The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, November 15, 1953, Page 4, Image 4
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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