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CLINTON-LYOIA MILLS VOL. I. NO. 9 OCTOBER. 1952 CLINTON. 8. C. (gMSflF?S VOI- 1. NO Q Think, Study, Then VOTE November 4 This is the last issue of the Clothmaker before November 4, VOTING DAY, rolls around and our last opportunity to remind you again to be sure to vote. Give a lot of thought to the candidates, their background and their abilities, then make up your mind and don't forget to vote. The Red Bear of Communism gets the vote which someone fails to cast. Voting ; ' ? M _ 1* i is cveiyuue s responsiDllliy and failure to vote neglects the one thing we must protect . . . our freedom. As a voter, you are an important person. Make no mistake about it. You make decisions at the polls . . . decisions which can help or hurt the government of Clinton. Laurens county, the state of South Carolina and the entire country. Decisions which can affect the world. And yet, at every election some people have the feeling that voting is unimportant, that "it doesn't make any dif ference whether I vote or not. What difference could my one vote possibly make in the outcome of an election?" That kind of thinking is wrong. We are supposed to have majority rule in this country, but if a majority of the people do not even vote (Cont'd, on Page 4) Group Attends S.C. Play-Day Thirty-five girls from Lydia and Clinton Mills attended the annual South Carolina Recreation Society's Girls Plavdav held at Winnsboro Sept. 117, joining hundreds of girls from other parts of the state for the daylong competition. The events in which the girls participated included dodge ball, volley ball, folk dancing, standing b r o a d jump, basketball throwing, softball, relays and group singing. The group was taken to Winnsboro under the leadership of Mrs. lone Wallace, George Fleming and Chuck Leatherwood. Attending from the Lydia Mill were Jan Harvey, Andrea Jean Dowdle, Joyce Rojof, Miekie O'Shields, Joan Wiglev, Joyce Todd, Peggy Paterson, Janice Davenport, Shelby Alexander, Betty Lou McLendon, Brenda Franklin, Helen Black, Patsy Fuller, Reba Patterson, Ruth Trammed, Elizabeth Frost and Peggy Wigley. Those from the Clinton plant included Dawn Camp(Cont'd. on Page 2) "Clo PUBLISHED FOR EMPL EgSf i THE STATE GIRL'S PLAYDJ girls from throughout the state. 1 in the full day's events under the Fleming. Good Houseke< Place In The N By George M. Huguley Superintendent, (Clinton Cotton Mills) The minute a person sees the words "housekeeping" or "good housekeeping," he immediately thinking of cleaning up a house or just keeping a house clean by day to day cleaning. Women (and men. too) have for centuries judged a person by the way they kept their house, their room and their yard. And there is a lot to that kind of thinking. Good housekeeping is recognized as the outward sign of a good family?they have pride in keeping up what they have, whether little or much. There is no difference in the mill. A person who is not a good housekeeper on the job turns out the same sort of work. The person who throws a bottle on the floor probably threw a matchstick or empty cigarette pack behind the couch before they left home. In both cases thev figure someone else will pick it up sooner or later. It is really just carelessness and thoughtlessness?just like the fellow who won't vote, but he will ho the first one to cuss out the man who wins when ho does something wrong. Why should wo talk about good housekeeping in the mill? First, your own personal safety is involved. A bobbin or quill on the floor, stepped on bv someone, has killed or horribly maimed some who >1 OYEES OF CLIN'i ON-LYDIA ^ %tt^y^^B|| Hp* B | ^ ? ma /vT 4f tM L i i ,T i^r ^v|HB ' Bj I I AA VI ft'/M \.Y held at Winnsboro. S. C. this p "hirty-five girls from Clinton and L' supervision of Chuck Leatherwood, sping Has Just i till As In Your < stepped on it and then fell into the machinery. That hasn't happened here yet, but if floors are not kept clean and .^w.u?j ? ;* u uujcvid paivcu UJJ, ii LUUIU happen at any time. Leatherwood New Athletic Aide r \ m m L * Chuck Leatherwood Charles "Chuck" Leatherwood is the new athletic director at the Clinton Mill having taken over his new duties at the beginning of the school term. Chuck comes to Clinton r..~ tTM O /"* I 1 ii wiii r luiuuve, o. v,. wueit1 lit1 was principal and coach of the Tans Bay High School. He and his wife, Catherine, are living at 406 Calvert Avenue. Mr. Lcatherwood is very much interested in Boy Scout (Cont'd on Page 6) \kEB 1ILLS, CLINTON. S. C. mR |.,W t. W a ast month attracted hundreds of ydia made the trip and took part > Mrs. lone Wallace and George t C F As Important Own Home Why Not ? The second reason for good housekeeping is this: why work without it when you can c have a clean place in which * to work just bv observing a \ lew good housekeeping practices which we all know. These good housekeeping practices probably would tak? a couple of minutes a day? putting a bottle back :n the crate, picking up a bobbin. i quill or heddle from the floor. ' walking a few steps to the cuspidor to spit instead of against a post or in a corner. 1 And all of this is on company s time, and you benefit most. Some may sav we have c sweepers and other clean-up r personnel to do this. Yes, these people have a job to do. * but it's just like at home. Someone sweeps up and that ? CW'POninrt ft r\ o 1/^v?rT C .... ..... t. { while IF you don't follow the I sweeper bv undoing what has been done. The same thing j goes in the mill. ? What does the mill com- < pany do about good housekeeping? We could go into ^ a lot of detail about this but will just boil it down to some of the main points. ( The companv provides cleanup crews, fixes floors with J best quality woods, has safe- i iv commmees 01 employees i who make very thorough ? checks of every inch of the < mill. Then the mill hires a < company of experts who also s inspect and go over the safety committee and accident reports, and make recommen- 1 dations which are carried < (Cont'd, on Page 4) Sec. 34.66, P. L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S. C. Permit No. 59 OCTOBER 15. 1952 iU... i J 1CW UMIMCU Zharity Plan s Developed A Unified Charity Drive /ill take place in both Clinon and Lydia Mills within he next few weeks under a Ian that has proved highly uccessful in many other nills. This drive groups all the olicitations for funds which ake pace throughout the year nto one main campaign, with he money then distributed mong the various charity gencies which formerly nade individual canvasses. T'UJr, ~~ xuid plan Ui 1 eliding mwii^rjr or worthy causes is being >ut into effect at the suggesion of a number of employes from both plants. It is heir thought that everyone vill welcome the opportunity o make one contribution a -ear for charity instead of >eing asked dozens of times is has been the case in the >ast. All of the details of this 'one-drive-a-year plan" have not been worked out completely, but they will be within the next few days and full details will be posted on the bulletin boards and given in the local paper. The town of Clinton is idopting a Community Chest )lan of raising money for haritv which is similar to the Jnited Charity Drive at Clin(Cont'd. on Page 2) Academy School News Of Month The new school term is well inderwav at Academy Street chool with an enrollment of t65. This is about 25 more stulents than any other gramnar school in Clinton, accordng to principal D. S. Templeon. There are 233 girls enrolled ind 232 boys, with the first jrade having 51 boys and 26 jirls. Charles Leatherwood has oined the family of teachers it Academy, the only new teacher at this school. In addiion to teaching. Mr. Leathervood also is athletic director 'or the Clinton Mill and will De in charge of Boy Scout and :ub Scout work. Academy and Providence schools are members of the i - - * r * l li l ; _ magei louioan lt-aguu again his year. Bobby Pearson, last /ear's quarterback on Acaiemv's team is first string quarterback on the high ;chool team this year. Truman Owens coaches the Academy Street Midgets evhile his brother. Sam Owens coaches the Lydia midgets at Providence scnool.