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L95MNUARY. 1953 The Caromount News Page Three ett 1943 - 1953 ^ (Continued from Page One) ^^1943, issue. With this issue the i"eports from home to the service men were added along with an editorial for each issue. In October, 1943, Miss Peggy Cockrell (Mrs. Leon Lake) who "ms Laboratory Assistant was called to the aid of the staff with her art work and she sketched covers for our publication which j"ms known as “The Caromount ^'ews for Service Men and Wo men’' by this time for some of the Caromount women had join- ^'ed the WAACS and WAVES. Printed Copies The first printed copy of “The Caromount News” came in Jan uary 1946. There were many 1,1-requests from employees for cop- infl ms of the paper which could not ^)n be niet for the duplicating pro be) provide sufficient copies. The Wilson Daily Times at accepted the printing job and rcn turned out sufficient copies for a' the Caromount and Wilson em- 1 'h ployees in addition to the serv- me men. This issue ■ carried the present name, “The Caromount —' News’. Many emploj^ees had returned to their jobs and the Service Men and Women” was dropped from the title. Pictures Used The January 1946 issue car ried the first picture of “The Caromount News” showing Mrs. Mamie Taylor, Worley Edwards, 3 ^^cidolph Sutton, and Jimmie Spdight beginning the produc tion of Quality 7396 A, a new automobile upholstery. (Picture below I. Other pictures in this issue showed the beginning of the lien addition to the Weaveshed anc some 30 of the approximate- 1> 60 veterans of World War II " io ad returned to their jobs. >uJ pictures were taken by tt,v all its in in? Miss Frances Anderson, the first staff photographer. Ill' “People You Know”, a column now a part of the present make up of “The Caromount News” began in the March, 1946 issue with Miss Susie Peaden as the first employee to be featured in this column. (Picture above). In the beginning an editorial was included in each monthly issue of “The Caromount News” and in June, 1946 the “Devotion al Thoughts” was introduced to replace the editorials. Various ministers in Rocky Mount and Wilson are invited to write this column with the Reverend Clyde Lanier, former pastor of the North Rocky Mount Baptist Church, being the first guest writer of “Devotional Thoughts.” By 1953 approximately 1100 copies of “The Caromount News” are being distributed. Thus through these ten years there have been manj^ changes in “The Caromount News” but it is the sincere hope that it holds true to the purpose indicated under the title on page one “Published each month by and for the em ployees of the Wilson and Caro- Mount Divisions of Sidney Blu- menthal & Co. Inc.” i| Fi' in’ ffii nif i”' nil 0 ¥ ne’’ Ten Years Ago Here are some news items in the first issue of The Caromount News mailed on January 15, 1943 to the service men who are now back with Blumenthal. Mr. Andre’ Blumenthal, Vice President, who is serving as a Lieutenant (sg) in the Naval Re-, serve is stationed at a U. S. Naval Air Base in the Canal Zone. Buck Private Cecil Lewis is bringing honor to Fort McClel lan, Alabama, where he is sta tioned. As you know, Cecil did a great deal of shipping while he was at Caromount, and we hope things won’t go in reverse now that it’s Uncle Sam who is in charge of “shipping’ . John Sterken who is now at Amarillo Field, Texas, was con fined to the hospital with flu over the Christmas holidays, but is now up and at it again. He evi dently misses us as much as we miss him for he is quoted as saying, “He would like nothing better than to go on one more southern bender.” We heard from Washington that the dames were strictly on the straight side. What’s the matter, John, don’t you agree? J. D. McCorkle is stationed at Camp White, Oregon, in a hos pital unit. He states he is lik ing his work for it is exactly what he would rather do. Mc- corkle likes the Army so well that he may stay in after the war is over. (Editor’s Note: Apparently he liked Caromount even better for in January, 1953. he is a Caromount employee.) A1 Inscoe is at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. He is now a Sgt. and incidentally he is a M. P. “Sniokey” Taylor is stationed at Camp Claiborne, La. We were sorry to hear that “Smokey” was hospitalized for two weeks due to trouble he was having with his feet. Could il be flat feet, “Smokey”? ? At present a total of 95 men, former employees of the Caro mount and Wilson Divisions of Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc. are serving in the Armed Forces of our Country. (Editor’s note: This number reached approxi mately 160 during World War H). Give . . . Blood for the sick and injured in our hospitals at home. . . Blood for derivatives like serum glob ulin, immunizer against several virus diseases . . . j^gj Cross finances this vital program to fill these homefront needs for blood, besides serving as the pro- Penny Sellers Little JMiss Penny Sellers, who is just three years old, was so excited with all the “goings-on” at Cliristmas that slie just did not know what to turn to first on Christinas. She is the daughter of Mrs. Margaret Sellers (AVeaving). Engineering Dept Hospitalized Bootigoat Taylor has returned to work after a short period of hospitalization. At Home Mrs. Kinchen Joyner has been moved to her home on Nashville Road after being treated at the hospital. She is getting aloim fine. Out Sick Mrs. Anne Reid was out for a few days due to sickness. We are glad to have her back, tione Hack To School Tommy Thurmond has left hi^ work at Caromount to go back to school. He plans to attend Atlantic Christian College and to try to find some work to do on the side. New Charlie Short of Nashville, N. C., started to work January 19. at Caromount in the Machine Shop. He is replacing Tonmn Thurmond. 25th Anniversary Charlie Laughridge (Plant En gineer) and his wife celebrated their 2Sth Wedding Anniversary January 6, 1953, with open house. A number of their friends drop ped by to offer congratulations; and the couple received some very lovely presents. curement agency in collecting blood for the military and fur a civil defense plasma reserve. Help pay for the operation of the Red Cross blood program by giv ing generously in its 1953 fund campaign.
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