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CLINTON - LYDIA MILLS Vol. 11. No. 2 Feb.. 1962 Clinton. S. C. VOLUME 11. NO. 2 PUBI CONTINUOUS SEK 10-15-20-Yc?ar liai "Olc Timers** 142 Clinton-Lydia employee service award pins at a banquet Thornwell Dining Hall at 7:00 honored guest will be accompa her choice. President Robert M sentations of the service award Claude Crocker Invited to President's Safety Conference in W ashington i President John F. Kennedy has invited Claude Crocker to attend his Conference on Occupational Safety, to be held in Washington, D. C., March I 6-8, 1962. The Conference will bring together in the Nation's Capitol, leaders of American in- ; dustrv, Agriculture, Federal, State and local Governments, insurance, education, science, health and private organization from all parts of the country. Their purpose is to devise and then apply voluntary cooperative means for reducing the 111,800 deaths and nearly 2 million disabling injuries occurring each year because of on-the-job accidents. They will seek ways to minimize t h e Nation's losses in manpower. technical skill, human suffering, and Financial Waste To Employees And Employers that job accidents are causing. This effort is summarized in int' c.onierence meme "S a 1' e g u a r d i n g I luman Worth". Crocker is immediate past president ol the South CaroVassey Named Ri % Chief for 6 Defer ' 3/,?* Jfl ^ v m John W. Vassey John W. Vassey was recently appointed as Chief of the do .ISHED BY AND FOR THE (VICE AWARDS i<|iiet March 1(> March 23 s will receive 10-15-20 year to be held in their honor in o'clock on March 16. Each ined by the ^uest of his or . Vance will make the prepins. "Old Timers" One Week Later Clinton-Lydia active "ole timers'', 16 incoming members. and retired ole-timers will be honored at a banquet in the Thornwell Orphanage Dining Hall on Friday evening. March 23rd, at 7:00 o'clock. Each honored guest will be accompanied by the Huest of his or her choice for the seventh annual event. Sixteen senior employees will be received into the 25 years and over continuous service group when present- ( cd engraved Hamilton watch- ; es and ruby set service award i pins by President Robert M. Vance. i Employees to be inducted 1 as New "Old-Timers" are i James R. Godfrey. Sr., J. R. ] Hamrick, Victor \V. Mattox, * Elbe Mae Butler. Melvin A. < Seav, L. Berry Trammell, ? Johnnie D. Butler, J. W. Fow- 1 ler. W. B. Littleton. Murray < W. Adams. Clinton C. West ( and Mayfield Copeland of ; Clinton and Rex C. Harris. ] Alma Harvey, J. T. Lanford and Rosa B. Patterson of Lvdia. lina Society of Safety Engineers and is presently serving as Chairman of the Personnel 1 Division of the South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association. idiological junty Civil ise Program Radiological Defense Service in Laurens County, according t aon announcement bv Tommy Pigg Jr., civil defense director. His responsibilities will be iu nam ami oigaiu/.e pt 1 so 11nel in Laurens County to use radiological instruments a n d sot up stations to supplement the six stations now in operation. He will serve on the staff of the Civil Defense Director. John is a graduate of Chesnee High School and attended North Dakota University for two years. He has also attended the Civil Defense Radiological instructors course at Battle Creek. Mich. He is a veteran of World War II in which he served as a pilot. iH EMPLOYEES OF CLINTONBANQUETS SET "Ole Timers" Itampiet Speaker W ^ m, Dode Phillips, one of South Carolina's best known personalities, will be guest speaker at the seventh annual "Olerimers" Banquet at Thornwell on March 23rd at 7:00 P. M. Phillips, considered by many as the greatest football player ever to play for a South Carolina College, is an mtstanding after -dinner speaker. He resides in the town of Due West, the home jf his alma mater, Erskine College, where h 1 s athletic achievements made him a legend in his own days. Upward Revision of Wages Announced Clinton-Lydia was the first Company in South Carolina to announce an upward wage revision this month. President Vance's bulletin board notice