The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, April 15, 1960, Page 2, Image 2
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<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
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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.
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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