The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 6—NO. 5
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC.
MAY, 1948
New Teletype Machine Installed At Caromount
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hero Miss liett.v telotype instructor of Atlanta,
^ieor^ia; Mrs. FMizabcth Overby, (’aroiiionnt teletype operator,
Ml'S. Vera Oapps, ('aroiiionnt olliee employee. Miss Reid is
shown }*ivinjt instrnetions in (ebdyiie inaebine operations, in the
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Safety Award Received
^•1 a letter from Louis B.
^^‘fnsellenhaeh, Secretary, United
^''^tales Department of Labor, the
Uaronioimt Division of Sidney
•'luinenthal ^ Co. ine., was prais-
f'Jr its fine aeeomplishinents in
■‘dueiiig the nundier of accidents,
his letter of May 7, Secre-
Schwellenhacli stated, “Upon
*tiviewing the accident record of
your company for the year 1947,
gives me real pleasure to join
'vitli Mr. Forrest H. Shuford, Com-
'»issioner of Labor of the State of
'‘rtli Carolina, in awarding your
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Softball Play Begins
f''our Department Teams Entered
^ith the scheduling of practice
pmes the Caromount softball
eague is underway. Two teams
representing the weaveshed, one
rom the converting building and
ne from the Machine Shop'have
all V P^^yed practice games and
indications point toward ' a
^«P®d that
in tb ^"'Ployees will participate
have sev
just a average teams than
tew top teams.
cont interested in softball
Morris Williams, Sam
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Manager In WasMngton
F. H. Suessmutb, chairman of
the National Affairs Committee for
the Wilson (iharnber of Commerce
und Director of the Rocky Mount
Chamber of Commerce, recently
returned from a trip to Washing-
• on, D. C., where he attended the
annual meeting of the I nited States
Chamber of Commerce. He had
the opportunity of hearing Secre
tary of State Marshall speak ‘oft
the record”. One of the most
important statements which the
Secretary made was now that we
have the Marshall Plan, “for good
ness sake let us put our shoulders
to the wheel and see to it that
it works.”
Other important people who
were presented included Paul
Hoffman, who will direct the Eu
ropean Recovery Plan, and Sen-
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Caromount Minstrel Set For May 22
Suggestion No. 1928
The following sugestion was re
ceived by the Suggestion Com
mittee:
“I suggest that at the end of
each shift, each weaver put away
empty bottles that are at their
loom, and take all quills of bad
filling to their foreman instead of
throwing them in the box pro
vided for waste.”
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New Teletype Located
In Shipping Office
Something has been added in
the Shipping Department this
month. One is a 'Pelettpe Ma
chine and the other is Mrs. Eliza
beth Overby who will be the chief
operator of the machine.
The teletype was installed on
Monday, April 26, and at that
time it was connected with a dum
my circuit in Raleigh so that peo-
ple at Caromount would have an
oj)[)ortimity to learn how to oper
ate the machine without disturbing
operations in New York.
Miss Betty Reid, Atlanta, Geor
gia, came to Caromount to give
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Braswell School To fie
Scene Of Gala Frolic
The Caromount Minstrel will
jnescnt its Scout Benefit perform
ance at the Braswell School Audi-
t( rium in Rocky Mount on Satur
day, May 22, 1948, beginning at
8:1.7 o’clock p. m. This will be
an old time minstrel show full of
fun and laughter. It is being di
rected by Manager E. H. Suess-
'luith.
Miss Dorothy Sturtevant and
Mrs. Marion Rivenbark have com
pleted arrangements for a dance
routine that is a real treat. End
Men Herman Roberson, Parks
Oliver, Reid Satterfield and Mark
Dickens have a collection of jokes
and funny stroies which add a
bit of spice to the program and
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R. W. Tippett Constructs Booths
Miss I’esKy (irilfiii ami Mrs. R. T. .loiies are shown with their
( lasses in the Rej*iimers Sunday School Departiiient of the North
Rocky Mount Raptist ( hiircli. (I’tioto by J. T. Kppes)
R. W. Tippett, of the Weave-
shed, constructed five booths in the
North Rocky Mount Baptist
Church for the Beginner’s Sunday
School classes. One inch pipe
outlines the classrooms and qual
ity 103 uc was used for the en
closing drapes. Miss Peggy Grif
fin and Mrs. R. T. Jones, teach
ers, are shown in the picture
above with their classes. Other
teachers im the department are
Mrs. Marie Ferrell, Mrs. H. L.
Griffin, and Mrs. Hallie Pope who
is a member of the Caromount
Weaving Department. I here are
approximately fifty members in
the Beginner’s Class at the North
Rocky Mount Baptist Church,
Resident Manager Suessmuth
was contacted regarding the pur
chase of this material to be used
by the church, and it was decided
to offer the cloth and pipe for the
frames as a gift from Sidney
Elumenthal & Co. Inc. R. W. Tip
pett secured the materials and in
stalled the pipework. Mrs. H.
L. Griffin and Mrs. Marie Fer-
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