The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 9, NO. 1
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC.
JANUARY. 1951
Safety Pays Off In ’50
The Caromount and Wilison
employees made an outstanding
safety record for 1950.
The Caromount Plant worked
1,253,976 manhours and had six
lost time accidents which gives an
accident frequency rate of 4.78%.
The Wilson Plant worked 153,756
manhours with one lost time acci
dent giving them a frequency rate
of 6.5%.
This was an increase for Wilson
which had a perfect year in 1949;
however, the rate at Caromount
dropped from 16.5% in 1949 to
4.78% in 1950. The rate for both
plants is better than the National
average for the textile industry
which was 7.88% in 1949 and
which will probably be even high
er for 19.50.
The workers are to be commend
ed for their fine safety record.
Though the supervisors and man
agement constantly strive to en
courage safety and to provide safe
working conditions it is the worker
who makes or breaks a safety rec
ord. A clear thinking, safe worker
is the best safety device ever in
vented.
Our safety record, good as it
may be, is not without pain or
suffering. There were seven work
ers who had to endure incon
veniences, loss of pay and discom
fort. There were seven families
who were also involved and had to
put up with a cripple as well as
the loss of pay which goes along
with an accident. Let’s make 1951
a perfect year of safety.
It pays to work safely!
We find ourselves on the thresh
old of a new year and as we look
out on the horizon we can see in
dications of the same degree of
activity which we enjoyed last
year.
During the past year our opera
tions were fruitful and our success
Was due to the very fine coopera
tion we received from all of you
which enables us to give full value
and service to our customers.
I am very proud of our organi
zation and I am sure that you all
share this pride with me and my
earnest wish goes to you for a
Bright Happy New Year.
E. H. SUESSMUTH,
Resident Manager
New Year’s Day In New York State
Mrs. Katherine Riley (Wilson Division) spent the New Year
Holidays with her daughter, and son-in-law, IVIi*. and Mi*s. J. E.
Smith, Jr., in Albany, N. Y. Mi*s. Riley is shown in the picture on
the sled with her dauf;:htei‘, pulled by her granddaughter, Carolyn
Rae.
Americans Speak-Up
The Sunday afternoon broad
casts of “AMERICANS — SPEAK
UP” created such public interest
and so many requests were receiv
ed to continue the program that
the friendly employees of The
Shelton Looms decided to sponsor
a second series that started Janu
ary 14, 1951.
January 28, Peter W. Hoguet,
outstanding lawyer and an au
thority on Communism, spoke
to us, “You Can Do It.”
February 4, “Let Every Day Be
Your Constitution Dav” will be
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discussed by Hon. Albert W.
Hawkes, former U. S. Senator
from New Jersey and Past Presi
dent, Chamber of Commerce of
the United States, and this year’s
winner of a gold medal for good
citizenship from the Sons of the
American Revolution.
February 11, James H. Rand,
HI, son of the noted industrialist,
has built a fortune by dreaming
up “impossible” things — and
making them work. He will tell us
of “Freedom’s Strong Arm.”
February 18, “Defense Against
Total War” will be the subject dis
cussed by Lt. Gen. Leslie R.
Groves.
February 25, Lucille Cardin
Crain will speak on “What Is
Taught Your Children.”
The remainder of the series
schedule will be printed in the
February issue of The Caromount
News.
New Hazards-New Hopes
As we enter the second half of
the twentieth century on January
1, 1951, many thoughtful words
will be said about what lies ahead.
The prophets of doom will be out
in force to preach the imminence
of holocausts, while opposing them
will be the determined optimists
who look on everything with a fix
ed smile.
Perhaps a synthesis of both at
titudes would be a sounder philo
sophy for the future, a synthesis
which weighs world progress
against the perils which are its
price. For, surely, communication
and transportation advances have
made the world dangerously small,
and as in the case of the home that
housed too many close relatives, it
will not be easy to keep the peace.
Ironically, this very closeness
offers our strongest hope for
peace, since it encourages a sub
limation of national identities in
the interests of such revolutionary
projects as the United Nations, the
Schuman Plan and the Marshall
Plan. Would any of these have
been conceivable twenty short
years ago?
The threat remains, of course,
but the hope is there also. And it
is not unwise to set our sights
resolutely on the way when this
turbulent small world will settle
down, after several local convul
sions, to being the One World
that a certain idealist dreamed.—
Dyebnes and Bylines.
Employees Benifit
241 employees of the Caromount
and Wilson Divisions benefited
from our free group insurance
plan during 1950. The total insur
ance benefits paid out amounted
to $17,076.57. The company paid
premiums amounting to $30,-
932.64 for the group insurance
plan during 1950. All employees
are insured under this plan free of
cost to them for the premium is
paid by the company.
There were 118 cases where de
pendents of employees were hos
pitalized and the benefits payable
for dependents’ hi^spitalization
amounted to $5,235.46.
Emjdoyees were paid benefits
for hospitalization, surgery, week
ly indemnity for sickness, and
medical expenses.
This group insurance plan which
has been in effect since August
31, 1942, now provides hospital
benefits in the amount of $4.00
daily for hospital board and room
for a maximum of 31 days plus
$40.00 for other hospital charges.
These benefits are provided for
employees, their wives, and un
married children under 19 years
of age.
The following benefits are also
available to employees: (1) Sur
gical benefits according to the
surgical schedule based on a
$100.00 maximum. (2) Weekly
sickness benefits in the amount of
$14.00 beginning with the first
day of disability due to an acci
dent, or the eighth day of disabili
ty due to sickness. (3) Medical ex
pense benefits for home, office, or
hospital visits while disabled for
work; and (4) life insurance in
the amount of $500.00 for all
employees, $750.00 for employees
after ten years of service; and
$1,000.00 after 20 years employ
ment.
Assistance In Filing
State And Federal
Income Tax Returns
WiU Be Given At The
Personnel Office On
February 26th
and 27th