Page Four
The Caromount A'ews
APRIL, 195J ^
People You Know
James L. Jenkins of the Caro-
mount Shipping Department be
gan his work there in December,
1945. Jim, who is 56 years of
age, was born and reared in Nash
(^ounty and worked on the farm
befoie beginning his work at
Carcmiount.
In 1918 he was married to the
former Miss Sally Rose of Nash
County. They have four chil
dren. Ja nes Edward of Baltimore,
Md., Lillian of Newport News,
\ a., William Henry of the Rocky
Mount Police Department for the
past eight years and Joyce who
is employed in Rocky Mount as a
beauty operator and lives at
home.
The Jenkins have six grandchil
dren.
Jim, who stands six feet and
six inches tall, will be remember
ed for his performance in the
Caromount Variety and Minis-
trel Show where he teamed up
with “Shorty” Hamrick of the
storeroom for the act, “The Long
and Short of It ’. Jim presented
quite a picture with a special
built top hat which added some
two feet to his already six and
one half feet of height.
Naturally one with this height
couldn’t get by without plaving
some basketball and Jim did his
playing for the Nashville School.
Jim has a small garden which
he tends. He states that he used
to hunt and fish but does not do
much now. As a child he could
be found fishing up and down
Stoney Creek and Pig Basket
Creek.
Cancer Strikes One In Five
— Strike Back —
Give Today To The
American Cancer Drive
Xray For Cancer Patients Wilson Division News
0. B. Solmon, member of the
Scottish Rite Masonic Lodge in
New Bern, has been advised that
his organi;i.ation has voted to
purchase a General Electric X-Ray
Therapy machine for treatment of
patients with cancer. The ma
chine will be placed in Kafer
jVIemorial Hospital, New Bern,
and will be made available to all
patients suffering from cancer re
gardless of race, creed or color.
The New Bern Scottish Rite
Bodies feel that this machine will
be of inestimable benefit to many
sufferers of the dread disease and
are anxious that the information
concerning the availability of this
machine be spread throughout
every community in Eastern North
Carolina.
Jame.s Jjeslie Thompson, Jr.
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
(I*ete) Thompson of the Wilson
Division. He will graduate fioin
f'haiies L. Coon High Hehool
tliis spring. James was very
active in football, basketball
and baseball throughout his
high school career.
Plant Housekeeping
Housekeeping is involved in
every phase of plant operations.
Good Housekeeping brings bene
fits in better production, sanita
tion, health, control of accident
and fire hazards, and employee
morale as well as an improved
appearance.
The housekeeping program in
cludes the entire plant area, in
doors and out.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Langley had
as their guests recently Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Langley and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Rhew^ had
as their guests recently Mrs.
Rhew’s sister and twm children
and Clyde Gentry, Jr., of Rox-
boro.
Mrs. Charlie Ward is a patient
at Woodard-Herring Hospital and
is able to receive visitors. We
hope her a speedy recovery.
J. P. Stallings’ brother, Edward,
from Camp Butner, visited him
and his family for a few- days re
cently.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Bob)
Godwdn have been attending the
Oral Roberts meeting in Rocky
Mount. Mr. Godwin, assistant min-
j ister of the Vick’s Chapel Pente-
! costal Holiness Church, wms an
usher at the tent meeting.
Mrs. Nona Rucker entertained
her daughter, Carolyn, in honor
of her twelfth birthday on April
9. Carolyn received many nice
gifts and attractive refreshments
w'ere served to the following
guests: Betsy Brannon, Dotty
Glover, Pat Overman, Mariana
Davis, Ann Hardison, Emily
Hardison, Joanie Faustini, Vlolly
Rucker, Lorraine Rucker, Jean
Swain, Charles Davis, Whittie
Bass and Claude Thompson.
We wdsh to welcome Harvey
Benoit who has begun work at
the Wilson plant. Mr. Benoit w'as
originally from Shelton, Connecti
cut, and we hope he will be able
to have his family join him in
Wilson very soon.
Maintaining order and clean
liness is the combined responsi
bility of management, supervision,
and workers. The best program
cannot succeed without the sup
port of everyone.
Good Housekeeping means
keep It clean and keep it orderly.
Shown above is Connie Lou
ise Jones, (laughter of 3Irs.
Doris Jones of the Wilson Di
vision. Connie is seven years
old and attends Lee Woodard
School in Black Creek. In tliis
picture she is all dressed up in
the dress she will wear when
she is presented in a music re
cital by Mrs. Krtnl Lingbergers
piano class.
-Miss Jean Stith, daughter of
-Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Stith of
the Wilson Division will grad*,
iiate from Charles L. Coon Higl>
Scliool in June. Jean has been
active in sports, dramatics and
lias also played in the band
dui'ing tier high school cartHu*. '
dirt
plan
uioii;
Hess I
i
Inc.;
dent
In
for th(
pig in
. ’ H.
full o
Miss Gwendolyn Marie Chei'ScotC
ry, daughter of .Mr. and Mr.ni,„
C. T. Cheny, will gradual'
fiom Charles L. Coon HigiPiony
School in June. She served P
dean’s assistant, office assistaiit-fQj, i
on the prom committee, aii4
was a member of the Boostei'^Ors
C lub. Ciwendolyn’s mother, Mr'^ns Si
Mary H. Cherry was employc4eau
at the Wilson Division. UIuitip
th
atl
Whitehurst Holds
earll
Julian Whitehurst, employed • May,
the Shipping Department, wfdeligjjj.
nominated and elected to the chafte cei
of Esteemed Leading Knight, s^'Schell
ond highest office in the RoclI^resicj’
Mount Elks Lodge. C- R
Election to this office is by t^^ot {qj,
uanimous vote of the entire Lodg'^- Cffi
Whitehurst has held the office ‘T. Gre
Tiler until his recent election ‘fax (;;
the higher office. ®i^pres
Mr. Whitehurst, along with
other new' officers, was instalkf^ouipg
at a special meeting held at
Elk Home on April 6, with vigifi- Bu
ing Elks assisting with the insP^fter t
lation.