6 research outputs found
Senior Recital: David Dineff, Clarinet; Kay Shroyer, Piano; Maggie Mooha, Piano; Suzann Howe, Bassoon; February 27, 1975
No full textCentennial East Recital HallThursday EveningFebruary 27, 19758:15 p.m
The Image Stammers
No full textBodies, burdened with narratives and inscribed by laws, function as signifiers of the State propaganda and nationalisms that supercede the Individual. The Image Stammers discredits the seamless fusion of the body-politic of the Singapore state with that of the Individual. This paper looks at the State as its singular source of artistic stimulation and seeks to dislodge the ventriloquised voice of that State acting upon the art object and its producer, so as to liberate the image from the singular meaning the State imposes. To do this, the analysis in this paper intervenes in the State and its organ, the media, in their attempt to imprison the reality of the performance image so as to reverse the silence that has been demanded of the artist. By reinstating this voice into the visual work the author has produced in this text, based on theories of 'internalised' Orientalism discussed by Geraldine Heng and Janadas Devan, as well as notions of abjections in the work of Elizabeth Grosz anfd Julia Kristeva, this paper attempts to strip the State of its veneer of 'purity' to expose an underside that subjects female bodies to forms of nationalism which are now more codified than ever. This paper foregrounds textual and visual embodiment as a testimony of lived experience which may further entrench, notions of Singapore as an authoritarian state. The Image Stammers bears no pretension of objectivity nor a 'politically safe and correct' one within the context of this paper, but instead, strewns fragments of subjectivity throughout its textual landscape. It seeks to overturn the 'impurity' of the abject (signified by performance art and contemporary artists) as defined, loathed and expelled by the State, into the power of resistance and maintenance of the integrity of the Individual. The Image Stammers retrieves the abject as markers of the limits of State power to become signifiers of resistance for its reconstitution into allies of the artis
Structure and style : an approach to characterization in Nabokov's English novels : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English at Massey University
No full textNabokov was both teacher and artist, and this study
examines his own views about writing and reading, as contained
in his published lectures and interviews, in order to approach
his literary practices in the English novels. For the
purposes of analysing the "architectonics of a text, Nabokov
distinguishes between two aspects of form: style ("the manner
of the author") and structure ("the planned pattern of a work,"
which includes both formal properties--conventions, techniques,
garre--and the arrangement of content--story development, the
"choice" and " interplay" of characters). Part One of this
thesis examines this distinction and its consequences in order
to explain the principles which underlie the self-conscious
strategies of Nabokov's wri ting. The paradoxical alliance of
artifice and realism in what he calls "the facts of fiction"
are related to his attitudes towards 'facts' and 'reality' in
life (Chapter One); the methods of his style, in their
contribution towards a continuing dialectic of forms, involve
distinctions between imitative and innovative styles, and
between impersonal and personal representations (Chapter Two);
his fiction embraces a variety of human discourse, from
scholarly research to art, and plays upon the distinctions
between non-fictive re-construction and artistic re-creation
(Chapter Three). Throughout the English novels, characters are
dramatized in a process of choosing styles which may or may not
conform to Nabokov's structural design but which represent the
"other selves" of personality. Nabokov's structuring of the
novels provides a critical perspective on these stylizations.
