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The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 10 No. 8
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO., INC.
AUGUST, 1952
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Wilson Plant
flel^amaged By Fire
On Sunday morning, July 27th,
-5 A. M., the watchman at the
ef) Wilson Plant noted that the build-
was becoming cloudy with
to smoke. He coud not find any
ted fire, so he called Calvin Jones
nt3 who immediately turned in the
the ,fire alarm. The Wilson Fire
lel department arrived on the scene
ell promptly and discovered a smold-
toering fire between the roof and
the ceiling of the front portion of
a the building. With the help of
to‘*or automatic sprinkler system
in which went into operation, they
iro had the fire under control by 9
oV. M. While actual figures are
^^not yet available, it appeare the
y|j/lamage will run from $10,000 to
,„,'-5l5,000.
The exact origin of the fire is
known, but it is believed that
fht*^ rleveloped in connection with a
to'r elding operation the previous
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‘^^'Contest Nears Deadline
be I he contest, sponsored by Sid-
ghPiey Blumenthal & Comapny Inc.,
ivido find trade names, one for all of
the fur fabrics, and the other for
^11 automobile fabrics, is still un-
rrfderway and will end September
irPf, 1952.
ef* Ihe prizes in each group will
iiihe a trip to a World Series Game
tph^r two people with all expenses
anPaid: so two employee from the
aV^outhern Division of the company
will be given this trip.
All employees of the Caromount
paiid Wilson Divisions are eligi-
laf de to participate and entry blanks
u^are available at the Personnel Of-
• I Caromount and in the of-
)ic ice of the Wilson Plant. A good
fU’inany employees have alre.Tdy put
entry blanks in the box in the
ersonnel Office; and blanks will
oJ available for all interested per
sons until the contest closes Sep-
o^tember 1, 1952.
tD Judges are; H. H. Schell, pre-
j ®nt; J, J, Horne, vice presi-
—-'ent; V. J. Harper and J. Sedlak
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^ 1-abor Day Holiday
jf order to observe Labor Day
rff Mill will be closed from 6
ac!* j !^- Saturday, August 30, 1952
Stf 6 A.M. Tuesday. September
19.52.
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Sutton^s Sextuplets Have Hardy Appetites
AV. AA". “Pap” Sutton, formerly of tl«e AVilson Division, is shown
as lie prepares to feed the litter of bird dog puppies, owned by
his son, Randolph Sutton, superintendent of * AA’eaving. “Pa])” has
the Job of keeping their ever hungry appetites satisfied.
Real Friends Prove'Their Worth
Owen Solomon of the Weav
ing Department, know.-^ that he
has real friends at Ca.-bmount.
In the early spring ,his father
became ill and w^? unable o
carry on the farming '^peratib^i
I To protect his father’s investment,
“Sob’ decked to operate th^. farm.
The real problem was in plant
ing and harvesting ^ the tobacco
and that’s where the story of
friendship comes in- The May is
sue of The Caromount News told
about how some eighteen employ
ees of the Caromount Weaveshed
banded together on May 10th and
planted the tobacco crop. *
Using a tractor for cultivation,
Solmon managed fairly well un«
til harvest time came. Then
comes the seebnd tale of friend
ship. For the past several Sat-
^ J '
urdays F.t ^-p'er ^.^nu ’ his two
‘hiidren, uiiJ Atkirts'^nd
two qfr his chddren journeyed to
.Solrnon’s farm r Spring Hopfe
to help ‘‘ho se” die lobacco. Oc-
cat'&ionally SioneVv Collier^'cnt a
hand: .
The job usi >/ Aequi- d six
to eight iiouirs 9' ‘ with the teii-
perature Jn Ac ioC’s' wc kn jw
it took -real -ffie^i^ *to §tick. with
the-.back-breaking jebs^ of prim
ing,'stringing, and hanging tobac
co. ' , . ' . .
The’ season is over, and now
that the tobacco mar’ et is opened
Solmon plans to sell his crop and
wind up his venture in farming.
He stated that in spite of the dry
weather and other problems that
he encountered he expects to make
some profits—t hanks to the
friends who helped him out.
Training Film In
Safety Well Liked
The third in the series of Hu
man Factors in Safety training
films, entitled, “People Are All
Alike,” was shown to the Caro
mount Safety Committee and
Supervisors on Thursday, August
14, at the Caromount Field House.
These training films produced
by the National Safety Council,
are being shown by S. M. Roberts,
Service Engineer, for the Liberty
Mutual Insurance Company.
The film, ‘People Are All
Alike” brings out five basic
points; 1. All people have prob
lems at some time or another.
2. All people like to belong to
the crowd—to feel that they are
part of the organization. They
like to feel that it’s OUR work.
They want to be proud ,9/ OUR
company. 3. All people like re
cognition for what they do both
as a group and as individuals.
4. All people like to know what
goes on. They prefer to hear the
straight story from their super
visor. The grapevine is a poor
substitute for good communica
tion. 5. All people like to be able
to talk to the boss. A good boss
never brushes a man off. He
listens, corrects or explains and
listens some more.
These ’are things which all
people want. How do they af
fect safety? The same as they
affect production. A happy work
er is a safer worker. A safe work
er is a better worker and a better
worker is a better producer.
When we are happy, we are better
producers and better safety men.
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At Army Camp
• William E. Rose (Final Exam
ining) and Holton Boyd (Wilson
Division) attended an Armv Re-
serve encampment at Fort Jack-
son, S. C. from July 27 — Au
gust 10, 1952.
Both men are members of the
Rocky Mount unit of the Orga-
niezd Reserve, 906 Field Artil
lery Battalion, 108 Infantry Divi
sion.
They attend weekly drills and
each summer go to a two week
camp. During this years camp
they had to endure several rainy
days while out in the woods on
bivouac.