Page Four
The Caromount News
JUNE. 1950
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William Jerome Godwin of the
Weaving Department in the Wil
son Division came to work here
in September, 1941 at the age of
23 years, as a cloth carrier. He
later advanced to weaving and is
now knifeman on the second shift.
"Buck” as he is better known,
IS the son of Charles Edgar and
Mrs. Eva Lucas Godwin of Wilson
County. He was born August 22,
l91o. After attending public
schools in Wilson county, he was
married to the former Miss Bea
trice Griffin of Wilson in Novem-
j)er, 1935. They have two chil
dren, Judy, age 3 years; and Wil
liam. Jr., age o months.
Along with most other Caro
mount and Wilson employes Wil
liam is a true hunter and fisher
man. He will be found with a fish
ing pole during most of his spare
time at this season of the year, and
is eagerly awaiting hunting season
this fall.
The Godwins live at 1001 South
Goldsboro Street, and they are af
filiated with the Five Points Mis
sionary Baptist Church.
Safety Scoreboard
The first column shows the
number of accidents requiring
medical attention and the second,
the number of lost time accidents
during 1950:
Warping 0 2
Weaving 5 1
Raw Goods & Mending .. 1 0
Engineering 2 0
Office 0 0
Receiving 0 0
Dyehouse 0 1
Finishing 2 0
Final Examining 1 0
Shipping 1 0
Wilson 1 0
Raw Goods And Mending
Charleston
Mrs. Janna Gupton spent a
weekend in Charleston, S. C., with
her son, Regis Gupton and his
family. She said she had a very
enjoyable trip and visited many
places of interest.
Dedication
Mrs. Pauline Morris attended
the dedication of the $105,000
“Church Of Christ Of Latter Day
Saints” on June 4 at Colfax. There
were nearly two thousand people
present when eighty-year old Presi
dent George Albert Smith, Pro
phet of the church. Salt Lake City,
Utah, performed the dedication.
Motorcycle Club
Mrs. Ava Brock, a member of
the Rocky Mount Motorcycle Club
was an entry in the contest at Rich
mond on May 27 when the club
won fourth place. Six of the Rocky
Mount Club members attended.
On June 4 about 16 riders went
to Wilmington where they won a
trophy and some money for first
place. They were judged on clean
liness and neatness of uniforms
and machines. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Brook and Mr. and Mrs.
Read Satterfield, Caromount em
ployees, represented the Rocky
Mount club.
Recent Wedding
Miss Mavis Perdue, daughter
PROFITABLE PASTIME
of Mrs. Theresia Perdue, was mar
ried on May 28 to William O’Neal.
They are making their home on
Davis Street in Rocky Mount.
Returned To Woi’k
We are glad that Henry Earl
Sessoms is able to be back at work
after an illness of several weeks.
Grandson
Mrs. Tellie Coley has a new
grandson, Robert Daniel Batts,
born May 21 to Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Batts. Mrs. Batts is the former
Miss Geraldine Coley.
Miss Ruth Farmer, 13 year old daughter of Mrs. 3Iary H. Fanner
(Weaving) was queen of the May Day Program held on the lawn
of Battle School. Ruth graduated from Battle school on .l(une 1,
and won a ribbon for Scholarship. She also was the winner
of the American Legion Medal which stands for Service, Honor,
Courage, Companionship and Scholarship.
Ruth’s attendants in the May court Avere, 1. to r.. Miss Wilma
Jean Campbell, daughter of 3Irs. Mamie Campbell (Weaving),
Miss Martha Becknell, Miss Ruth Farmer, and Miss Betsy Ann
Barnes, daughter of Mrs. Leona AValker Barnes (Weaving). This
gi-dup of gilds have completed their work at Battle School anti
Avili enter high school next fall.
J. T. Eppes (Dyehouse) has
turned a hobby into a thriving
business. After playing around
with photography for a number
of >ears, Ej)pes decided to go into
it in a big way. He converted a
small out-building into a first rate
studio and dark room, investing
about $3,000.00 for equipment
and the cost of renovating the
building.
Mr. Eppes states that he has
bought the best equipment avail
able. This includes an Eastman
8 X 10 inch printer, an automatic
drying tnachine, an enlarger that
will carry a 5 x 7 inch negative
and which has a 1^2 i^ich focal
length lens, the only one of its
kind in this territory.
The portrait room has been re
fitted with bright wallpaper and
flourescent lighting as well as a
rubber tile floor.
Jhe dark room is the last word
in convenience Along Avith a tile
floor and tile board walls he has a
3 X 10 foot cypress combination
sink and work bench along one
wall. He also has developing tanks
for handling roll film, cut film
and film packs. Eppes has devel
oping trays that range in size from
5x7 to 18 X 21 inches, an auto
matic negative washer and an
automatic print washer tank. Each
tank is equipped with a mixing
faucet. Hot water is supplied by
automatic electric and oil hot wat
er heaters. Special dark room
lights have been installed for bet
ter working conditions.
Eppes states that he has receiv
ed a license to do commercial pho
tography and that he has the
equipment and supplies to do qual
ity work
Why don’t you try J. T. EppeS
Studio at 113^4 East Ridge Street?
when you get those vacation pic
tures developed?
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