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The Caromount News
PUBLISHED EACH MONTH BY AND FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE WILSON AND CAROMOUNT DIVISIONS
VOL. 12, NO. 4
.SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND CO., INC.
APRIL, 1954
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Chairman Schell Will
See Europe At Work
Chairman H. H. Schell has been
invited by the Federation of
European Industries to visit the
industries of Europe along with
a group of other American in
dustrialists.
Mr. Schell will leave from New
V ork by plane for Europe on May
14. After observing European in
dustry at work, the American in
dustrialists will go to Paris for
3 three day conference with Euro
pean industrialists.
There are so many European
countries included in this tour
that the Americans are being di-
'dded into smaller groups and
assigned certain countries. Mr.
Schell said, “I have chosen Aus
tria and Switzerland”.
Mr. Schell stated that this in-
yitation for him to see European
industries came as a result of
the many European industrialists
"ho have visited the Caromount
and Wilson Divisions.
A delegation of about thirty
tour foreign business executives
^nd industrialists, representing
‘ ountries receiving Marshall Plan
®id, observed production at Caro-
iiiount and Wilson in November,
1951. These representatives were
from Ireland, England, Norway,
Switzerland, Austria, The Nether-
ands, France, Italy, Sweden, Ice
land, Denmark and Germany.
Vlr. Schell’s world wide travels
and contaet with industry qualify
irn to observe and to advise for
eign industrialists. As a member
l^f the Research and Industry
Mission in September of 1946,
he toured Sweden, Norway and
enmark studying large indus-
research laboratories and
educational establishments. Mr.
j^^hell attended the International
|,^hor Conferences in Brussells,
. elgium in 1946 and in Geneva
1948, representing the United
• tates Department of Labor. In
^ ^2 Chairman Schell was guest
the German Federal Republic
a month long study-tour of
. e laboratories, new plants and
3bor relations of the Republic
L Berlin. As chairman
cil liif®r-American Coun-
of Commerce and production
^ has attended many meetings
^j^^'oted to the commerce and in-
^^Ry of the western hemisphere.
I Continued on Page Two)
Cockrell Flower Garden Attracts Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cockrell are shown working: in their yard
at 911 Paul Street in Rocky Mount. The Cockrells have leceiveil
many favoiable coininents on the beauty of their yard, wliicli is
now in bloom witli azaleas, camellias, pansies and candy-tuft
especially making a beautiful display. Mr. Cockrell works in tlie
Caromount Engineering Department.
Construction Of New Blumenthal Plant
Beginning At Scotland Neck Site Soon
Sidney Blumenthal and com
pany has purchased approximate
ly 92 acres of land on the left side
of highway 2.58, four miles north
of Scotland Neck at the Roanoke
River bridge and will immediate
ly begin construction of a plant
for the weaving of velvets, it was
jointly announced on April 15 by
Herbert H. Schell of New York
chairman of the board of the com
pany, Robert E. Ashford, chair
man of the Scotland Neck Busi
ness Bureau, and Eric W. Rodg
ers, assistant to the director of the
State Department of Conserva
tion and Development.
Mr. Schell said that the com
pany will commence building ope
rations within 10 days and ex
pects to complete the first unit
of the plant, .30,000 square feet
by July and would shortly there'
after gu into production. Ulti
mately. he said, the plant will be
enlarged to 150,000 square feet
and will give employment to ap
proximately 300 persons with a
weekly payroll of between .$12,000
and .$14,000.
The Scotland Neck site was
picked only after Air. Schell and
his associates had visited nume
rous proposed locations in East
ern North Carolina. Working on
the plans along with him were E.
H. Suessmuth of Rocky Alount,
vice president of the company,
Randolph Sutton, who is in charge
of the company’s weaving opera
tions, and C. H. Laughridge, who
is the company’s chief engineer.
In the later phases of the nego
tiations Kemp D. Battle, attor
ney of Rocky Alount, took part in
the negotiation and is handling
all of the legal matters for the
company.
Mr. Schell said he wanted to
express his appreciation to the va
rious committes which had been
working with him and the mem
bers of his staff during the last sev
eral weeks when several sites were
under consideration. He especially
complimented the Scotland Neck
Committee on the businesslike way
in which they had gathered their
facts and presented them to the
company.
Employees Assist In
High School Career Day
On Friday, March 19, the stu
dents of the graduating class at
Rocky Mount Senior High School
had an opportunity to get first
hand information about 40 dif
ferent occupations when Annual
Career Day was held at the High
School under the sponsorship of
The Student Organization of the
High School and the Rocky
Mount Junior Chamber of Com
merce. The seniors were divided
into small groups according to
their occupational choice and men
and women who are actively en
gaged in these occupations at the
present time discussed the oppor
tunities, advantages and require
ments of their respective occu
pational field.
The following letter has been
received from Leonard Robinson,
Jr., Chairman of Youth Activities
Committee of the Rocky Mount
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
“We have just completed our
Fifth Annual Career Day pro
gram. From all reports, it was
the biggest and best that has ever
been staged at the High School.
This is due entirely to the time
and effort which you, as a dis
cussion leader, devoted in prepar
ing your part of our program.”
This letter was sent to the em
ployees of Caromount who parti
cipated in Career Day. Mrs.
Evelyn Taylor was a Discussion
Leader for the students interest
ed in Secretarial work. Carl
Schilkowsky led a discussion on
math, chemistry and physics and
Clayton Hedgepeth leetured to
students interested in Chemical
Engineering.
Vacation Schedule
The Caromount and Wilson Di
visions will be closed for one
week’s vacation starting Monday,
July 5th, and will reopen Mon
day, July 12th.
This will be a vacation with pay
for all employees who have work
ed for the company at least one
year immediately prior to two
weeks before the time set for va
cation. This is the company’s
established vacation policy.
In addition to the regular pay
check employees receive on July
2nd, they will also receive the va
cation pay check.