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4 Woman's Club E im ? The Woman's Club of Clinton Cotton Mills held their regular meeting on Thursday, September 24, at the Community Building. A covered dish was served at 7:00 o'clock which was enjoyed by all. Immediately after dinner the new officers for 1959-60 were installed by Mrs. Gus Blakely. Above are the officers for Clinton News... day on October 20. I wonder how many she has had. Mrs. Mildred Wilson has been out on a sick leave. nope she will soon be back. Mrs. Lucille Jennings has glasses now. She says she sees a lot better and they are very becoming. Department safety meetings were attended by 25 employees of Weave Room II, Third Shift. Excellent talks on safety were made by ten of the employees. I thank each one for the interest you have shown in this program and for your cooperation. C. M. Frier, Supervisor This is one of the safety talks, that was very interesting, given bv Dorothy Garrett on broken bobbins: Safety On The Job Rrr>lfAr? KnKKinc ? 1? ? ~. uuuuiuo lciii uc very dangerous if stuck under your nail and they are also dangerous of cutting your hand. Not in our plant, but in another one a woman cut her wrist verv badly. If you see them in the filling trucks or quill cans, don't push them aside, p;ck them up. It will only take a minute of your time. WEAVING NO. 3 & 4 1st Shift By Mildred Kinard and Grace Wooten Greetings from your two former reporters! Seems you fnlkc inct ~4 r .... jiaoi \.au l gci nu OI WG two old timers. Not because Sam Owens wasn't doing a good job, but because Sam has become a full fledged weaver now and doesn't know just where he might be each month come news time. Sam was a good reporter and our supervisors tell us that he is making an excellent weaver. Keep it up. Sam! Our Supervisors want it known that the opportunity of which Sam has taken advantage is open to anyone who is interested in learning. So, it's up to you. ilects '60 Officers 17. ; y, ?_? j V W^U^L Ml fr 1959-60: Left to right, Mrs Gus Blakelv, reporter; Mrs. D. O. Freeman, ass't. treasurer; Mrs. Shirley Stroud, treasurer, Mrs. Daniel Osborne, ass't. secretary; Mrs. Allen Powers, secretary; Mrs. Eva West, 2nd vice president; Mrs. Louise Frier, president. Absent when picture was taken was Mrs. Dick Harrell, 1st vice president. Let it be known if you want to learn, talk it over with your supervisor and overseer. The Old Timers Banquet was a huge success, according to our thinking and I believe each one who attended will agree with us. We enjoyed me music and the speaker, Mr. M. B. Camak; the food was delicious and the spirit of fellowship which prevailed was wonderful. Herbert, Cecil and I wish to publicly express our appreciation to Mr. Vance and all who made possible that enjoyable occasion, for our watches and pins. We will wear them with pride. William Fowler says he appreciates his ten year pin which he received October 1. The weekly safety meetings which have been in progress since September 1 have created more interest in safety among all employees of Weaving -3 & 4. The supervisors have been very busy lalkina In nnnVi r\( ? & ? -?-*? s.i.K.1, employees about "Safety", and its advantages. A different employee is asked to talk at each meeting and each one has come up with some very interesting and helpful suggestions regarding "Safety". Dot Lanford, Emily McNinch and Missouri Wilkie and Grady Smith and Gertrude Fowler have made some interesting talks. We all feel Mrs. Eva West, Clinton Mills, is shown with her son, Jerry, and grandson, Curtis, on a recent visit, in July, with Mr. and Mrs. Jerry West of San Leandro, California. Eva informed us one of the most interesting sights was the snow on the Sierra Mountains. THE CLOTHMAKER that more interest is being shown and the more we talk Safety, the less accidents we will have. So let us leave you with this thought, "Let Safety become a habit with you". Attention! All Blow-off Hands?You could get a lesson in Safety from Dessie Webb, she is ever watchful and cuts the air off whenever you pass close in front of the blow-off pipe. Airman Jimmy Barker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Barker, has been transferred from San Antonio to Shepherds Air Force Base in Texas. He is attending school for training to be a jet mechanic. More power to you, Jimmy. