Caromount
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PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOU^,T DIVISIONS
VOI.. 7, NO. 11 ^
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. iNC.
M)'/EMBER, 1949
A'Hunting We Will Go ! !
Walter TIioiiipsoM {Fiiiisluiif*) is shown with his 12 saiige gun
and his two beautiful dogs, S|)‘(k and Dixie, who appear eager
for the hunt to start.
Walt who lives with liis inotlu'r at 7:J(I l**aehfree Street does a
good hit of hunting eaeli season and if luek holds out lie will
have a quail dinner for Thanksgivin* Day.
Safety Scoreboard
The first column shows the
jftumher of accidents requiring
Uiedical attention and the second
the number of lost time accidents
'^luring 1949.
arping I 1
I^Veaving 21 5
Ifaw Goods and Mending . . 4 0
fingineering 13 2
Office 0 0
Heceiving 0 0
Oyehouse 5 0
{finishing 6 ()
,0nal Examining 2 0
Shipping 5 2
Nilson 4 0
Workers Give Funds
j Caromount emplo\ees are to he
i congratulated for having made
I their largest contrihution to the
I Goininunity Chest for the Caro-
I mount Division during the recent
! 1949 C(;Jnmunity Chest Drive.
1 his contrihution amounted to
$372.62. The Company contribut
ed $750.00 making a’ total from
Caromount of $1122.02.
1 he contribution of $372.62
Irom the employees was given by
departments as listed below:
Warping $ 17.70
Weaving 155.95
Raw floods and iMending 23.00
t Continued nn Four)
Barbara Kay Saunders
Is Winner In Show
Barbara Kay Sanders, 13 year
old daughter of Charlie Sanders
( D\ ehouse), was the winner on
the “Meet the Kids Show” Sat
urday, October 15, 1949. She sang
the “Holy City” and her prizes
were: a photo (by Harper’s
Studio) ; a corsage (Bennett’s
1 lorist) : an umberelhi i Hollan
der’s Auto Suppi*.' tiompany) ;
and a hair style (Charles of A-
nita’s Beauty Shop).
The finals will he held on Sat-.
urda\, December 3. 1949 and
then Barbara plans to sing, “Be
cause” h) Cuy D’Hardelot. The
grand prize which she hopes to
win is a Schwinn bicycle I Beg’s
Bicycle Sliop).
Wilson House Warming
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Howell en
tertained at a house warming.
Saturday night, November 5 at
their new home. 1117 Hanover
Avenue, Wilson, N. C.
Mrs. Howell (Wilson Division
weaver ) greeted guests at the door
and invited them into the dining
room.
An arrangement of autiinin
flowers centered the dining table,
which was overlaid with a white
linen cloth. Presiding at the
punch howl at one end of the
table was Mrs. Ruth Frizzelle.
1 latteis of potato chips, cheese
crackers and compotes of mints
completed the table appointments.
Employes of the Wilson Divi
sion who were present are: Mr.
and Mrs. Millard Leonard, Mr
and Mrs. Albert Walston, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Ward, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pos
ton, Mrs. Bertha Williams and
Miss Magalene Watson.
Holiday Sohedulo
The ( iaromount and Wilson Di
visions will close for 1 hanksgiv--
ing Holidays on Thursday. No-,
vemher 24 at 6 a. m. and will re-'
open on Monday, November 23,
at 6 a. m.
It is our desire that each
Worker take time out during this
vacation to he truly thankful for
ihe American way of life, and
lor the oppoiiuniti(;s which it
offers.
A/Mson Dbision
To Receive Award
No'Cce lias been received frou:
the Av.rth Carolina Industrial
Conmiissiou (luit ihe Wi’--'n Divi
sion of .Si iney Blyumem'ial and
( (). Inc., has comp.h‘ed the 1949
St .I ‘wide Textile Sa '. ' , Contest
without a single disabling injury.
I his contest began on January 3
and ex|)ired August 28, a [leriod
of 34 weeks.
H. S. Baucom, Director of
Safely. North Carolina liulustrf.d
Commission, made the following
comment in a letter to Mr. Siiess-
muth: “We are pleased to advise
that the Wilson Division of your
comjiauy complelod the 1949
'Statewide J'extile Safety Contest
without a single disabling injury,
ibis plant worked 92,016 acci
dent-free manhours during the 34
weeks, riiis is an excellent record,
and in recognition you will re
ceive the North Carolina Cotton
Manufacturers’ Association Certi
ficate of Merit.
I his eerlificale is being pre
pared and will he ready for dis
tribution in the near future, and
will he sent direct to you.
I Haul to lake this o|)porlimily
to express to \ou my personal
congratulation and trust that you
will he able to eoiitinue this fine
work.”
Ihe Wilson Division has an
even heller record than that shown
above. I hey have continued work
ing through this dale with no lost
time accidents. They have suffer
ed four accidents which reijuired
medical attention; however, none
were serious enough to reijuire
loss of lime from work. This is a
record of which we can he justly
proud, and a goal for which wi*
all should aim.
It pays to work- safely t-
7 Years No Absentee
Mrs. Pearl Creen ( Final Exam
ining) completed her seventh year
at Caromount with no absences
from work, on October 16, 1949
establishing quite a record for
herself. Mrs. Creen said that she
had been very fortunate in that
her home emergencies had always
come on week ends; and they had
not caused her to loose any time
from her job.