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The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
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VOL. 10 No. .5
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SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO., INC.
MAY, 1952
Troop 113 Off To Camporee
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Above are the scouts of Trooi> 113 who went to tlie Annual East
Carolina Camporee at New Bern recently. They are: Front row
(1 to r) Clemmie Queen, Ronald King, Randy Sutton, Bobby Long,
Ronald Smith, Phillip Bone and Ronnie Hay. Back row: Billy
tiriffin, Kirk Haskins, Frank Hay, J. D. Privette and Phillip Riley.
Xeverson Lewis, Scoutmaster, is standing.
Suessmuth Improves
'' T' Suessmuth, Resident
^ Vlanager, was taken sick with a
heart disturbance while attending
^^he annual meeting of the United
'States Chamber of Commerce in
'Washington, D. C., recently- Mr.
^Suessmuth has been active on the
W aited States Chambers’ National
; Vffairs Committee.
Fortunately, Mrs. Suessmuth
i'vas with him at the time. He
^''as in Doctors Hospital under the
j^are of, the best heart men in
W^ashington. We received daily
^'eports from Mrs. Suessmuth,
j^'ho was staying with her husband
■‘h the hospital and these reports
'have been most gratifying. His
Condition is improving rapidly
®*id he is now well on the road
recovery.
I On , Saturday morning. May
I'^th, he returned to his home in
'Vilson where his doctors have
/irdered him to rest for a while
,elonger before resuming his duties
[cas Resident Manager of the com-
’O^aiiy’s interests in Rocky Mount
®^and Wilson.
l)- Mr, and Mrs. Suessmuth both
c- }vish to express their deep grat-
[Mtude to their many friends in the
hvo cities who have sent them
*Uch thoughtful messages. They
,j) ^^th appreciate it.
Opring Mr. Suessmuth s ab*
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Vacation Schedule
The Caromount and Wilson Di
visions will be closed for one
week’s vacation starting Monday,
June 30th and will re-open Mon
day, July 7th, 19.52.
This will be a vacation with
pay for all employees who hav
worked for the company at leab^
; one.' ear immediately prior to two
' ‘'ire the time set for va-
ijaMs the company’s
estaLxi hed Vticatioif policy.
In addition to the regular pay-
check, employees will receive on
June 27th, they will also receive
the vacation pay-check.
Joining N« Y. Staff
Bill 'Spruill, Assistant Comptrol
ler under Comtroller E. Wahab
Edwards, is being transferred lo
the New York Sales Department.
He has shown such fine pro
gress in Caromount that the New
York administration felt he could
be developed into the Sales De
partment of the company.
All of his friends here will be
sorry to see him go, but what
will be our loss will be much to
the company’s profit. We wish
him well.
Scout Troop 113
On April 25, 26, and 27th,
eleven boys comprising two pa
trols representing Troop 113 at
the Annual East Carolina Boy
Scout Camporee held this year in
New Bern.
The Cobra Patrol with Ron
nie Hay as patrol leader won a
blue ribbon, the highest award
possible.
The Flying Eagle patrol with
Ronald Smith at the helm com
piled a few less points than their
brother patrol and received a red
ribbons.
This year’s camporee was one
of the most rain-soaked affairs
ever weathered by Boy Scouts in
this area. Rough as it was, the
scouts learned a great deal about
camping and other fine points
of scouting. They also found
time between showers to have a
lot of fun meeting the scouts from
surrounding cities.
Previous to the Camporee the
troop welco:^-d t four new, boys,
Ronald King, .(b)? Long, Randy
Sutton and J. D. Privette, into
their old.
As : reward for their fine rec
ord aJ the Camporee, the scouts
^ere treated to a weiner roast
ut the Caromount Scout Cabin by
Scoutmaster and Mrs. Neverson
Lewis. The boys worked up a
good appetite playing softball pre-
viouSvlo the feed.
Those present were: Ronnie
Hay, Philip Bone, Philip Riley,
Clemmie Queen, Ronald King,
Ronald Smith, Kirk Haskins, Bil
ly Griffin, Bobby Long, Randy
Sutton, J- D. Privette, and Scout
master Neverson Lewis.
Variety And Minstrel
Show A Huge Success
The 1952 Variety and Minstrel
Show was presented by the em
ployees of the Caromount and Wil
son Divisions to an audience of
500 Wilson citizens at the Char
les L. Coon High School Audi
torium on Wednesday, May 14.
The Rocky Mount performance
of the show was presented in the
Rocky Mount High School Audi
torium to a very enthusiastic audi
ence of 400.
Both performances met with very
favorable comments. The coopera
tive spirit and the enthusiam of
the entire cast brought a smooth
and entertaining performance to
the audiences.
The orchestra presented over
tures for the show with Walter
Greenman as pianist. Bill Spruill
on the trumpet, Billy Williams on
the trombone, Percy Joyner play
ing the guitar and C. G. “Bill” Wil
liams playing the drums.
“Beer Parlor Mathematics”
with Clayton Hedgepeth as Grea-
'y and Gene Pernell as
iCinky,' and “‘Midnight Ride”
with Charlie Laughridge as Paul
Revere set the i audience in a
mood of fun and laughter for the
evening. Nellie Howell, Viola
Walston, Marian Rivenbark and
Dorothy Sturtevant received a
favorable nod from the audience
as they presented their two dance
specialities. A skit entitled “The
Long and Short of It” won loud
applause with Jim Jenkins and
Shorty Hamrick doing an excel
lent job. Joyce Bennett and
Lula Massey added their charm
and beauty to this act. Floyd Hed
gepeth, Jack MacRae, Clyde Pri
dgen and Bill Spruill as the Quar-
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The Entire Company In The Grand Finale
The entire company of The Variety and Ministrel Sliow is sliown
on tlie staae diirina one of their performances.