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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.