The descriptive framework outlined in Part One is the
basis for an account in Part Two of the particular relationships
which are established between structure and style in each of
the English novels. Nabokov's main approach is to present a
narrative through first-person narrators working within
non-fictive conventions of representation . This format is
used in The Rear Life of Sebastian Knight, Pnin, Lolita, Pale
Fire, Ada and Look at the Harlequins! In Bend Sinister and
Transparent Things, however, Nabokov presents the narrative
through omniscient and intrusive authorial figures. Chapters
Four and Five examine the differing narrative structures of
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight and Bend Sinister. In The
Real Life of Sebastian Knight Nabokov establishes a conflict
between the conventions of biography and V.'s stylizations;
this conflict suggests how V. functions as an imitative
novelist, identifying with an idealized portrait of artistic
sensibility. Bend Sinister brings together an outer triune of
author, work of art and reader with an inner triune of world,
totalitarian state and individual in order to explore the
analogies between an artistic " theatre of the mind" and self representation;
in particular, Nabokov's design reveals how
Krug's incomplete self-characterization contributes to his
downfall. Nabokov's structural exploration of "individual
reality" in Pnin (Chapter Six) also draws attention to the way
his narrator's 'biographical' portrait of Pnin is a form of
artistic impersonation; the narrator, together with Jack
Cockerell, is part of a "troika" of personalities, the "radix"
of which is the individual style of Timofey Pnin. Chapter
Seven analyses the way the differing narrative structures of
Pale Fire and Transparent Things play parodically with the
interrelationships and distinctions between artistic and
non-fictive representations. Finally, Chapter Eight offers
some suggestions about the ways in which Nabokov's structuring
of the three memoirs- -Lolita, Ada, and Look at the Harlequins!
--elaborates his concern with memory as the basis of "individual
reality.
The Effect of Natural Language Processing in Bioinspired Design
No full textBioinspired design methods are a new and evolving collection of techniques used to extract biological principles from nature to solve engineering problems. The application of bioinspired design methods is typically confined to existing problems encountered in new product design or redesign. A primary goal of this research is to utilize existing bioinspired design methods to solve a complex engineering problem to examine the versatility of the method in solving new problems. Here, current bioinspired design methods are applied to seek a biologically inspired solution to geoengineering. Bioinspired solutions developed in the case study include droplet density shields, phosphorescent mineral injection, and reflective orbiting satellites. The success of the methods in the case study indicates that bioinspired design methods have the potential to solve new problems and provide a platform of innovation for old problems.
A secondary goal of this research is to help engineers use bioinspired design methods more efficiently by reducing post-processing time and eliminating the need for extensive knowledge of biological terminology by applying natural language processing techniques. Using the complex problem of geoengineering, a hypothesis is developed that asserts the usefulness of nouns in creating higher quality solutions. A designation is made between the types of nouns in a sentence, primary and spatial, and the hypothesis is refined to state that primary nouns are the most influential part of speech in providing biological inspiration for high quality ideas. Through three design experiments, the author determines that engineers are more likely to develop a higher quality solution using the primary noun in a given passage of biological text.
The identification of primary nouns through part of speech tagging will provide engineers an analogous biological system without extensive analysis of the results. The use of noun identification to improve the efficiency of bioinspired design method applications is a new concept and is the primary contribution of this research
Incidence and Risk Factors for Retinal Detachment and Retinal Tear after Cataract Surgery
No full textObjective: To report the incidence of and evaluate demographic, ocular comorbidities, and intraoperative factors for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) and retinal tear (RT) after cataract surgery in the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight). Design: Retrospective cohort study. Participants: Patients aged ≥ 40 years who underwent cataract surgery between 2014 and 2017. Methods: Multivariable logistic regression was used to evaluate demographic, comorbidity, and intraoperative factors associated with RRD and RT after cataract surgery. Main Outcome Measures: Incidence and risk factors for RRD or RT within 1 year of cataract surgery. Results: Of the 3 177 195 eyes of 1 983 712 patients included, 6690 (0.21%) developed RRD and 5489 (0.17%) developed RT without RRD within 1 year after cataract surgery. Multivariable logistic regression odds ratios (ORs) showed increased risk of RRD and RT, respectively, among men (OR 3.15; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.99–3.32; P 70, peaking at age 40 to 50 for RRD (8.61; 95% CI, 7.74–9.58; P 40 years within 1 year of surgery. The presence of LD conferred the highest odds for RRD and RT after surgery. Additional risk factors for RRD included male gender, younger age, hypermature cataract, PVD, and high myopia. These data may be useful during the informed consent process for cataract surgery and help identify patients at a higher risk of retinal complications. Financial Disclosure(s): The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article
The Log Vol. 31 No. 01
No full textBetween 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.•
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General Offices
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MfLLS AT:
HAMILTON, OHIO HOUSTON, TEXAS
CANTON. NORTH CAROLINA SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
G. W. Phillips, Editor Emaitus
Editorial Advisors:
REUBEN B. ROBERTSON, JR., DWIGHT J. THOMSON
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Di visional Editor- Ray Garrett
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1\ferle Baynea, Joe Blevens, Mary Campbell, Wealey Cobb,
Bud Dunlap, Hugh Kirkpatrick, Ken Moore, Margaret
Osborne, Helen Pi.erson, Ruth Raquet, Otto He.id, Boh
Schane.y, Dorothy Ro encran , Lorraine Stewart, Georgt>
Steiner, Bil1 'rhompson, Alberta Yomtg.
