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The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 11, NO. 11
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO., INC.
NOVEMBER, 1953
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Land Of Free Now
On Station WEED
On Sunday, November 8, “Land
of the Free”, the new series of
programs sponsored by the friend
ly employees of the Shelton Looms
was broadeast for the first time
over WEED in Roeky Mount.
Station WEED will continue to
broadcast these programs every
Sunday as well as WCEC and
WFMA in Rocky Mount and
WVOT and WGTM in Wilson,
which have been carrying these
programs throughout the series.
These new broadcasts, dramatizing
the life success of well known
Americans, are heard on these
stations at 1:45 p. m. every Sun
day.
On November 29, Albert
Spaulding, generally referred to
as the “Father of Baseball”, will
be the subject of the “Land of
the Free“ program. The success
story of Ernest W. Marland who
started Ponca City oil boom and
founded Marland Oil Company
will be told on December 6.
On December 13, the subject of
the “Land of the Free” program
will be Marcus Whitman, mis
sionary and pioneer, who secur
ed the Oregon territory for the
United States.
“Christmas Carols” by the
world famous Harding choir of
130 voices will be featured on
December 20. The thrilling story
of a Georgia born explorer, John
Charles Fremont, who mapped the
Oregon trail, will be broadcast
on December 27.
Safety Meeting Planned
A cordial invitation is extend
ed to the public,- members and
friends of the Eastern Carolina
Safety Council to attend that or
ganization’s quarterly meeting to
be held in Rocky Mount, North
Carolina on December 4 at the
B. M. Wilson Junior High School
Auditorium at 7:30 p. m.
This meeting, sponsored by the
Eastern Carolina Safety Council
and Rocky Mount Junior Cham
ber of Commerce in cooperation
with the North Carolina Indus
trial Commission.
Reverend Thomas J. C. Smyth,
Rector of the Church of the Good
Shepherd in Rocky Mount, will
deliver the invocation.
Troy Phelps, Council Chair-
(See Safety Meeting Page Three)
Manager Suessmuth Now Vice President
E. H. Suessmuth was elected
Vice President of .Sidney Blumen-
thal & Co., Inc. by the Board of
Directors November 19 at their
regular monthly meeting.
Mr. Suessmuth joined the Blu-
menthal company at its Shelton,
Conn, plant in July, 1933. His
first assignment was in the De
sign Department. In less than
one year he was transferred to
the Weaving Department. Early
the following year be became
Superintendent of Weaving. In
1936 Mr. Suessmuth was prot,.ot-
ed to be Assistant Manager of
the Shelton Plant. Later, in the
Fall of 1941, he was assigned to
the Rocky Mount Plant as Resi-
i dent Managei. In 1941 the com-
i pany acquiied its Wilson Plant
which was placed iri Mr.
Suessmuth’s charge. Since the
recent sale o) the Shelton Plant,
the Uncasville, Connecticut Divis
ion has been placed n .:.. or Mr.
Suessmuth’s supervision. Mr.
Suessmuth now ■ oi.trols all the
weaving, dyeing and finishing of
the entire company,
Mr. Suessmuth is a resident of
Wilson, N. C. but has been active
in civic affairs in both Wilson
and Rocky Mount. In Wilson his
numerous activities include two
terms as President of the Wilson
Chamber of Commerce, Past Pres
ident of the Community Concert,
Assn., and Deacon of the First
PresbyteT^ian Church. He is a
member ot the Wilson Elk’s Club
and the Whson Country Club.
’^n Rocky Mount in 1952 Mr.
Suessmuth heade..- the American
Red Cross drive for funds and
the Rocky Mount-Nash County
Cnapter as one of the first ten
chapters to reach its assigned
quota. Mr. Suessmuth is a mem
ber of the Rocky Mount Kiwanis
Club, the Benvenue Country Club,
and is also chairman td’ Troop
Comn‘.^itee of Boy Scout Troop
No. 113. He has also served
as Chairman of the National Af
fairs Committee of the Rocky
Mount Chamber of Commerce,
Shelton Looms Trophy
Won By Rocky Mount
The Shelton Looms Trophy was
formally presented by E. H. Suess
muth, Resident Manager of Caro
mount and Wilson Divisions of
Sidney Blurnenthal & Co., Inc. to
the Rocky Mount Senior High
School during ceremonies Friday
morning, November 20, The
Blackbirds earned the trophy for
another year after defeating the
Wilson Cyclones in their annual
football game 34-6,
The trophy, more than four
feet high, was given in 1948 by
Sidney Blurnenthal & Co., Inc.
and is presented to the winner
of the Wilson-Rocky Mount game
each year. The team that wins
the trophy ten times will become
the permanent possessor. The
first two years Wilson had pos
session of the trophy when they
beat Rocky Mount 13-7 in 1948
and 14-6 in 1949. Rocky Mount
took over the trophy in 1950 and
has keep it ever since by virtue
of scores of 33-0 in 1950, 20-6 in
1951, 33-7 in 1952 and 34-6 in
1953.
This year the game was played
in unusual^-weather conditions.
The boys not only put up a good
hard fight against each other, but
withstood the rain, sleet, and snow
as well. Not only was the game
a hard fought one, but a fine ex
ample of teamwork, good sports
manship, and fair play was shown
by both teams.
Ward At Freedom Forum
R, Quillen W’ard attended the
“Freedom Forum — Seminar
XIV”, conducted at Harding Col
lege, Searcy, Arkansas, October
19-23. There were approximately
100 representatives of industry,,
schools and churches from twenty
five different stales present for
this conference for the purpose
of discussing the American way
of life and the importance of pro
tecting and preserving it.
Dr. George Benson, President
of Harding College, gave the key
note address of the Freedom
Forum, emphasizing the follow
ing great assets of the American
way of life: (1) Faith in God;
(2) a representative constitution-
republic in which minority
groups as well as majority groups
(Soe Freedom Forum Fnge Three)