The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 12, NO 2
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO., IN(\
FEBRUARY, 1954
President Of Turkey Visits Wilson And Rocky Mount
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President Bayar (left) an'ived at Caroinoimt In an open car.
Honorable John F. Slnunons, Clilef of Protocol of the State De
partment, (right) rode with the President in tlie pai-ade. Lt.
Pol. Alpkartal, Aide to tlie President, is shown getting out of the
car. In the background is Sgt. Keiuieth Sutton of the Kocky
Mount City Police Dei>ai*tment, who helped provide security for
tlie Pi-esident during the parade. .Also seen in the background
*h*e news caineranien photographing the President’s arrival at
Camjnount.
During Ms tour of the Caroniount plant, President Bayar
(left) stopped to speak with many of the employees. In the
above photo he is shown shaking hands with Cl.yde EViuis (right)
in the weaving dejiartment, which is typical of his keen interest
in the spirit of American w'orkers and theii* outstanding produc
tion records. Bayar stated that he wanted to see, tallc with mid
be seen by as many Americans as possible while in the Unitel
States
Free X-Rays At Wilson
There will be an X-ray unit at
‘he Wilson Division on Tuesday,
March 9. from 10:00 a. m.-4:00
P- m.
Everyone over 15 years of age
Should get a chest X-ray. It takes
*^hly a minute or twm to be X-
rhyed.
There is no undressing.
• here are no charges.
Every person who is X-rayed
‘^^®*ves a written report by mail.
‘his chest X-ray survey is
h^iade available by the Wilson
ounty Tuberculosis Association,
Wilson County Health De
partment and the N. C. State
Board of Health.
Every employee should take ad-
'^antage of this opportunity.
Rrstl954 SafetyMeet
‘he first meeting of the East-
i^^hrolina Safety Council for
Was held in Rocky Mount
h Iriday, February 26.
J°hes, Safety Chairman,
ochanical Department of the At-
Coast Line Railroad talked
h the “Personal Side of Safety”.
Teachers Tour Plants
At a wind-up dinner meeting
February 23 Chamber of Com
merce and city school officials
termed Rocky Mount’s first Busi
ness - Industry - Education Day a
success.
The dinner meeting at the Ricks
Hotel wound up a day in wffiich
the teachers were given a first
hand view of the operation of
local manufacturing, distributing
and service firms.
As an additional feature of the
day, a panel of business men pre
sented a program for students
at the high school.
Miss Ruby Vause, Mrs. Sue
Bowden and Lee Chapman who
visited Caromount were greeted
by Vice President E. H. Suess-
muth who discussed company his
tory and management problems.
George Harper took them on a
plant tour followed by explana
tion of our production by Howard
Snedeker, Randolph Sutton and
Clayton Hedgepeth.
The program was planned and
directed by the Chamber’s educa
tion committee headed by Quillen
Ward.
Bayar Sees Plant Operations And Talks With Employees
Turkish President Celal Bayar
was enthusiastically w'elcomed by
thousands of school children and
adult citizens as he visited Wil
son and Rocky Mount on Febru
ary 19. Due to his particular in
terest in schools a special route,
decorated with American and
Turkish flags, was designated
taking his official party by the
Woodard Elementary School, and
Charles L. Coon High School in
Wilson, and the Rocky Mount
Senior High School, Braswell and
Wilkinson Elementary Schools in
Rocky Mount.
Our Wilson employees greeted
President Bayar as he passed the
Wilson plant which had been dec
orated with American and Turk
ish flags. Upon arrival at the
Caromount plant, President Bayar
was welcomed by H. H. Schell,
Chairman of the Board; Andre’
Blumenthal, President; and E.
H. Suessmuth, Vice President. All
of the officers and members of the
Board of Directors were here for
welcoming President Bayar.
His party was taken on a tour
of the Caromount plant, this be
ing the first textile plant Bayar
had visited in the United States.
The President’s interpreter, Orhan
Erlap, Director General, was at
Bayar’s beckon call for expla
nations and interpretations.
A luncheon w'as held at the
Caromount Field House for the
members of the official party and
invited guests. In his words of
welcome, Chairman H. H. Schell
stated, “The Directors, the Offi
cers, the Department Managers
and the Production Employees of
the Shelton Looms feel greatly
honored by the presence of your
Excellencies here today. Along
with the citizens of both Wilson
and Rocky Mount they have ask
ed me to express their apprecia
tion of your visit. We hope you
will find your short stay in our
community not only a pleasurable
one but a profiitable one.
Wilson and Rocky Mount are
the two smallest cities which you
have chosen to visit within the
understandable limitations of the
time you are spending in the Unit-
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