The CuTOMOunt News
_^UBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
APRIL, 1947
VOL. 5—No. 4
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC.
Visitor From Denmark
Sees Southern Plants
John With, representative of C.
Olesen Inc., Copenhagen, Den
mark, visited the Caromount and
Wilson Division of Sidney Blum-
enthal & Co., Inc., during the
latter part of March. Mr. With
is spending a year in the United
States on this first visit. At the
C. Olesen Inc., Mr. With is in
terested in sales, importing and
exporting draperies, rayons, carp
ets and other textile fabrics for
Denmark.
In very clearly spoken English
Mr. With described his country,
stating, “Denmark is actually en
gaged mainly in farming, as it
is also widely known for its out
standing dairy products of which
Great Britian used to be the main
consumer. Although the Danish
population only numbers about
four million persons we are nicely
represented in most other manu
facturing and finishing industries,
fhus having several big breweries
(Carlsberg and Tuborg). Textile
and hosiery mills, chemical fac
tories, ship-yards, etc. The big
gest cement factory in northern
Europe is also located in Den
mark.
“The farming, dairying and fish
ing industries were not slowed
too much during the war where
as almost any other industry was
heavily handicapped due to short
ages in raw materials and coal.”
With described the hours of
ivork and working conditions here
3s being very similar to Denmark.
Df course the Danish industries
'vere under heavy German con-
ffol during the latter years of
Occupation. The 600 employees
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NEW BUILDING
. In an interview, E. H.
^uessmuth. Resident Manager,
stated that we have succeeded in
obtaining approval for the erec-
hon of a finished goods storage
building which will be added to
the converting plant. This build-
jug will contain approximately
f5,000 square feet of floor space
')'hich will be used for storing
finished goods. The present stor
age building is to be moved across
me road and will be used for
ffame repairs and miscellaneous
^forage purposes. Construction on
mis new building is scheduled to
®gin within the next three weeks.
Manager Suessmuth Welcomes Mr. With To Caromount
John AVith, representative of C. Olesen Inc. of Deiunark (left)
IS shown receiving the hand of welcome from Resident Manager
^ - H. Suessmuth (right) upon arriving at the Caromount Division
m Rocky Mount. (Photograph by Julian T. Eppes).
Whitley Of Labor Dept
Speaks On Safety
E. D. Whitley, Jr., of the North
Carolina Labor Department, at
tended the Caromount Safety Com
mittee meeting held on April 10,
1947. Mr. Whitley was introduced
to the committee by Resident
Manager Suessmuth. Mr. Whitley
stated the following principles of
safety.
“Accidents are anything that
slows production. An accident can
occur without an injury. Accidents
cause injuries and the prevention
of injuries is a savings in pain
and in dollars.
“A good Safety Program must
have the cooperation of all, from
the top management on down.
Good housekeeping is essential in
a safe plant.
“Accidents are due to unsafe
acts and conditions and these un
safe acts and conditions must be
eliminated.
"Each emplayee should take a
personal interest in Safety, so that
he will protect himself and be able
to work another day.
“Supervision must work with
the employees and employees with
Supervision, and by cooperating
and understanding the need for
safety, together, they will natural
ly work to have a safer plant.”
Clayton Hedgepeth is the Safe
ty Supervisor and chairman of
(Continued on Page Two)
Employees Praised
The employees are to he prais
ed for the way in which they have
accepted and used the Cafeteria.
It has not been necessary to make
rules and regulations since em-
ploj^ees have conducted themselves
in a most satisfactory manner
without abusing this privilege.
They are taking good care of
the tables, chairs, and other prop
erty, and are cooperating with
the management in the matter of
time spent. The pleasant and con
genial atmosphere maintained by
the employees in the Cafeteria
makes this a source of relaxation
beneficial to all.
The Caromount Cafeteria now
has facilities for sterilizing all its
dishes and utensils; consequently,
m.uch higher sanitary conditions
can be maintained throughout.
Heretofore the staff has been crip
pled by the shortage of hot water;
but a new 40 gallon hot water
tank has recently been installed,
replacing the old 20 gallon tank.
This new addition will supply a
sufficient amount of water heated
to 170 degrees at all times.
Ernest Taylor, manager of the
Cafeteria stated that the menu is
continually becoming more vari
ed; and that good candies are
increasingly more plentiful from
day to day. Employees can enjoy
a new lunch of grilled ham with
a choice of potato, lemon, peach,
or apple pie.
Plans For Recreation |
Heard By Committee
The newly appointed Recrea
tion Committee composed of Quil
len Ward, chairman; Walter
Greenman, Walter Harrison,
George Harper, Jim Johnson, Cecil
Lewis, Ernest Taylor and Ran
dolph Sutton met with Resident
Manager E. H. Suessmuth on
Tuesday, April 15, 1947.
It will be the purpose of this
committee to formulate plans for
and direct recreational activities
for the employees.
At the first meeting the discus
sion centered around soft ball and
baseball. Jim Johnson agreed to
work out with the Caromount
baseball hopefuls and on Monday,
April 21, 1947, in spite of April
showers and rather cool weather
Johnson and his followers met on
the Caromount Athletic Field for
work-outs in an effort to detemr-
ine whether or not Caromount
can field a team in the City
(Continued on Page Three)
Accidents Can And
Do Happen Here
In the first three months of this
year 14 accidents occurred at Car
omount requiring medical atten
tion. Of these 14, 3 were injured
so they had to remain away from
v'P>rk for longer than 24 hours and
are called lost time accidents.
For the same period Wilson
Plant had 7 accidents requiring
medical attention and of the 7,
one was a lost time accident.
The accidents that happened
that cause these injuries can be
divided into 5 categories and are
as follows:
Caromount Wilson
Falls 5 1
Bumping Objects .. 3 3
Falling Objects ... 4 2
Machinery 1 1
Sprains 1 0
It is worthy to note that only
2 accidents out of a total of 21 was
caused by machinery. The others,
falls, bumping objects, falling ob
jects, and sprains, we say were
due to the human element. A little
more thought, a little better plan
ning and these accidents would
probably not have occurred.
Think Safety every minute on
the job and save the pain of an
injury.