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VOL. 8, NO. 5
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC.
Vacations With Pay
To Begin July Third
According to the management
the plant will be closed for one
week’s vacation starting Monday,
July 3, 1950 and will re-open
Monday, July 10. A notice will
oe placed on the bulletin board
'Explaining all details regarding
vacation pay checks.
Vacation Pay for Employees
J.aid Olt
Employees who have been tem-
■Jorariiv laid oil will he awarded
'heir vacation pay if their records
ndicatc that they are eligible.
To he eligible for vacation pay
iiii employee must have worked
it least one year immediately
pvior to two weeks before the
time set for vacauon.
Vacation Pay Checks on June ;J()
In addition to the regular pay-
fheck employees will receive on
I line 30, 1950, they will also re
ceive the vacation pay check.
Softball Sidelights
The Caramount Softball League
got underway on May 8 when
fJill Spruill’s Office crew out ran
fJay Bass and his Weavers to the
score of 10-9. On the following
\Vednesday Cleveland Walker’s
heavy-hitting Shipping team ran
>ver Bain Curtis’s Dyfins to the
tune of 15-2. Herman Roberson
^nd his machinists then came to
Oat to be taken by the Shipping
(Continued on Page Four)
Business Is Better
Jhe first indication of an im
provement in business was during
he week of May 15th, which made
d possible to provide more work
the Dyeing and Finishing De
partments. Weaveshe4 activity
dad already been stepped up due
to a greater supply of rayon yarns.
At the present writing the in
dication is that w'e will be operat-
-Ug on full time schedules by the
^nd of June or early in July. Some
strikingly new and attractive up-
doisiery cloths have been develop
ed and we anticipate a very brisk
business at the July Furniture
Show'. The Fall demand for our
Ra }on Fabrics also looks very
-‘romising and we feel confident
d good volume on these fabrics
'''hich should provide full time
forking schedules.
MAY, 1950
Billy Vick Receives Di^incRion
Billy Vick, age IJl, the son of Mrs. Mary Vick (Warping) and
Elijah Vick (Einal Exainining) is (piilc a Imnd at running a
tractor. He lias heen operating a tractor since he was 7 years
of age and lie is now so good tliat hu demonstrates tractors
for .Andy’s Tractor and Implement Company ami is the winner
of several prizes.
.ALove in the picture he is shown operating a small tractor
used in transpl.mting tobacco plants. This is a familiar scene
around eastern \orth Carolina during the month of .Aiay.
Accident Rate Rises
The number of accidents for
the month of April requiring med
ical attention was equal to the
combined total of the first three
months of the year.
It is encouraging, however, to
note that during the same period
last year three times as many ac
cidents occurred as we have this
year.
Will you be a victim of summer
sluggishiiessy
Hot weather brings about many
health and safety problems. Heat
causes fatigue and sluggishness
W'hich sets the stage for an ac
cident. Too, w'ith spring and
summer weather and w' i t h
thoughts of fishing, w'oi'king a
garden, house cleaning or a beach
trip running through one’s mind,
it is hard to pay attention to the
job at hand. Distraction or in
attention to duty is one of the
prime causes of accidents.
We must recognize these safety
pitfalls and guard against them.
Eat sensible foods, wear comfort
able clothes, and concentrate on
the job while at w'ork. Don’t let
an accident spoil your summer
fun.
Warping
1
Weaving 3
Raw' Goods Storage
Mending
Engineering
0
1
1
Office 0
Receiving 0
Dyehouse 0
Finishing 1
Final Examining .... 1
Shipping 1
Wilson 1
1
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0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
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Safety Scoreboard
The first column show's the
number of accidents requiring
medical care but no lost time. The
second column shows the number
of accidents requiring loss of
time.
Medical Lost rime
Case Case
Watch The Safety Display
Boards Near The Time Clock
\ he w'hite light indicates a med
ical case while the red light indi
cates a lost time case. If your
department has no light, work
safely to keep it that way. If
; your department has a white
I light, w'ork doubly safely to avoid
I a lost time case and a red light.
: You have a good record. Keep
it that way.
Weaving Employees In
College Open House
Russell Joyner and Leslie Alex
ander of the Weaving Depart
ment participated in the North
Carolina State College Textile
Open House in Raleigh on April
22.
A considerable amount of floor
space and equipment plus some
new' buildings have recently heen
completed at the North Carolina
College; and the Textile School
was opened to the public.
About a year ago Sidney Blum-
enthal and Conqiany recondition
ed and put into operation the only
pile fabric loom at State College.
This loom has been used by the
sLudents for laboratory work.
Before the “open house” pro
gram, Alexander and Joyner went
to Raleigh to check over the loom
and make it ready. On Saturday,
April 22, they w'enl back to Ra
leigh and operated the loom dur
ing the “open house”-. Several
hundred people toured the school
during the day.
Machinery Exhibit
Resident Manager E. H. Suess-
muth, C. H. Laughridge, D. W.
Adams and E. H. Sullivan attended
the Pextile Machinery Exhibit in
Atlantic City, N. J., during the
week of May 8th.
It was by far the largest and
most comprehensive exhibit of
Textile machinery ever staged.
The convention hall looked like
a textile mill in full operation,
and there were all types of ma
chinery on display including spin
ning machinery, looms, dyeing
machines, finishing machinery,
and various types of special ap
paratus and appliances.
The Caromount delegation split
forces in order that all exhibits
could be comprehensively inspect
ed. As a result they came away
with a wealth of new ideas which
may prove very beneficial in the
operation of our own plants. The
Textile machinery companies who
niude this very w'onderful exhibit
possible are to be congratulated
for the splendid display they pro
vided, and their efforts will un
doubtedly be rewarded by many
orders for new machines from the
textile industry.