CANTON
no_. eport ers Di i i,Qm.tl Editor - James D at on
Ann Aiken, Uah>h Cooke, Mary Davi ·, Fr d. Dayton, F1·ed
Ferguson, Floyd Gillis, Ralph Goforth. Elaine G-oo ls by,
Clyde ll. Hoey, Jr., EFn e ~ t Mess r, C'layto~t M-ill~r . Faye
Mi11el', Carlton Peyton. Gwendolyn Pl mmon , Katherine
Plemmons, Dori. Plott, Jim Queen, Norwa " Polly" Reno,
J . E. Sla.u.ghter·, G. C. ottlf's, Grace TaB nt. H. G.
Williams, J. L. Wodey.
HOUSTON
R t Divisional Editf~r- Stewart J'()Jlft epor en
Ot is Ell:is, Sam E llis, 'Fred Furnes_, Norma Hacker, Otto
Wage1· , Emma \V .·tl:lrook, Fr-ank \Vinterfl!, B tty Young.
SPECIAL REPORTERS
Paul Craig, 'I he Pilot Reporter
Gladys E. Hodges, Sandersl'Hlo
William R. Fowler, Cartoonist
Wesley Cobb
IN THIS ISSUE
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\IViUie K n World'· 1~ ·. t ............................... ~ .. -............... I
Hamilton Open Hn L~ T ........... ·····-··--·--·~·--·----·· .. --............... 2
tli L<Jrial ·········-~·-···········•··•·······---·-···~···••·· ·•· ··· .. ·· .. ··~······ .. ••H··~···,··•···· ... ··-~ 7
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Proudly ·w c Pres n t .................................................................... ~- · 8
1 e Specta lc .......................................................................................... 9
New Intake Dar11 . .............................................................................. 10
Study of Wood Decay ................. -< .................... ... ~ .................... ! I
Dogs and Their Champion · ... ............................................. 12
Forty Year Rings Presented ................... ._ .......... ~---.............. 15
N ight View at Houston . ... ............ Inside Back Cover
DIVISIONAL NEWS
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H o uston ............................ , ......................................................................... 39
Sandersville ............................................................................................. 43
OUR I:OVEH PII:TUBE
Typi :.~ 1 pages from var io us i u ·s of t:be J 94'7
LOG are us ·d in cornbinarion ·with rh • happy
young t, ·r to syJtl bol i :tc the IIC\V HH8 LOG.
The hild i. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Kr::thn. Bob j ,· a co-op student at the Univ ·r it
of Cj nr innaLi and an ern ployce of Cha.mpion's
Hamilwn Djyision ~: l t.ctric power departrn nt.
T h ' Krahn famil ' t" side at ' 195 Van Hook Avenue,
H.anti lron, Ohio.
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HAND POISED (r.i gh+)Jeter
Martin, superi nt-e nd ent
of Cant on Cha mpion's
Fi oi~ hi n g a rea, is sh own in
act of ma king mov0
a g ~i nst th ~ world champion,
Ryan. Sig Mc Elrath,
to Martin's right, pla yed
Ryan to d raw. M artin was
def eated .
