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2 <s&asfir?s3 CLo^i 4- Published mc iy i Ji for employe* tx and Lydia * Clinton, S. < ' direction of u ^ # o i Crocker, Inc Member of South , Atlantic Council of lions 1 Industrial Kdttors Calvin Cooper E. C. Huffstetler Truman Owens The publishers of The ' items of interest from i to your department; personr Importing Textiles and E In remarks concerning impc observation has been made th into the United States means duced bv American workers i Recently, however, a new made. It is this: Regardless of how many ; arc brought into the United S yardis' imported means the losf American textile employee. That work has been exportc Pakistan. Korea or one of the c American cotton eight cents a can buy it and has it processed as one-tenth an American tex The Force That's Strong* Sputniks have made Ameri We have rightly decided tl nation in defense, with the nu provide. We can achieve defense : economy strong. We can save ica. Money put into savings * bonds, and in the purchase c this nation urgently needs to 1 growing. Money saved and inv of new business, new jobs, ne\ ing population. Our defenses and our ecor hacked by the savings of all o each and every one of us to do ployers, housewives. For we economy in support of our del If your extra dollars arer you're not doing your share, happy. But if your cash is really < invested you'll have the won knowing you're doing the rij your future and your nation's Political Indifference It is a paradox that in this is a need for unity and complel of us. the following tacts are In the last election only s exercised their right to vote, show that, counting all electioi ers vote regularly. Of these, n on a precinct or ward level h votes for the candidates of t consists of party workers wl organization. What this means is that th 10'; of the vote, can put its c< they may not be the best qua! A few thousand people in ? in a community virtually run t dates an ' issues. Their decis schools, housing and many o our pocketbooks, oui lives, ai The appalling truth is that our political responsibility. It'j await the returns on the radio What can you do? Plenty first of ail you can best man for each office and th can impress on your family, portance of taking an active ] vote in both primary and gen Good government is up to e; us knows about the mechanics level up, the more interestin become to us. Politics isn't ,4d wav. w$M inthly by and r ;s of Clinton / !ayi/fl5^L Cotton Mills, 2., under the Claude A. ' "V lustrial Rela- . Member of American Director. Association of Industrial Editors Editor Staff Artist Photographer Clothmaker will welcome ts readers. Turn them in al reporters or to the icl office. xporting Jobs >rts of foreign-made textiles, the at every yard of cloth brought a yard less that would be pron American mills, approach to the problem was cards of cheap foreign textiles tatcs, remember that every 600 ; of about a week's work for an ?d to Japan, Hong Kong, India, ither foreign countries that buys i pound cheaper than our mills I bv workers who make as little tile worker's salary. er Than Sputnik ca take a new look at itself, lat we will stand second to no >st modern weapons science can strength only by keeping our more and invest more in Amer; - > ? [n-v-uuma, iiisui ctlILL*, SlUL'KS clIlCl f a homo provides the capital seep our economy vigorous and ested contributes to the creation v opportunities for our expandlomv will remain strong when if our people. There's a job for , whether we're employees, emall have a stake in a sound fense. 1't working hard right now You're making the Kremlin ioing a job for you saved and derful feeling that comes from ght thing you're safeguarding X*. - A 111 lure. era of uncertainty, where there Le political understanding by all in evidence: ix out of every ten Americans Even worse, election statistics ns, only 20'; of all eligible voto more than 10'; actually work el ping to shape issues and win heir choice. This 10'; usually no get out the vote for their e party organization, with only andidates in office even though lified for the job. a given state or a few hundred he politics and decide on candiions regarding taxes, defense, thcr programs directly affect id the future of our children, most of us are falling down on > so much easier to sit back and i or newspaper. vote! Decide who really is the ien vote for him. Secondly, you friends and neighbors the impart in politics. Urge them to eral elections. ich citizen and the more each of of government, from the ward g and important its workings irty" unless you let it get that THE CLOTHMAKER Lydia Section Ma Textile Correspondence Course Graduate James McElhannon, Lydia Spinning Section Man, recently com pleted a two year stud} course in cotton manufactur ing. The course encomposec the study of cotton textile; from the cotton fields to ship ment of gray goods to fin isners and converters. In 1952 James acceptec work at Lydia Mills as ? sweeper in the Spinning Room. At the time he was i sophomore at Clinton High School. James continued te work and attend school anc upon graduation in 1954 he had advanced to a doffer. Sill determined to become better informed James enrolled in two forty hour Spinning Frame Fixing Courses taught in the C.H.S. textile vocational building in 195? and a forty hour Spinning Frame Calculations course taught in 1959. These courses were taught by Joe Sarr Caughman. James said recently New Holiday Pay D-l: A..