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CLINTON-LYDIA MILLS VOL. 3. NO. 8 AUGUST. 1954 Clinton. 8. C. VOL. 3. NO. 8 :mm il d-ii.. jiyirup naiiy To Kick-Off Fall Activity A big "Sign-Up" rally for all girl and boy scouting activities in the Clinton Community will be held at the Academy Street school playground the first week of school. Games and refreshments are planned for all attending and all young boys and girls in the community of Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Campfire Girls of Bluebird age are urged to attend together with their parents. At the conclusion of the play period, leaders of the various scouting organizations will be present to sign up the bovs and girls for a year of fun and instruction. Blanks for the various scout organizations will be sent out before this meeting. Parents o rn rnrn mcf nrl r* nlrtoen ^Jll U1 V 1 \_Vj UV-OlV.V^J iu picaoc 1111 these out arid see that their child or children bring them to the sign-up rally, together with the registration fee. The registration fee for Campfire Girls, Bluebirds and Boy Scouts is $1.00 for the year which begins Sept(Cont'd. on Page 8) Duwego Club On Washington Trip The Duwego club spent the week of July 4th in Washington, D. C. Twenty-eight members and their guests chartered a bus and left Sunday morning at 5:00 A. M. Their first stop was at Natural Bridge Va. Here they saw the program put on each night. After sightseeing at Lexington and Staunton they visited the Endless Caverns in New Market, Va. Historical places of interest were seen in Washington and the group had a special tour of the Capitol and the White H <11 ICO Vcrv impressive was the Franciscan Monastery and the Moonlight cruise up the Potomac River. One afternoon was spent at Mount Vernon. The group made a tour of Richmond Va. and Williamsburg. staying over for the pageant, "The Common Glorv." Those making the trip were: Marguerite Cunning(Cont'd. on Page 8) "Clo PUBLISHED FOR EMPLO Er "X ^ mfllA i7 H i / ^ * i * LARGE SAFETY AGGREGAT1 directors, members of the Piedmoi as Clinton Lydia Mills played host completely filled the school auditoi Annual Cens The annual census of both the Clinton and Lydia Mills' communities has just been completed and reveals some interesting facts about the two villages. For instance, the population of the two villages is approximately the same as last year, or a total of 2806 people compared with 2812 last year. There are now 1605 people now living in company houses at Clinton, compared with 1551 last year at this time. The Lydia community showed a slight decline, or 1201 people in company houses compared with 1261 last year. There are 392 company homes at Clinton Mills and 298 at Lydia. two more than last year. Clinton Mills now has 1027 people on the payroll while Lydia Mills has 787. a total of 1814 employees in the two mills. A little over 57 per cent of the employees at Clinton Mills are housed in company houses while slightly over 54 per cent at Lydia live in company-owned houses. There are quite a feuchildren in the two communities. 585 from one to 16 years of ago at Clinton, and 510 at Lvdia. Quite a few more people at Clinton own cars this year as compared with last. 318 now and 233 last year at this time. Lydia employees in the village own 171 cars compared Bij^M iTHM YEES OF CLINTON-LYDIA RJ [ON?More than 500 employees c it Safety Council, gathered at C : to the quarterly meeting of t] ium as shown above. us Provides with 176 last year. The preference for cars seems to run about in this order: Ford. Chevrolet, Dod^e. Mercury, Pontiac and Plymouth. We now have 34 men from both Clinton-Lydia communities in service, 18 at Clinton and 16 at Lvdia, compared with 33 last year. Those in service at Clinton are: John O'Shields, Joe E. Land. Gerald Gilstrap. Harold SPEAKER ? James Reid Chairman of the South Carolim industrial Commission, was trv principal speaker at the recen meeting here of the Piedmon Safety Council. He delivered ai interesting approach to acciden prevention methods. iKlfl MILLS. CLINTON. S. C. if industries in this area and safety llinton High School late last month he organization. The large crowd Many Facts Meadors, Robert Humphries, Henry Ballew. Arnold Edwards, Thomas Ellison, W. H. Gooch, Randolph Hamrick, Alvin HamDton. Leon Heds peth, Maxie Joe Hedspeth, Richard Wallenzine. Jack Caughman, Richard Riser. L. T. Kav and Orin Clark. Those from the Lvdia community in service are Richard Wallenzine, Charles Harvey, Harold Snider, Jimmy Hair1 ston, Nolan Hart, Dewey Darby, Tracy Dees. Albert Abercrombie. Willie Cannon, R. J. Dunawav, Jr., Bruce Ellis. Charles Harris. Bennie Johnson. William McKinnon. Leon Madden and Paul Romaine. Clinton Campfires To Camp Buck Horn Again Fifty Campfire Girls and their adult leaders from Clinton Mills had their most successful annual trip to Camp Buckhorn late last month, according to the enthusiastic reports of the children who went. The young girls had a complete daily schedule while at camo of swimmine arts anrt crafts, games, hiking, lake| side sings and devotionals among other events, a Leaders of the groups, who * were responsible for the fine t camping trip, included eight n adults, two life guards and two cooks. Sec. 34.66, P. L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S. C. Permit No. 59 AUGUST 15. 1954 Safety Meeting Draws Interest Of 500 Peonle Clinton-Lvdia Cotton Mills were host to a meeting of the Piedmont Safety Council at Clinton High School July 27 which attracted more than 500 representatives of industries in this area who are interested in safety. James J. Reid, Commissioner of the South Carolina Industrial Commission, delivered an address with an interesting approach to the problem of accident prevention. The invocation was given by the Rev. J. W. Spillers, nastor of Calvarv BaDtist Church. Others taking part on the program were George H. Cornelson, Vice President, Clinton-Lydia Mills, and George Hugulev, Superintendent of Clinton Cotton Mills. C. B. Simmons, Accident Prevention Supervisor of Greenwood Mills, presided. Sandwiches, cookies, pickles and drinks were served by the following committee: Mrs. Joe Land. Mrs. E. C. (Cont'd, on Page 8) Clinton All Stars Draw Five From Clinton, Lydia Clinton's Little League AllStar team swept to the District Two Little League Championship late last month with three straight wins, supported heavily by the playing of four Clinton Mills' boys who were selected as All-Stars on this team. The local All-Stars defeated Laurens by the top heavy score of 8-2, Union by 3-0 and West Columbia, 6-3. Kinard Littleton of the Academy Street team won two of the three games while Barry Whitman played outstanding ball at second base. Kinard Littleton was voted the most ou standing player of the tournament and was awarded a trophy after the unai game. Ned Hanback, Thomas Womble, Barney Whitman and Linard Littleton were the Academy players selected to play with the All-Stars and were coached by Coach (Cont'd, on Page 2)