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The CaroMount News ___PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS VOL. 5 No. 11 SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC. NOVEMBER 1947 Weaveshed Is Scene Of New Installations Jf you have passed through the Weaveshed lately, surely you will have noticed that many changes are being made there. They are for the purpose of starting twenty looms with which to weave Jac quard fabrics. About fifteen years ago, there Were four Jacquard looms at Caro- mount; however, they were only used for a short period of time; consequently, for most everyone Weaving Jacquard fabrics will be a new experience. Randolph Sut ton, superintendent of the weave shed, states, “We are looking for ward to the weaving of this fabric to broaden our experience, and to give us more Diversification. This Will, in turn, aid us in having bet ter production.” With the installation of some thing new, there are many ob stacles to be overcome before the job can be successfully done. This will be true when the Jacquards are put into use at Caromount. The complete cooperation and the best that is in everyone concerned will be necessary and essential to make-up for the lack of experi ence with Jacquard looms. Cap able instructors will be provided to aid in starting the first few looms, and it is hoped that the Work can be carried on from there without further outside assistance. The new fabric that is to be Woven is now on display in the Weaving Department and every one is invited to look it over and to discuss it fully in order to slear up any vague points or doubts that may exist about the weaving of this fabric. Employees Praised The workers in the Cafeteria Were high in their praise of the cooperation of the employees. They commented on “the great improvement made by the em ployees in helping to keep the tables clean, and in placing the drink bottles in the racks.” Everyone is urged to continue their fine cooperation in this mat ter. It is hoped that every effort ^ill be exerted to see that each and every employee leaves their cigar ettes and matches in the ash trays provided, thereby helping to keep the floors clean. THANKSGIVING IS HERE—AND SWEET POTATOES TOO!! In tune with the spirit of the harvest season, are R. W. Tippett, weaveshed knife-fixer, and Richard Lewis, cleaner in the weave- hed, pictured gathering their sweet potato crop which was grown on land owned by Mr. Tippett, and cultivated by Lewis. They reaped a harvest of approximately 15 bushels. As they examine some of their choice samples, they vision candied yams, sweet potato pies and puddings, and many other delicious dishes. Yum! Yum! Harvest Scenes Recall First Thanksgiving It is altogether fitting and right that we put aside what we are do- m§5 ®nd take time to devote our thoughts to the annual holiday of Thanksgiving. The festival is a harvest thanksgiving; and its earliest observance can be traced to the Pilgrim Fathers. After the scanty harvest of the summer of 1621, the Pilgrim Fathers foresaw for themselves starvation unless help speedily came from Europe. Yet amid such surroundings as these, we learn from the old chronicles that Governor Bradford, “the harvest being gotten in, sent four men out fowling, so that we might, after a more special manner, rejoice to gether after we had gathered the fruit of our labor.” During the Revolution, Thanks giving Day was a national insti tution, being annually recom mended by Congress; but after the general thanksgiving for peace, in 1784, there was no national ap pointment until 1789. Then Wash ington, by request of Congress, recommended a day of thanksgiv ing for the adoption of the Con stitution. Washington issued a second proclamation of thanks giving, in 1795, because of the suppression of insurrection. (Continued on Page Four) Our Fabrics Travel AroundThe W orld All aboard for Canada, China, South America, Ireland—but wait a minute, before we get too far from home, let us look back to the Shipping Department at Caro mount and see what preparations are made for the trip. There are piles and piles of cloth being brought in from the Final Examining Department to be processed for shipment. Around us are about fifteen workers help ing to prepare the fabric for travel. After the rayons have been put on frames and enclosed in paper car tons at the end of the Finishing room. Garland Manning, Jesse Lee Adams, and Raymond Winstead move them from there to the new warehouse for storage, and place the tickets from these in the Ship ping Office file. Then the cotton and mohair goods are rolled and wrapped, these same men place them in stor age bins in the warehouse. Each roll has a location tag on the out side; and a duplicate tag is at tached to the place ticket, and put in the file. When orders are received from New York for roll goods. Miss Elizabeth English and Mrs. Joseph ine Best pull piece tickets from the files and pin them to the orders. (Continued on Page Five) Safety Record Shows Gain Over Last Year Our Safety record for the year is better than last year but we are having too many accidents. One accident is too many; how ever, v/e have shown that acci dents ran be reduced and if they can be reduced 30 per cent in one year; then they can be re- duce(i further until a lost time ac cident or one that requires medi cal attention becomes a rarity. Our accident record for Octo ber showed an increase in severi ty. There were 2 lost time acci dents out of a total of 6 accidents that required medical attention. The lost time accidents occur red when one employee lifting a loll of cloth strained his back. The other lost time accident oc curred when an employee tearing up the floor in the weave shed, tripped and in an effort to right himself, threw his foot forward and stepped on a nail protruding from some of the boards. The nail punctured his foot. In addition to the 2 lost time accidents there were 4 more re quiring medical attention. Two of these accidents were cause by employees cutting their hands with loom knives as they went to step down from the loom bench. To date the Caromount MiU has had 45 accidents requiring medical attention and of these 45, 10 were lost time accidents. Your earnest cooperation is ask ed in observing the fundamental rules of Safety. One of these is to think about what you are doing at all times; and by so doing this, you will not only do your job well, but you will do it safely. Speak to your fellow worker who is doing an unsafe act. He may thank you later for saving him a serious injury. Contributions Announced The total contributions to the Community Chest from the Caro mount Division amounted to $1051.00. The employees contrib uted $301.00 and the company contributed $750.00. In Wilson this organization is known as the Wilson Community Budget and there was a total contribution of $201.25 from the Wilson Division. The Wilson em ployees contributed $51.25 and the company contributed $150.00 to the Wilson Community Budget.
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