DISCUSS MOVE (above)- W illie Ryen,
world's 'C ha-mpion checker p l'llyer, center,
discuss.es certa in move on the bl'indfoltl e;:l
oheder board with William M, Mi ll~:~ r,
left, of Asbe vi'lle, who d rew Ryan in the
blindfolded a ct. A. H. Sa les, of Skyla.nd,
who dre w the champion in open are·undthe-
cirde p lay, is at rig ht. Photo was
.snapped after Mil!e.r drew Ry an,
ROUND TABLE PLAY {right ) - In th is
scene, made in Champion Y gymnasi·um,
Champion Ryan p la yed more than a
Se<lre of opponents simulta neously. He
defeated all with exceptio n of two d raws.
Rya.n is ,shown in toreg.round concent-rating
on Jeter Martin's boa rd.
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More than 40 Canton Champions and other checker
endm ia t representing \ :\!estern North Carolina "locked
horus" '~.rith v iUie Ryan, 41 -year.-old world's Champion
cheeker player of New YoTk, in a special exhibi tion at
Champion Y November 19.
Sig McE1rarh, brother of W. Lee IVIcElxath, ·Supervisor
of Employment-Records, dtew the world's champion in
an open game along with A. H . Sale , of Skyland. \Nil ham
M. Miller) of Asheville, and· author of "Thr e Mov
Checker Chart:• drew Ryan in a pe ial blindfolded engagement
which attracted rnore than Hsual inrerest.
Ryan played simultaneously mor · than 30 players
considered among the b st in this s ction. All wer· d efeated
with ex£ept1on of two draW' gam ,s.
Ryan has gone undefeat d in open pia exhibitions
fo:r t:h€ past several years. H has b en play in ch ck rs
for the pa.st 25 years and bis knowl ··dge f 1 he gam is
nothing shy o£ phenomenaL
TOUGH PLAYER (above)- Proved M. M. Warre n,
right, with ·chin in hand , as he played Ryan righf down
to the victOfy m<~rgin. Warre,n fin a tly succumbed to
the clever checkering of R.yan , shown making a meve.
BLINDFOLD GAME (right}-William
· M. Miller, Asheville, is shown
concentrating .. o.n game in which
he drew Ryan, the champion, who
played blindfo lele(L
THESE CHAMPIONS (be low) ·Played
the champion but failed to
register · a win. Seated , left to
right .. are Ned Morris, Buck Sm,athers
, Butch Sisson, Bill Sattles and
Fred l owe . w ., t c hing the 9arl'le
are Earl Shi the gatnerin.g place for
three ""ell · kr!own safety a uthorities . L. to R.: Brandon Marsha ll, Cllrecdor of th
Council, Kenneth Fai st·, s~perv i ~o r of Emwl-oyment & -Sfl f ety, Hamilton Olvlslon of
Champion, a11d ChsrL ' Barth, Safety )fr:tg.ineer of the Ohio ltldustrla l Commission.
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Above : WALTER RENTSCHLER, from
the Hamilton-Lima Corpora·tion and
Peter Rentschl er, from The Ha;, ilton
Foundry and Machine Co-mpany.
Right : HOMER GARD, ot Journal
Publishing Company, and Dwight J .
Thomson, Champion Vice Pre.si dent.
Below: WILLIAM BECKETT .. r igh t, of
B e~kett Paper Company and Mayor of
Ha milton , was the guest of Ed Kn app,
Champion's Assistant Director of Gen·
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G{ANT DISPLAY BOARD was ene of the main drawing cards of the entire
an.d en-d uses of pap·e• were colorfully a.nd interestingly presented.
Open House. Displays of many Champion activities, services, benefits
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CHAMPION'S OPEN HOUSE might be better
tenned "Champion' Full Hou e,'' ;.vith more than 5000
emplojees and their family members attending the initial
Champion Yent of i ts kind during the first day-"Champion
Famjly Day" - No ·ember !8, and ·an estimated
t ,000 '\! itnes ~(l!:r Champion in full operation for the
6r t ime- ' 'General l?ublic Day"- Novembet 19.
