IDM WHO SHALL HAVE BORNE THE BATTLE. AND FOR HIS WIDOW AND I-llS ORPHAN- TO DO ALL WHICH MAY ACHIEVE AND CHERISH A JUST AND LASTING JJEACE AMONG OURSELVES AND WITH ALL NATIONS." From Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, Nlarch 4, 1865. LAND OF TH E ,n,,," ,,, ~./ . l!fld1 lfln.l • /11111, /.H '. vn~. , /du/1 ~ ''/llr ~. /,-,,;; "'./n/.1 • 'II·'· ( I 'li ,, ,,, w ./.,., .IJ,,,. ~', . /,/, .. • //1 otl .1· (; mjl'rjJ tjrlt '1/JII!tr/.lirt!u. ,1/tl. ,_,,,/£;,/,tid (tn;•y. lflriJt'th I/ 41 4,, '"1-/'f/lltll•.,{f •' dwv·11,/"'""' (,11, ,{,./.,. ... ~~.;, 4 . ,, ~~~; . Reproduction of the original document which tua.s submitted to the States by the First Congres.~. at its .first session on September 25, 1789. The last ten of the tn•elve ame11dmcnts it contained, 10/iich we call the Bill o( Rights, werr ratified a11d became a part of o11r Constitutioll. I -J J FREE ( HEN Abraham Lincoln spoke the words with which we open this 1946 Annual Report to Champions, America was faced with grave problems similar to those we have today. The Nation met the challenge and came through the after­math of a bloody war stronger and finer than ever. We shall repeat that achieve­ment. We shall repeat it because of our American way of life. THE rules by which we live were laid down by the founders of America. Basically these rules are unchanged, though there often has been pressure to modify them. Today that pressure is stronger than ever. Such rules as those guaranteeing freedom of worship and freedom of sp

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., AND • • The Champion Paper and Fibre Company's Exhibit at Savannah, Georgia, April 18-19. 1939. JUNE 1939 - - - - VOLUME XXI Number 5 Established 1914 . - - - - - - . - . . Twenty-Filth Year ol Publication Published by "The Champion Family" C :A t r T 0 N, N 0 R T H CAR 0 LIN A : .. • • THIS MONTH'S COVER: HOUSTON, TEXAS The front cover of this issue of The Log is a lithographed reproduction of The Champion Paper and Fibre Company's trademark. The pa.pell lor the co ver of thlti mat¢Ja1ine f.11 Ch.amplon Cordwaln Embossed, and ~ mad$ in our C nton Division plant out of wood frotn th6 foroeta ot the southern s ta t(;&. The paper for the iutride paq6!1 is Cha.JX'Ipion Whlt Satin Refold~ madt. in our H.amUtop plesnt. We mant.~foctur& many qrade• o1 bleach d paperu. Machine Firushed, Supo.r C tendered, and CoaJed. • • l • • • • ' • .... anc.£ ·o . . ' • • A ~rr~.: l 'L'f l -R L. i · said ha be tlt€ nldest cicnce of the - .,. •' anJ J'rtKc~~es of $\JP·l"lying- l1 un~a n \Jn pn.s. l ·{() w~ e\ ..::. as m.an :!d' anc -xi in ~i \ iliz~uion .alld k n ~>,w'l.ed~)"e) hi--­ ·warH.~ in:.:r~·a ed . thu"' \\e hav<- toda \' a va 6er\~ of m.a nu fac- • • tu ... eJ f. roducts '\fl the t'narke-r tn sa t i~fy man's desires. Uf aH the grear \·al'iet~· of ma uufac.: tureJ product.;, p·a}}er is perh.a.p·~ tlnc of tbe oldc~t. and oue of l he n1osr u sef~.d. · One ca a no~ re~ilj7e \\hat one wouJd do withou r pa p<:' r in its \·a r ious forrn::... ~r . nmet.h in~ ·i n1 i l~ r. 1-J-owever. few u( us nea lize the , . colorful histv r that lies back of tne • ~· resent-day manufacLure oi parer. tl.Ot 0 11!5 lnrgl'l f rcspn·nsiblc fr ,r mc'~dtrn c1 yir'l.a t:fH'•· i ng ~0 ma n k i .nd i.n ir~ d H>"il s·.a n d ') (j)f u ~e&. The art c, f' Jl lak.ing p ~~·r tnJ!.ll fibr.,u ~ fll' lf·rtal r~.hKecl ~o pulp fn,;n ::r sn-taH t:ree ca l~~...l pap~·r-rnullie.rr:· .. aj r~LilS t.:.') haV~ b 0e11 rrattite-cl by lMt.: ( hiH t'Se :t'buut t\~l~nt~"-t\'\·o ("(:{t­ll~ J' LC~ Bf"O. Aceordi n~ tf) tbc mo"'t rdia

