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n The Caromount News PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS VOL. II, NO. 3 SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO., INC. MARCH, 1953 1 e \V!l stf ■Xil' • li ijil' igli [all' mil fn re )atl oil' C. A'ii P' f. 1 ^ epi’ •es: :hP n ) ‘ vai f 1 Tui- I n ' cti* )rii' its f :e(J n ihi’ toi' res iiyi V Kf, M ,00'' P ;e ^ ii' Harper Heads Personnel Group The Eastern Carolina Person nel Association met Friday night, ^larch 7, at the New Orleans Poom of the New Ricks Hotel at h:30 P, M. entertaining the ladies the first Ladies Night given *^y the organization. _ 1 he address of welcome was b^iven by Harry Muir, Borden nig. Co., Goldsboro, president y the Association. After intro duction of guests by Mrs. Hattie Zanders, secretary, Quillen Ward "'as asked to give the invocation, and a delicious steak supper was Served. . John Scott, Program Chairman, Introduced Ray Wilkinson of Ra- Station WCEC, who conduct ed an amusing Radio Quiz Pro- Sfam, the ladies against the men. ladies won and each lady J'^^as presented with a lovely travel- '^g jewelry case. , qJo ^ Election of Officers for p, . held. George Wood, airman of the Nominating Com- inittee presented the slate: Frank Rocky Mount Cord Com- Pany, Treasurer; Mrs. Hattie Zanders, Rocky Mount Mills, Sec- fetary; W. L. Painter, Hart Cot- lon Mills, Tarboro, Vice-Presi- Turn to Page Three Employees Commended S. Baucom, Director of Safe- y for the North Carolina Indus- ^*al Commission at Raleigh, North arolina wrote a letter recently n- .Ueorge Harper, Caromount ivision Safety Director, compli- •iienting the employees of the Car- ty^Sordon their Safe- ®^^*^om stated, “I note with Th^C^ February issue of outstfl News about your recOTd’l"’l prevention the employe*' “I would like to take this on- he nefl * you and helne^f ' who helped bring about such a safety record. We hope that you will be able o continue this fine work and jh be of any service in work^ heational and promotional Pleasf. T accident prevention, yg!, oo not hesitate to call on Thomas Carroll Illustrates His Talk “Stop, Look, And Listen'" Thomas L. Carroll, assistant vice-president. National Cotton Council of .America, is .shown presenting his talk, “Stop, Book and Listen’’ to the Eastern Carolina Safety Council. Using a “flannelgraph’’ to illustrate his talk he brought out many interesting points. In the above picture he show's (1) that a good safety program is based on intere.st, fact finding, and action; (2) that the reasons for a safety program are, humanitarianism, pride, better production and low'er costs; (3) that a good safety program depends on employees, executives and supervisors whose program is coordinated by a Safety Di rector. Radio Series Continues The Americans Speak-Up Se ries will have Rev. Robert 1. Gan non, famous Jesuit Priest, as guest speaker on March 29, at 1:45 P. M. over Radio .Stations WCEC in Rocky Mount and WVOT and WGTM in Wilson. Father Gan non is an accomplished scholar, a great religionist and a fine American. He is president of Fordham Lniversity. His life has been dedicated to the edu cation of America’s youth and he has fought vigorously for the right of every American to secure an education. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Minister of Marble Collegiate Church in New York, is return ing to our broadcasts April 5, to speak on ’‘God Will Not Fail You In Fight For Freedom”. “Looking Ahead At Home And Abroad” will be the subject dis cussed by Henry J. Taylor, noted Economist, Author and Journalist, April 12. April 19, Dr. Charles J. Potter will talk to us on “Who Wants Socialized Coal?” Gene Tunney, heavy weight champion of the world from 1926 to 1928, will talk to us April 26 on ^^Playing The Game Jhe American Way”- Safety Meeting Held The first Quarterly meeting of the Eastern North Carolina Safe ty Council was held Friday night, February 27, 1953 at 7:30 P. M. in the Braswell Graded School Auditorium with about three hundred persons present. J homas L. Carroll, Assistant Vice-President of the National Cotton Council of America, prov ed himself a very out-standing speaker as he developed his sub ject, “Stop, Look and Listen” be fore the enthusiastic gathering. Those attending this meeting from the Caromount Division of Sidney Blumenthal & Co., Inc. were B. C. Joyner, Mrs. Nannie Dickens, 0. B. Solmon, Mrs. Nora Parker, Charles M. John son, Clyde Pridgen, Frank Shel ton, E. L. Pullen and Clyde Evans (Weaving Department); Knox Ellis, Miss Ruby Ezzell, Mrs. Ger trude Rowe, Miss Gladys Smith and Mrs. Tellie Coley of the Mend ing Department; John Salsburg, Roscoe Dawes, J. P. Rowe and Eugene Owens (Finishing Denart- ment) ; Mrs. Ruby Eva^ (Final Examining): Quillen Ward (Per- sonnel l and George Harper, Safe- ty Director. Employees Are Liberal To Red Cross Drive Employees of the Caromount and Wilson Divisions answered the call most generously during the 1953 Red Cross Fund Drive. In both plants the quota was ex ceeded and everyone is to be commended for the fine job which was done. The employees contributed $466.45 at Caromount and $99.00 in Wilson. The Com pany contributed $200.00 to the Caromount Drive and $100.00 to the Wilson campaign. This made a grand total of $666.45 for Caromount and $199.00 for Wilson. The departmental solieitors re sponsible for this good work are listed below with the amounts contributed by each department: Warping—$16.00, collected by Herman Allen. First shift Weaving — $65.80, Miss Johnnie Bell Harris, Mrs. Edith Ezzelle, Mrs. Lina Creek- more, Mrs. Nannie Dickens, Mrs. Mamie Taylor, Charles Johnson, and Linwood Pullen. Second shift Weaving—$59.20, John Gardner, Mrs. Ethel Casey, H. A. Denson, James Skinner, Fred Simmons and Wheeler Modlin. Third shift Weaving—$80.25, William Cook, Frank Shelton, Mrs. Ethelene Boyd, Raymond Eason and James Hollingsworth. Raw Goods and Mending — •$33.70, collected by Miss Susie Peaden, Mrs. Claudie Doughtie, and Mrs. Alma Lancaster. Engineering — $56.35, David Turn to Page Four Eugene Blumenthal 1876.1953 It is witli the deepest regi*et that we announce the iiassing of Mr. Eugene Blumenthal, brother of Mr. Sidney Blumen thal and Secretary of our com pany. We, in the manufactui'ing division, only knew him at far range but on those occasions when we had an opportunity company at of ficial fimctions and btisiness meetings, we were always im pressed with his kindness and quaint humor. His was a life well spent and our company will suffer a distinct loss with his passing. his soul rest in peace.
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