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CLINTON-LYDIA MILLS VOL. 2. NO. I FEBRUARY. 1953 CLINTON. S. C. (husotcbk VOL. 2. NO. 1 The Clothmaker Observing Its First Birthday This issue of The Clothmaker marks its first anniversary. Exactly a year ago this month the Clinton-Lydia "News" was delivered to each of you and a month later, following a contest, you named the newspaper "The Clothmaker." In these twelve issues we have tned to bring you interesting features of life and work in the mills, of happenings in both villages as well as personal events of interest. No one person is responsible for the successful growth of The Clothmaker. It has. instead. been the result of cooperative effort on the part of many people. The greatest reason for its success has been the unselfish and untiring work of our many reporters within the departments at both Clinton and Lvdia Mills. These men and women have made it their business each month to collect the items of interest from our many employees, reporting it quickly and accurately by the deadline each month. The news collected by them has ranged from humorous happenings in the villages and in the mills to illnesses, births, marriages and deaths. We wish to take this opportunity to thank each (Cont'd, on Page 2) Lydia Community Cg Reports of Numerou The Lydia Community Council met this month at the Community Center with its president, Miss Mary Johnson presiding. The devotional was lead bv George Fleming, with Miss Margar?t Blakely leading in prayer. The following reports were made: Mrs. R. E. Whitmire, representing the Woman's Club, told of the club sponsoring the organization of Camp Fire Girls, purchasing the curtain for the auditorium of Providence School, of carrying out their project of exterior beautification by planting Blaze roses on the fence around the mill, and selecting a "Who's Who" in club work, this being Miss Margaret Rlakplv nrinrinnl Vir> T3r-/\ vidence School. The club, in cooperation with the teachers, held a successful Halloween Carnival. Walter Nodine, representing the Men's Club, reported that the clu,b sponsored Boy Scout work, in cooperation *Cl*i PUBLISHED FOR EMPL Wr i ^ i THIS ISSUE MARKS THE F your newspaper had a birthday < Mildred Kinard, reporter from No Spinning and Spooling at Lydia N all reporters in both mills. tuncil Gives s Activities ",;th the Woman's Club enter t o I r> rv/-J K /-? 1. - ? -1 ? ? ? laiucu 111 ?r SCVL'IUII with a reception, served soft drinks to the children at the Fourth of July celebration, served a Ladies Nii*ht dinner and sponsored a quartet which fjave an evening of music for the Club's education project. Thev also sent a group of Scouts to the Boy Scout Camp at Old Indian. Mrs. David Word, president of the Kindergarten Mother's Club, told of the club's work in selecting a Kindergarten Queen. Tonia Harvey; o f sponsoring the Christmas party and other parties during the year. Mrs. Helen Shumate /Uri D;uJ~. i\*iw \*i mi; un uumv jitii ur> the mothers gave for each child whose birthday came during the Kindergarten year. Miss Clyde Smith and Mrs. David Word told of the nine crafts studied in the Hobby Club. These being: Tooling of metals, Etching of crystal and metals. Costume Jewel(Cont'd. on Page 2) li OYEES OF CLINTON-LYDIA M r 1 . I r 'M ^ ! H r ; : * II i i. J r Ht^ ^ IRST ANNIVERSARY of The Clottj :ake. L-alvin Uooper, editor, is show . 1 Weaving at Clinton Mills, and M fills, look on. Slices of two cakes lil Boy Scout Week Is Observed Here | Bov Scout Week, February fi to 13, was an important one for Boy Scouts. Cub Scouts and Explorers at both Clin- ( .,.,,1 1 Vf: 11~ ...:?u - IV'I 1 illlll Li\ HI ct 1V11I1S Willi tl number of interesting events carried out during the week. A highlight of the week was a district-wide banquet held at Presbyterian College ' February 6 attended bv the entire Scout "family" of this ( area along with their leaders and many of their parents. An interesting program was presented by the Scouts attending. ' m*. m Long Service Kecord James Cauble, of the Lydia Cotton Mills Weaving department. observed the anniversary of his 27th year with the ' Lydia Mills on January 14. We congratulate Mr. Cauble on this long period of faithful service and extend him our ' best wishes for many more years of happy work with us. ILLS. CLINTON. S. C. i ^ % mt im imaker, and like all youngsters, 'n cutting the first slice while (ary Ellison, reporter from First ce the one above were given to Humorous But \ U. S. Income To (Editor's Note: There is not much humor in figuring and paging income ta.ves, but you may want to test yourself with this tax quiz. It is based on material supplied by the American Institute of ,4o eountants which claims that ^ 1 l - - - .. ininougn la.ves are a serious subject, sometimes a light approach helps people learn more about how they may save money with Uncle Sam's blessings. The material has been revised to fit local conditions.) 1. Is Your Mother-inlaw Worth $600? Your mother-in-law moved ~. T 1 inco hi ? an \ uu tiiinudi v i, i She is dependent on you for everything except conversation. However, she has a small pension of $599 a year which she keeps for herself. Can vou list her as dependent on your tax return? Answer. It all depends. If the $599 pension is all the Sec. 34.66, P. L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S. C. Permit No. 59 FEBRUARY 16. 1953 Dutch Designers To Explain Work At Both Plants Monday and Tuesday, February 23-24. the Hobby Clubs of the Lydia and Clinton Cotton Mills will sponsor a demonstration on the arts of needlecraft. This will be in charge of Mrs. Nellie Poster and Mrs. Hermine Baarslag. Both Mrs. Poster and hci mother, Mrs. Baarslag, are Dutch, having come to America a few years ago. Mrs. Poster was educated and studied designing in Paris, France. For several vears she has de ? signed needlework for McCall's magazine. She is an expert on knitting and crocheting. They will have on display many articles, such as hats, bags, sweaters, stoles and jackets. Also designs for children. On Monday afternoon the first display will be at the Clinton Community Center, Monday night at the Lydia Community Center and Tuesday morning at Clinton Community Center. All interested persons at both mills and the town of Clinton are invited. You may come and just look, or you may s^'wi the article you wish to make and the instructors will begin the stitches for you. All materials will Kta nn VianH for vnnr <;F?le?rtinn Come prepared to start work on the article of your choice. Helpful ix Helps income she has, and you spent more than that in tak _ - . f 1. A 1 _1_ _ *_ _ ing care 01 ner, men sne is a dependent. That means she is a $600 exemption on your return. The rule about dependents is simple. You may take a $600 dependency exemption for anyone closely related to you bv blood or marriage, provided that you contributed MORE than half his upkeep and his total taxable income is LESS than $600 for the year. Any dependency exemptions, of course, are in addition to the personal exemption of $600 you take for yourself. 2. Sawing a Married Couple in Half % 111 1 /\unougn you married your wife because you thought she had a legacy, it turns out that she has no income of her own. In fact, because she spends most of your paycheck, she (Cont'd, on Page 5)