&l: I runty tsuiimea President Robert M. Vance announced a new pay policy for recognized holidays this month. His bulletin notice tc employees explained the policy as follows: HOLIDAY PAY POLICY The Company has established and will observe the following five (5) recognized holidays each year: New Year's Day July 4th Labor Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day Hourly wage employees who perform any work or these holidays will be paid al the rate of time and one-half The above holidays will be considered to be the calendai day, i.e. beginning at 12:01 A. M. (midnight) and ending the following midnight. A holiday will only be counted as such on the day which it falls, and when nol worked, will not be considered as a day worked for the purpose of computing overtime premium pay. Whenever practicable, the plant will be closed on these holidays, and notices will be posted announcing the schedule for the holidays as far in advance as possible. For business reasons, the Company p;lnnn| miopnninn (U 4 ll ^UUIUIHCC llldl lilt plants will be closed on all ot any of these holidays. In granting these holidays when practicable, the Company's primary consideration is the welfare and happiness of all its employees. The above named five (5) days were carefully selected for religious and patriotic holiday observances and appropriate days for employees tc have short periods for recreation, relaxation, and pleasure. This policy does not mean holidays with pay. If no work is performed on these prescribed holidays, no pay will be received. n Completes Textile Com r > i 5 W 1 ' M D\ V\ n ^H\ .. t3tr ) 1 i Overseer Bodie McElhan "through my textile course 1 : J have learned more about the various phases and problems of quality cloth production. I ' feel that I am better qualified i * and have a better apprecia- ; * tion concerning the different < ; Motorists Urged Not to i Notices < South Carolina motorists i who become subject to motor ^ vehicle and drivers license ; suspension under the new I four-point violation provision * of the Safety Responsibility Act are urged by Chief High- 1 UT!)\' m i Plnn/Jr? D ?? m ? vv/iiuuiooiviliLl V^IUUUL' I\. I ; McMillan to respond promptly i ' when they receive notices of t suspension. t Many persons who have re- 1 ceived license suspension no- j tices since January 1 have ig- j nored them, thereby causing t the motorists and the High- i way Department unnecessary t expense and inconvenience. Department records indicate > that 7,558 notices have been < sent out since the first of the 1 year. Of this number, 2.682 \ persons have furnished certi- i ' lication of insurance coverage < 1 and approximately 200 have j voluntarily surrendered their 1 drivers licenses and vehicle plates. The remaining notices < have been completely ignored, i and the Highway Patrol has i I I been notified to pick up the t drivers licenses and vehicle plates of the persons involved, t The card-type notices, j which are sent by mail to I persons convicted of traffic t violations carrying four or \ more points, instruct the 1 motorist that he has become 1 subject to compliance with i the South Carolina Financial ( Responsibility Law, and in i order to avoid suspension of j 1 his drivers license and vehicle c V MARCH, CLINTON Ralph Y. Bagwell Carding F Charles E. Clark. Jr. Spinning V Leonard H. Matthews Spinning / Joseph W. Shockley Spinning C James M. Waters Spinning E James W. Willis Spinning C Judy A. KinardLYDIA N Phillip B. King Carding C Nellie W. Hughes Spinning E Betty J. Pace Spinning J APRIL. 1960 spondence Course SjT' ' l| non Supt. Roberts stages of production. James is married to the former Betty Samples. Betty was employed at Lydia Mills in 1951 as a spinner trainee and has been continuously employed since. lfinorc >f Licrnsr Suspension registration he must comply with one of the following alternatives prior to the effective date of suspension ?hown on the card: 1. If at the time the violaion occurred the vehicle beng operated was insured by m automobile liability policy, he stub provided on the noice form should be completed ay the vehicle owner and aromptly returned to the Deao ?'t 4 T 4 ?^ 4 1- J /c*i iniv:iii. it id nL'L't'hdtirv max he certification be signed by in official representative of he insurance company. 2. If at the time of the violation the vehicle being iperated was not covered by iabilitv insurance, the owner riust then file proof of insurince bv means of a standard SR 22 form and maintain such Droof for five years in the uture, as required by law. Failure to comply with one >r the other of these requirenents will result in the suslension of both vehicle re^isrations and drivers license. Mr. McMillan explained u^? ;r mu, ii nit: suspension nonces ire ignored, the suspension jccomes effective 10 days afer the notice is mailed vi. ether the motorist has iabilitv insurance or not. Phe Highway Department has 10 way of knowing whether >r not a motorist is insured jntil lie responds to the suspension notice, the official oncluded. /(/g&tm //.y / s/asr 1960 MILLS 'aye E. Attaway Weaving i/illiam J. Douglas Weaving Innie R. Ginn Weaving lladys I. Ginn Weaving -dd Lee Weaving Charles K. Slack Weaving Laboratory IILLS ^laudine Whitt Spooling lillie F. McElhannon Weaving ohn D. Revis Cloth