The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, September 15, 1959, Page 2, Image 2
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"jK 1 *1 for employee:
'[ I & Lydia (
r* 1, Clinton, S. C
| direction of
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Member of South ;<> ??. Ti
Atlantic Council of UOns 1J
Industrial Kdltors
Calvin Cooper
E. C. Huffstetler
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items of interest from it
to your departmenta
pcrsonnt
MEMO?From The Desk
To All Employees of Clinton-L
Each year we who have j
opportunity to help less fortun
the Greater Clinton Communit
We not only help others,
families since the United Che
services other than just charity
have benefited from some of t
The Greater Clinton Comrr
community fund raising progr
tant that all of us seriously co
our hearts and pocketbooks.
How much, if any, you pi
something only you can decid
for you to contribute, the co
handle your contributions th
deductions.
When one of your fellow (
seriously consider the many 1
giving.
I have always been proud c
which you have shown in the j
will again want to do your part
A Good Recoi
Not too many people reali;
industry has been one of the c
in this country in recent yean
Inflation, as von know is
dollar worth less.
You read every now and tl
tion, and those of us in the te:
the record of our industry.
The wholesale prices of ot
more than one-third above th(
ing to government figures.
That is, an average textile
1947-49 costs only 91 cents no\
age other manufactured item
costs $1.28 now.
Just think what it would r
uals and our government if
could match this performance
Here's what would happc
today for $2,000 would cost c
sells for $10,000 would cost oi
ance that sells for $100 would
industries could match the
industry.
Furthermore, this has beei
in the lace of steadily rising i
Yes, we can all be proud of
a part in it.
"What H
Sometimes you're asked wl
as permitting a quality failure
It's easy to say that it was
your equipment wasn't workii
it."
But, it's much better to su
peating the same mistake. Or
that would actually help you.
It may not be difficult to f
and who else had a hand in it. ]
a sincere effort to improve. Ai
you correct your own mistake:
help you are when you are ask
nthly by and
5 of Clinton A>i
Cotton Mills,
Claude A.
ustrial Rela- .. .
iirDr*tnr Member of American
'irecior. Association of
Industrial Editors
Editor
Staff Artist
^lothmaker will welcome
s readers. Turn them in
1 reporters or to the
il office.
of The President:
September 25, 1959
ydia Mills:
jobs and health are given an
ate friends and neighbors thru
y Chest.
we are helping ourselves and
st makes possible worthwhile
/ and health. We all doubtless
hese.
lunity Chest is the one major
am and it is extremely impornsider
supporting it with both
ledge to this worthy cause is
e; however, to make it easier
mnanv will aeain be clad to
ru regularly monthly payroll
?mplovees contacts you, please
benefits and values of unified
)f the kind and generous spirit
)ast. and I feel certain that you
; in the forthcoming fund drive.
Sincerely,
/?7.
R. M. Vance
President
d for Textiles
ie it, but the American textile
hief influences against inflation
>.
; that evil which makes your
hen about the dangers of inflaxtile
industry can take pride in
her manufactured products are
)se for textile products, accord?
item that cost one dollar in
v. On the other hand, an averthat
cost one dollar in 1947-49
nean to the budgets of individthe
other American industries
of the textile industry,
n: The automobile that sells
>nly $2,100, and the home that
ilv $7,000, and the home applicost
only $70. That is if other
performance of the textile
n done bv the textile industry
costs.
mis recora, because we all had
appened?"
iv you did a certain thing, such
to get bv, or letting output slip,
"somebody else's fault," or that
ig right and you "couldn't help
tjgest ways you can prevent reeven
to suggest improvements
ind out who made the mistake,
But, the superior job depends on
rid that depends largely on how
s. It also depends on how much
cd, "what happened?"
THE CLOTHMAKER
WHAT IS
FREE ENTERPRISE?
It has nothing to do with
politics or wealth or class. It *is
a way of living in which
you as an individual are important.
Little things make
up this way of living, but
think what you would lose if
you ever surrendered it:
Free Enterprise is the right
to open a gas station or grocery
store or buy a farm, if
you want to be your own
boss, or change your job if
you don't like the one you
have.
FrF.F. TTM'rS-RinjTCir io (lio t-irrlit
to lock your door at night.
Free Enterprise is the right
to argue.
Free Enterprise is the right
to save money if you want,
or blow it on a good time if v
that's what you prefer.
Free Enterprise is looking
on a policeman as someone
to protect you, on a judge as
a friend to help you.
Free Enterprise is the right 1
to rear your children as you c
think best.
Free Enterprise is the right p
to speak freely about anything
you wish. *
Free Enterprise has nothing
to do with how much j
money you have or don't v
have, nor what your job is or
is not. Free enterprise means (
the right to be yourself instead
of some nameless mini- I
ber in a horde bossed by a I
few despots. Free enterprise .
is the sum of manv little
things ... but how miserable
you'd bo if someone stole it
from you!
Hong: Kong: Textiles
Shipments of grey piece
goods, especially sheeting,
from Hong Kong to the
United States are breaking
all records and causing development
of a booming business
for Hong Kong textile
mills, a U. S. government official
has reported to Washington.
