The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DtVlSIONS
VOL. 5—NO. 10 SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC. OCTOBER, 1947
1947 CAROMOUNT SOFTBALL WINNERS—ATOMS
.Above are pictured the Atoiiif?—sort ball team from first shift
Weaviii'4- paid 1947 champions at Caromount. Reading left to
rigid: front row: John Young and Ralph Morris. Second row:
Vernon A\ ood, ('lyde Evans, H. J. Ezzell and Dick Brown. Back
row: Ouen Solmon, Jim Speight, Luther Rowe, A1 Inscoe and
Jake Jones.
Softball Playoffs End
The Caromount softball league
Schedule came to a close with two
play-off series with the winner of
each playing each other for the
championship.
The third shift Blues downed
the Examiners three in a row to
take their division in the play-off.
The first shift Atoms ran into
a little more difficulty with the
^^^tachine Shop Braves who played
an unusually good brand of ball.
The Atoms won the first two
games by a close margin; however
the Braves came back by winning
a protested game with a score of
8-6. The Braves went still fur
ther and tied the play-offs by tak
ing the next game 15-11. With
the heat upon them and the threat
of being eliminated from the cham
pionship play-off, the Atoms put
on new life and defeated the
hraves by the impressive score of
l7-4 and went into the final series
to face the third shift Blues for
the championship.
The still powerful Atoms went
On to take the championship by
defeating the Blues in three
straight games by such scores as
23-7, and 15-5, and won the
third game 7-0 by a forfeit.
^ Pitching honors also go to
^cank Shelton, A1 Inscoe, Bootigo
^aylor and Oscar Scatterfield
t'^ho took on most of the pitching
^^uties for their respective teams.
Caromount Flies
“E ” Flag
Navy Day is October 27th. All
companies who won the Army-
Navy “E” award during the war
are requested by the Navy Depart
ment to fly the “E” pennant dur
ing the week preceding October
27th as well as on Navy Day.
Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc. will
fly their “E” flag as requested
by the Navy Department of the
United States.
CaromountFaLrics
Go To Finland
Caromount plush fabrics are
now on their way to Finland to
bring joy to the children there.
The Ladies Home League of the
Salvation Army in Rocky Mount
have shipped 60 toy elephants,
lambs, dogs, and teddy b^ars to
Finland. These toys were made
by members of the Ladies Home
League from plush contributed
by Sidney Blumenthal & Co. Inc.
When the toys arrive in Fin
land, the Relief Department of
the Salvation Army will distribute
them among the children in a
particular community.
These toys were made at the
regular meetings of the Ladies
Home League on Wednesday af
ternoons. The following members
assisted in making these toys:
Mesdames Elsie Sugg, J. A. Dail,
George Hughes, Joe Corbett, Clif
ford Hughes, Mary Peele, Ger
trude Jordan, Arthur Ferrell, L.
A. Lewis, Mamie Privette, Charlie
Griffin, J. A. Dunn, and Captain
Annie Collins, Captain Mrs. Otis
Street.
Some of the other activities of
the Ladies Home League include
sending clothes and provisions for
a woman and little girl in France,
sending milk to a hospital in In
dia, visiting county homes and
taking gifts there, making cloth
ing for distribution to needy fam
ilies in the community, and visit
ing in the homes and hospitals.
(Picture on Paee Four)
Behind The Scenes of Million Dollar Payroll
Did you ever stop to think how
many greenbacks the company
must deposit in the bank to make
your checks good for cash? Do
YOU realize the amount of pencil
pushing and brain rattling re
quired to prepare your checks?
Mavbe you have heard that check
writing machine rumbling on a
Thursday to meet the deadline of
that Friday payday. Well, here’s
the story!
Each Monday morning the pay
roll clerks begin their weekly
chore of preparing the payroll for
the employes of the Wilson and
Caromount Division, The payroll
of the Caromount and Wilson Di
visions for 1946 totaled SI,163,-
086.91. It has already totaled
S962,1S8.62 during 1947.
The handling of this payroll is
entrusted to Miss Frances Ander
son, who directs this work, and
assisting her are Mrs. Evelyn Hud
son, Mrs. Ernestine Bynum and
Miss Lucy Wallace. Wahab Ed
wards supervises this job.
During the week the payroll
staff prepares approximately 700
checks that amount to approxi-
i^^ately 40,000 checks per year.
They operate a check writing
machine, but before these checks
can be prepared approximately
10 calculations per check, or a
total of 7,000 calculations must be
made per week, with a grand total
of approximately 360,000 per
year. This requires the dilligent
efforts of the payroll clerks for
the entire week and therefore
(Continued on Page Three)
Scout Cabin Plans
Announced By CAA
The Caromount Athletic Asso
ciation at a recent meeting, voted
in favor of a one hundred dollar
appropriation to go toward buy
ing material for a cabin for the
Caromount Mills Boy Scout Troop
113.
The troop committee has made
arrangements for ordering and
purchasing fifteen sections of
flooring to be used in the con
struction of the cabin which will
be located in the grove on the
other side of the field house near
the ball field.
The members of 113 have been
very anxious to get a cabin for
their meeting arid other uses. The
scout committee is anticipating
that with the beginning of con
struction on the hut, there will be
much stimulation of interest
among the Scouts and also the
prospective Scouts in this vicini
ty. Troop 113 is to be opened to
all youths in the community.
In order to further the troop
organization and also to bring in
new ideas, the scout troop com
mittee is being increased. Three
men with extensive experience
with Scouts will be asked to be
a part of the active committee.
Mr. Frank Meadows, who has
for years been associated
with Scouting for boys in Rocky
Mount, has already accepted a
place on the staff.
Safety Record
The Caromount Mill had 2 in
juries in September that required
medical attention. Neither of these
injuries were so severe that lost
time resulted.
In the Wilson Mill there was
one lost time accident when an
employee walking across a loom
bench slipped and fell striking her
head against a loom.
For the first 9 months of this
year Caromount has had 8 lost
time accidents and Wilson has
had 3. With increased production
and new employees, we have
greater chances of injuries and it
is up to each and every one of
us to use the good judgment we
all have and avoid accidents.
Make it a policy never to do a
job that you do not understand.
Your foreman will be glad to give
you all the information necessary
for the job and the safe way to
do it.