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49 ■en (he Ilk of is ill Ol'S ll The Caromount News PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS VOL. 7 NO. 6 SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC. JUNE, 1949 Caromount Workers Recondition State College Loom Students and faculty ineinbeis of the Textile School, ('. State College, Raleigh, are shown gathered around tlic plush loom which has Just been reconditioned and set up for ojieration with the coinpliinents of The Shelton Looms. E. I. Itaper and Floyd Hedge, peth, wlio spent several days in Raleigh overhauling the loom are shown in the upper background. Old Loom Makes Picks After Many Idle Years Just about a year ago Resident Manager E. H. Suessmuth learned that the Textile School at State College in Raleigh had a plush loom which they had not used for Several years. He contacted Pro- tfsor Whittier at the college and Arranged to go over to inspect the loom. W. R. Sutton and C. H. Laugh- ddge, together with Mr. Suessmuth fbade the inspection and they ad vised Whittier and his associates lhat the loom could he recondit ioned. Furthermore, they volun teered to do the required work. I'he project was then delayed un til the loom was moved to another location. In May of this year Floyd Hedgepeth and E. I. Raper were ■'ent to the school to make the •^lecessary mechanical repairs to Put the loom in running order. Horace Hudson and Ralph Morris ^Iso helped to start the loom, finally the loom was all ready to fun and Professor Whittier he- '^ame so excited he could not resist tailing Mr. Suessmuth on the tel ephone to tell him “how thrilled lie was to see that loom make its first pick.” (Continued on Vage wo) Safety Council Holds Meeting In Wilson Those who attended the East ern Carolina Safety Council in Wilson on June 3 were very pleased with the interesting pro gram which was presented. Representing the Caromount plant in addition to Manager E. H. Suessmuth who appeared on the program were: Leslie Alex ander, J. G. Boone, Roscoe Dawes, J, T. Eppes, Lee Robert Joyner, James Modlin and George Harper. Mr. Suessmuth delighted the audience with his accordion rend itions of tunes from the musical show, “Oklahoma.” After the musical entertain ment E. C. Bookman, Safety Di rector of the Virginia Electric and Power Company was intro duced as the speaker of the even ing. Mr. Bookman seemed to have an endless supply of funny stories; but there was a serious side to his speech too. His topic “Am I My Brother’s Keeper was broken dowm as follows. u a justmeiit—It is important to ^ot the right nian in the right joy; Obligation^—lo provide or is personal needs;, Altitude-De- velop a wholesome attitude, be friendly and sympathetm toward (Continued on Page Two) Administrative Staff Meets At Caromount The Administrative Staff of Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc. was quite complimentary of the ap pearance and general progress of the Caromount and Wilson Divis ions during their meeting i n Rocky Mount on Wednesday, June 8. Representatives from each division and administrative department were present. ‘'Higher Quality makes greater sales—Greater Sales make steady jobs—and Steady Jobs make hap piness for all” was the theme of the discussion for this meeting. Plans for production, sales, plant improvement, and adver tisement were discussed. I he dis cussion and forecast in this meet ing indicated that the company would experience a good season in the cloaking and upholstery trade. Great emphasis was plac- (Continued on Page Four) City Softball Lcaj^ue The Caromount entry in the city softball league under the leader ship of Manager Al Inscoe seems to be off to a good start. They have already downed Dillon’s to the score of 3-1 and the Jaycees to the tune of 13-2. Rocky Mount Mills, always a tough opponent, won their first game from Caro mount to the score 5-2. The Circle Service Texaco team was defeated (Continued on Page Two) Company Remains Liberal To Reserves Sidney Blumenthal and Com pany, Inc. has a very liberal pol icy with reference to leave of ab sence for peacetime military training. This policy is stated below as was announced by the company. In the interest of national se curity the Company has adopted the following policy with respect to employees who are members of the National Guard, the Army, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard reserves with respect to peace time military training period: 1. A leave of absence for 15 da) s I plus travel time if indicat- (Continued on Page Three) Tlie Players Who Paid With $2.50 at stake, a softball player really puts out his best and evidently the Machine Shop boys hang onto their money just a bit longer than the Supervisors do because they came out vic torious and saved their stake. The losers in this contest were to fork over $2.50 to pay for a chicken dinner which Barnhill was to arrange. The heavy hitters of the Ma chine Shop took advantage of “Bill” Spruill during one big inning and racked up a comfort able lead; however, with steadier I pitching on the part of Spruill (Continued on Page Two) Minstrel Scheduled At Edgemont School On June 25 ^ The Minstrel ( horns is sliown during one of their rehearsals held weekly at the ( aroinonnt Field House. The show is scheduled to be presented on Saturday, ,Jnne 25, in the Edgemont School Auditorinm.
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