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2 ?aasfff?s8 cioi Published m 1 ? i Ji for employe I c*\ and Lydia t t Clinton, S. direction ol ... . _ . Crocker. In Member of South Atlantic Council of uons Industrial Kdttors CalTin Cooper Truman Owens The publishers of The items of interest from to your department personi The World Owes We often hear the remark world owes him a living." Anc see it become a truth more anc country filled with opportunil the examples of this philosopf even sponsored by our goverr all lead. Down through the ages wc those who work and strive for nations and persons. Our sv built with government hand-o ful enough to make us grow As much as we like it, succ or business today that has enji progress owes itself to two t management and loyal, hones these can not move without two together, it isn't luck. II life begun back when this o forward not bv people who 1 living but people who only v to earn a fair living. Can you imagine an old sc ago coming back to life toda? we have so close by? We have say in a few words to advise u He would tell us very quickl living, that it's here for all w and be free. Small Parts A watch is made up of m no matter how small ? has Often, removing a seemingly make the difference betweei ineffective one. There is a strong parallel program is much like a watc! little parts upon which rests to be remembered is that wl program, the so-called little much attention as the larger Sometimes we feel that program is not important, bu would be no safety program, bution?no matter how smal of that fact. Let us take prid< ing accidents we are doing or piugiain. The Marg Look at the white margii around the edges of this pag( That little strip around th four sides does not seem to b much, does it? But get a rule and measure it and you wi find that in this small, narro\ margin there is more tha one-half of the total area c the page! Margins are mighty impoi tant all through our live That seemingly unimportar little strip around the edges c our efforts may make all th difference between succej and failure. The boy or gii who has a hard time at scho( or at work often thinks h does not have time to get a those lessons or do his wor mj onthly by and t es of Clinton A /-? ^yyfvCr Cotton Mills, C., under the c f Claude A. \J ??i Rela_ Member of American J Director. Association of * Industrial Editor* { Editor s Photographer 1 ...;n 1 ? ? _ f UiUlIlllldlVCi Will WC1LUU1C V its readers. Turn them in _ ;al reporters or to the nel office. t Who A Living??? ? ; that "old so and so thinks the 9 1 frankly as time goes on, we can a 1 more often. It seems today in a f ty that we can see more clearly I ly. With all the gimmicks today a lment, we wonder where it will " s c ? will find that success comes to it. This, we believe, means both | 'stem of free enterprise wasn't uts and it certainly was success- j into a powerful nation. :ess isn't just luck. Any industry oyed any measure of success and c ;hings?good sound planning by 1 t, skilled employees. Any one of i the other. When you get these t's simply our American way of < ountry was settled and brought i thought the world owed them a i vanted a chance, an opportunity ( C v ?ttler who lived a hundred years y and seeing all the pitfalls that 1 i a very good idea what he would ; s on keeping our America strong, y that the world owes no one a ho have the desire to work hard I ] 1 Are Important < any small parts, but each part? 1 a definite function to perform, unimportant part of a watch will a an effective timepiece and an to be drawn here, for our safety h in that it is composed of many its success or failure. The point aether it be a watch or a safety parts should be given just as ones. our contribution to the safety t if everyone felt that way, there Quite the contrary, your contril?is important. Never lose sight 2 in the knowledge that by avoidlr bit in putting over a successful |in . . . Counts n well. There probably is a lit?. tie margin of time slipping e away unnoticed, five minutes e at a time, just wasted, r In games, too, the player 11 who tries just a tiny margin v harder, who moves just a little n quicker, runs just a little >f faster, and thinks just a little deeper usually is the winner. r~ He may seem to be a superior s; player in a great degree. He ^ is a winner by a small margin only, but he is a winner! e A And that difference that is >s rj hardly noticeable, if you could }] measure it, probably would lC prove to be, just as the margin U of this page, more than a third k of the winner's ability. THE CLOTHMAKER February Susy Month tor Youth 3oy Scouts and Camp Fires February is always