Page Four
The Caromount News
DECEMBER, 1951
You Know
Jasper Lee Thomas, one of the
Charter Members of the Shelton
Looms Service Club, began his
work at Caromount in 1929, two
years before the property was ac
quired by Sidney Blumenthal &
Co. Inc.
Jack was born and reared near
Rocky Mount. He is a native of
Edgecombe County and attended
school at West Edgecombe School.
He farmed for awhile before
trying his hand at selling for
about three years. It was after
this that he came to work here and
learned to weave. He has worked
the entire time in the Weaving
Department where he is now a
loomfixer.
Jack is quite a musician. He has
played over several radio stations
and is one of the Caromount Hill
Billies.
When the Caromount Varieties
were produced Jack was featured
with the hill billies. His act of play
ing the guitar and the harmonica
at the same time is quite a ver
satile one. Ocassionally he can
be persuaded to sing a ballad.
Jack owns his home at 1325
Branch Street where he is starting
a flower garden as a hobby. He
started in a modest way this year;
but hopes to really make some
thing of it.
European Guests
(Continued from Paire one)
These visitors were on tour of
the United States industries to
study American business and
technical methods. They were pri
marily interested in the textile
industry and were visiting out
standing textile plants all over the
United States. The 12 countries
represented by the group were:
Ireland, England, Norway, Swit
zerland, Austria, The Nether
lands, France, Italy, Sweden, Ice
land, Denmark and Germany.
Safety
Elects New Officeii |
The Fourth Quarterly Meeting
of the Eastern Carolina Safety
Council was held Friday, Novem
ber 30, at the J.C. Braswell School;
During a brief business session
the following officers were elected
for 1952. Chairman - R. F. Seay,
Halifax Paper Company; 1st Vice
Chairman - Troy Phelps, Rocky
Mount Mills; 2nd Vice Chairman
- Harry Muir, Borden Manufac
turing Company; Secretary - Ju
lian Whitehurst, Sidney Blumen
thal & Co.; Treasurer - B. F. Ryals,
Rosemary Manufacturing Com
pany.
Ted Poplin of the Caromount
Dyehouse was elected to the Advis
ory Committee and George Har
per, Immediate Past Chairman,
will also serve on the Advisory
Committee.
Featured on the program was
an address by C. J. Hyslup, Safe
ty Director of the Chatham Manu
facturing Company.
Employees Help Chest
At the Wilson Division all pre
vious records were broken when
the employees contributed $107.95
to the Wilson County Community
Budget.
Following the plan which
worked so well last year each de
partment was canvassed by a
team composed of departmental
workers. At Caromount $470.76
was collected and according to the
Rocky Mount Community Chest
Headquarters this was the largest
amount contributed by any em
ployee group in the Industrial Di
vision.
Caromount department solici
tors and the amounts collected
are listed below: Warping Depart
ment: Herman Allen and Agnes
Proctor - $18.60. Weaving De
partment: First shift, Mrs. Jean
Winbon, Ray Bass, Mrs. Nannie
Dickens, Mrs. Lina Clark, Mrs.
Edith Ezzell, Wheeler Modlin,
Mrs. Ora Edwards, Mrs. Carroll
Batton, Charles Johnson, and
Miss Johnnie Bell Harris - $77.90.
Second shift; Frank Worrell, Mrs.
Ethel Casey, Mrs. Lessie Bowden,
Miss Ora Ward, Wilbert Edwards,
Mrs. Myrtle Wranch,Herbert Den
son and Mrs. Clyde Jones - $57.30.
Third shift; James W. Long, Jack
Thomas, Frank Shelton, Paul Par
ker, William Trevathan and Ray
mond Eason - $51.00. This gives
the Weaving Department a total of
$186.20.
In Raw Goods and Mending,
§0 s
Employee's Son Flies
With Eisenliower
The following article was taken
from an army newspaper and will
be of particular interest to em
ployees of the Caromount Division
because the Lt. Flavius K. Sim
mons mentioned is the son of Fred
Simmons of the Weaving Depart
ment.