The official's statement was
reported at the same time as
government figures w h i c h
show that imports of cotton
cloth from foreign countries
during April, May and June
were 19 per cent higher than |
shipments into the United .
States during the first three j
months of the year. During ]
April, May and June, foreign ]
textile mills sent 45,300.000 (
square yards of cotton cloth ,
into this country. ]
At the same time, govern- ;
ment figures show that ship- i
m e n t s of American-made
goods to other countries dur- 1
ing the first six months of j
1959 fell 12 per cent below 1
shipments for the first six ]
months last year.
Textile spokesmen have <
poiniea oui that the rising
shipments of foreign textile
products to the United States
are expected to continue un- <
der present government policies.
They have also pointed <
out that the rising amount <
of foreign-made goods will !
continue to hurt the Ameri- <
can textile industry and
cause American mills to lose i
more and more business in ]
the United States and other <
countries, thus affecting the
jobs of many American tex- !
t'le employees. :
vnn ani) the 4
TUU CLINTON CI
The Clothmaker could not t<
n one edition or several edi- 1;
ions tell the whole story of t<
the Greater c
Clinton Com- >
munity Chest, a
^Wc could hard- t
ly even list on S
these pages t
the many im- b
p o r t a n t and t
charitable n
functions and a
services per- n
nrmpfl as n mattpr nf cmirsn n
iv the United Chest agencies, t
'lit now?just before the an- s
lual United Chest Drive gets f
inderway next month ? we I.
an at least portray one of
he typical services per- r
ormed so tirelessly by one v
1) of the twenty (20) partici- t
Kiting agencies. The agency t
s the Laurens County Chap- r
er of the American Cancer
society .... the services and t
lid are those rendered to c
drs. Ina Bell Hooper, recov- \
red Cancer patient and Clin- t
on Mills Weaver. I
Ina Bell is a widow, residng
at 300 Florence Street t
vith her son. Tony, who en- r
riilil llrtumi
New Housekeeping
I lmsl
I Horsrw
niiiiiiiiiBB ?
Ralph Blackwell and Frank Moore e
For an outstanding per- 1
formance the movie industry <
awards its "Oscar" ... the TV
industry its "Emmy." For the 1
Best Departmental House- <
keeping performance the Ly- <
:lia Safety Inspection Com- i
mittee awards its "CI o 1 d
Broom." Oscars and Emmies 1
are awarded annually .. . the i
Hold Broom monthly. 1
The change from the felt
banner award as a symbol of ;
good housekeeping was not
to de-emphasize good house- <
keeping .. . quite to the con- j
trarv. It was made to re- |
emphasize and revitalize our :
interest and efforts in good
housekeeping. :
"Good Housekeeping is
essential not only to accident
prevention but to production,
rnin1il\' wd ?-1
|i<u u i > , n aaic \.wuuwi, >111(1
employee morale as well,"
Supt. Roberts remarked concerning
the new award. "The
values of orderliness are
many, he continued. With a
place for everything and
everything in its place, everything
simply goes better.
Show me a good running,
safe job and I'll show you a
SEPTEMBER, 1959
GREATER
[IMMUNITY CHEST
ered Clemson as a Freshman
ast week. In 1955 a local docor
detected that she had
ancer. After 18 months of
C-Rays, radium treatments
nd surgery made possible by
he Laurens County Cancer
locietv she was able to re
urn to regular work. I will
ie eternally grateful for all
he Cancer Society did for
ne. Without their assistance
nd care my recovery would
lot have been possible. I will
Iways do everything I can
o further this great cause",
he said on the eve of the
orthcoming United Chest
Drive.
Ina Bell's case is typical of
nany, and typical of the
cork you make possible
hrough your contributions to
he Greater Clinton Comnunity
Chest.
Let's keep thinking about
his and all the other cases
>f help you know of when
our fellow employee solicior
contacts you in your dcKirtment
next month.
Think about it as if your
contributions were for a
ncmbor of your own family.
Alil%W?l I IfjIlA
Mvvaiu iui Lyuid
fl
MM
ll
xamine New Houskeeping award.
well kept department," he
:oncluded.
The "Gold Broom" idea
was developed by members
>f the Supervisors' Safety
Committee w h i c h meets
monthly.
The new symbol of good
housekeeping is a regular
mill broom, coated with
bright gold paint and finished
with a scilion liquid to give
.1 smooth-high gloss finish.
Frank Moore, 3rd shift
Card Room Supervisor, is the
Lirouo's new chairman, re
placing Furman Bratcher, 1st
shift Weave Room rl Supervisor.
Ralph Blackwell. lire!
shift Weave Room Supervisor.
replaces Harry Templeton.
.'hcl shift Spinning Room
Supervisor. Mr. Bratcher and
Mr. Templcton have very efficiently
served as committee
leaders for the past several
years.
The new "Gold Broom"
was awarded to the Machine
Shop on September 16th. The
broom will be on display in
their department for one
month.