The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, April 15, 1955, Image 1
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
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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
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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)
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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
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.OYEES OF CLINTON-LYDIA M
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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
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SPECIAL INSERT
IN THIS ISSUE
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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
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Deneve ^nnion-L.yaia employees
will be interested in reading.
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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.
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ILLS, CLINTON, S. C.
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*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
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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
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'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.