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i1 FEBRUARY, 1947 PAGE THREE Dyeing and Finishing Bill Rotters and family vacat ioned at Miami, Fla., recently. They went to Florida with the intention of evading some of the cold weather here, but arrived there just in time to find the coldest weather for Florida in thirty-eight years. Miss Dorothy Morris has joined the Laboratory staff. Miss Mor ris devotes most of her time to ward testing yam and she also pounds the typewriter occasionally jnaking necessary Lab reports. Jim Johnson recently began his training in the Laboratory ab sorbing all the various functions performed by that Dept. He is now in the Warping Department learning more about the prepa ration of yarns. Charlie Sanders, Drug room clerk, is now an expert radio technician. He runs the Sanders Radio Service which is endorsed by the National Radio and Elec trical School. If your radio won’t talk Telephone 526-J and Charlie will be there. He will also put up your antennae, ad just or repair all types of re ceivers. He has almost all types of tubes. Mrs. Mattie Barnhill has re turned to work after several weeks of sickness. 1946 Safety Record During the year 1946 the Caro- mount Plant had 23 lost time ac cidents as compared to 21 for 1945. The Wilson plant had 4 lost time accidents in 1946 and 6 in 1945. Total days lost in 1946 due to accidents totaled 520 at Caromount and 21 days at Wilson. The Caromount figure is high due to the absence of one person for an entire year. This record is not good. Many of the accidents were avoidable and some, if prompt treatment had been obtained, would not have cause the employee to lose lime. The average “lost time per ac cident’ ’in 1946 was 11 and a fraction. Of these 11 days the employee lost at least % of what he would have made if he could have been at work. The company also lost money for the insurance rate increases as the cost and num ber of accidents increases. If each of us does his job, as he knows his job should be done, if each of us will consider all the hazards and stop taking chances, our personal safety and the safety of our fellow men will be assured. Remember one unsafe act may ^ult in many years of regret. Think safely, act safely and be Safe. Who's Who at Caromount February 16-23 was observed as American Brotherhood Week Bringing this theme to our own plant—Blow many of your fellow employees do you know? Ten employees picked at random as they were checking out from their day’s work are pictured above. Can you name these ten employees and the department in which they work? Tit your hand at this and check your answers with their correct names and departments as given on page four. Photo graphs bj J. T. Eppes, Caromount Dyehouse employee. Insurance Benefits Have Been Increased (Continued from Page One) the period of disability resulting * included in insurance booklets from disease. Successive period- of disability separated by less than two weeks of active work on full time will be considered one continuous per iod of disability unless the sub sequent disability is due to an injury or disease entirely unre lated to the causes of the previous disability and commences after re turn to active work on full time. These medical expense benefits are available for sickness or acci dents which do not require surg ery and are not covered by the present surgical schedule. Employees may file claim for medical expense benefits as de scribed above for sickness or ac cidents during January 1947, and February 1947. All employees also have life in surance coverage for $500 after working here for ninety days. When an employee has been in the service of the Company for 10 years, his insurance will be increased automatically to $750, and after 20 years to $1,000. Each employee also has acci dental death and dismemberment insurance in the same amount as under the life insurance policy. The dismemberment insurance is paid according to the schedule which you have at present. The increased daily hospital benefits now pay the hospital bill for ward accomodations in the hospitals of Rocky Mount. The surgical benefits are ac cepted as payment for surgery when an employee is hospitalized in a ward at the Rocky Mount hospitals and clinics except for eye- ear, nose, or throat surgery and obstetrics. For these excep tions mentioned the regular sur gical benefits are paid and the employee consults with the phy sician concerning any additional charges. Should an employee have priv ate room accomodations the in surance plan will pay the regular benefits and the employee is re sponsible to the hospital and the physician for additional charges. The Company will be glad to con sider any financial help which an employee may need in connection with hospitalization and sickness. The hospitals and clinics of Wilson are considering these plans at the present time and until they have accepted them the regular benefits will be paid and the Wil son employees will be responsible to the hospital and physicians for additional charges, with the fin- New Show Announced The Caromount Orchestra and the “String Swingsters,” the hill billy band, are now enoying their rehersals in the new field house on Tuesdays and Thursdays. C. G. “Bill” Williams has an nounced that the script for a new musical production has been com pleted. Casting for this show began this last week in February. Tlie orchestra has already begun re hearsing the music. More details well be announced later. The members of the orchestra are Paul Langley, piano; J. T. Epp es, saxonphonist; Billy Williams, trumpet; Herbert “Bootigo” Tay lor, trombone; C. G. “Bill Willi ams, drums, and Henry Earl “Red” Sessoms, guitar. In the “String Swingsters” band are Kinchen Joyner, banjo; Percy Joyner, guitar; Graham Faulkner, guitar; Robert “Red” Ferrell, Hawaiian guitar; Willard Peele, mandolin and Letha Joyner, vocal- is.t. Floormen Meet Here (Continued from Page One) work and completion of our jobs within the specified time will re sult in a quality of production and plant efficiency that will make each year a better year for this plant.” He reminded the floor- men of the necessity of using the proper methods which have been developed in their department for teaching other employees or per forming their own job in order to follow the same and correct rou tine from time to time. They were also advised to contact their fore men before going ahead with any work about which there is some doubt concerning the right way to do the job. Randolph Sutton, Superintend ent of Weaving, presided over the remainder of the meeting and the discussion reviewed their past per formance and outlined their fu ture program. The importance of the responsibility of the floormen and a job well done with the least loss of time and producing the best quality were stressed. It was cited that the floorman’s work greatly influences the remainder of the work in the enire plant. ancial aid of the Company when needed. All this insurance is free for employees. Employees are remind ed to read this article carefully in order that they may be sure they understand all the benefits for which they and their depend ents are eligible. The personnel director will be glad to discuss with employees their insurance claims and any phase of the group insurance plan.
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