The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, June 15, 1970, Page 3, Image 3

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| JUNE, 1970 CLINTON EM Mrs. Pat Tucker plans to s The Lydia Plant receptionist George, also a Clinton ernj beach in August. I aFw' James Laster, Bailey Car spend his vacation in South < fishing and relaxing. / (Errtif COMPANY OI Awards ANOY ELL IS, Ac * CLIN' A JWPO* Ad<?vrr Counsel!* CLINTOI Qualified for natic according to presc ij ' PROGRAM MANA ?-R \ This Award was presentee as it was recognized as the . at the second annual Futures IPLOYEES TE / Jrf, pond her vacation in Clinton, states she and her husband, )loyee, will be visiting the m V ?1 ding Section Man, plans to Carolina, mostly on the lake tratr 3 THE YEAR d to PRESIDENT iber of rEx Comp*n> ed by H MILLS poal recognition ribed standards F 1 to Clintox J. A. Company I. A. Company of the year Unlimited Banquet. CLOTHMAKER LL VACATION . J W. L. Lancaster. Plant No. plans to spend his vacation vi: grandchildren. This is much b< and mountains, says Mr. Lancast* < F-- Mrs. Clara League, Standards will be visiting the mountains c few days and then she and he South Carolina coast. Employees Son It'i In Vietnam M< \ \ ' ' J ^ T JflH| rac fip^Jr'n^ ^'n;i .,3? ' hou cidc an i vioi shcv Larry Lawson is shown for in his military uniform hou while serving in Vietnam. 196' Larry, a first shift carding whi employee prior to entering pari service, is the son of No. Son :! weaving loom fixer J. C. dus Lawson. rate PLANS \ I * f\v 1 Card tender, says he siting his children and 2tter than the beaches ?r. y 1 ^4 % -V"* > Department secretary. >f North Carolina for a : r family will visit the 1 s Safer Than any Think extile employees in 32 its in South Carolina j ked up perfect safety irds in the fiscal year ing recently, accordto the South CaroTextile Mfrs. Assn. ployees in five plants ked over 2-million manrs without a lost-time dent, the association reted during the South r o 1 i n a Occupational ?tv Conference. i f the 153 textile plants /eyed, there was an ac?nt frequency rate of 2.8. mprovement on the preis vpar's 9 8Q ^TV-ic* ivs number of accidents each 1-million man- ( rs worked.) During | 1, the latest year in ch the state labor detment compiled figures, th Carolina's textile intry had a frequency i 1 of 4.3. against 15 64 in 3 Yet their voices goes out through all the earth. ?(Psalms 19:4) Communication is at the heart of prayer; for prayer is the way by which we reach God, and it is the wav hv wVlirh finH roaplioc us. Communication is at the heart of civilization; for civilization is the result of people understanding and learning from one another. Let us keep the lines of communication open always. Textile Facts And Figures Wholesale prices of textile mill products, as measured by the U. S. Labor Department's wholesale price index (1957-59 equals 100), stood at 101.0 in February, 1970. The index for all in uu^n icii t-UUlIIUJUllieS in February was 115.5. The South Carolina textile industry had 99,708 active spindles spinning worsted yarns in 1968, according to the U. S. Department of Commerce. A boom in textile manufacturing in South Carolina began in the 1880's. Within a 25-year period beginning during that decade, nearly three million cotton spindles were established in the state. The average textile em ployee in South Carolina worked 269 days, according to the S .C. Labor Department. This was seven days less than the average in 1968. South Carolina textile plants had only 570 employees in 1840. according to the U. S. Census of that year. Spartanburg County has more knitting plants than Liny other county in South Carolina. The S. C. Labor Department listed seven in operation there last year. "Calico" is a seldom-used term describing a printed, plain-woven textile fabric. Calico is now normally known as percale. 1947. In South Carolina, textiles ranked as the safest major industry in the past three years.