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., I , J • • rt~tz t. t¥&r.J(l J!f~f (J With th. ie w pau on to you th 25th Anni versaty number of our lant maqa.zin , TH Log. Thj. maqu· 1e waa establish d in 1914, an has been publish d nti uouRl y for a quarter of a century. At this time, wa wish to ihanlt members of the Champion Fantily nd our many friends outside of the organization for llie intere&t you h ve tn .n­ite ted in thiS publica ·on, nd tho words of encouragement expre sed fl'om time to time. for without your interest and encouragement 1his mag-a .. 2.ine w.o'Uld ha e died a premature death. We also thank the reporters who ha-,r.e so falthJully qiven an account of the departmental news ~ach month, as well as a.U those who have con· tributed special articles. Durinq the first year of its publication. this magazine was issued month­ly. and then, for a few years it was published quarterly: but for twenty years it has been published regularly each month. During the time it was . issued quarterly we continued to count twelve numbers to the volume .. consequently. this issue is Number 1. Volume 21. As we enter upon another year, we hope to have your blessings and qood wishes; we hope to fetain all our old friends and make many new • friends as the years shall come and go .. With best wishes to all, -The Editor FEBRUARY 1939 - - - - VOLUME XXI Number 1 Established 1914 - - - . - . - . · - • Twenty-Fi1th Year of Publication ' Published by "The Champion Family" Cft.. H T ON. JIO RTH CARO LIN A : .. H 0 U S T 0 N, T EX A S Th& paper {or the cover of this magazine is Champion Cordwain Embossed. and is made in our Canton Division plant out of wood trom the fores ts of North Carolina. The paper for the inside pages is Cham­pion White Hingefold. made in our Hamlllon plant. We manl.:facture many grades cf bleached Sulphite, Machine finished, Super Calendered, and Coated Papers. • • • h: I· I I H \ I:. 11 ( I HI J I I sr I • • , ) • ' • • • • • • • • • . . • • • • t~ f'~ ltt: 1' r'j} ;.;; • - ... - oopm~ d£o z. an,. ...

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., • - ' • •• • • • • ' ·- • ' • ' -' • • • ~ • Chimney Tops, G:reat Smoky Mountains. Nation11l P~rk MAY 1939 - - - - VOL Ul\IIE XXI Number 4 Established 1914 • - . . . . . - . Twenty-Filth Yea_r of Publication Pu blished by "The Champion Family" C ANT 0 N. N 0 R T H CAR 0 LIN A : • A che erfu l m end is like a sunny day~ which sheds its brightness on all around and most of us can~ if we cho-ose make of ihe world eithe'r a palace en a prison.- Sir I. Lubbock. .• HOUSTON~ TEXAS Tne paper for the cover ot Jhiu ma,aztne is CbamlJlon Cordwaln Emboasod# and is made ~n ou1 C~to~ , Divle.lon plant out of 'R90d h om the forests of the .scHtlhern sta hl&. .The paper for the 1n9iclo pa.qes is Ch.ampi(J)U Wt,rli'E' Satin Be fold, made in our liamil too plant. We maJtuiaelure ma·Qy qrado-s ot bleached J)'apfml. Mach~ne fln.iBli·ecl. Super Ce.lende'tod., and Coated. • The Formation and Derivation of The States of Continen tal United States and Its Contiguous Territory Author~s Note In the Arnl. t Q3 issue of T IH: Lnc. we bega11 a scrie.s of anu.·les on the t'nitcJ ${&1l~S and its ContiJ.:UOliS r l' rtit orr . h ti\IS and iuturt.. is~ucs we .:.hall give a :;hort historr of e:1d1 sta