Aside .from the hu0 e 1 ,(JOO aggr ga.te total, the roany
expres ion of congratulations from our vi itors proved
THE ART Of PAPER SORTING was- one o-f the many
fascinatin-g s~gh ts tbat drew constant crowds.
the value of the worthwhile Open House endeavor, the
success of- wl1i.ch came as a result of a true aJl-ou r Cham
pion effort. 1
Open House pro ided Champions the opportunity
to proudly show their famil ys through the vast Hamilton
Mills for th€ first time. It also extended the same
courtesy tb the public .in general. That both grouptook
full advantage of the offer is shown in the 15,000
figure, one of the Jargest ever registered in Open House
staging anywh re, one that all Champion boa:ts oE \c\'ith
pride, in a job well done.
THE PAPER MACHINE aisles were cantinuously
crQwded wiJh th rilled spectators.
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THE BEATERS were one of the first
sighh after our visiton regi~tered and
entered mill.
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THE SKID TURNER ·flopped 'em over
for the awe of many groups.
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MACHINE WINDERS drew constant crowd~ as
rolls were finished and new ones started.
ROSS TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL class in
sec retarial tra ining iMpact part of H•e uew
LOG office.
THE NAILI NG MACHINES was one of the
miracles that ca us s conti nu ous questioning.
REFRESHMENTS were served in Champion's
new cafet eria .
Hamilton
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THE DISPLAY BOARD 1':rown from the op.posite side. Note Hamilton Champion's huge sorting line
room a.t ·the te:p of the picture. A few minutes after this pieture was taken , "0pen Hou~e" WAS
OPENED and tbe fam started. . . . . . . -· ...................... .
Here are a ·few of the £a ts and fig-ures com:erning ·
Open H0u e.
Food and. Suppli s used: _
Cookie. and Cake . ..... ........... ...... -... , ............... , ............ .......... ,.22,'780
Don1l ts ··-·---.. -----... "-·-·----······-----··--- ............................... : ............................. 9,360
Ice Cream (PieL'Cs) .................................................................................. 9,984
M1Ik . (Half Pints) .... ~ ................ : .... " ............... ........ .......................... 2,300
-Soft Drinks --~---- ~·----···---·--- ----· ----·----·--- --------- ·-------------·----·- · ---- -----·--··--·--........ 6,960
Coffee (Gallon-)· .......................................................................................... 960
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Gue ts wer regi ·tere l from many distant cities includiag
Woodland, Wa hingTon, Tucso11, Arizana, Salt Lake
City., Utah and t \ve, Vennont.
THE CAFETERIA was under continuous capacity use for every
THe PAPER M~CHINES lind stakway from maehi~e r-oom t -1\1
roll dor.«ge, shawi119 fyJ>ic~l erowd scenes.
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Above: - THE tliSPLA.YS aU re·
cojyed the aHentio.n ef our
the~~n<ls of guests.
R.tght: Wf'iEI!L CHALRS or
9rutches did not ke.ep them
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gave previews of the paper of the futu re. P y
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Far Ri,~ht: THE LOG displays " Behind the
cenes techniques.
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"DID YOU KNOW THAT CHAMPION DID THIS" was an expression
often heard. '
SOUVENIR PENCILS AND
NOTEBOOKS were in great
demand as fhe . two views
(.,bove and le-ft) of that spot
i-ndicate.
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IT WAS AN INSPIRING THING to see the graphic prsof of
Champion Benefits as shown on the many paneLs.
MANY VISITORS and even some Champions learned of Chacmpion
Benefih they had fo rgotten aboutc
dOrUinRk• . GUESTS were offered a fine variety of tasfies and
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Facing The New Year
By G. W. Phillip ·
,(Look not mow·nfully into the past~-i t con,es not
back (lgnin; wi el imfJT~ve the fJre . nL,-it is thine; go
forth to meet the shadowmg future wtthoul fear and with
n manf ' lzeart.u
A we tancl upon the thre. hold of another year with
11, new opportunities, new onflicts ne·w duti s and tremend
us po, ibilitic, , we hould face it with con fiden c
and hopc,-''g-o forth w meet it witho'a fear and with a
man! h art."
