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CLINTON - LYDIA MILLS Vol. 6. No. 12 Dec., 1957 Clinton. S. C. (BiLiMir?: VOL. 6. NO. 12 Pi EMPLOYEE i Day-long Christmas Par tie: ilies will be held Friday, De will be in the Academy Streel in the Providence School Cab from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Employees and their depen< ten invitations which MUST be presented to receive Christmas Bags. Santa Claus To Attend Santa Claus has accepted an invitation to attend the parties and will be on hand to greet and hear the request of children of all ages. Refreshments of punch, coffee, cookies, candies and popcorn will be served throughout the day in the beautifully decorated cafeterias. It required more than 400 crates of oranges, 6,000 bags of candy and well over a ton of nuts tr? fill tho l:irun -- *"* h*" brightly decorated Christmas Bags which carry the mill management's message of "Best Wishes for a Merry Christmas". The gala Christmas programs are under the direction of the Community Recreation and Athletic Directors; Mrs. Eva Land and Charles Leatherwood at Clinton; Miss Nellie Osborne and Ellis Huffstetler at Lvdia. Be sure to attend with your family and enjoy yourself as guests of Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills. Employees Dependents Salk (Polio) Vaccine To Be Offered Those 20 Years and Younger Asian Flu shots were made available on a voluntary, no cost basis, to all dependents Most Valuable Player Rickey Corley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Corley. Lydia Mills, was voted the Most Valuable Player of the Clinton Little Boys League and is shown with his trophy. aCLc UBLISHED BY AND FOR TH1 \ND FAMILY 5 for employees and their fam cember 20. The Clinton party t Cafeteria and the Lydia party ?teria. The parties will be held dents will receive personal writMills To Close For Christmas Week 5 Years and Over Continuous Service Employees To Receive One Week's Pay Both mills will close for the Christmas Holidays on Saturday, December 21st, at 8 o'clock a. m. and will remain closed until operations arc resumed on Sunday night, December 29th. at 12:01 a. m. A substantial majority of the employees, those who have been continuously employed for 5 years or more, will receive one week's pay for the Christmas Holidays. Payment for the week's pay will be made on the regular paydav. Friday, January 3rd. 1958. Receive Flu Shots of employees last week. Plant Nurses held "flu shot clinics" from 3:00 p. m. to 4:45 p. m. for three days, during which time more than 115 employees' dependents received snois. Through cooperation with the Laurens County Health Department. Salk (Polio) Vaccine will be available on December 17th to all employees 'JO years old and younger, and to all employees' dependents in the same age group on a voluntary, no cost basis. Three shots are necessary for maximum protection. The first shots will be given bv the Plant Nurses in the Clinics on Tuesday. December 17th. from TOO to 4:45 p. m. The second shots will be given by the nurses at the Clinics during the same hours on Friday. January 3rd. 1958. The third, and last shot in the series, will be given when the vaccine is available from the Laurens County Health Department, some 8 to 7 months later. >THMi E EMPLOYEES OF CLINTON-I CHRISTMAS ' *' v-^ . \ /x I ^ ~ Christmas Decorati The Company will again sponsor the annual Home Decoration Contest for all residents of the Clinton-Lydia Mills Communities. Entries will be confined to doorways, windows and lawn or porch decorations. Each display must be clearly visiIiIa* ft ct root illii minated from December 16 to December 124. Judging will be done at night by qualified persons from outside our communities. Originality, ingenuity and tastefulness will be the points judged. Frist, second and third place winners in each community will be awarded Christmas fruit cakes. All residents of the communities are urged to help in m akin g our communities "Christmasy" again this year. La/ft M .YDIA MILLS. CLINTON. I PARTIES - D 'f*??i- -\i i V /. Ch, q n ith a I , ^ and Su peri IJyy Lydia Mills nn ^>/// Fa* j^jr y n > etc ) ear ^ f tit Vint ami on Contest Begins (Community Houses Set For (Christmas Communit v Clubs an Church groups arc utilizin to the fullest the beautifull decorated Community Cer ters for Christmas parties an programs. Mill s Annual Unified ( The sixth annual Clintor completed last week with record for textile mills in th ticipation for the sixth cons Per employee giving at as last year, while at Clintor in total contributions. As has been the practice tat ion for funds which will h twelve months. Funds raised in the Clin are disbursed by the Create] a large portion of the total the Clinton and Lvdia Com :sa* rvsjk rro* rvjjk rvs*. BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S. C. i Permit No. 59 L 5. C. DECEMBER. 1957 EC EMB E R 20 I 7 >' t tthi v ( / rrrti n cr c .> genuine appreciation of our nsociatittn thtring the past i#? Officers. Superintendents, risory personnel of ( lintonextentI our hext wishes for hioned Merry Christ mas and of happiness and prosperity f yttur family. The Centers have been \ made very .tractive and "Christmasy". The Christmas Tree and other attractive and colorful arrangements provide an appropriate backd ground for the activities, ig Employees and their famv ilies are cordially invited to i- visit and enjoy the facilities d of the Centers during the Holiday Season. Iharity Drive Completed i-Lydia Charity Chest Drive was the Lydia Plant setting a new is area through 100 per cent parecu tive year. Lydia remained about the same i there was a considerable decline in the past, this is the only solicie made in either null for the next ton-Lydia Unified Charity Drive r Clinton Community Chest, with raised finding its way back into munities