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., • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ,, • • •• • • • -:.. • • • ' • , • View 1rom Clinqman's Dome in the Gr~at Smoky Mountains National Park showing the highway up the North Carolina side of the Park. AUGUST 1939 •• - - - VOLUME XXI Number 7 Established 1914 - - - - - - - - Twenty-Filth Year ol Publication Published by "The Champion Faiilily" CA JITON. NORTH CARO LINA: • • • H 0 U S T 0 N, T EX A S • A THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH Bless the Lord 0 my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bleas the Lord, 0 my soul. and forget not all His benellts. The Bible - Psalms 1 03: 1, 2 The paper toz the cover of this maqa~ine ts Champion Cordw in Emboss d, and is m.1de in our Ca.nton Divimc>rl p lant out of W1)0d frC~m the forests of the s ou tJulrn &tate . The paper for the inside paqos $ Champion W]lile Sat'iu Prooi Ena111 J maclo in our HaJI~iltoo plant. We manufacture many C]l'ado_s of bl~acllad p;;pe1'1:1, M~c:btno r'irushod. Super Caland(trecL and Col.l ted. • • - J I I • j • • l ' - ' • • - 1 d I L.\ I." I·. \ l F ~ \ l F R I 11 ) . J St) '-. I J •• , l .. • • t \ 1.. ·r • • , h ~Hfll~ :qll f ~ rtll ·t· · ~ r. \ lt< · ~tr'id · r \.\ .r t (ll ~ \ eJ to ' f lK. 10 . 'lU, Ch ·tt t P tpet u t ··~ ~ n t .u .." '' d aP ;nn ~ .of ~ ~\'l rnl ' . .n ~ ~ n . '' n t h :.n h \\h : a \Ys:o~ a ~,J:hKl.. \Q JH wh~ k01.'W 1 ·· · ~J?icu a .tl.i~l) p .,si.li "t' i 1 t.he hus-in. ~s ~ .... .,~ ~h ),:' g r "~t 1 c .. t t~rih~H

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., A:UGUS~ .. • ' • • • • • • • , IQ COft8 lcllntll ,..., ~~- -- ·~ r • • ' • - • • • • • • • • f • • • • J • • • • • • " • t . • • • I • • • • Pi.s9ah Creek. a mountain sttecrm on the slope ol Moun I Pisgah in Wes tern N :JTib Ccr.roEna AUGUST, 1937 VOLUME XIX NUMBER 7 Published by "Th Champion Family' The paper for this magazine is made in our plant out of wood from the farests of North Caro-ina. We manufactu:re many gzade of bleached Sulphite papers, Machine Finished and Super Calendered. Cou rtesy is t he one n1ediun1 of exchange whi ch is accep ted a t par by t he bes t people of every count r ~' o 1:1 the g I o be. l t is sent i­ment c loa ked in reason able a nd business­like expres ion--t he enl be1Iisb n1e11t 1hat add .. tone and h anuon v to n1 at rer-o f-f ac t • routi.n.e--the oi l \\'hich 1uhricares the 1na - chinerr of cornn1 ercial good fe llo\\·ship Rnd prorr1ut es Lhe su1ooth ru n njng of th~ 111 an) units of an orcanization. ' ( 'o urfe. ) radia tes a spiriL o f good feel­ing t hat wt art' noL " 'or kiJt .l!' eHtirely fo r \\hat,,,~,.. g (ot OlJt of \vork jll a nlal eria l \-\'ay, bur fur t he- p le aS lllc or po l i tt~ l r. n ~ a ct i o u cH1d frt P-ndl) f-t ~socictt iou a w<.·11. },i fc is .lot tuu .. hon and '" l t'tf f' n t· \ l t to cJ bus} t <, he Cf > u rt ec, us. • H . l B J;. • • .__... v\~f{~Uttve tee- .en! atz~ a?JZt or J cui, n 1 ~ . Ro~ ,.• ,t l)nu . Sr .. E .-.(•J •tj \\ .( II 1h }( wd! i, ;Jvc· .1 ••J ~:c d / ,Jt ;1t1 HJ J rc tl tl tllll ie.s, ~Hid \\I' t1llll,l.: n •J} \ :f r. Rt,IH·Tunn 1s. l1n p•. I h \' d I h.1 , t· 'I Hl'Jl rl•:toti~Jll llfJif' . • IJ .,~n .. I I 1 I IJ ,.

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., • ~l· • • ~MI~ ~,.. ':I• !-&- • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • • i • • • • • • • • • • • ' ·- • \ • I • • • _l ot'ue oi L ibert·y, • * .:Yew Yor~ };[ag-bor OCTOBER, 1937 VOLUME XIX NUMBER 9 Published by Cham.pion Fatnily'' The paRer for this magazine is made i11 our plant out a£ wood from the forests of North Caro·­l j.na. Wa pc.:r and Fibre Company, and Assist ant c;~hu:.J L\fana.,:er t)j ;lw CanfOfl and Hou:>ron Divisions, ~C!iled f.): l·.ur,ire ~l!f H~mbe t; lOt h. ~·. c );(Jf:"' .. 1a ~

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., '· • ·. • • • . . - . ' ' ' • < C W~MPION CQRf)WAaN CQVE.II f;M$b$QI;> J.-EATHCR FJNISH .2'.2 .\AO UI • ...PUiflit . • 1938 • ' "' } . ' ' THE STORY OF PAPER - ---Told in pictures-- - ' Picture No. 6--- Bleaching . ~~fter the plrl!D or wood fibret pass thtm

