The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, December 15, 1954, Page 6, Image 6
Mr. and Mrs. J. I
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Braswell,
Sr.. well-known anc
popular residents of the Clinton
Mills community, were
honored on their golden wedding
anniversary December i
by their family and a large
number of friends.
The Braswells have beer
residents of the Clinton community
since 1933. Mrs. Bras
well is the former Bessie Co>
of Georgia and Mr. Braswel
also is a native of Georgia.
Celebration of the happ>
occasion began with Mr. anc
Mrs. Braswell and their larg?
family attending services ai
Calvary Baptist Church ol
which they are long-time
members.
At noon the family enjoyec
a turkey dinner served in the
Little Boys Essay
On Our Anatomy
"Your head is kind of rounc
and hard, and your brain:
are in it and your hair on it
Your face is the front of youi
head where you eat ane
make faces. Your neck i:
what keeps your head out o
your collar. It's hard to keej
clean. Your shoulders are
sort of shelves where voi
hook your suspenders 01
them.
"Your slnmmint ic
thing that if you do not ea
often enough it hurts, anc
spinach don't help none
Your spine is a long bone ii
your back that keeps voi
from folding up. Your bacl
is always behind you n<
matter how quick you tun
around. Your arms you go
to pitch with and so you cai
reach the butter. You
fingers stick out of you
hands SO VOll ran thrrmr
curve and add up rithmatick
Your legs is what if you havi
not got two of, you canno
get to first base. Your fee
are what you run on. you
toes are what always ge
stubbed. And that's all then
is of you, except what's in
side, and I never saw it."
Choral Groups Have
Christmas Program
The Men's and Women'
Choral Groups from Clintoi
Mills have completed a spc
cial program of Christma
music and the groups ar
available to groups durin
the Christmas holiday seasor
The groups presented thei
musical program before th
Clinton Kiwanis Club Decem
ber 9 and to the Clinton Mill
Woman's Club on Decembe
10. The groups are under th
direction of Mrs. Eva Land.
Braswell Honored
new Academy Street School
[ cafeteria which was attractively
decorated. A threetiered
wedding cake centered
the table. Mr. and Mrs. Braswell
received a large number
> of friends after the dinner,
j The Braswells have eight
i-LJi i
v-iiiiuitru, ^ranacmiaren
{ and five great-great grand
children.
Present at the dinner were
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bras:
well, Pat, Janice. Velma and
I Nita Braswell; Mrs. Gladys
Brackeen, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Braswell. Mr. and Mrs. Jack
j Griffin. Sandra and Jackie;
k Mr. and Mrs. Wert Jennings
^ and Mike; Mrs. Bobby Bras^
well and Gary. Mr. and Mrs.
s Jimmy Braswell and Mimi.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Braswell,
Jr. and Linda. Eddy and
Ruth; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
' Huev and Charles, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Bragg and Wilford;
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Handback
with Ned and Don, Mrs.
Johnny Wilson. Johnny, Ted
and Gary; and Miss Nell
Canfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Braswell
s were remembered with many
lovely gifts on their an,
niversarv.
i
s
' Wahanka Campfires
D
? In Active Schedule
i
t Campfire Girls from Clinton
Mills in the Wahanka
Group gave their annual
^ Thanksgiving party at the
j Clinton Community Center.
The entire party and dinner
^ were prepared by the young
girls themselves.
* The president. Anne Mea^
dors, welcomed the guests,
i Mr. Freeman and Mr. Snelt
grove. The treasurer, Susan
i Terry, said grace. Mvra and
r Kathy Snelgrove led the
r singing. Membership cards
a were presented the members
Kv th? Innrlorc Mrc IP ennr*-\on
ivi*v*v-i o, 1*11 iJ. X I V-VIIKUI
e and Mrs. Snelgrove.
t Later in the month the Wahanka
group entertained a
t member, Shirley Ott, with a
e birthday party. A special
guest was Rita Leatherwood,
mascot of the group. During,
the meeting the girls worked
on bangle bobs which they
are making for Christmas
presents.
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R. C. Wilkie, now stationed
out of San Francisco in the Navy,
is the son of Mrs. Missouri
Wilkie, Clinton Mills.
HE CLOTHMAK1
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CLINTON CAMPFIRE GRC
tion at a recent meeting in th<
Juanita Graham. They are plan
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CLINTON CAMPFIRES H/
above as they held their annu
Quality P
It's a funny tiling how
person will do a slovenly jo
all day long, allow his par
in a process of a product t
just barely pass inspectior
spend his eight hours c
work in just "getting by'
and vet after he gets off a
the end of the dav. l*o t
town and when lie goes in
store for a purchase, deman
the very best. The very fat
stands out that he looks fo
a quality product to buy wit
the pay he earned bv jus
getting by. If all worked a
this certain person does the
who would make the qualit
merchandise that ho demand
as a customer?
All of us should learn thi
quality begins at home?wit
us, as employees of Clintor
Lvdia Mills. Through tli
foresight and good jud^t
mcnt of our management \v
have nood raw materia
modern machinery, and
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)UP?These are members of a Clir
> Community Center with their lea
ning a Christmas dinner.
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IVE DINNER?Campfire Girls from
al Thanksgiving Dinner in the Clii
roducts Begin <
a plant which all of us a. cm
b ploy ces believe second t<
t none. When we t?rst go t<
o our jobs we are selectee
i. because we arc suited to oui
if jobs. We can perform oui
jobs because of experience
it training, and supervision
o Where then does the respon
a sibility lie? Certainly then
d is no "passing the buck'
t It's just a matter of carefu
>r thinking. We, as employees
h are very important in thi
>t process of making fine cloth
is We today at Clinton-Lvdi;
11 Mills are making good pro
y ducts but we must alwav
Is keep foremost in our mind
that one moment of careless
d ness, a second of getting ou
" minds off the job that we ar
...
on. mav moan a mistaKc ma
1 in the end comes out as bai
" work which after inspectioi
j will 1)0 thrown out.
a Every one's job is import
ant. If it weren't we wouldn'
ho hero. So lot us realize tha
our part can either hurt th
others or help them. Every
one today not only expect
DECEMBER 15. 1954
\i& bona? P & h& l*
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Hi
ton Mills Campfire Girls organizaders
Mrs. Murray Adams and Mrs.
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the Clinton Community are shown
iton Mills Community Center.
On The Job
quality but demands it. We
> do it when we shop and so
> does everyone else. Nobody
1 buys inferior goods. They
i- just will not sell.
r So preserve our reputation
of top quality cloth from
hpfinninif to nnrl Ynii'rc im
portant to Clinton-Lydia
e? Mills and the responsibility
is ours, each one of us. Make
1 it so that you'll be proud to
walk in a store and say.
s "We help make it so it's
i. good, with quality from bea
ginning to end".
s
On Oh ristnms Morn
i
While American children
look for their presents in
their stockings real or svmn
boli/ed. the children of Nor
i. ? l . i_ i .
way set-K mem in nuun^
I places "all through the
t house." In Italy they seek
0 them in "Urns of Fate." and
in France, in wooden shoes
s placed hv the fireplace.