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams must be real good "cook-out chefs". They have had as their guests recently (on different nights) Mr. and Mrs. Joe Terry and Misses Bea and Sue Terry of Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. Billy McMillan and when Ora's son, L. E., from Norfolk, was home they cooked out down at their cabin on Lake Greenwood and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood and children and Mr. and Mrs. Dessie Wilkes were guests. (Wish they'd invite me sometime, don't you?) Mr. and Mrs. Ellison Roberts and Marv spent a recent weekend in Pickens with Mr. and Mrs. John O'Neil. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hardman and son of Fort Bragg spent a recent weekend with Mrs. Alice Kuykendall. Little Kenny Suttles, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Suttles, fell recently and broke his nose. We're awfully sorrv, Kenny, hope they put it back straight. Mrs. J. D. Williams and Mrs. LeEllen Slay of Greenville accompanied Mr. Williams recently on his visit to Dr. Sloan, an eye specialist, in Charlotte. Mrs. Rov Kennedy is a patient at Blalock Clinic suffering with a broken leg she received in a fall. Our best wishes to you, Mrs. Kennedy. May your leg heal rapidly. R. C. Wilkie, son of Mrs. Missouri Wilkie, was a patient for 4 days in a Columbia hospital following an attack he had at a bail game. R. C. is improving and is back in his classes at the University. We want to welcome Jerrv Wilkie, ivlarcell Barker and Freddie Attawav back to the first shift from the third and Ellison Roberts and Fred Eldridge from the second shift. We hope you'll enjoy working with us. Also Rufus Roger Dell Williamson, son of Josephine Lawson. celebrated a birthday October 11. Handback from the Cloth Room. Rufus is learning the weave room from the bottom up. Congratulations Rufus on your zeal for learning and the best of luck to you. C. E. Leopard has been promoted to supervisor and we welcome Gertrude Fowler from Room ~2. Misses Bea and Sue Terry of Greenwood spent two to weeks with their brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. I Joe Terrv, during the time ?5$ that Mr. Terry was a patient at Hays Hospital and while convalescing at home. We are happy to report that Joe is able to return to work. \A7nVn rtl nrl 4 r\ U ? ? 4 1\A < it c i c f^iau lu act nidi mis. Faye Attaway is home fol- c* lowing several weeks of be- so ing a medical patient at Self M Memorial Hospital in Green- ye en wood. Sure hope everything b< is going to be all right now, ? Faye. Evans Lever is convalescing at home after a 3 weeks stay in Hays Hospital, although not able to return to his job yet, he's been doing a little hammering on Ethel's flower house, I think. We hope you'll soon be good as new, Eb. Ola Meadors has been out quite a while, too. Her mother, Mrs. C. B. Smith, spent 15 days in Greenwood Hospital after falling and breaking a bone in her hip. She's home now and we're glad she's getting along so well. We sure miss Ola. Mrs. Ina Bell Hooper and Mrs. Mell Huey visited Mr. James Saville, who is a patient in Newberry hospital. R< Mr. Saville is Mrs. Hooper's bl Mrs. Eunice Braswell and Mrs. Mell Huev and Mrs Inabelle Hooper were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Milam Owens in Easlev. Mrs. Margaret Rowland is a patient at a Columbia Hospital. Mrs. Rowland is a sister of Mrs. Izell Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kinard and son were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. James Arnold and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Campbell in Hemmingway. * We all wondered why Mr James Harris came in on the morning of October 3 with I such a big smile, but later we found out that he had hrmirrVif liic urifn v. V/M^HV mo ? uc, ivien mn i*t, home from State Park Hospital in Columbia. Mrs. Har- ^ ris has been a patient there j for the past 15 months. Wei- m come home. Margaret. (Continued on Page 7) Ift \ \ kfc I J2 s This handsome sailor is Ronnio Hedspeth, son of Mr. and Mrs. ai Paul Foster. Clinton Mills. Ron- N nie is presently stationed in O Alaska. gi OCTOBER, 1959 "The Jerry West Family", Jerry, larlotte and Curtis of San Leidro, California. Jerry is the n of Mrs. Eva West, Clinton ills. He has completed fourteen ars naval service and is presitly stationed at Alameda Naval lse. Mary Roberts is the lovely (lighter of Mr. and Mrs. Ellison sberts, Clinton Mills. She celeated her 7th birthday Oct. 10. ?-r r .ML > 4B9 ?^ Earl Turner celebrated his ICth rthday October 13. He is the in of Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey urncr, Clinton Mills. Earl is a ember of the 5th grade at ercer Bailey School. if IE ^ Lana Turner, daughter of Mr. nd Mrs. Dorsey Turner. Clinton [ills, celebrated her 7th birthday ctober 28. Lana is in the second rade at Mercer Bailey School.