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The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 10. Xo. 3
Boat Trip Decides
Question At Hand
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According to L. B, “Crow”
Oavis as he related the following
stor), “Some folks say the dis
tance between Rocky Mount and
Tarboro by way of the Tar River
is 100 miles, others say 90 miles,
and then some think only forty
Julies.”
This difierence of opinion caus
ed an argument between Jack
Thompson (Weaving), Harvey C.
Robinson (Dyehouse) and Willie
Harper and Sidney Bulluck
(Weaving). Willie made the state-
Jiient that he (;ould go to Tarboro
in Sidney’s boat in six hours.
Jack and Harvey said it could
not be done. About the only way
to settle the argument was to try
it.
Jack has been an old shad
fisherman for the last twenty-five
years. Harvey lives near the river
nnd does (juite a lot of fishing;
therefore, both knew the river
'veil. As far as little Sidney’s
qualifications as a river man, he
'vent fishing once last spring and
feU in. Sidney said that he knows
the water down there is wet, but
ije would go along for the ride
und help maneuver the boat and
"ould probably get wet again.
Willie (‘onsulted a pilot who
flew his jilane over the river and
followed its crooks and zig zags.
He measured the distance at thir-
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Ihirty-seven members of the
Oak Level Home Demonstration
Club toured the Caromount Mills
On Wednesday, March 9.
In charge of the group was
Virs. Janies Dozier whose husband
is employed in the Weaving De
partment. Mrs. Dozier is presi
dent of the Oak Level Club.
They were very appreciative
und expressed amazement at the
*Uany operations which were per
formed at the Caromount plant.
Members of the group were Mrs.
Medie C. Barnes, formerly of the
f^inishing Department and J. T.
f^hompson, former weaver, and
Mrs. J. W. Kennedy, wife of
M^eaveshed employee.
Conducting the tours were
‘^t^ephen Bennett, John Sterken,
Quillen Ward and George Harper.
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO., INC.
Rocky Mount To Tarboro Via Tar River
Willie Hari>er and Sidney Bulluck, 1. to r. (Weaving) as they
.slioved oft' on a tt’osty February morning to make the boat trip
from Rocky Mount to Tarboro in record time. (See stoiy at left).
Safety Awards Given
During the regular monthly
Safety Meeting in xMarch, Resi
dent Manager E. H. Suessmuth
presented Certificates of Apprec
iation for outstanding perform
ance in Safety to the di^iartments
which had no lost tinf6.',accidents
during 1951. The following de
partments receixed awards: Warp
ing, Weaving. Receiving, Clffice,
Dyehouse, ’ inal Examining, and
Shipping.
The (ietlilicalcs read: ‘‘Certifi
cate of Ap[)reciation awarded to
the employees of the Department
for outstanding Achievement in
Accident Prevention for 12 con
secutive months xxithoLit a lost
titne injury."
In making the j)resenlation Mr.
Suessmuth thanked the Safety
Committee for their time and in
terest in jireventing accidents.
He emphasized the fact that
“when someone gets hurt some
one is hurting.’' The most im
portant thing to remember about
accidents is that they cause hu
man suffering. Of secondary im
portance is loss of earnings and
loss of production. He encourag
ed everyone to continue the good
work which we have started.
“Safety is everybody’s business.”
Barnhill Made Deacon
Ray Barnhill (Storeroom) has
been elected a member of the
Board of Deacons of the Stoney
Creek Baptist Church for a four
year term. He is a member of
the Finance and Membership
j Committees; and is also a mem-
1 her of the committee to revise
i the history of the church cover-
i ing the last fiftv vears.
Ray reports that the Stoney
Creek church located at Dortches
j has just recently paid for a new
organ and is now in the midst
of a sixteen room addition to the
Sunday School Building.
Contest Ends April 1st
There is still time to get in
the Safety Slogan Contest and
compete for a $10.00 cash prize.
The deadline is Tuesday, April
first.
Your slogan may' be a winner.
Write it down and send it to the
Personnel Office.
Be Safe in ’52 and See
You 11 Still Be Here in ’53.
MARCH, 1952
Employees Give To
Red Cross Campaign
Lm|)loyees of the Caromount
and Wilson Divisions answered
the call most generously during
the 1952 Red Cross Fund Drive.
In both jilants the (piota was ex
ceeded and everyone is to be com
mended for the fine job which
was done.
1 he employees contributed
$4*()3..53 at Caromount and $103.-
25 in Wilson. The ( X)m[)any con
tributed $200.00 to the Caromount
Drive and $100.{K) to the Wilson
Campaign. This made a grand
total of $663.53 for Caromount
and $203.25 lor Wilson.
1 he departmental solicitors re
sponsible for this good work are
listed below with the amounts
contributed by each department:
W^arping—$18.20, collected by
Herman Allen.
First Shift Weaving—$67.50,
collected by Miss Johnnie Bell
Har ris, Mrs. Nannie Dickens,
Mrs. Lina Clark, Mrs. Edith Ez-
zell, iVIrs. Mamie Taylor, and
Charles Johnson; Second Shift
Weaving—.$.59.05, solrcited by
Wheehir Modlin, Fred Simmons,
Willie Harper, TL^A. Denson, Ed
Raper, and John Cardner; 'Fhird
Shift Weaving—$71.23, solicited
by William Cook, Frank Shelton,
Mrs. Ethelene Boyd, Raymond
Eason, and James Hollingsworth.
ILnv Goods and Mending-
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Resigns Troop 113 Job
Ihe Troop Committee announc
ed that Perry English, the origin
al Scoutmaster of Caromount’s
Boy Scout Troop 113, has sub
mitted his resignation as Scout
master and Neverson Lewis of the
Machine Shop has been appointed
the new Scoutmaster.
Ihe Committee accepted Per
ry s resignation with regrets. He
was requested to remain in the
troop’s family as Assistant Scout
master, and English stated, “I will
be happy to serve in any way you
want me.”
In commenting on resigning as
Scoutmaster, Mr. English stated
that his church activities and his
family responsibilities were mak
ing heavy demands on his time
and he asked to be relieved of his
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