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The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 9. NO. 7
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO. INC.
JULY, 1951
Caromount Receives Safety Award
111 the above pioture Resident Manager Siiessmutli, center, re
ceives the “(Certificate of Safety Achievenient’’ from W. C. Oeel,
Safety Director, Nortli Carolina Department of Labor. \V. .M. Re-
thiine. also of the Department of Labor, looks on.
Dyfins Win Mill
Softball Championship
A twenty-four game schedule
was completed just prior to vaca
tion week by the Caromount Soft-
hall League. The Dyfins took top
honors winning ten games while
losing only two. The Dyfins, man
aged by Bain Curtis, is composed
of players from the third shift
I Dyeing and Finishing Depart
ments. They consistently display
ed fine team spirit and good ball
, playing.
In second place were the third
i^hift Weaveshed Blues, managed
hy Hubert Sutton. The Blues kept
the Dyfins on their toes and hand
ed them their only two defeats
of the season. The Blues won eight
and lost three games.
While the league was not as
strong as it has been in the past,
Some very fine fellowship and
hall playing was displayed. The
Blues and the Dyfins had very
good teams. The First Shift Weav-
ftroom Atoms and the Converters
Were short on players on several
occasions which probably account
ed for some of their losses.
Each team had some very fine
hall playing and most important
of all a good time was had hy
everyone.
The team standings were as fol
lows :
(Continued on Page Four)
Two Accidents Mar
1951 Saftey Record
The Caromount and Wilson
workers have ended the first half
of 1951 with only one serious lost
time accident. This record, though
not perfect, is a tribute to the
workmanship of the Caromount
and Wilson employees. The old
maxim, “A safe worker is a good
worker”, still holds true in our
plants.
While Albert Holmes was un
fortunate in receiving a serious in
jury to his arm, his suffering will
not have been in vain if it has help
ed the rest of us become more
conscious of the importance of
working safely.
The only other lost time case
which we had during the first
half of the year was a back strain
suffered by Mrs. Edith Dunn. For
tunately Mrs. Dunn was able to
return to work after a few days
rest.
During the first half of last year
we suffered four lost time acci
dents, all requiring hospital care.
There is a marked improvement
over last year’s record as far as the
number of lost time cases are
concerned.
The number of cases requiring
medical care but with no loss
j of time remains rather high. It is
’ important to remember that any
(Continued on Page Four)
Employees Praised For
Accident Reduction
The Caromount Division has
been awarded the “Certificate of
Safety Achievement” for 1950.
This award which is made jointly
by the United States Department
of Labor and the North Carolina
Department of Labor is presented
annually to plants which have a
perfect safety record or have made
a 40% reduction in their accident
frequency rate.
In his letter of commendation,
Maurice J. Tobin, secretary. Unit
ed States Department of Labor,
stated: “In reducing the rate of
accidental injuries to employees by
64 per cent in comparison with
similar period in 1949, you have
made a substantial contribution
to the public welfare. This accom
plishment is a very useful demon
stration that accidents on the job
can be effectively controlled and
will, I am sure, encourage other
industrial enterprises to undertake
a concentrated safety effort.
With this award you have my
sincere congraulations and best
wishes for continued success in
curtailing accident losses in your
operations.”
In 1950 the Caromount plant
worked 1,253,976 man-hours with
six disabling accidents. This gives
a frequency rate of 5.2 per cent
compared with a national rate of
B.79 per cent.
Greeman Explains JET
To Industrialists Here
The Job Economics Training
program which Walter Greenman,
Superintendent of the Caromount
Finishing Department, has been
conducting for several Caromount
groups proved so successful that
the Training Within Industry
Foundation, sponsors of the pro
gram, asked that a demonstration
program be put on for other indus
tries in this area.
On July 26 and 27 practice ses
sions were conducted for the fol
lowing people; Joel Phillips, As
sistant Superintendent of Train
ing, Dunean Mills, Greenville, S.
C.; C. H. Gallman, General Super
intendent of Training, Dunean
Mills, Greenville, S. C.; J. D.
Schumacher, Training Supervisor,
(Continued on Page Five)
Earl E, Powell
Funeral services for Earl E.
Powell, 39, of Rocky Mount were
conducted July 16, 1951 at 3 p. m.
from Hunt Funeral Home in Wil
son, North Carolina.
Earl died at 11:30 p. m., Satur
day, July 14, 1951 in a Durham
Hospital as a result of burns re
ceived on May 28. He has been a
resident of Rocky Mount for the
past 10 years, and was a former
resident of Elm City, Route 1.
Earl was a floorman in the Weav
ing Department at the time of his
death. He had been employed at
Caromount since January 27,
1941.
Surviving are Earl’s wife, Mrs.
Maggie Lee Flora Powell of the
Caromount Weaveshed; and one
daughter. Jewel Lynn Powell, both
of the home at 835 Carter Street,
Rocky Mount, N. C.; his mother
and father, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Powell of Elm City; four brothers,
Erby and Ronel of the Wilson Di
vision, and Russell, also of Wilson,
and Z. M. Powell of Elm City;
two sister, Mrs. Hunter Capps and
Mrs. Daniel Capps,, both of Elm
City.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by the Rev. Raymond C. La
nier, Pastor of the North Rocky
Mount Baptist Church. Burial was
in the Maplewood Cemetery in
Wilson.
Earl had been with Sidney
Blumenthal and Company for over
ten years and was a valuable em
ployee. He wall be missed by his
employers and his fellow em
ployees a great deal.