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Page Four
The Caromount News
DECEMBER, 1955
People You Know
Presentation Of Shelton Looms Trophy
Dyehouse Notes
Thanksgriving Visit
John Walker and family visit
ed relatives in New York and New
Jersey over the Thanksgiving holi
days.
Hog Killing Time
John Joyner reports that he
has been helping kill hogs in
his community and enjoying
plenty of good pork.
Holidays at Home
John Mims spent the Thanks
giving holidays at his home in
Greensboro.
William A. Baxley was born
in Marlboro County, South Caro
lina, son of Mattie Brigman and
Willie Preston Baxley. He re
ceived his education in the South
Carolina schools before entering
the U. S. Army. After serving
two years in the Army W. A.
worked for Civil Service for sev
eral years before coming to Rocky
Mount in 1943. He began his
work at Caromount on January
5, 1943 in the Warping Depart
ment, where he has worked con
tinuously to this date.
W. A. is married to the former
Ethel Parker of Nash County
and has one twelve - year - old
daughter, Mazie, They make their
home at 21.5 McDearmond Street
and attend Marvin Methodist
Church.
W. A. spends most of his leisure
time reading. He enjoys any
kind of interesting reading mat
ter and can discuss many subjects
which have become familiar to
him through his favorite pastime.
On Thursday, December 1,
1955, the Shelton Looms Trophy
was presented to the victorious
Rocky Mount High School Foot
ball Jeam by J. E. Taylor, Execu
tive Vice President of Sidney
Blumenthal & Co., Inc.
Shown in the picture, (1 to r),
are Coach Cleet Cleetwood, Macon
P. Miller, Director of Industrial
Relations at Sidney Blumenthal,
and Mr. Taylor.
Tobacco Shovsr Winner
CLOSING SCHEDULE
(Continued from Page One)
Wilson
Yarn Prep and Wcaving will
take inventory on December 27,
28, 29, and 30, and wnll resume
operations on Monday, January
2, 1956, at 10:00 p. m.
The Engineering Department
will work its regular schedules,
observing holidays on December
25 and 26 and January 1 and 2.
As in the case of Caromount per
sonnel needed for Saturday work
in Wilson on December 24 and
December 31 will be notified to
report by Mr. Toy.
Then we will return to resume
the “Battle of Production”.
We still have a long way to go
before that Battle is won, but we
intend to keep on fighting until
we can boast with pride of our
good record for turning out per
fect fabrics.
It is only by increased produc
tion of salable goods that Ameri
can workmen can continue to
maintain their high standard of
living. A perfect piece of goods
means good workmanship. So
we return to the Battle of Pro
duction with a determination to
do the kind of a job of which
we can be justly proud.
Luther Kent Lindsey, pictured
here, was first place winner in
the 1955 Junior Tobacco show.
For this outstanding: feat, Lu
ther Kent was awarded a $100
savings bond and a $25 bond
for being the county-wide
champion for 1955. He is the
son of Mrs. Jeannette Lindsey,
employed in the Caromount
Weaveshed.
Pictured here is Rena Gale
Tedder who will be three years
old in December. Rena Gale is
the daughter of Ralph Tedder,
second shift employee of the
Wilson Division.
SLIGHT INJURIES AND
SERIOUS INJURIES
Foreman Rusty is always on
the job to spot any of the boys
who have small injuries, to make
sure they go down to the plant
hospital promptly, for first aid.
Lefty had been with us less
than ten days when he slipped
from the third rung of a ladder
one morning. He only scraped
his shin.
When Lefty came back from
the plant hospital. Rusty was wait
ing for him out in front of me
and Rusty talked the accident
over with him.
Rusty said, “You know, Lefty,
you might have fractured your
skull instead of scraping your
shin. You were just lucky, that’s
all. I have known guys who had
to be taken to a hospital, and
stay there a long time, as a result
of falling only as far as you did.”
Rusty went on, “I am just as
interested in finding out why you
fell off that ladder as I would be
if you had fractured your skull.
Once an unsafe act has been done,
none of us can tell whether a
slight or a serious injury will re
sult. That part of it is all luck.
“Let’s go over and look at that
ladder setup you were using and
see what we can find wrong with
it.” And off they went.
You can bet that Rusty found
out why Lefty fell off that lad
der. It may have been a bum
ladder and shouldn’t have been
used at all; or maybe it was set
up at the wrong angle; or maybe
another man should have been
holding the ladder; or maybe the
ladder should have been lashed.
It’s a cinch Lefty will know all
about how to use ladders safely
after this. That stuff about luck
being the only difference between
a slight injury and a serious one
is pretty good dope.
A good way to figure it out is
that every injury might have been
fatal. Slight injuries are just as
important as serious injuries.
Both are bad news!