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CLINTON-LYDIA MILLS VOL. 2. NO. 10 NOVEMBER. 1953 Clinton, 8. C. (BBJBSINDS! VOL. 2. NO. 10 Safety Contest Lead Is liy Lydia Mill %/ The Clinton-Lydia drive to reacn i,uuu,uuu accident-tree man hours in each mill a month-and-a-half old now ' having officially started October 1. Lvdia Cotton Mills captured the lead during the past j month in the Clinton-Lydia drive to reach 1,000,000 accident-free man-hours. Although Lvdia had a lost- ] time accident the day after the drive started on October 1. employees there have been extra safety conscious ever since, rolling up a total of 101.683 man-hours when this issue of the paper went to press. J The Clinton plant had a < better start in the contest, but unfortunately an accident i rv.i.i on i uttureu uciuoL'r zo, oring them back to zero again. As ' of our press date, Clinton Mills had worked 44,044 man- j hours without an accident. Those total means that Lydia is one-tenth of the way to the goal when all employees will have a big ! barbecue, and Clinton is about one-twentieth. We hope (Cont'd, on Paee 21 i Unusual Coffin On Display At j Clinton-Lydia Yes, there's a large coffin on display at Clinton Cotton Mills, being moved from department to department, and it soon will be taken to Lydia Mills so that employees there can inspect it. Exeont for snmp whito paint and signs on it, this coffin is just like most coffins. It's about six feet long and there's plenty of room inside. And it contains the "last remains" of some very important things to all of us?broken quills, broken shuttles, broken gears, a splintered picker stick, some soiled cloth that could not be sold, and a lot of other things from our mills that add up to that horrid word WASTE! Each part is labeled with its cost so that you will know exactly what these broken and wasted parts and soiled cloth amount to in money. (Cont'd, on Page 4) CLo PUBLISHED FOR EMPLOY 37t, r h Ttt THIS LARGE "THANK YOU" expressing appreciation to every sii the United Charities Drive. The Lyd >f this type. Moose Lodge Many Employ More than 150 citizens of 1 Clinton, including a great ( many from Clinton and Lvdia > Mills, became members of 1 Clinton Lodge No. 739, Loyal 1 Order of Moose, this past month. i The lodge immediately an- 1 nounced plans to double its membership by December 15th when Supreme Cover- < nor wmiard uampbeii ot the Loyal Order of Moose will be present. The huge class will be in testimonial to P. S. Bailey, who was also created ' a past governor of the lodge at the ceremonies. Members of the lodge and their ladies will hold a giant testimonial * * 1 - r i uctni]uci in nonor 01 ivir. Bailey Dec. 16. Complete ' plans for the ceremonials in December will be announced within a few weeks. Delegations from 14 surrounding lodges were present for the ceremonies Sunday. Among Moose notables present were Regional Director Ray, Deputy Supreme Secretary Milt Hanson of Washington, D. C., Membership Director E. V. Ford of Charleston, Membership Director W. R. Kerr of Spartanburg, and Membership Director Joe 13. Jones of Columbia. Also present was Deputy Supreme Governor King Dixon of Laurens who installed officers, governors and secretaries from several lodges. Vice President Earl Sineath of the Carolina Moose Association, District President THM {EES OF CLINTON-LYDIA A ISIK V spin Mmst fOR A 100% i SIGN was erected at the ma lgle employee in the mill for t ia Mill is the first mill in this < Formed In ( ees Charter Dr. George Zusspann of the Carolina Moose Association, .vhile there were members :rom North Carolina, West Virginia, Georgia and Florida. The following officers were nstalled: past governor, P. S. Bailey; governor. Marcelle Savings Accounts For Christmas Prove Popular Hundreds of Clinton-Lvdia employees will receive an ?xtra check Nov. 27 with the total amounting to more than 5100.000. These are employees who are members of the Christmas Savings Club and who have various amounts saved from their checks each week, receiving the total about the first of December each year. This plan is made available through the Payroll Department at both Clinton and Lydia, and any amount may be deducted and saved weekly. New members may join the club between now and December 1 simply bv notifying the paymaster at their mill. Collections from old members will be continued on the same basis as for the past year unless a different authorization is turned in. The Christmas savings plan not only provides extra cash (Cont'd, on Page 7) fall MILLS. CLINTON. S. C. 'OUl ST ii ? 111 IB fin ^ HHr ,?^8i in gate at Lydia Cotton Mills heir 100 per cent participation in irea to go 100 per cent in a drive Ilinton; Members Barker; junior governor. Herbert Hughes; prelate, James H. Cox; secretary, Clinton H. Thomason; treasurer, Kay Mills; trustees: Robert M. Vance, Joe P. Terry, and B. H. Allen; sergeant at arms, Truman Owens; inner guard, Joe Holland; and outer guard, I.onnip R Tinclnv The lodge voted to incorporate under the laws of South Carolina, to become members of the Carolina Moose Association to apply for a permit for Social quarters, and to hold its meetings on the first, second and fourth Tuesdays at 8 p. m. and the third Sunday at 2:30 p. m. in order not to conflict with church activities. Those who made application for membership and were not present may attend the meeting Tuesday and will be processed then, according to announcement of the governor. * * * JOIN LEGION OF MOOSE Four officers of Clinton Lodge No. 739, Loyal Order of Moose, were initiated into the Legion of Moose at Lancaster November 1. Members taking this step were Marcell Barker, local governor; Joe P. Terry, trustee; Truman Owens, sergeant at arms and Lonnie Tinsley. inner guard. Anyone interested in joining the Moose may contact Mr. Barker or any member of the lodge. Books will be held open for charter members for several more days. U. S. POSTAGE Sec. 34.66, P. L. A R PAID Clinton, S. C. Permit No. 59 NOVEMBER 15. 1953 Unified Charity Drive Success At Both Mills The Second Annual ClintonLydia Unified Charity Chest was successfully completed early this month with the Lvdia plant setting a new record for textile mills in this area through 100 per cent participation. The Clinton plant finished their drive with an 83.68 per cent participation. Both mills showed an increase in employee participation over last year's first annual drive and there was much competition between departments and shifts as the drive progressed. Coorperation was excellent throughout the plants on the part of everyone. Superintendents J. Roberts, at Lydia. and George Huguley, at Clinton, expressed their deep appreciation for the generous spirit with which employees responded to the solicitation of funds to support charitable, health and character building organizations in this community and elsewhere. Just as was the case last (Cont'd, on Page 4) Cloth Tickets Tried Out By Clinton Cottons Clinton-Cottons, Inc., the New York selling agency of Clinton and Lvdia Cotton Mills and always alert to various means of selling our production and stressing the high quality of ClintonLydia cloth, for several months has been engaged in a small scale sales test. The plan involves the use of two trade names, "Lvdia Bailey," and "Lady Lydia," which are reproduced on a large sticker, together with an appropriate drawing of an narlv 90tVi pnntnrxr QnnfKnm vui my MV/vii vv ? i w va i y kjv/u viiv.1 ll lady before an old plantation house. These stickers which are placed on bolts of cloth are called "tickets" in the selling trade and perhaps many of you have seen branded cloth in stores with these "tickets" on the bolts of cloth. The Lydia Bailey Fabrics ticket is printed in a bright green color, and the Lady Lydia ticket in bright (Cont'd, on Page 3)