an exeptionally busy and imporant month for Clinton-Lydia 3oy Scout Troops and Camp pire Girls. More than 250 ons and daughters of em)loyees are members of these Jommunity Chest supported, haracter building organizaions. BOY SCOUTS The 53rd anniversary of the stablishment of the BSA was bserved by Lydia Troop No. i0 and Clinton Troop No. 138 ind their Cub Packs during National Boy Scout Week February 7-13. The observince had as its theme Strengthen America," with ;pecial emphasis on a new scouting program of national )urpose through which 5.234,)00 boys and adult leaders sledge, I Will Do My Best to 3uild, to Serve, and to Achieve." Both troops attended rhurch on Boy Scout Sunday, February 10, and participated in the week-long activities. Scoutmasters Truman Dwens and Jimmie Braswell and their boys are presently 1_; ? 1 r H r-% naming pians ior tne spring Zamporee at Greenwood State Park on March 22 & 23, and for a week-long encampnent at Camp Old Indian in August. CAMP FIRE GIRLS Camp Fire Girls invited their best boy friend . . . Dad :o their annual Dad-Daughter banquets held in both communities during Valentine week. The girls prepared the dinner for Dad and them selves in beautifully decorated boxes. Prizes were awarded 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 bv various groups. Clothmaker Birthday . . . (Continued from page 1) P. S. Bailey introduced the new paper as "Your paper," written by and for and available to all employees. It was to be published monthly "for the purpose of bringing all of us closer together. Fellow employees in one plant will know what is going on in the other plant. Its columns will also seek to inform you of company activities, safety achievements, recreation and other matters of general in leresi and importance. We hope this paper will reflect on our new look, blending all ol us together into a closer working team which will result in a spirit of understanding and cooperation unequaled in any other textile plant," he said In the years since 1952 "The Clothmaker" has tried tc operate on the formula set by the late President. It has attempted to present balanced material about employees their communities, and the textile industry. In addition, there has been ? TWO GIANTS February calls to mind the b cans; George Washington and A Need any more be said or wi great Americans? Still, their w interesting to modern-day Amei ^f^XX Feb. 22, 1732 WASHINGTON On Dem "I never say anything of a man that I have the smallest scruple of saying to him." On Fi "The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained." On Po "I have never made an appointment from a desire to serve a friend or relative." On Patr "The name American must always exalt the just pride of patriotism.'' Blue Birds h Clinton Blue Birds Debra Grant, and Janet Osborne, row one; and R< Revis, Elaine Higginbotham and Sa dads to dinner at Mercer Bailey S Ficklin, Kelly Proffitt. Joe Caughr standing, back row. Group Guards, Helen Johnson, Pauline Proffitt ai : ^ JANUAF CLINTON CORuby S. Butler?Spooling i Raymond C. Lawrence?Weaving Robert L. O'Sullivan, Jr.?Weaving Donald C. Pr, LYDIA COT1 James L. Osborne?Carding Louis T. Kay?Spinning Lawrence A. Estes?Spooling Sidney Oswald?Spooling John Thomas Iusti?Weaving I variety of other subject mat, ter of interest and benefit to i the personal lives of the people who make up the Clintont Lydia Mills Family. FEBRUARY. 1963 OF HISTORY irthdays of two great Ameriibraham Lincoln. itten than they were and are ords on various subjects are 'icans . . . Feb. 12. 1809 LINCOLN ocracy "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference is no democracy." aith "I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist. But I cannot conceive how a man could look up into heaven and say there is no God." litics "Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of inrtividupl moan n frtr tVio public good." iotism "I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives; and so live that the place will be proud of him." lonor Dads ii * *M lyfi| Susan Caughman, Terry Sineath, ;ba Starnes. Cathy Ficklin, Joanne indy Proffitt, seated; invited their chool February 11th. Dads D. D. nan and Jimmy Revis are shown left to right, are: Jeanette Starnes, id Ethel Higginbotham. ' //a/ IY. 1963 TTON MILLS Wallace B. Phillips?Weaving James B. Eldridge?Cloth I Betty J. McDonald?Cloth ather?Cloth TON MILLS James N. O'Shields?Weaving Covert Roland Revis?Weaving Dovle L. Templeton?Weaving Edna McGee?Cloth Charlie Blufford?Shop To all our employees who contribute so greatly to the proqress of our company, we dedicate this our 13?nd issue of "THE CLOTHMAKER."