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Page Four THE CAROMOUNT NEWS September, 1947 People You Knowj t— Genial John W. Denson, gate- man at Caromount, rounded out ten years of service with Sidney Blumenthal and Co., Inc., on Au gust 7, 1947. Mr. Denson was employed Au- guest 7, 1937, as a watchman and earned the enviable record of carrying the clock for eight years —missing only one day and that due to a death in the family. In June, 1945, he was trans ferred to his present gate keeping job in which he has seen hundreds of faces go and come but he al ways has a cheerful word for each of them. Mr. Denson was born and rear ed in the Red Oak community of Nash County and farmed there until 1927. Since his children were grown-up and establishing homes for themselves, Mr. Denson decided to give up farming and moved to Rocky Mount, where he joined the Rocky Mount Police Force. After pounding a beat for three years, he went to the Cale donia Prison Farm as a guard. He continued his guard duty until 1937, at which time, he became employed at Caromount. Mr. Denson is proud of his family which includes five chil dren, twelve grand-children, and five great-grand-children. He is a true baseball fan and actively participated in the game until he was thirty-five years of age. Mr. Denson states that he has always loved music. He began playing the violin at the age of fourteen, and played until a few years ago. Now he says he’s con tent to sit comfortably and play the radio. White Elephant Seen During August the Caromount Mill had seven accidents requir ing medical attention and one of the seven was a lost time accident. The Weaving Department has had five of the eight lost time acci dents occurring in our mill since January 1st. This was the first department to display the “white elephant” for a lost time accident. You are as safe as your thoughts let you be. Safety comes through practicing it. Your well being is your biggest asset. Protect it by working safe- ly- Personnel Men Meet Thomas Carroll of Winston Salem, personnel director for the Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., told members of the Eastern N. C. Personnel Association in an address in Rocky Mount Friday night, September 19, at the Ricks Hotel that good human relations are essential in order for a busi ness or industry to operate suc cessfully. After Carroll’s talk a short business meeting was held and it was decided to hold the next meet ing in Kinston in October. Ap proximately thirty members and guests from Roanoke Rapids, Kin ston, Wilson, Tarboro and Golds boro attended the meeting. John Scott, president of the association, introduced Carroll. Quillen Ward and George Har per were present from Caromount. Cafeteria Suggestions A suggestion has recently been received from an employee re questing that the use of profane language be prohibited in the lunch room. The Suggestion Committee notified the employee that this matter would be brought to the attention of all employees in The Caromount News. It is the sincere hope of the Management that all employees who utilize the lunch room will cooperate in over coming this complaint. The lunch room has been provided for the comfort and convenience of all employees and a respectable at mosphere should prevail at all times. HEDGEPETH IS CHAIRMAN At a called meeting of the Roc ky Mount-Nash County Red Cross Chapter, Clayton Hedgepeth was elected Safety Chairman for the Rocky Mount-Nash Red Cross Chapter, Hedgepeth was made a member of their Board of Direc tors also. Col. C. A. White is the new co- Chairman for this committee. Weaveshed Activities Five of the weaveshed boys took a fishing trip to Kredles Place on the Pamlico River. They had a real good time and excellent luck with the fish. They brought home about 50 pounds. Members of the party were: Jack Thomas, Sidney Collier, Norman Richard son, Ray Bass, and Tommy Lay- ton. While down there Tommy de cided to go swimming. He covered about ten yards, and came out puf fing and blowing, declaring that was the hardiest job that he had done in ten years. Gus Riley has returned to work after being out two weeks. He had an operation on his hand; and he is getting along fine now. We extend our deepest sympa thy to Charlie Dorsey who recent ly lost his brother in Wilson. Our deepest sympathy goes to N. C. Cooper whose mother re cently passed away in Nashville. Arthur Haddle has just re turned from a three day vacation at Carolina Beach. He says that the weather and the surf were perfect. Gus Riley, Crow Davis, and Jim Speight are really big hearted fel lows in the eyes ofOwen Solmon, Marvin Carter and Cecil Hartley. It seems the former three took the others fishing, fed them and brought them safely home. How’s that for generosity? 0. B. Solmon now has a new bolt action shot gun with all the extras. He says to tell the birds and the squirrels to watch out for him this year. Mrs. Katie Farmer has been ab sent from work for the past two weeks having undergone an opera tion at the Rocky Mount Sani tarium. Mrs. Josephine Raynor has been a patient at Park View Hos- Machine Shop Notes R. 0. Perkinson has finally bought his new car, a 1931 Model A Ford. Just after getting his automobile, Perkinson added 36 additional miles to his daily drive of 42 miles per day. He and Mose Ezzell have been temporarily working in Wilson for the past few weeks. Mose reports that one morning on the way to Wilson, they ran into a light fog, and the car motor was drowned. Of course that made them late for work. Mose was not even able to finish the job because later in the week Perkinson was taken sick and missed four days from work — (Mose did not have a ride). It seems that Perkinson does not have any teeth; and he blamed his sickness on Mose for eating all the rolls at lunch. Perkinson says that Mose starved him to death, caus ing him to be sick. Doc Lancaster, Herman Rober son, Kinchen Joyner, and Knox Ellis spent Labor Day fishing at Moore’s Beach. Bootigo Taylor took his vaca tion the last week in August. He says that most of it was spent fish ing and traveling from place to place trying to find fish. What’s the trouble, Bootigo, no fish story? The Machine Shop has wel comed three new members recent- Iv. They are Paul Smith, James Pernell, and Fred Sessoms. Justice Boyd tried to set a speed record on his new car Labor Day. He said that he made a trip to Wilmington (121 miles) in four r.nd a half hours. Horace Hudson has returned to work after being out due to a short illness. pital twice in the past three weeks for treatments and a tonsilectomy. Miss Dorothy Robards, pictured above, is taking motorcycle driving lessons as a hobby. She says that riding is her favorite pastime. This picture was taken at White Lake.
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