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CLINTON LYOIA MILLS VOL. 4. NO. 8 APRIL, I9SS Clinton, 8. C. VOL. 4 NO. 4 Clean-Up And Fix-Up Contest Is On Again The annual Clean-Up, PaintUp and Fix-Up Contest, which has attracted widespread interest in both Clinton and Lv * -- uio ivjiiiuiuiiilit:?) in jjasi years, opened for 1955 on April 15 and closes May 15 for the fourth consecutive year. Identical prizes will be awarded in both villages again. The two first prizes will be $15. second prizes of $10 and third, $5. Judges for the two communities will be selected by the community directors from people who have no connection with the mills and who will not know who lives in the various houses. It is realized that a lot of damage was done to flowers and shrubbery by the recent freeze; however, this probably affected everyone equally 1 ...111 1 * 1 i i -.1 cinu win ut* considered ov ine 1 judges. Flowers may still be i planted and will give much i enjoyment this summer. ( Trimming the shrubbery and cleaning up the debris which usually accumulates over winter will make a big difference. The judging will take place , May 16, with winners to be announced in the June issue ] of THE CLOTHMAKER. ( Mr. and Mrs. C T. MrF.l hannon won first prize in the j Lydia community in last ( year's contest and Mrs. Jack Fuller won first prize at Clin- ] ton Mills. , Fishing Club Is ( Formed At Clinton A Fishing Club with more than 75 charter members was 1 organized during the past month at Clinton Cotton Mills. Th"? following have been ' elected officers for the 1955 1 season: 1 President, D. C. Whitman; 1 vice president, Robert Ham- : rick; Secretary-treasurer, E. C. Huffstetler and prize director, Troy Bent ley. : Following are the rules and I by-laws of the club: 1. The purpose of this club is to help create good relations, protect game and wildlife, as well as the fisherman and hunter. 2. Membership shall consist of any employee of the Clinton Cotton Mills and or Clin(Cont'd, on Page 7) 'CLc PUBLISHED FOR EMPI Il W?~ B i ? lg^rtfT J B AIDING IN FIGHT AGAINS1 hundreds last month wrote Senal protective tariffs and save Ameri and Brenda, personally wrote hun ng two giant postcards sent to the Clinton Weaving, also did a largt ICE CONTEST A1 There were close guesses ai Clinton-Lydia Safety Ice Melti Faueett. Lvdin Warehnnsp tnl block of ice officially mcltccl ii Clinton's melted after 47 hour: If you want any close guessing done, better call on Fred Calloway. He only missed by 18 seconds naming the date, nour, minute and second that the 800-pound block of ice tvouM melt. Mack Faucett. Lydia's No. 1 man. missed by only 24 minutes and 20 seconds. The safety suggestion of fered by Fred Galloway was. 'Work with safety in our minds all the time." That of Mack Faucett's was, "Leave home with safety in your head. Don't forget the safety rules that you and your foreman read. To be safe you must think, work, be and look safely." Second prize at Clinton was won by Robert P. Harris. No. 1 Carding, who missed only by one hour, 16 minutes and two seconds. His safety suggestion: "I will try to be a bet tcr Supervisor and more safety minded at all times." No. ii at Clinton was R. L. Trammell, Clinton Electrician, who missed by one hour, .'1 minutes and 27 seconds. His safety suggestion, "Work with care and abide by safety rules, be i4mi! .OYEES OF CLINTON-LYDIA M I J^^nfi T UjyJyfl ^ m Qrrk W"1*" r LOWERED TARIFFS?Clinton and :ors Thurmond and Johnston, supporti can mill jobs. John Hawkins, Lydia dreds of postcards to save the time of Senators with hundreds of employees r ; amount of work for the tariff fight. TRACT* HIINnDFIV id wild ones in the more than 50 ng Contest with Fred Galloway, CI <ing first prizes. Things must be v a 45 hours. 