, Caromount News
MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO., INC. JANUARY, 1955
^^Wfoyee Comfort First In Construction Program
q|iI HtTAL P 1 - ' " ' ' 'o-- Since October, 1954, when our
^sh! Dyehouse Employees
Ivelir^ numbered for
Wive ^ that they
endured. Mr.
®rts fti engineer, re-
'ehoi the
11 February 1, to in-
ino ern, efficient ventilat-
^ em, whereby all dye tubs
s w’li '[^^tiiated and exhaust
‘t and / P^^eed to draw the
•'rkinS ,. from the
that^Sa ^Shridge
•t of T the latter
'r Malco^mT^^^’
President^of”?/^® appoint-
^ & Co Inc ^^^^ey Blumen-
^ -“'■"a,
est in L . ® being the
inspected n personal-
itilating svJ. designed this
, C M The contrac- em
-“aboro, and Sons, of
®ts in textile n spec-
fJernization ?”®truction and
tern. Our Dv'^t! install this
^e to oner.i
operate during the ner
el construction. P
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r
Walt Thompson and Lancey Winstead, both of the Finishing
Department, are proudly displaying 16 birds (limit for two peo
ple) which they bagged while hunting near Hobgood.
I Insurance For
^Pjoyees And Dependents
1 the^lbe^i^ policy to of-
^ enml, services to
incrr^^^^^u^ company has
pep in ^he benefits of its
'trance""?"''® program. This
live T which became ef-
es an i •’anuary 1, 1955 pro-
es coverage which
^0 c!> bi this area
the *^e the worker.
realizing that
ilerti one’s family is
Plove ®^ipr concern to any
idptif increased the de-
ied hospital benefits and has Pf
^l.^afgical benefits for de- P'a"a
ii^cnts.
«bi
li hp^^f”*' ^^iiong the changes
^I'alv • addition of Infantile
Vei^s benefits up to $2,500
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Hf both employees anu
ie jiQ^i^^^^ents. Daily hospital
free insurance Page 3)
1954 Benefits Greater
At Caromount and Wilson many
employees and their families were
benefited by the foresight and
generosity of our Company in
providing group insurance. The
entire cost of this plan is free
and it provides life insurance,
hospitalization, surgical, medical
and weekly sickness benefits.
During the past year the sor
row caused by the sudden death
of four of our employees was
lessened by life insurance bene
fits which totalled $2,000.(10.
These benefits were provided by
the company at no cost.
Claims for hospitalization were
made for 142 employees and 151
dependents. Hospital benefits to
talling approximately $14,000 were
paid for these claims.
Sickness benefits of nmre than
$6,000.00 were paid. Total in
surance benefits paid out amount
ed to more than $25,000.
The premium which the com
paid for these insnranct
amounted to
insurance
more than
$42,000.00.
The present plan, which was
generously increased by our Com
pany on January 1, 1955, at no
cost to employees, will cost ap-
• ■ 1 i"»n v-v^noli tia |;}20
and
proximately twice as much as —_
plan which was in effect last year.
New Parking Area
Everyone at Caromount who
drives his car or rides to work
by car should be pleased to know
that Mr. Laughridge reports that
work on our new parking lot will
begin almost immediately. The
plans will more than triple our
'present parking facilities and per
mit 350 or more cars to be park
ed at one time; cement walk
ways should also be a welcomed
new feature.
Everyone at Caromount—and
indeed in Rocky Mount—will be
interested to know that Caromount
employees and other local em
ployees will be utilized to the
fullest possible extent in the work
being done at Caromount Mills
and we hope that the work will
proceed rapidly without delay or
interference so that these wel
comed changes will be enjoyed
by all.
Flash! Finishing Dept
Finishing Department employ
ees, Mr. Laughridge reports,
should welcome the partition to
be constructed between the Fin
ishing Department and the Dye-
house because it is intended to
eliminate disagreeable fumes and
heat from the Dyehouse. Lint
removers will be increased in num
ber and should filter the air more
effectively.
y ~ —j
new President, Malcolm Jones,
was appointed, our Engineering
Department, consulting engineers
and architects have been busy at
work on plans for a broad mod
ernization program.
In the short time Mr. Jones
has been President he has been
so busy that few of us have had
a chance to know him. His
action in approving the construc
tion program that wdll begin Feb
ruary 1, is convincing proof that
Mr. Jones and his staff regard
the welfare of employees at Caro
mount highly.
Work will begin first in im])rov-
ing conditions in the Dyehouse
and Finishing Department and
making wash room facilities mod
ern and adequate and expanding
our parking facilities. Mr. Laugh°
ridge. Plant Engineer, has fur
nished you a report with explana
tion of work being done, which
IS reported elsewhere in the news.
Special! To All Of The
Caromount Employees
Every employee of Caromount
will be interested and welcome
the program of modernizing our
wash room facilities, reports Mr.
Laughridge, plant engineer. Five
new, modern, shiny ceramic wash
rooms will be added for our men
and five new, gleaming, ceramic
wash rooms will be added for
our ladies; in addition, all of
the present wash rooms will be
fully modernized with modern
facilities and with spick and span
ceramic tile walls and floors.
Plans for this work are expected
to permit this major project to
be completed in August, 1955,
and every effort is being made to
eliminate, as far as possible, in
conveniencing our employees dur
ing this program. Mr. Laugh
ridge reports that the location
of all of our wash room facilities
have been made under the di
rection of an outstanding Char
lotte Engineering firm and that
this program, planning for which
was begun in October, 1954, was
one of the first approved by our
new President, Malcolm Jones.