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d 1st hv e e. II- T I I I r ! |if I le The Caromount News PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS Vol. 8 No. 3 SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC. MARCH, 1950 A Hunter and His Dog Dave Itiley of tlie Doiler Room is pictured with his prize Irish Setter, Hustlei-. The i)icture was taken on January ;51 which was the last day of the quail season. According' to Dave, Hustler is no ordinary dog. He does not understand dog language and must be talked to as an individual, and according to Riley he is one of the finest dogs in the country. Manager Heads Dinner E. H. Suessinulh, jjresident of the Wilson Chanil)er of Coin- tiieree, has l)eeii named to head the North Carolina Congressional dinner in Washington, 1). C., at the annual convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the Uni ted States in May. The appointment was made by Ceorge Colclough of Burlington, president of the North Carolina Association of Chaml)er of Com- •herce Executives. It was the first time in the Slate’s history that anyone out side of the paid executive group ef the Chamber of Commerce has ever been named to the post of heading up the Congressional din ner. The affair will be held at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, b). C., on the night of May 2, Suessmuth has announced. He will announce a committee io work with him in the near fu ture. The Congressional dinner is sponsored each year by the Cham bers of Commerce in the State and is held to honor North Carolina s Congressional delegation in Con gress as well as all other Tar Heels holding government jobs in the Capital. From Graz, Austria Mrs. E. H. Suessmuth, presi dent of the Wilson Business and Professional Woman’s Club received a letter from William Sommer of Graz, Austria, one of man\ displaced persons now students there and a note of cheer and happiness prevailed in the midst of relating the hardships of their life. ' In a recent letter replying to Mrs. Suessmuth’s letter, “William and congregation” staled, “you , cannot imagine with what excite ment we read and re-read your , very nice letter—it got stuck with I the Russian Censorship—We near ly weren’t able to reply, for our I government was so mean to double all postage fees to countries abroad I just after Christmas and so we liad to wait for Martha to knit an I extra pair of socks to buy stamps.” As Christmas Eve approached the members of “the congrega tion” were identified. “Robert stalked in at last as usual, carry ing a bag of coal and two big bot tles, so even tho’ no mistletoe had yet been hung up, he was the first to harvest this year’s Christmas Kisses—Gina set the tea pot circl ing—So we all tried to dance (Continued on Page Three) Rotters On Panel PI. W. Rotters I Dyehouse) was i invited to represent the textile | employees at a Public Relations Clinic for Group II North Caro- , lina Bankers Association which was held February 21 at the Ricks Plotel in Rocky Mount. Rotters was a member of a citizen’s opin ion panel composed of an adver tising man, a farmer, a business !nan, school teacher and a house wife. In discussing bank services for mill employees, Rotters stressed the difficulties in cashing checks and making other financial obli gations. He recommended longer banking hours cn PTiday and a s|jecial window for cashing pay roll checks on Saturday. Pie contended that the average working man did not feel free to talk over the small loans because the banks are associated with large loans. He felt that the small loans facilities of the banks should be publicized and that small loans should receive the same cordial consideration as large loans. Rotters suggested a signature card to facilitate the cashing of checks at Drive-ln-Banks. It was generally agreed that the Dublic does not understand our (Turn to Page Four) Mrs. Elsie Sugg Woman Of The Year From the 42 ladies of the Sal vation Army Home League under the supervision of Mrs. Francis Birney, a woman of the year is selected each spring by a popular vote of the members. The })erson is chosen for outstanding (|ualifi- caliojis and work within the Sal vation Army Program. A person must have attended 45 of 52 meetings during the year. She will have done outstand ing work in the “League of Mer cy.” doing such things as visit ing sick and preparing food boxes. They are also judged on their Christian influence tciward, the fellow workers. d he voting for this honor look place a month ago and Wednes day night, March 8, Mrs. Francis Birney announced that the 1950 \\b)man of the Year of the Rocky Mount Salvation Army was Mrs. Elsie Sugg, employee on the first shift in the Finishing Depart ment at Caromount. Mrs. Sugg and the nine other “Woman of the Year” repix'sen- latives of other groups in this dis trict were honored at a meeting in Goldsboro March 14. 'Pheir |)ic (Contimieil on Page Four) The people in the AVeaveshed like to stick tofi'ether and when one of their nieinbers, AA^ H. Hare, had been out sick for several inontbs they decided to give him an old fashion “pound.” The employees came through with a bountiful supply of food as is evidenced by the above picture. Air. Hare lives at ltU)9 Davis Street. A note was received at th^ mill from Air. Hare expressing his heartfelt thanks for the aid from his friends and fellow woi'kei's.
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