The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY, AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 7 NO. 5
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL'AND CO. INC.
MAY, 1949
Eoy Scout Camporee
By GENE LANIER
patrols of Troop 113 headed
V Harvey English and Mack
English, patrol leaders, with the
Scoutmaster Perry English, and
Assistant scoutmaster R o s c oe
llawes, attended the 1949 Scout
Camporee at Washington, N. C.
Fifteen hoys of Troop 113 left
f^ocky Mount in the rain on Fri-
4y morning, April 22, 9:30 on
jlie Shelton Looms truck, driven
Y Robert Trevathan.
On arrival at the camp, inspect
ion was held hy the Campope of
ficials and then we unloaded,
Jnd pitched our tent in the rain.
That night at Camp Fire the
Olay or of Washington spoke and
5ave the key of Washington for
'ke use of the Camporee. AfteA>
Eat we had signalling, and taps
Vere sounded at 10 Friday night.
Saturday morning was fair and
Ve put up our gateway, bridge,
iiid roped off our area. Eddie
tones had an attack of appendi-^
'itis and was brought hack to‘,
Eoeky Mount hy a highway, pa-
't'olman.
We had an undressing relay
Uid Compass Event followed by
he Pioneer Event in the after--
loon.
Mr. Freeman E. Self, Scout Ek-
^cutive for North Carolina spoke
■0. us at the Camp Fire held Satur-
lay night at 3 P. M. Taps were
bounded at 10 that night.
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Resident H. H. Schell
Speaks To Students
President H. H. Schell spoke to
he students of the Univer'kitf .^of
fletroit. May 13 on the topic “llie
Human Equation in Our Democ
racy”. He declared that -a cold
ruthless war of ideologies is being
fought throughout our world to-
"lay between Communism and
Capitalism.” In describing these
t\vo ways of life, Mr. Schell stated
hat Capitalism “expounds free
dom under the protection of ^the
hate” and Communism “de-
Hares bondage under the direc-
'ion of the State.”
Concerning our country
Hated, “We learned ^
'Uent by governing ourselves. We
harned the advantages > of free,
private enterprise and the stimu
lating influence of competition
Ey conducting our business ac-
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The Importance of
Quality
; May 4, 11)40
To All Employees
In about live years, 11)54 to'be exact, Sidney lilninenthal and
' Co. Inc. Avill ceh-bi-ate its one hundredth anniversay. During the
9,5 year^ ol its existence,its products have enjoyed a leading
rqjnitation for value and quality. Today,this reputation is vitally
important in selling onr jn-oducts.
Peopl e buy products'they can trust.. Everything we produce
individually is a sample of how good we are and .how well we
earn thcfbuyers’ confidente; in other words, our reputation rises
with every yard of goods we sell. .And sales make jobs.
Quality is essential to our reputation. It’s one big reason why
people have confidence in what we sell.
*Our in-otTucts can lead our competitors only if we do a real
job in initting quality into them.
A\T^ cannot inspect,quality into our product—it must be built
i^lintb them by good workmanship.
Everyone, of us regardless of ^individual jobs can hclj) build
more and more ijuality into every yai-d^of goods. Quality begins
with the very first opei-ation and exteihls thi-oiigh' evei-y steji to
‘the finished product. ^
■ * K
By proiiucing quality goods we reduce rejections—Ave do 1101
have to rehandle them which does them no good and customers*
do not find it necessary to^ieturn them to us.
. V AVe must all understand lHqt quality produces and increases'
sales, moi-e sales mean more prodm-tion; moi-e prohiction means^
more jobs and steadier jobs. ,*• ^
When yop exaniim it this way, quality is most important to
et'f^y .single one 4' us i ysonally. I know we can count on you to
do your part in building ever better quality into ouv goods and
thereby insure the continued smcess qf your company and your
job. M ''
Sincerely,
e^. cM.. Bckeli
^ ^ 1‘resident
-r
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Vacaiipn Schedule ; Minstr.el Cast Grows
* Date to Be Announced v
Minstrel rehearsals
he
self-govern-
The ‘Caromount and Wilson
Divisons will be closed for one
week’s vacation '«l^rting Monday,
July 4th, and w^l reopen Mopday,
July 12tiL , ‘ . 1
This will l>e. a vacation with
pay foV all em'ployees who have
worked for the company at least
one year immediateh ^
two weeks before/he time-set ft>r,
vacation. This is the company s
established vacation policy..
In addition to the regular pay-
check, emiJloyees will receive on
July 1st, they will also receive th
vacation paycheck.
Resident Manager Suess.nuth,
in behalf of the company, e
presses the hope Hat ^
pie will have a pleasant and en
joyable vacation.
are pro
gressing satisfactorily, and it is,
j hoped that a, definite date for the
I.How eiin hp announced slioytly.
I The Aa'st ’has been fncreased hy
‘the ’ilddition of many new volun-
teers.'''It appears as though several
neiv stars are in the iiAJ\)cing! Di
rector* Suessmuth urges. that all
Hneinhers of • the , cast attend re
hearsals regularly so that the pro- ‘
duction can be staged without de
lay. New members added' to the
^ cast include Miss Joyce 'Tippgtt,
Mrs. V^ra Capps, Mrs. Mavis
.Thomas, Mrs. Helen Wall, Mrs.
Edith Ezzell, Percy Joyner,, Miss
Cladys Smith and Miss Betsy
Drake.
Caromount Enters City
Softball League
The Caromount entry in the
City Softball League received a
fine boost, Tuesday night. May
17 when they met at the Caro
mount Field House and were
served a delicious supper of liar-^
becue and fried chicken.
A1 Inscoe was commended for
the fine team.which he managed
last year and he ivas unanimously
elected to early on for another
year.*" Clyde Evans was elected
captain without opposition.
R. Quillen Ward, Personnel
Director, commented on the fine
s])irit shown in the past and em
phasized the fact that the team
represents all the employees and
the company, and that it is nec
essary that the players consider
themselves as such representa
tives. ‘
Others present included; Sam
Cockrell, M. C. Robinson, Vprnon
Wood, Clyde Evans, Edmond
Crickmore, Bud Inscoe, Raleigh
Exbins, Bain Curtis', Charles John
son, Tom Rowland, Roscoe Lang
ley,^ Richard Ezzell and George
Harder. -
The Caromount. team appears
to he set for a good season. Al-
* ready they have downed Dillon
^ Supply'Co. and the Jaycees in
i practice games. The league sched
ule Will he announced shortly,
f
Suessmuth Attends USCC
! Meeting In Washington
j “For the Long Range Gdod of
•Pi Aiherica”—This was the theme of
the •Annual Meeting of the United
i States Chamber of Commerce
which was held in Washington,
D;»C. during the week of May
IsL Martager E. H. Suessmuth,
President of the Wilson Chamber
of Commerce attended this meet
ing, and he said it was indeed
nrost inspiring. Many prominent
businessmen, leaders of industiy,
and men of importance in oui
gox'ernment ‘xyent on record that
they were ready to face the tough
job of preserving our democracy.
These men emphasized to us
the importance of reminding all
the folks back home that each of
them had to help if we are to pre-
serx'e our freedom. It was pointed
but that most of us do not fully
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