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The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. IV—NO. 9
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND COMPANY. INC.
SEPTEMBER, 1946
YARN STORAGE ROOM CONVERTED INTO CAFETERIA
Shown above is an interior view of the new cafeteria located
adjacent to the weaveshed occupying a space formerly used as a
yarn storage room. Some of the equipment, including the gas
griddle, soup kitchen, sink, and coifee urn has not been installed
yet. The cafeteria will open when the installation of the equip
ment is complete.
BlutiK
lenthal Fabrics In
Famous U.S. Buildings
Once again Blumenthal fabrics
have been selected for upholster-
the chairs of the Assembly
F^oom of the United Nations. Last
year, when the meetings of UN
^"ere held at Hunter College, in
New York City, our quality 225
LX (Amherst), in the color
‘Rose K” was used.
In the new meeting place at
h^ke Success, New York, the
'chairs will be upholstered in the
®3nte quality, but in the color
Green.” The Kroehler
^manufacturing Company is the
manufacturer of the chairs.
In replacing the existing eleva-
in the Executive Mansion in
^^ashington, D. C., the Otis
F^Ievator Company selected Blum-
enthal’s MOSSTRED Rug in the
polor “Turquoise” for the floor-
mg of the car. According to the
^9s Elevator Company, a rug
yooring is preferred, in certain
mstances, to a rubber tile or
Asphalt tile flooring.
According to information re-
jmved, the new elevator with its
^^OSSTRED Rug is primarily for
Use of the President of the
Onited States, and not for public
Service.
The name “MOSSTRED” is the
^^Smtered trade-mark for Blumen-
^al s floor coverings combining a
kigh pile all wool surface with
^ sponge rubber back. They are
made in the Rug Room at our
helton Plant under the super-
'^ision of Johnny Kapusta.
Construction Of Field
House Gets Underway
Many employees have already
volunteered their services for the
construction of a field house to be
located at the ball park which
was recently completed. The com
pany has very generously agreed
to furnish all necessary materials
for the construction of this house,
and building operations will be
started immediately.
The house is to be used for
storing all athletic equipment
and will be provided with a dress
ing room and shower baths. There
will also be a storeroom for the
Boy Scouts, and it will be avail
able for their regular scout
activities. The boys have all vol
unteered to help with the con
struction work and are eaget to
Cafeteria Soon to Serve Employees
On The Job Training
Approved For Vets
The Caromount and Wilson Di
visions of Sidney Blumenthal &
Co., Inc. have been approved as
training agencies for veterans who
are now learning to weave or who
are later employed for learning to
weave.
get started.
(Continued on Page Two)
In his letter confirming this
approval J. D. Taylor, Executive
Secretary of the State Veterans
Committee, stated:
“We are glad to report that our
State Committee on Veterans Edu
cation has approved your place of
business as a training agency for
veterans of World War 11. The
quota assigned to each establish
ment is based on the number of
skilled or trained workmen in each
trade or profession. In some cases
the Committee could not grant the
full quota requested because the
number of trained or experienced
workmen did not justify it. . . .
“This approval is granted on
the basis of your present stand
ards, facilities, equipment and
training plans. Continued recog
nition is dependent upon the main
tenance of these standards and fa
cilities under the present manage
ment, as revealed by. future re
ports and supervision.
“The veteran whom you employ
for training should write the Vet
erans Administration, Winston-
Salem, or contact the local veter
an’s representative, to secure his
Certificate of Eligibility. This Cer
tificate, after you have endorsed
it, should be mailed to the Veter-
(Continued on Page Two)
543 Take X Ray Exams In State Mobile Unit
The mobile X-Ray Unit of the
North Carolina Department of
Health was stationed at Caro
mount on September 10 and 11.
A total of 543 persons were given
the x-ray examination at this
time. The technicians and clerks
were lavish with their praise of
the fine employee cooperation and
the complete preparation of the
x-ray cards by the Personnel
Office both of which enabled them
to complete the job here more
quickly and easily. The confiden
tial reports of these examinations
are being mailed directly to the
employees.
The technicians
operating ths
x-ray unit were D. A. Mozingo,
W. A. Wallin, and C. H. Sells
from Raleigh. Miss Dorothy Tur
ner, Mrs. J. K. Murrill, and Mrs.
Tom Jenkins, Jr., of Rocky Mount
were the clerks who checked the
records.
This most important health
service was under the supervision
of the Rocky Mount and North
Carolina Health Departments and
was sponsored by the Rocky
Mount Kiwanis Tuberculosis Com
mittee.
®New Cafeteria To Serve Hot Foods
Accomodations For About Fifty
The new cafeteria recently
completed will be opened to em
ployees within the next ten days.
The management is pleased to
announce this added convenience
for its employees and hopes they
will all take advantage of it.
The cafeteria will serve hot
coffee, hot soup, and sandwiches.
The present canteen service will
be continued.
Smoking will be permitted in
the cafeteria; however, employees
are requested to be cautious with
matches and lighted cigarettes. It
is also the wish of the manage
ment to keep the cafeteria as clean
as possible and all employees are
requested to lend their coopera
tion.
Space is jDrovidsd for seating
about fifty persons with a floor
space of 820 square feet. The
tables are covered with red tile
linoleum with a chromium trim.
The light green ceilings and walls
with a darker green dado border
and tile red floors lend a pleasant
atmosphere to the surroundings.
The construction of tables, and
the sink, all of the painting, and
the installation of equipment
represent the fine work of the
Engineering Department.
The equipment being installed
includes a coffee urn, gas griddle,
bread warmer, soup kitchen and
sink. A 32 cubic foot refrigerator
has already been installed to pro
vide ample refrigeration. The ex
haust fan which has been in
stalled will provide a complete
change of air in the cafeteria
every two minutes.
This new accommodation is
designed to provide more com
fort for employees when they eat
lunch. It is hoped that everyone
will enjoy the cafeteria.
Safety Always Pays
Accidents in plants are costly—
any accidents can be serious and
costly. In North Carolina Plants
for year 1945 there were 12,935
accidents reported to the Indus
trial Commission on which com
pensation was paid amounting to
$421,525 and a total time of
days lost per case from work.
Hidden costs of these accidents
would amount to over $2,000,000
not withstanding the suffering.