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The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 9, NO. 6
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC.
JUNE, 1951
The Shelton Looms Service Cluh OrganizedFor Twenty Year Workers
**Crow^^ Davis Is Cluh^s First President
E. li. “Ciow” Davis (standing) takes over the gavel after his
election to the ijresidency of the nevtly formed Shelton Looms
Service Eliib at ceremionics held at the Caromount Field House
June 5, 1951.
Seated I- to r. are: Mi s. E. H. Suessmuth, H. H. Schell, president
of Sidney Hlumenthal & Company ; Mrs. H. H. Schell, and E. H.
Suessmuth, resident manager for the Caromount and Wilson
Divisions.
Twelve Caromount Employees Are
Service Club Charter Members
Employees of Sidney Blumen-
thal & Company, with 20 years or
more of continuous service met
Tuesday evening, June 5, to form
The Shelton Looms Service Club.
The meeting was held at the
Caromount Field House located
in the park area of the company’s
Caromount plant at which time
ihe club received its charter from
the state of North Carolina and
elected its officers. Those elected
were: Honorary President, H. H.
Schell; President, E. B. Davis;
Vice president, Knoxie Ellis; Sec
retary, Herman Allen; Treasurer,
Lee Robert Joyner; Board of Man
agers: Frank Shelton, Stephen
Pope, E. 1. Raper, Russell Joyner,
and Harry Walker. Following
the organizational meeting, the
dub members and guests were
entertained at a dinner by the
Company.
The Shelton Looms Service Club
is sponsored by the Sidney Blu-
menthal and Company, Inc., for
its employees who have 20 years
or more of continuous service in
the employment of the company’s
plants at Rocky Mount and Wil-
eon. The charter states that the
club was formed “to promote soc
iability and good fellowship
among the employees of Sidney
Blumenthal and Co. Inc., at its
several plants and offices in the
state of North Carolina.”
E. 1. Raper, Stephen Pope and
Harry Walker were members of
the nominating committee which
presented the slate of officers for
the club at the meeing.
Those employees who were in
stalled as charter members on
June 5 are: Herman Allen (Warp
ing) ; Jasper Lee Thomas, Walter
G. Jones, Jr., Frank Shelton, Rus
sell Joyner, Ezra 1. Raper, Edgar
B. Davis, Lee Robert Joyner,
(Weaving) ; Stephen Pope, Knoxie
Ellis, (Raw Goods and Mending) ;
Doc Lee Lancaster and Harry
Walker, (Engineering).
Andre Blumenthal
Comments On Europe
This spring I visited England
and France and had a splendid op
portunity to talk with people in
their textile and other manufac
turing industries as well as with
a good cross section of the gen
eral public. Several important
facts about the way of life in these
countries stood out and were so
significant that I should like to
share them with all of my assoc
iates in Sidney Blumenthal & Co.
Inc.
Of course we all know that the
world today is torn between two
diametrically conflicting ideol
ogies—our own, and ruthless dic
tatorship which is called commun
ism. The trend in western Eu
rope seems definitely to be away
from communism because I be
lieve that people recognize com
munism for what it is: Nothing
more nor less than a method by
which the Soviet Union hopes to
dominate the entire world for its
own autocratic national ends in
which there is no recognition
whatsoever for any form of indi
vidual freedom or dignity. Never
theless, whenever people feel over
burdened and are having diffi
culty in making both ends meet,
they are prone to listen to the
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Earl Powell Burned
Earl Powell (second shift Weav
ing) , of 835 Carter Street, is in
Park View Hospital where he is
suffering burns which cover about
40 to 50 per cent of his body.
Powell was found early in the
morning of May 28th beside his
automobile at Pridgens Service
Station in Little Mexico, located
on U. S. 301 South of Rocky
Mount. It was reported he had
been burned when gasoline he waS
pouring into the carburetor of his
car caught fire.
Earl is the husband of Mrs. Mag
gie Powell, first shift Weaver.
The last report on Earl was that
he is steadily improving.
Employee Honored
Charles M. Johnson (Weave-
shed ), member of the Improved
Order of Red Men Tribe No. 5,
has been appointed to the Great
Council of North Carolina as the
Great Mishinewa, it was announc
ed recently at a meeting of the De
gree of Pocahontas Council No.
50.
Mrs. Rachelle Robinson, council
deputy, and Carl B. Godwin, tribe
deputy, who were representatives
at the meeting of the Great Coun
cil of North Carolina held recent
ly in High Point reported to the
council on the meeting.
Officers At Installation Meeting
Officers of the Shelton Looms Service Club elected at ceremonies
held June 5, are pictured above admiring their new Shelton Looms
Service Cluh certificates. They are 1. to r.: Herman Allen, sec
retary; Knox Ellis, vice president; Lee Robert Joyner, treasurer;
and “Crow” Davis, president.