The CavoMount News
_-PUBLfSHED^ACH MONTH BY AND FCR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 5—NO. 7
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC.
Scout Troop Takes
Camping Trip
Boy Scouts Harvey English,
Curtis Perry, and Frank Hay;
mascot, Mac English; and Scout
Masters Perry English and Roscoe
Dawes went to Camp Cooper for
a weekend camping trip recently.
A program of training was carried
out for the advancement of Troop
113. During their stay at camp
each boy passed at least one of the
requirements for the next rank in
Scouting.
The boys slept in a large log
cabin and cooked all of their meals
themselves. The highlights of the
camping trip for the boys was the
outside cooking. They even cook
ed bread in a reflector oven. The
trip proved very successful.
On June 26, W. J. Greenman,
Committeeman on Advancement,
attended the troop meeting. Some
of the scouts gave exhibitions on
first aid, and satisfactorily passed
a first aid test.
On the last Monday in July the
Board of Review will meet for the
Advancement of the scouts, and
Troop 113 will send at least three
or more boys up for advancement.
At the troop meeting held on June
19, Randolph Sutton, committee
man on camping and hiking and
Charlie Laughridge, committee
man on supplies, attended. Jack
Bennett, neighborhood commis
sioner also visited the troop meet
ing. Henry “Buddy” Owens, field
Worker for Rocky Mount, Nash,
and Wilson area visited the troop
Several time during June.
SAFETY RECORD IMPROVES
During June the Caromount
Plant had only one accident that
required medical attention. This
accident occurred in the Weaving
Department and caused the in
jured to lose two days, thereby
resulting in a lost time accident.
Though our mill was not running
at full capacity and there were
fewer operating days and man
hours worked, with only one ac
cident, we are showing much im
provement. The employees are to
he congratulated on their improve
ment and, it is the hope of the
Management and all those inter
ested in Safety, that this diligence
^’ill continue and our record for
^he year be one of the best.
If you have any suggestions on
Safety, write them on one of the
Suggestion forms and turn it in.
This picture was taken by truck driver Robert Trevatbaii at
Camp Cooper during a camping trip for Troop 113. Sliown here
are Scoutmaster Perry English, Assistant Scoutmaster Roscoe
Dawes aiul Scouts Harvey English, Frank Hay, and Curtis Perry.
Insurance Surveyed
During the eight month period
from November 1, 1946, to June
30, 1947, Caromount and Wilson
employees received $3,930.75 in
hospital benefits; $1,270.06 for
surgical fees; $203.50 for medical
expense payments; and $1,612.00
for sickness and accident benefits.
Dependents of employees received
$617.30 of these total hospital
benefits.
The average period of hospi
talization was five days at an av
erage cost of $49.13.
Miss Marjorie Lee Sexton has
joined the staff of the Personnel
Office and will devote her time to
administering the Group Insur
ance Plan for Caromount and Wil
son employees.
Miss Sexton is a graduate of
the Rocky Mount High School and
in June she graduated from the
Woman’s College of the University
of North Carolina, Greensboro,
N. C., with a degree in Secretarial
Administration.
Miss Sexton has been busy re
cently checking the Insurance
Coverage for dependents in the
(Continued on Page Four)
FIVE DAY WEEK
Beginning with the week ending
July 18, the Caromount and Wil
son Divisions will resume opera
tion on a five-day week in the
Weaving and Warping Depart
ments. Pay checks will be distrib
uted on Friday in these depart
ments.
All other departments will oper
ate on a four day schedule until
further notice, and pay checks will
be distributed on Thursday in
these departments.
Softball Games Begin
The Softball League got under
way, Monday, July 14. There are
six teams entered, representing the
Dyehouse, Finishing Department,
Final Examining, Machine Shop,
First shift Weaving, and Third
shift Weaving. In a practice game
on July 9, the Finishers won a
hard fought game from the Exam
iners by a score of 9 to 8. It looks
as if there will be plenty of action
in the league games.
The teams with their managers
and playing names are: Third
Shift Weaving, Blues, Hubert
Sutton, manager; First Shift
Weaving, Atoms, John Young,
manager; Machine Shop, Braves,
(Continued on Page Three)
Employees Return
Particularly encouraging is the
recent flow of people through the
Personnel Office where they are
being processed for return to
work. As of July 25 more than
140 men and women had return
ed to their jobs held at Caromount
prior to being laid off. Eighty
of this number returned to the
Weaving Department. Yet this
department continues to have the
greatest number who are still laid
oflp because there is no work avail
able.
The Mending Department re
turned practically en masse and
they are now operating with near
ly 100 per cent normal comple
ment.
A steadying market will bring
an increased! demand for our
products which will result in more
people returning to work.
July, 1947
Suessmuth At New
York And Chicago
E. H. Suessmuth, resident
manager of the Caromount and
Wilson Divisions, returned Mon
day, July 14 from a trip to the
New York Office and Chicago,
Ill.
While in New York, Mr. Suess
muth spent considerable time call
ing on customers of Sidney Blu-
menthal and Co., Inc. On these
calls he had an opportunity to
observe at first hand the use of
our fabrics in making toys and
cloaking materials.
Mr. Suessmuth also attended
the nationally known exhibit of
furniture, upholstering materials
and household appliances held at
the Furniture Mart and the Mer
chandise Mart in Chicago. Here
he saw all the new styles and lines
in modernistic designs and re
productions in furniture, uphol
stery fabrics and household ap
pliances.
Several types of fabrics pre
pared at Caromount and Wilson
were prominently featured at this
show.
Mr. Suessmuth stated that bet
ter quality may be expected in up
holstered furniture in the future
with a wider choice of styles avail
able.
fiew M Caromount
James D. Elmore recently joined
the Caromount office staff as Cost
Accountant, replacing Wahab Ed
wards who was promoted to Mill
Comptroller.
Elmore is a graduate of Scot
land Neck High School and Kings
Business College.
Prior to entering the Army he
was employed for several years as
an accountant with the Farm Se
curity Administration in Raleigh,
N. C. ^
Elmore served with the Trans
portation Corp of the U. S. Army
in Alaska and the South Pacific
Area. Entering the service in
October, 1941, as an enlisted man,
he attained the rank of First
Lieutenant prior to the time of his
separation in May, 1946.
Mr. Elmore is married to the
former Helen Heebner, and they
have one son, Ashley Dunn El
more, age six months. The El
mores are at present living in
Scotland Neck until they can ob
tain a home in Rocky Mount.