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The Caromount
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 11. NO. 1
SIDXEY HEUMENTH.4L AND CO., INC.
JANUARY. 1953
Caromount News Completes Ten Years Of Publication
German Educator Visits Caromount
Miss Ltiise Dcndtler, one of a group of German Educators
^-tudying Nortli Carolina School Systems, recently visited the
( aiomount, Plant while making a 10-day study in Rocky Mount.
Shown les'it to right, are Mijss Millie Moore, Sui>ervisor in
I.’** ^*‘***”*^ Elementary Schools; Miss Dendtler, Manager
and Mrs. T. r. Easterling, President of \. C.
Parents-l’eachers Congress.
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Caromount Division Has Good Safety Year
I he Caromount Division has just completed one of its best years
ot safety. The employees here have worked more than 11/2 million
man hours without suffering a disabling accident. This is a very
me record but the most important factor is that no one has suffered
Th discomfort and loss of pay that goes with an accident,
e Company has not missed the services of skilled operators or
a costly repairs because of accidents.
In fact everyone has been much better off because of our good
safety record.
Employees in every department at Caromount worked without a
ost time accident during the past year. Many departments have
'vorked several years without an accident. Below is shown a de
partmental score which shows the number of months and man
ours each department has worked without a lost time accident.
CAROMOIxp safety score ah of DEC'E.MIJEK ;?1,
Dcpartnumt Moiitlis Alan Hours
Mar ping 102,172
Meaviiio 24 1,084,088
Raw Goods and .Mending 181,000
tmgineeiing 181,002
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finisliing 72:::"'"" 1.80,510
Final Examiniiu
•Hliipping
218,004
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-Assistance In Filing State
. nd Federal Income Tax Re
turns Will Re Given At The
' aronKrunt Personnel Office
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Support The March
Of Dimes
Help Some Child
To Walk Again
Free Insurance Helps
At Wilson and Caromount 241
employees have benefited from
our group insurance plan during
1952, with a total of .$16,438.15
being paid out for insurance
claims. This insurance coverage
is provided by the company free
of cost to the employees.
There were 96 claims for em
ployee hospitalization and 113
claims for hospitalization of de
pendents. For these claims hos
pitalization benefit checks am
ounted to .$9,617.42.
There were .54 claims for surg
ical benefits. A total of .$1,526.-
73 was paid for surgery. Fifty-
nine claims were made for Med
ical Expense Benefits and a total
of $700.00 was received for med
ical payments.
Weekly sickness benefits total
ed $4,094.00 for 82 employees.
There was one death claim in
the amount of .$500.00
The entire cost of this insur
ance plan is paid by the com
pany and during 19.52 the prem
iums for this plan amounted to
$30,828.21.
Anyone having questions about
their insurance coverage should
contact the Personnel Office.
1943 ■ 1953
The Caromount News is ob
serving its tenth Anniversary,
having issued the first copies of
its monthly publication on Jan
uary 15, 1943. At that time it
was known as The Caromount
News for Service Men. Approx
imately 150 copies of this issue
were prepared on the duplicat
ing machine and most of them
were mailed to Caromount and
Wilson employees in the U., S.
Armed Forces.
Very few news items were in
cluded in the first issue for most
of the space was devoted to giv
ing the addresses of the 95 em
ployees then in the service. The
early news items reported on em
ployees in the various branches
of the Armed Forces and relayed
news from the mill to them, keep
ing a close check on changes of
addresses.
First Reporters
Durwood “Dud” Adams, Wal
ter Greenman, Lee Robert Joy
ner, Jimmie Speight, Miss Iris
Stancil (Mrs. George Pridgen),
Randolph Sutton, R. W. Tippett
and Mrs. Julia Thorpe (former
Assistant Purchasing Agent) were
the first reporters for The Caro
mount News in the February,
Turn to Page Three
Troop 113 Celebrates Birthday
.Sliomi here are the Scouts of Troop II3 at their birthday
party: Lett to riglit, tliey are Robby Long, son of Airs. Alice
Long (\V eaving); Ronald King, George Odom, Bobby Smith,
son of Lee Smith (A\ eaving); M illard AAalliams, Randy Sutton,
son ot Randol])]x .Sutton (M’eaving Supt.); Phillip Riley, son of
Gus *Lley (AVeaving); Ronnie Hay, Ronald Smitli, Pliil'lip Rone,
son ot Airs. Etliel Rone (AVeaving l)isi>at(h); and .1. I). Privette.