‘‘EXERCISE COMBINE” Hq..
Oct. 11 (Special) — General
Dwight D. Eisenhower, SHAPE
commander, during a flight in an
L17 liasion plan from Rhine-Main
Air Base to Aschaffenburg, took
over the controls from the pilot
and flew the plane for some time.
Gen. Thomas T. Handy, EUCOM
commander-in-chief and director
of “Exercise Combine,” was a
passenger on the trip. Eisenhower
had boarded the plane upon his
arrival at Rhine-Main from Paris.
Shortly after taking off, with Lt.
Flavius K. Simmons, of the 7787th
Army Aviation Det. 7788th Sp
Tps, at the controls, Eisenhower
said he would like to try his hand
as pilot.
Miss Violet Walker, Mrs. Theresia
Perdue, and Mrs. Annie Woodard
collected $19.75 on the first shift.
On the second shift $14.10 was
turned in to Mrs. Maud Ward,
Mrs. Edith Dunn, and Mrs. Susie
Peaden. This made a total of
$33.85 for the department.
The Engineering Department
contributed $41.05. Solicitors for
this department were: Frank Cock
rell, Matthew McNeal, Parks Oliv
er, Perry English, Bootigo Taylor
and Mose Ezzell.
In the Receiving Department
Ray Barnhill collected $7.00.
In the office Miss Jerrie Thomp
son, Miss Octavia Knight, Mrs.
Joyce Bennett and Jack MacRae
collected $38.60.
Luther Balkcum and Charles
Walker collected $12.75 on the
first shift in the Dyehouse. Her
bert Collins and Johnnie Cock
rell got $10.00 on the second shift
and Bain Curtis turned in $13.50
for the third shift which made a
Dyehouse Total of $37.25.
The first shift Finishing Depart
ment was handled by Mrs. Mat-
tie Barnhill, Mrs. Rachel Cartee,
and Mrs. Elsie Sugg. They col
lected $16.60. The second shift
reported $16.25 to Mrs. Ertie Ed
wards, Mrs. Evelyn Carroll, and
Mrs. Ruth Haskins. On the third
shift James Starling collected
$8.50 which made a total of $41.-
35 for the Finishing Department.
The Final Examining Depart
ment has a total of $34.40. This
Our Service Men
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Shown above is Capt. David
1’. Bi'ake who was employed in
the Engineering Depailment
until November 0, 1051 when
he was called to Active Duty
with the United States Air
Force. His Jiddress is: Capt.
David P. Brake; Box 1006, A.
>1. C.; .4rea B; Wright-Patter-
son A. P. B.; Dayton, Ohio.
New .Iddress
Sylvester G. Smith, formerly of
the Caromount Engineering De
partment, was called to the U. S.
Army November 13, 1951. His
address is: Pvt. Sylvester G. Smith
U. S. 53103887; Co. L. 3rd Batta
lion; 502nd Abrn. Inf. Regt.;
101st Abrn. Division; Camp
Breckenridge, Ky.
was collected on the first shift by
Mrs. Thelma Edwards and Mrs.
Loula Solmon. They received
$11.50. On the second shift Mrs.
Elizabeth Mills and Mrs. Phoebe
Trevathan took in $12.90 and
Mrs. Inez Dawes collected $10.-
00 on the third shift.
In the Shipping Department
Mrs. Jean Hodges and Mrs. Jose
phine Best collected $16.46. This
made a total of $470.76 for the
employees of the Caromount Divi
sion.
In Wilson the first shift was
handled by Mrs. Julia Sutton and
$47.00 was collected. Mrs. Mannie
Ellis collected $34.45 on the sec
ond shift and $26.50 was solicited
by Mrs. L’Des Rogers, making a
total of $107.95. This is the lar
gest amount ever contributed by
the employees for the Wilson Com
munity Budget.
In addition to the employee
contributions the Rocky Mount
Community Chest received $1,000
from the Caromount. Division as
the company’s contribution and
$200 was contributbd by the com
pany to the Wilson County Com
munity budget.