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., • • • • ' • ' ' ' • • • • • • I • ' • • • - • .. • • • • 1 • ( • ' • • • • • ' • • • • • • , - . .. • • • • • • JUNE. , 1932 • • • (' • ) f • • • .. • • .. • • • • .. , • • i • • ' ? ' • I !; • .. • "'t IJ. .J • J • " • • • I • • I ~ • J • i --- THE CHIPPER ROOM; HOUSTON J)J .. VISION, CHAMPION PAPEB AND FIBRE COMPANY The ChipJ)ers, sh&Wtl em the concxete pJatfouu. ~e motor-driven. Below aae Scteen:s • xnd Belt Conveyor whioh tro ns .. port the Chips to the cb ip bins ·In the digester bu.ild"mq. JUNE, 1937 .. • VOLUME X:lX NUMBERS Published by tt''.al.f.nL e QaLa xap•i en L:t:W.a nu·~ y " The paper for this magazine is made in our plant oat of wood hem the £ozests of Nerth Caro­lina. We manufacture many grades of bleached SuJp.hite papers~ Machine Finished and Supez Calendered. • • • "¥\Then ' "'e separate the word Business into its component letters B-u-s-i-n-e-s-s _,.ve fi·nd that '"U" and ''I" are in it . In fact, if '(U" and "I" were not in Business it \"Vould not be B us~iness. Therefore, if Business is to remain Business ''U" and "I" ·must keep in it. Further, we discover tl1at "'U" comes before "I" in Business, and tbat '~1 1 ' is silent it is to be seen, not heard. Alsn, the "U~' has the sound of "I", which jndicates Lhat it 1s an amal­gamation of the interests of "U" and "I'', and., when they are properly amalgamated Business becomes harn1onious and alto­gether profitable. - Shenectady Works News . fte;:ilien B. Robertson. )r .. Assistant General Managez. The Champion Pa;>er and Fibre Compauy. Canton Division Southeastern Paper and Pulp fill Superintendents Meet T J J f·. S1.~rin.~~ U1Letill'1 vf th \\ tlh I he prouJ and a.1 ;~ s { · tJH 'l (t·el irw ot a gt)

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., • ' . c N Nt.AR C A N 1' 0 N. ll 0 R T H CAROLINA • .. ~· -. - -. • • • - The Wood Cleaning Depa:rlmeut oi the H-ouston Division oi The Cbaro;pion Pqp&r and Fibre Compctn·y is on'8 oi the most modern in ihe United States - JULY, 1937 VOLUME XIX NUMBER 6 Th-e paper for this issue of this magazine is made in the Hau dlton, Ohio plmJ t out o1 wood • hom the forests ol North Carolina. The cover i£ Satin Refold Enarnel and the inside pages Vlh.ite F ale on Coated Encnnel. We manufac-. tw'e many grades of bleached Sulphi~ papers, Machine Finished and Super C«lelldered. B lesse€1 is the n1an chat walketh not in t he council of the ungo dl y~ nor stand­eth in the \i\,ay of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the lavv of the Lord; and in his law dot h he meditate day and night . He shaJl be like a t ree planted by t he rivers of water, thal bringeth forth his fruit 1n his season· his 1eaf also shall not v;ither ; and \·vhatsoever he doeth s ha 11 prosper. --T he BibLe. • • • , REUBEN 'a. ROBERISON. TR .• Assistant General Mana qer of The Champion p-aper a:nd flbre Company .. Canton D'ivision, as Chief Mar­sha.\, lead.inq the Rhododendron Parade . T. H_E T e-nth Ann~tal ~hoJoJcndrun F~stiva l. held in :\ s hc­nll\:'. \: nn h Carol111 a. -June 14-18, wa s attended b~.· dn:ru~anJ:-- of pe01"'le. P e rl1ap · the la rgest crc:)\nJ of people • • t"ve-. .~... ath<.: reJ on the s treets of A~he,· ill e to witnes · the -·Grand Para ic·· on \\'edncsda\·. l vnfortunatel v, sho"'ers • • dampened 1 he ardor of the mcrn' makers a wdJ as the • • Hc-ab and ht!autiiu1 maidens tha t adDrneJ the n n~llS . The ;zt'and paraJc '' as led by R e uben H. R obertson, .J r.; \ i( e-Pres1Jcnt oi The_ Champion P a per and Fibre Co mpany. numbt:r of the ftoat · \\ere ve rv loveJv and o f unusual • • ue-..i~u. The pc·ople of A~hc \·i ll e a re to be cong ratu lated . Th; R hoJntlcndron. the quee-n of a ll flowe ring shr-ubs, zrfJ\\;:: in !!reat prnfu-5ion in the tnounra

