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PAGE TWO MAY, 1946 The Caromount News MAY, 1946 Editor R, Quillen Ward Asst. Editor... .Catherine Pitt Photographer Frances Anderson Reporters for May “Dud’’ Adams, Ray Barnhill, E. B. “Crow” Davis, Elsie Jane Dorsett, Walter Greenman, Mary Louise Hardison, Clayton Hedgepeth, Cal Jones, Lee Rob ert Joyner, James Modlin, Lula Solmon, Jimmie Speight, Doro thy Sturtevant, E. H, Suess- muth, Randolph Sutton, Tiny Sutton, Lillian Walker, Paul Wells ,and Will Young. Published each month by and for the employees of the Wilson and Car omount Divisions of Sidney Blumen- thal and Company, Inc. Think of These Things Think on these things, for as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. The men who try to do some thing and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.—Lloyd Jones. If it wasn’t for faith, there would be no living in this world. We couldn’t even eat hash with any safety if it wasn’t for faith.— Josh Billings. When you are right, you can afford to keep your temper; when you are wrong, you can’t afford to lose it.—E. M. .Staffer. The best men are not those who have waited for chances, but who have taken them, besieged the chance, and made the chance their servitor.—Selected. Le^^ett-Little Miss Ethel Little became the bride of Dave Leggett in a quiet marriage ceremony in the home of Rev. A. A. Padgett, 1431 Davis Street, at 4:00 o’clock p.m. on May 8, witnessed by relatives and close friends. Mrs. Leggett is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Little of Wash ington, N. C., and is employed now in the Finishing Department. Mr. Leggett is the son of Mr. S. L. Leggett and the late Mrs. Leg gett of Washington, N. C., and operates a service station in Rocky Mount. Mr. and Mrs. Leggett are making their home on Nashville Road. You’ll always take home a full week’s pay. If you work safely here each day. Dyeing and Finishing We are glad to welcome Julius Eppes back to work in the Dye- house after a week’s absence due to a back strain . . . The Rotters’ family now enjoys the luxuries of a new Nash automobile. Between freight embargoes and strikes, they were beginning to get a little desperate . . . “Pop” Pridgen has traded his Austin for a motor cycle and he now challenges Reid Satterfield and “Judge” Brock to a race. The stakes will be for money, marbles, or fun . . . The employees in the Finishing De partment want to know what hap pened to Quillen Ward in Troy. The Dyeing Department thought they held the record for the crazi est accident; namely, a man fell into a dye box and was slightly injured; however, they now learn that the Finishing Department has taken first place—one of their em ployees fell over a hose and hurt her arm.’ The employees in the Finishing Department gave Mrs. Dave Leg gett, the former Miss Ethel Little, a surprise shower a few days ago. She received many attractive and useful gifts. Due to the coal shortage, the third shift employees in the Dye ing Department are scouring the cloth now, thereby using only one machine instead of two as for merly. William Marsh made a trip to Ft. Bragg recently at Uncle Sam’s request and was again rejected. We are glad to have him back. Mrs. Virginia Williamson’s hus band, F. M. Williamson, was re cently in Rocky Mount for a thirty day furlough. . . We are glad that Miss Eula Privette has recovered satisfactorily from an appendec tomy. On Monday, May 13, Mrs. Ma vis Thomas, while engaged at her work in the Dyehouse office, de tected an odor of burning cloth. Upon investigation she found a short circuit in the telephone wire had started a fire in the chemistry laboratory adjoining the Dyehouse office. With great presence of mind, she pulled the plug from the wall receptacle, thus shutting off the current. (We think Charlie Laughridge should put her on the mill fire brigade.) Misses Lena and Pauline Sellers have recently returned from a twc weeks’ trip to Russell, Kentucky, where they visited their brother, J. R. Sellers. They visited in Ports mouth, Ohio, and Huntington, West Virginia, on sightseeing trips. From their glowing reports, they had a very nice trip. Office News We are glad to welcome Wil liam G. Lawson back to our fold. Mr. Lawson recently resumed his work as Plant Engineer after an extended illness. Miss Aileen Womble came to work the other morning sporting a brand new fever blister. Last summer she blamed the sun and wind at the beach for the mass of fever blisters she brought back with her for very unpleasant sou venirs. This time, however, we didn’t fall for such tales and drew our own conclusions. Mrs. Dorothy Shearin Jones has left us to join her husband, Robert E. Jones, who has recently receiv ed his discharge from the Army. Dorothy Ellen was formerly our Accounts Receivable Ledger Clerk and was at one time the Assistant Pay Master. We certainly wish every happiness for Dorothy Ellen and Bobby. We understand that Cecil Lewis is getting pretty desperate about the possibilities of a new Car any time soon and is considering the purchase of a scooter bike. Can’t you just see Cecil on one of those? Miss Evelyn Toler spent the very pleasant weekend of May 17 at Carolina Beach chaperoning a group of high school girls and boys. Quillen Ward attended the State Junior Chamber of Commerce Convention held in Southern Pines recently. Congratulations to him on his election as National Direc tor for the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce. He is also First Vice President for the Rocky Mount Junior Chamber of Com merce. Miss Lib Sexton spent a week end in Wallace, N. C., recently. She went especially at this time to attend the Strawberry Festival. McSwain-Morris Miss Elva Mae Morris was mar ried in a quiet and simple cere mony in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Morris of Rocky Mount, R. 3, to Oliver Mc- Swain, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McSwain of Zebulon, N. C., on May 10 at 12:00 o’clock noon. The Rev. W. Harvey Morris of Goldsboro, an uncle of the bride, was the officiating minister. Mrs. McSwain is a member of the Payroll Department at Caro mount and Mr. McSwain has re cently received his discharge from the U. S. Army. Mr. and Mrs. Mc Swain will make their home with the bride’s parents. A “shuttle” is not what the Brooklyn boys ride over on to see the “Bums” beat the “Jints.” It is the unit which carries the filling to and fro across the loom to the boxes. “Boxes?” Why, everybody knows what they are, but—listen —these “boxes” are not objects to stand on while making a speech at Washington Square—they are the enclosures at each end of the lay to house and direct the travel of the shuttles . . . But what is the “lay”? Could it be an activity of the little red hen? No, it is the unit that travels back and forth carrying the reed that beats the filling into the warp sheds. A “warp”—some of us have one in our legs because when young our legs got wet and were dried in the sun. Well, what else could it be? Oh, it is a large metal spool on our looms made up of a series of threads or ends. An “end” makes for more com fortable sitting—however, in the Weaveshed an end may be tech nically described as a thread or a string. And speaking of “end,” here is a good opportunity to do the same for this column. (This article was prepared un der the advisement of W. Ran dolph Sutton.) Bride from Bn^land Mrs, ^am Cockrell arrived in Rocky Mount from England in early April. Mrs. Cockrell is now employed at the Rocky Mount Mills and her husband is a helper in the Caromount Finishing De partment. They were married at the All Saints Church, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tvne, on June 2, 1945. During the interview Mrs. Cock rell stated: “I like the United States very much.” She has enjoy ed shopping in the stores where stocks are far more plentiful than in England. She remarked: “I am so thrilled when I go in the stores that I want to buy everything I see.” In England each article ol clothing required coupons for its purchase. Mrs. Cockrell lived in Newcas- tle-on-Tyne, England, before join ing her husband in Rocky Mount. She received her education at the Gosforth Senior Girls School and served as a telephonist in the Aux iliary Training Service during the war. Mr. and Mrs. Cockrell are mak ing their home at 608 Nashville Road at present.
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