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Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 9, NO. 4
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC.
APRIL, 1951
Quiz Show On Safety
“Wliat’s Your Safety 1. Q.?”
The second quarterly meeting
of the Eastern Carolina Safety
Council will be held in Rocky
Mount High School Auditorium
on Thursday, May 3, 1951, at
8 P. M.
A new type of program entitled
“Forum For Safety” will be
presented. The program pattern
ed after a radio quiz show has
been planned to be both enter
taining and informative.
Valuable prizes have been do
nated by the merchants and manu
facturers throughout the Eastern
Carolina Council Area.
In addition to prizes for the
contestants, many door prizes will
be awarded so everyone will have
a chance to win.
Every department should have
several representatives to cheer
their favorite contestant and to
compete for the prizes.
The ladies have not been com
ing out in large numbers at the
past meetings and they will be
especially welcome to this pro-
J gram. The prizes will be attrac
tive and the program entertaining.
Persons wishing to compete in
the quiz show should be present
at 7 P. M. The program will be
gin promptly at 8 P. M. and will
last one hour.
George Harper Council Chair
man, will preside over the pro
gram, and it will be emceed by
Miss Bobbie Pritchard of Radio
Station WCEC. Judges for the
contest will be “Country” Neal,
H. S. Baucom, and W. B. Middle-
ton.
Manager Sails May 3rd
E. H. Suessmuth, Resident Man
ager, is scheduled to leave for Eu
rope early in May for the purpose
of attending textile machinery ex-
hibits in Birmingham, England
and Lille, France.
He will depart from New York
on May 3rd and be away for the
balance of the month. During his
stay in Europe he will also visit
important cities in Holland, Bel
gium, Switzerland, and Germany,
ill addition to England and France.
Prior to his departure, he will
attend the annual meeting of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce in Washington, D. C.
Employee Uses Spare Time Wisely
AV^illie Clifton Joyner (Weavcshecl) operates a chain power saw
during his spare time. In this picture he is assisted by his son,
Boice, and Willie Williams. Clifton said he can cut five cords of
wood per hour. He charges .$4.00 an hour, and it is a right prof
itable business except when a chain breaks and he has to buy a
new one for $2.5.75.
New Radio Series
The Shelton Looms is sponsor
ing the third series of the “Am
ericans—Speak Up” programs.
The first of these programs was
given on April 15.
Among the speakers listed for
the new programs are Frank M.
Porter, President of the Amer
ican Petroleum Institute; Suzanne
La Follette, co-editor of “The
Freeman” and Clarence Manion,
Dean of the College of Law at
Notre Dame University.
These broadcasts are heard each
Sunday afternoon at 1:45 P. M.
over Stations WCEC and WFMA
in Rocky Mount, and WGTM and
WVOT, in Wilson.
Girls Softball Team
Plans are underway for start
ing a Caromount Girls’ Softball
team to participate in the Y. M. C.
A. Softball League.
Contact Miss Johnnie Belle Har
ris if you are interested. Henry
Burts, who directs the Y. M. C. A.
League stated that the games for
the women will be played early
at 7:00 p. m. for the 1951 sche
dule.
Under the able coaching of
Clyde Evans, the girls won First
Place in the city competition last
year.
Scouts From Jersey
The Boy Scout Cabin of Troop
113 housed five New Jersey Boy
Scouts overnight recently when
they were taking a week’s tour
from their New Jersey homes to
Florida and back. Braxton Town
send of the local council was con
tacted by the New Jersey Coun
cil to make arrangements for the
overnight stay previous to their
coming.
They were received at the cabin
by Frank Hay and Mack Eng
lish of the local troop.
The five boys who are of the
“Order of the Arrow”, an advanc
ed stage in scouting, arrived late
at night and left early the next
morning to continue their tour
to Florida- They also stopped over
on their way home to spend the
night again. The visiting scouts
were: Jay Ciser, East Rutherford,
N. J.; George Van Riper, Wood
Ridge, N. J.; Don and Ken John
son (brothers), Bloomfield, N. J.;
and John Penberthy, Bloomfield,
N. J.
Hocutt Takes Courses
Bill Hocutt, our laboratory as
sistant, recently visited the General
Electric plant in Schenectady,
New York where he took some
special technical courses on in
struments we use in our labora
tory.
Let’s Play Ball
The time for softball is here.
After a long winter of inactivity,
the sportsminded will welcome
this spring weather and the op
portunity to work out the winter
kinks on the softball field.
The Y. M. C. A. slogan “We
don’t quit playing because we
grow old—we grow old because
we quit playing” might well apply
to our softball league.
We may grow too old to be
expert ball players but we don’t
grow too old to enjoy the fun of
an afternoon game.
Anyone interested in forming a
softball team should contact
George Harper at the Personnel
Office. Plans should be formulat
ed as soon as possible. Any ideas
or suggestions will be welcomed.
Last year the Caromount softball
enthusiast could be seen most any
afternoon on the softball field
getting a real workout; but the em
ployees of the different depart
ments were not often on the side
lines cheering them on. We hope
this season that a great deal more
interest will be shown by the spec
tators. You can have a lot of fun if
you come out in the afternoon
whether you play with the boys or
howl with the spectators on the
sidelines. The need is great, so
come on out and let’s all have a
bang up good time together.
Insurance Summary
During the first three months
of 1951, 46 workers of the Caro
mount and Wilson Divisions re
ceived benefits which totalled $3,-
376.15 from our group insurance
plan for sickness and non-oc-
cupational accidents.
Weekly sickness benefits re
ceived by 20 employees averaged
$53.70 for each claim. Seventeen
employees were hospitalized for
an average of 4.3 days and receiv
ed an average benefit of $46.67
There were 19 dependents of em
ployees hospitalized for an aver
age of 5.8 days and they received
an average of $57.02. Of 18 em
ployees receiving medical expense
benefits, the average amount was
$10.39. An average surgical bene
fit of $26.48 was paid to 9 em
ployees.
The premium cost for this per
iod was $7943.06. The entire cost
was paid by the company.