The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, November 15, 1967, Page 8, Image 12
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San'a Clans is coming to
of year ho has many places ft
time, ion he plans to arrive h
'decernIter 7, at 4:30 p.m.
The Clinton Jaycecs henplan
to give him a royal ieel
o color guard, true? a parade
'<y local civic clubs, churches,
Siyi.ee his schedule does
earlier in the day, ynany of th
stores open for a while aftCJ
sevcj) o'clock, so that an you i
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:! < !nu!;nut for prizes to he <
stores, it might he YOUR luck
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The fiber of South Civ
throughout nearly ever y faeet
>>! jI.;; jn!!u?*n'" prevail , in
'i'lie industry is by far t
the largest taxpayer, the !;?
services. And the payrolls In
proach some $700 million ami
ing o!i state and local taxes, i?
in construction, in retail I rat
Textiles and textile-rela
count for 7b per cent of intl'j
linn, 70 per cent of 'Indus', rk
of annual product value, and
investment.
This modern, progress?vt
heading South Carolina's driv
Chemical firms, machinery
makers are locating in the si
customer or supplier - the 1
This massive seamen' or
*Austr\es can date itself to
lievod to be one of tire firs' *
history was opera''*'.' !>v a v.\
i ii John's Island near Chara-.s
smmlirr! 1he nowcv for v:o-n
It remained, however, !'<
laree-scale textile mane.facti
"'lie Granitev:lie Co-m
Graniteville, near Aiken, witas
en.e of the nation's leaditv
When war anc! P.eeons:
ravae.es on the state, the text
and jobs as the vehicle for S
road to recovery. The indns
of the Palmetto State's neon
since that time.
South Carolina's textile i
mosi niiHioni in me w*. :
in.Lj, knitting and fiber plan
inaugurated more than S-1'T
and modernization probe's.
Its significance in the w
easily. South Carolina annua.
? Twenty-five per cent
and sil!< fabric in the n
o Forty-two per cent of
nation.
* Yarn from per cen
equipment in tine nati?
e More than four bil'.ior
encircle the equator IT
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CVmUm .soon. At this time
> r/D n>t(f is* hard pressed for
ere on Thursday afternoon,
rrl hiv nivit ntirl thnu
come complete with bands,
of some 25 floats sponsored
businesses, and institutions.
110* permit him to arrive
e merchants trill keep their
the parade, possibly until
: who mishes to shop after
'unity to do so. And he on
ficen atony at many of the
.7 day.
CAROLINA
ro'ina textiles is threaded
of t!ie state's life. The fahrh- sc
'? :4 fi r'aio!ina V
he state's largest c?np!oyc?r,
est consumer of goods and w
>m textile plants, which an- n?
mal'y, have a healthy bear- -r
? bank and savings deposits, ai
le. bi
tod industries together ac- ^
stria! wages in South Carod
employment, G15 per cent
some !*>0 per cent of capita!
textile complex is spear- <n
a- toward industrial growth.
iii.'i'iufaeturers and apparel
ate to be near their bigges'
oxt'le indust?'y.
?me ? !* America's groat in- ,
Vi'.iiMinl \\ines. What is ho- 't"
ex'ile mills in this country's ^
.Mrs. Frances J'amage, (
ton jn the late 170f)s. Horses ^
gh'i'ninu
>r William CI ret?)' to brim1
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irint? it? South Carolina m
any, which he founded in
< a sinrle mil!, still operates
? textile firms.
rue'ion had worked their
ile industry provided plants
outh Carolina to travel th.e (!
try has been the backbone
onvr structure and i/rowth
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ndustry has been called the
s spinning, weaving, finishts
in a single recent year
million in plant expansion
or'd of textiles can bo seen s(
! 1 y nroduces: c
of all the cotton, synthetic p
nt'.on.
a!! 'ho cotton cloth in the m
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t of .'ill the cotton spinning '
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PP74 Gary R. Vincent.
>n of Mr. and Mrs. Ned
bicent, and grandson of
r. and Mrs. S. F. Blacko'.I.
is presently in Vietim.
He received his basic
aininr* at Fort Jackson
id Fort Lee. Gary cele ated
his 19th birthday
ctober 5.
SEASONS
The baseball season is
/or. The St. Louis Carditis
are World Champions.
!>? college football season
i.ipidly coming to a close
u! it's anyone's guess
h will be in the major
>wls comu New Year's
'ay. Will it be Georgia,
. i.\ Slate, UCLA? No one
mows we will just have
? wait and see.
However, there is no
iccific season for being
il'e. We will have to be
;a!'e" today and tomorrow
u! all the tomorrows to
me if we are to prevent
;cidcnts.
To have a "good season"
ion, each of us will have
? resolve to perform our
ibs the right way?which
the safe way.
The output of South Cai
very American. Products in<
iwcls, tire fabric, draperies,
... r..t.
in UL: ; itiuiicr*, MUDIL'I y, u
itrgica! dressings, typewrite
hi el's, blue jeans, burlap b;
inking machines. They are u:
mbile upholstery to the CJen
T!iis progressive industry
icnts am! of the career oj
nth college and non-college
roduction, design, finance,
ations, research, marketing,
urrent growth that, despi
ighor ])rofieiency, many nc
rented.
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SAFETY "AS
.'v'AXY MEANINGS I
SAFETY is not for just
a few people, but,for every- j
one.
SAFETY is not for sale, ^
but is free.
SAFETY is not just for ^
the employee who is exposed
to hazardous work,
but for the office employee, ^
too.
SAFETY is not like playing
solitaire*, something you
can cheat on.
SAFETY !s For Every
Employee of CLINTON
MILLS.
olina textile plants touches
elude blankets, sheets, rugs,
baby diapers, conveyor and
nderwear, knit sportswear,
r ribbons, twine, handkerjgging,
and felt for paper- j
sed in everything from auto- I
lini space capsule.
' is proud of its accomplishjportunities
it provides for
graduates in many fields ? <
sales, personnel, public rente.
Such is the industry's 1
ite automation calling for ?
w jobs constantly are being <
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NOVEMBER 1967
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State
*ty Awards
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Jim Lybrand, left, Clinon
No. 2 Superintendent,
nd Dick Swetenburg, ClinNo.
1 Superintendent,
used for t h e CLOTII/IAKER
camera with Fred
jerncK, aaieiy uirecior 01
he S. C. Industrial Comnission,
shortly after he
(resented them Certificates
>f Safety Achievement for
heir respective plants at
he annual S. C. Accident
Prevention Conference.
Wedding Bells
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Deborah Jean Price,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James W. Price, became the
bride of Wayne E. Steele,
son of Mrs. Milford Wright,
an September 30th at 4:30
p.m.
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