The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 8, NO. 12
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC.
DECEMBER, 1950
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Four hundred and three em
ployees of the Caromount and
Wilson Divisions were rewarded
on December 1, 1950, for their
farsightedness when they received
Christmas Savings Club checks
which totaled $89,282.00.
The Christmas Savings Plan
was begun early in 1947 through |
arrangements with Planters Na- j
tional Bank and Trust Co. i
The idea is to encourage thrift i
and to provide through small i
weekly payroll deductions a siz-1
able sum for the inevitable Christ- !
mas shopping. '
The employees of Caromount
and Wilson like the plan. During i
the first year of its operation 316 ‘
employees were enrolled .In 1948
the number increasd to 361, the
total checks amounting to $48,-
571.15. In 1949 the checks total
led almost twice the amount of
1948. Caromount and Wilson em
ployees received $83,525.50. At
Caromount 382 employees parti
cipated, the checks totalling $76,-
315.25. In Wilson 41 workers re
ceived $7,210.25.
This year, in 1950, 368 Caro
mount employees received $81,-
967.00;; and 35 Wilson em
ployees were paid $7,315.00.
The Night Before Christmas
Very shortly we will be in the
midst of another Christmas Sea
son. Let us examine our accom
plishments during the year. 1950
has been a better year for us than
Was 1949. Due to operating effi
ciencies, along with much better
Volume, the Company will show a
profit this year instead of last
year’s loss.
Your fine cooperation, your loy
alty and your teamwork, have
made the most important contri
bution to our success. It makes
me very proud to head such a
fine group of Americans.
May I wish you and your fami
lies a Very Merry Christmas and a
flappy New Year?
GOD BLESS OUR COUNTRY!
H. H. Schell, President.
Jjittle Miss Cmolyii oeau JLewis, af^e tliree years, ami Her
brother, Allen, 6 years old, get set for Santa Claus. Carolyn is
handing Allen her stocking to be hung by the fireplace. The
proud papa is Cecil A. Lewis, Caromount Purchasing Agent.
Christmas is here again. There
could be no better time to express
to you our friendship and good
will.
We, who have the responsibility
of managing this business, are
aided in meeting that responsibili
ty by your loyal effort.
We welcome this opportunity to
tell you so — to send to you this
Christmas Season our thanks for
all you have done to help make
our business successful.
This friendly message carries
with it my very best wishes to you
for a Merry, Merry Christmas.
Mr. Suessmuth stated, “I am
pleased indeed to announce to all
of you that the Company will pay
a Christmas bonus this year.”
Bonus checks will be distributed
on Friday, December 22nd, and
will be received by all employees
who have had continuous service
with the company prior to Janu
ary 1, 1950
Employees who began their
employment after December 31,
1949, must have five years or more
continuous service prior to De
cember 1st of the year in which
the Christmas Bonus is given in
order to receive it.
Employees Liberal To
Community Chest
The employees of the Caro
mount and Wilson Divisions with
a feeling of Community responsi
bility dipped into their pockets for
the largest Community Chest con
tribution ever made by them.
Following the recommended
plan each department was can
vassed by a team composed of
their fellow workers. The results
were unusually good and the con
tributions for this year more than
doubled those for last year.
Department solicitors and the
amount contributed by each de
partment are listed: Warping —
Herman Allen collected $29.00;
Weaving — Miss Johnnie Bell
Harris, Mrs. Doris Satterfield,
Mrs. Nannie Dickens, Mrs Lina
Clark, Mrs. Rebecca Phelps, Les
lie Alexander, Herbert Denson,
Mrs. Myrtle Oakley, Ed Raper,
Frank Worrell, Miss Lessie Bow
den, Willie Harper, Wheeler Mod-
lin, Frank Shelton, James Long,
William Trevathan, Garland Rose
and Raymond Eason collected
$316.55;; Raw Good and Mend-
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Harper Heads Council
The Eastern Carolina Safety
Council held its last meeting of
1950 in Rocky Mount at the Edge-
mont School, Friday night, De
cember 1 at 7:30 P. M.
I The address of welcome was
; given by Roy Williamson, City
Manager. After a few announce
ments, an Election of Officers for
! 1951 was held. Those elected were:
George Harper, Chairman, Sidney
Blumenthal and Co. Inc.; Frank
Williams, Jr., Vice Chairman, Pat
terson Mills Company, Roanoke
Rapids, N. C.; W. L. Painter,
Secretary, Hart Mills, Tarboro,
N. C.; and B. F. Ryals, Trea
surer, Rosemary Manufacturing
Company, Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
The Caromount Hillbilly Band
furnished entertainment for the
group. Members of the band pres
ent were: Walter Greenman, Kin-
chen Joyner, Percy Joyner, Rob
ert Ferrell, Red Sessoms, and
Jack Thomas.
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