46 minutes and 45 sect s, 24 minutes, 12 seconds on April on the alert for unsafe places S and on the lookout for all em- t plovees." s At Lydia Mills. Bud Fuller, s iiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiillllllliiliilillllliiiiilillllliliiilllllllliiiiiillllliiiiiiiiil 1 SPECIAL INSERT IN THIS ISSUE IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM ^ This issue of THE CLOTH- r MAKER is a "fat" one due to s the enclosure of the current is- s sue of the Tri-State Safety y Journal which is published in v Anderson. A full page of the Tri-State Journal is devoted to pictures 1 and an article about the re- ? cent "Around the clock with v Clinton-Lydia Cottons" show c which was so successfully pre- v sented at the Clinton High 1 School. There also are many % other articles and pictures in r the Safety Journal which we 1 1? ? ? - T ? * Deneve ^nnion-L.yaia employees will be interested in reading. ? No pictures of the ClintonLydia Cottons Show are published in this issue of THE v CLOTHMAKER *s they , would be duplications of those presented in the insert. tkt ILLS, CLINTON, S. C. I *r?HMSTOM I f BuiLDiNG-v Lydia Mills' employees by the ng them in their efforts to keep Weaving, and daughters Dianne employees. They are also holdlames signed. Mrs. Snow Ellison. J OF ENTRIES 0 entries turned in for the 1 r.tnn WoQfinrt T r?/-? aaawwaa ?? vu wng, unu i?iaLa ijcc warmer at Lvdia because the >nds, or at 12:46:45 April 18. 18 at 2:24:12 P. M. Spinning Department missed >v only 27 minutes and 28 econds to place second. His afety suggestion: "Work safev your self and look out for he other fellow's safety." Third prize winner at Lydia t*as Dora Jackson. No. 2 Veaving, who missed by 34 ninutes and 45 seconds. Her afetv suggestion was "to oberve all safety rules. Always lave a machine standing chile working on it." The 500-plus entries brought orth a wealth of good suggestions for better and safer corking habits. A few typical >nes are listed below. Others cill appear from time to time n THE CLOTHMAKER. alcavs signed by the person naking the suggestion. LYDIA MILLS T Am Wf/M?#An * v*ii 4*wt A 1V(\C? A IWIII 'We should all work together >n safety; keep our minds on vhat we are doing; watch vhere we are going; report mv danger spots to a Super(Cont'd. on Page 6) Sec. 34.06, P. L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S. C. Permit No. 59 APRIL, 15. 1955 Cavalettes To Open April 26; Young Talent The Piedmont Girls Softball League has been reorganized for the 1955 season with the same teams that played last year. They are Clinton, Joanna. Newberry, Whitmire, Laurens and Watts Mill. "Chuck"' Leatherwood has been elected President of the league succeeding S. R. DuBose of Whitmire. Miss Betty Richards of Watts Mill has been elected secretary sue ceeding Frances Meadors. At the reorganization meeting it was decided that the age limit should be reduced to 17. No girl may play who will be 18 before August 1, 1955. The new season opens April 26 with the Cavalettes probably going to Joanna. The Cavalettes have been practicing since March 14 and are rounding into fine shape. (Cont'd on Page 6) Little League, Pony, Small Fry Start In May The Academy Summer Recreation program in the Little League opens its schedule Mav 2 at Littlp Leacnip Park with time for all games set at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The Pony League season opens May 16 at 3 P.M. on the Pony League field. Both of these teams will again be coached by Chuck Leatherwood, Recreation Director of Clinton Cotton Mills. The Small Fry team starts playing May 30 at 10 A.M. D. C. Whitman will again have charge of the Academy Street Small Fry team. Lvdia Little League and Pony League teams will be under the direction of George Fleming. Lydia Mills Athletic Director. Billy Oakley will again have charge of the Lydia Small Fry team. League schedules and time of play for Lvdia will be the same as that stated above for the Clinton Mills teams. All boys trying out for any of these teams must present a birth certificate. This must be done before the first league game is played or the player will be disqualified.