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CLINTON-LYOIA MILLS VOL. 2. NO. 12 MARCH. 1953 CLINTON. S. C. (gSMM vni o mo o Safety Is More Than A Motto At Clinton Spinning By JOE CAUGHMAN Second Hand Clinton No. 1 Spinning In the Spinning Department we hear a lot about safety. Why? Because we know that safety is not only a time saving, money saving matter, but also a very personal and serious matter. First, an accident to an employee is a costly matter to the comanv for which we work, in time off the job and the cost in doctors and moHipino Second, an accident to an employee is very painful and I causes considerable suffering, * and is a loss to himself and j to his family. With this in mind we feel j that everyone should be safe- | ty conscious, not only at work, but off the job as well. , Sure we all know about < safety, but just how much do we know, and what can we do about it? We must have a plan, a workable plan, with the employees and Company's i interest at heart, and a desire to do the job as well as our ability may direct us. We must know our employees well to know how to get ; across to them the fact that (Cont'd, on Page 6) Mayor Proclaims Campfire Week Mayor Joe Terry, one of i our employees at Clinton < Cotton Mills, has issued the < following official proclama- j tion of interest to parents and ; children of both mills: < WHEREAS, we believe that < the welfare of the home and community are inseparable ] and recognize our continued share of responsibility for children whoever and whereever thev are: WHEREAS, we realize that our girls of Campfire age to- ; day are our parents and civic leaders of tomorrow and be- | lieve that camping and communing with nature in the out-of-doors is where our young girls can learn of the Greatness of God through nature; WHEREAS, we believe that the truest measure of the value of religion, science, art, education, commerce, government, and social life is indicated bv the character and training of children; (Cont'd, on Page 7) *CLo PUBLISHED FOR EMPLO M ? . . 1 Tjf, V ^ | f ^ ! ^1 PT?^ ZTCWVJI LARGE CROWDS ATTENDED 1 Clinton and Lydia Community Hou renter of the photograph made at t) Needlework Exp Before Large Crc More than 300 Clinton and Lvdia women met February > ) O A vr~n:_ i<j c? 11 vi ^,-x wiiu ivii^. i^trinu Poster and Mrs. Hermine Baarslag, two oustanding instructors in needlecraft brought to the two mill community centers by Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills. The two needlework experts displayed hundreds of unusual articles they had designed and made, and then assisted all who attended in beginning a needlework project Several men also visited the displays and were so interested that they have joined their women friends in starting the hobby of needlework. Mrs. Poster, who is widely known for hot* talont in thi^ field through her contributions to leading magazines as McCall's and Woman's Day and a Scripps-Howard paper, was born in America of Dutch parents. Even as early as six years old. Mrs. Poster showed an unusual interest in such handcraft by learning to knit and crochet under the instruction of her mother. Mrs. Baarslag. Just out of grammar school, she was able to design her own sweaters and at 17 entered Parsons in New York citv. a school of fine and ao plied arts. Later she studied one year in Paris at Lane school. Upon returning to America. YEES OF CLINTON-LYDIA ] ' , 'V 'HE TWO-DAY needlecraft sessions set by Mrs. Hermine Baarslag an le Lydia club house. erts Demonstral >wds At Both CI she worked as a comparison shopper and continued her studies at night at Traphager in New York. Following her marriage in 1940. her interest centered again on needlecraft designing and it was then she contributed to the magazines and papers. About two years ago she moved to Myrtle Beach, where she opened her Clean-Up, Fix-UP Contest Is On It is Clean-Up. Fix-Up time again at both the Clinton and Lvdia Villages now that the rains have stopped (we hope) And once again we have some cash prizes to the three top winners in both villages, so get you a couple of packets of flower seeds and see how you can brighten the home place up and perhaps win a little cash while you are doing it. The contest will run from March 15 to April 1 and a panel of judges not connect ed with the mills will decide the prize winners. First prize in each village is $15. second prize is $10 and third prize. $5. or a total of $60 in prizes. Prize winners last year at (Cont'd, on Page 5) fofR niLAiti MILLS. CLINTON. S. C. ? y X ^ ^ A % A [ conducted here last month at both d Mrs. Nellie Poster, shown in the he Their Art linton-Lydia present varn shop with her mother. Mrs. Baarslag. All ladies, anywhere in the city, interested in needlecraft were invited to attend any or all of the sessions to take advantage of this rare opportunity of receiving personal instruction from such welltrained and widely-known wnrkorc in thp rraftc Both community buildings were attractively decorated through the cooperation of the Clinton Garden Clubs and women in the two villages. Lydia Kindergarten Gives School Program The lone Wallace Kindergarten at Lydia presented their annual program before the school late last month. Johnny Lanford conducted the devotional. A plav, "The Happy Family," was presented by the following: Sue Word, mother; J. W. Davis, father; Claude Grady, little boy; Tonita Harvey, little girl; Laura Smith, the cat; Harvey Shumate, the dog and Peggv Gradv. the canarv. Elizabeth Harbin, Beverly Poole and J. W. Davis presented a rhythm band trio Claude Grady, Roger Puckett, J. W. Davis and Donald Osborne sang. Sec 34.66, P. L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S. C. Permit No. 59 MARCH 16. 1953 Good Housekeeping Pays Dividends In Clinton Dept. By ROY HOLTZCLAW Overseer ONE of the major problems in the spinning room is that of cleanliness. We are very frank to state that so far as we know this problem has never beer solved satisfactorily. Let us look for a moment at what is happening in the spinning room. A strand of apparently smooth roving contains many short fibers. In the average spinning room many thousands of the strands of roving will pass between rapidly revolving rolls, here losing many of the short fibers in the form of clearer waste and fly, then through the thread guides and through the travelers and on to the bobbin in the form of yarn. The travelers, actuated by various forces originating from the spindles revolve around the ring, on which they are mounted, at a high rate of speed, thus tending to strip the short fibers from the strand of yarn passing through them and throwing the short fibers off into the air in the form of fly. Con sequently this fly, which is being thrown from the thousands of individual spindles by centrifugar force, is constantly settling on everything in the room. Some of this fly settles on the roving into the rolls, and while some of it may be again thrown off, naturally some will pass on into the yarn. The fly will ac(Cont'd. on Page 6) I ?I! Lyuiu vvumuiid Club Has Meet The Lvdia Woman's Club met February 26 with Mrs. R. E. Whitmire, vice president, presiding and giving the devotionals. Lydia "sisters" were selected for the year. Remembrances are sent by members to other members throughout the year, with each "sister" remaining anonymous until the Christmas party. Miss Clyde Smith was in charge of the program which was a film presentation on flower arrangements furnished by the Coca-Cola Company. Hostesses were Mrs. Ralph Harbin, Mrs. Harold Blackstock, Mrs. Jim Bailey and Mrs. Harold Hairston.