The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, January 15, 1962, Page 2, Image 2
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IK > n Published ni<
lPTT^r f?r employe*
; <y I and Lydia
.{ Clinton, S. <
I direction of
? , .. Crocker, In<
Member of South fir^rtc 1
Ainnuc rouncii or Industrial
Kditora
Calvin Cooper
E. C. Huffstetler
Truman Owens
The publisher" of The
items of interest from i
to your department
personr
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Foreign (
One of the appealing featu.r
ness of it.
Regardless of physical or m
may hold over another, all an
same conditions and same ru
unqualified sense of fairness
Through the years, there ha:
lar sense of fairness to busin<
to encourage imagination and
courage or prohibit unfair or
Despite these efforts to appl
competition, the American te?
to run a race with foreign con
logical. American manufacture
les of wage and labor standar
rules, and other regulations
who sell to Americans.
But, perhaps the highest h
facturers have to leap is the
raw cotton.
American-grown cotton car:
which are presently 8% centf
higher than the world price,
manufacturers to buy Americ;
the difference in the prices.
This means, for instance, th;
an American mill $171.50 cou
facturer for $129. There are, a
foreign manufacturer shipping
United States in the form of t
Textile competition?even v
vantages for one competitor?
ter. Therefore, to require Amc
hurdle of higher prices for A
to compete in its own markets
and unfair to be true?but it
Forecasts
?Business will continue to
go where invited and remain
where appreciated.
?Reputations will continue
tn ho mnHo hu mantf Q/'tc
? -.7 .r
and be lost by one.
?People will go right on preferring
to do business with
friends.
?Go-givers will become the
best go-getters.
anthly by and /^-s
es of Clinton f /-i
Cotton Mills,
C., under the
Claude A. "V
iustrial Rela- ... , . .
~ . Member of American
Director. Association of
Industrial Kdltors
rju?.
Staff Artist
Photographer
Clothmaker will welcome
ts readers. Turn them in
al reporters or to the
lei office.
Hurdles
III?
Zompetition
es of a sports event is the fairental
advantages one contestant
? required to compete under the
les. In other words, there is an
applied to every event.
3 been an effort to apply a simi2ss
con.petition. There are laws
ingenuity, but other laws disdiscriminatory
practices,
y a sense of fairness to business
ctile industry continues to have
ipetitors that is neither fair nor
>rs are forced to leap high hurdds,
patent laws and advertising
which do not affect foreigners
lurdle American textile manuprice
of raw materials, notably
ries government support prices
> per pound, or 42.50 per bale,
To encourage foreign textile
an cotton, the government pays
E?t a bale of cotton which costs
ild be sold to a foreign manut
present, no restrictions on the
I that same cotton back to the
extiles or textile products,
without unfair and illogical adis
an intense and difficult mat>rican
companies to leap a high
merican-grown cotton in order
would seem to be too fantastic
is.
for 1962
?The "extra - mile" will have
no traffic jams.
?Performance will continue
to out-sell promises.
?Enthusiasms will be as contagious
as ever.
?Know - how will surpass
guess - how.
?Trust, not tricks, will keep
customers loyal.
?Quality will be prized as a
precious possession.
THE CLOTHMAKER
Summary of Eventful l(
ress retired at Lydia after 15
years of continuous service.
89 employees receive fiveyear
service pins. Everett C.
Lindsey, manager of employee
relations for Gulf Oil
Corporations Cincinnati, Ohio
Refinery to speak at OleTimers
Banquet.
APRIL 1961
121 Ole Timers and guests
feted at banquet on Thornwell
Campus. Little Boys'
League Play Begins. New Ole
Timers were Rov Lydia, J.
M. Cunningham, Arthur San
ders and Bessie Queen, Clinton.
Ithiel Harvey was the
only new member from
Lydia. Science Fair at Mercer
Bailey School was a huge
success. Mrs. Dot Gaffney,
Lydia. was installed as Worthy
Matron of James B. Parrot
Chapter, Order of Eastern
Star. Arthur Gallman,
Lydia Supervisor, was named
Worthy Patron. Cavaliers
enter fast Western Carolina
Textile Baseball League. Truman
Owens named manager.
Linda Corley received her
UIwl. 1 1 J * ? 1 - ?
uign scnuui uipiorna in music
with a Superior rating grade
of 97'o. Lydia Presbyterian
Church holds mortgage burning
services April .'10th.
MAY 1961
Frances Taylor and Philip
King win $3,000 M. S. Bailey
Scholarships. Sales Representatives
from New York, Boston,
Chicago and Los Angeles
visit mills. Maxie Allen
Davis, Clinton, and Maxie
Dean Davis, Lydia, selected
to attend Boys' State Elizabeth
Blackwell, Lydia, and
Sandra Dunaway, Clinton, to
attend Girls' State in June.
Camp Fire Girls encampment
datp<J sift at famn Riiflr Hnrn
? ? ? r- w
The Dorsey Turners, Clinton,
and the Horace Browns,
Lydia, win Home and Yard
Improvement Contest. Mr. &
Mrs. Walter Campbell, Lydia,
receive first Blanket under
"Blankets for New Babies"
Program begun by Company.
Mrs. Selma Patterson receives
diploma in Practical Nursing.
P. C. Business and Econom
i c Association members
four I .vrlia Plan* Tliirtu.
IUU1 J UTCT *iU1 1 ^ * rTTTTTJ
three Clinton-Lydia sons and
daughters graduate at C. H. S.