to employees, relative to the w a g e adjustments, effective February 24th. was posted prior to newspaper reports of other South Carolina Companies. He further stated. "Clinton-Lydia Mills will continue to pay wages competitive with those of the top tAfint K I" 1111 a. Clothmaker Records J With this the 120th issir 11th year of reporting and Company and its employee Clinton-Lvdia News, was pi Mr. W. Pierre Burdette's, no "The Clothmaker" was selec more than 300 names submi of the same year. The Clothmaker Staff i ciates news about you and depends upon your continu us with the little as well i in this way can we fully re our activities and progress, and items to help us make T! in^ and informative for you kit LYDIA MILLS. CLINTON. S. II II A RAM A 1 in maifui a Boy Scouts and Camp Fires February Bi for Youth C February is always an exceptionally busy and important month for Clinton-Lydia Bov Scout Troops and Camp Fire Girls. More than 250 sons and daughters of emE v a Land Named Music Judge Mrs. Eva Land. Clinton Mills Social Director, was selected early this month as a judge for the JUNIOR MUSIC FESTIVALS sponsored throughout the State each Spring by the Federation of Music Clubs of South Carol: tm i i - i una. me nonor is oesioweci only upon well-qualified teacher-musicians. Mrs. Land will hear and judge outstanding young musicians at the Auditioning Center in Orangeburg. S. C. on March 31st. Other Auditioning Centers will be held at Furman University (Greenville), Converse College (Spartanburg), Coker College (Hartsville), Lolumma Music Hall (Columbia) and in Charleston this Spring. The Board of Directors of the Federation of Music Clubs sets very high standards for the Judges Selection Committee to follow in the naming of judges since it is the most important Festival responsibility. Mrs. Land's students receiving High School Diploma in Music under her direction have made outstanding records in the m usic departments of Colleges and Universities throughout South farnl ina & Decade of Progress c. The Clothmaker begins its I recording activities of the s. The first issue, then the rinted on February 15. 1952. vv deceased, suggested name, ted for the publication from tted by employees in March dways welcomes and appre your families. Our success ed cooperation in supplying is the big news items. Only port the continuing story of We invite your suggestions he Clothmaker more interestand your families. BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S. C. Permit N. 59 Tt WTTftTm ia il C. FEBRUARY. 1962 r THORNWRLL jsy Month )rganizations ployees are members of these Community Chest supported character building organiza tions. J""-l "IWILLOOMYIEST" ?SiuS ?UILD W^f ^"VE VCLJ Achieve STKICTNEI AMERICA ? CHARACTEI COUNTS BOY SCOUTS The 52nd anniversary of the establishment of the BSA was observed by Lvdia Troop No. 90 and Clinton Troop No. 138 and their Cub Packs during National Boy Scout Week February 7-13. The Observance had as its theme "Strengthen America . . . Character Counts", with special emphasis on Scouting a new program of national purpose through which 5.234.000 boys and adult leaders pledge, I Will Do My Best to Build, to Serve, and to Achieve." Both T roops attended church on Boy Scout Sunday, February 11. and participated in the week long activities. Scoutmasters Truman Owens and Ellis Huffstetler and their boys are presently making plans for the Spring and Fall Camporees and for a week long encampment at Camp Old Indian in August. CAMP FIRE GIRLS Camp Fire Girls invited their best boy friend . .. Dad to their annual Dad-Daughter banquets held in both communities during Valentine week. The girls prepared the dinner for Dad and themselves in beautifully decorated boxes. Prizes wore awarHpH for the most attractive boxes. Each girl escorted her Dad through a large Valentine to the table as "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"' was played. Work programs and projects of the past year were reviewed for the Dads following songs and skits by various groups. Plans for the week long encampment in early June at Camp Buck Horn were outlined.