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Clinton. S. C. (gM&>nr?& Vol. 5 No. 1 Mill Observes 60th Anniversary As you will notice from the sticker attached to the top of the front page of this issue of THE CLOTHMAKER, 1956 marks the 60th annivprcarv r\ f tVio fminrlirxr r\f Clinton Cotton Mills. The sticker, which will be used on all correspondence going out from the mill this year, was designed by Ellis Huffstetler of the Personnal Department. An early issue of THE CLOTHMAKER will feature the 60th anniversary of Clinton Cotton Mills. IFomen Plan Polio Drive The Clinton Mills' Wornan'c r?lnU * ?* 11 ?-? ? 0 W?UV v* AAA O^V/ilOUi a March of Dimes drive for polio funds Friday evening, January 23, from 6 to 9 o'clock. The entire community will be canvassed and additional workers are needed. Anyone willing to give a little time that evening to help is asked to call the club president, Mrs. Tom Norris. and offer your ser vices. Mrs. Norris reminds thai several people in the Clinton community have been helped in the past with these polio funds. A loudspeaker truck will tour the village from 4 to 6 that day to remind everyone of the drive. Mothers Club Has Yule Party Members of the Mothers Club of Clinton Mills assembled at the Communitv Build ing December 16 for a Christmas party. Gifts were brought and placed under a beautifully decorated tree. After the roll call and business session, a number of enjoyable games were played and gifts exchanged. Refreshments were served later carrying out the Christmas motif. "It's good to have money and the things money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things m oney can't buy." I *CLo PUBLISHED FOB EMPL _ 1 i IbV J li'^BI AUBsl I PROVIDENCE CHRISTMAS Pi sented an interesting Christmas pr days. Francine Smith is shown sti Optimistic Ne Provided Halt A flood of predictions about a happy and prosperous 1956 recently was unloosed by spokesmen for various industries across the nation, forecasting that the United States would have one of the more sounder periods in its history this year. However, President P. Silas Bailey points out that the tevtile industry, which is the greatest factor in the South Carolina economy, stands out as the nation's only major industry which is described as having an uncertain outlook ofr 1956. Predictions regarding textiles have been few. The comments from industry 1 ,,.V. ...1. u...... i? ivuvivi a wiuni 11 it \ \j UUt'll made were favorable, but all ended with a biff BUT. The "but" referred to the menace which low-cost imported textiles present to American mills producing high-cost, high - wage textiles, Mr. Bailey says. "Exports in great and rapidly increasing volume from Japan, with a 13c-an-hour wage scale, are the source of this threat to the American textile economy," Mr. Bailey points out. lie continues: "This is not just a problem which the ? >"> i 1 1 C f fipn Tlin nntil'ii iiiuu) iuvvi i iiu i iiui v i 'Hi ii, and particularly our two Carolinas arc deeply involved in this situation and outlook, principally because we have so many textile > S OYEES OF CLINTON.T.YniA 4T ROGRAM?This choral group at P ogram just before the school was anding. w Year Is For< : Made On Ja| mills. There are mo: e than 425.000 people employed in textile mills in just North and South Carolina. "U. S. Commerce Secretary Weeks lately said, reMary Cunningham Gives Redtal El Wt ^ W^y Miss Mary Cunningham, daughter of Mr. J. M. Cunningham and music pupil of Mrs. J. K. Land, was presented January 4 at the Presbv torian Church for the Clinton Music Club. Miss Cunningham also will bo presented at 1:30 P. M. January* 18 on Mrs. Alice Wyman's program over station WFBC-TV, Greenville. kd! fniiiii MILLS. CLINTON. S. C. B V 4>W * ! H rovidence School, Lydia Mills, predismissed for the Christmas holiiCAon p Imports ferring to the textile industry: 'The prospect for the first half of 1956 is somewhat clouded because record imports from low wage countries.' Clinton and Lvdia Mills, along with others throughout the industry, have for some time been trying to convince Secretary Weeks and other Washington leaders that this unfair competition should be controlled. This latest statement, at lpnct cVirvtirc Ca/* AVMIIV, uuuou null II1C kjtv." retarv of Commerce has recognized the threat of lowwage competition to our in dustrv which may be encouraging." Mr. Bailey states that the cotton industry is now urging Washington officials to impose import quotas on Japanese textiles which, would in part, offset advantages given to Japan in recent reduction of import tariff on these Japanese tariffs. A tremendous flow of Japanese textiles poured into our country immediately after our State Department reduced the tariffs on foreign textiles. Official statistics show mai Japan sold more cotton goods (the same type as made here at Clinton-Lydia Mills) to United States importers last August and September than in all 12 months of 1954. "Our business showed some (Continued on Page 2) Sec. 34.66, P. L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S. C. Permit No. 59 l C lace j au uai j iw# Contest Prize Winners Named The Clinton Mills' Woman's Club sponsored a contest for the most attractive exterior decorations during the Christmas season, awarding home-made cakes to all prize winners. First Prize Mr onrl Mrc Por?il \A7aaI_ . U11U Ifll O. V/Wll f ? V V V" en, 304 Florence Street. Their decorations included a scene of Christmas morning with crib and two small children getting up and finding the Christmas tree. The lighting gave the scene a most realistic effect. Second Prize Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Sorrow, 705 Sloan Street. Their decorations included a green background with a cross lighted in white which rrlade it very attractive. Third Prize Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Downs. Their scene was very attractive with evergreen and colored lights around the door and a Santa Claus on the back of a chair. Oscar Is Given By United Fund The Greater Clinton United Fund organization last week presented the employees of Clinton and Lydia Mills an "Oscar" in appreciation of the wholehearted support given the fund by those in the two mills. This is the first time the Clinton United Fund has reached 100 per cent of its goal, and the participation of Clinton and Lydia employees played an important role in achieving this goal. President P. S. Bailey re ; i ?i? r\ n i?1_ _i* uuivtu me w?.cir in oenan of all employees, and it is now on display in the trophy case of the executive offices. Ok-Ya-Kwa Group Has Dinner The Ok-va-kwa Campfire group at Clinton Mills enjoyed a Christmas dinner with turkey and all the trimmings. They played games and exrhanfff?H and V-inH n \irnr?_ dcrful time. Safety is not an extra, a luxury or something to be attended to after everything is done. It is a part of the job.