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cwrr ?M?iU?mi tHt *?(:: VOL. 17, NO. 3 Checks Exceed $1/4 Million 1208EMPLOYEES RECi Clinton Mills will pay out over $300,000.00 in the Clinton area June 28 in regular weekly wages, salaries, and vacation pay. Vacation paychecks totaling $106,208.00 will be distriKiifoH In 1 90ft nmnlnvnoc V.V.V* vvy it-wu along with regular weekly payroll checks and salaried checks totaling $201,000.00. Thus Clinton Mills' checks will add over $300,000.00 to the local economy this week. Under the Company's 1968 July 4 Vacation Pay HH "Mr. B" . . . I Ei liftltflSll.jllttU.,:. ? CL01 If LUI 'I' : "vj ' :. .t:::;r:; :.irr.::r ; ... ..' : : : .*.? - : :2S I i:r.. . . . . , 1 ... PUBUSHED BY AND F< WE PAID VACATION Policy, everyone on the payroll June 30 with one or more years of continuous service as of June 1 is eligible for Vacation Pay, which is based on a per cemage 01 ine inaiviauars earning during the preceeding year. Approximately 75r J of employees will receive the week's vacation with pay beginning at 12 Midnight, June 28. All plants will resume operations Monday, July 8 at 12:01 A.M. (Sunday Midnight). ijoyed Every Day I w I < ? Iv .. u?fef HMAKI CLINTON NHU Plants?Clinton t . ' ' JK fcMrLU Yfcfcb UP CLINTUN M Lane Named Nigl Raymond (Ray) Lane has succeeded George T. Rankin as Night Superintendent of the Bailey Plant. Plant Manager Carl Rogers announced his appointment late last month when Rankin accepted a Superintendency position with another company. Lane, 44, is a 1950 graduate of North Carolina State with a B.S. Degree in Textile Manufacturing. He Viae cnrirpH in maniifaMnr. ing management positions for 15 years. Following completion of a two year Manufacturing Management Training Program with Marion Manufacturing Company, Marion. N. C., where he worked J. B. TEMPLE Joseph Bee Templeton, C in charge of manufacturing, i May 28. The 53 years textile care of South Carolina pioneer ai Cotton Mills at the age of 12 attending school, that he stc the spinning room. He wc Saturdays, and during sumir After completing high scl class, he continued his educj at CI cm son colleges bchool has supported himself finan< way through Clemson on Sc loan from a local businessmi His illustrious textile c positions with Springs and Mills, and Abnev's Poinsett I as Superintendent of Lvdia 19f>!l he was promoted to 1 turing, Clinton and Lydia C Although deeply dedicate cess of Clinton Mills, Mr. himself to business exclusi\ he was intensely interested ; of the communities in whicl civic, religious, and youth \ Clinton's "Man of the Yea been active in Bov Scout w and is one of Clinton's tl Beaver Award, Scouting's hij leadership. President Robert M. Van* pleton said. ' Bee's contributi value to our Company. His i ning the past 17 years is indc and minds of our managemc and admiration of the more of Clinton Mills. Under h (Continued ' * : . ' ' :\ ' "M-:j?::v : :; ; W% R ?k - ? * 1*^_ .* vppcnur yunHif l?. 1-CSato. No. 2-L* ILLS, CLINTON, S. C. it Superintendent 1^HL si " 'ill r- fl during the summer months while attending college, he served in Assistant and Overseer capacities with Marion Manufacturing Company, Monarch Mills, and Reeves Brothers in UnTON RETIRES linton Mills' Vice President retired on his 65th birthday, er of the "local boy," born ncestry, began with Clinton !. It was in 1915, while still irted work as a sweeper in rked in the afternoons, on ler vacations. hool in the top three of his ition and academic standing of Textiles. "Mr. B," who cially since age 12, paid his wings from earnings and a an. areer included managerial Greenwood Mills, Brandon Will. He returned to Clinton Cotton Mills in 1951. and in ^ice President of Manufacotton Mills. 'd to his work and the sucTempleton did not confine /el v. Throughout the years md involved with the youth h he lived and worked. His vork activities brought him r" Award in 1966. He has ork for more than 30 years iree wearers of the Silver ^hest honor for distinguished ?c. commenting on Mr. Temons have been of inestimable guidance and influence span'libly imprinted in the hearts ?nt men. He has the respect than 1.700 men and women is manufacturing leadership on narfn 3^ j w, fabrics dia?Bailey : : f : f--r i-r ; j!--1-"1' JUNE, 1968 At Bailey Plant ion and Woodruff respectively. He was Assistant Superintendent of Reeves' Chesnee, S. C. Plant for 7 years. Ray, a Wilson, N. C. nniitro no f r rv native, jwiiicu uo i i v xii Dan River's Wetumpka Plant, Wetumpka, Alabama, where he was Assistant Superintendent. The Lanes have two young sons, ages 9 and 10. Mrs. Lane, an elementary school teacher, is the former Miss Alice Goodwin of Union. PAY INCREASE IS EFFECTIVE JULY 15 Clinton Mills 1 70ft hourly-paid manufacturing employees will receive a pay increase effective July 15. TTie exact amount of the increase was not announced by Robert M. Vance, President, in a notice posted in the plants June 8. The increase will be the second within 10 months for Clinton Mills employees. A general wage increase for hourly paid employees was effective in September 1966. If the Clinton Mills pattern is followed by the rest of the industry, the economy of Laurens County will be boosted by more than $1,150,000 annually. Statewide, comparable pay hikes would add $42 million to annual textile payrolls. n i^urnjjuriy- >r iutr Waste Control Conferences Held At Bailey Some 285 Clinton Mills men are attending Waste Control Conferences in the Bailey Plant Conference Room. Fixers and Supervisory Personnel from each (Continued on page 2)