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4 THE CLOTI Published by and for CLINTON and LYD Clinton, South Calvin Cooper The publishers of The ( items of interest from its read reporters or to the personnel < A JOB WEL The Second Annual Clinton-] drive is a thing of the past now bi certainly deserve a shake of the for a job well done. It was quite evident during Lydia employees put thoughts of they generously reached into th< and contributed to the many wo by the Greater Clinton Comm Unified Charities are a part. We especially congratulate Lydia for making their mill 100 partments at Clinton who also \ These funds will mean a gr of people. On behalf of them, w generosity." ACCIDENTS DON'T By CALVIN < Safety Di: A lot of people think accidi are due simply to "bad luck." escapes injury, he feels he was 1 Of course most ideas like thi stitions?such as the black cats cr of misfortune, or that horseshoes good luck. Actually, statistics gathered 1 of every 100 accidents are avoi conclusion that we, as individua making safety a way of life. To a safe working habits and practice minute. We at Clinton and Lydia Mi communities with good safety r< cidents can be controlled. The quency rate is lower than the te the average for all industry in t thing has been done about acci prevented. Countless examples can be prevented because the individus habits such as: 1. Wearing goggles when u 2. By never leaving tools c head where they might fall on sc 3. By stopping machinery adjusting unless specifically insl visors. 4. By wiping up oil, grease 5. By picking up quills or the floor. These are just a few. Then we all know. Accidents are nev never expected. But nearly all a< of them can be avoided. Accider work and cooperation from all 1 adopt this attitude, that acciden making safety our way of life, 1 step in the prevention of both o cidents and injuries. Unusual Coffin . . . (Cont'd, from Page 1) These, plus a lot of others ^ that could not even fit into this man-sized coffin, add to our expense of manufacture, jj and thus to the final cost of goods. And our customers don't like to and won't pay j for this waste. Be sure to see "The Coffin" " when it is placed near your department. You can't miss e it. t T HMAKER the employees of >IA Cotton Mills Carolina .. Editor ^lothmaker will welcome ers. Turn them in to your Dffice. I L DONE Lydia Unified Charity Chest it all participating employees hand and a pat on the back the drive that Clinton and others before themselves as ?ir pockets and pocketbooks rthwhile agencies supported unity Chest, of which our every single employee at per cent. There were 16 devent 100 per cent, eat deal to a large number 'e say "Thank you for your JUST HAPPEN COOPER rector ents just happen?that they Or when a person barely ucky. s spring from ancient superossing the path are an omen and four leaf clovers bring ay experts prove that 98 out dable. This leads us to the tls, can control accidents by ccomplish this we must form ? them every day and every us, like other companies and ?cords, have proved that acfact that our accident frextile industry's average, and he nation, proves that somedents and that they can be cited where injuries were il had formed safe working sing an emery wheel. >r parts on ladd?_j or overimeone below. before cleaning, oiling or tructed otherwise by superor water from the floor, any other loose object from * are hundreds more which er intentional and thev are :cidents are caused and most it prevention requires teamof us and each of us. If we ts can be avoided, and start we have taken an important n-the-job and off-the-job acTelephones Available Telephones now are availible to any employee on the -.ydia Mill village desiring ine. Anyone wishing a tele>hone installed, or wanting - urther information about heir installation, should get n touch with the Clinton elephone office. A lie travels around the arth while the truth is puting on its shoes. HE CLOTHMAKI Wedding Bells MISS BETTY MOORE be came the bride of Mr. Blai: White of Charleston at the Pres byterian Church September 26 They are making their home ii Charleston. \ f PFC. and MRS. GHOLDII Simmons were married Octobe 24. Mrs. Simmons is the forme Evelyn Blease, daughter of th< Cole L. Blease's. Pfc. Simmon is the son of Mrs. Estelle Roland * A i . * i MR. and MRS. MACK Floy* Nelson, Jr. were married Au gust 7 in Gray Court. Mri Nelson is the daughter of Mi and Mrs. Fred L. Tumblin c Clinton. I _ .1 i. L ru/i?'? i.ruirity . . . (Cont'd, from Page 1) year, this is the only solicits tion for funds which will b made in either mill for th next twelve months. It wa felt that one of the reason for the great success of th Unified Charity Chest thi year was the fact that forme frequent requests for mone from employees was elimi natcd completely. Funds raised in the Clintor. Lydia Unified Charity Driv are disbursed by the Create Clinton Community Ches with a large portion of th total raised finding its wa back into the Clinton an< Lydia communities. : r Unified Ch LYDIA C Dept. & Shift No. Er C Carding I 1st 2nd 3rd Spinning 1st 2nd 3rd Spooling. Winding 1st 2nd 3rd [Weaving 1 1st 2 2nd 2 3rd 2 1st 2 2nd 2 3rd [ 3 1st i. 3 2nd 1 3 3rd Slashing 1st 2nd 3rd Cloth Shop 1st 2nd 3rd Warehouse I Village Misc. Office Store Kindergarten Total 8 CLINTON Z Dept. & Shift No. Er r Carding I 1 - 1st s l-2nd L 1 - 3rd 2- 1st 2-2nd 2 - 3rd Spinning 1 - 1st 1 - 9nrl 1 - 3rd 2- 1st 2-2nd 2-3rd Spooling 1st 2nd 3rd Weaving 1 - 1st 1 - 2nd 1 - 3rd 2- 1st 2 - 2nd * 2 - 3rd i. 3 - 1st r: 3 - 2nd >f ? ? . 3 - 3rd New Shed included in Nc Slashing 1st 2nd 3rd i- Cloth Room e 1st e 2nd s Shop s 1st e 2nd s 3rd r Warehouse y Village i- Supply Roller Shop i- Power Plant e Standards r Clinic t. Personnel e Office y Store d Total 1] NOVEMBER IS. 1953 ariiy Results OTTON MILLS nployees Per Cent Contributing 34 100 30 100 32 100 on inn uf iwu 85 100 84 100 15 100 15 100 14 100 42 100 50 100 15 100 30 100 41 100 14 100 33 100 37 100 13 100 10 100 8 100 7 100 On 1 on O/ IUU 27 100 4 100 3 100 8 100 20 100 10 100 17 100 19 100 24 100 67 100 COTTON MILLS nployees Per Cent Contributing 13 100 12 100 10 100 36 100 27 100 26 100 44 81 A O AC **" UD 45 66 76 88 61 78 69 71 15 60 19 89 18 83 28 100 24 93 26 80 57 105 35 74 1 nn 50 64 48 81 40 72 i. 2 Weaving 15 93 8 100 8 37 29 100 19 105 37 91 7 71 I 100 17 94 51 47 3 100 1 0 12 75 4 50 1 100 1 100 24 95 13 68 122 83