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VOL. 12, NO. 3
SIDNEY DLUMEXTHAL AND CO., INC.
MARCH, 1954
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Employees Give More
To Red Cross In 1954
The Wilson and Caromount em
ployees continue to be more gene
rous year by year in making con
tributions to the American Red
Cross. This year they topped the
all-time high reached last year.
In Wilson employees contributed
•SlSS.SO. In Rocky Mount em
ployees reported a total of
'P0I2.45. These figures were con
siderably higher than the record
set last year.
The company contributed $200
to the Rocky Mount Nash Coun
ty Red Cross Chapter making a
total of $712.45 in Rocky Mount.
Cor the Wilson Red Cross Drive
the company contributed $100
making a total of $233.50 as our
part in Wilson.
The solicitations were handled
by Workers from each department.
In the Warping Department
Herman Allen, Rodger Joyner
and Pauline Evans reported
•^16.86.
The Weaving Department first
shift was handled by Willie Clyde
Davis, Reynolds Kennedy, Char
ge Dorsey, Earl Mosley and Medie
.pj^^sey. They collected $55.75.
he second shift weaving was
^^?|^led by B. D. Joyner, H. C.
Williams, W. C. Joyner, Pearly
Horris, Frank Worrell, Marable
Jutlaw and Sam Gurganus. They
^■eported $46.35. The third shift
"caving, which was handled by
Jack Thomas, B. W. Jones, Ray
oodard, Ed Jones, William
I revethan and Garland Rose, gave
S^X50.
This made a total of $157.60
nr the Caromount Weaving De
partment.
In the Raw Goods and Mending
npartment Mrs. Claudie Dough-
Ruth Reid and Tellie Coley
^ lected $25.60 on the first shift,
n the second shift Mrs. Vata
nn Perdue, Mrs. Emma Skin-
I'nr and Miss Zettie Walker col-
totaling $46.35 for
c Raw Goods and Mending De
partment.
In the Engineering Department,
arks Oliver, Floyd Hedgepeth,
ustice Boyd, James Davis and
R- Crawford reported $73.45.
^ n the Receiving Department
-''Ars. Ann Reid collected $10.55.
ohn McAdams received $89.50
the office.
the Dyehouse Mark Dickens
(See Red Cross Page Four)
Caromount Addition Makes Progress
The new building program is
progressing very satisfactorily.
The first portion of this project
which was the storage area is
completed and machinery instal
lation has begun in tbe second
portion. The third area will be
roofed over within the next three
weeks and machinery installations
have also been started in this
section.
In addition to storage of finish
ed goods the new area will be de
voted to additional dyeing and
finishing operations.
The entire building project is
under the supervision of C. H.
Laughridge, our plant engineer,
and he has received the able as
sistance of: Justice Boyd, Frank
Cockrell, Horace Hudson, Floyd
Hedgepeth, Slim Harvell, Kinchen
Joyner, Gene Pernell, Bill Wil
liams, and all the other capable
men in the Maintenance and Re
pair Department.
State Accident Record
North Carolina workers lost: !
90 eyes.
81
arms.
143 hands;
124 legs;
81
feet;
837 fingers
(entire);
238
fingers ( partial );
42 toes.
From these statistics it is read
ily seen that there is a great need
to renew and to strengthen j)ur
industrial safety efforts in 1954.
In xNorth Carolina industries
during 1952-53 there were 97,007
injuries reported and the reports
showed the following: 148 work
ers killed; 58 permanent total dis-
abilitv; 579,125 days lost; $7,-
606,259 cost of compensation and
medical.
The official reports of the 97,-
007 injuries reported give the
following causes of accidents:
Handling Objects 36.6%
Working Machines 13.1%
Hand Tools
Falls of Persons 12.5%
Stepping & striking
objects "-970
Hot substances, Poisons
corrosive
Falling Objects 2.8%
All other causes
“MAKE SAFETY SCORE IN ’54”
Bethune Inspects Plant
W. M. Bethune, inspector for
the N. C. Department of Labor
made his inspection of the Caro
mount and Wilson Divisions on
March 11 and 12. Bethune made
a physical plant inspection and
submitted his recomVnendations
for an improved safety program.
Mr. Bethune was complimentary
of our safety record during the
(See Safety Inspection Page Four)
Employee's Auto Burns
The 1950 Buick automobile
owned by Kinchen Joyner was
completely destroyed by fire on
March 4, 1954. The fire is be
lieved to have started from the
cigarette lighter and rapidly
spread over the entire car. Joy
ner was visiting friends in the
country at the time of the fire
and no fire fighting equipment
was available. Some of the Joy
ner children were in the automo
bile but Kinchen succeeded in
extinguishing flames on their
clothes with no resulting injuries.
Employees Give Hints
For Spring Gardening
With spring in the air, our gar
deners can be seen daily making
ready the soil for early planting.
K. J. Hawkins of the Dyehouse
is one of Caromount’s regular gar
deners and we asked him for some
gardening tips. Mr. Hawkins has
already worked and liherally fer
tilized his strawberries. He states
that strawberries can use a large
amount of fertilizer and there is
little danger in applying too much.
If the ground has not been
broken it should be prepared as
early as possible now. Be care
ful that the ground is not too wet
when preparing. Mr. Hawkins
says that the ground should be
dry enough to crumble and should
not have a slick or watery ap
pearance. Preparation when the
ground is too wet will cause
trouble throughout the year.
Mr. Hawkins says that you can
plant cabbages, beets, carrots,
and lettuce anytime now. For most
crops he would wait until the
ground is warm before planting.
He waits until early in May for
planting butter beans, snaps, to
matoes and peppers and states
that he’ll be harvesting his vege
tables before the early planters
do. Corn should be planted at
intervals from now until July.
Mr. Hawkins also gives the fol
lowing recommendations:
Plant cabbage 12-14 inches
apart. Sow beets, carrots, and let
tuce and thin out later. Use about
five pounds of commercial ferti
lizer to a fifty foot row. Later on
apply a sidedresser to most crops.
Mr. Hawkins thinks a garden
plot 50 by 100 feet will provide
enough for a family of four if it
is properly cultivated.
Kinchen Joyner of the Engi
neering Department is another
successful gardener. Kinchen
started last January and already
has garden peas, onions, and cab
bage growing. He plans to plant
his corn on the full moon in
March and will plant hutter beans,
snap beans, tomatoes, and Irish
potatoes on Good Friday.
For a successful watermelon
and cantaloupe crop Kinchen
plants them on the first morning
in May before sun up.
Both Kinchen and Mr. Hawkins
agree that there is no substitute
for hard work and good cultiva
tion when it comes to gardening.