Most solemn and touching is the peal ol the bell ·
which ring out the old and ring in th New Year. 1
ne,·er h ar them without a f ling of sadn ·s, be ause I
realiz that I did not mak the be t of the many opportuniti
that came my wa during th preceeding car,
and wontler hm' well I ·will meet the situa tions in the
fuwre.
Today, ·we aTe facing a New Year with 366 n w days
filled with great po ibilities; what we do with them will
depend altogether upon our attitude. n we greet the
N _w Y ar by merely throwing the old cal ndar in the
waste ba· ket, and hanging up a new one, 1948 may be
a . ·ear of disappointment rather than good fortune .
Some people comend they do not believe in New
Year resolutions, becau e the are soon broken. Perhap ·
. o, but you do make resolutions at other times, and do
you alwa s keep them? I suspect there are more resolutions
made and not lived up to at other times during the
year, than there are broken vows made on New Year's
Day.
Good re olutions are always timely. No man or woman
ever accomplished an rthing worthwhile without a
determined effort. The old adage, "If a t first you don't
succeed, try, try, again" is good advice.
Many people are pessimistic about the future. The
• ew Year, they ay, has a gloomy outlook;-so many
things in which they trusted in the past have failed them;
-even the religion of Christ, they chargeJ has failed to
bring peace and good will among men. Since we are
not allowed to have tbe happiness and peace on earth
w desire, may we find more la ting peace a,nd happiness
rn the service whjch ' e can render to our fellow n1an and
to our countr,. What the New Year will bring us, we
know not· but that is not so important.-The important
thing is, ~ ... ·e mu t not lose faith in God and our fellow
man.
Others are de ponclent about our cou ntry. They
~ay, democracy will soon b a thing o£ the past-our
i ilization is destined to change, etc. Why live in dread
of the dis olution of [re governmetH upon t.he earth , for
·'government of the people, for the people, and by the
people" is not going to pass away soon.
To make t.hi a happy New Year, to mak this old
vorld a b ~ ttcr place in which to live, th re mtiSt be a
firm resolution on the part of u . ali lO abi.de by the
Golden Rule, " 'Whatsoever ye would that men should do
to you. do yc even so to th m."
B fore the \Vorld '\Var, there cxi ted in Germany a
very beautiful ustom;-on the {jr t day of th New Year,
whatever may have b n the quarr l or emtrang m nt~
b ~ tween friends and relaLions, mutual visits wcr inter·
chang d , kindly greetings given and re eiv d - all for~ol·
ten and forgiven.-A beautiful wa to 1 egin the N ·w
Year.
.Ju~t two issues back, Homton Di vi'>ion columnistS m
Elli began hi) popular "Down the Tracks." chronicl ing
rh activities of Champions on the "back side" of the
mill- a s ction of the plant
that am knows well, having
direct d the pror;r ss of
the Turpentine and Trostol
Department since 1937
A t h i r d gcn ' ra tion
Ch:unpion, Sam was born
in Nashvill , Tennessee.
h u t moved to Canton
farth er back than he can
remember, when his father,
Tobe Elli ~. joined our
company. His grandfathfr,
John Whitstin e. a. real Oldtimer,
has worked at the
Canton Division since the
time of its construction.
Sam began bis journalistic
career while he was still in knee pants, delivering
the A h eville Citizen-Times to Canton su bscribers. After
completing \1\Teavcrvi lle High School, v\Teaverville, Nonh
Carolina, he attended ""\1\Teaver Juniot College for two
years, then took up a pre-medical course, specializing in
chernistry, at the College of Charleston , Charleston,
South Carolina. His schooling was interrupted by a
,eries of sinus operations, however, and in 1935 he
started to work in the transfer pool of the Canton Divi-
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His first operating job- and the one he has held ever
since- was in the Trosrol Department, wh~re he -found
a real use for his training in chemistry.
Sam resumed his newspaper activitjes at about the
same time he joined Champion, filling his spare time
as a special correspondent for bis o ld paper, the CitizenTimes.