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., • .. ' ,., '' • .. ' ..,. . • • .,. • ,v. . • • ., .. • • ( n ) 110 ].~ :r ~ J · m·rn r.m ~· :·ticR1. ;!f,T? (! . m d lltori­.: t , 1 .n i • · t,;} B tC-'it 1l the hand. ( f,) Lt)ft: 1·: R r , 1 ,-;m. n·­rrru l, tl hmuT bl'/l)'t I th-n hi7J. Tf'ar1' for c a 1 m ( r·) UAGJ( : A rm ('.r~ lend ed., 1t (Ht d j ~~ R t (l iJ 011 (' ldp_, fi ngc·rt~ closNI. Mwmb r.l;/ Nuled h o ri:.ou.f ally. jPrk hand in .. di 1/ OU.'II"W(I trrt ion f)! rd. rad .. in g. (1il TRA l ~'F.L: 'Forrarm • ' 1· /if·t~l . h(t ,7. oprm. lr':tn1.n (cH·earm. in clire~t :on of (P) TOP: Arm PJ' - (I) g .l/ F: R G E N C Y travel. t tmded. hand l&vel rrit11 the hip. H old rposit.ion rigidly. S T 0 P: A rm e~ ! ended . hand Lrror&l with the h11l· M ot•P h(wd quirklJI lo Hand Signals One Hand right and l lJft. NOVEMBER, 1937 VOLUME XIX NUMBER 10 Published by • ''The Chantpion Family" The paper for this magazine is made in our plant out of wood from the forests of North Caro­lina. We ntanufacture tnany grades of bleached Sulphite papers, Machine Finished and Super Calendered. ' a it "Associate yourself vv-ith men of faith. T his tends to be reciprocal. Your faith 'vill communicate itself to them, and their f aJ.. t h to you. D o your wor k.. 1. n a "fa t. th. " atmosphere, and you vvill work at a max­imum advantage. You in1press others by your O\Vn faith, and they will have faith in you only in the degree t hat you have faith in yourself." Grenville K leiser. • . .. • ' • , • a;n ton :'\10\:THLY REPORT OF Bl "STNESS AND £XPE. 'SES ~ron th Fnding September 30, 1937 B ALAN CE S a EET .-lssets Loa:'~ Outstanding -------- - --- ------------ - - Cash in Bank (Checking ) ------ ____ --------- Cash in Bank at TnteresL - --- ----------------­Cash on HanJ --------- ---- ------- --- ------­Furniture and Fixture ----------------------- Accrued Interest --------- ______ ------- ------ p rcraid Expense _ -------------- _______ - -- --- 94,018.26 5,975.60 6,600.00 250.00 795.09 4,587.79 136.85 T oraL _____ ______________

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., IN THIS ISSUE The Fire Demon __________ ~ _ _ _ 2 Veterans Should Take Advantage of Tr ainin q 0 ppo· rt um•t i es ____ _____ _ 2 · Items of Interest _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 Reuben B. Robertson Presented Silver Cup --- - ----------------- 3 General Personl\el Conference _ _ _ 4 CHAMPI-ON F AMU. Y NEWS Hamilton Division _ _ _ _ _ 8 Canton Division ______ ________ ____ 25 · Houston Division __________ : _ _ _ _ 36 OF CHA ·MPION ACT 1·v IT I ES AUGUST 1946 VOL. XXlX NUMBER 7 . . Our Cover · On this month's cover is a reproduction of a kodachrome picture of Mount Pisgah in the distance, and purple rhododen­dron in the foreground. Mount Pisgah, in the Pisgah National Forest, was formerly a part of the famous George Vanderbilt estate. The elevation of Mount Pisgah is 5,749 feet. Near the sum­mit is located Buck Spring Lodge, the fatnou·s retreat of the late George Vanderbilt. In the foreground is a cluster of purple rhododendron, the queen of all wild flowering shrubs. Many of the blossoms measure over five inches in diameter. • PUBLISHED BY "THE CHAMPION FAMILY' HAMILTON, OHIO : CANTON. N. C. : HOUSTON. TEXAS : SANDERS1/D.I.& GA. Este&bllalted ltlt - • • • • • • Thlrty-secop_d Yec:.tr of Publlcadoa !he paper lor the co't'et ol thll maqa:lne is Champion ICromekote. and the pGper fl)r the 1nalcle P