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CLINTON MILLS Vol. 14. No. 10 Dec., 1965 Clinton, S. C. g W 11 ** /, :: Mizii 7%e Afosf L In Our What is the most useful tool in our plants, or in any plant? What is the tool which cannot be replaced, for any amount of money? ** 11 " ' " minions 01 dollars are spent to equip modern textile plants with the most useful and up-to-date machinery; modern technology is constantly developing new and better tools, but no real replacement has ever been found?or will ever be found ?for this "most useful tool." What is it? It is the skilled human hand! Human hands will always be the most useful tool in any industry, even if and when most machines are push ouuon operated. They will continue to be the most useful. Modern medical science has found it possible to replace the human hand with a fairly good artificial hand ? but the artificial can never be as good as the real human hand. Unfortunately, although no adequate replacement can be found for the hand, it remains one of the most carelessly used tools in our plants and in all inrlnstrv Every year, reports of mashed, cut, blistered, tornoff, ground - to - a - pulp and sawed off fingers and thumbs account for nearly 400,000 disabling on-the-job injuries. That's about 20 per cent of all the work injuries reported throughout the nation, in an average year. w ,* 7?' "r.? . ' '. -^u * fnhtnkL> F/i/i/ HIHHVIb M Wf Plonts Even more tragic is the fac that these thumb and finge injuries resulted in 38,00 permanent disabilities (an< even some fatalities), leadin, the nation-wide toll of crip pling injuries. Why is this valuable toe involved in so many acci dents? There's only one reasor The hands and fingers cai perform miracles as efficien tools?BUT they can't think n-11 . i - mat s something people havi to do for their hands. Bi alert to any hazards whicl might mangle and crippli your hands. They are irre placeable, and you must h constantly aware of the fac that hand injuries can crippli you for life ? financially a well as physically! Employees Decorate Homes For Christmas * k * ' iviany employees nave beau tifully decorated their home in preparation for Saint Nick' visit. Brightly lighted trees Nativity scenes, and "Christ masy" doorways convey Sea son's Greetings to everyone Home arrangements a n < displays bring joy to mam who ride through the variou: residential areas admiring their beauty, originality, anc appropriateness. Supposing You Ho Invested Your Mon Would you overstay t break for coffee? Would you use that beat wrench on that $30,000 Di of equipment? Would you let the guard 1 off the machine and not place it? Would you stand by ? say nothing if unsafe pr tices were occurring? Would you allow p o housekeeping? Would you think twice fore downgrading our ope tion? Would you want to kn how your money was bei spent? Would you want to i each department produce efficiently as possible? You sure would! As e ployees, we probably h? much more at stake fini cially than our stockholde Thoughtful consideration your job and your Compa can make the difference 1 tween our plant's success failure. Let's all pull togetl to make our Company a m( profitable operation. Looking to the Futu As the tools man uses in 1 daily work become more co plex, so does the degree * skills necessary to oper; r them. Put another way, as c ^ world of textile manufacti S ing grows more complex, c ery person who makes 1 living in it must grow knowledge and skill. The textile industry Y grown great at least in pj oecause it is a "people-base 1 and not a "machine - base \ Air Vie7 1 a t S Wf^ >zSsiH ^ , , 7 Local Photographer Dan Yarfc ] photograph of the Clinton pic on an aerial photographing ;J Company Christina hat Appreciation ece ^ re- I "~r ind Sv^. kb HERBERT HUGHES BESSIE OVERSEER WE; mTS. This scene. the presentation c 1 employees, will be inacted hundred 1 01 and practical gifts expressing ihe C ny Seasons Greetings were individual De01 his industry. Machines neither m- build nor operate themselves, of People do. More to the point, ite skilled people do. As the textile industry's ur base of competition spreads, lr- one of the challenges which iv- must be met is the need for nis new and better skills. It will in be a combination of newer and better ways to do things, las and skilled people to do them, irt that will make the industry d" stronger in years to come, d" ?The Textile Editor Bu IAkw < M ll. i. ? J orough made this several area i ints recently when time of day pr< j assignment for on this particu BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Clinton, S. C. Permit N. 59 is Gifts Convey , Season Greetings I.& QUEEN JAMES COLE iVER SUPERVISOR >f Company Christmas gifts to all Is of times this week. The beautiful Company's sincere appreciation and ly selected by employees. Mixed Yarns A father was scolding his teen-age daughter: "You girls don't seem to care how you look. Why, your hair re sembles a mop." Daughter: "What's a mop?" ? * Thanks to the invention of pop top cans, it's no longer necessary to hunt for a can opener. The time saved can be put to better uses, like searching for a bandage. * * * Tip to housewives: Be sure your kitchen stove is level. If it isn't the food won't burn evenly. EEt|f| r ^3 nstitutions. Sun shadows at the ivented his doing the Lydia plant lar flight.