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4 THE CLOT Published by and foi CLINTON and LYI Clinton, South Calvin Cooper Thf? r?iihli?shf?rs nf Thp items of interest from its rea reporters or to the personnel SPRINC It is only natural that Sprir start, for cleaning up our home fresh, new attitude in our mind the year when the dull, drabn aside and the trees, shrubbery, that Spring is here and Summer The news columns of this is and Paint-Up contest which vvil Lydia villages for the next two swing of Spring and see what c and yards. Just a little work an ing a lot of accumulation whicl will make a world of difference in the way we fe 1. Speaking of the way we feel as well by taking on a fresh. ne\ our families and our jobs. Let a you will find that a smile is n friends and associates. SAFETY Everyone at Clinton-Lydia tunity to be professionally mea tory representative will be her want these shoes right now, be later on your correct size will 1 want them. Safety shoes have saved t ployees in every industry. In they are economical as well. Y< time to find a pair of shoes in st wearing qualities as will be fc available. The safety toes are ji extra value. Be sure to have > times comes. A CREED I believe in my job. It ma; is mine. I believe in my fellowman. is not the best country in the am not the kind of man or wor I believe in my home. The) world which fills its place, and home, with a Father who is all-\ I believe in today. It is all of value only as it can make th free. There is no assurance of t< today. * >$?. h u OTT THOMAS PROUDLY SI just bought by Clinton Cotton Mill: since 1925 and has rolled up more miles without an accident. Congra ton bolls on the truck signs are so i light on one of them.) T HMAKER r the employees of 5IA Cotton Mills i Carolina Editor Clothmaker will welcome ders. Turn them in to your office. 5TIME lgtime is the time for a fresh s. our yards and taking on a s. This is a refreshing time of ess of winter months is put birds and weather remind us will not be far behind, sue tell of a Clean-Up, Fix-Up 1 be held in both Clinton and i weeks. Let's all get into the an be done around our houses d freshening up. plus ciiseardi happens during the Winter, in the looks of our homes and I lot's not Snrinn in our minds v outlook towards our friends, smile reflect how you feel and lighty contagious am >ng your SHOES soon will be given the opporsured for safety shoes. A facc and, although you may not > sure to be measured so that be in the files when you may he feet of thousands of emaddition to the safety factor, ou would have to look a long ) many nice looking styles and >und in the safety shoes now ist an extra, but an important /our feet measured when the FOR ALL / be a big or little job. but it I believe in my country. If it tir r*?' 1 rl 1 m ia r? ?? 1 t r Urvnnunn T wui iu, it |;ui iiv 'JLtauot i nan that I should bo. re is no other place in all the I heaven can only be a larger vise and patient and tender, that I can possess. The past is e life of today fuller and more >morrow. 1 want to make j*ood Kf W&gkz -ye 'ANDS by his new tractor-trailer 5. Ott has been driving for Clinton s than three-quarters of a million tulations! (P.S. They say the cotrealistic someone saw a boll weevil HE CLOTHMAKER Greenville, S. C. Dear Editors: I have just received a copy f if viii 11* npw nlnnf notKcnanor ? - .7 ....... v , "The Clothmaker." Congratulations on this fine paper. I am sure this is going to be a wonderful media of establishing an even greater close relationship between everyone at Clinton and Lydia Mills. I was quite impressed with the letter in this issue from Governor Byrnes concerning Lydia's 50th anniversary. The governor is greatly interested in the affairs of the people of this State and I know he is devoting tremendous time and effort to the end of causing this State to enjoy its rightful place, both socially and econnminallo oil nonnln I I v / I | | I V <? I I\ 1U1 uu w 1 lll\. pcv/pit. L. W. Bishop, Pres. Hunt Loom & Machine Works * * * Atlanta, Ga. Dear Sirs: I certainly enjoyed reading the first issue of "The Clothmaker" and want to congratulate you on the paper and the Golden Anniversary of Lydia Cotton Mills. From a small beginning your organization has grown to one of national recognition and your plant is one of the most modern in the state. Frank T. Davis, V.