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CLINTON-LYDIA MILLS VOL. 3. NO. 3 MARCH. 1954 Clinton. S. C. ?Lasses VOL. 3. NO. 3 Clean-Up And Fix-Up Contest At Both Mills The annual Clean-Up, Paint-Up and Fix-Up contest, which has attracted widespread interest in both the Clinton and Lvdia communities. opened March 15 and will close April 15 for the third consecutive year. Identical prizes will be awarded in both villages again this year. The two first prizes will be SI 5, second prizes of $10 and third. $5. Judges for the two communities will bo selected from people who have no connection with the mills and who will not know who lives in the various houses. The judges will be selected by Mrs. Joe Land, at Clinton, and Mrs. lone Wallace, at Lydia. While winter still tries to creep in on the fine Springlike weather we have been having, now is the time to get busy around the yard and von onn Kn rlonn tn ovv *t MUI. v in i ?_/V_ CW spruce up the homeplace. It seems that wintertime always cruses some accumulation of sticks or other trash and merely cleaning up the yard makes a great difference. A few flowers planted right now will give hours of enjoyment later on when it is too hot to get out and work in the yard. Trimming up the shrubbery also gives a new look to the yard. Get busy TODAY and see what you can do around the house and yard. It not only will add to your pleasure of living throughout the Spring and Summer months, but six .people among us will have some cash prizes which always come in handy. Choral Groups At Clinton Entertain The Choral Groups which I were recently organized in the Clinton Mills community recently entertained the ClinIton Kiwanis Club at the Hotel Mary Musgrove. A number of musical selections were very capably presented bv I the groups under the leadership of Mrs. Joe Land. A similar entertainment I by the groups is planned for the Clinton Mills Woman's Club March 16 in the Community Building. do PUBLISHED FOR EMPLOY SCOUTING HOLDS INTERES1 Birds and Horizon Club, has grown Mills communities. Typical of this Campfire Girls organization shown All-Out Campaigr An all-out campaign to reduce the large amount of waste produced annually at Clinton-Lvdia Mills got uncierwav lasi monin wnicn will require the combined best efforts of everv single employee and supervisor if success is to be attained, according to A. C. Young. Director of the Standards Department for both mills. Meetings already have been held of all supervisors conferring with J. B. Templeton. Vice President in Charge of Manufacturing, and Superintendents CJeorge Huguley and David Roberts. Overseers will pass along waste-saving suggestions to Second Hands and employees, but it was pointed out that individual employees themselves can do most in the campaign. This can be done by eliminating as much waste as possible on individual jobs, and by pass ini4 a Ion j* suggestions to supervisors which can reduce waste. Few employees realize that more than 3.800.001) pounds of non-reworkable waste are produced each year by Clinton-Lydia Mills. This represents an absolute out-of pocket loss to the mills of almost hall a million dollars each twelve months. Cf course, there are two kinds of waste. One is deliberately removed in a definite percentage by machine struc JL? . m ftflfl THMi fEES OF CLINTON-LYDIA MI ^ ^ ft A. C B^W i\B^ft * v i a t jH r^pp jj^k *?Scouting, including Boy Scouts, C by leaps and bounds during the pas interest is the large group of pare above at a Dad-Daughter box supp i Against Waste I ture and settings. In this type i of waste are opener and < picker motes, card strips and card fly and trash. If these ..-nil \\ tl v. II v/1 <? ? V. u rv I yarn would result and re- ] Dowego Club Visits Gardens Members of the ClintonI.ydia Dowego Club enjoyed a visit to Magnolia Gardens in Charleston recently. The trip was made by bus and the first stop was the Edisto Gardens in Orangeburg. They also visited the beautiful little town of Summerville. The gioup spent the night at th. Isle of Palms. Among the places of historical intetest they saw were: The Camellias at Magnolia Gardens. Hampton Park. The \ 11' i t ltnarlux :it I <1?? of Palms and Folly. They made a shopping tour of Charleston and went on board the ship Travis which was anchored at the Coast Guard Base. A walk down the Battery was enjoyed. The group was escorted through the Naval Base at North Charleston bv a special guard, seeing i i ..? K ~ M11JKS <11 11 lv dock. After having supper in Columbia the group came home on Sunday night. LLS, CLINTON. S. C. IT*' pub Scouts. Campfire Girls, Blue t year at both Clinton and Lydia >nts and members of the Lydia >er held last month. Mow Underway moving this type of waste is constructive and necessary. But the second kind of waste is what we are writing about here. It is not made by plan or design and it is this type which costs us half a million dollars a year, and this loss affects each and every individual employee and his job. We will always have a certain amount of this type of waste, but the fact remains that often the onount is greatly beyond the necessary amount. This is true all the way through the mills. In some cases this waste can be reworked and put back into the product and a great many people think no harm has been done. This is iar from the truth because when cotton fibers have been processed once, any additional processing results in a high percentage of broken fibers which become fly waste further l 4 i l: rr? - i_ _ j Hull; nit- line. c.ven me fibers which are not broken are weakened, resulting in ends down in spinning and additional loom stops and filling breaks in weaving. There are other types of waste which cannot be reworked and which are sold at greatly reduced prices. The further along the line of processing this waste occurs, the more costly it becomes because of additional labor. (Cont'd, on Page 4) Sec. 34.66. P. L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S. C. Permit No. 59 MARCH 15. 1954 Cavaliers Will Field Team; Play Begins April 16 Reorganization of the Caroina Textile League for the 954 baseball season now has >een completed and *he Clinon Cavaliers will open the ;eason April 16. according to Manager Charlie Gaffnev. Practice starts the middle )f this month and there will ?e a lot of interest in these Dractice sessions as we watch :he Cavaliers get into shape. The line-up was not complete when this issue of tne paper went to press, but the complete roster will be given next month along with pictures. League play will consist of two games each week, on Fridays and Saturdays, with a 35 came schedule. Three games will be played the week before the Fourth of July, with no games during the week of the Fourth. Participating in the Carolina Textile League with the Clinton Cavaliers will be teams from these points: Joanna Ware Shoals Calhoun Falls Mathews Mill Greenwood ivmis Johnston Mills Cavilettes Call For Practice The Clinton Cavilettes beqin practice for the 1954 season March 22 at 4:50 p. m. on the Clinton Softball field. All qirls between 12 and 17 who wish to try out for the team are asked to come out then. The Piedmont Girls Soft ball League held an organizational meeting March 10. According to Clark Meadors. Cavillette Manager, all teams from last year will again plav this year, plus the possibility of adding Newberry. Other members of the League are Clinton. Joanna, Laurens, Watts Mill, and Whitmire. Manager Meadors promises another strong team this year as the Cavilettes attempt to take the championship pennant for the third straight year. They have won 47 of the last 49 games, losing only to Joanna by a 10 to 9 score, and Laurens by 6 to 4.