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The CaromoMfit News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO., INC. DECEMBER, 1953
VOL. 11, NO. 12
Vice President’s Message f ^VStorkitigaMmfunglgOIljrCiIljtmnfgMitt;(£arf|Q|i|-istmaS Savings Club
Christmas is at hand and once
again it has been' an eventful
year for me. I sincerely feel
that all of you were responsible,
by your kind cooperation through
the years, in bringing about my
recent appointment as Vice Pres
ident of the company, and I am
humbly grateful to you all.
Progress, in all human affairs,
is measured by the work and
spirit of men and women. That
is true of our business, as , in
deed it is true of all business.
I look back over the year with
quiet pride in what we have been
able to accomplish . . . and rec
ognition to you whose work and
good spirit have aided our prog-
O
ress
I could not let Christmas pass
without these words of apprecia
tion . . . and sincere thanks for
your help in making this business
all that it is.
E. H. SuESSMUTH, Vice President
'S&^esessanm^ri
Shown above is the Christmas display mad>8 by A1 Boyd, Jr.,
son of Justice A. Boyd (Engineering) and Ethelene Boyd (Weav
ing). At constructed this display for a cost of $.65. The candle's
were made from cardboard tubes which had been used as rug
centers. Santa rvas cut from a cai*dboard bo.v. The Boyds live at
218 Earl Street in Rocky Mount.
Four hundred and sixty-one
employees of the Caromount and
Wilson Divisions received Christ
mas Savings checks this year. The
total amount of all checks was
$90,617.50. This plan is offer
ed each year to all employees who
wish to participate, and those who
have been members of the
“Christmas Club” like the idea.
Caromount had 390 employees
I participating with a total of $76,-
248 in savings. The Wilson Di
vision had 71 employees in the
^ club with $14,269.50 paid in.
^ Response to the 1954 Christmas
W Club was very favorable and we
p hope that everyone who joined
§ will be able to continue with their
savings all during the year, in
order to be among the employees
receiving nice checks before
Christmas next year.
Vice President E. H. Suessmuth
has issued the following notice
to employees concerning the
Christmas Bonus: “It is once
again my privilege and pleasure
to announce to all of you that
the company will pay a Christmas
Bonus this year.
Bonus checks will be received
by all employees who have had
continuous service with the com
pany prior to January 1, 1950.
Employees who began their em
ployment after December 31,
1949, ' must have ^fiye years or
more continuous service prior to
December 1st of the year in which ^
the Christmas Bonus is given in p
order to receive it. d
Checks will be distributed ac- W
cording to the schedule posted on m
the bulletin board by the Mill p
Comptroller.” 1
Cbiistnias fflbeosage JFrom flDr. Scbell
The Land Of The Free
The thrilling story of a Georgia
born explorer, John Charles Fre
mont, who mapped the Oregon
trail, will be broadcast on De
cember 27 on the Land Of The
Free radio series. These programs
are broadsast every Sunday at
1:45 p. m. on stations WCEC, W
(See Land Of The Free Page Three'
Christmas will soon be with
us once more and I know we all
look forward to this greatest of
all days.
We have much to be thankful for
this year. Our own immediate op
erations have continued very good,
in spite of the fact that most of the
textile business is poor.
Our entire operating forces in
Rocky Mount and Wilson through
their fine spirit of team wor"k
and efficiency., have kept these
plants so strongly in the competi
tive field that we are able to take
business which many of our less
efficient competitors cannot get.
That is the advantage that we get
from good management and your
fine team work.
During the ■year your Company;
sold its plant in Shelton, Connecti
cut. It was a difficult decision to
make but your Management found
it impossible to continue for
purely economic reasons. The
operations xormerly performed in
Shelton will be transferred to
Wilson and Rocky Mount. The
large building piograms at our
two North Carolina locations are
progrcf.sini ve'Y satisfactorily
and they should be completed
within the next few months. More
machinery will be moved in and
put in place as we go along and
I am in hopes that by July 1st
the greater part of this large
! project will be finished. Of course,
; this will increase our employ-
; ment in these two areas substan
tially.
The war in Korea has stopped
; during the year. Our Govern-
i ment is trying its best ,to conclude
I a peace and while we are not
I meeting with much success in this
( effort, at least the active shooting
has stopped.
c Let us turn our eyes towards
I heaven and thank God for these
(exceptional blessings which He
[has seen fit to send to us during
, me year. Let us also pray to
; Him to show all people the way
: to get along with each other, so
that we all may look forward to
a be-rer life in peace.
It is my hope that everyone of
you, along with your entire fami
ly will have a very Merry Christ
mas and a Happy New Year.
Since'cly yours,
H. H. Chclirm tri.
The Caromount and Wilson
Weave Sheds will be closed at
2:00 p. m. on December 24, 1953
and will reophn at 6:00 a.\m. on
January 4, 1954. ^
§ The Dyeing Department will
^ close at 6:00 a. m. on December
p 24, 1953 and will resume opera-
©tions at 10:00 p. m. on January
I 3, 1954.
% The Finishing Department will
p close at 2:00 p. m. on December
^24, 1953 and will reopen at 2:00
W p. m. on January 4, 1954.
& With the exception of Christ-
^ mas Day, the Shipping Depart-
p me’-t will operate through Decem
ber 3i. 1953 and will then close
for the purpose of taking an in
ventory. Shipping will be resum
ed on Januarv 7, 1954.
CAA Mails Gift Boxe:
Our Servicemen were remem-
bered by the Caromount Athletic
1 Association this year with gift
boxes.
Clayton Hedgepeth, President
^ of CAA, announced that eight
p packages were sent overseas and
^ -ght to camps within the United
States.
Each packag : contained: a fruit
cake, statiomiry, cigaL^ttes, candy
|/baic, a ball point per . .jix packages
Ox razor blades, cnewing gum,
2 stamps and shavice :rea.n.