-Pres. First National Bank * * * New York City Dear Sirs: I was very pleased to received Volume 1, Number 1 of the new Clinton-Lvdia newspaper. It an excellent paper and extremely well handled. I am looking forward to future issues of "The Clothmaker." * * * Chicago, 111. Dear Sirs: Let me congratulate you for all of us on your 50th anniversary of operations, and also on the very nice newspaper, "The Clothmaker," which you so kindly sent us. I took my copy home with me last night to read and enjoved every bit of it very much. Leslie Hagenow, V.-Pres. Charles Davis & Co. (A Clinton - Lydia Sales Agency) * ? St. Petersburg, Fla. Dear Sirs: I have just seen a copy of "The Clothmaker" and want to congratulate all concerned for turning out such a fine number. I get to see quite a few similar publications and I can tell you that yours stands up with the best of them. R. E. "Dick" Ferguson Will lie St-nl T.. T?l i e ; i u i iu>sr in niTVirc Clinton and Lydia Mills will be glad to send a copy of each issue of "The Clothmaker" to any former employee now in service. Be sure to send in the com plete service address to the personnel office and we will see that your serviceman keeps up with plant and village happenings each i..onth. \ 5 OLDEST EMPLOYEES AT TH1 with President P. Silas Bailey. Mi as a spinner in 1896. the year the mi today. She has five relatives at Cli guess she was our oldest employee, as a sweeper, then a weaver and r weave rooms. John lives at 205 Bi 505 Academy. Congratulations to fa <io?d 4|ualily 1 ?\i D...... ik \v. "iii u. i P'HI 1 ctL^V 1; ordinarily will buy goods only from the best two or three mills on their list. If they do buy goods from mills making poorer qualities, they demand a discount and pay a lower price. When business is bad our customers feel it is the best policy to buy goods from top quality mills so they will not have to gamble on quality complaints from their customers. You can understand from this that in times like these, good mills are able to continue running and do not have to sell their goods at a price under the market. We have good mills and are making good cloth now. We won't be satisfied, however, and we don't believe you will until our mills are among the best and making cloth second to none. To try to build our riualitv as ViinVi as possible is especially important today. The matter of making good quality cloth certainly is not a one way street. Both the mill company and its employees have special responsibilities; but when we work together on our common problems it never fails to bring about results which are good for everyone involved. In the next two issues of "The Clothmaker," we will tell you about our Quality Control System and what the comoanv is trvine to do in this direction. We will follow this up by pointing out certain things and certain ways in which you can help in a jH Ik H 1st Lt. and Mrs. Charles Galloway are now stationed in Germany, vacationing in Rome. He is the son of the A. G. Galloways. and she is the former Margie Flow. Joanna. APRIL 15. 1952 / ^ ** \ *3 I *\ y v j?S^^ BrW'- a C CLINTON plant are shown here s. Minnie Campbell began work 11 opened, and she it still spinning nton and Lydia, and you'd never John Word started work in 1902 iow is second hand in one of the ailey and Mrs. Campbell lives at >oth of you. lofli - - big way. The management of Clinton and Lydia Mills (and any other mills) certainly does not know all the answers. Far from it. We do know that the experience and suggestions of omnlnvppt: frililrl otn-1 be of much help when they are made available to us. We invite and urge you to give us your views and suggestions toward making better quality goods, or on anything else that will make our mills and villages a better places in which to work and live. (To be continued) A <%c&stovCpl. and Mrs. Bobby Nelson, of Camp Gordon, a daughter. Myrtle Ellen, Feb. 25. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Dunaway, Clinton, a daughter. Hilda LeJune, March 24. Mr. and Mrs. George McGinnis. a daughter, Deborah Georgette, March 13. Mrs. McGinnis is the former Irma Brown of Clinton. The Jasper McGinnis' are the proud grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Motes, Clinton, a son, James Paul, March 30. Mrs. Motes is the former Miss Nellie Gray King. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Cagle, Clinton, a son, Joseph David, March 22. Mr. and Mrs. Chest lev King, Lvdia, a daughter, Yvette Jennene, March 12. Mrs. King is the former Frances Fuller. EVERETTE A. GWINN is stationed at Whiting Field, Milton, Fla. He is the son of the Carroll Gwinns at Lydia, and just had his 20th birthday.