Francis Cooper and Kathryn
Moore win Lydia P. T. A.
Scholarship Bonds.
Cavaliers Set Pare in
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Clinton Cavaliers with a 7-1 r
with Whitmire for top in the Mid-S
league. The four team league cons
mire. Torrington, Joanna and Clin
Tuesday and Thursday nights. Cli
rington play their home games on tl
courts. Recently Clinton has play
961, Continued
JUNE 1961
Swimming Pools open t
the delight of children. Clin
ton Plant receives Safet;
Achievement Award from S
C. Department of Laboi
Swimming Lessons given a
pools without charge to al
non-swimmers.
JULY 1961
Modernization Plans an
nounced for Clinton Plan
No. 1. Community Churche
hold Choir Clinic. Famil;
Fun Days enjoyed by man;
at pools. Mr. and Mrs. Tull
Albrecht are guests of bono
of Clinton Woman's Club
Polio Shots given withou
cost to all employees am
members of their immediat
families. Clinton-Lydia Worn
an's Clubs visit New York
Sybil Windsor receives hono
scholorship to Winthrop Col
lege. Miss Peggv Dunawa\
R. N. named Lvdia Plan
Nurse. Six Clinton - Lvdi
bovs named to Little Boy
League All Star Team. Clin
ton Cavaliers surprise West
ern Carolina foes. Paid vaca
tion enjoyed bv employees.
AUGUST 1961
Community Baptis
Churches announce sponsor
ship of Community kindergartens.
South Carolina High
way Patrolmen speak t<
plant supervisors. Vice Pre
sident. J. B. Templeton, re
cognized Terry Crawford
Lvdia, and Billv Butler, Clin
ton, for their outstandin
sportsmanship during th
Little Boys League Seasor
He presented them with per
sonallv autographed baseball
from the Detroit Timers am
Chicago White Soxs. Child
ren returned to school. Cap
tain Van Oxners' Nationa
Guards rank high in For
Stewart, Georgia training
Clinton-Lvdia Bov Scout
spena weeK at Lamp Uld In
dian.
SEPTEMBER 1961
J. D. Hairston retires a
Lydia Secretary after 4
years of continuous service
George Brockenbrough nam
ed Director of Data Process
ing. Advisory Committee c
Bailey Foundation announce
Scholarship Loan Prograr
to eligible high school gradu
ates. Flu shots offered to al
employees on a voluntary, no
cost basis. Voluntary In
l-State Basketball Lea^ui
vol . j
LflL ^gpP
SbbVJH jjfJ; __. jE&fc
BKmH Rfe
B ;
rw^mw
ecord are tied games at Pr?
tate Basketball and Nettles i
isting of Whit- Shown p
ion plays each Smith. Sam i
nton and Tor- liams. Hevw
leir opponents' Braswell. Pal
ed their home Littleton was
JANUARY. 1962
4
Plant Fire Brigade formed
0 at Clinton. Kinard Littleton
named Rookie of Year in
y Western Carolina League.
;. Lydia Scouts obtain retired
train caboose for conversion
t into Cabin. A1 Williams
1 graduates at The Cital. Melvin
Bailey and Kinard Little
ton selected as Co-Captains of
the 1961 Red Devils. Miss
t Teresa Worthy and Wayne
s Fuller united in marriage.
v OCTOBER 1961
y Clinton - Lvdia employees
y contribute generously to
r Greater Clinton Community
). Chest. Charlie W a 1 d r o n
t named Controller of Mills.
:1 Lydia Baptist Church burns
c mortgage on Pastorium. Superintendent
D. H. Rof}erts
speaks at mortgage burning
r ceremonies. Calvin Cooper ^
and John Vassev attend Civil
Defense Mobilization School
t in Battle Creek. Michigan. D.
a H. Roberts, Rov Holtzclaw
s a n d Claude Crocker attend
National Safety Congress in
Chicago. Sylvia King honored
for academic achievement
at Winthrop College. New
"Watch F o r Children Playt
ing" signs erected on streets
leading into Lydia Community.
NOVEMBER 1961
o Kinard Littleton chosen on
S. C. Shrine Bowl Team. Employee
Christmas Savings
I. Checks total more than $155,000.
Joe Lark and Miss Shir
^ ley Jones of Taylors are wed
e in a beautiful ceremony in
i. Piedmont Park Baptist
Church, Taylors. Providence ^
s School P. T. A. holds success- M
d ful Halloween Carnival. As- A
I- sistant Superintendents and ^
i- Overseers attend 24th Annual A
il S. C. Accident Prevention fl
t Conference in Colu m b i a.
t. Fishing Clubs hold Awards 1
s Night. J
DECEMBER 1961 I
Santa visits Mills. Twin |
Blue Spruce Christmas Trees 1
s decorated on mill lawns. Em- |
~t (nuyirs wun a years or more
?. of continuous service receive J
i- a second week of vacation pay "
i- for Christmas H o 1 i d a y s.
if Bountiful and beautiful fruit
s baskets presented to each emn
ployee. All day Christmas
Parties enjoyed bv employees
1 and families. Home Christ?
mas Decoration Contco sponsored
by Company.
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?sbyterian College. Watkins, Howard
are leading scorers for the Cavaliers,
rior to a recent game are Peanut
Owens. Lewis Howard. Tommie Wil- S
ard Nettles, Billy Watkins, Jimmie
t Lowe and Truman Owens. Kinard
i absent when photo was taken.