Together with Canton Division LOG editor
Jimmy Dea ton, Sam helped to cover events in the Canton
area- Jimmy handling the news of the town, and Sam
filling in ·with a column, feature stories and " local color"
about the ou tlyi ng districts.
Early in 1937 Sam was sent to Texas in a technical
capacity for a ''sh ort stay" - a sta which, quite agreeab1 ·
for him, has alr · ady stre tched into more than 10 yea r .
On his fir st vacation fn m th Hou, ton Divi ion, Sam
beaded straight for North Car lin , but with more on
his mind than just a visit with the h mcfolk ·-when he
rctu ned to the Lone Star State he brought with him a
bride, his boyhood w 'Ctheart, E liLh Davi. of Chand! r,
Nonh Carolina. Tod<1 th y have t1 o d1ildr n, San lra
Suzann , sc 'Cl1, and Samuel Dewey, Jr., ag Lwo.
Aside from his two chief inten:st ·, his family nd his
work, Sam fills hi · tim \ ith a ari t of hobbi ' , for
he lik to k ep bus . In 'ant n. h<: and J le< e, Jr ..
w r c11grosscd in cull 'Cting ins ' , panicularly th
Lt:pidopt ·ra (perhaps b ttcr known · buu rnics an t
n:wtlb!); but UJ)(JIL th ir trans( r to Hou ton, they
donated their di:~play to the Canton High S h ol
rnu eum.
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It i ( 1 d iH. hom tim~ 111 111111. c-.pcn:tlh \dwn
n \- t• . to in til ;1 ft'' p.u.tg1aph" .tl out the •
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"bu im" cntl" ' th 111~ whi( h 111,1, lw t llhgllttntng tn
1• ; pc h.tp 11f nntt' intc1t''l In our n ·,tdt"l'>,
·"""'lll '' ft l it '·utial t I at tho t u"ll'~ tit plan('
ha\ (' .1
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ht tt T unde1 t.tndin _,. of nnll· nf tbc 1 ilot \ prnh
THE IG •. 0 1' l'HE DOOR
01 th1 c J..pit d()or faciu~ the tab in s ah of the
thclJ.ft j a ,icn ,,·hich r'<HJ:.. " J"l-JIS DOOR ' VJLL
BE 0( KEn Dl.'Rl~G \LL 1~STRl 1 l\ lE 'T FLIGHT
CO. ·nlTIO . . .., .. _ Bef(lJ thio; practi<e ·was put into e ffect.
nrl alttr pltmin~ through rhc ·soup'' for a con,
... ltraiJk pt:ri( d pa ~ ·ng 'r. 'muld start aski ng " \Vhcre
• re n . nnw?" and "\\'hen will we get to ·o and so?" and
""'hi(h i the _gad, ·ct which tell ) ou v.d1erc we are( ''
.\11 thi~ at a time when one ... hould least be intern1ptcrL
'\\.hen lh in · on in tmments there i~ a lot to be done.
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Planning ahead; run ing radio'>; looking 11p (requencics
and Leam heading ;. mak ing rad i1J r ·pon s and receiving
in~truoiom h~ 1 ad io, in add i! ion to fl) i ng tl1c plane
which an he done only by ,·isual rderence to instruments
on the paneL
TJ1 is may 011 nd \'C:l) com plica ted and dangerous.
Auually it is nut daugcr.ous at all. ll()t \tT)' complicated
e pecially- for two pilot'>. l t may -~o11nd a" if the slightest
error would monable am unt
of cxp .rience in thi~; type ol ll ying. and a knowledge of
how it all w0rk.~ th ·n: ate no pall i< ular umplications,
and in many way-, it i'> ..,<dc1 tl t~i n ( unt <t( t I l ying.
