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In this issue. . . Quality teams 4 & 5 Tribute to Dick Swetenburg 5 Medical costs soar 7 Kuykendall performs... 8 ClothMaker A company publication Clinton Foundation Scholarships and Loans applications available Application forms for the 1991 Clin ton Foundation Scholarships and Loans are available from Mack Par sons, Qinton; Mrs. Shirley Weeks, Elastic Fabrics of America; Russell Vance, Qinton sales; and Bob De- ttmar, Geneva. The Qinton Foundation sponsors a college scholarship and educational loan program for eligible children of Clinton Mills employees. Beginning with the class of 1989, the foundation began awarding up to three college scholarships and 10 in terest free college loans annually. Each of the scholarships awarded is $2,000 annually, not to exceed $8,000 per total scholarship. Each loan has a value of $1,750 annually, not to exceed $7,000. All applicants must submit an ap plication form by April 15 of the year in which application is made. Applications for the Clinton Found- Raleigh receives Alumnus of the Year Award Clinton Mills Sales Company Pres ident Jim Raleigh has been selected by the W. Paul Stillman School of Busi ness Alumni Association at Seton Hall University to receive the distin guished Alumus of the Year Award. In making the announcement. Rev. Thomas R. Peterson, Chancellor, stated that it was an honor for the alumni association to be able to recog nize Raleigh for his career of distin guished professional achievement and leadership; for a demonstrated record of outstanding service in com munity and civic affairs, and for proven commitment to the support and prestige of Seton Hall University. Raleigh earned his Bachelor's De gree in business from Seton Hall in 1950. Over the last forty years, Raleigh ation scholarships and loans are re viewed by an independent grants advisory committee. This committee determines the recipients of the loans and scholarships. Committee members are Rev. Rus sell Dean, Fletcher Pruitt Sr., Henry Simmons, Dr. Ann Stidham and Dr. Carl Wessinger. Qualifying applicants must be a senior in high school and ready to enter college in the fall term of the year in which the scholarship or loan is awarded with the intention of earning a recognized academic degree. The parent of each applicant must have been employed by Clinton Mills for a period of at least two years as of the April 15 filing deadline and em ployed at the time the awards are made. Following is a list of the students who have participated in the educa tional program since its inception: Jim Raleigh has built a successful career in the textile industry with Clinton Mills, Inc. and other major textile firms. Currently, he is a director of Qinton Mills and president of its sales divi sion, Clinton Mills Sales Company. Long an active and loyal alumnus of the university, Raleigh has recently established a scholarship fund desig- >»See Raleigh, page 6 1989 Scholarships Teresa Bagwell Qemson Univ. Timothy Littleton Qemson Univ. Tracy Whitman.... Columbia College 1990 Scholarships Andrea Grant Winthrop College Lamar Parsons.......University of SC Elizabeth Taylor... Huntingdon Col. 1989 Loans Norris Curenton Qemson Univ. Valene Gary University of SC Lisa Haskins Anderson College Willie Jones University of SC George Price Qemson Univ. Norma Smith Greenville Tec 1990 Loans Traci Babb. Francis Marion College Fellisa Carter University of SC Melanie Cowart Enterprise State William Douglas. Anderson College Stephanie Suber University of SC James Vann Enterprise State Joseph L. Gorga Gorga joins Clinton Mills Joseph L. Gorga has joined Clinton Mills as president of Elastic Fabrics of America. Prior to joing EFA, he was asso ciated with Milliken and Company, where he had served as general man ager for the knit, automotive and elastic fabrics business since 1987. While associated with Milliken, he >-See Gorga, page 3 Clinton concerned with quality production Quality has become increasingly critical to "customers' satisfaction." With the Clinton organization, qual ity has become more important in everything we do. Clinton's program, known as Quality First, places an unprecen- dented amount of emphasis on qual ity throughout the organization. Under the company's Quality First program, the company's corporate steering committee provides leader ship, direction and resources to en sure the successful implementation of the Quality First process. The steering commirtee is com prised of G. T. Williams, Jim Oven- den, Steve Warren, Toby Chaffin, Ted Davenport, Harry Sullivan, Josh Hamilton, Claude Crocker and John Cavanagh. Operations, under the direction of Vice President Josh Hamilton, is re sponsible for the development, im plementation, coordination and im plementation of Quality First prog rams and projects. The Human Resources Depart ment, under the direction of Vice President Toby Chaffin, is conduct ing all internal Quality First training and coordinating all external Quality First training. Under the company's Quality First program. Quality First teams have been selected and are working on projects in their respective plants. Clinton Mills wants to be the preferred supplier to the markets it serves. In order to accomplish this goal, employees must be proud of their company and the products pro duced. Clinton produced fabrics must be among the best available in the marketplace. Statistical data will provide impor tant information to enable the com pany to address production and quality concern.