Fin.t th re is much k-,~ a it 11 (I 1'1 ic during tllo~e <.:on -
clition due lo Hluch l<·w(·t pl:tn{'.., I wing prop 'rly
quipped f(Jr imu unwtJt fli gl ll , ~tn d w< fltHlly. th · pilr1t i "'
in comtant <untact wirh ,\invay lt :l llh (;(Jnllol who j.,
giving insLru ti1m "'h it IJ k ·<·p-~ I lim .. 1-pat at ·d from otltcr
aircraft by sC'H:ra1 mile'> Jat tra ll} <tud ;, tuinimun' ol 1000
h. v ' I ti ally aL all times. But it sh01dd ' ·q11it<· 11o Jqng
explanar.io11 to tmdcr-; r<otd lvhy 1 h(' jJi lol should li · a I
low ·d to g ive l1is ~·nrir(' <tl lc ·nlloll to tiH· job.
\Vhil • in rJw .. .., 1Uj! '" tlw CJII (''>IH ill kl '> I~« 'L' Il ., J..t• l
"Wh •1(· (IIC Wt: nowr'' and g11t the .1110,\VC'l "1 don 't
know". 'J hal pa -.SI' II g t ·l lfl,l)' ha vl' thought ''M> Jtt.l\.t'll'>!
\tVt can't ~cc out, a 11d llw pilot ;.., !11-,1". lt \O rll 1 ·
quire !f1litC' an c. plan ~11 in11 tn shtn.\' \dtt·t 1 IH i and how
he knows hiE. po'l ition . :p c~ idc · · at a11y g i\ t'JI H10IIH 111 ,,,.
C(Ju}<.l noL pinpoi111 his pn..,it ion on the lll:tp. J ft. I.. no\ ,.,
II is on th • IJt.Jtinn .u d th,ll, llll
n~il e .. oul ftom Wt h and \lici t a I an 111:tt k.vt. That r ~; .dl
h nclt: ·" tf Itt
lo k(·d o cJ th sid' ~ nd ~aw that lw \\':t'> OH'l ldH· •
rh P D.Q. ra i It O<Hl eros .. .., Goo.,( C 1 c ·k l i H ' 1 ulcs .,nut h
1) Chirlin Switch.
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If<) Jr•Clf \ ,. JJ 1lTY
Jn ,, 'ltp f10m Cm 1m ri n It ill 1 11 u
1 \111' J,,J, in tl < .dt{ 1 ,, on. lir 1 qu.tll nl 1 'and t
t111!J .1pp ,If ·d ju 1 all r t. "II f i<h J'll l11
fit ( tJ 11 tth_ \ lth Ill' )IOJ If • lltn' I JIIOC( lit
11111h ('nd 111 itt\ t•t.lll). t fl~, in the t J, ~drm_ rlr
· ·.;t ich of lit< li111 \Jill (lllttinur It lorrn ant j.l'' rd
li«htnin, nn r1111 Jdt. CrHI 1, nl 1" ltJ m • t Jadt
lor \'(;uh l illfutlll,li(IJt fr()tn ,, J{Jll riJillt 0 l hich
\\'t " •a , p; '· I ina II he 1 ., c l''!JIIH lrt ol .nh r in
1 h~lt ;u ra UHn IIH t•d u W<' t otdd unt •ct lt \ h II I{ · nd
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\\'c prdlc d lljl 1t1 .\ tlanla lor th • night. r Tlr) IJJI ' r
1\'t' in .tnv bad \'<·at h ·t "" in 1 di111'' ·r nd n · 0111
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pn.,ili()ll · t (Ill rilflc ·<,. ~ornt: rnonrh J· r , 11
ton ll''>'it·d that hl'' a-. -,cart·d ill . f tr • UJ kpt dr)(l ,
npeu and h(C ... aw con,idc·rabl· ac rivit} rp fnm1, hidt i
a pan of the jc> l> when, cltl · to wt· titer. lht· de; ir atir11.
rnav han· ro lw <hanged. l hi pa ·n:r-r (lllth 1 un
• rc ... :-.('d th a l hr thoughr '" \\l;lt hop< I. ,J_ lo I, ur
roundc:d h bau weat her and the 1on' night ju t -.~ in.
Comeq uellll ) the door '\\ill be clo d · nd pr babh
locked for the COIIlfOrt
